Evening Star Newspaper, August 3, 1876, Page 1

HE EVENING STAR. Bixty Cents a month; one year, ‘Tar WEEKLY STar— on Priday— ious ecbeariptonremertstty 61 tease, %, 48—N2. 7,286. Br” Rates of advertising fenizhed on application. SPECIAL NOTICES, EVENING STAR. K. OF P. ATTANTION.—Mompers of the Order who desire to viett Philadel oa . —— occasion of the Su fige Sesion, are cordially invited to meet at thecuer of 71s aaa | Washington News and Gossip, Dirreg, wn ZBPAY Aue Riviere sstoeies | Ss : Dm. 'y order of e en OVERNMENT RECEIPTS To DAY—In! + Oras ter~ <> FRE ONIy HEFUSuIan-CamPascm | DAl revenue, $110,606.50; customs, $009,517.59. CLUB will meet at 3 o’clnck, ze ee NOMINATION. — Tne President to day aa sch nrscts opposite Pest Mice, | Nominated Henry F. French, of Mass., ta be An impertant mectirg ¥. WILBER. Provident. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. . 4. HB. PETTIBONE. THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT.—The eS ae. it | President has signed the act providing for TING OF THE Diss TOSS of | he completion of the Washington mona- © FERBY COMPANY wil be | ment. of Wm Kr msea, Beq., No.3 Wal Deid at th ofice street. Se K,om FRIDAY, Angas? 4tn, 1376 AMONG THE CALLERS at the Waite House at iia. m 8.8. HOWISON, to-day were Senators Logan ana Sherman, ot ; President | and Representatives Jacobs, Elkins, Wells w= = <5: and Lynch. DR. L. W. MONHALL, of Indian THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE on the Go, will | legislative appropriation bill held another meeting last night, but still falled to agree ‘They Will probabiv meet again this evening PERSONAL.—A dispatch to the Richmond 57 Yeung Hon axe epectaliy savieed. Enquirer from Rockbridge Alam Springs, STS FEDERAL BUL Virginia, says that Speaker Kerr's symp- — toms are sae eeserepetie, sae: his condition log cf the FEDERAL is regarded as eritical. for the, a of SILVER FoR LEGAL TenDER. — The Sec. a en Thureetena MONDAY | ret@ry of the Treasury has instructed the BVEBING, 7th August. i: various sub-treasury officers throughout the Books for the subscription of stock (shares @1 ‘4 aay loformation ca; be | COUBtry to pay out silver coin in exchange A YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, Corner wh D etreers ‘wing parsops. for legal-tender notes and in the ordinary MES Filses President, disbursements Of the government, in com- No. 617 © street sorth west. pliance with the third section of the «silver JOHN A. PRESCOTT, Treavarer, bul,” so called, approved July 22, 1st. Dice TG WeDo Cerone Omee. | redemption of fractional currency ia silver Natioval Metropolitan Bank, andon Tuesdays ana | Will confinue as heretofore. Fridayeat Room No. 28 Le Droit Batiding, Not DISLOYAL.—The Senate Committee x 2931, S547 “9 Jobo on Privileges and Elections yesterday re- 5. F. zim AN & SOS. ported favorably on the petition of the heirs Furniture Dealers, found at No. 434 9th i wreet between D aed ©. * jyn-2w | Of the late Senator Sebastian, of Arkansas, who was expelled July 11, 1461, otf the charge THE BEST. of disloyalty, recommending the annul it MILBURBN’S SODA WATER of the expulsion and the payment of his for the balance of his term. The com- BATUBAL SPRING WATEGS on Dranght. | Mitte any that the charge of dciosairg ee IOE-COLD TEA, COFFEE sod CHOCOLATE. | Merely a matter of sueieion aad Toe 1429 Pennsylvania AVENTE, - and wa3 wholly unfounde i in fact, and that epls-tr bear Willard's. Mr. Sebastian remained devotedly loyal to H. D. COOKE, Jx .&Ce., the United States during his life. BANKERS, CuTTIne Down.—The heads of the differ- spis-tr 1429 F street. | ent departments, in view of the decreased Ss. Bw. ij Cio” as appropriation, have simultaneously com- General Clavm and Collecte: nto enced to reduce expenses at every point fo. 713 8th street, war Treasury Deparment. | menced t 5 * y can be reduced without Injury to rom @ letter ym e of the Wis JUBNSON & CO. Treasury to the custodian of the Treasury BANKERS, building Is the begivning of retrenchment in that department: “You are respectfully in- Corner of YOrh Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Seats bag J oe! hese reduction which has been made by igress in the Petey achange and Golds District Seencitiots | appropriation for the pay of custodians and eG Janitors of public buildings for the fiscal eg ee UE ON Arcane | year ending June 20th, 1877, the department Py iy py is compelled to reduce the number of Jani- ou the cause and cnreof Premature Decline, «how- | tors employed, and the compensation of tng indisputably how lost heaith may be regaiacd, | those who may be retained.” The reduction Adordizg & clear synopsis of the impadiments to | eflected under this order will amount to Bi , and the treatment of nervous and physi- | $25,000 per annum. cal debility. being the result of 20 years’ 6x; je moe. Price, % cents. Address the author, D: J. Rah THE CAUCUS OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS office and residence, 51 Best 10ti ~¥__spt'® | After tne adjournment of the Senate yaster- Gap sseeas . ro0ne. day afternoon the republican Senators held HOTABY PUBLIO, @ caucus, which lasted nearly two hours, cet at Orrice—Stax Butz but resulted In no formal action. The sub: jects discuss: i were the unfinished appro- pate bills and adjournment. The preva- lent tone of discussion indicated a determi- pation on the part of a large majority of the Senate to remain in session indetlaitely unless the House will consent to adjust the and Judicial Appropriation Bit aa Diet and Judicial Appropriation bill, and lo- DBO NOT LET matic and Tedian Appro tation t Ison the same basis of compromise which has been THIS CHANCE SLIP: carried into effect regarding the others, namely, to appropriate reduced amounts, but to refer propositions for changes of ex- isting law to commussions of inquiry to sit during recess and report to Congress at the AROUSE YE! FOR ONLY beginning of its next ion. 4 VEBY Few Days BILL To LIMIT THE SIGNAL CoRPs.—The WE WILL SELL Senate to-day tcok up and passed the bill to fix and limit the Signal Service. As passed GOOD BUSINESS SUITS it 1s as follows: ere! a Lor! z: cu pa! ” aa $s tothe chet signal Uofteer, two majors, six officers who s! ve the rank and pay o! $10—$10—-810 $10 —$10 captains of infantry, six who shall have the acd $12 rank and pay, of == Loa espera oy: §12—! ;— 812 —g12— and six who sh ave the OK a pay of = — : second, Heuten nts of infantry, or to detail = = as such assistan' e said num of of- 4— $14 — 911 — 814— $14 ficers who shall have respectively the said LOS! 3 rank and pay while so serving. — Sec. 2. That the enlisted force shall be maintained a3 hitherto upon duty, and rot to excecd one hundred and fifty sergeants, uv = Ubirty coi porals, and three hundred pones FINE SUITS and the enlisted men of. the Signal Service sball receive pay at the rates formerly fixed FOB STREET O8 DEESS, for enlisted men of the oa) core of = A rr = to the duties of $16—__$16 —_g16—_g16__g16 signal service and ed, $18—$15s—515—_815_—_g15 NAVAL ORDERS.—Commodore John Guest, and Captain James E. Jouett, Commander RK. B_ $20—$20— $20 —__g20—_20 Taylor, Medica) Director R.T. Maccoun, and aod Chief Eo; James W. Poompeon, it. $2222 __§22__§22__322 detached duty as members of the board Lieut Albert Hoss aud Master Wine Foie? son from special duty connected with sig- pals, and placed on waiting orders; Assistant BEST CHANCE EVER OFFERED. | Paymaster W. C. MeGondee from tne Dicta- Liceul Wiss; Moore to detren eae nae ut. m, J. joore a on ‘§ul HABLE BROTHERS, vey; Lieut Fred. Collins to the Hydrperaniic office. Commander Jos. N. Milier detached Merchant lothi from the command of the Tuscarora, and Tailors and Fine Olothiers, ordered to the command of the Portsmouth; yar Corner Seventh and D streets, eT nee oe ee Ha as .N. Hemphill, Charles 0. ‘bone ai 5 ‘THE BEST $1 GLASSES HC. Leutze, Masters J. C. Reiter and M. D. 9, Hyde, Ensign Thomas E. Muse, Midshipmen ree NO ieee Maes awed Sat ier, Surgeon ™. mon, a ar~ a.m. HEW Optician, gcon Wy As MeChare, Passed Assistant Pay- aster H.T. T. Stanc! ‘uscarora, Jo letytr_463 Pounsyivanio acd ordered to the Portemouth: Lieut Ses on Schroeder from the Hydrographic office, and ae. which I now man- placed on waiting orders. x S, which is cxders. _ saz Ryegiase fu tos whele worlds They canbe | ARMY ORDERS.—Liet. Col. H. C. Merriam, 2d infantry, is ordered to join the detach- Bade of Bresitinn s Pebble sua the newiy-discovered | ment of his regiment at Mt. Vernon Bar- ‘Bostin ‘snd 3 $hEbok be surpassed. Measure taken aad order racks, Alabama. department of the gulf; Gilied tn Steen tee. Major |). P. Haucock, 2d tnfantry, is relieved 18aac ALEXANDER, 1229 Penn. sve., from bis present command by Lieut. Col. H. Je?-letptr_Inveutor, Patentee and Manufacturer. | C. Merriam, and — roceed & — MEL Ga., for duty. Tne following transfers, by _ MOP Sens, order of the President, of second lleutenants Me. 1987 Paxxerivania Avene. SPM | to 1th cavairy. are anuouncel: Wa, J Ro. Gen Pebble Bpectacies. dec?-lyJsty | binton, jr a ee in B. ee at 0. omnes = cavalry; G. F. Chass, cavairy; J. W. eee EE Riewst. BW. Lavman. | Sessa’ ak soem ee elie BAR MON, BOSWELL & Co., Savalra; GO. Eaton, Sth cavalry; E. P. An- IRE, UeHO rews, 5th cavalr; WURBITURE, DeeOLeryEY, Cooss amp | See"? oval 313 Sth street, near Pennsylvania mick, 10th caval: ys im alry. The sol BESS SHIBT MANUF AOTORY tain ACHE. Millon oe GENT'S FUBNISHING BMPORIUM. Hieutenants S. M. Mil J. M. K: Davis, ist artiliery; T. H. lst artillery; Frank Heath, ordnance de- penne and Second Lieutenant H. Q. prt ingen reheved will join com- mands; the engineer officera will report b; eee Loma nt art ew ing report to persoa oa the 23th L IT BUILDISG. to the *t teadent of the U. reg pe a ~ it she matics, . MANTELS, GRATEs, FURNACES, | Einnt, ordnance