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Receipts To-pDay #5: customs, $9.08 INDIANS 48 CiTH: The Secretary of the an interview to-day with the Board of Indian Commissioners and Senator bill making citize GOVERNMEN' revenue, $1S1.¢ of the Indians, Secretary favors the bill! y hold property Houtpay.—The President this afternoon di- | 11 the government departments be closed on Washington's birthd Mr. COLUMBUS ALEXANDER was to hav a hearing before the Distri mittee this morning in support of, the cha he has filed against Judge Taft, but noquorum of the committee put in ires that the Indians ma} individually, and not exelusivel Mr. Randa Gipson CONTRADICTS MR, ABRAM HewittT.—The following is M dall Gibson's statement, commenting on Mr. itt’s card of the Isth inst. in the New hh Mr. Hewitt adimits that nd Gibson did not express the opinion attributed to them in regard to the Vice President, but stated that ir. Gibson had in Paris last summer told amar had entertained the opinion resident of the Senate had the ri Mr. Gibson denies thi York Sun, in W hn appearance. RAILROAD DEcIsIO Supreme Court dee United States les in the case of the Ohio and Mississippi railroad company vs. McCar- thy that the company having contracted to forward cattle from east . Louis to Philadel. | to count the votes. itis responsible for the transportation over the whole route, as well upon the tracks of other companies as upon railroads, unless forbidden to do So by their h as will be seen by his statement belov conversation ays that he has no rr tsown, and that Hewitt has oer. his note of the 1 do not remember to on the subje the power to contraet for ship- tire distance the freight isto be carried over connecting lines. PRESS PRIVILEGE duced in the House yesterday and referred to the committee on rules: * That the committee «to consider the expe- diency of So amending the rules as to provide: that one representative of each public journal that employs a tele: dently fallen inte an’ err Be im ot Mr. E inform: i Which IT have al n regarded as of at acter: butif Ihave, he | mistook the purport of my remarks. rided to any southerner there the opinion that the Vice President had, under the constitution, the power tocouat I votes. Various suggest ution was intro- } the State department after Lent. si on rules be instruc! declare the elector At no opinion pressed that the Vice Pre right to count the vote: Mr. have misunderstood some alla: stions purely hypothetical, U opinion of some of our friends Subsequent proceedings the halls and of the House. im executive session, yester who Were present. firmed the following nomi eS show that this v consul at Le Jolin Q. smith, o , day event eolleecor of custom: lins, for the district of Brunswick, Ga President sent the following nominations to the part of members with reference to the preceedings in the cominittee room. Kent. and Jame OF THE “SILVER UNION” OF | —After the adjournment of the about sixty of the members jOSEPH New York House yesterd THE SENSTE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RE- rgument tovlay fr t of Chinese immigra LATIONS heard an nedy on the subje re lled_ to order by Re} the chairman of the p punced that the ed to call the Representative resolution that to-day, ning hour, a moti ner to proceed with the b f ble, and on re emonetize silver the Hed on coneurring in the nd that there be no ¢ nessee, Thought th tions to the bill as i turned from the S limitation of coinage, and | ences, who an! mittee had ay silver union greed to report’ fay: the nominations of Bayar ter to Berlin, and Colonel ter te Belgium, Min vodloe to be Min THe Distreet Bir sed by the House yesterday were presented to th morning and rete ed to the Senate District To FIGHT SITTING BULL been the opi army headquariers 11 this winter that there w: ur of Sitting Bull's recros: spring, notwithstandin: {| hold, where the. fire was. smo He wanted to metal. Represen | of PenussIvania, offered a resolution that the a ne from the | Blat s too shrewd to throw he was in fa r of free coin: sel it seemed to him it would be best for | up and pass the bill. He did not resident would ve Mr. Hanna made Ss by _recrossin: iter, When he would be u ble to travel without great suffering from id and want. But. on the other hand, by iting until spring had fi i forces increased and the weather sui rapid marches, he might pay us a vi cause a good deal of trouble. $ territory in mnidw | ford sai Delieve that the that the t President dared not do ii ul i Ns » the bill, two-thirds of | it to the contrar; esident: should houses would withstandin; ¢ t sed into Canada and thought, too, that more joitied his band. “1 discontented Indians, who » yentured the sertion that not one han would be put into eire