Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1878, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY, Except Sunday AT THE STAR BUILDING: Pennsyivania Ave! ae corner iith street, The Evening Star Newspaper Company 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. gees EVENTING STAR is served to subscribers in Pi oy pont on their own account, at 0 eis per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at inter, 2’ cents each. By mail—postage pre= paid— 00 celts a month; one year, $8, THE WEEKLY oa lished on Friday ear. postage prepaid, 10 coples for $15; 2 Tor sab. ‘Bg A} mail subscriptions must be paid in ad- Vanee: no pager seut longer than so paid for, #@ Rates of ulvestising made known on applica- tion. —$2 a copies. Che Loening Star. Vv", 51—N®. 7,768. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY or) mas 1878. TWO CENTS. "SPECIAL NOTICES. Ss. wight. V.S. RALNS FORD, of the Church ted,” rv uriug the week. ALL SHOULD HEAR THE VIRGINIA BILE SINGEES. | You cannot do bet i Baptist rker’s and Win embers of t dially invite ADJOURNED MEETING OF ME- NiCs and DEALES IN BUILDING S will be hed at 1 we ATUL may <> AN A > MATERIA Lenisiar the Company, 150: URDAY, February 3 p.m. F 323-lawtd : tS BUFFALO LITHIA WATER, A fresh supply received and for sale by W. 3. THOMPSON, y08-tr 703 15TH STREET. HOT SODA, WITH COFFEE, TEA AND CHOCOLATE, aT MILEURN’S, 1429 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, LD SODA AND MINERAL WATER on ansseit during the winter. dec4-tr ES SAMUEL @. YOUNG, NOTARY PUBLIC, octh7-tf OFFICE—STAR BUILDING. pairing a 5} NEY & CO., 427 9¢ THE DISTRICT GOV- ENT. In view of the likeli t act of Congress providing for the a against the District government, the will undertake ¢ tion of such as may be sz him. matters, acquired by fo believe, thai his ser- efirial to persons disposed t e in his bands, Y presentation of claims will, of course, wsure speedier attention thereto. 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GALT, BRO. & €O,, Have made large additions to their stock of SILVERWARE, embracing all the newest designs. ‘They have also Just Imported the Latest No ties in PARIS FANCY GOODS, POTTERY, PORCELAIN, &e. All of which are designed especially for WEDDING PRESENTS. fepll-ur — 2 ZENSEN: arn REPAIRER, ‘For 20 EME EN, now at 913 NI Dem; ‘ate! sore wie HS LEMNSYLV ANIA AVENUE, w, CADE WATCHES A SPECIALTY, hes - sent ad ea fo raked ARS | daughte: | on 10th street. THE EVENING STAR. "Washington News and Gossip. SENATE COMMITTEE ON RAILROADS.— Gov. Brown, of Tennessee, coneluded his argument, before the Senate committee on railroads in behalf of the as Pacific road to-day. Tne WaAsRINct SOCIETY met to-d: NATIONAL MONUMENT yat ll o'clock and elected lent. Hayes be- . W. Corcoran, Ist U vice MP y evening 31 per ing the Patent Office m ti ES AT THE PATENT ons em: lel discharged. red that au norrow night. N. €., delegate to xporters’ Convention, is in town. F.C. Snead and Miss Snead will not ry eeive on Saturday, the 21, but will r ve in future om Saturdays as usual. Tre DETACHM the Paris exposition, consi: tenant B. Russell, Second len, First rgeant W. Se; gant, three corporals and twent yates, will embark on the U.S. 5. on Friday at 4 p. m., and will sail for Havre on tae 25t CONFIRMATIONS AND REJECTIONS.—The Sen- @’e in executive session confirmed the nomina- tions of Robert T. Smith, to be collector of customs at Mobile, Ala.: Lucius C. Northrop, Ul Ss. attorney for the district of Soutli Carolin Win. G. Pollock, to be superinten- dent of Indian Kota; and rejected the nomination of Geo. E. Williamson, to be Collector of customs at New Orleans, La. A FAVORABLE RErvortT.—The Senate postal committee has decided to report favorably upon the long-pending and mnuch-contested I ination of David G: Potts as postinaster of Petersburg, Va. ‘T OF MARINES detailed for CIRCUMSTANCES OVER Wuicn He Hap No CoNTROL.—In a case where a collector of cus- inning of toms in a southern state at the be; the late civil war was compelled to hi: alliuoneys belonging to the United the confederate authorities, the Solic the Treasury, upon the strength of th sion of the ‘supreme court in 15 Walla recommends the acceptance of a compri offered by the defendant. That case decided “that no rule of pubjie poliey requires an oflicer to account for moneys whieh have been destroyed by an overruling nec or taken trem him by a public enemy without any fault or neglect on his part.” How Fast SILVER CaN BE COINED. — Dr. Linderman, director of the mint, has returned from Philadelphia, whither he had been to attend the,session