Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 24, 1881, Page 2

ATHE CEICAGO TRIBUN 1, z THURBDAY, IFEBRUARY of Gens. 'Thomas, Mende, Halleelk, Reyuotas, | the next House consist of 307 members, un- | sympathized with the den of arraylne [ Senator Blatne wight nhot bo disposed Hooker, MeP'herson, Lyon, Kvunu‘)"lh\l'lfl‘ dler the neeldents of fractions of that partien- | Wysell aunlnst uny man ssan Hd{)\'ltl\ml- flto go duto it The sottlement of fleld, Nétson, und Sediowiek, relating” 0 1 | jor “numbor, would glvo tho | South S Sk pesatn Wil 0 fubserve | the ~ Senntorial complication fn onn- “’F:)(I'Irlll h‘\‘l‘r\.plbl‘:\'v!: offered nn amondment, [ 00 increaso of four members over h R sylvanin now puis the eys of the which was sdopted, providing that none of the money shall bo nsed untll the Commis- sion glinli’ liave nscertained the valuo of the McCook'’s nmenilment as amended was agreed to: but, subseguently, Mr, Chomns motton prevalled, and the whole parasyaph, together with the amendny wis stricken from the bill, "The Comiittee then rose aul the House took a reeess until 7:50, the evens ing sesalon o be for n consideration of District bustness, OTIER ITOUSEWORK. YESTERDAY. Special Duspateh to The Chicago Tribune. WARIINGTON, D. C,, Feb, #.—"The State of Virginia seems oach year to make larger de- mands upon the General Government, and ench year her statesmen emphasizo thelr de- nuncintion of centrallzed power. * To-duy the lfousa was asked hy Represcutatlve Beall, of Virginia, to nssist n inangurating o Natlanal system of Marlology; the Mary that was to be worshiped Leing Mury the mother of Waxhliston, 1o proposed, us an winendment to the Sundry Civil bill, that there should he nan appropristipn of $10,000 made for the eompletion, at Predericksburg, of u monument to Mary, the mother of Washlngton, ‘Those who woere famillar with the history of Government wppropriations falled to remember that the Government had over begun such a work, that It should now make au appropriation to eamplete It, No nrconn of such action could be found In the lnws, Finally, it was uscertnined that the monu- went which had been begun was hegun by the Stute of Viegintn before the War, thag very little had lieen done upont it then, thut nothimz has been done since, and that the General Govoriunent has never hal anythin todo with it. "The proposed amembment, o conrse, wasg refected upow g polnt ot order, ‘The telder of i, however, brought out the fuet that the Ol Dominlon, which Donsts so nnich of Its historical Preshlents, has never erceted a momtment to the memory of Wagh- ington. The Iouse did ' A VERY URACEFUL ACT tu-lny in makiie on u”xmprlml«m for nn ele- vatar for the White House, and 1t 1s due to ats proposed 1ty and the y voted forlt. Mr, Ath- erton ho n fow days ngo objected 10 th ug an appropriation for this very purpose, to-diy proposed the nmed ment to the bl which was adopted. 1t was technieally, out of order to have ndopted It, but, after Mr, Atherton stated that it was urged in o great measure beenuse the mother ol the Prestdent-clect Isan invalld, there was no turther objection to its prssnge, although JMr. MeMlllan, of Tenug e, and Mr. Snn- tord, of Alabamg, did objeete “Tho sum ap- propriuted Is $500, HOCK ISLAND, 1In the conslderation of the Sundry Clvil bill to-day, Mr. lenderson, of Liinols, offered an amendnient to e the appropriution tor shop “IL7 at Rock Island Avsennl, from 75,000 to §55,000, nud npproprinting 320,000 for commencing shop “ K," the lust of the armory shops. My, 1emlerson sald the ng- gregated wmount wus not chunged by the amendment, but it stmply used puit of the amount for shop * 117 10 begin o new shop, ‘The amendment was ndopted. IN TIHE SENATE. VICE-PRESIDENT ARTHUIL Bpecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasnixaton, D, C., Feb, 25— Vice-Presi- dent Arthar paid o visit this.afternoon to tho Sennte Chamber, where ke’ is soon to act ag the preslding oficer. 1le was escorted by Viee-Lresident Wheeler and ' Senator Conkling Into tho Chamber, and took u sent on ono of the lounges. ‘The Rupublican Senators with whom he was acquuinted came successively and shook hands with Iim, and Senutor Conkling presented othors with whom he had no personnt ucquaintance. Soon Davis, of West Virginia, and Beck came over and were Introduced, followed by other Southern Senptors, but the Northern Bourbons remained in thelr seats. Gen, JAxthur theén took Mr. Hamlin’s seat, next to that of Mr., Conkling, and attentlvely ob- served the proceedings. BOON MIL, IILAINE CAME IN, his first appearance In the Senate Chanber sinco his recent fliness, and took his seat, which Is separated from that of Mr, Hamlin by that of Mr, Ingalls. Blalne shook hands with Ingallsand then with Arthur,and the three had quite o chat, Ben 1111l eame over to congratulate Blaine on lis recovery, and Ingulls Introduced him to Arthur, and then the four lad o few pleasant words, The Vieo-President- elect remnined In the Senate Chinmber almost an hour, 3Mr, Arthur towered above allto whom he was Introduced to, belng oven taller than Conkling. Ile was dressed Iu 8 busliess sult, with sliort coat, and had somethine the air of an Englishman, ‘I'hy Sennto passed, almost without debate, § THE FORTIFICATION APPROFRIATION BILL, so amendud sinco it eano from the Tlouse that it was practically a new bill. The House biil approprinted $400,000 for the munufactute of four hmproved breech-toad- ing rifle guns, -1t was inthnated that this approprintion had been seeured for the beneit of the outh — Boston Iron Company and the West ~ Point foundry, So it wus cken out, and tho DPresident wus authorlzed toappoint a Board, to cousist of ong engineer oflicer, two ord- nance ofticers, utul two ofticers of artillery, to examine and report on_heavy ordnance and projectiles. ‘Fwonty-five thousand dollars was appropriated to defray the expenses of such tests as this Board may mak; THE AGENTS OF TII ORDNANCE MANU- FACTURERY ; aro quite disconsolate over this defent of thelr plans. ‘The ill for the construction of a Natioual Library editics then came up, the qluuszluu being the substitute Propos d by AIr. Morrlll for the bl of Mr. Voorhees, ‘This ignores the Judiclary-Square location, and provides for the condemuation of six squares of ground direetly cast of the Capi- tol grounds, which will afford sites for tho library and for the Department of Justice, with accommodations for the Supreme Court, Mit. CONKLING, who deslres to have the Congressionnl Li- brary weeded out and retafued in the Capl- tol, ellvited from Mr. Voorhiees an admlssion that the site would cost S1,000,000, und the vroposed bulldings $5000000 more, ‘The estimated cost of enlarguy and fmprove ing the Capltol was $H000,000, awmd |t would then bo the most ununiticent publie bullding tu the worlil, Mr. Jiuwoes, it some: remarky deseriptive “of what has been done towards the establishment of o new lhrary, nxgrrssc(t his bellef that the Congressioni! Library could be left in the Capitol, i3y m:mm: the bullding fu proper shup It would large envugh to necommodate the livrary, Mr. Blalng sald that he hud'been unwilling {? u‘eu the library taken from the Capito), bug inf )| MR 6POFFOND, TIE LIDRARIAN, had convinced im that no sultuble accom- modations could pe found for it without crecting u new bulldhy