Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 29, 1881, Page 2

\ time of the battle of Lake Erle, in 181, and, . * yuent developmants, it would appenr that the THE CIICAGO TRIBUN SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1881—SIXTEEN PAGES, A HISTORIC PAGE. | About $25,000 Worth of .. Discussion on a Claim’ of $136.85. Debate in the House of Representa- tives on the Oase of Oapts Page ‘He Fought on Lake Erie, but " Abandoned His Country in 1861, ffle Now Bleeps Well in His Grave, " and Iis Aged Widow Is Poor. Therefore the Southern Con- .. -federacy ‘Was Judiciously Put On as a Rider. The Southern Confederacy Fails to Get Soit-Soaped 1o Any Very Grati~ fying Extent. ‘M, Bragg, of the Iron Brigade, Tella " the Oonfederates $25,000 Worth of Truth, Black Looks of Tis Domocratic and " Gouthern Collengues After His Brililant Speech. Orand Olosing of the Debato by the Re- pudiators and Lyre-Btrikors of the Sunny South. $136.85. " . A WHOLFE, DAY'S WORK. .. Speetat Dirpatch to The CMcago Tribune. Wasuixaroy, D. O, Jan, 28—0One hun- fred and_thirty-six dollats and eclghty-tive conts, that wasthe text upon which an all- tlay’s debate upon Rebel claims. wny bad in the Houso to-day. Beforo the debate had ended’ the Democrats had made public and private admidsions which showed that the clafin, on ncconnt of the small sum involved, and beeause of tho sotimentality which sur- rounded 1, had been selected In order thatit inlght be used, if passed, aFn precedent for the' pnyment of a ‘large clnss of similar clnims, in which the same con- ditfons might not extst: One Demoerat, also, in his haste plainly inthmated that it the Re- pubHeans were disposed not to pay such ¢labns 08 this it was an act of ropudiation, and tho North would do welltosceto it that hereafter othor obligations of the Vhited States were not repudiated, ey TS LATTER THREAT was not made in these exnct words, but It was, howevey,. broadly intimnted in words which could leave Jittle .doubt. ns fo the #peaker’s meaning. “‘There wern many cir- cumstanges .which glve the clahir whieh turnished the text for this debate anap- vearapee of justice, Mrs, Llizabeth Page Is the widow of ITugh M. Page, who, with o wood deal of historleal flourlsh, was con- stantly descgibed to-day ns * the hero of the Dattle of Lake Erle,¥ Capt, Paize was amid- shipman wider Cotmodore Perry ot the in 1861, e had beeome » Captainin the navy. Mewasa Virginlan, and, when the State neceded, MADE IASTE TO TENDER I8 RESIGNATION in the Federal navy. At the thme.of hls feslgnation there was duo him, on aecountof snbary and allowance, the small bulanes of 8130.85. 1s widow, through the bill pre- sented In the Touse to-day, seemed to nsk that the sum be paid, althongh, from subse- widow herself mude no such request, and does not need the money, but the ex-Confed- erate politicians nsk It In her nawme. Tho majority of the Naval Committce favorably reported the bill, TIJi8 MEASURE HAD TWO 7 - COMMEND ITSE to the Republicans. Capt. Page was aod- mitted to have been a very brave ofiicer In one of our historleal naval battles; the sum nsked was insfgnitleant and there wag no doubdt that'it was a balunco due at the thne of hlsreslgnation, In 1801, It dld not appear that he took an nctive part in the Itebellion, although it was known that he resigned hils commission on nccount of his sympnthy with tha South, and that he nided and abetted the Rebelllon. Dut the Republicans (and ono Democrat) were not to bo misled into ustablishing a dangerous precedent, by what Gen, Brage subscquently ealled “Glittoring weneralities, supvorted by poetry.,” The bill was ELEMENTS TO F ¢ PLAINLY IN VIOLATION ot See, 348 of the Itevised Statutes, which forbids the payment of any antl-War elalin whith way due to uny porson who promoted or cucouraged the Itcbellion, This statute, with the Fourteenth Amendinent, s ono of the burriers between the Treasury and the countless mlillons of Rebel clulng, The Re- Bublicays mnde thaeir stand upon 1t, aud were not to bo “turned “asldo by gush, glltter, melodrag, by lond appeals for justice, by eloquent sketehes of the struggle for Magnn Churta, by declumations ns to the fate of Emmett, or by ‘threats of the possible, .ro- pudlatlon by soine future. ex-Confederato Admlulstration of the Fedoral debt Incurred 1n suppressing the Rebellion, TIE DISGUISES 0F RUETOMC and the tricks of pathos were soon stripped * fiom the bill‘by Conger, Bragy, Hawley, and Iteed. It hag sinco bean learned thot two offers Dy.Individual members of the House to' pay the widow the sum which the law forblds the Government te pay were rejeeted with consldernble Indiguation by the South- £rn chawplons of the widow's caise, One of these offors was mnde by Chittenden, of New York, who was nt fivst disposed to vote for the bill, but whe will now vote agalnst Ity haviug been converted by the rejection of uis offer, The other was by Hendrick B, Wilght, the Pennsylvanin Greenbackor, noted for his charlty, "The widow does not seem to need tho money, The horides of tlabnunts to whom the question of Rebel . clulms Is not a yuyth 1 THE PRECEDENT, . The contest aver the ease 1¢ pot ended. frep- resentutives Brower, of - Mlchigan, and Uriggs, of New Hwmpshire, who are mom- + sers of the Nuval Commltteo which reported e bill with a favarable récommendatlon, anited Inn minority report ugalust it, and aade good specohes to-lny on the smine shdo at‘the questfGn. Mr. tGoode advocated: the ragsugo of the LI as u matter of right and uitice. Frowm thiy point; the. discusslon waxed warm, Ay, Conger mudo o vigorous igeech, which was evidently destgned to tpaw the fire of the enemy,and which an- wwared Its purposo adinlrpbly, Mr, House, o Teunessee, Mr. Uooker, of Mississipp!, *« and Mr. 8. 