of, the assay commission, and, afterWards, inquire into the capacity of the mint at that place, in the event of the sil- ver bill becoming a law. In two weeks from the bill becoming a law silver will be coined and reat to be stamped, the four_ presses used for that purpose being capable of stamp- ing #240 per minute turning into, the Tieasur: m0 month. This will be i all other coinage. The mint at San Francisco is capable of coining a Similar amount—#] 500.000 per month—exel Sive of all other coi At Carson C N will be $500,000 mo all, In-case the mint a be utilized for $3,500,000. in New Orleans should "2 ‘poses, it would take iv months’ time for it to be Purpose. But the mint at ha most efficient condition e having perfected machinery led in the manufacture of ing now on hand a moder stock of bullion wherewith to commence ope- rations. SENTENCE OF LIEUT. COL. BLUNT.—The pro ceedings of the court martial before which Lieut. Col. Blunt, of the engineer corps, was tried on charges involving his official conduct in the disbursement of money and the making of contracts for harbor iinprovements on Lake Erie, of which he was Im charge, have been approved by the President. It wiil be remembered that the court martial sat at Buf- falo some months ago, when Col. Blunt plead guilty to most of the charges made against him. The verdict of the court does not reflect upon his integrity as a man, but as an officer he is found guilty of neglect of duty and gross carelessness, by which his subordinates were able to commit glaring frauds and abuses. A number of these subordinates and some of the contractors with whom they were in col- lusion at Erie and Buffalo, have already been indicted. The sentence of the court was that Col. Blunt should be suspended from duty for two years, and have @ month deducted fromvhis pay for that time, making i: fine of $1,860. Because of Col. Blunt's ion and faithful services, however, the Secretary of War, with the approval of the Presiden remitted his sentence to suspension for one year. Society. Many of those who receive on Thursday had very large receptions yesterday. Mrs. Windom had a charming reception in her beautiful new home. Mrs. Pollock was as- sisted by Miss Dickerson, Miss Cheevers and others of her young friends, in welcoming many of those who enjoyed her recent pleasant soirees, Most of those who attended Mrs. a) Miss Kedfern’s party last Monday called Py their respects yesterday. The officers of the Saratoga, now the Navy Yard, entertained Miss G the Misses Mou! terday morning. The: girls With colored ribbons with printed ou them in go dletters, which ave sinee worn as trophies. Yoshida’s luneh part Way an enjoyable and elegant entertainment. Mrs. Bloomer’s party to young people in honor of her guest, Miss Newton, was oue of the most delightful of the season. The dan- cing was Rept up until a late hour. The Schillerbund met last evening at the residence of Judge a » MacArthur, and the entertainment w, every Way produe- tive of pleasure to the members of the associ. tion and the invited guests. - Mrs. Ross Ray aud her family willsail early next month for Europe, to remain six months. Mrs. ‘allister, now visiting here with her is the wife of Judge Hall McCal ter, of California. She and her daughters have passed the last few years in Europe. The invitations for the charity ball are pre- pared in beautiful style. The list of ladies and gentlemen interested contains the names of ren of those most esteemed in the city. The ball next Monday evening ought to be the most brilliant social gathering of ‘the season, as it is intended to benefit sick children with- out regard to celor or religious sect. One of the most successful and enjoyable musicales of the season was given last even- ing by Mrs. J. J. Knox, wife of the controller of the currency, at their handsome residence The music rendered was of the very highest order, and_was greatly en- joyed by all present. Mrs. Camp, Mrs. Root, @ a rs. Corwine, Mrs. Harry Sherman, Miss le, Miss Harlan and Messrs. Youug and Keyser gaye some splendid vocal seiections. Madame Freyre, Mrs. Knox and Miss Miller, daughter of Justice Miller, and Mr. Parker, contributed some very fine instrumental music. Among the guests were noticed Sec- retary and Mrs. Sherman, Justice Harlan and. daughter, Hon. Ben. Butler, Mr. W. K. TS, the Japanese minister and wife, the Peruvian minister and wife, Representative Chittenden and many others well known in official and social society. FIRE IN CuicaGo.