Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1876, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. | PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays exeepted, | AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, | Pennsylvania Avenor, cermer Lith strect, | t The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, | 8. a. SAUTEEA Pret THE EvVENing STAR is served by carriers [0 subscriders at Ten Cents per week Forty- four ts per month. Cupics at the coun Two Cents each. Hy usil—postage prepud— Bixty Cents a month; one year, $6. THE WEEKLY STAR— published on Friday — 82a year, 7 «prepaid. BF AU subscriptions invariably in advance. wr Rates of advertising furnished on applice J ee Veh. 47—NE. 7,196. 6. nening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1 TWO CENTS. SPECIAL NOTICES. EN WOOD. CEMaTEBY S&S roed meeting of the Lot Pro GLENWOOD CEMETERY wii bo b Bonre of T: corner © ‘And Sth street om PRIDAY EVEN aty Dochek. 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District Claims, Pension aud Bounty Claim=, 's wpecinlty. spit ERVOUS EXHAUSTION —A Medical 2 al Exaay, comprising aseries of lectures deliv- ered at Kaba's Maveum of Anstomy, New York @n the cause and cure of Premature Decline, indisputably how lost health be regained, affordiogs clear synopsis of. the impediments to Warriage. and the treatment of nervous and physi- Gal deblitiy. being the revult of 2) years’ expe ace, Price, 25 cents. Address the author Dr. LJ. K ‘office and residente, 51 Kast 1h «t..N.¥. spl 6m 7 Deg mt eo _ OATIORNEY-AT-LAW. wr JOHNSON & 00. BANEBRES, Gorner af 10:4 St Desiers tn Government and District Securities Borcigu Exchange and Gold wepie ly cet acorn want. and Pennsylvania Avenue, & special service for YOUNG MEX, SABBATH AFTERNOON, at 3% o'clock Short addresses by Young Me Mauate led by Cornet aud Orga: REMOVAL —WM ney-at Lave, har ed to Bi ditt House, Rorthwest, oppo ‘and will De | Pleased to'cee his iriends and business scqcaint Qnces. 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STYLISH AND ELEGANTLY Finished Business or Dress Suits, ut rs ‘ . at BADLE EROS, VERY VABIETY OF SHADE AND STYLE of Cut ia Fine Dress or Business Suite, at @ At HABLE BRUs. EGULAR 8 est and © USTOM- MAD Rest Patterns, «1 At HABLE ba03. I ITS of the new SUPEKS LINE OF OUSTOM-MADE SLITS of | SS the fiuest Foreign Fabrics, at $30, AT | HAGBLE BROS., | Merchant Tailors and Fine Olothiers, _mard) tr Corner Tth and B street Pp. & PABSEILLE, (Late Doiae § Vari Real Estate and Stock ker, Corner 7tb street aud Lontsians arenne. MONEY LOANED IN SU MS TO SUIT. HOUSES AND LUTS FOR SALE. | wars} Im AFPLETon's ane ICAN CYCLUPB jeprensies cxmatetien. fe havi large a Parties Ta Washington or vicluity deste ments or woek will be — oe A —— press. fru’ ‘agency, Shere all styles of blading may be pages ca. af | OEIVING VAILY FROM OUR ee of hace yin Baltimore, freeh sup) iT 87> CENT FINISHED ace 'D SHIRTS. made of the Beat Wamso G ORGE : met Pare os | reen ams TON ABL! DEALEB IN aa E FUBNITUBE AT A PRC ee ‘i marsi-im | Wit ALL FOND OF GOOD BATING — on CATES Aire, N for free sample PEED either all firet class Brocers. yeckaes, feb) cota | of prev | the Texas Constr | stead of reporti: | Interior, reported to Mr. Bristow as solicitor | (late) General D. B. Woodbury, EVENING STAR. Washington N ews and Gossip. Tue Carer Justice oF Uran has re Sigred, and Michael Schaffer, of Itlinois, Wae this moralng appointed in his pla ASTRONOMICAL DISCOVERY.—Prof. Wa'- son annonnees to the National Academy at the Smithsonian Institntion the discover: this morning of a planet of the elevent magnitude in thirteen hours twenty-eight minutes right ascension, eleven degre; forty-five minutes south declivation, daily motion north two minutes. ECONOMY IN THE INTERNAL REVENUE SEKVICE.—Tie Senate finance committe> have recetyed from Commissioner Pratt a letter favoring the abolition of the office or supervisor of the tmternal revenue. Tae enue agents, he says, can performall the service. Daring the last fiscal rmonnt allowed for sal and es of the tem supervisors averaging each. NAVAL ORDER eutenant H. G. O y, ordered to the hydrographic office; +A. Hoehling, to the nav. ie Island; Captain George A bed from the navy yard, P Fin., and placed on special’ duty in ont instrectiona for deep sea soundiag: Lieuterant John S. Newell, from the navy yard, New York, on the 30th ins‘ant, and or. red to report at Newport, It. .,on' the tst of June next, for instructions in torpedo service. THE PRINTING BuRFAU EMPLOYES.