8. Cox' s .. VANTENED 70 PUT THENSELVES ON_ THE L b WHONG $1bE W the question. Afr. Cox's speech contained » great deal of seuthmentallsm,~the Blue the.Gray. Mr. Hooker made his usual dnpussloned speech sbout tho banks of Rune nymede, King John, and Robert Emmet. He closed with n glowing panegyric upon Rabert E. Loe,which was heartily appladed by the ex-Confedorates present and by Con- gressman Springer, who clapped his handa with gennine enthusinsm, One of the best specches of this sessioh was that nade by Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, Referring to some wllusions made by a Southe ern membér to the *Constitution as it was,” Gen, Bragg remarked that he did not rise to expound the Constitution, 1f e needed Instenetion regarding that instrumont, ne sald hie should not seek It from men who had done thelr worat to destroy the Consti- tutlon, ‘ TINS UTTERANCE was greeled with enthusinstie applause by tha Republicans, Gen. Bragg sald ho did not propose to be seduced by nuny glittoring generalities or flowery rhetorle from Mr, Cox, or by any sentimentalism or sympathy for an aged widow, A prinelple was nt stake, and he proposed to stand by it. Iliscom- parison of Capt. Yage with Benedict Arnold was very well drawn, Gen. Beage declared that ho was as tired - of the discussions about. "the Inte Rebelllon” as anybody coukd ‘bes but they would never cease untll Southern men stopped londing the louse calendar with Rebel clalms, *'Tlie Democrats SAT COLD AND SULLEN ihroughout the delivery of Gen. Hrage’s nd- mirable speech, which was received with manifestations of hearty npproval on the Republican side.. When he sat down and looked around, it wnsto meetcold lovks from his brother Democrats on all sides, Gen, 1awley followed (ien, Bragg, and sald that tlie most that he had Intended to say had been much better sald by the gentleman from Wisconsin, Gen, Hawley, however, found words to enforco the truths which Gen, Bragg hnd uitered, It was reserved for Mr. Goode, who had charge of thobill, to make ; 1 » THE CIAMPION DLUNDER OF THE DAY, The claini, he sahd, was tn honest and a just one. In his loftiest manner Mr. Goode, who is never 8o cloquent as when advoenting nn appropriation for the benelit of Virglnin, orn Virginiaw, desired tho *Tlouse o undoer- stand that the widow of Hugn M. Page, the heroof the battle of Lake Erle, I8 not hera to beg alms, 1f the (lovermmont refuses tn pay this just elaim it will be gulity of rank repudiation. If they do this, let them look out for other «ebts of thls Govermment,” Mr. Gioode’s threat did not seom.to startlo anybody. le comes from a State whero re pudintion is no new thing, Tho bill was passed by o vote of 70to 69 In Committee of the Whole. The yeasand nays will be de- manded in the Touse, OSE POINT TITAT WAS URGED by the Democrats ought not to eséape atten- tion. ‘T'his was that Capt. Page, belng dend now, his helrs ought not to bo deprived of this money, whicl s a portion of his estate. ‘The samo reasonlng will apply to every one ot the thousands of Rebel c¢lalms which have been ftledd or prepared as soon as the original clahinants are dead. People who do not be- lleve that Rebol glalms are o living lssue since Gen, Hancock wrote his lutter on the subject should read the ofilclal report of tha proceedings In the Ilouse to-dny. DBesides being a very,; lively issue, Rebel claling re- cetve the alinost unanimeus suppart of both Notthern and ‘Southern Democrats in the Houso of Representatives. 3 THE DISCUSSION. ¥ROM Y THE RECORD,” WasniyaroN, D. C, Jan: 28.—The morn- Ing hour having heen dispensed with the House went Into Commilttee of the Whnle (Mr, Iunton In the chair) npon the private ealedar, ; Qe firat bIN on the calendar wns that to place Murk Walker on the rretired list of the army. Thiss oflicer was dlséharged for drunkenness on the evening ot his rotire- ment, and the report of -the Committeo atates that he was at the timo suffering from seute rheumatism, ‘The bill wos oppesed by Messra, Spurks and Dibrell and supported by Messrs, Stephens and O'Nelll, tito Inst of whom gave credit to Walker for manfully pleading guitty, Instead of making the excuse of “mularla,”” Inthe course of the discus- slon 4 THE FITZJOUN POKTER CASE 'was nlluded to, though Mr, Sparks contended there was no simllarity- between the two cases, inasmucel as Gen, Portor hns denled he had vlolated orders, and a Commisslon had declared that by his conduct he hnd saved the Union uriny from disnster, while, In the pending case, Walker had acknowlaedged his gullt. e ; T Ar. Mills opposed the bill on the ground that it was doubttul whether Congress hnd tho power to Interfere with and dlsturh the deelston of a court-martial, d Mr. Maginnls thought the great misfortuna nbout the case was that the findings of the court-myartial had reached the Administintion during ono of Its spasms of reform. That Administention had come to thd Capito! with JTHE BANCTHTY OF THE BUND,’\\';SCHODL AROUND 1T, and hnd promised to make up for tho way Dy which It had gotten Into power by re- forming tho _clvit and military service of the country, Every one remoinbered tho first Clyll-Serviee order and tho weak ontcome ot it. Tho army was also to he reformud in the sume Sunday-school und Plekwickinn way, An order had been 1ssued for the, dlsehargo of any army ofticer convicted of drunken- ness, ad it was the misfurtune of Walker that his easo had come up while the Presi- dent was In o virtuous and_Indignant mood, Sinee that time the ' precedent had not been followed, ; Jlu erltfelsed the nction of tho Tresident tn granting an appolntment to ten, McDowell, who had gone into the War under the mest favorable op- vortunities, and came out witheit a com- mand, and rotired with the rank of Brigadler- General the grizzled old veteran Ord, who had always beon In the hardest service, and had nover been on *carpet duty” about the Capital. ‘The disclpling of “the servico was InjJuredd by the violation of all the rules and regulutions of promotion. ‘The bIl was fally Inid aside for favorable recommendation, * PAGE. The next bill was one for the rellef of rs, E. . Tage, widow of Capt. Page, ot tho United States Navy, ‘The nméunt nvolved 18 8130, whiclh waa due Capt Pape upon his resignation from tha navy fn 1861 tho reason of his veslgnation belug that Wis Stato had seceded from the Unlon, + L JMr, Copger opposed the blll, and drew s pleture-of Copt. Pago ralsing the sword which had buen glvon hint by lils country to strlko down that country. [Laughter on the Domocratie side.] ,AMir. Conger—The gontlemen laugh and sueer, 1donol, - Every smile that gathors over the fuces of sume of the gentlemen on the othor side, evory smlle of dorislon at the plcture 1 have druwn, I8 a bucoming oxhibl- tion of the contortions of which the human fnco 18 eapnble undor adverss cireumstances, | Laughter on the Republican slde.] - & Mr. Conger, continuiyg, sulil bo iad novor hyard of o propesition ta repesl » stutute which pyevented the payment of the pending cluli, except the remarks of the gentlomun frum Kentucky (Blackburn), made ntdvert- ently, ho belteved, that when.the Democrats optalned control of Vol Tlouses mud, the Trestdency thoy would repeal