Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 29, 1881, Page 1

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HUUNYADI JANOS. — WBunpadt Y3 nos ks HE BULT AND OHBAPEET WATURAL APDRIENT WATDR, “SPEEDY, USUPERIOR TO ALL OTHER LAXATIVE! SURE, AND GENTLE."—Fnf. Noberts, F.R.C.P. Londow, The most certain and comfortable catharie in cases of sluggish liver or piles. Qaornsy Doss, A Wintausarut sEfose BREAXFASY, OF atL DRuaaiais a0 MixewAL WATER Dedteess Che Trilmme. ER~ Pervans unable to purchass coples of Try Ciicaao TRIBUKE at News Agencles and on rafl- way tratns where. Chicnyo papere are solil 10t con- Jerw favor by reporting the facts tu this offce, glo- iy full particidars, Stiasrny cooler and fair weather for this region to-day. — Tie Rovolutonary party In Russia are quite Ingenious, and in order to ineuleate their principles and to necomplish thelr pur- .| poses they give thelr Ingenulty full play. On Enster Sunday thoy hnd a number of Eoster eges distributed about the country, and In the eggs were pro :iamations urging the pens- ants to sclze tho louds, to refuse to pay taxes, and also to refuse to serve In the Rus- sian arny, L] — Jonx Hixcucriey 18 a wealthy brewer of Paterson, N. J. Somg’ time ago he became Impressed with the charms of Mra, Julin Sampson, of that place, wooed her, and ended by proposing matrlage, which pro- posni was accepted, too readily perfiaps, for the wenlthy brewer repented of s wooing and his proposal, and was yesterday muleted in $8,000 dnmnges for his fallure to make good his promise to marry the fair Julla, 81n CiranLes DiLkk repoated In the House of Conitnons yestorday ‘hls previous state- ment, made during tho debate raised by Stanhope on the evacuation of Candahar, that Gen, Skaboletf had been recalled aud that Itusalan military operations in Central Asia had been suspended, for the present at . east, ‘The correctness of this statument hins been frequently questioned sincs 1t was first made, evidently without sufficient reason, PSRy As 1r to remind the Land-Leaguers that there Is such'a Inw In existencons the Cour- cion net, Mr. Forster oceaslonally exerclses the power conferred on him by that instru- ment, and causes tho arrcst of some of the small-fry personnges connected with tho Innd agitation. Tho latost vietims are John ond Cornellus Creedon, farmers, restiding near Millstreat, In the County of Cork, and John 0'Sullivan, a law-clerk, residing in tha saino district. — — Lonp HARINGTON'S 8pdech on tho Irish Land bill is very significant. Ho candidly admits that he dous not oxpoct that the Glad- stone bill, if 1t becomes a Inw, will remedy ' all the ills of freland, 'The trouble, he sald, was too deep-sented. Ilo conslders that thers will be little improvement until the pensantry of Ircland are proprictors, ‘Lord Hartington vo doubt thinks that if the people hnd tnore of & stake in the country they would be more conservatlve, more loyal, ?mld wore apt to favor English rule In Iret und, . ‘Tuene {8 & prospect of & schism in the Methodist Clurch of British ~Columbla, The Rev. R. IL Smith, tho head of the Chnrch in the Province, preached & sermon somo time ago In which .he declared his disbellef in eoterual punishment. This ' pnve” offenso * to .the .strict con- slbuctionlets, ‘and tha Rov. Mr., Smith hos ended thefr troubles in his regard by resigu- ing his position ns Superintendent of Mis- sions in the Province. A FRIEND Wwho is very near to Post- master-General James told a New York re- porter yesterdny in reforence to tho,star- routo frauds that it was not the Intention of Mr. James to Inveatigate the doings of Bmhy somuch as It was to fnvestigatd' the whole pustul-contract system with a view to nscer- taining where It has been dufectlve. At the' san time those who are shown to have been imulicated In the *‘irregularitics? will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, as they ought to be. o] Tug woman Bessy Helfinan, convietéd of complicity In connection with the death of tho Czar, wil), it s expected, soon give birth ton child, and a3 soon as her health Is re- stored it ia proposed to deal with her ns hor accomplices have been dealt with, Itoche- fort states In his paper, the¥ntranaigeant, that the unfortunate woman has beou ruth- lesly tortured since her.arrest, but this