— Fvery morning there fs a la crowd of per sons, both male and female, gathered about the doors of the Engraving and Priating Moreau, patiently waiting for a chance of employment. There are about sixty printers, each with his assistant, at work, and in the rest of the bureau, up to the present time, there are about two bundred employes en- gaged. The force is being graduatly in- creased, but the applications for employ- ment are so numerous, and the outside pressure so great for the reinstatement of former emploses, that the superintendent ts obliged to feel his way carefully. THE CHARGE AGAINST GEN. MERRILL. — Gen. Custer appeared before the House Com- mittee on Military Affairs yesterday in | relation to the charge against Gan. Merrill of reeeivin: 000 aS a bribe. Gen. Caster test Nn i the Information he possessed on the subject was contained ina private letter to himself, the author of which he uid Lot wish todisclese. He said he notified his svperior officer. and also notified the War department, but no notice had been taken of ‘he matter. He disclaimed any intention of g to prosecute or injure Gea. Merrill. had come to him and he hat given Beyond that kaew The ste the Information. nothing abont the matter, Tre Sitver Crrcvrar—s ‘etary Bris | tow bas issued instructions to the Treasurer et 28, in this ¢ i the ase at Bostor New hia. Pa 29s, M5 w Orleans, La ; Cincin | cati; Onto; Chicago, IN ; San Francisco, Cal Baltimore. Md.; and the United St s at Buffalo, N. Y. and Pittst © presentation at their resp2 the frac mpeacbment rge, If not larger, t last. tt an it Was on Al ten mioutes to noon so rowd that doorkeepers and eu were stationed at th: ting to the galle: foot to avoring t ance of U y of Congres usted. ly two-thirds of tuose in the galleries were ladivs. But tow colored persons occupied sea‘s in en's gallery. Those present, jadging om thelr appearance, represented’ the re able and lutelligent class of the coi units. aud speared to take a decp Inter- est in ihe proceedtvgs. The diplomatic gal lery was occupied mainly by ladies. From thé fect that among the occupants of this gallery were several maies with hair parved in the micdle, it ts to be presumed that the foreign ministers were represented by at tachts of the different legatio..s. Frederick Douglass o¢cupied a seal fu the iadies' gal- lery- General Belkna;,, Recompanied by Hon. j Matt. H. Carpenter, his senior coausel, ar- rived at ‘ue Capito! at about quarter to oclotK. At o'clock he entered the a:@ chamber, accompanied by bis coun Mess: rpenter, Biair and Black, and they euts assigned them on the right of the President pro fempore. The procertings in the case will be fouad in our regular Con- gressional report. MORE SCANDAL Sror'es A Bout SECRE- TARY Baistow.—The following are the two latest productions of the scandal mill con- cerning Secretary Bristow: bout a week ago, Judge Bartley, of this is said to have testified before a House mmittee, under protest, that 8. Taylor Suit, now 4 resident of Maryland, told him that Secretary Bristow had, when district attorney in Kentucky, seized a number of | distilleries, his among the number; that t distillers raised a pool and sueceeted int ducing Bristow to resign his office and be- come counsel for them; that Bristow did re- sier, and sucereded in designating as nis stecessor one Colonel Wharton, who vole | prosequned the case. Yesterday Suit was ex- | amined. he denied Mat he ever told Bartley | What he testified that he had, aud to use his own words, “that it was @ damned lle.” Bartley is a brother-in-law of Senator Sher- mav. The story bas been in cirealation a week, and ¢ ult has denied tne charge. the sensationalists accuse him ‘Sait Aste ‘o telegray last night, the substance of wh the connection of Secretary § tien « was to the effect that Bristow, 1 sollettor of that organization, had @ commission seat oul from the Interior department at tae ex- nse of the government to ascertain tue 1¢ of and Lille to certain Mexican pri- te laud grants; that the commission, in- g to the Seeretary of the a related to of the road, direct, the effect of which was | to give him information in advance, which he used for his private benefit; that the gov- ernment bore the expense. THE SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ACAD- EM) OF SCIENCES was resumed al Lie Smith- sonian Institution at noon to-day. The at- | tendance of members was much larger than yesterday. Among the latearrivalsare many well known lights in the seientide worl. On calling the mee:ing to order Prof. Henry de- livered an address to the academy, cousist. ing of a reporlof the operations of the several commiticees to whom scientific questions from goveroment bureaus have been re- ferred during the past year, and the pres- ent condition of tue establishment. He re- ferred to the question of tie tnerease of the number of mem ers of the academy, Which by law is row limtted to fifty, aad urged the academy to main ‘a high stendard as the tes! o§f)" ure memberships. Speaking of Was! as a center of selentific education, ie catled attention to the fact that for its population there were more scientists in Washington than fo i 4 ctber city in the United States. Tae ad- dress, which was of considerabie let and particularly minute as to the scientific ops- rations of the Smithsonian Institution and the general government during the past year, was full of interest, aod was listened io most attentively. ‘The following papers followed, 1. Contri- | butiors to meteorology. by Elias Loomis; 2. On sensations produced by concurrent and rapidly succeeding sounds, by A. M. Mayer. . Oo maxima apd minima in al; ney ed y Geni- erai Barnard. 4. A conjectural restoration ofa of the mound builders, by Lewis H. Morgan. 