Mr. Morrilis blll was sowewhnt amended, when it was passed Dy 1 vote of 5 yeus agulist 19 nays, 16 oust now run the gauntlet of the llouse, 810, WILIL, BTAND ON THIS IMUBENL, Spectal Dupateh to ‘The Chicago Tribune, WAsHINGTON, 1), €., Feb, 2,—The House Republicaus have, afteru vers full aml fubr consideratlon, deterwined fn caucus to ue- ept no apportionent propositlon which ling Tor ity basls w number less th 10, Tho ate tendunee at the adjourned cauens this after- nuon was notlarge. Not mordthan soventy- five mumbers were present. Before tho dise cusston opened, Mr. Browne, of Indlana, fered a resolution decluring it 10 b the senso of the coucus that, In voting upon the Ap- yortioument blll, wembers should not bo bound by caucus dictation, but that each shonld Do pulded Ly bis own individ. ua} gonscleuce, 'Plils was. voted down by & vole ot & uyes to 43 noes, Mr. Lapham, of New York, led the debate, Hu called attention to A FACT W which littls proniinonce bas been before given—namely: that the fnuerenss of populu- tlon In the Northern States ks shown by the Jate eensus to be more than 6,500,000, whils In e South it was but 4,500, he propo- sltlen of the Dewocrats, thuictore, 10 Lavy sy that the De Democrats zene THE REPUBLICA; / b the North, leaving unvepresented two mlii- fons of excess In the North, Iiesald that the number MO was more equitablo in the fact thnt [t mora nearly represented the popula- tion of the Iust, West, aud South, and gave twenty-four increase, twelve to ench section, e thought, however, that THE NUMBER §33 7 was still better, though It would give an In- crense of fifteen to the North and but twelve fo the South; but this apparent ndvantage was more than offset by -the eertainty that, In the next ten years, tho growth of Kansus, Town, and Wisconsin will bo sufllelently rapid to entitls them to the addi- total twoy member ch conferred by the number 422, Tle munde a strong point of the tnirness of tho 310 proposition, and Insisted that, 1T i were offered in a splrit of fuirness, and then rejected by the Democrats, - o for ane wonld bo In favor of opposing the pas- sigre of any bitl whatever, Mr, Conger point- el out the unwisdom of econceding to the South a larger representation than that to which ft is entitled, Ile dwelt particu- Inrly on THE JTARM Which would Ilkely to ensue from an un- due rgpresentation of the Southern States in the Electoral College, and said that, In_a closely-contested election lke that of 1870, sueh an undie rci;mseulmlon might e~ termine the eleetion in favor of States where Trinds and violence hnd been the ruling fact- orsat the polls, Speeches were mnde by govaral other gentleien, among whom wera Frye of Maine, Haskell of Kansas, nnd Keifer of Olilo, but there wns o practienl agreement on all hnnds with the sentiments uttered by M, Laphaw, Mr, Haskell of- fered a resolution which fixed 322 s the number which the Republieans wounld stand upon, but he subsequently modified it by striking out 523 pnd INKERTING $190, z Several other resolutions wera presented, substantlally agreeing with thatof Mr, Ilas- Kell, which” was the one finily adopted, Th ¥as . practical unanindty anong wembers in taking the final vote, whieh was vive voce, "The result of the eatious, leading Republicans sy, 1s very satlsfactory, The Dewnernts will now hava the vlltlml ol puss- din a perteetly fafr bill, whieh stnply divides the twenty-four members of thy Increnss caually between the two sections, not: withstanding {he fuet that the North T grined €,500,000 and the Sonth * but 400,000 of Inhabitants In the lust year, or of deteating any bill whatever, and _ihus’ of inenrring the responslbiiity of u delay, or of forceing the Leglsintures of w large number tutes to assemble in extra sesslon nt ponse. THE REPUDLICANS THINK . they enn well atforil to stand by this decision, und test the sincerity of the Democratic. mae Jority on the question of providing for a_fair and equitable represeitation of the people of the country. Mr, Cox has given notlee of his Intention to bring up the bill to.norrow, PEOCEEDINGS, To the Western dusociuted Prese, Wasiizaros, 1. C,, Feb, 2.—In the Re- publican caues this evening discussion wis opened by Representative Lapham, who connseled opposition 1o uny Apportionment bill which wonld disturb the relatlvestrength af the two paities, partienlarly any busis of apportionment by wlhiely Repiblican States North would be wfieeted disudvantageously. Ie believed 819 to by ag low a_ number ns should be adopted, Messrs, Drices and Butterworth fa the proposition, Mr, luskell strongly mlvocated #23 a3 the most m\tlsmclurly number to the Western States, but was willing to compromise upon A general diseusslon” ensued, Frye, Haw- ley, nnd Robiuson bolleved 817 a fair com- promise, which mlght safety b agreod to, A wnjority of the speakers strongly op- posed any numver less than 319, and i reso- utlon was finatly offered by Ilaskell that the Republicans refuse to vote fur any Appor- tlonment I which fixes the number of Rep- resentatives nt less than 310, The resolution was earried with n few dis- sénting votes, and the cuneus adjourned. ‘MATT CARPENTER, A BRILLIANT MAN DYING, Bpectal Dispateh (o The Chicaga Tribunes ‘Wasuixaroy, D, C., Feb, 23.—Senator Car- penter’s. condition In the last twelve hours has grown very much worse. An Ingulry niade at ‘his resldence this ‘evening was an-. swerel In person by the attending physician, “1le ms_beenesinking all tho afternoon,” sall the Doctor, *and te-nlght ho Is just abonut as bad ns ean be. Ilo Is in an uncon- sclous, or, perhaps, more properly, n seml- consclous state, nearly all tho time. 1o can be ronsed for n moment, but only with dinl- cuity,” *“There nre, then, no hopes of his recoy- ery ® was asked, 17 18 BCANCELY POSSIBLE that he should rally,” was the reply, “1is may dle te-night, or he may linger along for two.or three days, but I consider him now a dying nan,” Mr. Carpenter’s malady Is Bright's disease, from which he hus been u sufferer for n long time. It was hoped, o few days ago, when the disense had apparently taken n favorably turn, thut he might yot recover, but that hope lwus soon dissipated by his subsequent re- apse, NO HOPE, WAsHINGTON, Feb. #4.—Senator’s Carpens ter’s conditlon at idnight was reported hopeless by the phiysicians, Itls thought lie may possibly live several doys, yet his death Isexpected lourly, v THE NEXT SENATE. ML CARPENTEIL. Hpectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Wasmxarox, D, C., Feb, %.—Senator Car- penter 18 still seriously 1t, and to-day nt one thue was delirlons. Watchers constantly nttend him, 1Us luess may solve the prot- lem of party rule In the Senat for the next two years. It I8 hardly to Le expected thay he will Improve in health enough to take part lu the orunization of the Senate on the Gthoof next month, s absence, supposing that Mahone acts with the Republicans and Davis with the Democrats, will leave the Rte- publicans with but 37 votes to 3 for the Democrats, The Vice-President would nog then have the right of a vote, and henee the vietory would be with the Democrats, Should any Democrat i AGREE TO PAIL WITI SENATOR CARPENTER, that would produce n tie,~thirty-seven votes on each slde,—und glve the Republicans the idvaniage of the Vieo-President's decislve vote. Butltis Insisted by Democrats that upon an ovcasion volving the organfzation of the Senate, espeelally where party supremacy I at stuke, overy Senator who cun by present must vote. 