Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 1, 1881, Page 2

TR CHICAGU TRIBUNE: TUESDAY,” FEBRUARY asking nn Awmerlean register for tho Guinare, of the Howgate Aretie expedition, That bill may ho ore strongly opposed, for the rea- son that there are grave doubts as to the sea- worthiness of thy vesse THE TOWA UREENTIACKERS who tade sueh a demonstration early in this Congress, and whose fietitious eases for somo wndetined political reason the Democrats have withheld from deciston unttl this Juto Tour, wera totally kicked out of the 1louse 1his mornlng without w word of debate, the Iouse considering the cases too fllmsy to waste o moment's breath upon, and the two Town Republicans whose scats were contest- ed are to bo permitted to remnin, GEN. BIIERMAN. PECULIAR PEIRONAL RELATIONS, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribunts Whasiisarox, D G, Jan. St.—The Post, which is fefendly to Gen. Sherman, makes {he followlig statement In regard to the pe- ewliar relations e sustaius to the President, Gen, Grant, nncl others: Gen, WL, Sherman's relntions with the present Administration and some of the most wromiuent Republican leaders ave extremely unpleasant, 1le has ifl-treated Mr. Hayes, and while this elreumstance; might give him favoy In tha estimate of many Lepublicans, hisattacks upon Gen, Grant have atso In- curred the hatred of the stalwart wing of the party, €en. Sheridan, too, has o grudge ngainst the Genernl of the Army,. amd Me- Dowell's friends express for him thelr heart- jest leontempt, WK FRELING TETWEEN Ml HAYES AND . RN, SHERMAN arlses from the fact that the Initer does not fully comprehend the spirit of that clause of the Constitution which makes the Executive the Commander-in-Chief of the army of the United States. Mr. Ilayes has seen fit to mitizate the senlence hmposed by courts- wmartial In certain cases, contrary to the opinions of Gen, Sternnn; and in the orders issued by him, announcing the mandate of Nr. Hayes, Gen, Sherman hins commented upon the Executive with n degreeof freedom which has Iucensed My, Ilayes, and, in the opinlon- of many ofiicers of the army, rendered the General of the Army linble to n court-martinl for conductdisrespectful to his supcrior oflicer and prejudicinl to discipline and good order. Mr. layes has frequently expressed his opinlon of Gen. Sherman's conduct in any but complimentary terms. GEN. GRANT became convineed some time ago that Gen, Shermnn had treated him fu o trencherony and unbecoming manner. In his history of the War there were many unjust seriticisms of Gen. Grant, which tho Intter was charita- bly Inclined to attribute to crrors of judg- ment or to Incorrect informntlon recelved by Gon. Sherman, Latterly, however, the ex- President has become convinced that these criticlsms wera purposely made to detrnct from Lis military reputation. Gen. Sherman was an active agent n seeuring the Warren Court of Inquiry, where Gen. Grant and Cen. Sheridan were both virtually plreed upon trinl. As both of these distinguished gentlemen were pluced {n the samo boat, the testimony of eaeh was it corroboration of the other, nud Warren stood n very feeble chance of vindicating himself, Since the bill to place Gen. Grant uponthe retired list of the anmy with tho rank and pay of Genornl wns introduced Gen, Sher- man has been frequently seen at tho Capitol, working among his frlends 1o secure the de- feat of the bill. * 1o regards, it 18 sald, the recommentdation of Mr. Ilayes in his annual message to make Grant Captatn-General ns a direet Insult to himself, and It Is probnble that Mr. Hayes is very willing that he should cherlsh that opinion. Gen. Sherman’s manly effort to save Gen, Ord from retirement, nnless MeDowell'should also be retired, is the causy of the enmity of MeDowell's friends, NATIONAT, BANKS, THE CONTROLLER'S BTATEMENT. Wasiuxoroy, 1), G, Jan. 8l~The Con- troller of the Currency has to-day completed an abstraet of tho Nutfonal bauks showing thelr conditlon Dee, 1, 1880, The abstract shows an Increase In loans of §38,000,000 ¥lnee Oct, 1, The Individun! deposits aro $1,005,000,000, belng an Inerense of $132,000,000, which s offset by un fn- crease in exchanges for the Clenring-flouse of $108,000,000, the incrense being chietly in the Clty of New York, tha item of loans and Clearing-1Touse exclhiange$ being much Iarger . than any time sinco tho organlzation of *tho system, Tho banks hold $106,671,000 specle, the gold coln belhg nearly $100,000,000 and the sllver coln about $7,000,000, the totul coln be- ng $1,600,000 less thun on Oct, 1, and tho total of legal-tendor notes about one and one-half mililons greater. ‘The nnount of elrenlnting notes outstanding Dee, U1 was $1317,000,000, ‘being slightly less than on Oet, 1. Thein- creuase of clreulation during the month of Jonunry was S165,405, and the incrense of legal-tender notes for the purpose ot re- duciag circulatlon, $573,875, BUCKNER'S BILL. A bill was Introduced into the Iousa by Ropresentative Buckner to-lay, to nmend the Revised Statutes relative to the election of Dircetors of Natlona! Banks, It provides that no two membors of tho same business copartnership shnll bo ellgible as DI ors of the sume Nutlonul bank; that ° no money-broker or private ‘banker or Director In any private banking- house or savings institution shull serve us Director of n Natlonal bank loeated In the sume ety or town; nnd, further, that when any Natlonal-bank Director censes to own ten shates of its stoek, or otherwise becomes disqualiticd, ho shnll at once vaenty hiy oflice us Director, 3 » DIANA, CHANCE FOI! GARFIELD T0 SEND CUMBACK : 0 EIIN, Special Dispateh to 'The Chicago Tribune, . - WasmNaron, D, C, Jan, 8L=A privato dispatch ton member of the Houso announces that a delegation of Indianlans left Indian- unolis to-duy for' Mentor ‘to nssist Gen, Gnr- field In naking up his Cabinet, aud to aay to him that he conld not construet one that would stand tho strain if ho did not take in some cltizen of Indinhw, ‘The numes sent There ns those to bu presented at Mentor were "Tyner, New, Judge Greshum, Cumbnels, and Representative Buker, the Iatter without that gentleman's consent, In regard to the watter, hesiys that he docs iiot betlove fu these movenwents to obtain Cablnet positions, o thinks a President should bo let alone In thls mutter, and that the pressure hrought to Bear upop him 18 altogother nuscemly, GRABSHODPPERS, Wiy LEARNED MEN R, Specuat Dl il Wasuixaroy, D, C., Jan, 3L,—At meet- Ing of the Hortlenlturul Soclety of the Dis- trict of Columbla fast Wednesday, Prof, €. V. Ritey, Chief of the