5. The geological evidence on the question of the cause of the ice period, J.S. Newberry. ‘The academy will continue its session to- TOW: VETO BY THE PRESIDENT. Bill Redneing the President's Salary The President transmitted the following message to the Senate yesterday : To the Senate of the United Siates: Herewith I return Senate bill No. 12, 6m titled “fan act fixing the salary of the Pr dent of the United States, without my ap proval. Iam constrained to this course from a sepse ofduty LO my successors in offics, to myself and to what is due to the digoity of the position of chief magistrate of # nation of more than forty millions of people. When the salary of the Presijeot of United States was fixed by the #1 $25,000 per annum we were a nation of but ilree tatilions of people, poor from a lonz and exhaustive war, without commerce manufactories, with but few wants aud these en deemed small for the resp Hes and dignity of the position, bat jas- ly so from the “impoveriste 1 condi’ to of the teasnry and the simplicity it was de fired to cnitivate in the repabite. The salary of Congressmen under the Con stitation was first fixed at six dc y for the time actually tn session, an a -fabont one hundred and twenty days ach session, or seven hundred and twenty dollars (5720) per year, or_ less than one thir- of the salary of the President. Congress have legislated upen their own salaries from time to Lime since, until faally it reached $5,000 per annum, or Ove fifth that of the President, before the salary of the la ter was increased. oone having & knowledge of the cost of living at the national capital will conten that the present salary of Congressmen is too bigh, unless it is the intention to make the office one entirely of honor, when the sal- ary should be abolished—a proposition re- pugnant to our republican ideas and institu- tions. Ido not believe the citizens of this re- pub! ihem without @ fair compensation for their services. Twenty-five thousand dollars does not defray the expenses of the Executive for one year, or bas not in my experience. hot bow one-fifth mm value what It was whea fixed by the Constitution in supplying de- mands and wants. Having no personal interest in this mat- ter, I have feit myself free to return this bili to the House, in which it originated, with my obections, believing that in doing so I meet the wishes and judgment of the great m jority of those who indirectly pay all the salaries and other expenses of government. U. S. Grant. Executive Mansion, April 18, 157¢ . SECRETARY BRISTOW. His Prompt Dental of the Whisky Story e nounces it as Unquali- tiedly False. The following letter expiains itsel! APRIT. 19, 1876. Hon B. G. Oaitjielt, Chair Cammittce on Expenditures in the Depariinen? of Judtive, House of Representatives Sie: My attention has been catlel to the Washington dispatches to Baltimore Curette of this date, (eapy enclosed.) from which it appears that some time last wee . Bartley, of this appeared he- air comm ramors un. a Integrity. ss ist vpon loformati toat while [ was U 5 tur tiredist distille- res were ud that soon after um of money, In p appoint. ent of 1 Waarto. snecessc ers, and, in accordan: , alleged agree t, pr the release of elr property it is difficult to credit nt tha val m » renvata in ign. f a tastt and that no oppor f so s rious at the recogniz Of giving me the opportus baseless slander pr se I request that the c including the fudge thereof, be brought committee, and subject 1.0 ouching all tuo Lle.8 question, € by innuendo, and, if need of the court be examined for the purpose of showing that no such cases existed; at least that T had no connec- ton with any such. Furthermore, I claim the right to be heard personally before your committes, under oath, touchlog al! the matters referred to by any of the witnesses who have been examined On this subject. Ihave the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, B. H. Bits Tow. The War Department lovestigation. THE LATEST HANCOCK SCANDAL DENIED. The Committee on Expenditures in the War department examined this morning Mr. Reynolds, of the firm of Lee & Reynolds, post trader at Camp Supply. The place was secured for the firin by Gen. Hedrick, who was to be paid 35.000a year for having se- cured it, and for the influence he was to exert to protect the firm in holding it; the firm paid Hedrick $500, and then ceased. Witness said: My partner and myself concluded we would lake the chances, when we ceased making payments, of beng removed. | «. Have you paid since 172 any sums of money to any olber person to retain the | | A. No, sir. Q Did you not from New York in 1 seud to Gen. Babcock @ letler contaiuia, one thousand dollar bill? A. I did not; nor did I enclose any such sum to any one fer him. Witness denied that in the presence of | Wilbur F. Stone, of Colorado, in the St | James hotel, in New York, he hat sent Gea. | Babcock a $1,000 bill. All iat he «ver paid n account of the post was the mouey ne paid to Gen. Hedrick. ANOTH MOTH EXTERMINATOR | Geng W. Breve was then examined. His testimony would read very well as an ad vertisement in THE STAR at 50 cents @ iine. «rect statement he, that the record that his moth patent was the king bee ex: terminator. He then went on to state that ta haying Cow'es «Co.'s moth pateut introduced in the army he paid no person except Donn Piatt. Thinks the contract with Piatt was to pay him five per cent. of the gross proceeds. In isi4 Piatt patina im against Cowles & Co. for $11,000 or | $12,000, but the company refased to pay hin on the ground that he had been paid tn fut! for bis services. Piatt then threatened to have thelr work stopped. Piatt had been employed to use his influence with the Sec- retary of War. On the 19th of July, 174, the work of Cowles & Co. was stopped through Piatt’s efforts. The witness was being examined when our report closed. HALLET KILBOURN AND THAT CELE- BRATED BILL oF FARE!