seems extremely fmprobable, and the char- ncter of Rochefort forbids attaching much welght to his assertions. Tur statements which were mnde - somo two or threo weeks ngo that Gen. Grant's present visit to Mexleo was holng regarded by the Mexicans with suspicion seem to haye lind no foundatlon, if we may judge by recent roports. He was ban- queted on the 2ist inst. by a prominent private cltizen of the Mexican Capltal, and ngaln on tho 224 by Benators and Deputies from the Moxican Province of Oxaca. Neither does it seem to betrue that the Mexi- cans &te opposed to theoxtension of ratlroads througlh thelr country by Amerlcans, ARRANGEMENTS ‘for the avacuation of the Turkish territory which is to be ceded to Greece have been completed. The work ot evacuation will commence In three weeks, wiil be comploted In thres months, and will be conducted under the superintendence ot an Intornational Military Commnission. The part of Thessuly which 18 to bo ceded will be first evacunted, then Arta will ba evacus ated, and ot a subscquent period the ro- mnining territory. Turkey reluctantly ylelds the little that Groece 13 so very auxious to obtaln, Tiue was when the Dominlon was the rofuge for our absconding “crooked” poll- ticians and bank ofticials, The ovents of tho past four manths scem to indicate that the tables are to be turned, and that the United States Is to becomo tho refuge of ab- sconders from Canada. Yesterday It was discovered that A, I, Patterson, the As- sistant Agent of the Hallfax Banking Com- pany at Truza, N, 8,, had absconded, taking with him a large Amount of money belong- ing to the Banking Cowpany. la Is be- lioved to Beat thisside of the line, Pttty Tur City of Elgin, about forty mlles from Chicago, has a Board of Aldermen which has demonstrated its stupidity and false economy in & way which the people of Elgiu are not likely to forget. The great flood In the Fox River, which runs-through the town, swept away ouo 6f fhe principal bridges thero Jast Tucsday. The Aldermon hud o sort of forsy-boat, an 11x18 attair, con- structed to temporarlly replace the bridgs, . for the accomiodation of the clitizens, This forry-bout was of the cheapest and mgst'frall and filmsy oharactey, and the uatural re- sult wus that yesterda moruniug, while about thirty peopls were belng con- veyed mcross the strean, which is yet swollen, In the wmiserable boat, It capaized, throwing the people Into the water, About twenty escuped with great difticulty, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, and through the exortions of the citizens who came promptly to the rescue, Six persons are known to be drowned, and it is probable that some others went down nlso, all victims to the fmpenctrable stupldity or the mlsera- ble economy of the Elgin Aldermen, ——— Tur Sonate Committes on Forelan Rela- tlons devoted some time yesterday to the dis- cusslon of the Morgan resolition, which pro- Pposes that the assent of tie United States sliould be a condition precedent to the con- struction of,g ship canal across. the Isthmus of Panama, ‘I'he Committea camo to no definit coneluston as to what should be done with the resolution, and ended by reforring it to a sub-commlttee. consisting of Gen, Burnside, who will report It back to the full Committee nt an early day. In the mean- time De Lesseps' nlon are working on the Panamna Canal, —— A reTrEn from Bt Petersburg deseribes the extraordingry precautlons resorted to fn order to protect the Czar and. prevent his mecting the fate of his father. The I'alace of Uatschina Is so .guarded and patrolled, and the' bed-chamber of thesEmperor 15 so protected, that it 1 next to lmpossible, if not absolutely so, for the most Ingenious and zealous Nihllist to come within bomb-throw of ft. Should the guards be over- powered, the. means, perfected for tho Czar’s eseapo .ure such ns nre thought bast caleulated to achieva the end nimed at. The mental condition of his Mnajesty under the circumstances njust be far from envinble. The poar Emperor sedns utterly unable to endure the situation, and no wonder, 1881—TWELVE PAGES. —— Lonp Joux lfmtus. .octing on the in- structions of tha Tory leaders, gave nqtice In the Iouse of Commons last night Wt an auendment to the frishi Land bill, which de- clures that while anxlous to maintain the “Ulster