United States Ene 1 al Comnmnisston, sald, 1n answer o Bone Inquiries nddressel th him, that the so- called seventeeisyenr locust, moro correetly Lnown nmong entomologists ns the sevens 1een-year clende, wlll appear In hwge nunte Lers nest May and June In certaln portlons of the countiy, aud that a thirteen=year brood of 'thd sawo fnsect will appear shinnltaneous- 1y fnsevernl other portions of the country, The publication of his remarks hns given 1150 10 serfous uppreliensions nneng memers, capeeinlly those tn the West, that . i THE GRANSHOPPER ‘plagus 1s to brepk oug with renewed violenco nexe summer, Prof, Riloy has written a lets teran which o suys that his remarks had yeferenco to an Inseet whiel hns no power of ovouning vesetation, und does Injury only by rusplug twigs of fruit md forest trees by Ithe femule in the ceg-luylng seuson. . Yrof, Riloy says: **While the lubors of th rCommlsslon In respect of this grusshoppel Jplagus lisve come to 'au cnd, tha L portant facts and results that hav out nf tho Investigation will I Jost slght of In the future if confi pages of the reports Issued by the Comuils- rlon, ‘Tho ontsrowth of the labors of the Commission, if they are to hear the fuilest fruits, shonld be o permanent system of an- 1ual observation by our SIGNAT, DUREAV, which, with 1ts present facilities and with the work of the Commisslon as a bnsis, could collect facts, at a nominul cost, from which not only to draw conclusions such as tho Commlaslon has been able to draw as {0 the grasshopper. prospects, a year in ad- vanee, but also to dally notify tarmers of the wovents of the pests during the flying s son, Prof, Riley saya: “1 sincere } hoy therefore, that Congress will. give the Chiet Signal Offjcer tho menns toperform this work in future.” STANLEY MATTHEWS. HIS CHANCE! . Speelal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, WARHINGTON, D, C.y Jun, 3L.—~Thero 18 oot deal of opposition to the confirmation of Stanley Matthews, not only on the partof Conkling, but 8 good many other Republie- an and Democratic Senators, Mr. Matthews? relations to tho Loulsinna busluess, particu- Inrly his correspondence and associntion with the notorlous Jim Anderson, which the Son- ate once Investigated, is to Do used ngninst him, Conkling's friends are sakl to bo disposed to provent Matthews’ confirmation unless someof the objectionn- ble New York appointments shall ve with- drnwn, The Administration does not seem to be niarmed by this threat, howover, s ni- other antl-Conkling nomination has been sent to the Senate, in the person’of Jacobus, to succecd Payne, the Conkiing-Cornell man- nger and United States Maxshal for the South- ern Distriet of New York. Jacobus is Presi- dent of the Ninth Assembly Association, but, like Forster, nominated to be Distriet Attor- ney tosucceed Wootford, he Is a pronounced anti-Conkling. 2 SUPREME COURT. ADJOURNMENT, Wasmisatoy, D, Ci. Jan. 3L—The Su- preme Court of the United States adjourned until Feb, 28, . JUSTICE BWAYNE, A meeting of the members of the Bar of the Supremo Court of tho United States was held fnthe court-ruom nt the Capitol this worning to take nctlon on the retirement of Justice Swayne froin tha'Bench, The ilon. Samnuel Shellabarger was, elected Chnirman, sl Mr. James 11 MeKenny, Clerk of tho Court, Seeretary, ‘I'he Committee on Reso- lutlons—consisting of tho following gentle- men: Phillp P. Phillips, of- Alabamaj George 1L, Willinms, of Oregon; Richard 8, Merrick, of the District of Colwmbia; Etlot Y. Shepard, of New York; and J. Hubley Ashion, of Pennsylvanta—was appointed by tlie Chairman, and they reported the follow- ing RESOLUTIONS, which ware adopted: Readded, That tho members of the Bar have lonrned with deep regret that, in the opinjon of Justice Swayn,o the time has nerived when he should retiro from the labors und dutles of tho Beneh which ho hins 8o long ndorned, Hesolved, ‘That it tho concluslon of his long and honorabite coreer the Bar deem [t allko thoir duty and thotr privilege to oxpross their sentl- ments of sincore respect for Justice Nwayne, which huve beet Insplred by the_Inrge enpacity, the full and uceurnte tearning, tho putlent nnd persistent Invostigation, tho" unXious desire to dlo Justiee, and tho gental and Lenevolent court- csy he bas uniformly necorded to mombers of the Bar, which havo distingulshed blm through- out thoe Yong perlod of bis servico on the Benvl of the Supreme Court. Rexolved, That the Attorney-Genoral be res quested to present theso redohitions to tho Court uud sk that thoy be antered on Its minutes aud communlented to Justice Swayne. D] Subsequently Attorne the Suprenie Court, suld May it chflsu your [Innors, tho Tar were sware Inst Monday, whon Justlee Swayne delivered the oplulon, the preparation of which hud boen fn- trusted’ to him, that thoy were listanlug to his worls fap the lust thino inthis place, His retive- munt I 1lfe, Indeed, yot with his natur ooy wnnirected, 18 an event tiat 1oy would not will- Ingly pass without o propevexpression of thures gpeet I which “they holl iila eminent publio. services, and of the’ hounr and love \vnlah they Lenr to him personnlly, Afternsketeh of the ublie serviees of Jus- ties Swayne npon the Dench, the Attorney- Ueneral sald: ™ Tua fine chapter of thio Old Teatament which deseribes (he furewell of tho ayed Samuel to his Iu.-u ples Rtuter, privst, and Judico thongh ne wan, 1e desires to know before he puarts with lis po er 1l ho hus done wrong to any mun, that he m then reotlfy it. 1AM OLD AND GRAYV-HEADRD,” euys he, “hut, behold! hern I_nm, Whoee ox or whoso nss have 1 tuken? Whom huve I ale- frauded? Whom have | anmw-(n At whose hands huve 1 roeeived nny bribes to blind mine oyea?’ At the peoplo. nnswored our witness thero 18 no siuch mnn, that should the distinguisherl mu; who retires from this Neneh i Is thoro thut hns stood before eneral Dovens, in ma to whom 1 have not striven 1o do equal and oxact justice?” the answer will be like that of tho Hobrew ponplu to tho royal Jindie of Istuel: “There 18 no such man," Tho goold wlshies of nli willgo with him in his honorable retiroment, caonsoled br those Jiterary atudles which huave Tong been his dolight, and by tho dearor ¢ fort of friends and tamlly. As Lo may lomks back to tho Iifo that [s pist without regret, so ho moy look forwurd with stronity and con- filonee, 'The resolutlons were thion read, mxl TUE CHIBF JUSTICR replied ns follows: Tho vesolutlons of tho Hur and your romarlks, Mr, Attorney-Generitl, nro o niore than (3 duo 10 tha oceunion, a1 ke plensuro in direets ing that thoy be entered on our minutes, Dur- e the nincteen years of Judielnd lifo of Judino Swayne, both publie and constitutionnd law lnve heei presented to tho Conrt In o areat variety of phnses, and each aticcessivo terin brought e cused and 18 congeqient” new questiond, Tho et b horo fu this limportant serviee, and how well b boro it, {8 best shawn In tho puszes of the thirty-soven volumes of our reports which huvo beon fifled slnea ho enmo on - tho Heneb.s Lol m‘ favored with - nnintorrupted good liealth and great eapaeity for endurance, ho hud rrely been Rbsent trom lil geat here, or In the consulta- tlon-room, when voquired, ond uover oxe cept from necessity, s record us n o Jidgoe js consequently arecord of thg court during his geryvieo, und, 1n his voluntayy retiroment, he oun havo the aatistaction of “feeling that his wdgnients here and elsowhore have boon, o8 ho helleved them to be, right, 1l ot thoes, be differed from bla ngsoclites, ho could slways ive n reason for what ho did, 1T COURTESY 01 MANNEN an and oif tho leuch will never bu forgatten, ana ho caveles with him as he leaves tho Court tha patecin Of vvery one of his associntos, It s been Bix good “fortune to bo not only student of law, but of gonoral literaturd us well, 1fo hns nlways been o weleonie miest whorever hu lns gonw, and wo hope ho nay live ton, {u ol{l]{»ly }hu xl"u mu&lh}nl nudlnu Wdfi:k lul tha saclety of his fumlly aud friends, and the pleas- ures of his book: i ¥ BUCIHANAN. A LIVELY CONTENTANT, Wasmixaroy, Joan.-80.—Col. George M. Buchannn, of Mississippt, Republlean con- {estont for tho seat In Congress for which Col, Van H, Manuing holds the certiticate, Is energetically engnged In taklng testimony, Col, Buehanan i3 proceeding in o satisfactory manuer, notwithstanding that ho writes that his whnesses are fuvaviably tumpered with ny Democrats, who some thnea form them- selves luto mobs at places whers he s nide vertised to tuko testhmony, and” drive them away nltogether, Recently the Eleetlon Commissioners for the Countles of Marahall, DeSotn, Panoln, and Coahomn were dndleted 1 the United States Courts for defacing poll- hooks and erusing therefrom the nnmes of Togally quplified electors, and those of Mar- shall gl Conlioma wers promptly convie ‘o cuses of the others wers continuel, COLs BUCIHANAN FTINATER thnt nt Jonst 2500 yoters, wll colored, wore (hus disfranchised In bis distriet alone, A Iargy number of Democrats wero also Ine ietpd for ballot-box stufting, electing Uplted Stfites Supervisory from polling pluees, ele,, many of whom pleaded guilly, aud pald fines and costs, 1t Is bolieved that theso culprits are is- franchlsed, and disquulified from holding ollles, untler the Stuts law, but thelr attor neys were not probubly uware of this when thuy entered pleas of gullty In hope of escap- Ing hieavy penulties, Col, Buchnuan, who s a Southern man, and an ex-Confederate soldier, promtses to muko his contest a l{vely one for Col. Man- nlug, the present Represuntative, who claims to have been releeted, Munnlig's conrsa in the Eleetlons Committee ng o partisan has made him o shining mark for a contest, Thromghout he has been wost unfair, and al- most continually involved in personal con- troversy with members of the Comnltiee, even with Springer, the Chairman, and other members of the Democratie majority, INAUGURATION, COMING FESTIVITIES, Wasisatos, . C, Jan, SL—"The Inau- gural balpromlises to hen grand suceess, and every endenvor Is being nade Lo make it tire most elaborate occasion of the kind fn the history of the country. In view of the vx- pense attending the preparations, no compll- wentary tickets will be Issued excopt to I'res- ident-clect Garficld amt family, The work on thadeeoration ot ennsylvanin avenno will be commeneed at onces 'Ihe eseort of the President-cleet will consist of 20,000 mil- itin and fourteen companles of regular troops and marines, Provious to the bnlla reception will be held fn the Musew m bulnl- ing by the General nud Mrs, riicld, Presi- dent wud Mrs. Hayes, and General and Mis, Grant, Gen, Tlaneock Tns also been fnvited to take partin therceeption, mul it Is thought Y011 ASSUTANCES T ed by the Commitiee, that he will aces Gen,” Shermnn will e it Grand Marsial of the parade mnd will make the presentations at the reception. ‘The Co responding Secretary of the Committee, As- sistant Adjutant-General Corbin, s recelved alarge namber of orders for tickets from persons outslie of the elty, NOTES, QUANT, Speetat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribunes Wasutsarox, D, C,, Jait. Sl—Gen, Grant will leave hiere to-ntorrow and make another visit to hifs ol friend Gen. Beale. e mny start upon his Mexican trip from here, Mt COX hiag given notico that he will bring up his Apportlonment seheme fu - the Iouse to-mor- row, nnd proposes tonntngonize it with every other question. Inasmuch as the Democrats contemplate abundoning their nttempts to pnss the Mor- wan Electoral oot rule, it s very probuble that Cox may be successful with his motion. TIE LETTERS FIOM DUS IN 1N DIANAPOLIS, 3 stating that thers I3 a glut of small bills In that scetion, have exclied surprlse nt the Preasury, for the reason that complaints at other quarters are received that small notes arescarce. The explanationds that.the Dem- ocratie Cumpiign Committee under Barnum disposett of lurge mnounts of 81 bills In Indl- ana, and that they have now become untit for clrculation. TUE INDIGNITY COMMITT! i3 making very little progress In Its altemots to learn how the Chinese Trenty beenme public. To-lay the ofiicers of the Govern- ment Printing Offiee were' before the Com- wittee, and denfed ‘all knowledge us to the publicatlon, and produced recelpts show- ing that all the copies of the confldential document that wero printed were dellvered to the proper ofticers of the Senate, and recelnted for by them. "The in- vestizating Committee, theréfore, scemy hot to have made any progress, and Is simply groplug in the dork. APPROPRIATIONS, tern Awoclated Press, Wasutzatoy, D, C., Jan, #l-—The Sub- Committee of the House Committeo on Ap- propriutions having the bill n ehnrge, report- wid to the fall Committes to-day the Leglsla- tive, utive, mul Judielal Approprinten bill. e Counnlttes will mect Wednesiny when the bt will be sgreed to and reporied to the Ifouse, The Ilonse Conimittée on Conuneree continued work onjthe River sid Harhor bl to-duy and agreed upon several small ms ot the appropriation = for the upper tributaries of tho Misslssippl. ‘The nmount sgreed upon for the lnprov muent of the Mississippl River, as It no stands in the bitl, is S1,000,000 for the, sippl from Calro o the mouth and 36N, from Calro to the headwaters. 