'Thoereforo it ls not probable that any Democrat will cons sent to pair with Carpenter, Inthe meantime, however, It Is not Tmprobablo that the two purtles may by equulized by the iliness af u Democratle Senutor, 1UIS belloved that Senutor David Hlinols, will' con. sent to pulr with r, Curpenter should tha latter not be ably to bo present after Murch 4 Sueh un wrrangement 1s wow in contem- lutlon, Such un arrangemont wonld rellove udgs Davis tron the responsibility whieh might attach to his Independent position, 1t .st;v.-ms to bo o istake to regard the: selection u JONN L MITCHELL us Pennsylvanin’s Senntor us nin antl-Came- ron victory, 1t 18 cortain that yesterday and the duy” beforo Senntor Cameren” and Miteholl had several mystorions conferences nbout the Capltol, When fn - tho Pennsylvanin Leglslature, Mr, Mitehel), as Chabrman of the Wuys nwud Means Commitiee, uid the recognlzed Jender ot thy House, was always consldored a oo Camoron-Mackey follower, “I'ho Impression I3 that Cameron left Harelsbure wiud gave out he wis disgusted with the situntlon, s touk no’ furthoer luterest tn i cauwhlly, hofised U up bu thls city, and it way hiy hifluence, atter all, which prevaited upon the cunfereneo to uceept Mitehell, SENATOIL CAMENON wxpresses hmsell well plossed with the nuwluation of Representative Mitchetl astho Alevessor of Senstor Walluce, und says thal Aljtehell i3 Stalwart Republican who wil] work with the l(urubllunu leaders, e docs not consldor Mitehell's nowination s victory for the Grow Republieans, but one for the vegulars, My, Mitehell hna beon wanuly congratuluted on the Louor conterred upai i, Upon helog fnterviewed he salds have been known s an Independent wman us for us the two fuctlons ol the party are- ovucornud. have vul into tho oflica flulrolf' anpledgedt as regards the two factlons iy the State, amd consider that the onn thing devoutly to be hoped for is the nnlon of all elements I the Repub- llenn organization, 1 am known as a Repub- Hean of "the radleat order, and was born Into the party by my first Preskiential vote FOILANRANAM LINCOLN.” " You are n native of your distrlet, are you notv " Yeg," roplied My, Mitehell, at the Village of "Iloga, aud gr Tworked o a farin when it hoy, exeept when Twasat school. My father hefare me was Trennsylvanian, aned o Dentoerat down Lo the time of the Wilmot Provise, when onr neaple ehunged front so solidly nud Joined the Ite- 5»uhllx'nn party. Lowas nomember of Col, lx\i'lu- regiiment, the One Iundred it Thirty-sixth Pennsylvanla Volunteer 1n- fantry, nnd was wustered ont as a Captain, T waa §o the serviee but ten months, having male two unsuccessful attempts to go nto the war, but being deterreld by severe s NesA, ““Were you Inaccord with Scnator Came- ron on the Presldential guestion ¥ 2 Y No. T wus known asa Blaine man, Not beeause L disliked Gen, Grant, tnt 1 had n great admiration for Seiator Biaine, [ con- non with ths peaple of our seetlon, who ure strongly that way.' “You nre for w tarilf, of conrse 2" “Yen, Lam for a protectivo tarkif, nml T be- Heve I eonsidered thoroughly orthodox on that questlon.” TITE MONEY CRISIS FITUATION, Spectal Dispateh to Tae Chieago Tribunes Wasmxaroy, D. C., Fob, Sh—It Is now expected that the Senate Funding bill, which is on the Speaker's table, will to-morrow by roferred to the Ways aul Means Committee, It not, it will be constdered without refer- enee, Strong pressure is bewng brought to bear upon that Commiltes to sceurs tho adoptlon of an amendment which will per- mit Nutionn| banks that desive to retlve from business to do so, I case they do not wish to continwe thelr cirenlntion upon n 3 por cent bond. As the law will stand, should the Funding bl be cmneted, the Natlonal banks would * find 1t very dificult—nimost fmpossible, in fact— to retlre from business, and would be com- pelled to bank upon a # per cent bond whether they should deslre to do so or not. Severnl members of the Ways and Means Committee who havo had their attention culled to the subject favor such an amendd: went, If it should be adopted nnd be passed by tho House, there Is not mucl doubt that tho Senute would agyee to it, PHERE CONTINUES TO IE A GREAT DEAL OF SPECULATION as to the probable actlon of the President with respect to the bill, 11, from the first, hns indiented that he would shen il. 'he pressure from the bauks and others, however, ks now very strong, and sole of the opponents of the bill say that the ‘President may not slegn It unless Congress shull puss w bl at least removing the tax on bank deposits, The Senate bill which pagsed ye I3 upon the Speaker’s table. A pretty careful canvass to-lny indleates the rrnhuhlluy thut the House will puss sueh o i, nithough shere may be some opposition “Lwasborn v up with it 1o the Sennte LUL on” the ground thut the Senatw has no right o origi- nute revenue nieasures, Thu only differ- ence, however, in such n ease, would ba that the Llouse would poss its own b, in the Rdentieal words of the Senate bill, and semlb It to the Senate, where 1L would by agreed to without opposition, AMONG THE BONDS RECENTLY CALLED for redemption by the Sceretary of tho Treas- ury, nre S8000,000 of the funded s helkd by sixty-ning-Natlonal bunks. It is apprehendet that these banks will ke advantage of the opportunity before the Refunding bill be- comes i law, to deposlt greenhieks and take possession of thelr Donds, - They cun only replace -them — now by buying s at the - entinnced ln-umhuu, antl it thoy wiit until the bilt 18 sigied they will be compelled to aceent s or eolleet T their own nales and surrender themw. There are 25,000, 000-more of tho funded s on deposit n the "I'reusury to seeure clrenlution, and, ns they wre nll among the highest nuabers lssned, it i3 feared that the banks holdlg these bonds, upprehending that they will be “taken at tho nest oall, Wil also tuke advantage of the opportunity, aud, b()'llo‘lmxl!lm,’lllueqlll\'nlulll in - greenbug tal D their bonds and sur- render thelr elreulut! . 1K TUESE APPREHENSIONS aro well founded, there will o an fmmedlate coutraction of “tho currency of $16,000,000 in addition to that already rp'mrwl. and to be wdded to by the banks which may choose on eneral l)rluulplen o surrender their clreu- [ation rather thin necept the new termsollered by the ltefunding bill. TUE KICK OF TIE NEW YORK BANKS agalnst the antlefpated passage of the Fund- ini¢ act 18, for n wouder, belng met with come mendable grit by Seeretary Sheroan; and 1t Is eredituble to i that e s tuken steps aguinst them which mny eall o hatt on the part of the banks, and cause the hunk of- ffeers to think twlve before they surrender thelr cireulation. Of course, this clunor of the banks li made at this time for a donhle purpose—viz.; elther to frighten the House from mmaln‘; the- bill, or, In the event of s Vuxmu:c to Induce the President to veto it, WV husiness ' elosed at tho 'l'l‘ouslu?' yesterduy - the banks had mnde doposit In $20,000,000 to X withdeaw thelr clren- latlon, * Seeretary Shermun took wetlve. steps at onee to - counternct the banks. He lssued a eall for $25,000,000 of 5§ per eents, ‘T'ho call, [nstead of belng In the ortler