—Mr. Kilbourn says that when he became the guest of the House of Representatives, and they had ghee _— py hg Lge pensar jal eo ers in the department of government fo the reception of ests of the state,” located near tbe Eastern Branch, that he immoe- diately became a. with the dignity of bis ition as the representative of the hospitality of the House of Representatives, and determined to govern himself accord- imaly, He says that when David Kalakaua, King of the Sandwich Islands, was the guest of tue nation, fifty thousand dollars was ap- propriated for the entertainment of his sad- dle-colored majesty; that be, Kilbourn, being & SOVEREIGN of the great American repud- lie, felt it incumbent uy; himself to main- tain the dignity of the , Whose special guest he was, and in compliment to its com- mittee (on real estate pool!) selected to pro- vide for his Gl He therefore considered | that In bis ion_he could do no less, in honor to the House and its contingent fund, than to live as @ 80 @ guest of the government, is entitled to. not thus have honored the dignity of the House, might have provoked their royal “contempt.” Hence that bill of fare five feet long! THE CatcaGo ELEcTION.—At the munt- espal election in Chi yesterday the in- dependents carried the day. heaply 'sopplied. The salary mast | e desire their public servants to serve | itis | His object before the conamittee was to show | | The Kilbourn Habeas Corpus. Proceedi This moruing,@o the Cirealt Court room, ceedings before Judge Cartter under the wr! of babeas 8 Iu the case of Mr. Hallet | Kilbourn, the recusant witness In the C | gression al investigation of the District | Estate Pool. Mr. Kilbourn was in the | Toom early, haviog spent ap instead of AL “the Bast as fo) weeks. Messrs. Shellabarger and Curist with Sergeant at Arms Taompson, the re Apoodent, were on band, and Mr. Kilb« With his counsel (Judge Black. Gen. Jer Mestre. Eldridge, Voorlees, Carpenter aud Davidge), were in court at a few minntes | past ten o'clock. Judge Wylie ox eda seaton the beneb with Jadge Cartter. n the question being asked as to whether the counsel was ready to proceed— Mr. Carpenter read the ‘court ht at hom the last si REPLY OF KILBOr | tothe return of respondent (Phampson) as | follows: “Tie said Hallet Kilvoura in reply to the return of John G. Thompson, Ser geantat Arms of the Hoase of tives of the United States of A | writof hab case, siiggests the . Kerr, Speaker of the House of Represeatatives of the 17: . on the Iv acertain cert der ‘his hand, sealed with the seal of the said House of Representatives, to the Attor ney of the United States for the District of | Columbia, a copy of which is attached to the | petition of him, satd Kilbourn, for the writ | Of habeas corpus in this case, marked ex aib | it “D,” which he prays may be taken and | considered as part of Unis suggestion with ihe same effect, although the same were here sgain repeated) tn fall. And that the said attorney of the United | States for the District of Columbia having recelved said certiccate, afterwards laid the same before the grand jury of the Unitel States of the Supreme Court of said District | of Columbia inquiring within and for -aid District of Columbia; and that thereatie., to Wi bp on or about che 22d day of Mar Isv#, Ube said grad jary did’ presen! tos Supreme Court, in the ecimina! term thereo: then sitting In the city of Washington, tu the District of Columbia, a certain bill of in- dictment, @ copy of which {s appandai That upon the exhibition and finding of said indictment & bench warrant was issued o of said court for the arrestof said Kiloourn to auawer seid indictment, and the marshal mace retura thereto, as appears on record in said court, and the said Kilbourn asks that said warrant and return may be considered part of this sagges- tion as if hitherto repeatet in full And the said Kilbourn fartner suggests aad represents that the said bill of indictm=nt is sti!l pending in said court, as appears oy the record thereof remaining in sald court; and that the sail Kilboura pas never bern raigned nor put to trial thereon; and ue, t sald Kilbourn, prays that he may be al- mitted to ba r aud anstver sal givieg premis charg) ts ot terests House of epresentatives, for ad t ted al body bat Mr-Tuompson io bring re in the inter msn who Ajrected no sv Nu ear ior some OL itizens who ba oF presentatives in th ter, not for him to Inquire a8 to how men were retained. Hedesirad to whole case, ard woald dismiss the KI 2URN'S COUNSEL. Judge Bitck said that be had hoped that the other side would have replied and showed thelr authority, and