that he did not want a untry, bind that he dred thousand ¢ lation by it. cheat palned off on the would not vote forit. After farther dis uestion was disposed of by a i motion that the bi should be to the committee on banki ny @ has fairly opened i e@ line and si thing before him, until the author | tind that it is necessar forcements to make a nd against him. PROMOTION FOR MERIT is now Become an established part of th This supersedes the other hh Were nol yoted on. ence then adjourned. ast few mouths vas cancies oceurring at Bradford, Berne. , L nee, Dunfermline. THE CABINET usually short, adjour With the exception of dec nent departments ; hothing but routine business ov: a ning before oy eall been fil i an and Milan—} holiday on the z OURCOMMERCIAL INT: Concention of H es porters.—The Nation question of sending a port Convention, which aims to ol Was not up for consid ment of Stat ration, as the Depart has not yet been notified of au le turning board troubles were not alluded to. THE AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS met at 11 o'clock this morning at Willard Hail. Flagg, the president, not being able to attend, Mr. Jones was elected chairman. The follow i the states represented at the con; names of the representativ i J. Murphy: District | T. A. Hopkins, J. E. Snodgras L. Bingham and J. . Camp, J. ¥ | A large number of ; H ery branch of our commer- industrial interests attended. i s appointed chair- f Pittsburg, tem- ‘ee on credentials nd While this commi:tee was rary chairman addressed suggested that the name uplied that it should deal with the commercial relations of the United | States with the whole world. and scrupulous eare of En; to her commercial and si! which has made her the mistress of the seas, was pointed out and impressed by examples. and SpRorsanitiea. Which, e J.D. Hayes, of | tween Cronstadt and St. Petersbu secretary. A committ was appointed, | in session the the convention | of the convention ware, Win, 1 The untiring | b land in reference ipping interes! he Seminoles, and Ju Ohio, J. M, gh, John A. ire puth Carolina lardson, — Tillman, Thomas W. H: eo. Q. Cannon i make this country her suecessfal riv ablv described. The establis m | bureau of agriculture, wit! a Cabinet officer at its head, Would help to place our comimer- cial interests on a sound ba: our proper position in trade tions of the world. The eres partment was strongly adv close of the ch ¥ tion took a re Raglin and W It referred especially to the agricultu- The following | Siates’ busin e: nd wool growin remarks the conven- ess of ten minute Alter reassembling, the following perma. nent officers were chosen Henry Lippett, Rhode sportation,” and ating and eheape' the matter of fae communication between the produc | trom Belle REPRESENTATIVE EvG) made a speech in the House this criticising the policy of the administration ect to its dealing with the state of Louis- jana. He thought that the a Be: Pittsburg, John Hogan, Mo. licy of concilia- he authorities of e benefits of that pol- oneiliation, had failed to keep the s made by them. 1 Rev. Dr. NEWMAN WANTED As A WITNESS. Representative Springer, caused a subpoena to be served upon Rey. Dr. Newman to appear before the committee on expenditures in the Department of Justice, with reference to his duties as inspector of consulates in his trip around the world. note. Pittsburg AL OF THE RESUMPTION e committee on finance at its meeting discussed the bill for the resumption aet. Some halt dozen amendments will be offered to the bill. which a large number of resumptionists in the il favor, leaving the act as it i out the date for re. e committee agreed to-day to its’ meeting next ‘Thereare five members of the com- repeal of ihe act, and four of Miinois, repeal of the 2s Gated ected The amendment on nds, simply strikin, LL WHO VALUE THEIR SIGHT TO | * RATED.—The commissioner of iuter- | 1 nal revenue has exonerated Collector J. D. Harvey and Deputy Collector Wm. Somerville, after a therough investigation eferred against them by C.A. take a vote on the bill at mittee who favor members are opposed to it | of Chicago, 1 HanwMonp.—The n military aflairs agreed ‘ably the bill for the Hammond, late Surgeon - The bill author COMMISSIONERS TO PARIS. to-day appointed Henry P. White and Wm. P. Blake, of Connecticut, honor: ers to the Paris exposition. They were nomi- nated by the governor of Connecticut. “Senate committee —The Presiden to-day to report fa’ relief of Win. General of the Arm: President to review the proceedings of the tried “Mr. Hammond, to its proceedings, and set aside the commission- In Introducing this Cham: e, weareconfident _ Court martial whi Paes its superior merits will insfre Ita permanent with the lovers of the delicious wines of ERIOUS MURDER OF A PHtysicla8.