custom” intact, - aid to support legislation wlilch. wonll tend to improve - the ‘TLand - nct -of 187, and such other legislation az may tend to de- volop the Iudustclal. Tesources of Irelmnd, neither he nor his party ean support u bill which “confuses without settiing on o per- wanent basis” the relation between landlord and tenant in'Treland, It18 & notable fact, howevor, that the Lord John Manners party has put forward no schemefor the ameliorn- tion of the condition of the Irish tenant, and it imay bo remarked that it {s always easlor to crlticlso n scheme thaw'to put one forward, S StAFronp Nonticors has been select- ed ns provisional suceasor to Lord Beacons- flld ns leador .of thd Tories. 'The Duke of Richmond, who was his chiet competitor, will Joad in the House of Lords. Nurthcote s o rathor mmisble may of considernble abllities, and made n pretty successful .Chancellor of the Exchequer in the lnst Gov- ernment. Tho polley of the Torles under his leadership will doubtless:hg one of masterly inactivity. Thore i not ons of tho' Tory leaders, with tho probablé excoptlon of Lord Calrns, and he Is In poor health, capable of shaplug anythlig lke a progressive or aggressive pollcy for the party. It remains 1o be scen whetlior any of the young Torles, not now recognized ds luaders, will . be able 10 shypo-ono.Expagtation, potnts. to- Lord Goorgoe ' Hamliton, & #hn -of the- Duké'of Abereorn, and to Mr. Glbson, member-for Dubliu University. A ¥ Tue Irish Cathollc Bishops have sent n communicalion to Mr. Gladstone In refer- enco to the Laud bill, recommending several amendmonts, among them being. that instend of the fiftecn-year-lease clause, ono granting lenses In perpetuity bo substituted; that ‘the power of ‘s landlord to object to the purchaser of n tenant’s interest ns n now tenant bo mited; that the emigration clauses of the bill be dropped; mnd that clauges providing for a thorough system of ‘waste-land reclamation and for the fmprove- ment of the condition of farm laborers bo added. They also recommend that the pro- vislons of the blll'be extended to lensehold- ers, which I8 perhaps the only recommenda- tion thoy mnke which Is llkely to be acted on, although Mr. Glndstone would ke to please them, kuq’w ng, as he does, that & majority of themn ard the uost influential and zealous supporters ot his party in Ircland, strange as 1t may seem. —— “IAxmune” Burier occuplod most of the tlme of the United States Senate yoster- day with a labozed elfort to prove his asser- :| tion, mado a few days ago, that there had been'n corrupt bargain between the Repub- lican Senators and Mahone, Butler - gave suventeen so-called reasonswhy he belleved , his own statement, nune of ‘which he was sble to sustain. ' Ifo then Indulged in that which has become common with Southern. Sonators recontly: an attempt to palliate the outrages in the South, and to offset them by oharging that persons are coerceds by thelr employers to vote the Republican ticket In the Now XEngland Btates. AMr.' Hale, In the absence of Mr. Frye, teplled to the South Carolinfan, and ‘with tellingoffect, Haahowed that Mr, Butler's charges agalnst the New England ‘employers were utterly baseless, that he minimized the outrages committed In the Southern States, and that ho misrepresented thelr uffect and Dpurpose. Senivapizrp, not o town situated In South Carolina, nor in Misslssippl, nor yet {n Loulsiana, but Springfield, the Capital of the Stato of 1llinols, and at ono time the home of the Emanclpator of the colored people of the United Btates, has not a hotel In which respoctable colored people will be mccommodated, Last Wednesdny the ladles and gentlemen who coutpose the original troupe of Jublleo Singers from the Fisk Unlversity of l'onnessee .visited that ‘ofty, where they wereto play an engagoment. Thelr agent asked for accommodation for them at one of the principal hotels, but wan refused because of the color of thelr skin, The samo refusal met him, and for the same reason, at every hotel In Spring- fleld. ‘Thé proprietors of, the hoarding- houses for rural leglslators could not cun- descend to entertain colored people, and they nalaso with an amount ot*profanity and yulgar emphasis which Indlcaves that their oducation has beon sadly neglocted, Colored men are entertalned in tha palatial hotels of Chicngo; the colored delegates to the Re- publican Natlenal Convention were given quarters at the DPalmer House and the Grand TPucific last June, and they conducted themselves as gentlemen, and yet the petty proprietors of a hotel fu n country town canuot ufford 1o accommodate educated and well-conducted colored paople. ‘These proprictors are sinall persons who are actuated by race bigotry, hide-bound proju- dlee, and narvow sud ridlculous exclusives hess, e A NEW NATIONAL BANK, OINCINNATI, April 38.