1L I8 by no menns sevided thut these amounts will not he subjuet to revision bofors the blll 13 finally adopted by the Conunittee. * J - AGUICULTURE. o Iiepregentative Covert, Chalrman of the Tlonse Committea on Agriculture, repovted to the House to-day the Agriculturnl Appro- l»rml on DIlL Amonk the lscellancous tems nre the following: For the purchase uid diistribuclonof sevds, S80,0003 for continu- fng experiments in conneetion with the man- ufieture of sugar fromsorghum, 325,003 for routinuing the investigation relptivo'to in. woets and juries to aerleualture, S15,0002 for, further experiments i fea ealture, S10,000 for theereetlon of o new musenn bittlding in conneetlon with the Agrlenitural Depart- mont, 35,0003 for the reelamntion of arid wd wistes lands in the "Perritories, §10,000, . I COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS to-day suninitied to Congress his nnnunl ro-. nort of the operatlons of the Patent-Otfes durhe the year endetl Dee, 31, 1880, From o dotaifed tement of recelpts nnd es- penditures submitted, 1t sppears: that there was recelved during tho year for patonts, coples of reéconls or drnwlings, ntel_ from other sources, the O} total expended during W80, leaving o bulisieo of 3310,- 1, 1559, thers renmlined § Su to thie eradit of the Patent Fund, which, added to the surplus of 1859, makes the amount to t’llml;.'nul tof the Patent Fund Jan, r, 30 On Jun, COMMITT aurvwd ‘Mlnfi ta ru ON WA CLAIMS Pu\t favorably to tho Hunse the bill providing for the allowaucy T cerinin elulms favornbly passed wpon and necounting ofiider of the Nine hundred amd seey and Wes inln, rom SR000 10 340,000, and 1 200,000 naud $:00,000, N. 01D, The Presidont has approved the bill plac- m:\(.ml. Ord on the retired Jst with therunk ho elihity var agsrogato ety 1 of Mojor-General, THE INTERES? on the 5 por eent funded loan of 1881 falls due toanorrow, ‘Trensurer Gilfillan to-dny madled eheeka for payment of the registered interest, “The humbor of choeks 1 9,000, rep- resonting $35,021,800, TOSTMASTERS, ‘Tho President has nominated the follow- mg Postmnsters: Edmund Burnet, Canal Dover, 0.5 OLT B, Gleason, Corry, I'n. BENATOIR CARPENTEI, Senntor Matt Carpenter fs sitting up to- day. 118 physlelan stutes thot ho 18 rapldly convalescing, . NOMINATED, The President’ hns nombiated Ald. John W. Jacobns, of Now York City, to be United Stutes }hn‘uhnl for the Southiern Distriet ot New York, ‘The present Marshal, Mr, Payne, \‘\;m; l:hu candldate of the Conkiingltes In Now ork, A NEWSPAPER ROLD, The marning papers say that the Sunday Oazette, of this eity, hng ehunged hauds, and that u\l\rln. aof which My, Lovi I’ Mortoh, o New York, Is the lluanclal head,'has become the purchaser of the ,.rnpurlr. ferenftor thie paper will be Rebublican In"polities, wIL WASHINGTON, 1), Jupt, dL—The Chaly latil before the Seinte’ the credentials of Tlenry D, Baldwin as Senator from Michl- @ for tho unexplred term of the lato Zuchavial Chandloy, which expires Mareh 3, 181, aint Mr, Baldwin, escorted by Mr, Mor- I“l”. eame forward and took the onth of of- fice, g ‘I'ho Chalr also Inid before the Senate tho credentlals of Omar Do Congor us Senator from the sime State forsixyonrs from Murch 4, 1831, and these were plveed on file, Messts, Logun, Plumb, and Lugalls pre- sented petitions nzainst the passage of Sen- ato UL 406, known us the SIsty-Surgeon bill, Lu nis petittons Mr. Ingulls sald they ema- nuted from pension wind elubins agents in this ¢lty, und he was sutlstied thoy In no sense represented the convietions of the soldiers of s State. \ Mr, MePherson .introduced a blll appro- priating $100,000, to be applied under divecs tion of the Secrotary of tha Navy to the - medinte prepuration, equipment, and supply of u vessel of war to be used In search for the steumer Jeaunette, of tho Arctiv explore ing expedition,. Referred, Ar, Morrill presented the statuo of Jacob Collamer, conteibuted by Yermout to the Natlonal Statuary Hall, The morning hour in the Senate was occit pled with untmportant busin Mr. Dawes addressed the Senate upon the klllinge of Bl Snake, the Ponen Chlef, by soldiers i the oftics of the Awent of the Tancns, in fndian ‘Territory, AL hls suagestion he responss of the Interior Department, wuder date of Jan. 6, 1481, to tho Sennto resolution of fnquiry of Mureh 11, 1830, or nino months hefore, was rend, commenting upon tho extraordinry delay ' rosponse, add intimating that 1t wos fntentional. Mr. Diuwes next detatled the clrenmstances of the kiliing, The methods of the tnding Depart= ment were reathingly eriticlsed as unsAmerican and vimdistive. Mr. Dawes concluded by pro- gentlng n protest from Standing Bear and thire ty-live others agalnst tho snteof the old reservas tion, and requesting the continuution of thelr annulties, Mr, Loyan, replying 1o what he thought might Do constrned 08 a relleetlon upon the Interlor Tiepartment in tho romarks Just made, eulowized the conrse of the head of (hat Departmont and 1ts goneral management of late yoars ns tnving beon s houest, capable, fuir, nid Just s that of any othioy Department of the Govern- mont, 4 Dawes dented thut n single word hud ever trom his lips In disparagement of tho ul pollev of the Tmllun Departient or ity heitd, On tho Coptrirys Xcopl 08 to Lhis pare tiendar transaction, e fad frequently coms newded tho conrse of thut Department. Tt the myatery for.that reazonwas ouly the grenter that wo_ cifort had. been made to remove tho stiin put upon lta reeord in this matter with reference 10 ono ol the niost pe ble and Bonest bands of men that liyed under the g, Mr, Vhnb, veplylng 1o Mr, Dawes, gkl the Iidinn Agent whain thut Senator dunoeed a8 cownrdly was nmni whont e Kiew to be ubove yeproach, and who seeved for yenrs in the aeny, Assinne that the killing was not justtfinble, lie thouglit the most that conll bo said about i was that the Agont had tndertaken u plat for the the ludinn resulting in- bl murder, which result was unintentionnl, Mz, Kirkwood “sulil he would ask to submit BOING vematks f1t roply 10 My, Diwos to-1nurrow, Mr. Voorhees Iitroduced o Ul providing pons sions fur the sirv of the buttle of Tip- pecanoe, aud tor thy whlows and urplans of 1hose now dewd whn wer agrerl thorein. M, Vanrhi sald tho kattee bhi bad_been neee: sltuted by rewson of the Pension Olies constri- Inw 1o exelude those ute reaumed consldueration: of the n- hu question helng ad-lneNevernity bill, Torgun's amendment 1o digpense with the reg s tribe hefore bind ean be tken 1h s fremoents for the nssent