department, Second Lisut, amD T. A. Bailey, corps of engineers; ag TR ed Secoud Licut W. © Hoseelly corps gt ost LATROBE STOVES. Second Lieut. W. T. 5 5; in de it of dra First wr gronae us Ue ey a . ee meet NaR, Lieut. T. G. Townsend perfect and pest Of tactics, First Lieut. LA. Wat. tment of tactics, - atime ee oe mae a er. sth ipfantry, and Second Lieut. Ira ba’ BOYNTON S BRATBS, pat cp to two rooms, SB. ‘Coay-01t,000K STOVE, SUBMER QUEER the best in market, from @2 to CHRIS. RIESSEER’s, we = s-* 740 & 717 735 PIRATE, W, PUBLISHED DAILY, Sundays excepted So: 5 AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Avepue, corner Lith street, aT ee venin Com : Debee ee Soetaes i TUB EVENING STAR ts served by carriers to . a + i a le WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1876. TWO CENTS. GEN. GrtEN B. Rav, the new Commis sioner of Internal Revenue, qualified yester- day, ard immediately entered upon the dis- charge of bis duties. THe MIssissipP1 RePoRT.—The report of the Special Committee (Senator Boutwell chal map,) sent to Mississippi to investigate the last election there, will not be sabmitted The report proper will make about three newspaper columas. KNOTT'S HUMILIATION before the House culminated today in Hard, who reported the resolution exonerating him of the charge of the suppression of the Cald- moving to recommit to the Jusictary Cowmittee. He said he did 80 because @ majority of the Judiciary Com- promise the Secretary. also made to him about his family, and the whole series, when collected, showed such @ curious acquaintance with inside Cabinet affairs and relations as to exci terest among those aware of as to its results. Tne letters ted. A close t that they had in fact been done in a fine hand, as if the writer, in forming some forgotten for tae mo: cessity for disguise, these been inked over b; style of letters THE WHISKY FRAUDS INVESTIGATION. Statements were The Testimony Last Evening. Some Interesting Developments. After our report of the proceedings before the House special committee investigating the St. Louis whisky frauds closed yester- day, Alexander P. Tatton, collector of Patla- delpbta and formerly supervisor of interaai revenue, testified that he was satistied that beoe! ig todo with causing the rmand the order chang of supervisors. He aiso FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. THURSDAY, August 3. SENATE.—The Chair laid before the Sen- &te a communication from the Secretary of the Interior department, transmitting « statement of civil employes in that depart- iting Against @ furtuer re- now insufficient force. Mr. Merrimon presented @ petition of W. W. Corcoran and others, the amendment €x @ading the ¢ before Saturday. protesting against d by Senator Dorsey, me for repaving Pennsyl- vania avenue. Referred to the Commitiee on the District. Mr. Jones, (Nevada,) had some other band and the n somewhat changed thereby. These slight changes, which were unifo.m in the various letters, led to the discovery that the retouching had beea done Whitely, ex-cbtef of secret service Fr reasons which noone had itand, had, afler he was vi ven employment by Mr. ams. The next step was the discovery of the author of the fine handwriting. Tne peremptory removal of the Attorne; eral followed. If the President's { friends persist in charging that M. sop attempted to steal the papers, Wilson's continue their desertp he declined for the sles ion I desire to ask you is this: ted there were cert#in private pers contained in that box which were oa je. J desire to ask you whether the papers mentioned in that article were contained in that box and were on file? Witness.—To that I simply tion is not pertinent to the subject of tne matter of toauiry, and therefore I object t> Mr. Plaisted.—I ask that the whole of that bewspaper article, with the question aod answer, be strack out. The motion was reserved for fature con- sideration and decision. Mr. Cochrane—Q Have surreptitiously or improperly (as Mr. Plais as heard) any letter or any of the departments? In reference to statements in Mr. Tatton’s testimony, Mr. Wilson said,so far as they affected him, they were unqualtfiediy false. Mr. Wilson farther testified in relation to the immunity business, and also sta! he never had an; gan or Farwell. who testified kK had nothin; President to counte! ing the localities testified as to the matter of IMMUNITY TO GUILTY WITNESSES He said that he was informed by Mr. Dex‘er one of the special counsel in the whisky trials, who said that the government na: ‘auted immunity” to taose implicated io shoud testify. Dexter mentioned Sec retary Bristow, Solicitor Wilson, and Com mitsiouer Pratt. Witness believing from previous conversation with Bristow tnat there must be come mistake, Secretary Bristow’s reply to his t+le gram was as follows: “As we nave no? dl- Fected any arrangement with the indic ed party, %0 we decline to interfere with