—Dr. Moss was assassinated at h . about one o'clock yesterda: . He had arisen to take some m: cine, when he saw two men peeping through He opened the door, thinkin place Mr. Hammond on the retired fist as Sur- The bill does not give Mr. reseut, or future pay or geon General. the window, allowances of any case, $20.00 cu: a Fer case, OSL HOME, eer ae et 81 THE Nats) Prentis Office: 908 Pennsylvania avenge, up stairs. aed children attended as usual, Calor too late. a M®*, M. COX'S INDIAN VEGETABLE DECOCTION SCROFULA, ERys! FEL. EasEs OF THE BLOOD. Recommended by eminent physicians of Balti- STOTT & CROMWELL, Agen nington, C: VEL ‘as! @. W. CROPLEY, Agent eorsunes 2. —Nortliwest corner Payette and Fue taw streets, Baltimore, Md: vetpT-eoly Keates COUGH LOZENGES. they wanted his professional servic one of them immed through the heart. ed_ yesterday on sus] yet unsolved. Tae Brute Wuo KICKED His WIF: yesterday, Joseph I. ed bis wife to death, was sen- tenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment in the , He was advised by the judge to arties who sold which made him drunk, and sue for damages for the support of his chil- | dren, now doubly bereaved: Private Corsett, Fort Wadsworth’s love- | sick soldier, having been nonsuited in Cupid’s court, is now endeayoriny ony of milita: tely fired, shooting him | veral men wei ion, but the mystery is THE SILVER CHAMPIONS are all anxious to control the silver bill in the House. All efforts to get it up to-day failed, because Judge Harris, of Virginia, cut off the mornin; by calling up the privile tion case of | coning, in the Cumberland. id marched down to the mines of the Franklin and ed report in the con- eklen vs. Darrall, of tephens gave notice that to-morrow call up the Dill with the Senate amendments, and move toconcur in the same. This announcement met with applause from the republican friends of the bill. Judge Buekner said that when the opportunity was presented he would moye to refer the bill, with the Senate amendments, to the banking and currency committee for consideration. ible that a vote can be day, and that the test vote will be had to-mor- row on the quesiion of referenee to the bank- tng and currency t sent to that committee it will be so amended as to restore the free coina; the Senate struck out. to be that the ultra silver men enougt to send it to the committee, and that the bill will pass preeisely as it came Jrom the Wall, who kic! AS AND ALL DIS- ring civil su him the liqu reached to- to vary the monot- yy suing his commanding ‘er for libel and false imprisonment.—LN. If the bill is ction, which ave not votes THE MURPHY MOVEMENT is creating an im- mense amount of downright among the people of difference as to wi the tax on whis! rn indiflerence that state—that is, in- Ue ( Ky.) Courier. Socicty. Most of the ladies who usually receive on | Monday were at home yesterday, ani liad many visitors. Those who attended the recent _ entertainments given by Mrs. Strong, Mrs. Febiger, Miss Coleman, and Mrs. as were making “party calls” at the residences of these ladies, and their parlors were quiie full all the afternoon. B. P. Shillaber (Mrs. Partington) and his wife are at Wormley Mrs. Budd, of 5th avenue, New York, who has frequently visited Washington as the guest of Madame Preston, is at Wormley’s, with her daughter, Miss Van Kleeck. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Medill, of Caicago, who are now here, speak of their intention of having a residence in Washington. Last evening Mrs. Redfern gave ancing party to her daughter,te which you: copie and. only a few chaperones were i vited. Society was largely represented in the persons of its more youthful membe: J ie on the of State in the course of his long ea- | reer before the public, is that recenily made by two comparatively youthful members of the Dar, who st that there is a statute wi will make his proposed reception inthe $I department a violation of law. As ifa lawyer would’ be kely to be so ignorant of suc intend infringing upon it. He ha itively declared his intention of ving in me quid. Dlers ma the point thata ball with music and daneing would break the law, butare- ception would not. Miss Maefarland, who Hayes A a e d to be aga guest at the White House ina few day: Mrs. and Miss Hays, of New Yo the Ebbitt Hou: The former is the aw ife, and the latter visi de a visit to Mrs. 4 most enjoyable of these interesting events. +f ‘The next reunion of th at the reside of Judge MacArthur Thurs. HTS OF LABOR DENOUNCED BY 4 ee ta new seeret or- { i member Mahone! ity, Pa., with the view of ta ing the plac : definct workingmen’s union to protect society is also politieal in its nd intends taking an active 1 e elections. As many