tho luws, whitch atd which, and which, ete,, 'vte, Mr, Blunckburn asked tho geutlémau not to gorble the record, us soms lesser lights of the Republican party had dono bufore him, Aloig and amuslng colloquy ensued bo- tween Mesars, Conger and Blackburn as to the precise words used by Mr, Blatkburn, at tha conclusion of which M. Conger tinished il speech In opposition to the bill, - Mr. Goode suld he desired to make o _core rectiop of the report aubmnitted by the Naval Committge. That report statad that Cant. Pago had entered tho Confedernto service, 11e had not done s, bt he (Goode) had no toubt he would have tone so 7 BUT FOI 1118 ADVANCED AGE. Capt. Tage would not thank him for repre- senting to the Ameriean Congress that ho {Pge) would not have gone Into that strug- glo wiih his native State, Mr, Conger rephed that he would do jus- tice to the boy whe had done gatlant service on the waters of Lake Erle and to tho man who had been toved and respected until the fatal hour had come, and suy that he be- Neved, if that mon were alive now, the recol-’ lection of ltis ussociution with the holoved flag of his country woull prevent him from ever coming here and asking for a pltiable Sum,—less than {200, 7 ., tlonse supported the hill, It was not tho first timo that the gentleman from Michi- gun (Conger) AN BAWLED WIMSELF HOARSE, nnd had waved the blootty shirt, In order to cover the eause of Injustice, Mr. Cox (New York) sald he had hoped that, after the election of Gavileld, thero might have Leen some ammesty shown by tho other slde, something better than this raging fight over o littlo appropriatlon, 1t way n mortiiientlon to the American people ihnt, after fifteen years had elapsed sinece the War, Congress was ngw debating o bill for thereliof of & widow whose husband had served with Commodora Porry in 1811, Inan unchristinn spirlt, For shame! There was not a Christiun lden conneeted with this sort of debating; not nn Iden conneated with for- glveness; nothing that related to genuine manhood orchivalry. A grent writer had sald that ** while yon pat down a rebeltlon you should endeavor io bring about good fecling,' and. yet hig friend (Conger) enme here and bitterly opposed this bill, like filsort of Snarleyow. Were / . TIESE UNCHRISTIAN UTTERANCES TO LAST FOREVER? The Rtepublicans had, he knew, a-“man who wanlt turn out better in the Presidency than their Representatives dld on thisfoor. Gen, Garfleld hod sald that the man who would utter the kind of sentiments which had been uttered here to-day would have no party or following, and yet the gentlemen were bultd- Ing up his Administeation In ndvance upon these, obnoxlous doctrines. When was tho country to havo penco? The thue had come when n better and gentler spirit shounld be spread throughbut the country, If tho two. seetions could nob meet in that spirit, God Nelp the Republic. In concluston he sald: “Whero Is the dinmond, the jewel, the most preclous .of alt that Is conneeted with our Unlon and couniry? 1t may ba . in tho darkmess of the wine yet, God sees the dismond . shine. That dinmond, some duy, will be worn by men who champlon falrness, deceney, kind- ness, brotherhood,—not spite, meanness, and all uncharitableness.” [Loud applause.] Mt CHITTENDEN sald this was the case of wilow asking for S16 honestly due her husband, who had beon an ofiicer of 'the United States navy, and, If tho Congress of the United States re- fused to pay that debt, In his judgment It did an net which appenled to the mmanhood ont- slde of Congress to see that another Congress shonld pay that debt with double interest, [Applatseon the Democratle stde.| " Mt JAGG said he had beon charmed with tho boauties of tho speech of his friend from New York, but that he regarded this guestion as belng question of principle, aml he wis not to be driven fronrthe views ho nintalned by any genoral Tdens. e compared this ease to the easqof HPenedict Atmnold. Benedict Arnold had fought nobly, bravely, aud well, but he had deserted the flngz of his country In n try- Ing hour. Capt, 1"age had fought bravely on Lnke Erle. It had: been far better for him Rael hie died sustaining the tag of his couns try In the glorious battle of Lake Erle than to have, In his Inter years, spnt on that. flag by tendering the reslgnation of his commission In* the “hour of “his country's peril "' [Applause” on the Re- mbllean slde.] If Congres did nway with the prinelplo here, where was it to end? If this woman was to bo patd beenuse.she was old and poor, that was one thing, But if Congress was to pny her because sho was the wife of an oftieer who had resigned from his country’s service, thut was another thing, A Democerat Inguired whether at the timo of Capt, Page's restgnation thore had. been any rule proventing the payment of the debt to him, * Jlr. Bragg—There was that law recognized overywhore, that ho, who deserts his coun- try’s fag In the hour of perl Is entitled to no respect-from that country afterwards, unless whnt she mny give him by way of gratulty, : . 1 SHOVLD SAY : that the gentlemen who broke thoe Constitn- tion nud fled from It arc uot tho men to hold it up before me, I am.anxions never to hear ngain tho subject of the Southern Rebellion, Iwould falnwipe It out forever from my eyesight nud memory, nnd*L say to my friends In the South who -ask the people to do this, Do not continue 1t on the clalng ealonday of this House, and keep It w live lssue by con- stantly endenvoring to get from the Trens- ury somethlug which Involves a discussion of -the Tebelllon. 'The differenco lles pre- cigely there, It 1s In vam you nsk the people of the North to closo thelr eyes when tholr cars listen continyally to this rapping at tho Trensury door, 1 say, Let the Rebellion sleap whero It does sleep, Mr, Huwley said that, If he were asked whethor he were willliig to pny the elaim of the widow of u useful ofticer, he should, very Jikely, muke, no objectlon. But when the gentlemon presented bills of this deseriptlon, and sald they were 08 goud o debt us any represented by anybody,and that nothing liad“ buen _dlone to forfelt any obligation Which the Government was under, ho wus isposod to resist It, During the War HOMEBODY WAS JIGITT AND BOMENODY WAS WHONG, -~ Soniebody won,. and somebody. lost. The Fourteonth Amendment was the judgment of the Nntfon on thut subjeot, Mz, toode Inquired whether the gentlemnn held thut the Government had the right to vislt Copts Prge’s sin upon his widow aud chlldren, . Mr. Ilawley replied that Pago had virtnally committed the erino of treason, and, it ho fell o hair short of it, 1t was on nccount of his old nge, x M, Goode—=WIlt you follow him to the Rrava?. Mr, [inwloy roplied that ho would go to the okl man’s grave and help bulkd & monument for his services to Wis country, o recalled the story of what the womuan snid about Ben- edict Arnold,—that sho would take the log that was wounded at Saratogn and presorve “It, und hang thio rest of his body, Mr. Hooker yeplled to My, iugg’s speech, Benediet Avnolkd, if hlstory tanght aright, was i tradtor to the Govermment for 8 money vonslderation. 