auy been entered district attorney with the approval of his associates aud the local revenue officers. Having covfidence in their judgment we leave the prosecution in their hauds, not doubting they will do what will beat ‘sab serye the interests of the goverament.” When witness returned asked Wilson if he haa mise or bargain, and Wilson denied thac be bad authorized it. Witness stated to the President the substance of what had taken place with regard to those engaged in whisky frauds, includi: g a large number of gaugers pers, &8 well as distillers, and sald to the President if the policy of imma- nity wee carried out allowing thieves to steal by hundreds of thousands of doliars, and then allowed to tarn round and give ta- formation against others and escape punishment, there would be no safety in the revenue business. Toe interview with the President was about the The President said something ought to be done to stop such wholesale bargainiog with offenders, and witness informed tne Presi- dent that Solicitor Wilson had deuied tnat he assented to such agreement. BLUFORD WILSON AGAIN—THE CHARGES AGAINST HENDERSON. The examiuation of Biuford Wilson, ex- Solicitor of the iceasury, was continued | ast evening. He read a letter received from Gen. Henderson prior to his d'emissal as ore of the counsel lor the government at St. Louis, whica letter he showed to the Prasi- dent in his interview on the sth of December. In the letter Gen. fiendersou referred to the appointment of Benj. F. Bonner as marshal for the St. Louis district on the recommen- dation of himself (Henderson) and Colonel Dyer; and farther raid that certain persons in St. Louis having found out that he and Dyer had so recommended vrocceded to ton and tnformc | the President tha! lersou) Was & most bitter ard relent less enemy of bis, and tnat the appolatmeut of Bonner was a@ scheme t> aid in the par- i@ of his malevolence. They urged tne resident to believe that the developments Babcock were a patup job to strike the President himself. These things, con- Unued the letter, were said to degeat Booner and eflect the appo!utment of their favorite. WILSON REPLIES TO THE CHARGE ABOUT ABSTRACTING CERTAIN PAPEKS Mr. Wilson, in reply to the report that he had sought to abstract certain papers be- department, ex- nsiow, and after- wards young Mr. Dixon, acted as hisamanu- enses, and were thoroughly familiar with all On the 30th of June he vacated ice, and instructed Winslow and Dixon pa , taking only his private papers and jeaving the see & paper that went in! entirely upon the familiari' men with them. Dixon nailed them up and marked them ‘Bluford Wilson, Springfield, Il.” They were left in charge of the janitor, be ped as soon as he (Wilson) hi pringti Before establisiing himself in Springfield he was summoned before this committee, and finding tt would immediately at the from the Committee ‘ost Roads, reported a resolution allowing the Pacific Mail Steam to carry the matis in their well telegram, division, who, for been able to u! ship Compan Lew steamships. The bill was amended an: passed. Op motion of Mr. Spencer, the biil to lim!t and ix the Signal service was taken up and passed. [fre bill attaches the army officers on duty with the Signal service the burean and reduces their vairy to infantry officers.) . Edmunds moved ‘to reconsider the Vote by which the bill for the relief of Ed Rassell was reject:1 yesterday. The vote was reconsideié’ and the bill Knott, however. before it was done reiterated and defeaded his previous utterances. THE SCENE IN THE HOUSE to-day during the debate on the report of the sub-Judiciary Committee exoneratirg J. Proctor Knott in his retention of the Caldwell telegram was somewhat of a repetition of the days when Blaine stirre’ things up prior to his attack by illness. Knott assumed io bh: m™: Biaine’s illness wei acting. Frye replied in aspeech which excoriated the Kentucky statesman from head to foot. His language to Knott, while within the bounds of decorum, was very pointed. Hale also made a strong speech in vindication of friends will probabl tion of those which of the depart: The Mr. Dorsey submitted a resolution in- g the Court of Ciatms to modify its instructions to the receiver of Springs property relative to the coilec:iou id providing that no x the use of Lhe water ug’. Referred lar y. uced @ bill authori. the Commissioner of Pensions to correct S tain errors and irregularities. Referred wo the Commiltee on Pensions. TH# CONGRESSIONAL PRINTER. Mr. Anthony calied attention to au error in the enrolled suadry civil appropriation poten ese gg ~ Rhye the juperintendent ablic Printii M There was no such officer ‘a Superintendent of Public Printing. His at- tention bad beep called to it b; used should have been Congressi; The matter was then rejerred to the Com tion of the morning hour the THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL, to Washington he agreed to compro- Of rents of the same, charge shall be mad which flows from the Hot 8; to the Committee on the Ju: Mr. Ingalls introd: THE AVENUE PAVEMENT.