Irish Cath: were known to have joined, the church de ermined to war on it. Comsequently Father Ryan last Sunday morning w men of his congregat ty or be excommunicated from ¢ The priest denounced the soci than Mollie Maguires. tense excitement in the A STEAMER ON Fire Dallas, of the Mallory v1 New York yesterday from Fe With 500 bales cotton, elay for po fruit, took fire in the hold. The firemen turned streams of Water upon the vessel and into the mer City of hh ari t the cotton, and the vessel the fire e: Mr. Trven’s INcome ie 1 the: inst Mr. Tilde id thay it was not nee collect though it had not been as: ted the debt, and the assessment was on rt of the machi for coll ge it. Mr. ae argued a it the y th the : i Judge Bla ors Were in any Way ju that the conferring of judicial n Would be unconstitutional. the papers and reserved ¥. Tribune, 18th THE CZAR’S LEASE OF LIF] from St. Petersbu: ur is seriously indisposed—weak and so thin that he sits on pillows on soft cushions to prevent the bones from coming throngh the skin. He is pressed too, with a presentiment of his ap Ss rumored proaching death. No Romanoff has lived be- i a his yond 66, and he will be 60in April. Wh Sister died, some two years ago, she rei nt of this, and told him he must be pr to go hetore he was 60. They say | mtude a great impression upon him then, now that he i vo him.—[e nid not well they constantly recur icago Tritnine. G THE CASE OF GEN. ANDERSON.—Fifty-three republican members of the L ture have signed an appeal elemeney Tor Gen. Anderson, convic forgery of election statements. No decision of Anderson's appeal for a new trial has yet been given, the Judge not having received a copy of the evidence from the defence, 1 ZOVi through I the Morris’ & Cummings dredgi for deepening toa uniform depth of twenty feet the channel of the river Neva, be. five thousand dollars were cable last Week as earnest money. THE CROOKED WuISKY MEN of county, -) evidently don’t comps necessity for raisin: ger named Bry distiller in that region, the other da met at the door by the muzzl ble-barreled shot guns.- ** Why ger, “do you propose to fi s “D—n the Gmited S ‘ise our own cor' ky and drink it, and it’s non said the! of the United » al we are going to continue tn Was permitted to go unhurt. FINDING 4 BEAUTIFUL GIRL’s Bop: body of Jennie Moore was found yestet the Passai to do it.” been kee; teman, been marr ng comp no is 45 year ied early in minutesafter he went away turn.—[X, ¥ Sun, 13th SCANDALS CHARGED AGAINST THE BALTIMORE ScHOOoL Boakd.—In the BaJtimore city council last night, one of the members, Mr. Tonry, said that the school board was rotten to the core, and it would yet stink in the nostrils of the people of Baltimore. He would vote for the removal of a number of the commissioners because they had misapplied the money of the people of Baltimore, in one instance by voting an inerease of salary so as to send a gentleman to Vienna in express contravention of law. In a school near by one of the rooms was fitted up with a bed, and no one was allowed to go up to it. and lights have been seen in the room at night. Another commissioner had appointed oe .. teacher a aay who, had separated from” ME ON her moral Chasete ere renect | try. became involved in a quarrel with Joseph | ' ERIE, 4 wellenewe business man of Ceutral , Cc ing on her moral character. Another one was intimate with a colored woman employed about one of the schools and she levied blac! mail on him. Another member of the board had made inquiries to show that a female teacher had gone to Philadelphia in a boat under improper circumstances. Mr. Stevens expressed his great surprise at the revelations made by Mr. Tonry.’and of which he had been utterlyignorant. “He stated his intention at the proper time to offer a resolution providing for a thorough examination, so that the knife should go down to the core. DEMONSTRATION OF STRIKING MINERS.--At ll o'clock yesterday morning two hundred ininers, headed by two brass bands, left Lona- coal region, an: Hampshire and Baltimore companies, to en- | deavor to persuade the men there—two com. panies who are digging coal for forty ceats—to hold out for fifty. Aue time they reached there the crowd numbered nearly a thousand. A mass meeting was held, and resolved that delegates of working miners meet a committee of the mass piseting. at Lonaconing at noon to-day to discuss the question. No disorder | occurred. Some miners of the American com- pany, also working for sory cents, were re uested to send delegates. It is not known if they will do it. MARYLAND LEGISLATURE.