11¢ knew of 1o man in the South' who took sfiles for his scction of which.that could bo sald, It was not tho first tlme in the history of the Engllsh-speaking peoplo that a war of wards hat eulinlnated In o wager of battle. The War of the Re- belilon hud oceurred - from a- conviction of right ou ono side and right on the other side, Whao tatked of sending - BUCIL KN A8 HONENT ¥, LEF, STONEWALL JACKSON, AND A, 8, JOUNSTON down the long pages of history with o brand wpon them ko to that upon the churactor of Arnold - Howover great theanen might bo in Intellect or power who trled that would fall, for, great as had beon the lvader of the Confedernte Army when he led his host to bintelo, o hud been greater still when the War was over, and o lud devoted the re- mndning years of his ilfe to teaching the young meh of the land ho "loved so well. Whun he hod perished, alf over thialand had bagu beard rearets that 80 xood & sk bad fallen, nnd theso rearets, crossing tho oceas CAME REVERBERATING DACK IN EVERY LAN- QUAGE. [Appluuse on the Demoeratic side.] Mr. Reed sald this business of the paat was not to be got over by fine speeches or Inbored culoglum, Thero hind been o great war, ‘T'hat war had been declded, and the conntry demanded there should be peace on tha sub- Ject. Nobody desired it noro than the gen- slomenon his sile. 'They were tired andsick of nlluding to the Southern Iebelllon and Southern clafms, nud 1t was never their fanlt that the subjeet was brought up, 1le wanted the Demoerney to’ heed the warning of the gentloman from Wisconsin (Bragg), What Democrata and Republienna both wanted, i they conkd have it, was obllvion of the past. Mr. Wright declared that if tho frlonds of the pending bill would witharaw It from the entendnr he would glve the woman a check for the amount involved. Mr. Goode saki he appreclated tho gener- ous motives which prompled the gentlemnn from Pennsylvania (Wright) to make tha offer, but ho wanfed the Iouse and the country "to understand that the widow ot Ilugh M. 'age, n liero of Lake Erle, WAS NOT HERE BEGOING ALMS, She came asking the passage of this bill as a matter of shnple jugtice, ‘The Government owed hier husband for gallant services ren- dered. Tho Governmont owed'the husband’s cstate to-day, and 1t the Govarnment pur- sued the man in s grave, and said it would not pay the widow, it was gullty of rank repudlntion, If the. gentlomen weord ready to repudinte an honest debt, let thomtake the responsibility and Jook out for other debts owlng by the Government. The discussion hore closed, and tho blll vas Inkd nside for favorable report to the louse. The Committes then rose, but, without taking any actlon on tha hill, the House nd- Journed untll to-morrow. O CALIFORNIA WHEAT. The Quentlon of Ita Transporta®ion En- gnging the Attentlon of the Karmers and Vessel=0wiers, Sax Fraxcrsco, Cnl,, Jan, 28 —The farin- ers of the State are endeavoring to devise some means by which the wheat now In the State can be gold at o price which will ba falrly . remunerative to the producer. An exceutive mecting of thoFarmers' Committen was held, at which It was stated that tho bauks of this eity and the Interlor would co- operate with the farmers providing the latler would pay the bills upon the wiheat in store, and- do their utmost to preyent the throwing upon 'the market of Iarge quantl- tles of grain, A convention of farmers will De held In this city carly in February to des clide upon what action they will bo willing to takoon this proposition. -Negotiations are now pending with the Central and Southern Paclfic Rallronds for the transportation of the wheat now in tho State to tide-water on the Atlantie, but no contracts have yet been signed. It Is claimed by tho farmers that the correct course for them to purstie, in ense thoy cannot ship their .grain overland, Is o hold it wntit next July, the buginning of the crop- yeny, when ft is confidently exnocted it can he disposed 'of nt nprofit,. The farmers state they nro willing to sell their wheat nt o flgure which will nllow ships 05 shillings frelght to Liverpool, but no more. 5 Ou the other -hand, shipowners contend that they have for years carried wheat from thisport at rates of frelght which made 1t linpossible for them even to pay .the ruuning expenses of thelr vessels, and that tliey are fustlflc(l In exaeting ox- treme rates, All, or nearly gil, the shlfu {o nrrive within the next threo months are under charter. The MITD))‘ of tonunge Is very lizht, and will probably teinnin ‘so, as freights in nll partd of the world are good. Tho farmers cajntot sell thelr graln at pregent priees without Joss, nnd banks eannot »fore- ¢lose their loans'without ereating a panic. ‘Thero are no disongaged ships In port. T'hrose under chirter ure either londed or the necessary amount of wheat to lond them- is secured, and there 1s 1o demand of any cons sequenco for gralll” 45 H s INTER-STATE COMMERCE. The ¥on., Alexander Mitchell, of Mil- watthice, Declares Xils Opponition to ths Roagan Blll, and’ Xlis Ilcasons Therefor, 5 Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribuns. Minwarker, Wik, Jdan 8.