In which the bonds were fssued, in- cludes the numbers” fust igsued, ‘Lhils wiil stir up some of the hanks, Usnnlly the calls huve gone right down the list, commencing with the tirst bonds Iasued, Il banks could, hry watehlng the calls, tell pretty nearly when the bonds they hold would be called 1n. Just before that thue they woula assign their bonds ta some member of the howse, Indo- Ing this tho bonds would have®te be rereg- istered and new mmibcm glven. By exerels ing this little Ingenuity tho eall for the secu- ritles was put off; and they continued 10 drnw thelr high rate of interest, The call Just fssued KNOCKS ALL SUCH CALCULATIONS ns these in the head. Preasurer Gittillnn has received w dispateh from tho Assistunt- Lreasurer ot Chicago, stathue that the Mer- chants’ Nutlonal Bunk of that placs desired to duruslt Wwith I un order to withdraw ks culation, Ile asked I ho ean receive the posit, ‘The Trensurer has auswered that all eposits to withdr ltlon st by iy elther ug the ‘U'r Sub-Treas xrf n v ury were so dispoaed It cou who ure tluruslluu: o withdraw = goud deal of trouble and incony Undor the taw they could he requlved to muke such deposits I United States Tegul- tender notes. * Most of the deposits mide on this uecount have been I golil. It the Trensury would refusa to tuke gold, s 1t s fuliy cnipowered to do, the banks would hwve to skivlsh around for notes. But, ko the pirate king, the Treasury” walves that point aud aceept $ [ 0 the Wastern Anociated Press, Wasitisaroy, D, C., Feb, The recelpts from futesnul revenue to-duy wevo SERATS; from customs, S77,580, The Naotlonal bunk notes recelved or redemption to-duy ntmounts ed to SH05,000, o THE LEGALSTENDER DEPOSITS of Nutionnl banks for reduction of elrenla- tion aineo the passage of the Fundlng bitl by the Senme nggvemnten $12700, Fhe eall of the Seevetary of the "Treasury of Fely 2L for 10,602,500 yeglste B per eont bonds in- cluttes bonds beloy 1o elehty-ning Na- tonul bunki w000, + BETHUNG CHCULATION, of legal-temlers recelved by v tran the National hank Ireulntion wus 2,500,000, BINCE Nov, 1, 1830, there has been w net lnerease of §10,600,000 & per cent bouds deposited to secure Ul ton and # decrense of 314,600, el §3,140,000 434 per eents, CABINET GOSSIP, BLAINE, Bpecial Divpatch to The Chicago Tribung, Wasiyutos, . C, Feb, S—The Even- Ing Star suys: It s now stated that Sen- wtor Blaine will not resign until Mareh 48 His orighnal Intention hud been to mall his rosignntion to the Governor of Malie lust Sat- urday night, Thischangeof plunis oxplained by une of Wi Iriends, who suys: *‘Lho Sen- utor dous not wunt to pluce himself i s posi- tlon to be retired to privato life. Such a Cab~ iuct oy bo formed by Gen, Garteld that “hina, or Baxtar, Cablnet quidnuneson that State. The rumor now is that the Postmdster-General will bg from Pennsylvania, and will either bo Mr, Oliver, ot Allegheny, or ex-Representative Armslmmi or Mortlll. The latter figured rsr_r:'mlnum y in tho Centennial Exposttion of ith A REPUMLICAN 8E Wwho atands high in his pu would name three of Gartiehl's Cabinet, amd then nawed Robert Lincoln, Sceretury, of Vi, ator Aaron A, Sargent, of Cali- forndn, Seerotary of tho Navy, amt Way MacVuigh, of Pennsylvanis, Attorney- al Mr. Sargent was Chalrman of fhe' 8 ate Nuval Comuiittee, and hodavoted himselt ton study of nuwval nlfalrs, MaeVelh, s is well known, is a son-in-law of Stmon Cam- cron, NATON Ihmhl to-day he Sen- BENATOR LOGAN sy ‘e has not authorized theistatement thiat Robert Lineoln will be appolited Secrotary of War——that what ho snid was that lie hud wrged Lineoln's hamie, and hoped he woula be nppointed, FOLAER, Tho general belief that Jwdge Folgor will Do Seeretury of the Trensury has glve o considerible good-natured talk, the ldea thnt New Y Ia seeking t Corl plunt Ohito by National atfalrs, She haw Vice-Iresident, mml 80 tho pros nllufi oflicer of the Senate, Representative 1scoel I8 making a vigorous campiigi, and one that ‘mmuscs suceess, for the Speakership of the touse, With the Collector of the Tort of Aew York wid the Secretary of the Treasury, the State would virtually eontrol the col- leetion of the lorger pirt of tho rev- enue, amd the enre and - dishursement of 1ty and In addition about a third of the pai- ronuge of the Government, "The ldea secims {0 b that, with stieh o t, New York witl De able to nmintalu bersel, and perlinps soon beewmo the Ohlo of the now Adininistration, somestatementsare madeherebya gentleman hving Intlmate relutions to Gen, Gaplleld, whicl pos nnteh Interest, - 'I'is friend suys ho hns reason to know that the controll- Ing requirements in seleetime Cabinet ofileers will be reco; dabllity and it 1le seouts the reports which consicet tho nanwes ot second und 1hird rate men with theso pluces, e thinks THE GEUGRAPIICAL Q Wil be treated as nltogethor stes 1o renson why ioman who did g catpulgn work shonld, on that necount, peetn Cubinet position unless he 18 alson mun of commanding positlon and recoguized ubliity in - the party. “Ile looks —upon the elabm for Cabinet” appolntments heenuse of the payment on the colleetion of lirge sums for enmpnign espenses s 1ittlo Jess than nn fusult, unless those thus contribut- fing to suecess are nt 1he smne thne men of futetleetutual standing wud power, ‘Uhrough some oversight Gen Gattield has NOT Y N NOTIFIED of his cloction as Prasident. Al that ho knows of the matter he hay gathored from the newspapers, 'There s LR ) Pro- vision of luw making it the duty of Ivesuch notice, Nelther President 1Tnyes or President Wheeler were notitied of thele clection, but before that thue formal notiil- eation lnul been glven ufter the mecting of the Jalnt conventlon for countlng the Eleel oral vote, It 18 expected thub formal notice of |ll(x|s mutter will be taken during the week, A FRIEND OF OEN, GARFIELD, not s politlefan, who has lntely pugsed some time with him, writes that he now feels tint nich o the detormilnation of the L 1o Justify the statement thae he Intends to appolue to offieo only such persons as are el by experlence, edu- cition, and wornls “to perform the dutles ot the offiees for which they are seleeted. His enrnest niim will be to fmprove the public service by thls course. Iy Intends todo what he can'to discourage ofice-hunthng, md, so far as possible, make it onu of the lost nrts, OTHER ULATIONS, Specind b0 neiwat: Commered i, WASHINGTON, Feb, 23,—"Tlg best Informa- tion that ¢an b obtulued us Lo the Cabinet to-night Is s, follows: State Depnrtment, Blalne; Treastury Departuient, Morton, ex- Goy. Morgun, of Folgers War Departient, Robert Lincolng Post-Oftien Department, i lv‘nslur:' Interlor Department, Scuator Kirkwood: Navy Departent, Wayne Mac- Veagh; Attorney-Gieneral, Morgan, of Louls- of Tennessee, As fo - the ‘Prensury, Morton and Folger stock huayo boll weakenod {-day, and exGoyv, E, 1), Morgun las come to the front, Morton wus asked to-naht and reptied that he did not know nnything sbout ‘it Mr. Morton i3 & gowd dend worrled by coustant applleations for jnformation, to which he cannot respond, Lis Intinnte frfends say that thig Js not pus on, but thae e nmllfr knows nothine about ir, further than Garfleld has him under serl- ous consideration, He Is ns lgnorant us a man undor sentence whose ens §s before o Lonrd of Pardons; he knows it's under