—In the Senate to-day Mr. Merrimon presentcd a petition, signed by citizens of the District of Colam- bia, praying the Senate to reject the amend- ment offered by Senator Dorsey, July 3ist Jast, extending the time for paving Pennsyl- vania avenue. The petitioners assert tnat they have been seriously injured b: condition of the pavement, and that it ought ved before Decem! ihepbera & Co., G John F. Ellis & Co., W. Gal Towles, 8S. H. Kauffmann, Wm. B. sle, Perry & Bro., E.G. Da J H. A. Willard, John Hancoc' Clagett, H. Clay Ford. Harvey & Holden, and others. ou ever taken ted intimates he hi ber 1, 1876. Toe Corcoran 20th of January. + Willian, Russell of January, icted Gavitt, esterday that the Solicitor him to go for Bristow for President, and read a le.ter accusing Gavitt of indiscreet and disreputable conduct. The Testimony To- The special whisky committee of the House met at 10 o'clock this morning. SUPERVISOR TUTTON testified that Bluford Wilson told him at the Palmer House, in Chicago, in the fall of 1575, thi ,» Farwell, Ward and others were inicago ring, and they must be in- dicted; evidence would come in fast enough, he sald, as soon as they were indicted. IN REGARD TO YARYAN, Said that while he had no persona: had done, his rosecutions in Chicago could not have been more markea had been a member of the ring himself or was their paid attorney to assist them ja On cross-examination witness stated that he bad been connected with Revenue bureau ever since it was organi 5 and he never knew & term in its history when it was so baaly and loosely managed as under Pratt's administration. Pratt was an honest man, he thought, but he was dull and slow, and was completely in the power of Yaryan, in whom he (Tatton) had no con- » Mohun Brothers, th question was on the amend- tchell conferring power in the Court to condemn such private property as may be needed for the constrac- Uon of the canal around the caceades of the Columbia river, in the state of O; Mr. Mitchell, who'was entitled to the floor, ued at some length in reply to the legal objection raised to his amendment. tended that by the law and the precedent, the general government clusive right to condem! for its own uses, and the trol whatever over the matter. jan, by unanimous consent, iniro é issue Of silver coin, and to make the silver dollara@ legal tender. Ke- i to Committee on Finance. The debate on Mr. Mitcheil’s amendment Was continued by Mest Uaney, @nd others, alter wi Jected; rejected, ayes 16, nays 21. then submitted an amend ment jor the condemnation of such property as may be necessary under regula- Uons to be provided by the legislature of Mr. Morton objected to any admission of the power of the states over the condemna tion of property required for the uses of the eneral government. Tne principle involved in the amendment was the cause of all our Mr. Bayard deprecated what he styled the action of Mr. Morton in lugging ia allusions P; twhenever tbe ta teeelt ati HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Mr. Hurd, (Ohio,) from the Committee on Judi- ciary, submitted a report in relation to the alleged suppression by the Hon. J. Proctor Knott of the dispatch from Josiah Caldwell in relation to Hon. James G. Blaine. Tne re port recites the history of the receint of the the conclus.on That the telegram was not evidence, as it Was bot made under oath,and that it is a Well settled rule of law that to admit a tele gram as evidence the original must be pro dueed and offered. 2d. DO evidence that thedispa: Turkey. Standard’s Paris dispatch Says it is stated that Murad has resigaed his signed his abdication of the Ottoman throue, The old Turkish part; presumptive, showin; posed constitution, toresign. Another revolution in the Divan is anticipated. Abdul Hamid has declared that as soon ashe has ascended the throne he will take supreme command of the acmy against the Sclaves. The Constantinopie correspondent of the Paris Gaulois says three shiekaof Mecca have placed $2°),(20 Arabian troops at the disposal of the Tark- ish government, and some of these forces are awaiting orders tostart. The Bashi 8 re not to be compar with the Zerbiks. The latter, at Smyraa, slew all the people in the streets. The towa le state of terror. led by the Sultan n private property states had no cou- ed_1a ferocity is in an indiseri ———_——— PoLITICAL NoTEs.