ot I.Wu-l.l\|ll'llh uf ety After remurks by M. Morgin in O Mr, Saunders in opposition, the nmendi Tefeutui—yous, 103 niys, 10, My, Flumb submitted and ndvoented an amendinent to aliow nilvtinents to be taken by dividunl members of it Ivibe which doos not consunt W tnho Lindd, and g ovllllllf( that, In siteh an event, tribit relation shull o broltsnup. After diseussion, Plumb moditied th amendinent, at th 80 us 1o ontit its lutter fenture, The amendment then prevalled without ob- Jectlon, On motlon of Mr. Hoar, the amendment pro- nibiting tho punishment of Ludiuns for polyguiny: who it tho time of the allotment were phioti= clige tho sumo way ameisdeit gous o make it ap- phieable Indiuns who are cltizens of States, ‘e bilL was' luid over without action, and or- dered printed, Adjourned. stion of Mr. Edmunds, lls were introduced und referred: By Mr, Huwloy—For the preventlon of adul- terntion of tood or (ruks. 1y Mr. Dwight—To compensate peesons on- gaged I tho rallrond mall-service for Injuries vecelved whila T the discharge of thelr dutles, Ity M. O'letlly—~"To protect tho transmisslon of intelligenco by telegraph from the exuctions of monopolles, 1t provides that no telegraph company shuil chavgo moroe for tho trangmission and delivery of miy messugo than way charged on the Ist of Junuary, 1881, by tho Awmeriean Unton 'Telegraph Compnny for the suno dls- tance; lmposes u fine of 54 for every vialation of tho wrovisions and declares tint this act shall o enforeed from and aftor its passuge. . By Mr. Crowley—LFor the constrietion and muintonunco of o rullwny bridge acoss the Ningara Hiver, > Iy Mr. Bliss—EProviding that the duty on caud- t1e soda shinll be 10 per cent ad-valorem, 2 iy Mr. Young (Ohlo}=Granting land warrants to soldlers’ and aitors, ov thele widows. or arphnbs, - A1y Mr. Pucker—Authorizing the United States Commisaloners to_tuke neknpwlodgmonts of'a ¢ transter of Gnited Stes homds, By Mr. Wenvar—-FProposinge 1 constitutionnl amonduicut praviding forthe clootion of Song. 0P8 by tha Peoplt.) er 1, vt Iy Mr, Townstend (1L ) L of penslons of thoso who huyo lost i b and are ulli‘ dignbled to ¥350 por month. Iiy M. Frost (by requesti=To ruservo the pub- o lunds from sule, snd to distribute them amony o peaple. R Mr, Stephens, Chnirmen of tho Committee on Colunge, Woights, und Measures, reparted ek a resolution eulling on the Scerotary of Stato for asy Informntion Ikl possession b to tho tli- pogition of forelgn Governments toward inter- mutdonal netlon for tho restoration of silver to full use us mmu-i. Adapted, 4 Mr. Springor, by req L Introduced w WL slnllie to that introduced somo days ngo in the Senuto by Mr. Kirkwood rolutive to the Postal "Fotegvaph Companys also n bl to provide for, the appralsement of telegraph lnes, . property, andd elfeets of companies it under the pro- vistons of the net of July 2, 1880, to procure in- formatlon concorning tie postul tolegraphs of other countries, "Tio sesslons of the House begln herenfter at o, T'ho Town eontested olection ease was disposed of, Sapp and Curpeater retnln thelr gonts, Mu. Cox juivu nutico thut he wonld tomorrow p the .\pvnnlmmwm DIl and press. it ngninst ovory other bhuslioss, “I'ho House thou wewt Juto Committee of the Whale (My, Converse In tho chaln on the Distelet of Columbit Appropristion bill, The uppi printlon recommetuls Elnukil, teing 8 g (it the amount approprinted list year, and 250,000 leas thin tho estimates of tha District Cannnlssloners, - o Aftor s briot dobato tho hill was read by soes Illtus for amendinont. Tho upproprintion for ronuwnl of old wood paveineints wis In- e F15,000, to K, Varions provisians of the Wil, white of Jittlo publio Interest, v riso to detiate, and but five bt tho twenty-three puges were disposed of whon tho Commitico yose A BIEwis pussed In relation te the Utah & Northern [tullrond' Compiny. It authovizes thut Company to constrier suel hranehds o ita rond in .the ‘Territories of Utnh, ldnhio, and Montann, with tho &uno grunts, rlzhts, powors, and privileges, amd upon tho sumo terms und conditions us provided for its madu line, . ' Mr, Covert, Chaleman of (ho Comwitteo on Agrioulturo, rL('Pnru'll tha Agriculturni Appro- printion bitl, * Ordored printed and reconimltted. Adjourned, 3 CONVICT LABOR. How to Baposo of It in the Minnesotn Penitontlury, Special Disvatch ta The Chicago Tribune. STinrwArer, Minn, Jan, 81,—The regular meeting of the Board of Prison Inspectovs oceurred to-day with” closed doors, ‘Lhe matter of the ‘letting of tho contract for yprison labor enms up, and nfter conslderablo disenssion tho bids before tho Bonrd wero all rejected, and tho dinte ‘I'rensurer was authorized to refund. to deh bidder tho amount deposited with him, ‘I'hils actlon left tho matter In the snme ulruto' of, ns .beforo iho . blds wero called Forepnugh & Tarbox then eamo forward and made n proposition -venewing the bld of ¢, J. Thompson, viz.: 47 cents per duy for convicet lnbor, nhd §2,010 per year rental for tho shops, Seymour, Sabin & Co, made proposition to phy 45 cents per dny for conviet Inbor, and_wn annunl rental of §1,6500 peryear for the shops. These proposivions. elielted n yery general nud thorough discus- slon relntive” to the advantages and diswd-. vantages 10 tho State, ull but ohe meni- ber eoming Lo the conclusion that aithough the bid_of Seymour, Sabln & Co, wis whout 3000 ° por - year under that of Forepnugh & ‘Larbov, it woulid be better In tho end for the Stateat large and lts Ine dustrles 10 necept that of the former, “The ather monber hesituted about taking this po- sitlon mul.mmuhmmslr awarding the cons tract to Seymoury Sabin & Co., tor fear thut the L flslml\'u Committes wouid not wpprave, And, us they aro expeeted here ong -lur(hls weols, the fuatierwas lolt for con- sultation with them and other members of tho Legislature before inal getlon s tuken, a1t Howrd wdjunred subject to the call of the Warden, e A KANSAS CITY GRAIN INSPECTOR, Special Dispatch to Ths Chicago Tribune, Kansas Crry, Mo, Jan, 8L—At n meoting of the Dircetors of the Kansus Cltydieard of Trade to-day, H. I3, Bilbro, of St. Louls, wns selected to succeod Georgo W, -McLean ns Gralu Inspeetor for the coming year, ‘There has been a flerco ‘fight during the past fow werks over this apuolutment, and Mr, ‘Me- Lonw's reutoval does not glvo satisfactlon to the grafn nen, ‘Thers wero no churges against him in his ollicial capucity, the fight belug wore of w personsl churactor, . onse the yatu THE WEATIER. A Large Portion of North America Now under a Cover of Snow. Probable Appronch of One of the Coldest Waves of tho