—The senate of Maryland Was not in session yesterday. In the house, Attorney General Gwinn sent a communication of opinion that Maryland and Virginia have equal rights to fish the Potomac river, but neither ean fish the shores Ce ihe See A te tied Sane kee e admission of eo) Persons to prac! in the state courts, ie , tee on post offices and post roads. | Mr. Allison presented a petition of citizens | chillerband will be | fcnderman he Knights of Labor, | s 1 | concur in the Se covernment in the income | | con nitiee on | Would, When the bill was re y | motion. Mr. Harris then addressed the House on the | contested election. ¢ He adve cial | ; Soll returning board. Words | some time, — Last eve | with | through the Woods, w 2 of | throwing her into a’ well, but. became tright | body was di | who gave the alarm. The p | toher home, but cannot fi | placed under arrest by Constable Hagan, ACT FOR AMERICANS.— | ment has just concluded jor W. R. Berghelz a contract with ig company | Pa | Light is grad Winston hend the reyenue. Whena gau- ited the house of an ilficit «| | strong ate: a make our own whis- e yin She disappeared She had reto have er, but the cere- mony was delayed by her illness. Her lover called at her home and remained late. Fifteen he threw a shawl over her head and went out. She did not re- overnment regard WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1878. TWO CENTS. clared in favor rence, Which should not m hatary sta FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Turspay, February 19. SEN ATE.—The Senate met at noon. Mr. Booth presented resolutions of the ¢ fornia legislature protesting against fu subsidies to any steamshi Pacific coast and China. ferred to comm ot lowa protesting against the repeal of t! resumption aet, wi Was referred to the committee on finance: ‘Mir. Oglesby, from the committee on pu lands, reported a bill Supplementary ‘to Un of Mareh 3, 1877, relat reservation in Arkansas, and recommended its passage. Placed on the calendar. Mr, Spencer, from the committee. milita- ry affairs, reported a bill for the relief of Win. A. Hammond, late surgeon general U.S. Placed on the ealeadar. Mr. Matthews introduced a bill making zrant to certain heirsof a tion of the Fo: Deardorn reservation in Chicago, Ml. Mr. Hamlin offered Mendment extend- ing the franking privilexe to officers of the government other than heads of departinents or bureau Mr. Perry suggested that as there seemed be a desire to debate the amendme so over until to-morrow. It was so agreed. Mr. Withers called up the bill amendi pension laws relating to soldiers aud sai of the war of 1812. e.—The reading of the journal of yes oceupied half an hour. es Mr. Harris (Wa.) called up the comtesied election case of Acklen vs. Darrallof the thir ana district. : ale said he desired to make a pe! aul explanation. The other day when Mr. Gibson desired to speak the House indulged him, and i eon the republic asion to make some inqui- of Mr. Gibson had been as fitting he should reply. Ob. Fg made, he had moveda t the = jection ment, but had cha V him he would get_u bill and gave him the his rept} Everybod i ows that when areply is to be made to pe sonal allusions it should follow soon, before the matter gets cold. Harris declined to yield the floor for pse asked by Mr. Thule. ddelt hoped the gentleman would be d an opportunity tc that he should h: kind of i anation often Jed to angry political de- y ud if he could get bis ease up he would yield as much of his hour as the gentleman desired to gceupy for his personal explanation, Mr. Hale expressed a nee to speak in is rstood he shouid follow Mr. Hit ion of hishour. Mr. Stephen the would as s he could do so, Which he hoped would ‘wn time, and it wa be after the morning hour to-morrow. move to | go to the business on the Speaker's table with a view to reach the silver bill, and he further ice that he should, when the bill we Ove LO ena gentleman he would aid him second the motion to ate amendments, Mr. Buckner said he had sought ‘to be recog nized, with a view to move to take the bill from the Speaker's table and refer it to the Anking and y woul! persist far as he could «option of the ma jorit Acklen entitled to the seat on the fraud in the returns made by the Wells-A ——_-+ ee RO OUTRAGES A YouNG LAaby S10 KILL HER=The Fiend in C iladelphia ter, Pa., Februa colored man i tie ‘Kane, of Linc 17, sayin: but has been liv Lineoln Station ing, upon herr from the store, where she had been for pri visions, she was met by Ponsley, who " her over the head and felled her to the ¢ club. Having accomplished. lis pur poses, he dragged his be for 2) yards n the inte with Mr. John Sinith, ened betore ying out his intention. he ered by Frank Darlington. made a full confession. When it became Known that the would-be murderer had been found the excitement wasi passed the railroad station a mob o: own race gathered, with the intent! linching