—The national demo- cratic committee met at the Everett House, New York, yesterday, Joh Missouri, presiding in the absence of Chatr- man Hewitt, and after approving the work already done by the executive committee, journed to meet on the 13th of September. The Georgia democratic convention yes- y nom {nated A. H. Colquit for governor. The Indiana state central committee has been called to meet in Indianapolis, August mn Mr. Orth’s resignaiion of the candidacy for tue governorship. The national executive committee of the dent or greenback party held a meet- ing in New York yesterday and nominated Samuel F. Carey, of Ohio, for Vice President Hie has accepted the of sof’-mouey eter Cooper for in G. Priest, of to the Treasu: . Tbe Chairman drew out from the witness ee ee re with reference to his recent apy collector of the port of Philadelpnia, that SECRETARY BRISTOW WAS THE FIRST MAN to recommend him as collector of the Philadelphia; and witness sal is appointment was due quite as tary Bristow as to an: else. Witness said that he urged the dent to revoke the order made to change tne stations of supervisors, and that Mr. Bris- tow told him subsequent! had demonstrated that right in induct 4, to take action wy) the boxes, relying to the uphap; of those gentle of the United States, that the result e (Tatton) was the President not to make coe Spotl sg engine bg spoke beock concerning the changes, e three minutes to him in his r he was indicted. Babcock then came to him and told him that he ua- derstood that Bluford Wilson haa given ef the Treasury de- $5,000 to get witness cure his (Babcock’s) conviction beyond Witness inquired into the matter and told Babcock he didn’t believe a Word about it, because he did not think ‘ashburne would do such @ thing, even if ited him to. Witness said he thought the Chicago ring would nave bsen broken up if the first batch ‘tiary, instead of bel: testify leged to witness that Senator Logan was connected with the Chicago ring, and Wirt Dexter, the district attorney at Iso made the same statemen led that Dexter told him that he Tutton) was in the way and should leave ee there to shield tae 8. CONTRADICTING BLUFORD WILSON. Q. Did you brip; this city, and sh whieh ‘would men who intend supportin President was held in Philadelphia yester- day. It was decided not to call aconven- tion, but to refer the matter of an electoral ticket to the state executive committee. THE HAMBURG MASSACRE—Seven Indict- nonts for Murder—“Bail for any Amount is —The jury in the Hamburg (S. C.) massacre case find seven persons guilty of murder, namely: E. J. Butler, Henry Get- seo, Toomas Batler, Harrison Butler, John Lamar, Thomas Oliver, and Job2 Oliver. They find that Moses Parks was killed by E J. Butler; James Cook, by Henry Getsen, Thomas Butler, and Harrison Butler; and A. T. Attoway, Daniel Phillip, Hart Stevens, and Albert Mioyari were killed by John Lamar, Thomas O!tver, and John Oliver. Trey find that forty-four citizensof Aiken C., thirteen of Edgefield conaty, thirty Georgians were acc3ssorie3 jong the accessories be- fore the fact from Aiken are two colored from Edgefield, Gen. M,C. Butler. The warrants are expected to issue to-day, and ball to Any amount is ready. SHOOTING AFFRAY IN A HUCKLEBERRY PatcH.—Last Friday a party from Cass county, Ind., supplied guns, haying an ab of of provisions, went in wagons io the juckleberry swamps,in the eastern part of Stark county, in that state, to and either pick or buy berries. In a si be inconvenient to different parts of the records In th ment he asked Robinsoa to have his boxes containing his private memoranda, rec rds tohis hotel. Roin- iam B. Moore was present, but whether he heard what passed Witness does not know. Next morning R >» inson asked witness if he knew where tus Barnard ieiter was containing the Presi- dent’s Indorsement. Witness answered be did not. Winslow and Dixon both subs quently affirmed that they did not reme: ber packing it in either of the boxes, bat thought it was at the Secretary's office. ressed some considerable em- about giving up the boxes, pl tosend for Winslow and Dixon a@aod let him go through them. That was the situation last Friday nigut when he was taken sick. Tai he had @ copversatic apd asked him for an order on the for the boxes, saying if he found the Barnard mptly hand it over, but sed, but said he would see Subsequently wrote a note |. 8. Grant, jr., er of witness) to President answered to Gen. Wilson for the treas- icitor, or — telegram, and and other property, orc fo Poa t Mr. Kaott bad teh had been realiy Caldwell; the fact that his name rove the fact that peradventure. Was signed to it did not whole subject of securing the attendance of Caldwell as a witness was referred to the chairman of the committee, and that it was not bis duty to exhibit to the full committee every diepatch that he had received on the ject. committee further report that Mr. Knott had acted in good fat) ent, and not for the pur- jury to apy man by with- ling the dispatch. Tne recommendation is, therefore, made that the committee be from the further consideration of Mr. Knott sald that when he understooi that the report of the committee in this case ‘was to be unanimous be had not intended to more effectual; before the fact. the question. letter he would the Becretney. pers e ‘. from Chi to the chiesner= ww Engen ~ Bintord Wilson Congressman that he had no no recollection of it. ing present, but that the part; { Bluford Wilson bas so testided, ited eng! is not true? ra passed Detwees them, then blows, then jead- en balls, the latter doing damage, instantly changed, he would not remain in the reve- man and seriously wounding two service. Did itoccur to you that it was an ‘im- going to the ot interfere with the conduct i ee im to interfere. I told ‘he ne (Wilson) admitted there RFDUCING WAGES IN JERSEY.