—Alexander Mitehell, President of the St. Paul Roud, was interviowed to-day by a Republican repre- sontatlve In regard to tho Reagun Inter-Stato Commerce bill, and {hie effect it would huve upon the commerelnl Interests of tho North- west. 1o cntered an emphatic protest agalnst It, and said: “ “Everybody 18 and should-be opposed to partinlity and favoritism on the purt of rall- yoml eompanles toward any of their custom- ers, but the iden that they should not have nuy power to exercise a sound bisluess dls- eresion In conducting thelr atfulrs in the in- terests of tho publlc is, In my vpinion, o seri- ous mistake, ‘I'he Rengan bill undertakes to “lny down a restrictive line, glving managers no discretion whatever. Bhould It be en- acted, it Wil be productive of serlous em- burpnssments and Injury to tho business of tho Northwest, but of advantsge to the Canndiun raflronds, ‘Tho roads of the Dominion would lose nothing . and gain mueh, They could underbid: the roids In_the United States, over which the Rengan bill wonld exerelse restrictive pow- crs, and draw the business Into Cannda, either by way of Port Sarnin, or by other lines now belng constructed to tap the busi- ness of this country, * Another ronson why It wonld be extreme- Iy unwise to tie the hands of the railronds agalnst legitimnto competition with water channels s, that with tho Improvement of the mouth of tho l\llxnlmllnul n vigorons effort will bo made to tuke the business of the Upper Mississippi to Now Orleans. Jay. Gould and his- pssoclutes nre build- ing fron barges with a _view. to carrylng _ grain down the )usuluullml to New Orlenns at_very low rates, and tho rullronds wust uxort thenselves to retain the trade, 1f erippled by tho Reagan bill, they will be unable to prévent_buaitess going to Now Orlvans from the Upper Mssissipp), Congress should appolut o Commisslon on Intur-Stute Connmorco to hearcomplinints and with cortaln pn\\'enm! redressing griovances, When sneh Commission has o complets un- derstanding of 1t business, and 18 propared to advise Congress what to o, 1t wiill bo 1“":01 cenough to leglslate furthor on the sub- ect, A LEGISLATIVE VISIT, Bptétal Diapatch to The Chicuyo Tribuns Lavaverre, Ind,, Jan, 28.—In response to an fuviation from leading cltizens, tho Gen- ernl Assenbly has signified Its Intentlon of visiting Lafayetto’on Tuesdny next. A speclnd train has been placed at it disposal bf Presldent Ingalls of the Cluclunatl, Ins innapolis, Bt. Louls & Chicago Rallyoud, A eitizens’ meeting hna been ealled o array, for the veception of tho guests, ‘I'ho object Is to enllst the Interest of the Generul Assembly b behalf of Purdue University,—the State Agricullural College, ———t—— WATER-FAMINE, Bpectal Diapalch to ‘Tha Chicago Tridune, -+ Moxuotrriy, 111, Jan, 28,~The great scarcl-, ty of wator continues, and our manufneture urs hnve been obliged severn! thmes ,within tho last two woeeks to melt Ico and -snow tn obtalt water for thelr bollers, As a conse quenee, tha gubjuct of sluking nn artesian well here 1s nnw belug thoroughly agltated, nnd 16 Is thonght that the City” Counclf will tuke sleps concorning It % e e DEATH FROM: HYDROPHOBIA, :. NeWw ORLEANS, Jan, 238,—A +-year-old son of o Mr, Casey, of this city, dled this morn- ing of hydropliobla from a dog bita: recelved on the 10th of this wonth, Aucther of . Alr, Casoy's childron was bitten by the same dog &g slx weuks ago, but as yet no unfavor- ublo symptoms haye appeareil, ; s e e CatAnii—~Iustautancous rellof and a porma- nout oure. Fur #1 Baxvoirn's Rapioau Cuke, CATARBIAL BOLYENT, and IMPROVED [NHALE treatise and dirootions, may now be had of al gm‘&l&. uoatly wrappod [n ono packuge. Ask WASHINGTO Highly Discouraging Condi= tion of Legislation in Congress. An Extra Session Probable, if Not Almost In- evitable, Edmunds Offering Very Con- siderable Opposition to " the Lake-Front ‘Bill, He ;Beliaves‘thx}trfha Lnn& to Be Bold Is Worth More than $800,000. Senntor Morgan An-nlg-ns" Secre- tary Schurz as a' Presump- : tious Blunierer. ’ John Sherman at Work on a Land Speoculation 'of Large Pros portions, Tho [Time ot 'thé Sonate Spent on the Indian Land Bill=The Inqui sitlon. . Committee 'Meetinzs—,l’anns}lvnutnfi . Franking—Poncas—Notes— = Reoord, : FAR BEHIND. AN EXTIA SESSION ALMOST INEVITBALE. Spectal Dispateh to Ths Chicago Tribune, WAsuixGroy, D. U, Jan, 23.—Kvents aro beginning to justify the foar that « callod ses- slon of the Forty-seventh Congress may, after all, be caised by the viclous tncapnelty of the Democratic wnjority in thepresent Congress, This week 1s iikely to closo without u single general appropriation bill. Exaetly three weeks of tha session- which can be devoted to matters of leziylative routine will then re- maln, The three largest and most difileult of tho general approprintion bills—the Legis- Iative, Excentive, and Jugliclal, the Sundry Civil, and the General Deficlency bllls—have not yet been reported to the Ifouse, and the last two of thom have not yet been’ prepared by tho Sub-Committees of tho Approprintion Committed. "The Legislative bill inay be re- ported ‘next Monduy. - ‘the Distrlet of Co- Jumbia bill hns boen repdrted to the Ilouse. 1ts consfderation by thiat body nlone usuully consumes two or threo days, Neither tho Agrleultural bill nor the River and Harbor bill has yet been completed by the Committea havinz it in eharge. e 3 4 - = "T0 TNE PENSION APPROPRIATION DILL, swhich passed the Tlouse: several weceks ago, the .Sonate Is' expected:-to attach very im- portant antendments, and the. discussion of theso will neeessarlly consume conslderahle time In both branches of Congress. The Tetunding bill has not'yet got out of com- mitten n tho Senate. -1t will uindoubtedly go back to the Ilouss with very mnterinl amendments, which will evoke inuch die- cussion. 'The Committegon Ways and Means Afe'vary niixigiis toBeonto nctlon upon sav- ernl matters relnting:to internal rovenne and the tarlfl, and wil endeavor to met oneor two days allowed thom for. that purpose, The Pclnocmw are evidently determined t trent THE REAPPORTIONMENT DILT a8 n party mengure, and. to- press Ity pnssnge while they still control both branelics of Congress. The Denmavrats nlso express o de- termninntion to pass tha Electoral count reso- lutions hefore a week from next Wednesday, and It is not impossible - that most.of the In- tervening -timo will sbo consumed In the struggle aver this matter. 1t tho two mens- ures hist mentioned shoujd be prssed, to the exclusion -of . the IRofunding . bill or the . .npproprintion Dbills, . the fallure of some of the Intter would be almost invitable. Of course, there will be, vigorous eforts to scenre actlon upon other necessary public mensures, tka the bill fo prevent the apread of ploura-pnoumonin nmonk cattlo, the inter- State’ commerca bill, the vlilproviding for the -allotment of Innds In ‘soveralty to In- dinns, the Nattonni Bankruptey bill, and . BCONES OF OTHER MATTERS to which this Congress could profitably have devoted Jts attentiogy If. the majorlty had ot been so. utterly Incompetent to deal with piblic questions, and su Intent upon nullifylng the Elcetlon’ Inws and striving In othor ways to secure tho olection of o Democrati Presidont. - But thero 1s' no probability that any naction. wiil bo taken upon the scores of bills! mentloned, 'The great dangor Is that even the Approprintion Dbills and the Refunding bil will be slursed over and rushed through in tha hurly-burly attending the Jast hours of tho sesslon. An extra sesslon of tha next Congress may aftor all become a necessit ;. THB LAKE-FRONT, o EDMUNDS OPPOSES 1T, | Spectat Diapatch to' The Chicago Tridune, Wasinxaron, D.'C, Jan. 2.