Wintor, T'he Pacilic Const Visited by Tre- mondous Ratn-Storms and " Hurrieanes. A Mining Camp Swopt Out to Sea—A Million Dollars of Damage nt Racramento, General Reports of the Great Snow-Storm Which Raged Yesterday. CIICAGO. The snow-storm which began yesterday af- ternoon and was b tull blast when this paper went to press will perhaps be better remem- bered than any of its predecessors this sea- son. It was dechledly interlor to mony of them fn the volme of erystallized molsture which fell during its contlnuanee, but for downright disngrecableness it cast them ait into the shade, ‘The enst wind was to bliune for this; Instead of n multhudinons sueces. siott of Inrge, Centhery lakes salkmg lnzily down and settling gently upon the even sur- fuee helow, the storne wis made up of whirl- Ine masses of tiny fee-pebbles which the eut- ting wiml dashed into people’s fuces, drove up thelr trotser-legs and down beneath thelir cout eollars with o relent! cnergy, Just about the time, the storm stoupet matters were beginning to Joolke serious on nee count of the drifts which were form- fug, wmk IF it bad hsted no few howrs longer the strcet-car companies would iave found 1t hard work to cope with ho inxddious encmy which, at spveral places alongz thelr Tine, had alrendy gathered fn wasses which thu snoweplow had nll it could do to overcome, it would not, cither, have tnken . mueh: longer duration of the combination, of east wind und snow to have ralsed obstaetes In tho wiy of outgeing tralns which would have deliayed thelr progress. NOT THI LEAST TRYING FEATURE in counection with the storm was the fuct that, aceording to generally-uxpressed opin- fo, it was enttrely unealled for, certainly unlooked for, 'The conmunity at Jurge, after- walting all ‘mouth for the Junuary that, wers willing, In default of better things, to nceept the fine weather of Sunday a8 nsort of compromise, provided, of course, that tho rest of the month should be stnilar- ly blessed. But for the Inst day of the monthto be glven up tosuch a display ot weather as occurred yesterday, "nnd for tho. “January thaw to be condensed tuto one solitary day, of only comparatively babiny weather, was more than human nat~ ure could bo expeeted to stund without grumbling, and it did grionble necordingly. Ihe only thing now Ieft 13 to hope that the thaw will gome ' February and to deter- mine not to bo overdisappolited it the looked-for mitdness. does not make its ap- pearance untit Mureh, or later. THE NIGHT ENPIESS east on the Michigan Central left the city wi hour and one-half late, -1t waited for the arrtval of a sccond engine from Michigan City, as 1t was deemed best to pull the traln with two_ locomotives, In view of the possibility’ of encountoring . snow-drifts between here and the Sand 1111 Village, e second englue, however, falled to arrive, andd/the train pulled’ oot with the hopu of meeth¥ IChsny Kintsington, 'Sush Is thestory told by the rallroad pMeldls, and,to the unsus- pectlng non-professional, looks very thin,jbe- causo It attributes o poverty fn motive-power not usuaily enjoyed by great ralirond cor- poration, THE TEMPERATURI YESTERDAY, a9 observed by Manngse, opticlan, 85 Madison street, Tritxe Building, wns a8 follows: § e My 203 10 14 1k, 233 B2, 503 31 0, ., 205 8 b 1, 4+ barometer, 8, my, 20,7358 po ., 20,05, BIG SNOW, Wasnmxaron, D; C., Jan, 3L.—Snow .was roported IuMichigan; Wisconsln, lown, Ne- braska, Minnesota, Ohlo, Illinots, Iown, Wis- eapsin, Nevadn, and Utah, St Paur, Minn, Jan . 8L—Tho largest snow-fall of the scason.is now upon tho ground here, and still snowing in gusts at intervals,” From ndvices received from rall- vond points the follvwing record I3 sum- warized s ‘The snow-fall slong the line of the lown & Minnesotn Division of the Chieago, Milwmikee & St. Paul Iy ten fnches; maln lney seven htches; Hastings & Dakotn Divislon, ten tiches, nud no teaing running beyond Glencoss wnd St. Paul & Duluth, L\\'FX{:\; nope blocked except at extreme polnts, VO eetat Dispateh to The Chfenan Tyibune, Stoux Crryy In., Jan, 3—It insbeen snow- tngg nll day: Six Inches of snow IS now re- ported at St James, Miun., and thirteen nelies nt t Sully, Dakota, 1t fs dritting ing some, gt thoro i o chance of another blockado of tho raitroms, Npeetal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Fonr Dona, I, Jan. H.—The Chiengo Milwnukes & St Land s 1wo plows snowed ln west ol Britt, 'I'he drifts nre Inmense, They talk nbout Its taking thirty days to elear tho voud, % Speetat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, WINON Minn,, Jnn, Four to six inches of snow was reported this morning by all points between Winonn wnd Plerre, Dakota. 1n some ‘nms ot Dakota this I3 the first snow this winter. ‘lo-lny hns been stariny, with somo wind, and ‘the snow is drifting budly, i —— RIVER-ICE AT 87, LOUIS, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune, St Louts, Jan; 81.=The steambontinen nre getting rendy for n *“raise” und brenk-up of the lee-hound river, ‘I'his morning the fleet at tho levee began firing up, and signs of activity wero visibla everywhere, ‘Theyharf- boats are bong cleared and the aprons re- wmoved from the bridges, ko as to be In readi- ness when the jee begins to move, ‘Uhe Inst forty-eight hours of thaw has had very little cffeet upon tho fee on tho viver, but the con- tinned mild weather: {8 nvwarning that the long-gxpected general thaw may be about 1o com, ‘The river isnow about elght feot ubove low witer and nearly stutionnry, the thaw thus far not having swolled the tributar strenms, © An - old stemmbontmnn sald this morning that it wonld: ke ten days of such weather ns we ure having now to Tot the lee, [ that ease tho most of 1t would sink. 'Fho Indient! this morning ‘wers In faver of rain, enty-four *hours of warm rain wonld start tho 1ee to runtthg, but it will re- qulve . continued heavy rain and warm weather . fo_brlng. on u dangerons rise aml breakeup, Fhe nowest leo hero Is about tweive inches thick, but there is ico nbove nil the way from fifteon- inches to two foot In thickness, - K "R SACRAMENTO ¥LOOD, Sacnaneyro, Cak, Jun, 8L.