Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1876, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays excepted AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Av uF | The Evening Star Newspaper Company | &. H. RAUFFUANN, Pree’. o~—— Fae Evesine Svan w served by carriers | Subscribers at Ten Cents week, or Forty- four Cents per moni. Bozic at the cnavier Iwo Cents each. Ay posiage prepasa— @ixty Cents ® month; one year, 86. THE WEEKLY StaB— On Priday- eis year, postage prepaid. 7 All aibecrtptions wmwartahy im acance. 87 Rates of advertising furnished om application. | ee e, cormer Lith street, | SPECIAL NOTICES. JaCKSON’S WOUDS CAuP. ‘Tne Camp Comittee are oo ths ground with Working force, aad wili put up cents or reserve lots for appicant: Adfross cro’. P. M@. LEXIS. at once. at Odenton, B.&?.B B.A. A. county, Md, aw wtb. J.D. STILL. Pastor. _ On. Sg a ot OE Dt jot . wil tbeid st Masonic Templo, THURSDAY AFTER. jock. ead the faversl of our Members of Sister ©. W. HANCOOR, Beoretary pro tem. > MAO MS GTS Tae eeig Meatare of > OOLUMBIs B A. CHAPTER. Not. are requtsted to mest at the Temple on THURSDAY Jaly ath, at 4c'eh chp m, for the purpose of at tending the fenr rel. of our "Inte Ou om, 8 MM. REED Members of Sister C frateroaily invited. By onier ofthe ME a. It [Gbr&Bep) J. 0. PUYNTON, Sec. pro tem. 4 sPeclaL Comat 4 o'clock. to hers B- = Loages traternally invices. ‘By order of WM 5728 2t COLOMBI DERBY, No. 2, K Drricr oF NT CoMMAYORE, Wasnixcton, D.C , July 25, 1876. General Orders No. & Colombia Commander; re hereby directed to m tut Templar uniform DAY AFPTEBNOON. Joly 27, at 4 o'clock for the purpose of aitendiog the funeral of our late frater, Kaiguts and @ courteously ited to sttene. By orser of JAMES E. WAUGH, Eminent Commander. BOSERT BALL, Uastaia General pro t Attest: AT. LONGLEY, hiecorder. ALL THOSE iNTESESTED IN THE f ATIONAL SBIFLE ing a Nations Bf Match io Weebingtos the coming fall. to whica ‘the foreign teams who will contest tu the Bial match st Creegmoor,in September, 6 ell American rife teams. shal. inviead, or. — Tequested to meet at the B.ar* t ~ome, S19 Market Space, THIS ( Wednesd LG. at 8 o'clock z Hatchioror. W. 8. D: ran, A Webdster, Willett & Hao. #7. 3.0. P. Buruside, Wash. 8. Williams, Robert Bosa, B Hhesd's Son, N. W Bure . ‘Teylor & Hufty. T. Boessle & Son, Ktibourn & Latts, Ou. Willard. J. W. Boveler & Bro., Alex . Bhepherd & Co., Wai. G Moore, John 8. Miller, Bober: I. Fieming, Wm. 5. Mitchel. Thomas L. 5B J L& Oo. tnaniel B. Fagitt, 2.0. Richards, Olareace M. Garton, William B'. Todd. 4. D Cooke, J. F_Oake ver Joha West, E. W. Bice, Geo Bifll’Jr., Wm. Tindall ke 2 = . = G «a AILY PRAYER MEETINGS EVERY DAY st 12:15 and 6 p.m OPEN 418 “ESTING , 7th street aad Pemnsylvaaia avenue. GOSPEL MEETING Eabbath Evening at 8 o'clock. atsp Booms corner 9:h and D streets. iyB-te z Lo0.0F AND B—The an- val meetin held on WEONESDAY ING, 26th it, at S o'clock. Blection aes P.H. SWEET, Gr. Sec. Cw.su EBSIGNED, DRY GOOD3 MBROHANTS, on 7b street, agree to close yur respective places of business at 7:30 p.m (ex- cept Soaony t= yA aga Ist, 1576, begin- Bin! ay. W.W. Bardettc & Uo + ii. King, er., Ker, Clark & Trunzel, ibe, ddard. King Cbs ndler, bh d Wylie. Ei 1OT COMPANY, K sircet, adjoinine North- «f—The snnual meeting of the CHABLOT CO. Da¥ oF Aves, 1876, for the ine Directors for the ensuing Lte3 p.m. "HOMATIO MOAN, President. Dp ‘Secretary pro tem. jyi-im EST. MILBUEN’S SODA WATER, BATUBAL SPRING WATERS on Draucht, ICE-COLD TBA, COFFERS and CHOCULATE. 1429 Pennerivanta AVENUE, epls-tr Rear Willard’s. » B.D. COOKE, Jz ,&Ce, BANEEBS, 323 456 street, ATTORNEY AT LAW. EW. WHICAKER, General Ciaim and Collection Axrnt, Bo 715 15th street, near Treasury Department. District Claims, Pension and Bounty Claims. a specielty . Spill eS LEWIS JOHNSON 200, BANKERS, Corner of Wh Street and Pennsylvania Avenus, ia Government apd District Securities, ol 7 Dealers Fete Eategeens} “Boe. Price, % cents. Address the author, Dr L J. Kaho, Office and residence, 51 East wth si... ¥. spi-6m | © pein @. YouNG, HOTABY PUBLIO, eotly-t1 Orrice—Srak Buitarne, ————————— ‘THE BEST $1 GLASSES manzics. GY > H. H. HEMPLER, Optician, 3033 lstptr_453 Pennsylvania av., corner 4% st. aera Or. Corner 06 ot. To the Publve.—My newly-inveut- man- PTICIAN.— LS the whole . Beat Measure takew and order Sirece minetes. 1B. ALBXANDEB. 