—Senntor Edmunds 1ifted - his eyebrows agaln to-day, and this time it was in opposition to a biil In which Chleago 1s Interested, o protested against tho passago of - tho Lake-Front bill, and rnlsed » groat variety of teohnical . legal objections, so that tho wmatter went over Wil to-morrow, with tho promise’en his part of n mora extended speech against I, Some of the friends of the LI dd not think thnt Kd- munds s vory serlous, or that ho will be per- slstont In his opposition. They say that, atail events, the bIIL s certaln to pass the Scunte, 18 10 ono but Ediunids . scems Lo be opposed ta It, and - thoy are .very . hopoful that it will pass the House, ! B BENATOR TIHURMAN, ¥OI8 INSTANCE, . | Chnlrman of the Commilico reporting: the b, snys that, IE Edmunds' only point Is that the Unlted States has an‘intorest in tho land, and it ought to bo pald for, It can enslly be answered,as the Governmont. long ngo re- celved the full value for overy cluim It had, Bonator Edmunds - sald that - he - hnd recelved o protest . aguinst -tho . pnssage. | ; of. tho. DbilL .This protest - was.- not remd, . It has- since- been tis'slgned by Leonard Swott, and, perhaps by soine others,.and that, it emanates from the Valentiue-serly. pegple, for whom Leons avd Swett. 18 counsol, Mra, Valentine was in the gallories to-dny, and seemed-.to take considerable Interest In the proceedings; The protest andl the _letters. which Seuatop Ed<' munds'sald werc pinced upon his desic, to-. «duy, as the bill was reported, aud which he had not hud thne to examine, ‘wore uudoubts| edly supplied by the Joeal lawyersof . < . AUE VAUENTINE-HOWIL FROPLE, who, llke the original discoverers of the Val- entine scrip in'; its “applicabliity to use.in conumerclal clties, worg formorly oflicers - of .Alie -Genoral Land Ofice, ‘The - Valeuting-, serlp claimuuts, however, have hardly ‘gone to the right quarter it they expect to Induce Senator Edinunds to advacate their clajms, for, although they may not know ‘I, he has ulready expmined the Valentlue-selp ques- tlow, and s ps much gppased ta - the locatlon | A - of that serip upon land In tho heart of Chlea- Ro ns anybody else ean be, 5 MR, EDMUNDS' REAL ORJECT ey scéms to be that tho United States ought 't recelve soma compensation for rellivguishiy {ta titto to tha lands, even althongh that lll{u be ealled a * mero naked legal title,” and_ 4 only as that of a trusteo for public use. 10y poitita, I substance, wers these: Itlsa faet bat the keeplng oben. of the part murked Puhlh‘. gronmt any longer will bo of no benes it to the adjoIning proprietors, nor to the gen= eral public, but that the ml]nfnlng property will he Inereased in value by the erection, on o part of this resorved land of a railway pns- senger depot, TIE RAILWAY COMPANIES hiave offered, or uwre willing 1o pay, 19 sum of about 800,000 for that part of this rotnd somnrked ns to remain without bulldings, and somo ml{n,ceut ground i which. the United States has no proprictary Inturest, it I3 sukdd; bub it Is bolleved this sum Is_far bes tow the netunl viluo of the land, This ad- Jncent part, In which the United States Has no interest, constitutes only one-third of the grouml d;ropuscd 1o be used ,‘ur this pnrpm«-l ) %o that the property of wlhieh the Unlted States confeasenily vwns the fee is worth nt lenst 883,000, Ovér this land of tho Unlted States, under tho {mplied covenant not 'to bulld upon fit, “the. people ‘of the City of lgnrned that | Chiengo 1AVE ALMOST A IMGUT OF PASSAGE, and the nbu!lln{: properties the right of view, - ‘The City of Chleago wishes to ‘surrender fts vight of hrssage to the Rallway Company, and the abutting propertivs desiro It to bo tfnnc. a8 benelit to tuelr property, and, by this bill, the United Btates 13 to sell it 1ts right in_the Iand, being the absolute ownership of ity subjeet to the enscment of passage and view' before “wmentioned, and - allow” the ‘City. ol - Chleago to _tukb tho wholo purchnge “money, 1L appears o Senator Edmunds ‘that this 1a simply giving away tho propesty of the Untted States ton party Who has ulinost an easement of pussnge on i, In_order that . he may sell -It for more than hmlf o mitifon dollars. ;1 am unable to see tho justleo of this, ‘The.United Stutes might, with mors provristy. nsk the roverse. It way be true.that tho value of the property !:Ilhjc'ct to tho easement of pussage nnd view 5. B i PRACTICALLY NOTIING § but It 18 equaliy trie that the virlug of. tho ensemont 1s nothing as the subject of wsale fornny purnose, if, huleed, such a right could “be n subject of sule, except ns appur- tenant to. the” adjolning” property. In thiy stute of the ense the nost that ean for tho elty | United * States - atand on cqual - ground, Neither owns anything in the land of any sulable value, but.each of the three pastles Is willing that the eascments shail be sur- ‘rendured, and the lots sold for business pur- poses conneeted, it 15 trae (ns it 18 in wmost ensey of husiness transactions), with the jiro- motion of local public interests, 1OW. CAN IT DE RIGHT, TIEN, Insneh'n ense, that tho ownicrs of the enses ment shall take the wholo of. theaurulmsu money and deprive the owner of the fee of anyshareof it? Senator Edminds thinks thien, that the United States ought not to he ealled upon to convey thiy land without he- 0 clalmed | Ing puid n fair proporuon -of the purchise money, pnd _that to “do so would be to give several hundred thousand dollars justly bes imu.:lu’.' tn the Treasury of the Unitud States to the "I'reasuiry of the Clty of Chieagu, Sen- utor Ldmunds|s not able, therefore, tuagreeto the passage of tho Dill,. Aslde from this main question, the bl {s 8o framed- ag, hio fears, ‘u expose to danger. tho rights of the United States In other parts of the Fort Dearborn Addition than thut especially re- ferred to,—Injury and vossibly loss of con- trol over the lot narked No.1 on -the plan referred Lo, and the street on the south and west of 1, a5 well nd to Its watered frout. - SOME ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO THE . it have been nllfrncd pon, and wil m'obablr bo incorporntod in It to-morrow, Thoy include the addition of tho word ! lease,” so_that that portion- of ‘tho bill shall read: * With tha consent of the Uuited States, that, sald clty may lense or selt and convey,” and with the further additlon of these words, se that tho sentence will rend: *For the erection thereot of rallway passengor statlon-house forthe, general use ol all sieh ralbway com- panics ay umf s wiiling to unite o equal terms In such leaso - or purchase and con- struction of such station-house.by paying thelr just proportionate’share of tho cost or expenso thereot,” . E . i THIS CLAUSE | appenred o have beon inserjed to.provent any one rallway corporation from elutmine to- eantrol “the” entird matter, and Teaves It toubtless, eithar to the railway companics, tho Common Councll, and ulthnately of course to the Courts lo decido what would [ c«Innl and Just terms, M. Ayer, solleltor of the rallronds, has.Information that Mr, Dantets, publisher of gome weekly paper in Chiengo, Is elreuluting an article among the Dumoctits Inclined, to prejudice this bil Mr. Ayor says that he recelved somo proofs of thy artieles from Dantels some tinie beforo he left Chieago, with n stggestion that infor- atian as to the scon of the bill supnorted by the railronds would be desirable. "l'o this letter ALr, Ayer Anys IO Answor wis roturned, and Mr, Daniels 13 now suppesed to bo works ing ngainst the rallroads. | - . TIIE INDIANS. e o Ty LAND 1IN SEVERALTY, "« Spectal Didpaten to The Chicago Tribune. WastiNaToy, D. C, Jan, 28.~In the Sen- ate, the bill to provide for the allotment of lands in soveralty to the Indinng on tho va- rious reservntlons was heuvlly. discussed by Senntors Toller and Morgan, the latter ziv- Ing Secretavy: Schurz o shirp rap on tho Ponca question, An attemps.will. ba made to hive this blll disposed of to-morrow, and thus elear tho deck of Indinn: discussion for tho Ponens, who ara to be brought before thy Senate by Mr, Dawes onMonday, - ..« - A SHLL TO HEITLE THEM AFFAINS, . To the Western Assoclated Press, WAsmsarToN, D. U, Jan, 23,—The bl 1l in troduced by Senator Dawes to-day to estab- 1ish therights of the Ponen Indians and settla thalr affalrs, directstho Prosidentto Inform il tribes of Indlans that the Govornment recog- nizes and regrets tho injustica horetofore dong the Poncan Indinus, It declares and con- fiving the' rights of the Poheas’to havoand hold thelr lands in Nebraska and the Torrl- tory of Dakota wiilch wero coded to thont u{ tho Govormment of tho United States, It dircets the Sccrotary of the Interlor within slxty days after the passagze of tho act to In- stitito negotintions with “the bands of Sloux Indians I whose grant for n ressrvation THE PONOA LANDA WEIL WRONGFULLY IN- for thorelinquishment of any claim they mny have to sald Ponen lnnds, and authorizes tho- Seeretary of the ‘Treasury to satlsty tho Sloux for such relinguishmont by,ulvlmi them other lands or money, or both lunds and o money. 1t also requires the Seeretary, nftor the eotupletion of suceh negotlations, to notify tho I'pnoas that the Government will here- nlter protect thelr pursons atul property upon theso lands, and to inform them they nre Ireo to go uporr thelr old reservation with thelr mavable property, - THE GOVERNMENT PAVING THE COST OF TRANSPORTATION, Tho hill provides for an appreprintion of $i5,000 to bes expunded for thelr benefit In the erectlon’'of lionses and schodlhouses and for agrleultural implements, and also an an- nual approprlation of 855000 for porlod of five years, In ndditon to all_annuitios which muy be due them, Flially it provides for an allotuient of theso lands i1 severnity, the titlo 1o the snme not to bo subject to len, nliena- tlon, or incumbrauce, or subject to taxution of ahy kivd for thirty years, JOHN: SUERMAN., > 1E JIAS BEEN TUINING AN JIONEST PENNY, Spacial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, ! WasmNatox,: D, C,, Jun, 28.—What mny turn out to be a vory queer transnction In real estte hns Just been discovered, The story, In lirief, 18 us follows: A roal-gitate ‘compnny, - conslsting of several prominent politiclans, have bgen negotlnting “for tha purchasc of a largo trret of valuable lund nt' the head of Fourleeuth .street, on Merldian ‘LML © Fhis property s, qwned by~ an old | lndy".named Stoue, who,- laving vartially - lost ‘her - faculties - through old age,- has “been persudded to “soll 1f for §200,000, ‘John Sheruan s neting for tho real-catiite : comypany, (u tha capneily of trustee, to whom tho {itle 1s to be. conveyed. Oua of the helry to" the estate who lves ln Newport, Ky., was notlfied of the Intentions of the ring, and cawe on hore'to mpke restst~ unce, 1o has relained: Congressian Cars, lisle us counsel, and u day or two since Mr, Carlisle had u long Interview with Mr, Sher- man, ' : ik 45 AskED un.’susn‘mw.".v‘ .. sald My, Carligle. Ju gveaking of the clrew stance to-night, . it it were g, ‘nezatlations were pending, ang "fi:-:ha:h"“ were, I then told ki frankly lhn‘u,g" ey belleve he know tho mental condiytoy 31 Stone, or e wonld not have leng hlmm k& a scheme 50 full “of infustice, llnhu:fl( ta about the old ludy's condition, and of ‘hm h fluences which had been hmughllqbe:] cantrol hier feeble' Judgment, -r, gyt listened attentively, bul fnade no mn!m [ Nnve lenrned sinee that the ““"fl!u. to got the old Indy to slgn a deed of sale"; v beon vigoronsly kept wp, ‘Chey Wit y howover, succeed without n long ang it [ ault, for ¢ -y : TR HEINS ato dotormined.to restat to tho wimoy, rtlsmomlmt that!thore bas been somg about remo “ug -the sithof the . Muanglon elsewhere, and this npnll“l’n‘«’\s“nu uentioned ns one of the most eligiyle, TR thought that Shermnn and compiny, 'wln. shrowd eyo to business, have dcu.-ru‘ln 3 buy this proverty for $200,000, one-thl of ity ot ' a0ty sell 1t-to the Gover nt fora Ialnlon y, “ 1 have done Mr, Shermiah the courtes: u,""' lieve,and to so assure hihn, that he Jm ber know tho unfairness of the procecding, h“ iie knows it now, and, If he p -ts!suh'yn then ho s a party to 1t, and deserves all ‘ censure hls act merits,” Mr, Sherman, Who has Kept very qulet about the whole trang }I;m.‘ls kumvln iu hn\'a";‘zconn Over the prope oneg or, twice, quite recontly, dxamining s oliglbla pofnte. > CAreluly IMPORTANT MELTING O THE WAYH AND MUANS UD-COMMITIRy, Spectal Dispateh 16 The Chicago Tribune, c\\'mu.