he would acknowletse thet the less authority they had the more meritorious would be their conduct. | Laugh- te Mr. Carpenter read the sixth amendment to the constitution of tue United States, and proceeded to argue that the relator (K.) had the right to a speedy trial. He contende. tbat the question was not as to the power the House to punish contempts genera! but 4s to Its power in this particuiar case Mr. Sheliabarger, for the relator | Mr Thompson), followed in a lengthy argum: &s Lo Lhe powers of the Honse. — te0ee- Investigating the Board of Health, A New Lead Struck by the House District Co ittee. The House Committee on the District have strock a big bopa »it is said, and durin yesterday and to-day examined yultea nam- ber of witnesses in secret session. It has leaked out that they have taken testiinony showing something wrong in the awarding of the contract for the removal of night soli to the Ovorless Excavating Company by tue Board of Health, but the members of the committee refuse at this time to make%tie testimony public. [tis understood, however, that J.C. Bradley testitiled yesterday that he was} paid $2,000 by the Odorless company for Withdrawing a bid which he had fled with the Board of Health, and which was lower than that of the Odorless compiny; and that he was afterwards given an inier- est ip the Odorless company, and that afver two members of the Board of Health, br. C. C. Cox, the president, and Dr. D. W: Bliss, the Fecretary, were given an interest, the contract was awarded to the Oorless Ex- cavating company. Ten thousand ‘dollars in stock was issued to each of the officials named, he testified, which guaranteed an annual dividend of seven per cent. The stock to Dr. Cox was Issued tn the name of Mrs. Cex, and that to Dr. Bliss in the jo of Keyser, the president of tue Otor- jexs Excavating conspany. i William Patater. President Keyser and the secretary of rhe company, testified that Drs. Cox and Bliss have since rezalarly received their dividends. The stock was issued in 1873, when the Contract was awarded. The committee will examine several other witnesses. It is understood further that Mr. Keyser recently bought back the stock held by Dr. Bliss, paying. him its face vaiue for the same, @ad that the stock held by Mrs. Cox for Dr. Cox has recently been assigned to Keyrer-also. ‘The committee have all of the books of the company, and are ey a, | them. Tae commit supposed that Dr. Cox would ask to be heaid In relation to the matter, but so far he bas not calied uj the committees. If be dees not do so be will be summoned. Be- ing government officials, some of the mem- bers of the committee Cgnges Cox & 180 leputy Sergeant at-Arms tent bey food committee to Baltimore ; both closeted at the office Health. The statement is made wt at, £0 far, no witness has r. Peter Campbell, late house of delegates, had been given any of the stock of the company, or that he ever owned or held any. DR. BLISS EXPLAINS. Dr. Cox and himself there wasa very large attendance, especially | of members of the bar interested In the pro- | | mS Ik | The Insane Asylum [nvestigat THE TESTIMONY TO-DAY. The Committee on the Expenditures of the luterlor Department resamed their in- vestigation of the affairs of the U.S. Insane asylam this morning: rick O Have testified that be was a Me- tropolitan police officer and accompasied Ofticer Jobn Connell when they took tive in fave patients to w York in Jane last; there Were three women and two mea; one ofthem did not appear to be very tosane though three of them were very bad cases. | Lefthere in the evening train and parted | with the patients on the ferry boat at Jersey City. Do not know what became of th ay left them on the boat. This witness mainly | corroborated the testimony of Oicer Con- li given yesterday. Witnew formerly re- din New York, and obtained a fariongh go home. Went with these parties Think that two of them were able to take care of themselves. Chas. B. Downing testified that he lived on G street southeast, and tha: #m2n named M. T. Marray, who wa: | fo the Insene asylum. Witness belongad to the same order that he did, the Circle of Brotherhoot of the Union; was a member of & committee to ascertain the manner in which he was treated at the insane asylum. Called at the insane asylam, and asked to see Dr. N 4 was informed that Dr. Morrill ba of the patient. Asked to See the patient, mad Dr. Morrill raised an objection, but afterwards consentel. He por- sisted, however, in Stating that ft was no use to see the patient; waited Laree quarters of an bh the patient was brought dowa. He as tre ery much, having just been given a bath; noticed that Murray hai a very bad haud—tt was burned very batiy; iwe attendant said that be had fallen agal @ stove and burned il; remarked that It was strange that they hed stoves where the } Sane patients were; was informed that the boilers were out of order, Marray com- plained very much of being cold, anit said it was coid there all the time; reported the | facts to his cirele, and a correspondence took place between Dr. McKim Dr. Morrell; the attendant sald the patient had to be pre pared to be seen—that he was ina filthy con- tition; leftthe matter in