1229 Penn. ave., io-utptr Investors Pateutca nad Manetartaier, PRAMRLIN PCL, Be. 1387 Penwerivanis are OE REMNANTS OF 8TOCK AT HALF PRICE. PRICES MERELY NOMINAL, ODDS AND ENDS aT HALF PRICE. . MUST BE SOLD. ODD COATS, ODD PANTs, ODD VESTS AT HALF PRICE. BOUND TO SELL. BROKEN SUITS AT HALF PRIOR, To CLOsE our. MISMATCHED GARMENTS AT BALP PRivs. NO RESERVATIONS, WILL BE SOLD AT ONCE. HABLE BROTHERS, Merchant Tailors and Fine Clothiers, new Gorner Seventh and D strests. Ww. Aa Tey pee fH ESS nal revenue, $293,191 54; customs, was called up in the House to day soon after of the specie resumption ac: of Representatives, and they express the opinion that such action will cance a decline Vee, 48—N2. 7,279. EVENING STAR. Washington News and Gossip, GOVERNMENT ReCeIptTs To DAY.—Inter- 417 331.03, THE PRESIDENT was engaged in import- ant business this morning, and received no visitors until noo. THE May Frow , With the classes of cadet ergineers on board, left Camdea, N J.,00 the 23d inst , for Chester, Pa. RENOMINATED.—The democrats of the 7® Iilinots district have nominated William R. Morrison for re-election by acclamation. COMMANDER EDMUND MATTHEWS Is de. tached from command of the Ashuslot, Asiatic station, on the reporting of his re- lief, and ordered to retura home and report Srrival. DEATH OF A MIDSHIPMAN.—The Navy department has received official Information of the death of Cadet Midshipman J. P. Ar- bold, of the 2d Congressional district of Ala- bama.at Montgomery,on the 13th tustant, of typhoid fever. THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE to-day par- Ually agreed to Mr. Hurd’s report exonerat- ing Chairman J. Proctor Knott for suppress- ing the Blaine Caldwell dispatch. The re- port will probably be made to the House lo morrow. MR. CARPENTER was quite hosrse during the delivery of his remarks to day in the impeachment trial, but nevertheless made a very impressive argument. Ex-Secretary Belknap and his son occupied seats on the floor. THE SILVER DOLLAR BILL.—Senator Sherman, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, expresses the opinion that the Senate will pass a bill authorizing the coin- #ge of the silver dollar, bat will limit ite legal tender to twenty dollars. THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS held another caucus to day on the different appropriation bills, but came to no conclusion on any of them. During the caucus the proposition to abandon the river and harbor biil was dis- cussed. MR. TOWNSEND, of New Yerit, in his speech today favoring the admission of Platt, of Virginia, to his seat, said in the course of his remarks, * We have discarded the color line in the House. The gentleman from Mis*issippi (Mr. Lamar) Kicked it out yesterday THE PLATT-GoopDE ELECTION ConTEST the reading of the jourpal. As seven mem bers have indicated a desire to be heard on the subject, it promises to consume all of to-day and to-morrow. Platt and Goode are lo be heard in their own behalf. ARTILLERY ORDERED WE3T. — Oriers have been issued from the general of the army to General Hancock, commanding the division of the Atlantic, to send two battal- tons of artillery of four companies eacn from the first and second regiments to the de- riment of Missouri, to report to Ganeral ‘Ope. TEE BASIS OF COMPROMISE to reconcile the disagreements on the legislative appro priation bill, presented in yesterday's STAR, Was @ proposition made by the Senate, and not by tne House conferees. No meeting of the conference managers was held on the bill to day, op account of information called for from the departments not haying yet been farnished. THE SPECIE RESUMPTION ACT.—Treas- Ury Officials say that advices received from London show much anxiety among the lead. ing bankers there over the — repeal by the House in our securities, and render further funding operations impracticable. VOLUNTEERS FOR THE INDIAN WAR— Several western Senators and delegates have urged upon the Presidest the necessity of requesting Congress to grant authority for the ‘acceptance of volunteers for the Iudian war. He refuses, however, but favors the recrnitment of the regular regiments up to their war standard with volunteers, to eu- list there for six months. This, h Would be the most effective measure. This view is also vy Generals Sherman and Sherid: One thou- = men have been offered from Mootana alone. A BoGus REPORT ON MISSISSIPPI AF- FAIRS. What purports to be an abstract of the report of the special committee which Investigated affairs in Mississippi, Pcie oon Boutwell pronounces purely fmagisary. ie ces mas . He moreover sa@ys that all the testimony is not 4 printed. and he has not yet completed @ report, beyond wri! @ few fovlscap pages of an introductory character. He ex- pects, however, to begin work upon the re- ny at once, and have it ready to submit to Senate before adjouroment, which he = Will not be until the latter end of next wee! Goop NEws FOR THE DISCHARGED PRINTING BUREAU EMPLOYES.