con- slderation, and that's all ho does know. A mumber of the present Adininlstratlon, who requests that his nune be withheld, says that TWO POINTS . In the gaine have caused Garfield wmoro troubls thun all the rest comblned. These s the selection of a hond for the ‘I'rensury Department and the finding of n Southorit man who will fiil tho bill for n Cablnet posl- tion, IE theso two difilenltics wero out of tho way 1t would be stnooth salling, A well-infoymed man sald to-dny that the Cablnet would not be antuunesd bufore Gir- fleld’s urrlval in thls eity, “The final selee- tions woild not be made untll he arrived here nind consulted with tending men of the party, ns I(nf’ca il four yenrs ugo, The Cabinet which Iinyes had i his mind at Co- Inmbus was not:entirely the one ngreed upows - A report was clrenlated to-day, which —galped much curreney from the fact that Iooked plausible, This_was to the effect that -Sen tor Daviil Davis wns to be Alterney General, u selection that would ennble Gar: fleld to kill two blrds with ono stony,—get o goad Attorney-General and seeurs control of tho Senute ut the samo thne, 'I'ils would bo adiplomutic stroke, but thors is the best nuthority tor thestatement thnt thers Is noth- Ing I the story, An intimote friend of Davls suys thit the Senator has 1o vxpectatlon or dedlre to lenvo the Senato for any position whatever, As to Foster, the opinion pre- vails that o Is to b Pustinaster-General, as g\‘)rlluhlly as Hlaine I8 to be Secretury o uie. ] RIVERS AND ITARBORS. EDMUNDS AND TUHE “Bld DIVIDE,” Spectal to Cineinnati Commercial, Wasmxaroy, D. C.; Feb. &\—Senator Ed- wmunds I8 pleking his fllnts for an attuek on the River und ilarbor blll, known in the lubby and In the-profane gallories us the Big Divide, The Senator Is yeadlng up all thareports of ongineers on the varlous *fins provements.” Although these reports are o ay favornble as possible by the dls- crlminating engineers, who like to lny out-n Inrge amount ot wirk for themselves to do, stil thers Is much nternnd riehness In these clavarate reports which the Vermont Sen- ator 18 now exploring, Senator Fdmunds sayn he 18 willlng to vote Jborat approprla- tluns to the Inrgo rivers and lmportant har- burs of the conntry, but don't want all tho trout streams destroyed ! ‘The trout are shy fish, awd when o mountabn steenm Is mude unvizable for ships like tho Great Eastorn, the trout all leave, going highdr up, it possis Dble, to'vseapo the operatlons of the englneers, und get away from’ the ol tag and an ap- propriution, v TP IS REMARKED 1HERE 05 4 HrRNgS compentury on an's con- sisteney, thut some of the very stlif-nvcked, extricconstitutional, Southeri luw-mnkors, who used to ight il thls class of fnternat Tmprovements (oven suel ns wers of real e portance), are now In the Capltol vot away millions for the lmvrovenent of ereeks of no possible consequence to commerce, Oue of theso statesmien was usked about this tho uther day, und requested o unswor why It was that Jones tn Congress, in 18w, fought *liese mensutes fromi a constitutional stand- polnt, und now supports tho sume class of misapproprintions, aud even quutes the sue Constitution to sustain his action. *“Wel,” roplied tho Southorner, not at ull nonp tused Dy the dircetness of the Inquiry, “you seco we havecome baek to “gur- futher’s house, and want ta fnprove the dralnuge.” In thls connetlon the statesmen ropresents Iog the great State of ? WEST VIRGINIA 2 get a good deal of criticism,: Theyalso man- awe o seeury llll’tfil approprintfony, West \*lnihnlu_ hus the Blg Kunuwhi River, the Littly Kunnwhui( Nuw River, the Elk, and other streams known to fame and to the Treasury. Thore s now pending fur thesy IS81—TWELVE PAGES. = 7 riverd appropritions and_ bifls nsklng for ap- yropriattons amountlng to..very nearly 81, 000,000, A gontleman wird hag fixured up what these streams have find since the War snys thnt tho sum nearegites enough to buy everything that floats on these rivers in the shapo of o eraft, and all that tho erafts conl- tin, # IN COMMITTEE, To the Western Amsoclated Press, Wasmxarox, D, C., Feb, 0 Sennle Commercs Committee Is still considering the River and Hatbor bill, and cxpecets to com- th‘lu it to-nlicht aud report to-morrow. The Committee ins ndded o number of amend- ments, inereastige tho total of tho bill, but gays it will pnss the bIL by tho two llouses, ! nding it to n o contirence committee, very duy that pusse lessens tho chnnees o the finnl pnssage sxl’ the bl The Commercs Committee of loth Houses say they have been eriticlsed fihd condenmed for not. ing information K W% to every item [n the River and Harbor bill, ‘Tholr exciise fs that'the eport of the Chiot of the Army, i which all informa- urd to the DI fs based, was not re- wived from the Public Printer antll yester- any, andehat t:onsm{'lmmly what the commit- fecs knew had to be gathered haphazard, “Thiy is tho wxcuse of tho Committes for the Incongruitics of the blll LI CHURISTIANCYS. PAYMENT OF BACK DUES, Sinclal Dlsvateh to The Chicano Tribtine. WasmyaroN, DU, Feb, 25,~The tegal wheels have been unlgeked in tho divoree suit of Minlster Isane 1, Christiancy agninst his wife, Lillio. P, Christiancy, nte Lugen- beel, and more developments may be ex- pected [n this socinl seandgl. This morning the counsel for tho plainf]f paid iato the hands of the solicitor for Mrs, Christinney Sy the amount of the alinjony due to date, I'te draft arrived yestorday, but the legnl hollday provented the payment from, belng mindo at that time, The plaintiff has about three witnesses to examine, aud expects, In n few days, to resume the taking ot lestimony before tho Examiner, Ten «layy, they, think, will be amnple to finlsh thelr side of tho cnse, unless rebutting evidenco is found necessary.. " THEY DO NOT DELIEVE that Mrs. Christianey, when sho comes to ninke her deposition, will deny the nuthen- ticity of any letter that hus heen put in ovl- dence ns written by herto’ Glro. 1t will bo remembered that, hnmediately after thelr publleation, she pronounced somo of them to be forgeries, and promised to make good the deelaration by proof. The letters In evidenee aro all ofiginals, and should Mrs, Christianey question the genuineness of any of thom the other side proposes to Introduco expurt testimony to show that the letters were afl written by the same per- son. 'There s a receipt of Mrs, Christinney to Glva lor thirty-uiny letters sent back to her by him, TIN5 COUNSEL FOR THE MUSIAND lusist that theso are all her lettors, Othor- wise she woutd not have accepted pod re- coipted for them.' 1t shoe questions tho genuiueness of any of. those filed, they sny she should produce those sho admits to bo hers, and compnte the handwriting, Other- wise they wilt be compelled to resortto expert testimony, Mr. Oilyer, hor solicltor, has not intimatad what eourse he will pursue, but s very confident that e will be able to over- throw the testimony seb upngninst his ellent, Ile proposes, e 'says, Lo show thut . the ovidence of Glro Is "perjured testimony,— founded upon the bitter, ttnrelonting hato of the man who sought to be her lover and sultor, and, being - bufled In, hoth,. pursued tho course that ho did to dostroy THE REPUTATION OF A DEFENSELESS . WOMAN. E 1t has' been stated that the same counsel vromises to make developinents that will show beyond doudt that a comblnation hus been formed agalust the woman to break down lier cuse and exoBerats the husband. 