the hands of Dr. McKim, who was a friend of Dr. Nichols requested to see Dr. Nichols, bat could not see him; never visited Lhe asylum bat one lime; don’t know wat Dr. MeKim did aboutit, the injury to the hands looked like ® burn; the flesn Was burnt ali off the back of the hand; never saw the body after Mur- ray died. bane W testified that be is em- ployed at the Insane asylum as an attend- &nt, has been there for len months; is now in Sycamore ward; was first in Dawes’ base meni, where the working Insane patients are kept. There were thirty-elgnt patients there, twenty-eight of whom worked in the field. No meat is glven for breaktas:; beef and foup for dinner. Seldom see any vege. tables. Nove of the patients get enongn to eat, Know this beeause the patients get ap from the table and ask formore Have often #ppiled for more, but got no satisfaction nor any more fowl for them. Tae dimer was small aad pot enouzh tosatisfy them. The uallty of the meat is bad; it was ofiea tainted; while in Dawes’ basement this was often tie case. The bean i; has n given some of the path vals owa After | got so! iiional for them Ti of the patients worked | or ed to ali Kinds of weather, | : seldom | inst was t the syeamore Ww sane. Ti re are fo e clvilia oO This is supposed to rd ot th institution —Uy best. an Ti ASS WE and ¥ KO w pater spectat’ awe through th he W committe edly once a mor through Da reeks witnes ittee days ip ready for tue comm t bem: have often kept patients gipatinean houran! a bait wait or the doctor and committee to se n; bat been reprimanded because be red them to sit down: know of @ sa ee to see t nd ‘or abusin a patient; David Big! Wasnt wi ngton detective, whodied lately there, sited but once by Dr. g timehe wasthere. Mr. Welch, who | cecently died there, was visited by ir. | ichols but twice. Thinks that thei veral patients there now who are nc sane; oneot them is Martin Goebel, who was sent over there by a shoemaker on Sih street. He is kept there because he is a@ fine shor maker. Goebel has friends in Philadelphia Has hot discovered asy symptoms of in- vity in him. John Kenney is a similar se, Have reported these cases to Dr. Nichols, who appeared to be offendei be- cause | did so. A Mr. Johason, who came *o the asy!um three months a, showb any symptoms of insanity. H. Bradley bas been there for over two years and is very rational. His wife and family reside near the navy-yard. Dr. Chase ques Uodved witness last bight as tohow he woalt Nicbols during | | protect witnesses,came up, on wh. testify before this committee, and tried to in- | fluence him to make it very favorable toward the asylum. He offered witness would not say auything against the asylum. Witness would not accept it, but said ae intended to tell the truth, regardless of who it would burt’ Witness told him that be bad written to the committee to be subpoaand Came here to deny tne statement of Dr. M rell that meat was given the patients {& breakfast, as he (Dr. Morrell) knew it not true when he stated it. Dr. Chase sai tome last night he hoped I would not say anything against Dr. Nichols, and if I did not they would give me a good letter ot rec ommendation. Gave notice to Dr. Nicho! three weeks ago that I intended to leave asylum soon Mrs Sarah Martin testified that she resided at Uniontown, D.C, and that er brother Richard Jones, was insane, and was sent & the asylum. After be had been there tor months and did not improve she asked ti he be let out, saying that she would take reof him aad give him s home. Soon after she made this offer to Dr. Nichols she heard that he had been dumped with tue party of insane patients near Mariboro, Md. Tae reason why Dr. Morrell would rot let her lake bim out was, he said, becaase he v too crazy and too dangerous to be at liberty. He was afterwards found roaming avout the Wools near Marlboro, without any shoes, and In a terrible condition. . The committee then adjournet until Fri- day mornin, Card from Mr. Fitzhagh. Hovse or REPRESENTATIVES. ?} WASHINGTON, April Isth, 18 5 Editor Star:—A report has been circulated by some evil-desiguing persons against me that I had served a term in some ten Uary. 1 depounce it as a base falsehood, and challenge —— For my character, I refer, by permi , to Governor Henry 8. Foote, who has kuown me from my infancy; also, to Senators Gordon, Ransom and Ste venfon, and resentatives Durham, Par- sons, Kuott acd Jones, of Keutuexy, and Douglas, of Virginia. 8.H. Firzaved. ROLLING OUT THE Cotss.—La accord ance with Secretary Bristow's order, the Treas. urer, this morning, commenced paying out silver coin in exchange for fractional currency = There was a steady stream of persous desiring silver change from the time tne of- fice this soorning. until 2 o'clock, at whi me payment will cease daily. DoM PEDRO ON SLAVERY.—The Angio Brazilian Times, in an article warmly ne fol ae eee ac ie ne Dg purposes: “His majesty ardently cherishes the hope, before be fiuishes his mortal career in this world, ef totally abolishing slavery in the empire, without causing convulsions or re- ducing to misery both Planters and their former slaves.” No Vors, No Tax.