—The wi in the boxes. Robinson was Lis au ofthe men employed steel works at Jersey City were reduced 20 *+** The laborers on the Bergen Point were cut dowa 18, and the dis- strike is immi- prosecution A. I didn’t ask hi him what was being done. BLUFORD WILSON RECALLED. ‘Witness read from his letter book @ num- ber of letters to show thathe did not ap- ve of granting immunity tothe whisky @ advised in one of made any such statement. quently sent @ mutual friend to we Presi- dent and obtained an order on the Secretary to submit the boxes to this friend and Robin- son for examination. were and they contained, he had said, his own original drafts of his operations against the whisky ring and safe burglary. The Barnard letter was also found by himself. marked, ‘* Private and confidential,” aud had been overlooked by the other gentiei was doubtless overlooked by the young mau ing on account of the in tT. Wilsoa added affidavits of Messrs. Winsiow and Dixon sustaining nim in reference to certain pers to which he had Teftrred, witness declined to state their char acter, but admitted that they bore on the whisky fraucs, while some related to anotuer subject, a Cabinet officer. per cent. coal docs at from 18 cents an hour to 16 satisfaction 1880 great that nent. A large number of the men are from the recently disturbed coal fields of Penn- are not disposi to sub- Mit to any reduction. Some of them openly st that the strike would take uring the present week. breatening letters have been received by Mr. Deviin, the superintendent of the coal decks —(M. ¥. Herald, 2d. A NoTEeD BURGLAR ARRESTED.—David Peyton Jones, altas Nat. Jones, alias David Percival, a noted burg! ped Bajtimore city jail on the 25th of last May, ited In New York a day or two ago. ments &@ud found eves in Chicago. Hi them, written to the District Attorney to look out that he got good bonds for proparty seized, inasmuch as A. P. Tutton been successful in this line. He also read a letter written by Secretary Bristow to the at Chicago, whicn in sab- that officer's course in coa- sylvania, and the: district attorne: ducting the prosecutions. WHY THE PROSECUTIONS WERE DELAYED. Q. Don’t you think the salts a: Caicago have been delayed? connivance or consent of the prosecuting officers. At Springfield, Lil, the cases were delayed on account of there being no appropriation for the pay of jarors, THE COMMITTEE GOT INTO A WRANGLE about cross-examinin, in his statement. lar, who esca private letters and Officers visited his apart h's wife, the notorious Mary Ann Jones, alias Polly King, and a large quantity of stolen velvet, silk, clothin proceeds of burglaries in and suburbancities. A full kitof burglars’ tools was also found. A MISSIONARY Paigst Lost TO His FRIENDS.— A missiouary Father Buoffe, was sunstrac! afew days since, and becam: copsequence. Rev. Father Hugin ni watched him, pat Monday night the patient ascertainc1, started for is believed he has friends. i in- ¥. Q. Iunderstand you tosay the President of tbe United States had tn his papers proving that General Bal connected with the Black Friday gold specu- naif; Platsted objected to the word “prov. "Bhe witness.—I have sald that I have sat- and jewelry, the ariem, Brooklyn at Pittsburg in the case against Mr. Biatoe e delirious in look into, and he needed ,, Cochrane, “I’ve te-morrow.’ Wilson:—“I have important ent to New York and f will ° i “Well,” said Chairman bat to go away menis; let me qui ries as to his wi e ‘TuE House oF BISHOPS of the Protestant Church Shanghai, in taken on the resign: sho) ’t think it will. Se ee wae of bis Ne of the New York farming to Gloeoa, said ja @ loud the report that @ young man, moving in the ty eloped with twenty-five years his senior. “She is one of the ‘oldest and most respectable resi- dents of Astoria.—[ %. MOULTON AGAINST BesomeR. — Jadge of ‘ork ordered that Mr. further time from the 30th of any. juig- tbe demarr- . Beecher. Waiskr Convict — AN ELOPEMENT SCANDAL.—Considera- ble excitement prevai ed in the case of Moulton vs. Telegrams to The Star. eae eae Before Lonpow, August $.