1t ty sadd that, nfter sho endured the eruelty untit furbearance censed, sho determined to {;n Iuty cours ‘aud seok redress, ‘The hus- band’s_frlends, fearing that public oplnlon would be agninst bl sought to conntornet it by stigmatizing her (mmfnnmn niud ropu- tation, A8 ono of tho.argwincnts in support of this statemont, her counsel has in his possesslon a letter writton to her by Glro last spilng, whoreln he states that he knows lher to hu‘]nnuceus of any wroug, and that, 1f 1t s neceysary, le wilt zlmllf testify In her fuvor, “The noxt heard Lot Glro Is the deposition he makes aadnst ler, © lln\vuvna o few days more will show whether or not theso serious charges can be sustainud COMPLIMENTS : AND NEGRETS, Special Dispatch to St. Louls Globe-Democrat, WasiiNaros, D. C,, Fob. Quita n flut- ter of exeitement wos caused about the city atid the corridors of the Capitol to-dny by tha report from Alexandrin that the grand-stand erected for speakers at the celebration of Washlugton’s birthday in that city had given way and preclpltated the President, Senntor Withers, tho Hon., Frank 1lurd aud others to the ground. ‘Thodispateh displayed In the nmain corrldor of tho flouse wing sald they were “Still in tho wreek,"and 18 no subse- quent bulletin was recelved the rumor had full pluy. ‘The running comments wore very amusing, and not at all complimentary to Huayes: **Another Southern outrage”; “Pity he hudn't broken his d—d neck ™3 1lopo Rogers 19 with hbn 3 * Served hlm right™; “In the wreck, I3 he? Well, let him stay there”; and so on, The remarka- Dle wunnimity of sentiment na gathered e~ fore that bulletin from all kh(pls of men and all parties, B rarely vouchsafed any map in public lite, . Subsequent lntelligence left Vithers with o badly-sprained log, and the l‘)Itlli)rT. Including the Prestdent, without bod- ¥ Injury, ; NOTES. HANCOCK, ’ WasnNaToy, D, €., Feb, 23, —Gen, Han- cock writes to the Inruguatation Committee: +1shnll bo present,nddempanied by Gon, Jnnes 1. Fry, Gen, A, J. Perry, tind Gan, W. G, Mitohell, who requost thut this lotter bo receivad’by tho Committeens an acoeptunca of tho invitation given thom through me, Thunking you and tho Committeo for tho courtesy extended, I am vory truly yours, WinrLELD 8. HANCOOK, . _QEN. BIHERMAN nas Iuvited Gen. L, M, Dayton, of Ohlo, to act us on akdo In the procession, 'I'he Ladiey’ Commities will secura® comforinble quarters for thonsand or more Indy guests, who wiit ba recetved at_ the depot by the * Boys® Ten- Cent Brlsade,” 'Yhy Sennte Judiclavy Come mitten dhl nob to-day consider the noming- tions of Mattheys, Blllings, nor the Now York nominutions, s THIE WASIINGTON MONUMENT ASSOCIATION relected tha old oesrs, and thainked Presi- dent [uyes for his etforts to have the monu- ment completed, . ATTORNEY-QENERAL DRVENS exprosses thoe opinfon that additional leglsla. thou I3 not necessary Lu‘uruwcc the rhzhis ot aho United States undor what I3 known us the ‘Thurman uet, or the keneral lnws relut- Ine to the Central Ppellle and other subsls afzed rondy, v 2 BENATOIl PENDLETON will glvo an * Olilo rechrunu ”"the, ovening af Mawch 5 Tuyivations hnve been maliwl to Gov, Fostdr sl stall, Judges of the Staty Supreme Court, sinl l.l‘lfl'hlhln! ot the Leglsla. ture, -BCHUNZ, Mr, AL 1L Chmtlllor 13 here from Boston to present to Su:it ttury Schurs win. fnvitatlon iram the cltizehs of "Mussnchusetts to a din- ner in Bostgif some thne in Mareh, for the object, as “thoy state, “thut wo muy thus huve th ghatilication of expressing I porson our res) )\;ut aud regard for you ud w states- man giil citfzen, and thanking you for the ubllityy " the “marked fidelity, and the ap- pru\'u([ suceess with which you have verformed your embient autlos as See- retury of the futerlor” “Fho juvitaton i3 headed by Mr, Francla Parkuinn, the historlun, and sluned by Mr, Longfullow, the Ruv, Jumes Ereemnn Clarke, M., L ML Forbes, ‘Mr. Bdward Atkinson, Dr. Ofiver Wendell Holmes, President Ellictt of Hag- vurd Unlversity, Mr. Edmund Quiney, Prot, John Rogers, President of the Academy of ences, Mr, Clil\rluu Franels Aduws und wo of his sans, Henry Cubot Ludge, Willlam l"udlcuu.' Jr., Charles F. Choate, Ex-ov, Tulbot, the Rev, Georga ¥, Ellls, Henry L, and Edwardl L, Plercs, Ex-Buyors Noreross and Cofl, wiul many other prouiinent citlzens ix( l]{ini&;u and other parts of Mussuchusotts, 1t 4l 100, 3 OPPOITION T0 BHERMAN' PROORAM. Wasiixatox, D, €, Fob, 23.—-A t deal of Gpposivion 18 Deliix wanifasted Lo Gen e " 4 Sherman's program for the inaugural pro- ceasion on the part of the various mllk and civie socletles, The Natlonal Veteran Assoclatlon met Inst night and passed the fallowlng resolutlon: Resolved, ''hnt the National Veteran Corps proteats nzithnst the nsslanment of o so-called [njor-General, Intoof tho Rtebel armies and now Doorkeepor of the House of Represent- atives, to the command nf ono of the four grund divislons of the inangural procession, ad reconsiders its neeeptiiiee of “the invitas tlon to parads on the 4th of Mareh, NOT PIINTED, A great deal of comment {3 made on the fact that the I'restdent’s mossage, delivered ot the openlng of Congress, has not been printed, © There have been nunmerous npplle eations for it. AFTER THE SWINDLERS,, The llonso bill rw.mllmz in the Senata to- day to protect purehasers of articles agalnst patent venders is consiilered by the Sennta a8 fmperfeet, ‘e Sennte proposces to offern substitute, with provislons go sweeping ad to protect all fnocent prehusers of pretended articles, and to punish men who attempt ta extort roynlty from innocent puvehnsors, CIARGES, BUT N0 EVIDE The Joint commitlee of Congress on Insses to revenue by frands und evasions of stamp duties, conslsting of Senators Kernan and Allison, and Represontatives Carliste, Glb- son, aud MeKinley, bive agreed not to sub- mit any reports. " Numorons allegatlons of fraud were reported to the Ugmmulcu. but no ovidence to support them. THHE RECORD, . _SENATE, WastiNaToN, D, €., Ieb, 23,—Mr, Kirk- wood, from the minority of tho Swecial Committee on the subject, reported a bill for the. rellef of the Ponmens, Tabled tempo- rarily, . Mr. Butler nddressed tho Senate upon his proposed amendment to the River and Ilnrbor biil for the survey and exawinatlon of the routes for tho Blie Ridge Canal In the Interest of water transportation to Charles- ton. 