~A new Nutionsl bank, to be kuown as 1he Motropolitan, with a capital of $300.000, 18 anoouuced. WASHINGTON. “Hamburg” Butler Rises to Show His Irrefragable Evi- dence or Resign. ‘The Irrefragability Flattens Out with His Very First ’ Sentence. - His Speéch the Usual Screeching Squthern ** Agony, in Sevs _enteen Fits.,” ‘Stately Revamping of All the Demo- ' oratic Twaddle of the Past Seven Weeks, Allamburg Bdging Put on the Crime of -the Maine Man Who Cut Up -His Mother, The Star-Route Ring Loading Up with ‘Filth to Throw at the i President. Garfleld ‘Will Clean Out the Gang Left Over Bo Kindly by the Good Mr. Hayes. AN / Fred Douglass to Be Made Recorder of Deeds in Place of George A.. : Shorldan, Benator Usnkling Unwilling to Dafer Rob- " ertson's Uase until Next Winter's Bosslon, Y THE SBENATORS. TUTLER'S F1AKCO, . Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune. + WasmiNaroy, D, C., April 38.—Mr, But- lor, of South Caroling, to-day made the speech which he announced some days ngo. Moro interest than usual was manifested wlien ho arose, for the reason that he madoa declaration last’ week that he would prove that there was a corrupt bargain between the Republican Senators aud Mahone, and that if he did not he would resign his seat. The speech of Mr, Butler to~day guve evidence that the words spoken inst week were ut- tered in the heat of debate, for he produced no evidence, but shnply summarized, Inn ‘number of points, the Democratle gosslp of the day relntive to the coalition. 'There was . NOT EVEN A NEW SUGQESTION ' ° .upon, this” subject in Butler's specch. le clted as one of his reasond so puertlo a thing us thé fact that Mahone had selocted a'seat upon the Republicuu slde of - the chasiiber as aproof of the bargain. But, it the speech | J&€ ‘was noted for tho weakness of its arguments upon the subject advertised, It .was charac- teristic of many Southern speeches, It wasa noisy declamation, full of florid rhetorle. 1t was, {n the mnin; devoted to an nuswer to Mr, Frye, whose absence Mr. Butler regret- ted, adding, however, the couplet that _ Ho who fights'and runs awiy May live w tight another day, . 'This challenge Mr. Frye, upon his return, ‘undoubtedly will accept, The terrific ar- Talgmnent of South Carollna made by Mr, Fryu, aid the bloody chapters of Kn-Klux nnuhother outrages, Mr, Butler passed over witl THE SNEERING ALLUSION | that, in those days, there‘ were ‘ vampires ‘who fattened and fed on the vulgar viands of Radieal debauchery,” and thatall these storles of outrages were & portion of an insatiable crusade agafust the South. “The pour Bouth " he everywhere clevated as o martyr, “and delared that, if slavery wasa crime, the revenges of thme since the: \ar have atoned ‘for it The violent etforts of the Democracy to ovérturn Republican goverumentedn the South, the night-riding, the red shirth and the Ku-Klux, Mr, Butler rhetorically de- seribod ns ** o niglituare shaken off by the gikantic effort of the Anglo-Saxon race.” “CAnd for this,” he. ndded, **the eryofan Solld South 18 raised.” My, Butler, asmost Southern Senntors have done, ) ENDEAVORED TO TRIOW DUST IN THE RYES of the public and to divert the attentlon of- the North from the true ssue by an assault .uponsdue portions of New England. = Alr, Butler.chose for his text the stals and silly storles trumpeted by the Democrats with re- gard to_the fusion campalgn In Aaine In 1879, Mo sifpped in his facts and hils his- torles, for ha arraigned the Republican town officers for having interfered with n Green- back meetlng at Lincoln, when it turned out that the Selectmen of that town wero Demo- crats, B u . MIL TALE, in the absenco of Mr, Frye, replled. He turned the tables upon “Mr, Butler, and brought him back to the maln issue by show- Ing the great outrages