—An im- Portant item in the sundry civil appropria tion bill, which has been Houses, and received the s! ire of the President, is the provision made for the suf- fering employes of the bureau of engraving and printing, which provides that every employe who was dismissed when the bureau stopped for want of fands and who was not again reinstated when work was resumed shall receive one month’s pay. This will be good news to the old employes. The provi- 8.008 Of this relief do not apply to thcse who were subsequently reinstated, whether taey have since been discharged or not. AN ESTEEMED CITIZEN of Washington, woo ts summering at Newport, writes under date of July 20 suggesting that the publica- tion in THE STAR of a record of the range of the thermometer in Washington would be a pleasant thing for Washingtonians in cool- er places, and ne adds :—‘Newport, however, for once in its history, has experienced a heated term, the mercury on one occasion baving risen to 86° in my parlor, and for sev- 8 from 62° to 85°, sui jing aoy- ig Known here for the last 50 years.” As the temperature has fallen here within a few days until fires and blankets are not unde- Sirable at night, we suppose our corre: ent will not feel so much interest in — of heat statistics, At noon to-d thermometer in our office stood at 75°. ordnance experiments nj WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1876. The Investigation of Secretary Robe- sen. MAJORITY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NAVAL AFFAIRS. The majority report of the Committee on Naval Affairs, with reference to Secretary Robeson’s administration of the afairs of the Navy department, sets forth that rings are formed to control sales made by tue Navy department, and there is reason to believe that in frequent cases they include officers and employes in the navy yard. Tnis is notably true at the Norfolk navy yard, where proof shows that Assersion, the civil engiceer, and W. H. Lyons, master maciin- ist, are or have been members of such rings. The immorality and illegality of suck con binations are not tobe doubted, and it is difficult to suppress or provide against thea; but surely the department should protect itself against sach members of them a3 are shown to be in the naval service by tusir prompt dismissal. GOVERNMENT MATERIAL FOR PRIVATE 78) Usk. The use of material, etc., owned by the government for private purposes. The chief offender in this regard is the Secretary of the Navy himself, who procured a subordinate empioye at the Wasuington navy yard to make certiin household furniture, consist- ing of a sideboard, dining table, hat staad &¢; also a baptismal font for some charch in New Jersey. It is said and it is granted that the Secretary paid for the lamber and labor use] and employed in the making of these articles, but he seems to forget that no one had a of to sell the lumber or to divert the tabor. The government of tap United States is not @ dealer in lamber or the pro- corer of labor. But the Kness of the offense of the Secretary in this regard lies in the fact that his work was doae and ais materials procured without the Knowledge of the commandant of the yar4 or the civil engineer whose subordinate was employed to do the jobs, and who took the lumber from the stock on hand at the yard belonging to the government, and it is evident from the roof, that this employe, ove Cailds. either mposed upon the government or the Secre- tary. The proof of this offense ts fouad in the testimony of William P. Ferguson, 4. C. MeCoy, ion, Clarence Barton and Childs himself. The testimony of these vit- nesses taken altogether makes it very patent that the goveryment was detrauded io this transaction. nen tne chief of the Navy Gepartment so acts, the House will not be surprised that similar practices are indu'ged in by lesser officials. In evideace whsreof your committee refer to the use of govern- ment material in the making of small cannon and gun carriage for the benefit of a political club at Norfolk, Va; the use of governmect roateriaj in the manufacture of furaitare for Constructor W. L. Hanscom, at Breoklyn pavy yard; the hiring or log of a dredge by the civil engineer at the Boston navy yard to private parties and a similar in- Stance of use of a dredging machine by W. H. poms, rome ter mechanic at Norfolk aayy ar ALLEGED FRAUDS AT KAYY YARDS: Under the head of retention in office of un- worthy parties by the Secretary of the ee ae committee say that gross and udulent management exists in some de- partments of the Brooklyn navy yara. One transaction drawn out by your committee, A large amount of iron chain is advertised for sale at the yard; it is sold and purchased by one Welton. The amount of his bill shows 149,860 pounds of old chain, purchased by him at 2% cents per poand, making $4,012 15, which