'I'ho ITouse bill on the calendar fo regulato vractice insnits brought to recover dam- agoes for lnfringement of patents was dis- cussed, ), The debate hrought, to notlco the vexatious and bincknailing sults to rcecover damages for use of putent nrticles to which the peonle of the West, and_ospeclully the tarinors, wero , autl tho propriety of exempting by v Innocent purchisers of patentod articles from all damuies, Messrs, Voorhees and Ingalls favored o more rliela measure, but were willing to' tuke tht ns tho unly rellef thnt eonld be lind at. this seasion, and with thls view suggestod that the Sennto Committes nmondments ba rejected. The bill wus finully Inld aside without action, Me. Win- dom givig notioe that ho would ask ltbe fur- ther cousidored aftor routino business to-mor- row. Messra, Wallace, Beel, and Booth were const tuted Benato conferves an tho Post-Office A provrintion bill, und Mesars. Withers, Hurris, and Windom conferoes on the District Appros privuon blll, The followlug Sounate bllls ware pussod: To exted the time for filing clatms for horses and oquipments lost by atticera and soldlers of tho United States (nmended by extending the timo two yaars and therouftur lnrring all suoh clutins whethor by clvilinns or soldlers); to gradunto tho price und 1{sposo of the reslduo of Chervkeo strlp lands fn Kunsns, ‘The confereuco roport on the Ponslon Approe printion bill was mlu&wd. 1t was explained that tho House conemrred fn an amendment relating 1o ludian pensions. ;. (tlo ‘Forilileations Appropriation bill was nken up, The amendmentsof theSonatoCommitieo were nnrcl.'al to, and the biil was rend a third time and pugsed, .' ‘Tha Senato bill for a new building for the Con ressionnl Livrary was takon up, und Mr, Voor- Efvs oxpinined tho amemiments propossd by m, The amendments made fn Committeo of tho Whole were voncurred In, and the bill pussed— yena, 80 nnys, I8, Tha biil fixes thosito for the now bullding upon tho alx sauures on tho eastfront of the Cupi- 101 grounds, und [Imits the cost of the luuds and dumuges thorefor to $1,000,0K. Poniling cousldornton of the mbmr{ bill, Vice- Treslient-clect Acthur entered, und mude tha acqumtines of many Sgnatora op both slides vt tho Chambor, who were {ntroditced to him from time to tine Dy Mr. Conkling. ile subsoquontl oceuplod the sent of Bonutor and ox-Vico- Prosi- dent Humlin, adioining that of Mr, Conkiug, Meauwhilo Mr. Biniio ‘appoured, wftor n pro- tracted absanco onaccount of iness, and wis congratulated by the Democratie as well as tho Reputiican Scnitors on his convaiosconce, Lt ter, ho was enguged fn conversatlon with Gen. Arfuur, Adjourned. HOUSE, The ITouso mot in continuancg of Tucsday's srsston, und immedintely went into Comultice of tuo Wholo on tho Bundry Clvil Appropriution Mr. Klng moved tostrlke out the clause pro- hibiting more than $23,00 of the bulnnice of ap- proprintions provioiisly mado to provont tho spread of yellow-fover and_ othier epldemio dis- cises, to bo used for that purpuso the caming year, Londing notion on the swendment the Committee rose. b B r. Cobb reported buck the District of Colum- bin Aporoprintion bill, with tho Senato dmond- ments, recommending concurronee in some and nop-coneurronce In othors. Tha report wus ugroed to, 5 "Fho seaslon of Tuesduy onded, and Wednés- dny’s seasion commeticed. Mr. Blackburn repurtod back tho Post-Ollico Appropriation bill with the Sonnte awmonds monts, recommending eoheurrence In somy und nousonucurronce In others. The report was agreed to, Lr, Cox brought up as unfinished Lusiness tho Agnoruonmom bl {r. Conger rafsed nzulcsunn of considerntion In favor of the Sundry Civit blll, Tho Republicand, with ono or two oxcoptions, refused to vuto on this queation, the vote stund= ing yeus, 133 nays, b lu favbre of tuklur up tho "Apportioninont -bill, “Tho point of 1o quos run way ralsed. Mr. Fryo stated the Republicnns were to havo hud i conferonco lust night, but it Budbeon nee- canurily postponed; thorefore they wors not In condition to procéed with tho Apportionment billnt present, If tho gontloman from Now York woulil nliow other business ‘to interveno the Republicans woutd meet this ovening, snd 1t would theun be deternined whether the busis ness shoutd go on or not. My, Cox— | suppuso ufter that no dliatory motons will be made,™ Fryo—" 1 do not suy that." ‘ox—T will yield {0 tho gentleman from Muino on his suwgostion, amd trust to his honor to put tho Wil through." Messra. Frye and Couger stuted that thoy had not honed tho lust rummirk of tho geptleman, and would not, thero- fore, conslder wny agreeniont made, Mr, Cox then gmve notleo thus ho woull cull tho blil up te-morrow nlter tho morning kour, "Thie Honso thon ugaity weat fito Commuilitac of the Wholo on tho Sundey Civil Appropriation DHI, The pending wmendment olfercd by Mr, Kinir was rojected. My, Koifer thon offerod an nmendment pro- viding thut of the 5,00 npproprinted for tho purpose ot cllrrylnxull ethnnloglonl resvarches wmong tho Norih Amoerican Imdlans, £,000 bo expended in arclieologienl researches Inmound- bullders und prohistorle mounds, Adopled, Mz, Dibrell offered an amondinent appropri- ating $5,000 to continuo tho improvement of tho ;‘{x‘uun:‘ Cometory at o Chattunvogy, - Tonm. ddopted, l\u" Stuvenson presided at tho eveniug scsslon, Aftor pissing tho bill autborlzing the uppoint- ment of extra pollecemen for & fow duys beforo and after luguration- the bill ‘camo up lecluriug inuuguration-day” a legal bollday In tho Dlstrict. An mimendmont was offered by Mr, lirowor {uumhuum the sule of lntoxiont liquors'in ho Distriot Murch 4 noxt. . Debato followod, and, tho vote resulting 57 to 83, 3r. Agnow raised n u{ut of *“No quorum,” uud tho louso adjourned 3 A BIG TRADE, Spectal Nispatch to’ The Chicage Tridune, DAVENLORT, lu., Fob, #8.—A trado fuvolving the trunsfor of 237,000 was effocted to-night, by which tho Moline Plow Company, of Mallue, 1N, pasdes Into o purtinlly now manngement, For n yeat pust thero hus been a dead-look in the Huard of Divootors. ‘This Is cawposed of B, W, Whoclogk, Uoorge Stephons, Audsow Frelbory, Jobn - Uood, Willlatn Kerns, und: H, W, Coudeo, Tuo Hourd, divided iwts two purties - of threo members ocich, An eleotion of uew ofticors bns been impassihlo, knd H. W, Whoulook, who I Mayor of tho clty, hus held thy oflive of Presidunt of the Company from thy time of his elcotion two yours ugo. "lo-night tho negutiations were closed by which Ar. Whoelook's guny Lought the tuterest of the othors,—one-butl, Tho prico paid thorefor Is $387,000, or 3133 on the dollar for stock seprey sentod, ———————— A RECEIVER WANTED. Br. Louts, Fub, 23—Hamuel Sealing, of the Arm of Bulholland & Sualing, o well-kuowa live-stook firm, withdvow from the finn lust Monduy, und this afternoon led w petitsn ln the Cireult Court asking tho appointiment of a Recelver to olose up the business of tho cons corn uod Judgmont, Jor $10,00 sgulnst Muilols land. potition” ulleges’ Kome frregulurities which requirs to bo strulghtoned out, und usks for & full vovounting of tho atfulrs of the Hrm, c——— THE NEW YORK SEVENTY-FIRST, CanCINNATL, Fob. Sh—A dotachwout of the Soveuty-tirst New York Rogimeat, a routa fox New Orloaus, will lw‘- hero on Friday, und bo tocolved by the local military organizatioas. “DANGER;; Or, Wounded in the Hoy, Friend,” ) _—_— Gen, John A. Logan Cang T JArthur to Accmmt; % se of y For Blandering Mrs. Logan i Above-Named Tampgarmmn -i Novel, The Venerahlo Anthor Disclalmg Ay Intentlonnl Wrong ln the Matter. Gon, Logan's Lottor to Him, Prompt Roparation, et Speciat Dupaten to The Chieaco Tyihuny, PHILADELPITIA, Feb, 23,—A Washingion g pateh inn Now York paper this morniug g, . in brief the story of .