—Stephen 8S. Foster and Abby ly Foster, bis wife, of Worces- ter, Mass., bave for some time refused to pay city taxes, tof women to , and that Lax! wil it ta- esterday. Mr. Foster bia it in, and will Roia his property. bribe if he | | FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Wepneepay, Apri! | SENATE.—The gaileries were crowidet to excets, as on Monday, before the hour for tne opening of the sessior The Chair laid before the Senate a messace from the President, returning, withou! bis appreval, tbe bill reducing the salary of the President to $25,000 per annum: whick was length motion of Mr. Claytor Message Were referred Lo the Rervice and Retrenctim Mr. Davis presented petition of citizens of West Virgt favor of the release of & OM. ¢ Referral to Committee on Fore gn Mri 1 ta be exc vice on the Missiseippt { miltler So ordered. Mr. Howe, from the Committee on F elgn K ported a bill to amend th } Tee tS. consalar arts i Japan. Mr. Howe. amit the tetary, repe sus % and 552 ett ivens of Indlan® askt si Referred to ¢ Mr. Cooper, frc CHICAGO ELECTION. REPUBLICAN VICTORY. A CENTENNIAL CAMP. MILITARY VIMITORS AT THECEN TESS A Proposed Grand (Camp in Patr- monnt Park ALRANY.N. Y., April The Adjatant era) bas issved @ general onder permit- Ting All bodies of the regularly oniformed med and equipped militia of the various ates visiting Potladelphia during the Cen- bplal exhisition, to pass and repase throvgh This state A cireular is also issaea embuiyiog ® similiar communteation from the Adjutant ral gf Pe: the arrar ts that rihe + nent 0: be yoal guard The quantity of land desig: urpose is 260ectes The gow mn ts charced by the the allotment and © the military bodies } wr turing the cen te ve vad apart t ly destrad! encamy when th f io eaeh organiza- " ted to be present, and the ® m battalion and com PROY com tom t goetion. by t r name the several bodies. itis hat all bediew mast ¢ % nal guard wipaia during the ake R report to men ation dest his bead practicanie by Buildings and ¢ to confirm the sale marine Hospital at Nashville, Tenn wlis, from Commit on India Aftairs. reported bill to carr minutes before the time appoluted for the romer of the impeachment pro credings, and walking down ihe aisle took the seats assigned to them at their table. r. Pacdock submitted a resolution re ‘sting the Secretary of the Interior to iorm the Senate whether any disturt Lees exist In the Sioux country, and whether any military forces have been Maced In such country, and if ko, whet! y his request Adopted. AUI2.30 p.m. the Chair declared the tative business of the Senate suspended, and That it wi Ww proceed to the considera Hon of the Al nent against W_W. Belkna; ary of War. ‘The Sergeant-2t-Arms of the Senate t) made the v I proclamation. Messrs. Eag- lish and terson were swora in to siton the trial, by the Chair. The Secretary of the Senate was directed to inform the Managers of Impeachment tnat the Senate was ready ty receive tis The Belknap Impeachment Atio245 p.m. the Clerk of the Hoase ap- peared and announced that the House had pted 2 replication to the plea of W. W. nap, late Secretary of War, which would be presented by the managers of impeach- n —The Senate will reo ve the p.m. the managers of impeach ment Were announced, and proceded to tne seats assigned them by the Sergeant-at Arms. The Sceretary of the 8 Senate the that it had of W. W. Be nap to theart ment exhibite st him. Mr. Manager Lori saia the H * bad t ation to the p' r heve read by the m. onde ration of this suggestion. Mr. Carpenter remarked that th had been taken somewhat by surpri this propositi “i the amend ot Mr « ling, and the oder as was then adopted On moticn of Mr. Edmunds the Seurte ng on ine trial ppeachm ea! Ri) ura- > the ae | cused and his counsel then retired, and tue | Senate resumes its legislative sesst The Cee | | nfiuished business, being tbe b Mr. Thurman was entitled to the floor | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The | Speaker iaid before tue House a report com | | | the Sergeaut-at-Arms that be had made re tars in THE HALLET KILBOURN HABEAS CORPUS CASE, and thal the custody of the witaess had been given to the marshal of the District pending farther proceedings. Mr. Conger made the point of oriler that a certified copy Of the return should be a»pen ded to the report. The Speaker said that would be highly proper, and he would direct it to be ay pended. Mr. Lord, (N.Y gers in the }on behalf of the mana. 1 MPEACHMENT CAS! submitted for adoption & replication to the len of W. W. Belknap, late Secretary of War, asking its adoption by the House. ‘The replication sets forth that Belicnap was Secretary of War at the time the pro- dings were plogressing, and Recondly [iat while the committee of the Honse was tn- vestigating, with a full knowledge of the re- sult of such investigation, the said Belknap resigned his office for the purpose of evading an impeachment; they therefore demand that the Senate declare the plea insaflicient | to exeuse the said Belknap. ' The replication was adopted by the H Mr. Lord then offeret a resoiu ing the clerk to notify the Senate 1 Honse would ke replicatioa to t through Its managers. Mr. O'Brien (Md.) introduced a bit plea to au, thorize the coinage of a centennial cols, wud