he contracted for and so. to tse United States light-house department @t 3% cents, making $5,243. This is bad evough on its face, but when it is show: that Hall « ey,jank dealers, go: 1 tonsof this chain from Walton under agreement to stop bidding against him it 8 left @ matter of doubt wuether Waltoa was charged at ail with the whole amount that he bid off, and becomes quite evident that your committee do not speak of the travsac- Uon more severely than it deserves. An- other instance of fraudulent conduct is #hown 02 the part of certain officers ia the Boston navy yar by the testimony of Com- mander Gcorge Brown. The committee say that prior to the saleof the Philadelphia bavy yaniitseemed to be led that by disposing of it the new one at ue Istacd could be built without much, if tonal cost to the government. the proof before them ts abundant showing that no adequate provision Was made at League Isiaud for storing and peers of the machinery, stores, supp! ies, material, &c., belonging to he Navy d ent at the old yard. eA Toat the pi is abundant before them that said sale was made without giving sufficient time to effect Reore and judicious removal of s#id proof; proof is consequence of the short time aliowed by orders of the department to pascor= bulld- a. abundant that, in ings, remove pro; great damage and loss the investigation at that yard, was ineuipatory of almost every officer counected with the yard in @ total forgetfainess of his duty to the government. Large numbers of buiidings, immense quantity of machinery, stores and supplies, whose careful and proper at to have taken from six to is, Were ordered to be removed in from one to two months—in the major por- lion of contracts the shoriest time ap) ently being taken. THE WIARD PAYMENT. The committee say the sttempt of the Sec- retary of the Navy to justify his actioa in giving more than $200,000 to Mr. Wiard for is a failure. His «o- tion jn this matter cannot be defended or jastified. Wiard was an adveaturer and a —_ nd if the Secretary did not know it he could eastly have found it out. THE SHIP KNSES CONTRACT. The report says: Your committee calls at- tention to but one more instance, fron among the number of cases before it, show- tbe abuses and fraud ee of the law, wi fair dealing and economy in the public ser- vice; and that is the connection of Orville Grant with thedelivery of ship knees. Grant & Rippy obtain from J. L. Savi $3,000 for the mere procurement of an ler from the bureau construction for 500 ship knees, which they hand over tosaid Savage at his place of business. Grant obtains an order to deliver @ iarge lot of ship knees at Paiia je! phia, where, according tojthe commandant of the yard, Commodore Preble, they are not iso obtains a simi Tots favor is procured by cording to Jadge Fisher, citizens of Dela- ware, who were anxions to ders, were being refused. These citizens, who would have delivered them for less money than Grant was recelving, being re- fused by the department, witness the fact that from their very midst a. is filling ‘ee PalID BY coe report that e mount of $789,590.57 has been paid Claims, one-half of which had been rejected whom Iam in weekly correspondence. [flere follows telegram from Rovinsoa beginniag “See Scotts’ testimony.” reading Col. Seott’s evidence, I cavied vim a8 follows: (Mr. Caldwell here quotes his foe ey to Scott as to the correctoess of the jatter’s him from Reed. addressed Favo. He also =o of June 1 to Chairmau no! Che Evening & ministration of the navy, which understand- be rejected. lara Dolson claim, £9.450. Sabsequenti: claimant presented to Con: tis cintm. Why should he not have done 8048 to this amount? It was asin the case of the Governor claim to attor- *iathews claim, $31,958.61. Presented, so far as record shows, first in May,1873; allowed in November, by order of the > Ee. G. Cattell receives @ fee of $10,000 for his in- fluence and services; upon face of a ved bills said to be for reservations wi id on account of duties charged, &c.,a false sug- gestion or & suppression of the truth. Tilton & Wheel it claim, 32.000. This claim was examined into by Committee on Naval Expenditures. Belknap claim, $151,832. Belknap was dis- missed from the navy by President Johnson. At that time he was In default €130,452, Which it wasalleged, was stolen from him at Brooklyn navy yard. Secretary Welles, in dismissing him, two years after date of alleged robbery, stated that he had not ap- plied for reliefto Congress, &c. Tue cireum- stances of Unis case are al bey ther peculiar. fnd one whieh should have been examined into by court martial or Congress before the allowance of his pay and the amount of his alleged defaication. Bonsall claim, $1,615. Attorney