&” porsonal dmumm:&‘\: tween Bonalor Logan, of 1itinois, und T.8. A thur, tho venorablo ' temperance-story w‘mh nnd propriotor of Artiiiy's Magazine in'tag pr Tho troublo grew oL Of tho USo of tho pe: of Gon. and Mrs. Logan In ono of gsguock Btorles, and In & most unfortunate way, Mr‘ Arthur snid to-tlay thut 0bout a month ay py wna harritied at receiving the following Ietter from Gen, Logang UNITED BTATES BENATE, Wasntxaroy, p,q, Jan, 2, 1881~ 8. Avibar, Esa—Mr Dern ! My attontion hns been culled (0 thio unfavorayy manner In which' you' use my wife's andmy * own nume i your ook called * Dangors] enro nothing abonut your misrepreacntation of myseif, but feol Indignant at the UnWArTantably and grossly unjust md Inexcusably falso pose tion In whibh you- ptace 1y wife, who neverty her wholo Hifo drank o glss of wine, punch, g othor Intoxlcatlug bovéragis, clther in this clty or elsewhiero, with any ono In eoclety, Every oo knows her unswerviux total . stinenco ~ principles on: tho questlop, and I swall bo obligzed for ap oxplanation frum you why you bave taken thy liberty to uSo OUE NKINES, 13 APPENTS I tho pube leatton beforo-wmentioned. Awaiting your iy, » donys A Logax. To this letter Mr. Arthur Immecdately replisd s follows: PUILADELPITTA, Jan, 22, 188L—~Tle Ion, Juby A. Logan—3y DEAR Biie: Your letterof tho»y Inst, bas glven mo surprise and paln, Jn select. fug names for chnruoters 1 always try to avold the wev of avy that might possibly sugges, In rolation to tho inclients of g atory, such an’ Identity with* lvige per. somiien ny could possibly bo unplenant to them, In this I huve been partlenlarly guarded in gl my Iitorary work, both a8 & wmaticr of fecliog und principle. But in tho cuse of Mrs. Logan It soema that I have beon singularly unfortunata, It is over slx yenrs sincu | wrote Danger,” which T did not, pecauso I could not, read over in tho proof in consequonco of Millng eyesight, Tho wnly impression L oan reeall fn tho mate ter of giving o nuwe to tho lady whom Mr. Ridloy bnd met In Washington was,the desiro to gat ono, which could not sufgest any llving’ personnge to tho readers. 1t seoms, a8 I look buck now, impossible that I could have used your ndmo. Rut thore it Is n print. Tam trylng to recover the originn! manuscript thses iL Lroully did writo It, or only some othor whict the compositor mistook for yours, and nowall [ can suy s that Ishall glualy do anything fu oy power to repulr tho wrong I have unwite tingly done. If you have unything tosugges plonso do so frecly. I have soen. the pubd lisher, who wil at once remave the oum from the storcotype plates und substitute an othor. If you will refor tu tha book you wht s that thero Is not tho slightest * misrepresents tlan " of yourself or * unfavorable™ mentlon, Indeed, Gen. Logan Is not mentloned at ull, anlr tho wife of Gen. Logan, und ull that is saldol Mrs, Geon. Logan s * Tho lady amiled on bla raclously, stpplng tho wine und pralsing its fhvor” Tho referonco 1s o mere passing one, but It pluces: Mra. Logan I a talss postl slight ~ ne the - roforence s, nud decply regrot the fuct. If, ny nlrumlfv' £ald [ cean to anything to repuir thiswrong Lwlll gidiy dolt. Very respectfutiy yours, T. 8, ARTHUR. “Dangor: or, Wounded n_tho House of 8 Friend, . was published In 1877 by J, M. Stoddart & Co. Thoy uiterward sold the siereotype plates to Hulbard Drog,, und tho transfer from omr nubllshiog firm to wnother puturaliy cunsel cousidernble troublo furecovoring the 315, e cently tho efforts of Mossrs, Studdart and the writer proved suceessful, but thoy found tht tho error was nat 1 typogriplioul onc, as e as numo: “nppeurod i tha BiS. n (o printod “hook, % Mes. Goneral — Logtn. 'Ihio nanio only cours fn_two plnges. Oncetn Pz 69, na fullows: * Mr. Ridluey, deolng the wife of Gen. Logan, whom he hnd oftun mot In Wase ington, offered bls weim, whioh was uuculllLJm! and on page 60: **Mr. Ridloy, hiving procus #omp terrapin and chioken salad for Mrs. U(‘rx Logun, poured out two glussos of wine uo handed ono of then to tho lady, Then, litting 1ho othor, he bowed 1 compllinent and pliced 1} to blg lips.* Tho ludy sniled on him xrnym'vmuelr. slv’nng tho wine and prilsing (ts fuvor. Holng asked what bo was gomng to do nboat “i Mr, Arthiur snids 1 don't know whut more can.. The slip was ontlrely uninteutiondl. I bol 1o maro jdun of reforring to Senator Logans wife than you hnd, ‘The wting of Loz §s ratber u commnon one,and 1 supposo 1 huve v twonty times fumy books. 1 nover thoukdt anything of 1t untll'1 resolvud Gon. Logan smkv tor Intaruning we that his wie hud povur draok o whnys oF wino fu her lifo, und thou | made t roply offermz to do nuvthing (n my power for ‘him, Il has nover takun tho -Ilu“hl;-. notlco of 1t but [ understund ho oxpressed ! wish that I'would mnke tho corrcetion i Nfi magnziue, which I {ntend to do fn tho Ap number. I went iimnediatoly to the pllnl!sbtlr*‘ and they promised to alter the namo n( " storeutypa platos und uso unother 0o satiety differont, They have wlso offered to replice ] coples In tho Congresslonal Librury wiid \‘fiV“ of the expurgated edition. [ was flr(’nl""’l shooked ut (bo error 1 hnd commitied, h‘m‘f“‘l’hl understood that Mrs. Logan Is u ludy o 008 highust ubaruotor and noted for hup temperesey vrinelplos. I do not, buwever, 2oy whist mor ean d . fle?. L{url‘n throatonod fogal procosd tngs?” was Inquired, : lfium no," r?:xvlluu Mr. Arthur, % Ldou' nn!nl‘ he would do thut, becuuso the mistukd w:’! Efil intentlonal, nod e will reenty itas fur juair power," e *Yos. It wasn unfortunato biunder,” 88 B, Stoddurt, tha publisher, ™ becauso (18 50 ontiguan s so sensitive that hio woule O nrm a tly. O course, 1o will du ull he cll‘l“mm uir tho oreor in tho copics lssued .t tho D gm ho cando wothug with thoso alrod Yoo 1 suppuse wo sold 13000 or 15,000 coplus Topa wa disposed of the llhflo!. I think Geo. e wus tou hsty (n wrlting to il (n tho sise did, but I 3upposo ho was groutly unuvyed: e ————— IRISH SYMPATHIZERS IN CANADA dvectal Diapatch to Tha Chicago Tvibunk MONTUEAL, Fob.23.—Tho Irish bal was & FX success at tho Windsor [fotet to-nikht, :“1’.1 o Indics und gontlomen bolng prosont. Tl 9' e tonuut-Govornor uud Atra. Rabitutile cawd i0, clully from Queboc to nttond, aud Weib L, warimly recoived by tho uumpnny, i e compysed of tho people of all part ‘;‘i’ma ol nomioutions. 1t was in evory sunse «r Abeait n union domonstrudlon of our Ikl fEforSy, 7ous, ‘Tho_ bulleroom wue Hllutaineted b fo0 elvotrlo light, und it proved to be & K Provement over gas. PEOL s . STEAMSHIP NEWS, Nuw Yoni, Fob, Z—Arsival, o Deror from Glasgow, BauTHAMITON, from New York, Feob, 23.~Arrived, the Rhelsy Peb. &h—Arrived, the EFTR 3 o Nw ‘:(r}lm:- Treb, 2 Arrived, the ""',':“ o0 e Eobs U~ Arrivod, tho Prusiad Liverpool. eere— ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF NALS: , Pirmanuna, Fob, Si—At i weoll 3 Western Nuit Assoolation to-diys P mously devitled to ndvanos tho prl nt contrscd 3, 'Tho card raty liud hogn 8285, b wore not fuvited ut that B ure. — e Indlserect PLarderorss 0 Fttinger, Erb, aud Moyar, who bavo, S5, tencud to dvath fur murder at Biy :;i:;m I? thair_couviction to, tuole, owid MERG nbout the urimo. Thoy Killud 3L, Kinzlor, wn old vouple, wao K_vl"w "Wy sand dollurs 1n thely bou tried on a clrga VF - musd Tha only unportant witiwed iirl, who uotuaily yaw the d i:umrlu::' ‘( liae h\mt‘:’l:‘u”u ery dod returued u v % . Distriot Attoruoy could still Brosecelt g, g the cuse’ OF tho” wile, but bo BUG S i chargud from custody, und sllowdd LF '“""'"na pose thut thoy would not uyl nu“w“m wbd Bodrotty, o ampioyed . clover duteeiiit ou T o ourso. of i fow mouths galied D5 toe fidouce, luducad thew sa wlk,ll'ww] ovidvecd munder, und at loagth ol ok The onough' ta warraut thelr reurst trind rusulted 1u convigHol