him. ‘The officers. were nearly over powered, but succeeded in bi prisoner to West Chester in saf him behind iron bars. Ponsiey is ay man and his three children. “He is 5 feet 10 inches in height, and is between 40 and 5 years ofage. The feeling against him isin tense. N.J.. MURDER MYSTERY aking upon the my: ng murder, in Camden, go. At first suspicion THE CAMDE: ually br attending the Armst some weeks pointed to some men with whom the mur- | dered man had a business quarrel as the guilty persons: but the extraordinary cireum- stant lence which enyeloped thei has been entirely swept id there are now ns to bell aut his held large insurance policies oif the life of the deceased. is the murderer. A. SENSATIONA Major Alonzo W township, Va dan, a few weeks ago. It ba Geert that he took her to a ball and that in returning the vehicl broke down. She testified that in a lonely of the road and the accused took her o} by-path and accomplished his purpose. He then escorted her home. Nothing was the crime at the time, and it was nineteen days afterward, when her mother found dut that something was wrong. Miss Jane then questioned, and she called it rape. Dur- ing the cross-examination she admitted that | she made no resistance. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty and Wade was discharged. baie belong to families of the highest respecta- ility. PHASES OF LIFE IN THE BLACK HILL George Adler, formerly of Chicago, and T! Garvey. of Montana, partners in the Sprin; Valley ranche, thirty-five miles from Dead- wood, D. T.,on the Sidney road, became in- fight respecting the merits of theit spective dogs. From. words they came to blows. Garvey strock Adler with a hammer, whereupon the latter retreated to his cabin. and, procuring his rifle, shot Garvey dead. Adler is now under arrest. °*"*Frank Me- Govern, a notorious character, and some years ago the terror of the Sweetwater mining coun. ‘oth drew revolvers and fired simulta- neously. Ludwig's fire passed through both of McGoyern’s thighs, dangerously wounding chim. A Petition in favor of the pardon of L. Cass Carpenter, convicted some time ago for participation in the plunder of the South Car- olina ring, has been signed by nearly all the members of the legislature of that state. ‘Gov. Hampton, it is believed, will set him at lib- erty. DISCOURAGED LobBBYIsTs.—The bank note companies are making a vigorous war on the burean of engraving and printing. A lobby here is at work on Congress, trying to force x bill through to give a portion of the work t» the com penics. The statements submitted by Mr. McPherson, in reply to the argument of the jobhys show that the government is doingy and continue to do, more work fully as well and as safely as the companies, and with an annual saving of over $80.00). In view of the fact that Congress has in effect prized itself to the policy of strict economy, it is not at all likely that a bill giving any portion of the work to the bank note companies can be passed at this session.—| Wash. Cor. Boston Globe. Lorra, THE ACTRESS, A CAPITALIST.—The court records show this week a loan by Lotta, or Miss, one ea Craberees as her real name 8, 0 uj S ieee Tatts Get rong ome an shrewd Miss Lotta could make of her money. 4a-A notary in Cleveland, Ohio, exhibits his commission trom the governor signed Bishop & Co. ee, pproaching a c y meeting of the cong criment is not in a position to make detailed ‘Telegrams to The Star. - RETURNING BOARD SENSATION. _| Sharp Letter from Wells. he Christians. involve alt power in the East m council will rn nd a solution sath . the government it THE PAPAL CONCLAVE. THE EUROPEAN SITUATION. NG BOARD TRIALS. J. Mad. Wells Sharply Criticises t roceedings and All at ve to the Lot Springs | e Concerned ‘ew Yous, Fi terin the Téires known that fl firmly refused to find the high behest of t the prosecution agai is based upon information. some public inter est will attach to the personal character of the r lo deviate seribed the ing the Dardanelles as n actual situation. i me and iy asso THE CENTRAL PIGURE IN TIUS CONSTTR . R. Whitaker, vovernment of the United of $600,000 with which he was intru surer; succeeded in th for the felony. conducted himself iy niract with the dem dirty work and habitation into th ul of Gen. Ander. THE JURY WAS PACK of his conviction. that ne motion having for : he cause from his jurisdiction ull Moiions for | 7 tons, Antelope, LWo tons, Flamingo, three gus and Basilisk. five guns ahd 1,¢ four guns and 451 of the Blael ts and hold Ue assador and & that object would. be ov were prejudiced were made to serve. tinst the prison Two of them h part of the trial Judge _ During the greater Whitaker was in a beastly state of intoxica eheard. It was | SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROSECUTING ATTOR- ts N 'y General Oxden wa the jury Was packed and aided and assisted in the “nefarious scheme. by whieh the packing said he intended to use he, hat his t so aware that He did not desire to be discourteous, | in his room Litilefi General is wholly |.swWort officer he has spe lection of taxe grand jury | on receipt of better New V: 16 WOFSt Was never ally rose by fhe mere effe to find bills of A market natu S$ been noticed th sses as he want ge before the grand idge) to reprin n then with inearcer: SWas required uts for some consider arn) felt, and holders stick ta This does 1 tions in ud loose with the n: assing of this bi! Aith in intention. We only seek t int for the attitude of the market. Th only thing that will lower prices of these o f igh class stock just now is dea heir extraord il back upon the’ a’ node of information. Eagan stands indicted for the murdex of his browhe | | | —$—$—>__ THE CONCLAY jority of Conservatives. THE WITNESSES. } f tT “The Defence, Bishop Dahaul Ab OF ihe wiinesses, man ol bad reputation for vei Win. R. Smart would omit no lie he that would be likely to convict him, (Wel During the rebellion he stole my 4 | and poultry. and put the voie to his Wid Kill me and bari over the heads of my fainily nder from Lilinois. ms Secured t Ouly two c rcoutrance. J more or less decided conc nes hasa dispatch ny if they sh committed an ‘irst Bi: rrespon¢ The Timex c DEMOCRATIC | ‘The uncompromising party TEE. The names of the jurors that were impan heied for the trial of Anderson furnished by the democratic commi i well as their r punishment, was canvassed by . attorney general and the dem minittee before being nel. One of the commissioners testifie ist of jurors placed ‘y which talesmen were drawn alter exhausting the panel w nished by the demoe i and this Tact was ‘i Wells say8 that if were altered they were altered by ic executive nown to Ogden, Eagan THUS SPEAKS OF CO! asintense, and when the man | turning board, cation of their pre petion of Mr. 1 then be found that Mr. self was opposed to the electoral bill and e tive seems to claim a right to as: ve because he feels boastingly proud of the miningling of the African with the Caucas- ood in lus veins, When I if grand jury in 1%; e of Louisiana in the presented to the iolation of the election law were never balloted. and would | dicted by the din all probability sent guilt before the jury, is yet in the hands of « samuel Sic TILDEN Vs. HAY. ples of the principal tools and to secure the : Wm. E. Dodge, Moses T These are sam means employed the members of the returning b improperly called iE lls and others, be called “The ease B. vther, who, for committing a rape on Miss Jane Gor- ecutive departments of the F | in this city It is chietly m y David Dudiey rid. with the advice aud pecuniary assisi- + of the national democratic verdict of a packed jury of Louisiana dem) ‘als, procured in the manner above pointed | out, will, it is expe i people of the United . ; ment of Mr. Title to the presidei | ‘D DESPERATE GAME Myself and colleagues on rely the outposis “imprisonment in the Auburn il of UStates as j fora great state. the returning board are or picket guard, which they hope to capture, will surprise the garrison, if aim the patrouage of the gov- as the spoils of war. tion of this view, L refer you to the movements all along the line of the enemy's camp to the reports that a large sum of been sent here from New York to " rial, tO the fact that the n: tional democratic committee has been hastily jh no national election is hat several of the offi the judge, the attor- > possible, and well-grounded er ealled together, thou; pending, to the faet t of the court, including ney general, the assistant attorney general, he sheriff, the principal witnesses, several of ie jurors, and many of the widers and abet- 0 he proceedings, are stained with rimes of one sort or another, including trea- sou, murder, larceny. rjury, libel, attempting to ¢ he polls, and other gaged in the presecution bave ciean hands, and yet the democratic national committee, Cotter une teh nRONs, offer unt itie 7565 aall, and snail sales at 10 ‘Se Se subornation of fraud voters at ious offences. 484. aE. F heat | THE MEPHISTOPHELFAN DAVID DUDLEY FIELD hope by the employment of such tools place and in a case where the other side has no possible chamce of a fair trial scarcely any to be heard to make up such a case as shal! enable them to wrench the sceptre from the hands of President Hayes gand give it to the henchman of the democracy. The eyes of th leaders of the rebellion are al ty fixed up lready fixed u, Teta ment, which me asin their possessioi standsin their way now lerson, whose conviction ‘ted for, and_the contractors are hurrying up their work. This is a nation- . not a personal question. It is a renewal in i tremendous conflict of 1876, perhaps of 1861. It becomes the republi- ive our Louisiana hire! that it is time for them to be quiet or bared for open, determined, already, as nothing but Wells and And they have contrac ment of all ex) siduous guise of the to understand EmpLoyes.