~Tho levee wns broken three juites below the clty n twa placed, and muich damngo to farms and or- ehards will follow, ‘The water is hacking up towards tho city, “I'ho.levees around the city ate all yight, and po dangor is approhended, . A number of extensive 'erevasaes have oe- curred on the opposit sldu of the river In Yolo County, and mueh damage §s roported, The losses at'present are roughly estimated ut 81,000,000, ‘The river'1s twoptyslx feot above low-water mark, the highest dber be- > fore aftuined, . % ¥ TERRIFIC FLOODS, 5 SAN Fraxcisco, Oal., Jay, 8L—At Wind- | sor, Sonomu County, thirteon incheés of rain foil In soventeen hours, Much damngo was sustained by the people {n that vieinity. In Placerville, Eldorado County, lutwenty- four hours up to noon yesterdny, seven and sixty-lundredths luches of suin fell, Frowm 1831—-TWELVE PAGES. pould ot sutisly al) l‘t::uhl for. tho best ‘Intcrests of the whole = other places in the northern part of the State como alnost Ineredible necounts of the amount of tho ratnfall during the storm, A dispateh from Santa Cruz, says Capitoln, on Sequel Creek, four miles from Sants Cruz, has been washed out tosea, Only four houses are leftof thy town. No lives were st "I'lic Oroyillo Railvond fs submerged for a Tong distance. The dantnge ennnot be ascer- tained until the water goes down, BOOIT! At 8218 Mouday moriing tha flzures shown were all below zero: Vincent, Dak., 30 de- grees; Moorhead, Minn, 25 degrees; Fort Garry, Man,, 34 degrees; Duluthy Minun, 3 egrecs, # e WIND, TontrAND, Ore,, Jan, $L—A hurrieano swept over the Puayulupe Valley, Washing- ton County, ‘The:Northern Pacitic Itatlroad Is obstructed by windfalls, uilding: { unroofed, and in some Instunces destroyed. T'IEE SIGNAL 8 Wasmsarox, D, C., Jan, $0.-Indieations: For "Tennesse nud Ohlo Vall aln or stow, followed by generadly elowdy and colder weather, winds shifting to north or west, and vising barometer, \ Tor the Lake reglon, threatening weather and snow, winds generally from norihe cast fo northwest, durlng the day statlonary * or slight fall * In temperature, dnel fn thosouthern portion falling followed by rishng barometer. g For the Upper Mississipnt and_Lower Mis- sourl Valleys, nrens of snow, followed by edld and partly cloudy \\'c.\lhur. northerty winds, and rising followed blx' Talling barom- oter, winds pmhnblf‘ shifthys to west or th during Tuesdny nlght, with rising erature, Cantlonary signnls continueat Milwaukeo, Grand Ilaven, atd Ludingtor Y # LOCAL D L tVICE, . 10:18 p, . .| eatier Clondy. Clowdy! Lt wner, Lt anw, LLL Biwe Lt 5 207 i Jowes! Moun tnromoter, mean humbdity, 8. Tempornture, 2. “iiarometor enrreated fortomperaturo, clevation, i Instrumuntal error, TMuited show, $l'oo minnil Lo mossure. GENERRAL OUSTRVATIONS, Litigaan, dan, =111 o m, Statlons, Wind. e Wil'r Albany. Alnonu, Monrne nw Cliay., .eiln, 215 anw Plachs, Pittaburns. Jort Hurot N 2= e A * THE CABINET. An Indiana Drelogation Go Down to ntor 1o Assist the Prosident=Thoy ment Thelr Clalms, but Rocelve No Enconragentent. » A pectal Digvateh to The Chicaga Tribune. CLEVELAND, 0., Jan, #t.—Gen, Garfleld was waited upon at Mentor to-tlny by a dele- gation of leading Indinnit: Republicans, Tiended be Senator-clect Benfamin Harrlson, who urged the claims of the loosier State to a portfollo in the Cabinet of the Presldent~ eleet, The delegates eamo together us o body in Cloveland, representutives from Northern Indlann comlng on the Lake Shore Rullway and from Indianapolis und the southern por- tion of the State vin the Cloveland, Columbus, Clncinnatl & Indianapolls Raitway, Follow- ingisn lst of tho pavty: Gen. Benjamin Iinrrison, Senator-elect, of Indinuapolisy Col. W. W, Dudley, United States Marshal at Indionapolis; the Ion, R, B, T Dlerce, Congressmanselect,of Crawfordsville; iho 1lon. Staunton J. Peele, Congressman- eleet, of Indlunapolis; the Ion, Mark L, De Motte, Congressman-elect, of Valparaiso; the Hon. George W. Steele, Congressman- clect, of Marions William It Holoway, Post- mnster at Iullannpolls; A, O. Marsh, of Winchester; ex-Senator D. R, Buarss, of Peru; Col. K. G, Shryock, of Rochester; ox- Senator N, Cadwallider, of Union Clty; Mr J. Wittinms; of Vincennes; 1 1. Studebaker, of South Bend; F, Adkinson, of Lawrence- burg; M. Campbell, of Danville; Judge B, K. Iliginbotham, of Frankfort; Mr. George B, Willlsms, of Indinunpolls; ex-Sen- ator D. €. Anthony, of New Al- bany; State Senator Charles - Kahlo, of Logansport; D, M. Ransdui), of Indianapo- lis; Dr. I M, Jameson, of Indinoupolis; Joseph J. Irwin, of Colwnbus; Willlam Wallnce, of Indianupolis; Mr. Mordecai ¥ Chileole, of Rensselner, Aftor breakfast at the Kennard House, tho delegation procueded to -Mentor i o specint car, arriving ot the house df the President. elect shortly after 13 o'clock, The gentle- men were cordinlly reccived by Gen, Gui- field, and, after a season of handshaking and Introduction, the formal address of the ocea- slon was delivered by Gen, Xarrison. 'ho Senutor-slect was modest in his vemarks, askime only that Indiana be remembered by the lncoming Adminlstra- tlon, Ile did not urge the clalms of any particular represontative of the Toesler ému-. Jeving 1t to Gen, Gurfield to make his own seleetion, should ha declde to give Indiana o representation, 'The nddress wis brief and to the point, and its sentiments were heartil pulu\ldu(‘ by the visltg Uoosier gentlenien, Gen, Gorlield responded Inn fow remarks of n general nature, in whieh “he expressed hlu'nrpmlullun of the high trust imposed by lufs eleetion to tho Presidency. Heforriug to the clnfims of Indiana for a Cabluet position, Iie skl 80 many eluiing were being urged ho but would do all s country, An Giformal conference fallowed, in whieh the subject of Cabinet-making was scarcely touched upoit, A8 ope of the gentlonien ox- pressed Wnself “on hils return to Cleveland, WiV did ot go down to Mentor o demand or even urge the uppointiment of an Indisnn man, We wanted 1o pay our respeets to Gurfield, md to let himsee we felt suiliclent intorest'n securing Cabinet appointment 1o visit him at his home,” ; "Il visitors spunt severnl hours In cg Vi Iand on thelr return from len- tor, ‘and departed for home-. o the cvenlng lnfln. They exprossed themselves ns plensed with their visit to Gen, Gurtield, although ho promised them noth- g, 'The |lumimlou wis nut united npon any one man, tlithough the name of the Ion, Joln G, New' was st proininently wen- tloned,. Anundereurrent wus discovered in favor of Assistunt Postimnster-General Ty- ner, the dolegates from the Intertor of the State being espeetully friendly to.hln, Tiwy wantto ses hhin appoluted Postinaster-Gen- eral or Seeretury of the Interlgr, e —— KING KALAKAUA, ~ * Sax Fraxcisco, Jan, 3l—King Kalakoug states that the ‘ebject of his tripis for the purpose of visiting the different Aslatlo and B anropean natlions, with the view of findy out tho most feasiblo means of num\l(‘ desitable cluss of Immigrants to gy, N“KI to tnke the place of the natives, wj, ‘Andy determined to suerextinetion withy, ,‘"‘m puratively