represent- ing claimant was A. C. Scovel, former put ner of the Secretary. Pay allowe1 to claim. ant when not an officer of the nayy—but see Proof. Louisville claim, $52,000; rejected. This claim was rejected by Secretary Wellss, whose account of itis wholly differeat from the present Secretary's. Tue claimant was represented by 8. P. Brown. Hangerford” ciaim, $75,000. This claim was an outright fraud, aud was put througu by “influence.” Tne statement from tue evidence by the committee points direcily to the payment of about $12,000 to so:ne oue fu the ad department for securing its pay- men! PROPOSED IMPEACHMEN’ Fhe tilowing resoluuioa accompanies the report: "Resolved, That these legal questions, to- gether with ail the proof taken by this com- Inittee, be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, with power to hear additioaal testimony and argument if they see fil; to examine aod report whether sac’ violations of the law as are referred to herein coustitate and are impeachable offenses under the Con- stitution, and, if so, then they shall report articles of impeachment against George M. Re , Secretary of the Navy; bat If they beson, shall find that under existing laws sald acta and doings of the said Secretary are not Ls impeachable, or Gn ple) punishabdie, then they shall report wh&t additional legisiation in their opinion is necessary to ma! aid laws sufficiently puritive to protect the pno- lie service. Ex-Speaker soar and Josiah Cald- well, AN EXPLANATORY LETTER FROM THE LATTER. Correspondence has been furnished for Publication between Mrs. Gen. Sherman aud Josiah Caldwell as follows: MES. SHERMAN WROTE TO CALDWELL June 20ib, saying: The democrats who have read the charges against my consin, Hon. James G. Blaine, are very wiliiug to belieye them all and ‘y unwilling to believe any evidence in his defense. Taey say the dispatch from Caldwell to the chatr an of the Judiciary Committee was “bogus.” In this day’s paper there app sars etter from you to Mr. Biatu With equal fairness they pronounce that *bogus” also ‘Will you do me the great favor to write mo one line to say that you sent the dispa’e in question, and that you wrote the letter which I shall here enclose and which please return with the answer I crave. Begging pardon for intrudiug upon your tims, bat feeling surethat you will pay the desired courtesy to the wife of General Shermau, I om with great respect. very truly yours, ELLEN Ewin@ SHERMAN.” CALDWELL'S RESPONSE. Under date of London, July 10, Mr. Cald- well responds, sayin; The history of the dispatches and letter i3 as follows: On the 2ith of May I received the following cable message from Mr. Ro» 80D, an enginger who had been iu my em- ploy. ard who now atiends to some of my usiness matters in the United States, with New After referring to New York papers and ‘8 testimony, and also ® dispaten to UL Caldwell continues:—I wrote Mr. Biaine on June 8 the letter to which you refer, and which has been published io the newspapers. On the 17th June. during my absence from London, the following dispatch was received at my office from Mr. Knott: (Mr. Cald- well here quotes Knott's dispatch asking for = be either personaily or by affi- av! On June 24 I mailed to Mr, Knott amf- the U and affirmed that I had never given Mr. Blaine, directly or otherwise, any money, bonds or things of value or things represeat- ing, value for any purpose whatever. have written you thus fally a history of these dispatches and of my conuection with the persons that sent them, that you may Know all the facts, for I see that some of ue York papers assert that the dispatches ‘were sent. mae by persons accing as agents of Mr. Biaiue. 7 socreeponateay aid per- fectly right in telegraphing as they did. They were on the it. Mr. Reid knew m: relations with Col. tt in connection wi! Fort Smith railway bonds, thousand miles away, jedge what a ae ——. — just read in ® pewspaper, wi was jays old when it reacbed me. I had no means of knowing what haa transpired in the inter- bad they simply telegraphed calling my attention to the charges brought against Mr. Blaine in connection with the Fort Smith railway bonds and to Col. Scott's statement, in which my name had been pab. licly made use of, I shouid have cabled them to inform me to What manuer and what lau- age I could most effectually exonerate r. Blaine from the charge so falsely brought against him. [t gives me much pleas- ure to respond to your inquiries, and with great respect, I am, madame, very traly, Jour obedient servant, Josram CALDWELt. POLITICAL SQUIBS.—A newspaper jou>- lisheo at Indianapolis as the natioaal organ of the German Turners’ Association revent- ly announced that it would support Tilden avd Hendricks in the Presidential campaign. Members of the Turner Association ali over the,country are repudiating th © as for them, @ud a meeting of the Al. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRES*. WEDNESDAY, July 2%. SENATE —The Senate met at 12 m., and the impeachment trial at oue proceeded. Mr. Carpenter resumed his remarks, and desired to call attention to an expression in 6th of August, ly showed that at that time no it had been made to him. the legal points in the case, citing numcrons autherities in He claimed that the defendent had under the law and precedent the right to have the whole trial set aside and the trii to constitute an offence under it that the money must have been received with an insent to bave bis mind corrupted and his official action influenced by tt. Not one of the articles charged this offence; not one charged ibe essential feature, the guilty mind. Hedeplored the position in whic. bis client bad been tried by the public. by the newspapers, in every bar room and ja every school house, and he had been adjadged, and the verdict of the Sepate printed in the papers weeks ego. Heappeaied to Senators to try this case According to their own consciences and judgment, and shield the accused against public clamor based on false assumpiious. Again be cited authorities to show that the indictment must clearly set forth the of- fence, for the punishment of which the statute provides,or the indictmey fall, and argued that no where in the articles offence charged. He did e money must be actually paid to make an offence against the statute, but there must be some Knowledge or un- that money must be paid. Tos ir. Belknap was not oue that re- If he had taken a was a statutoi not claim that quired impeachment. bribe once in the course of his exemplary life the courts of the District of Columbia competent to take cogaizance of and pupish it. He argued that offences that belonged to the courts under the ‘w could not properly be brougot the Senate. There was no exception to Lore = of jarisdiction, no matter how that by the vote of was seltied in favor Mr. Carpenter argued the Senate the question of the Er song ome gg Peet eee ire and ) and 5 ol . it case, ‘where Sanford. tbe and was overruled, being in his favor, id Dred Scott did not yet the Supreme Court held lon was an issue before it, and upon it the case must be decided. From this be went on to argue that in its flaal con- sideration of this case it should consider the question of jurisdiction, and the fact there was no higher authority to which to peal instead of being areason against it was @ strong reason for a carefi the former decision. A verdict of guilty in this case must involve all the essentials in- cloding Jurisdiction, as in s murder case where there were several pleas, such as the murder was not committed in the body of the country, or that the accused was insane. A verdict of guilty involved the question relating to the comity and sanity of the prisoner. They were like the different cases of @ rape, and must ali go together. It that Senators agree agreed in jadgment. ‘is he illustrated by a decision in divorce case, decided by two judg Judge believed that neither part: of adultery, and the other judge believed both were guilty. In either case the jadg- mebt must be the same, and a divorce de- nied. though the jadges differed in reed in their jadgment, and ent. The fact that the led to question of jaris- e the case. In further im that the question of jurisdiction ran through the case from first to last, he supposed # murder case, where the question of sanity was an issue, where the jury first took a vote on the sanity and decided it by a vote of seven to five, and then the five nen who believed the prisoner insane were required to walk into court and declare accused guilty of murder. The question of jurisdiction, only runs through this case, ever. If Belknap should be im: subsequently — by the 8 ta louse Represent estion of disqualification @ Jurisdiction of the Senate in this case that the House could inquire Mr. Carpenter closed his argument with nh earnest appeal to the Senators wh: ved the Seuate had the jurisdiction, to re his client from a conviction that would bave po legal authority; eo d the iau- guage ep authority and return without re- At the conclusion of his remarks, at 1:50 p. m., the Senate took @ recess for ten minutes. owner of Dred Scott, Sion he could not raise it, an desire to do 50, that this questi w ingstone. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE EXPLORERS FROM opinion thes ag: it was a proper Jud; defendant had diction did not chan; SHustration of bis el expedition across the at its southern extremity, from whence be at it runs for- was raised there, was @ matter into. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES — Mr. Terry (Va.) submitted the report of the Committee on Military Affatrs in relation pen een homes. Ordered printed and re- L.,) from Committee Ways back the Senate bill to 8.to Jaterest on the pay half ‘The House then, ss the unfinished basiness 2, a ideration of the contestet elec- Goode, and Mr. To’ send (N. Y.) made @ speech in favor of the majority report. Sr. Goole (Va) addresoa the House on bis own if. THE SIOUX CAMPAIGN. Gen. Crook — be Ready to 2. 96 —A special to the Tri tterman, W.T., says:— Merritt’s column of the 5th New York, Ju bune from Fort THE SAVAGES READY TO FIGHT. jon from Gen. Terry’s troops practicable before another en- as are encamped " i, Sane Sam QviERELy gee 2 iaiit ess of TWO CENTs. Telegrams to The Star. OUR INDIAN WAR. Gen. Crook’s Reinforcements, An Early Move Expected. THE CUSTER MASSACRE. Story of the Sole Survivor, nd AN ALL DAY FIGHT. THE HEART OF AFRICA. —_e—___. STANLEY HEARD FROM. His Exciting Adventures. —-« Important Discoveries of the Explorer. —e—___ EXCITING ADVENTURES IN CEN- TaaL APRICA. Stanley, the Explorer, Heard From — resting Letters. NEW York, July 26.—The Herald's cable special respecting its correspondent in Af rica, Henry M. Stanley, sa: Joiced to announce that copious dispatches containing the fallest information of STANLEY'S MOVEMENTS AND ADVENTUSES in the wild regions around Lake Victoria Niyanza, have reached us. After a long and “We are re- Waiting, since the receipt of the last an: intelligence of the great explorer in June, pyle doubt and uncertainty as many to abandon all to 'y caused hope of his retura to civilization, Stanley bas surprised us with not less than five lei- ters from the heart of equatorial Africa, full of the most im: scription of that region, and of his own peril- ind diMcult journey ings that has reached t @nd interesting de- he announced the discovery of Liv- MASSACRE. ispatch bears date Jaly 29th, and was wri'ten at Mahyiga Island, io Victoria Niyauza. and deseribes the Lal explorer’s voyage from King Mtesas’ terri- tory, at the northera end of Lake Victornia ke pore Beng his party narrowly escape: img massac: by the savage and treacherous n: es of Bumbireho, a large island on the western side of Lake Victor! Niyanza. The expedition was saved from destruction during the savage attack only y the skill and courage of Stanley and his faithful band of followers, who, by the servance of discipline and the effective use of their superior arms, beat off the treach- eroas natives. While on the lake the expe dition encountered several heavy storms, Which at times threatened the frail canoes with destruction. All the party, however, arrived safely at the camp after experienc- ing the Most remarkable adventures. THE TREACHEROUS SAVAGES PUNISHED. The second letter from Stanley is written from the lake shore town of Dumo, in Ugan- da,and is dated August 15, 1875. Here the explorer had established his camp on the main land, but within easy access to tue From Mahy}; Stanley made an axe to Ukerewe Island, unishment wages of Bumbiret, upon the treacherous for the attack made upoa his expeditioa, as mentioned in the first letter. The second letter narrates all the iucidents of these exciting voyages. HITHERTO UNKNOWN REGIONS EXPLORED The next letter from Stanley is written from Kawanga. on the froatiers of Uayoro, and is dated January 15, 1876. The letter the march tne gallant expiorer eri from King Mtesa’s capital, across the coun- to the eastern shore of Lake Albert Ni- yanza. ee ee ere on eee e army, composed o! y's own force “and the 5; of OU; The y ganda. ped ig os ebores of a at Unyampaka, again recrosse1 the country to , of Gordon’ nothing of the expedi- ing of ex ad tanley is, therefore, the un- icto- ed their ir mysterious recesses with the eye of the entific traveler. A REMARKABLE MOUNTAIN AND A RACE OF PALE FACE AFRICANS. oe above this vast ex panse Is the = mountain Gambara gara, lor 5 etgntancnteaie's pas eis itthis wonderful region, forming @ different race of people to the black skinned denizens of the plains. Stanley christens the large inlet of the Albert Nianza,on which be encamped with bis army, Beatrice guif, in honor of ine Prin- cess of England’s royal house. THE HEART OF AFRICA. The next letter from Stanley is dated March 26, 1876, from Kanfurro, and relaves the history of his final Gepartare from Uganda. It also gives particu joration of the into Lake Victoria Niyanza on its west side. it further dereribes the exploration of Cap- river, which flows a i Jaly 12th, from an officer high, ia em nent of the forces operailng &gainst Lhe indians, says: ‘toe Crow Indian, Carly, is believed to