—Uniess: delayed by the liberals opposing the edocation 61)I par- Lament will probably be 14th or 15th instant. Disraeli and the magistrate at Dublin yes ebarged with ones while on the voyage Sad remanded for trial. Silver Up! a Symes to-day in its article. “In consequence of the unexpected aes which India council bills were allotted on Wendeasday siiver ix in good de- mand, but the market is compietely Dare. Pail Mali (+asette, tu 104 Hogneial artt- cle to-day says: “Silver is very frm but DO quotation is fixed. Itis said that Sid. per ounce Is the nearest quotable figure.” For the Centenatal ta. St. JOH, Aug. 3.—The new boat for the Paris crew bas arrived from England. The crew will row tn itat Potiatelphia. Walter Rose is training for the single seul! races at Philadelphia. THE EASTERN TROUBLE Some Nice Recratts for Tarkey. LONDON, August 3 —Tue statement tele- grapbed to the Paris Gaulots that the Zsi- beks had Killed a!l the people tn the streets of Smyrna is an absurd exaggeration. A letter to the Times, sigued by an inhabitant of Smyrna, says: Taree thousand volanteers &rrived on the 15th of July from the interior and embarked for the seat of the Turkish war. They were permitied to parade through the Frank \uarter en route to the barracks. They plundered some shopa and injared bout @ dozen persons, two of them serious- ly. The consuls visitet the governor and de- mauded the punishment of the culprits and security in the future, both of which were Promised. Even this is an exparte state- meut adverse to the Turks. A Turaish Victory. CONSTANTINOPLE, Angast 3.—Omicial dis- patches state {hat toe Turks bave captured @ Servian fort sition near Gargu- savatz, inflicting heavy loss, The Turkish losses are smaller. It is believed that the Servian General Tenernayes is at Saltsobar. A Guerrilia Wartare. LONDON, August 3.—A dispatek to Reu- ter’s telegram company from Semiin says. Two thousand volunteers have left the Ser- vian Irina army and bave invaded Bosnia for the purpose of prosecuting a guerrilla wariare. ——_e—-__ Pardon of Members of the Whisky St. Louis, Aug. tches received from Jefferson Cliy way that pardoas were received there yesterd for Adier & Farst, distillers aud rectifiers, of Kansas City. Under the terms of these pardons, the sentences are commuted to three months in the county jall,(which term the ies have already served.) on condition ‘hat they withdraw their writs of error to the cireuit court's affirmation of the district court's Jadgment of condemnation, on which the confiscation of their establishment is SS that they pay the foe required of €40,000. The Saratoga Races. SARATOGA, August 3.—Firet race to day, dash of one mile, with allowance for beaten horses, was won by Inspiration; Gray Nun second, Burgoo third—time, 1.41. The second race, Saratoga stakes, three- quarter miles, won be Leonard, Bombast 2d; Belmont 3d. Time, tT. In the third race Parole won easily, Freebooter 24, War- lock 3a. Time, 3:10. Fourth race, 3 miies, won by St. Martin, nae second, Big Sandy third. Time, ——__e____ Repaublican Nominations for ETROIT, MICH., August 3.—Jouas P. Mc- Sowan, of Coldwater, bas been nominated by the blicans for Congress, ani in the 6th district M. L. Brewer, of Pontiac, bas been nominated. St. Louis, Mo., August 3.—The republi- cans of the i7th lilinols di cl yesterday nominated Judge Henry 8. Baker, of Alton, for Congress, against Wm. P. Morrisoa, the present chairman of the Ways aud Meane Committee. A Policeman Sh: y 8 Bai . Newakk,N.J., August 3.—Shnorty after 5 o'clock this morning Peliceman Stanley Brock was shot, aud, it is taought, mortally wounded, by a burglar. The officer surprised two men robbing a house, and fired at one of them. They returned the fireand he fell, pierced through the left lang. The burglars escaped. — End of the’Lomgshoremen'’s Strike. Nzw YorK, August 3.—The striking long shoremen are gradu@ily returning to work at the 30 cents per hour rates. The steam- ship companies have not been pul to much incon venience, and the ocean si will all be ready to Fallon time. —_—_—— ets. BALTIMORE, August 3.—Virginia sixes, deferred, 54; do. consolidated, 65; do. second series, 33; orth Carolina sixes, old, 15, Sugar quiet, 11%. BALTIMORE, August 3.—Cotton firmer, but not quotably higher—middling, 11 yall x. Flour steady and unchanged. Wheat quiet and Corn—southern steady; ber; southern whi |y¥—soul Western white, 36; do mixed, 33. 55a60. Hay dull and heavy—Mary Pennsylvania, 15.00a17.00. Provisions easier, but not quotably lower. Pork, 225. Lard— refined, 12yai2%. Butter strong, bat un- changed. Petroleum s bat quiet—crade, 9x; refined, 7 \alTx. jee steady frm, ‘unchanged. isky firm bat Te 1.134. Receipts—Fiour, 2,209; wheat, 15,500; Corn, 24,500; oats, 2,000. ‘Snipments —Corn, New YorK, August 3.—Stocks active and aay Mee os Bartana 3 4. Government’ ve and better prices New York, August 3.—Flour frm. Wheat waiet but firm. ra firm. avenue. 34 sus- tained by Mr. Wm. F. Jordan, of No. 5¢ Pine street, New York, with whose adopted daughter Little suddenly 4 on Wedveeday of last week, and » too, not- pee Rese ane Te HH Ga A Ser mean starereapar of ytone, glerizyrmgmet ln iso Qobourg. iss Gaia saes i cote ni !