upon suffrage which had been committed in Sonth Carolina, 1fe read from tho historical spusch of Reverdy Johnson on the Ku-Klux, whero that dis- tingulghed Dethooratio otatorsalds I have. listened with unmixed horror to some of the testimony which has been brought' bafore- me. The outrages proved aroshocking to liu- msuity, and they admlit of neltherexplanation nor justification, The parties engaged in them muss have been insensiblo to the die- totes 'of humanity or religlon.” * Mr. Hale: also rond an extraot from the Charles ton Courer, arrived to-doy, which edl- torlally admitted tho ontrages there, aud sald: “The frregularities were -Justifiod and Justi- fiable, s revolution and rebelllon ave justifin- able when there Is no other escape from tymunical government,”” The Courder nd- wits that thls right of revolution was ro- sorted to [n 1870, and 1878, and in 180, and | bes . THUS QMVES THE LIX to all the Domocratlc denlals, Mr, Hale also, quoted from the New Orleans Times just ar-- rived, which nlso admits the outrages, and says: “The Demooratio party of the South, whith has the wealth aud Intelllgence, ought: to yule, Whether 1t hias the majority or not,”; ‘Thure was no alluslon In the Henate Chamber* ‘to-(lay to the epublican caucus. ‘The Dems. ocrats evidently ware not dispossd :to fnters fere with their jeers in any program which® promwises the passibility of an executlve ses- slon, ‘The Ropublicans were very busy cons veraing with each other, and apparently were endeavoring to keep secrot the fuct that they bad’ appolnted a committee to prepare tho way for exeoutive sessions. TUK COMMITTEE, . howaever, lato 1n'the afternoon, was appoint- ed, aud ty a3 follows: Dawes, Chuirman; 1ngalts, Jones, of Nevada; Comeron, of Wis. consln; Bawell, of New Jersoy; Rollins, of New Hampshire; and Hill, of Colorndu. The majority of thesc gentlemen are known to be in favor of holding more executive sesslons, All of the elements nre represented in tho Cominittee. Mr. Dawes has beeri veryactive In the present movement, and s poposel to any surrender on the general yuestion, but ha is understood to be in favor of confirming all the appointments that are necessary. Ingulls has been counted upon by both sides, butis regarded as not opposed to executlve sessions. Jones, of Nevila, is astrong friend ot Senator Conkling, and —undoubtedly represents his views upon the Committee, 1le will not nadvise nuy&hlmf that wiil inaure thadefeat of Conkling,dnlthongh lie may desire to have executive sessions to ({flllfl er the Chinese treaties, Cameron, of Wisconsin, s presumed to_be a strong Ad- ministration man, but le is ulso \vell dispused to Conkling. Tlu’1s ns resvlved ns anybody upon the ;Scueml question of not surrender- ing to the Dumnocrats, # MR CONKLING : hind o fong conference with him to-dny inthe: Senate Cliamber, after he was avpoltited on the Committee, ~ Sewell, of New Jersey, has been absent most of the scssion, and Dis views ara not well known o the general vublic, Itolling, of New Humpshire, s not classitied. 11l of Colorados Is kinuwn to. bo carnestiy in fuvor of an -exocutive seaglon, and Is not nlw}muxur well “disposed to . the: contininnce of the present contest. e hrs rccunll‘v been nbsent about-ten- days, and upoi his return - reported that the Republic-, nll:s nlfl lhol'nmnurfi c‘lllhl' mtn undcr'zmndt:)lm altuntion hure, and did not appear to_sustain the Re%ubl lcans in thelr present attitude, BENATOR ANTIHONY, To the Western Assoclated Press, Wasmyaroy, D, G, April 23, Anthony, Chairman ‘of “the J 1| caueus, hias not yet abpointed the Comtiittee to arrange for an executive session. . Mr. Dawes will be Chuirmon, and ho and Senntor Anthony will confer this evenlng about the ather members of the Comnittee with a view of making it representative of nfl shades of opinion among Republicans. The abject of: tha Comnmittee will be to fiX the date for hold~ Ing the flrst executive sesslon, wnd to ar- range, first, to confinm nominations to il vacuncles, and, sccond, that no contested nomination sinil b brought forward, As the Republicans huve determined to main- tain thelr position on the election of Senate ofticers, 1t 1y of the utmost imporiance that they be kept in solid line, = - CONKLING. s it appears, 1s not willing to pledge himselfto defer the