by the only survivor of the 250 men wao went indo ac’ with Custer. He is very clear io bis Of the fight, and has made a ver. CUSTER DISMOUNTED TO FieHT ON FOOT, but could not get Lis skirmishers over the stream; meantime bundreds of Lodians, on foot and on ponies, INDIANS COMPLE: CUSTER and poured In @ terrible fire on They chergea Qurter on foot, | ¥ SURROUNDED bers, but Were ag: The tgnt Corly says, almost until the’ sun weut down over the bills. The men feagut desper- ately,and after in thetr belts was exhausted went to their saddle bags, got more, and continued the Nght. Car- ley says MORE INDIANS WERE KILLED THAN CUS- TER HAD ME! He also says the big chief (Caster) ttvet Until pearly all bis men bad been Killed or wounded, and went aboul encouraging bis Soldiers to fight on. CUSTRE'S DEATH WOUND. He got @ hot in the left side and sat down with bis pistol tn his baud; another shot strock Custer in the breast, and he fell over. The last officer killed was a man who rode a white borse (believed to be Lieutenant Cook, adjutant of the 7th, as Lieutenants Cook avd Calhoun were the only officers who rade white borses, and Lieutenant Calhoun was found dead on the skirmish line pear the ford and probably fell eariy im the action.) How CURLY PED. Carly says when he saw Caster was hope- lessly surrounded he watched his opportu- nity, got @ Sioux blanket, pat it oa, and worked up @ ravine, and when the Sioax charged be got among them, and they dit not know him from ove of their own men. There were some mounted Sioux, and seeing one fall Carly ran to him, mounved bis pony, and galloped down, as if going toward tae white men, but went up @ ravine and got away. He says as he rode of he saw, when neariy @ mile from the battle field, a dozen or more soldiers in @ ravine fighting with Sioux all around them. He thinks ALL WERE KILLED, as they were outnumbered five to one, and *ppareptly dismounted. These men were nO doubt part of the 35 yg in the official dispatches of G eneral Terry. Curly says be saw one cavairy soldier who bad got away. He was well mounted, but shot through both hips, and Curly thinks he died of bis wounds, starved to th in the bad lands, or more likely his trail wae followed and he was killed by the Sioux. Curly did net leave Custer until the battle was nearly over, and he describes it as des. in the extreme. He is quite sure the odians had more killed than Caster bad white men with him, and says the soldiers fought on until the last man fell. The other Crow indians in the battle were killed. FOREIGN NEWS. Communists Pardoued PaRIs, July 26.- President MacMahon has —— 127 Additional pardons to comma- ists. Great 5 ALEXANDRIA, July 26.—A great fire ov- curred at Cairo yesterday near the ieee market. Many houses were destroyed. Elected to ritament Loxpon, July 26.—Wm. Deedes (conserva~ tive) bas been elected to Parliament for East Kent. unopposed, in the place of Sir Wyad- bam Knatehball, baronet, retired. The Extradition Question. Lonpon, July 2.—The Pall Mall Gavette in an editoriai article on the extradition question saye 'e are still of the opinion that the scandal of Winslow's liberation might have been avoided, or tae respousi- DIlilty attaching to England considerably lightened, bad @ different attitude been sumed al An earlier stage of the proceedings. As far as this case is concerned, Lord Graa- ville had the bestof the argument, but re- gércing further cases there is an undoubte! force in Lora Derby's plea tnat as soon asa conflict of views was manifested the extra- more rational, would be possible. The two simple prinet; Ke ac: ceptance, one that 4 ized og ay mon interest in repressi Ns the procedure of the try of thelr allegi- re coun! ir je ance, and no other, would seem to ample material for a decision in favor ie us utterly wi a - sumption which bas no nataral foundation in. justice Sea eee: eu => Seen tla own country, By the mere fact Ving escaped foreign land. the ant movement towards the over- Ww mile and five furl Sandy, St. Martin’s, Katie P — Cooke @ Co. Discharged from =~ Bank PHILADELPHIA, July 22—-Jay Cooke & Co. were to Gay discharged from bankraptcy by order of the court. patna =) A Copgressman Nominated. CHaMraiGH, iu. Jaly 2i.—Tne rep tbil- cans of the 1ith Congressional district yes- terday unanimously nominated for re-elec- tion J. G. Cannon. Snow on Moust Washington. Mount Wasuixeron, SumMIT House, July 26.— Four loches of snow feli this morn- + after suurise. The weather is now jear. Wall Street To-day. New York, July 26.—The Post's Goancial ardicle says:— All the sales of gold have been at 118%. Exchange 1s weaker, 457 \ at. M continues Goveru- ment are firm unchanged. market at the >) Where chenged, was whi if! Hi : Hi FE