for other purposes. Referred. Mr. Henkle | Md.) introdnced a til to a4- just claims in the District of Columbia. and r other pui s. Referred to District of olumbla Committee. THE RFAL ESTATE FOOT AGAIN. Mr. Baker (11).) offered a resointion recit~ ing that it is alleged that members of for mer Congresses were engaged in the r estate pool, and authorizing that commitice to make inquiry into the matter, as to who, when, why and how said members, if any, were ko interested iu Said pool, and that the committee have power to send for persons apd paj Adopted. Mr. Whitehouse (N. Y.) introduced @ bill to refund the interest bearing debt of the United States tn forty-year bonds, and bear. irga uniform rateof business. Referret. ‘be reguiar order was demanded, aod the House resumed the contested election case of Finley vs. Watts, of the-second Florida dis- trict, which came over from yesterday's ses~ sion. — TRE LIBERAL RepuglLicans.—The fol- lowing call bas been issued: A meeting of the “national committee of liveral a bli- caps” will be held in the city of New York, atthe Fifth Avenue hotel, on Monday, the Sth day of May next al twelve o'clock noon, to take action in reference to @ national convention, and for such other business as may be brought before the committee. SERIOUS RIOT occurred at Leavenworth, ansas, Monday, between @ body of striking miners Snd some Degross whom ‘the owners of the mine tn! to set to work. Pistols, brickbats aud clubs were used to THE EvPreok OF GERMANY has arrived at Cobourg to visit Queen Victoria. mun La Auda the pum ents, which ts all t the means at tne disposal of the 1 tepartin estate will adm Chteage, at complete ihe eity election show a «weeping the republican and mo ticipal re form ticket. The following were elected fon Brices over € Sipe, for city by a majority Satrill over ; ty attor by a majority of irrs; Aut + Hauting, for etty « majority of 5,6. ~sor » night ol, 80 Cott very doll—m liog, 1sealz” Whe wertera Sal. Maryland San 6, A) lower southera white. 63864. southern yellow, 64, western mixed. 6s 38 Ot. Apri Gy, May. Outs steady—southera govt to primo, #abd, wee fern white. s6a0 Mixed. 42st’ hive’ firm, bat goiet— sas and firm, Mary! ard Peunes Iennis, ©. Provisions quiet and steady. Pork steady 3500. Baik mente—shoula ; clear rib mdes. Looan, WgalP'. pack oulters. F 4; clear rib widen. 13'4 osi6. Lard wenk aod lower—refiued, qutet and wrek—western prime to > prime. e383. Petroleum 4 and beavy—Rio car 7 quiet 8. bonte, lo Avery and McDonald HOW THE) DEPORTED THEMSELVES EN ROUTE 10 THE PENITENTIARY The St. Louis Globe Democrat of Su us Ube Toile #bout Metonaid Avery's depar penttentia HON rr w s reals xt ite active, ecergetic, L unprepossessing aud rather far and cor ' overcoat eley Ww His tert e cer: » t bad metitation ay NANT—MCDONALD PHILoso- ruicaL About So’ word in that the narshals were outside wa ithat the two prisocers MUSt prepare tinmeds exit from 1, MeDonaid, this isa isan toferpal shame to crush an innocent man this way. T have al- ways been & religious man; 1 am @Cbristian, ard lam Ubis thing “pray God Simighty to set To which Melrocald re- you expect to Keep out of y HY preying, vou had bette ulex, for we will be on Ub sty minutes.” Os Ms gay @s Lf about to start USTING FROLIC. k the start for the depot ronald took @ seat in the car, While Avery evinced a de- die of Ut to sirink from public gaze, and by per- mission of Marshall Geggle Look possession of a sea Ibe little compartment at ths rear end of the sleeping coach, where he was enlirely HID FROM VIEW. Itwas evident that be was taking this thing very solemuly. He remarked: »Me- Donald is having lots of fan over Unis trip, but I'll bed—-4 if Lean nee where the fan comes in. It's all very well to talk avout keeping 8 SUM upper lip, but the fact tm, It terrible disgrace for us and our wives and cbikiren, and Uheref@re no! a funny sub- ject.” 7 Avery said be could bave saved himself if he aad done as ethers had dope—that is, goae ek on his friends—sach as Fitzroy and Megrue, for mstanse. in relation to C_S. Bell, he said. “He is @ great scoundrel. He wanted to steal all we evidence there Was against me. I got him 10 goon A PTO INDIANAPOLIS. tor me, bi Wite warned me that trouble would come from my dealings with him, and I refused to baveanything more to do with bim.” Said Avery, “I{ 1 bad been sharp enough 1 could have goltcn oul of this thing. The other day, while l we Weshington, | was be- tore the Clymer Committee, and if I had re- fused to answer the question put to me, [ would have been committee for -ootempt, ett Kilbourne, aod wot ve ben & con- N LAST NIA. uis Conterenve last night ch Leorgzetown, at So’clock, were recel made & life meny slonary society. =i" purpose. Totai, $2 4. A delegation of ladies, “Daughters of Unton Bethel church,” Baltimore, preseated $122 to the conference. special meeting was beid at 5 o'clock this morning for Lhe parpose of raisiag @ do- nation to procure & suit of clothes for Campbeil. The regular session At 9 A. m. WARS begue by religious services. e fand of * given by the Sons and Deugbters of the Conference at Union Bethel chureh, Baltimore, was then distributed by The committee on Sabbaur Ta ee