contest aver Robertson's nominn- tion untll nexy winter, He belisves ha hgs considernble Domocratle suvport now, aid . belng Chalrman of the Committes to which the “nomination of Iobertson must he referred, it will be In his power, _exccutive sessions are held, to roport back at any thne, or hold 'the nuimlnation back it hie sees fit,” The contest over this noming- ‘tlon will necessarily cause some division J- among Republieans, which the mujority :are anxious toavold, . - CUTIVE BESSION, 1t 18 _belleved another caucns will be held ‘next Montlay, nnd that tho first execntive sesslon will be held next Tuesday, It Is de- -cirled that the first executive business will be the censlderation of the Chinese treaties, in - order that they. beratitied and accepted in the - time. luited,” The Caucus Committes will endeavor to retain entire contral nf executive -work, '80 that the Rtepublicans can resumo thelr fighton the election of Senato oflicery whenever It deems It expedient, s THE CAUCUS COMMITTER, Senators Rollins and 1il), of Colorado, are named ' 18 two of the Cruens Committee, but the othera are not yet deeided, -Honr fs urged bysome, but the fact that his collengue “is Chalrman"will prevent his going on the Commitiee, - m: 1% L f : MAUONE. ¥ A . ‘The Republican Senators. unanimously be- lleve in sustaluing . Mahong, and the only -wmatter that: ls. lkely to<cause any division RRIODR. the’d 1. odse; a8 Conks }l]nrfi {:)lél:omnz l;la duty* to’ l“a- nurty‘p{o‘x‘x’ml.s | I suny ndvantage et to re- Joct Hoberlso: | voge. Y F COMPTIOMISE RUMOR. ‘There {8 n rumor that the Caucus Commit- tee will try to bring about.a compromise on Robertson, and will urge the President to tnke some step of that fi‘ not be done by order of the enucus. Somg lwrubllmn Seuators advise this colrse, and 1t 1t Is done it will bean individun! and not a |mrt?r nctlon, - Some. Republicans hold thaf n view of the situation, this cause of internal strife should be removed. e DENIED, . ‘The published statement that ex-Senator Randolph is gotng to-dMexico on railrond en- terprises Is denled by his family. ANOTHER SPERCHL,. - $ Davis, of West Virglnla, Is golag to make a apecel) in the Senate naxt week, E] relntion to the debt between. Old Virginla and West Virginia. . EX-BENATOR £ATON, OF CONNECTICUT, who is here, ndvises the Democratic Senn- tors to vote against the confirmation of Robs ertson, on the ground that Robertson's rejoe- tion will divida the Republican party In New York. A wmember of the Sennte Commercs . Commlitee, and a frioud of Conkling, suys posluvelfiqmnl the lntter will make his fight ugainst Robertson at this sessign, STAR-ROUTES, SOME NOTADLE ILLUSTIATIONS OF A MAR-, VELOUS SEIRVICE, Bpecial Dispatch to The Chicogo Trivune. Wastsarox, D, C., Avril28.~The follow- ing statement will serve to fllustrate some ot the star-rontes contained. In the llst recently, furnished by the Post-Offico Department: Route No, 81,4, which runs from Fort Worth, Tex., to Fort Yuma, Arl,, n distance of 1,600 mlles, was Increased from: 8180,000 to 200,000 for expedition of servite. Ex-Sena- tor Barnum, of Connectiont, Chmrman of the Doemoeratic National Committes, s ane of the bondsmenof J. T. Chichester, the con- tractor on this route; and the entire Texns deleration recommended the expedition ot sorvice, "It Is this fucrense of speed which aftords the'protext for 0 ENRICHING TUR CONTRACTORS with the least outlny.. When the route Is stocked with tho neceasary horses, stable- maen, drivers, and vehicles to run at the rate of threo miles an hour, very little additlonal stock 13 required to run at four miles por hour, The Inorense of $103,000 on this route 18, therefore, undoubtedly very dispropor- -tlonata to the Incrense in the oxpense of ex- ipediting the gervice. Of coursy some one is compelled . to swear that ndditionnl stock ls Inecessary to expedite the servicw; but, If two hurses can draw a wagon twelve miles a day-which Is tho usuhl relay- distgnce—nt o speed’ of three miles an hour, they can, without sorlous injury to thew, draw it at n speed of four!) mites an hour, It 18 sald that, upon all the ninety-three stnr-routes a list of which was inenlshed by the Post-Oftice Department, the rato of spesd In uo case excecds. six wmites' per hour, ., The majority of routes are run at