—The York Central Passed through Albany, Saturday, loaded with silver —peeatimeniaein THE ROYAL WEDDING. Pay employes. As the banks re- Bismarck Didn't Dance. BERLIn, Feb. 38. Taince Bismarok attended in the ministerial with which to but did not ‘Three More Vi W.Y. river Prince Aucrspeeg, presi the Austrian council of ministers, in n interpeliation in the lower hh Reichsrath today said e OV iminarioe pre y stated its position reganding git ment betwe ould not consider as bind n the belligereats ests of this monarchy or the of Paris re en Ras- <8 not a con. in the capital of this sub. We expect, gress, consequently f a cong nelusic stal at of ite slare ge the pea interests of reservation does not ap- lion of the condition but to such provisions aw tion of the balance of »the detriment of Austria. yufidentiy hopes that th han understand. present i tits duty and mis- not the political psider cognit and material interests and dignity of the Prince Bismarck on the Eastern Questi _ BERLIN, Feb. 19. an interp Bismarek stated that he had a. Reichstag touts ation of Herr B new to tell. He then dis. owed that Germany's ted in such a manner at from her previous attl- apprehensions respect- justified by th * position ts * the docu- nssion to-day. itt his pos ni did not believe ina European war, as the pposed Russia would have to as= Spousibility of the legacy left erinany Was in faver of hast ling within th of the conferen: ris corr follows ns, and in the Rosph ur Instead of Down. '—The Times in its finan States by iat ds have sur- vised many people by advancing instead of falling. on the news t nuer that will ensui y in much its present shape, s said that th 1y appree | ness whieh hae we the bonds was due At the silver bill passed its be public Was not sellin, able extent, and then pth narket harder. k fancies pown, the y back. Besides, imitation put upel that may be coin silve “ t given time is itself tautamount to subsidiary coinage, at all ple time: so that ter the fact that America t Times ‘aris di urge majority of the coa- the partisans of the lot To-day. nt at Rome says:— divided, some 1 Biio Tor v THE DEMOCRAT: SCAPE GOAT. . Hewitt’s promised dispatch, the Courier- | Journal this morning contains the followin; “In the end the complete history of the mis- the democratic campaign Iden will unfold iently distinct to M: appressed Mr. Til ad in spite of his that, but that it was unsafe to swop horses in the middle of the stream, Mr. Hewitt would have been superseded in the middle of January.” the annual meeting aware, Lackawanna company ioalay the » elected for the ensuing president ; Frederick F- ury; Frederick H. Gibbons, lor, Geo. Dennis, uibrook, —_—_—— Sentenced for Rape. x. ¥., Feb. 19—Ci ommitted rape on n Sunday ries Woods, girl eleven years old t, was indict yes. nd Was sentenced Cardinal McCloskey Arrived Ont. QUEENSTOWN, Feb. IS York from New York.’ Cardiat is en route to Re is a passenger on the City of Feb. —Arrived, steamer ne to attend —$$—____ Markets. The February (19. Virginia ‘sixes a ‘Sugar unchy BALTIMORE, February 19.—Gotton steady —middii consol! Tio: de, od. qatet and 10. | Flour duil aud shade and Fe and jower—southern white 54: western mixed, , February larch, 54. Oats steady southern fern Mihite, 34485; do. mixed, 33%as4; Penusylvanias 1 Hay u: Pro- visions very dull and unchat Butter. choice firm and wanted— jobbing transac= dull and nom: 63,000: ‘corn, 106,000; sats; 5. xe Si One Fees 71,000; corn, 59,000, Fevraary 19. —Stocks steady. Gold, 101%. Exchange, tong: yverniments weak. runes 19.—Fiour dull aod dull 1 and 2 cents lower, 19, 12:30 p. m.—Consols, and 95% for the account. U. 8. : yivanta Osutral, 201 ing allroad, 15. New Jersey Cental cone THE Lonp COMPROMISE.—The deed of trust given by Mr. Thomas Lord and Aunette, his wife, to Henry Day and Clarence A. Seward, as trustees, was filed in the register’s office at New York yesterday. it conveys a large amount of property to whoare authorized to rent, repair, rebuild and sell said The annual proceeds, after pay- nses, are to be paid to Mr. ‘iidren in accordance with an agreement not made -public. Mrs. Lord re- uishes all her marital interests in the prop- said trustees, Ex To Pay Raitnoap ymaster's car of the New road Company fuse to take it, except at its market val A alue of ‘, the metal is very inconvenient to , the thousands of work< ‘on. the road" who Gg