\'nmx. D. G Jan. 23, 0l B o “Tho Sube mittes of tho Ways and, Means, of whick Mr. Carlisle Is Chafrman, and to Wlch 4 number of minor tarlll matters have ey Intrusted, hield my important meeting today, s that 1t and the abutters and the, oo =| ‘Bitle 05, , Reyised . Statutes. und transacted ,more: busliess than duy the wholo sesston thus fur, Awmon, matters dsposed of wero tho following: 1t was decidod not to report. fnvorably thy il to repeal the Vinegar law, but to rocun, mend, instend, what is known and has hen doscribod, us - the , Storckeepers’ bill, g moditied a8 not to bear too hard upon - small: manufacturers. * Cominlssioner Ruum i to bo consulted as to the detafls of his part of 1%, and i i3 thought that n mod. urnte tax .on each gallon- will obvinte thy dificulty, .1f, after: a year’s trinl, this Is found not to work, then the repeal will by advoeated, ' Messrs, - Coriger and Dungell ‘Iovor this view. JMr. Carlisle wasIn fayor of the repedl, ns was also Mr, Morrison, © ¢ WHAT THE FULL COMMITTEE will da Is, of gourse, not certain, ‘ The * Sub-Committeo agreed, nlso, t | report favorably tho “Dills to repesy the duty “on -matehes, patent medlcines, and - snvings-banks * deposits, and wilh out - any reconunendatlon the bllls o repeal the tax'on baaking capital and depes Its, and porfumeriés of all kinds, This ter uctlon was taken, not so much froms conviction thdt such actlon was hest, boy from a desire on the part of the members of _the Sub-Committee to'dismiss these subjeets, ng It has been “found almost. kmpossible by nvold glving andleices ench day to gentls men representing encli of ‘ the Interests ine volved,” Theso- hearings will go on forewer unless action of some kind 1s taken, ' KIRTLAND AND GIDBS. Tho Sub-Commlttee of the Committes of Waya aut Means, whereof Gov. Carlisle, of Kentucky, 18 Chalrman, held a full meetiog " to-day, at which they gave a hedring to Messrs. Kirtland” and Gibbs, of Chicago, on _the subject of the proposed revision of the . Inw exempting from taxation the deposits Iy | snvings bauks. In M. Kirtland’s argument the following polnts, among others, wen broughtout; In the Iastern and Middly States there are over $700,000,000 of bank de posits axempted from taxation, on the grousd that they are savings deposlts, In the Westem States and Terrltories, there Is practieallyno exemption.:, In twenty-two- of. the Westem and Southern Stutes and Territorles every 1dollar of bank deposits of all classes paystha Govermnont tax., Anong those nisy he tioted Wisconsiu, Nebraska, Mlssour), Kentucky, Alabama, and Texus. x . IN ILTINOIS the collgctions are large and tho exemplions - trivial. It s obvlous that this difference be- tween tho' old .States and tho new Is not owiug to there being no savings or o snvings banks In the younger States ‘he Western people - are s ecunm leal as the Eastern, and ecarn ad sOve as much’ in' proporus The reason they fail .in meeting equnl favor from tho law I8 the faultof tho Jaw, notot tho people. The Federal Banking laws have buen framed :by the Enst, and for the Eat, Tho principle of saving travaled West and gyew up with the couniry, but the prificiple of exemption falled to feep pace with It Mr, Kirthad hore explatned at some length tho rensons wh‘y the Iaws have falled 1o operate equitubly as between the varioos localitles, nnd, subsequently, how the new Iaw propbses {o remedy the grievance, Th net refers Dack to encly’ Staty the question s to what s ‘o savings ‘bunlk, and gives & oumntion from the duposit tax to any bank which s organize and conducted” In # cordanco with the inws of Its State. g 5 Mt CARLISLE here ralsed the_question. ns to fow thelsw would operate In o State’ having no sayiogs bank Inw, to which r, Kiriland repiled tat where there was: no statutory definition e coursa must be had ta, the comnmon law common sens¢ deffnition, It was nest shown that the Treusury Department aduits the rgusonableness of ‘the “demand for - dress of this grievance, aud Gen, Raum b signified his pssent to tho proposed Jaw. argunient closad asfollows: All clvilized Govornments ngreo In ¢ivid avery encouragouwent tw tho fret savings of (ke poor, -Tho bogluning of suving Is the beginning of thrift, industry, temporince, Jovo of boo? and family, and lovo of country, Tho selectiod of the propor nbiccts of taxntion muy beclessd -nmong tho vast police powors of yovernmes Tho truo pringiplo fa that not all gals should taxed, but unly ull surplus gains, We take u;v to leave to the laborer the body wncruwua; Inbors free ‘from slavery or imprisonment debt. Wao loave hiin his bomoatend, bis bouk hold goods, and tho tools of his trude, aud © POR SIMILAR BEASONE, i wo should leave untaxed his Arst n_s\'lfll"m monoy, and this lrlnulglc should provails West ns well ns at tho Enst, i M. Carlisle hero suggeited that ltmll:t Do 6 question a3 o whethor the removs i/ the tax wonld Inereaso tho deposttor’s hlm egt or only tha bank’s “rums. To this Mt Gibbs repfied, assuring the Committee = the Interest orl: untaxed dgposits would 4 eruge higher, than that on taxed deposits about the smount uf the tax, ) POSTAL TELEGRAPIY, ‘' NOTHING WILL BE DONE. Bpectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribunt WasiiNaToy, D, G, Jan, 23,~Whilea o deal of fucling evidently exlsts relative “L " establishient of the postal tetegraph, ' extremely doubtful wirther anything & stantlally looking that -way wili bo sdonit at the presont sesslon. In the first vlw'h 1 time Is too short In which to mature su¢ " {mportant bilt. Secondly, tho majority the Committea on Post-Oftices and o Ronds is sald to be opposed to cntertig U b tho subjact at this time, ‘The Domocrald \ too conservative: to orlginato_ any fien publle schemo of this “kind ate . grave _loubls nrisfug us A rights .o - Individunts, - which e ™ mare conslddration'thinn those* "Mfl"fu iy {nter-Stato commerce question, For IX“‘S‘;" o4 nccording to English precedents, the l. e} ment cannot ubtaln contgol of tho t& :f,.ud Jnes without paylig the valuo ¢3! upan the fncome of thacompanles. 0 of A DILL TO AID IN TIE CONSTRU R sucH uxl-w‘d A 0 the Weatern Aeoctated Prete g, WaismnaToN, . C., Jan, B.—TheDCl troduced to-day bySonutor Klrlm‘cw«‘lJ (“:»h) to ald * The Unltgl States Postal T¢ C:‘ o Company In>ths constructlon and OD'M of postal telograrti‘lines,” vefersto & ter 1 Tation by that hame : erganized UG general corporstion Inws of the °l P Tpwa, and plsé undepiba tolerrabh 050, fo. United "Stktes, ns mado and’ll_v‘r;" e ticlearof Incorpo 5 FF, nmned o the