aspoed of three mlles, and the nvernge nat a lower rate, ‘There are nany Post-Oflice ofti- clals of experlence who say that this in. croased apeed I8 . nmmkwuuxxncnngr AND INDEPENSL A H -that one niall a day Is quite suftictent for peo- ple living - |n the. sparsely-suttied country through Which: the routes generally run; and that to Inorense the speed In ordor o do- Jlver the inails anhour or two earller every ay, at an additlonul expense of a mlitllon 'dollirs, does not reflect any more creditupon the Department which has beon responsible for this waste of money, and does leave the Deparimént open to the serions charge which Represontative Caunon munae on the floor of the Ilouse:- that the extra money pald for tls expedlting of sorvics wus *con- tractory’ swag.” Route No. 40,101 Is_another one contained in the table of ninety-three stav-routes fure nished by the Post-Oftico Department us rest- ing under suspiclon, “§his route has = A PECULTAR MISTORY. The original annunl pay s revorted by the Departuent was §18,500: but the service was | because the tnw does not perit the lettln;; ind, but this would | nual p: % $118475, ‘The following I8 sald to, history of that route: The cone tract nte No. 40,101, extonding from I’rucali,‘ Atl, to Santa Fe, N, M., distance 402 mles, threo inalls a week, the schedule tlne for ench trip belng 150 hpurs, or at the rateof threo miles per hour, was awarded at the regular March letting in 1878 to G, L. M- Donough for $18,313. OnOct. 8, 1878 fonr moro trips per week were ordered, and $17.750.00° addltional pay allowed. Subsequently. the rate of speed was Incrensed from threo inites to five miles per hopr. §74,550—being an fnererse of $01,237 over the .original figure when the contract was nward-* ed. , At this gtage of the transaction, MeDou- ongh, the contractor, falled In business, aml his hongsmen, Messrs, Kirk and Gleason,’ of~ fered to tnko the route on the terms and ot Wwit: 874550, s Forsome reason, however, the . Department ‘refected (the ;proposal, aud re- fused'to let them take: th sthe,condition and for the ampunt. of -the or- caginal bid, $182315.. They il so,.and shortly ‘afterwards failed. - The Depattinentthen let ithe routa to John A, Walsh , ot 818, ‘for the expired term.:- . [ "o L. TIIS. WAS AN ILLEGAL ACT. 0y of a route under thess clrcumstances fora longer perlod than one year without advers «tlsement. A8 soon as Mr. Walsh obtalned the route, the same offlelal who had dealt so rigorously with Kirk and Glenson began to favor the new contractor in & most extraor~ dinary manner. The speed which was hot deemed necessary under Kirk and Gleasoi was suddenly nseertalned to bo requisit under Walsh, nnd 830,775 additional was allowed, Noxt it was determined to order the four ad. «ditional trips por week;which had also been refused to Walsl’s predecessors. .- For this servico 87,700 more wns nllowed, making Mr. Walsl's total compensation $136,075 a- year,—being an increase of. $118,435 over the sum first paid him, .. The tacts asabove cited - wera In substance disclosed.in the testimoiny +befora the Star-Route Investigating Commit- . teo last year,. The disclosures wero made In December, 1830, X L g The P5st-Oflice ({st contains another route, No, 35,051, 230 miles In:fength; In Dakota, the annual pay .for. whion. Has: been increasoil - frolx’: $2:85010 §70,000, " The following Is sald o e 7 e e o THE JISTORY OF TIAT ROUTE! Route Nu. 85051 runs from Bismarck -to Tongne RiveryDak.; the distance being. 230 intles. Thisrbutewas let, nttheregularletting at the Tost-Offied s ndw pay« ..l' nnually.—the Inereasa of an- ! .the prica that MceDonough was recelving, to- ' ‘ronte, excdpt on 5 ) | For this, 843,486.84 1°% additional was aliowed, making the total pay & +in Marcl, 1878, to Ji: . Miner, for $2,350, The ** service was to be verformed once a week, the schédule time being efghty-four -hours, or -three miles an hour, . Mr. Miuer, soon aftdr. aceepting the service,sub-let the contract «to M. M, Vails. -On Jan. 1 Inst the sert- fee was incrensed --to’ throe times 'n week, and 4,700 addjtionnl was’ nllotved. Subsequently: incrensed - 'speed:! “was -ordered, Trom ‘threo . to-‘foitr njlles gn hout, ‘and for this ‘Incrense’ $27,050- was allowed. On Aug. 8 the servica was'Increased td 5! tines o week, und 585,000 