short time. The King xlnec'"’" favor Chinese’ immigration, nor (o lhe’ Tt plo want the e will i 0 stenier for Yokohamn, "OANADA. | AN OLD LADY AND e CAT, MoNTHEAL, dan, SL—An {iguesi 1, revenled o strange tale, An ceeentrye o Indy named Haley hns heen In thy bah‘\vH Living alono with ier eat lua house op o housle street, notwithstanding the Chitreay] of her fricmls, who ure fairly “'k.’ll-lrh; Yesterday her body was founmd in thp ]m"m and under 11, as 1 she had falien on i, way PM Doty of her favorit eat, She b hey g for three days, and I falling from Ilefr}‘m hatl severely biwrned hevself nainstihg stn“' Averidlet of denth from nutural cnum\r returned, W THE PACIFIO BILL, OTTAWA, Jan, SL—in the ouso of Cop mons the Pacitic Ratlway bill was ordery i o second rending,—106 to 40, The Commiitee finally reporte and a third reading h‘\s) huéu llx«;nl l}l:rmu!.l.' WOFFOW, b Speeial Dispateh to The Chicago Ty(u OTrAWA, Ont,, Jun, 31 —"To-duay the rewding of llu(-t .uumh; “l‘uizll(h;’ Rallway Jnseureioe er n aplrited dobute, by vy ‘e Government intends to Introg DIl thils sesston uh'lnr juin power (g%?ala 1 distyibute for the benehit of Caundiag polieyliolders the depostt mads by forigys ife-fisurance companies In cuse of thel fallure, —— . RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Speetal Dispateh to The Chicagn Tribune, New Matter, Jan SL=0whig {o frg having spread the vajls, the wain train Rolag north on the Nocthern Railway raw off g triaek on the eurvo just uworth of Lundy Mill, this atternoon. The two rear coachey containing passengers, were wrenched fron the tracl and thrown over nu - embankment, ¢r o Tovonto nnmed Guitford wy killed, ns well ns another man, name we knowi, S ‘alother passengers were s riously injured, 4 e e : i MOUNT BAKER. Vieronta, Jun, i “I'he eruption of Mount BakerIs Incrensing in violence. e ab— OBITUARY. CATPT. JOSHPIT LAWSOY, Spectal Dispateh to The Chlcage Tribune, Four Sreef, Wyo.,, Jan 3).—Capl Joseph Lawson, Third Cavalry, died her at 1t o’clock to-night, 'The ciise of death was paralysts, e served inthe volunteen during the War, at the close of which he vy commissioned in the ‘Chird Cavalry, servigg continuously on the frontier,and participatiy fnevery Imidlan enga ent in which hig reziment tovk part In New Mexico, Arizony Upper Nebraska, otn, Montana, Wso ming, and Colorndn. He was especlally prominent at thetimeof the Thornburzhmae saere ut Mill Creels, " Colo, By hls conk ness awd bravery In comwmand of the resr fmml he, fought back the Utes, wko hd surrounded " the. entive colwn, after the death of Mal, -Thoraburgh, wnd kept them at buy wntll hreastworks were con strueted, For his remnrkablo bravery on this ocension, and his saving tho entire come nhnd from annibllation, e wns tendereda special vote of thanks by both Houses of the Legislature of Wyoming, G JAMES SPEARS. Speciat Dispateh o The Chicugs Telbune, . Laraverze, Iud, Jan, 31,—James Speary ons of the oldest and most respeeted i -zens of Lafayette, died this moruing. It had been 111 but o day or two, but Inst even Ing beeame worse. e wag seated In achair, and so quiet was his deatiithat his attendant at-irst thought he had dropped off In o falnt Mz, Spears was_harn in Rochester, N Y, coming to Indbdinn In 1863, and tinalls setiled in Lafayetta cleven years after, Hewas Targo contractor i the Wabash & £rie Casl and was a member of the extensive firmot Dugan, Case & Co. 11e wny 72 years of an at the thwe of his death, 1o was o widowe w mnn of great kindness of hezm,npdghi charneter and private llfe, M Bay nard and Hnrrey Spears, of Chic M Boment Li'nmn and Wil Spears were his children. 1w was o member of the Lafy stte Board of Trade, and_approprinte clin on his death was taken this afternoon, JOSEPIT E, MODESTO BLANCO. TILADELPRLY, Jun, Joseph E. Mod esto 1lanco, the Spanish Cousul, died hen to-day, ¢ e — CONTRACT AWARDED, Speciat Dispateh to The Chicago Tridunk *, 8. PPAvL; Minn., Jan, $1.—In response © the advertisement of Gen, Tompkins (o pre posals for constructing water-works nt For Snelllmz, the following bids were recclved: Bdward L. May, Farlbaull, Si 3 Homee T, Ruge, St Laul,” $23,500; Sylvestd M. Casey nnd Tyndall - Gwynto St T'aul, St8,511; Harvey ‘P Dale John L. Donun, Chicugo, St l't‘m’-’; gust lros, St. Paul, S20,05 jarles B Tobiuson, St. Taul, 510,140, G 'lum"g terday_awarded the contract to Dales nan, of Chicago, who have thoe cmllmtl’lfi tha construetion of the headquarters b 4 ings, um{ being tho lowest bidders, [I contract Ineludes all Inbor il wntertal it cluding machinery, In the construction the works, ——— e - STEAMSHIP NEWS, New Your, Jan. 3L—Arrived, tho st ships Rotterdum, from Rotterdams Bl from fluil; Clty of Montreal al Ilmanul; from Liverpool; Bristol, from Brh&'l: Vuderland und Do Ruyter, from” Antwerdi and Donau, from Bremen. | o, fro8 phing and the 1lyrian, frou Boston, haves® rived out, riyed a1 hoste Sehi Loxnoy, Jan, 3L.—Thosteamship St from Now York for ltotterdui, out, . 4 N r:\(v‘ lYmu(,.lnn.:xl.—Arrlved, tho Ethloph rom Glisgow, : ‘l‘m.\'x‘»ux‘.‘dnm 81,—Tho stemnships me and Wyauilug, from Now York, have 8 out, - LIBERAL PEOPLE. _ Special Digpateh to The Chicags Nbum-( il UArnorLTos, 1il, Jan, 81, —The .emln‘ controversy that hos been golog of i b county for the pnst two years over E" & tion and appropriation to bulld a new ol House Is ut Iast I a fulr way of mll“’l that prowlses to. glve satlsfaction u; :w (8 tions. 'The capitalists of this towh W, corporated themselves into & iy, and purposo erecting t ullu'lm; inthiscitynt a unsk.u! S50, present tho samo ta tho county. . et ——— COMMONWEALTH DISTRIBUTION cougfl LousviLLg, Ky, Jan, @ Tl s elghth ofticial drawingot the ('uhhl]l“:fl‘:ui l Distribution Compnny, took , pl senwg of ¥ MeAuloy’s- ‘Theatre,-in thy Jn\:;}‘l"‘: st Iarge and respectabls audle 41 f"m’\. prize, §10,000, was drawn by W-”{fi,‘ EOL ond prize, $10,000, fell to ticket by N | the thivd prize, 85,000, LI S H,Ti5 rho followlng tickels, ;‘J‘rt”‘-‘ each: Nos, 3,58, 4577, 8,457, g ILWAUKEE. FICE: - THE MILWAUKEE FOST-OF,N pre) MIAVAUKEE, Wis., dan, $l=T be pat* report of Postmaster 1'a: “h‘"w-iwm total’ receipts of the Jtilwailk gt for 1830 were 8186,774,26 scmh net luumu‘«.m sll ¢ 8 31,068 money-ordul L " Ak 0,001 Ondoms for BLtmstzL b otlicy employs thirty-ning enrrit MORTUARY. apwctat oumm}}o The Chicars m:,"mr Cepan RAvins, fu,, Jan, #1.—1 b 1y, A young mun employed ot m“in el house, died last night from ln]_nlunw i by full down nni " eloyator SIt nufl‘"fi funeral oceurred to-duy, mul'm'u pe ¥¥#! by the Fire Department, of whi¢ member, . R L o e S )