additlonal was al- " lowed—making the totat ‘cost' of- the service on this route $70,000; which -1san ! lugrends '}, aver - the - originnl-- letting of £67,650,- 1t s -suoh extraordinary- inérense “as-14' shown in - the nbove figures which- tlon insutticlent for the year. for which It wi inteuded, and which, unde it ijeecssary.for the Second-Assistant Postiinster-General to :sonilto Congress n demand‘for morenioney, - ! *'accompanied by a thiént that the nnils woukl be withdrawn unless- the amount demanded should b fortheoming. ¥ - ‘The fullowing are detailed explanations ds to other routes containod in the officinl Post~ Office list: 'T'he contract for route No. 59, 103, ronning from Santa’ 16, N.- AMex., to JMesilln, the distance -between: which Is al- leged (o Lo 310 miles, but which in rénlity is nine mitesshorter, was awarded to the Jowesg - = bldder atthe sitting in March, 1878, for §20,. 000, to J. B, Price. - Schedule time was fixed at seventy-two hours, or four and two-tenths miles per hour, ‘seven-trips weekly. Not long afterwards speed was inereased to fiva and one-tenth miles per hour, and $40,841.17 additional was ‘allowed,—making the total cost of this route $67,041.17, Route No, 8- 109, from Las Vegns to 'Las Cruces, 4433 1fles, services three times o week, schedulo thue 180. hours, -of n% the rate of two and- fivetenths wlles per hour, was let in March; 187, to C. Cosgrove, for $14,000. Speed was increased soon alter to four miles per hour, and $31,876,55 additional nllowed, Later, 2,517,168 addition®l was al- lowed for incrensed. distauce, nwd then §52,- - 120,96 nlditional wos nllowed for four addi- tionnl trips per week,—swolling tho cost of this route from $14,900 to 501,414,07, Startling s these figures iny APREAT, the actlon of the Department Is rendered (- BTILL MORE NEMARKARLE | whon ‘It 1s constdered that both tho forego. img rontes run parallel to each other, and terminate "at. the same polnt, sinco las ated on the Riv Grande hmmedlately opbo- “sit ench other, Lus Vegns ond Santu Fé, the two starting pointsof the sams routes, ars not much over 100 miles distant from each other, and this Is nbout’ the separnting dis- tance between the rontes nt the widest point, and becomes narrower until they meet at the Rio Urande, There 18 also a temporary route from Los Vegns to Albuquerque, the: latter belug & point on tho route flrst nbove named (No. 86,103), at a cost of §23,074.81, while thers Is at the same timgn dally line from Las Vegns to Santa F&' So thut, in- atead'of running the route from Las Vegns {o Sunta Fé, Albuquerque, Mesilla, and Las Cruces, and having such *feeders” to this Touto R4 are necessury, the Departmant runs. four distlnet routes, at tho enormous agare- fnto cos of aver §200,000, In u conutry very sparsely settled, and the groater purt of whicl'ls n wilderness, 8, W, DORSEY, Svecial Dlapateh to Tha Uhicago Tridune, WAsHING D, 0, Aprll 2.~The name of 8, W, Dorsdy, ox-Unlted States Benator from Arknnsns, & successful oporator in mine ing stocks, owner of o Inrge ranche, lnte Sece retary of the Republican Natiounl Commit- tee, and now sald to bea wealthy man, I mentioned In connection with thestar routes. My, Dorsoy denles many things, 1o denles that: he. hus called Brady o scoundrel, and snys that he will have something tu say about the matter, hereafter, - 116, will. not deny that he. had. o brother, « and - is not known thot .he hes- over denied B " pee = e Cruces ‘mnd Mesilln are two towns sity- . the statemont In- the : teatimeny: which ol follows, and which is contalned In & Governe wment document extremely ditileult to get, - neurly all the-coples ‘of whicl are sald to have disnppeared. y SF . » M#s C. RERDELT, being exaniined befors the House Conmitieo on Appropriations, Investigating the star service, June % 1830 (miscelianeous docu- ment, Nq. 8, Forty-sixth Cougreay, second sesglon), testifiod that he way attorney and reprosentative of Dorsey & Company in the mail-contract husiness; that e hud a salary of 53,000 annuslly; thas the firm have hud w lurge - number of- contracts, . at least thirty; that the flrm cousists of ™8, W. Dorsey, late Unlted Btates Scgator, aud J. W. Boalor; that lust vear Dorsey, being’ pretty hard up, Rold in 'lnwrest to Boster, who llves in Carlyle, Fa; that nond of the