—The beef-packing house of Nelson Morris, at the Union stock yards, Chicago, the largest in the country, was éntire ly destroyed by fire yesterday. ‘Twelve hun dred carcasses of beef, twelve hundred hides and one thousand barrels of tallow were in the building. The firm estimates their loss at from $120,000 to $150,000. BustNEss EMBARRASSMENTS.—The Sherman & Hand mantel company, extensive marble manufacturers, Chicago, lave filed a voluntary tition in Lahey ae “The Mercantile vings Institution of ‘ton has been placed in the hands of a receiver. Fast HORSES aT AvcTION.—The following horses were sold at auction in New York yes- terday: Springbok, for $2,500; Wade Hamp- ton, : chef, $1,100; Dan Sparling, $1,400; Montezuma, $700. Several other horses were sold. A large number of turfmen were present, and the bidding was spirited. The Silver Bill. SIDENT WILL SIGN IT, AND WHY. Owing to the fact that both Houses of Con- #ress have adjourned until Monday next the er bill cannot be sent to the President for is action until that day, because the concur- rence by the House to the Senate amendments must be officially communicated to the latter only in open session. The bill, however, will » enrolled, and be presented to the Senate as soon as it convenes on Monday, and arran: ments have been made to take it to the Pre: dent immediately thereafter. There is a good deal of diversity of opinion as to what the President will do with it. Sena- tor Stanley Matthews, who has, up to last night, been of the opinion that the President would alow the bill to become a law without his signature by withholding it, over the lotted ten days, said last night that he_be- lieved that the ‘sident would veto the bill. ‘This for the reason that some time ago when Sevretary Sherman wrote a letter declaring that the principal and interest of our bonds were payable in. gold, President Hayes approved of and indorsed the letter. ver contra, there is high authority for the statement that the President will sign the bill on Monday, as soon as it is presented to him, under procest. and will accompany the return of the bill to the “House with a message. that he does not approve of the bill. but signs it be- cause of the large vote it has received in both branches of Congress; that he signed it to stop the further agitation of a question which has already depressed the industries of the na- tion, and for the reason that to withhold his signature he does not believe would defeat the bill. This messag id, is now in course of prepa nd will be ready by the time the President receives the bill. Orders were issued last night by the Secreta- ry of the Treasury, through the direction of the Mint to all the superintendents of mint: ticularly the City lace the same in readiness to execute the provisions of 1 bill, which indicates that Secretary Sherman has’ no hopes of its defeat by a veto, and color to the statement hereinbefore. made, that the President will sign the bill un- dex protest he ultra silver men, who do not like the elimination of the free coinage section of the original Bland bill by the Senate, or the section authorizing the appointment of am ry commission, have agreed among thei ves. tot on to the Legislative, Executi nd Judicial Appropriation bills an amendment Providing for the repeal of these sections. hey say that if the President vetoes the ap- propriation bill with these am: he Will be responsible f providing for the payme and that of other civil of ment. If the President should decide to aliow the ndments, that ing the Dill ary of the govern- bili to become a law without hissignatu ny the bill ches him on Monday, the ten days const al provision during which he may jiut retain it will not expire till the 8th of March. Some New Book: hae and Treasury of tistical, Financial and Political, for r1si8, Edited by Ainsworth R. Spof- rarian of Congre: ew York and Washington: The American News Company. {For sale by C. Parker.] In the preface to this volume it is stated that the aim has been to supply a want long felt for a compact and comprehensive reference book giving the sta- tistics of all nations, and especialy of the United sta est date and at a mod- erate pr has admirably car- ried out t Probably no other man i YW: ll fitted for the task, and the result has been the production of a book which must be indispensable for refer- ence. Jt is really wonderful, the amount ef information packed in accessible form in these 420 pages. Theory of Money and Carreney writings of Richard B. Pallan. Washington: Solomons & Chapman. A rather piquant con- tribution to the finaneial literature of the A with other year. The Amours of Phillippe; by Octave Feuillet. Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & bner’s Monthly; An Illustrated Maga- zine for the People. Condneted by J. ¢ land. “New York: Scribner & ( and 14.” Presented in bound volume spirited illustrations, handsome. print, ‘and - iveness of “Seribner’s* ‘are In the great contest of the sur- vival of the fittest among Ame zines, Seribne! show the most q pparently the prospeet ahea ing safely througa its teens and going on puosperousty thereafter through a long series of these dainty, red- covered volumes, President ACTION OF THE SENATE IN YESTERDAY ECUTIVE SESSION. The Senate was in executive session nearly five hours yesterday. All the casesacted upon were of appointments in the south that met with stron sepabiicns opposition. The first u s the nomination of Samuel Reid, for U.S. marshal of the middle and southeru district of Alabama. Reid was a confederate, and the present incumbent, George Turner, i$ identified with Senator Spencer's political for- tunes. It seemed that Reid would be con- firmed, when Mr. Spencer brought out evi- dence that he had during the war written a per article ferociously advising that no should be granted to the white officers of federal colored troops. This brought Reid’s chances up with a sharp turn, but it was con- sidered that the evidence against him was not complete, the nomination was referred to the judiciary committee with authority to make an investigation, Vv unexpectedl EX- i the Senate confirmed the nomination of L. orthrup to be U.S. dis- trictattorney for South Carolina. The judi- lary committee had reported it unfavorably, nd Mr. Davis, of Illinois, sustained the report in a speech criticizing Northrup’s personal nd professional fitness for the place. The ing republican senators attacked North- | rup’s political record, but Patterson and But- ler came to his reseue, and held him up as an able lawyer and a man acceptable to all classes of people in the state. Butler rallied the democrats to his Support, and Patterson managed to bring oyer froni the republican side Don Cameron, Conover, Bruce and Teller, so that the vote for confirmation was swelled to thirty-one, and the opposition could muster only twenty-eight. Some republicans, who were opposed to Northrup, did not vote. The Freat contest of the day, however, was upon the nomination of George Williamson to be collector of customs at New Orleans, who is how minister to the Central American states. Williamson has not many friends in either party, and he got but sixteen votes in his favor lo thirty-seven against him. The affirmative vote comprised nine democrats and seven re- eigen and again a number of Senators ept out of the Way when their names were called. The New Orleans eustom-house prize is open 1 to competition again, and Pack- ard and McMillan will renew the struggle. A fang diction took place on the nomina- tion of Robert H. Smith to be collector of eus- toms at Mobile. Mr. Spencer antagonized this also, but not with as much success as in the Reid case, and Smith was eontirmed by the close vote of 26 to 23. This about finishes up the southern appointments now pending exoept that of ex-Governor Lewis E. Parsons, to be U. 8. district attorney for Alabama, which was not reached. There are c! es inst Par- sons in connection with certain cotton claims, and the government hasa suit in court against The Senate confirmed Henry J. Johnson as postmaster at Cumberland, Maryland. TRYING TOGET EVEN WiTHJ. MAD. WELLS In detailing the life of J. Madison Wells, pre. sident of the return n board,the New Orleans Democrat say: ‘There has oceurred no more atrocious murder than that of Mat. Des- palier by J. Madison Wells. At the time Wells Was a man of wealth and high social standing. ier was a poor man without friends. A disagreement had occurred between the par- ties. When they met Wells was armed with a shot gun. Despalier was unarmed, and threw up h ‘arms to show that he was defenceless, when Wells fired upon him and kilied him.” RAILROAD SmasH Up.—An express train from New York ran into a freight train from New Hamburg, N. Y., on the Hudson river road, and demolished ten freight cars. Two engines were onthe express, and both were demolished. All the tracks were obstructed, and trains could not get through last night. THE GREAT “WHAT IS IT?” Wm. E. Chandler Wants to Know, You Know! Wm. E. Chandler has written another letter dated February 2:4. The fly leaf of the pamphlet, which is to be widely distributed, is embellished with the text “And they ai with one consent began to make excuse,’ the queries: “Was ita— Bargain? Trade? Assurance? Agreement? Compact? Contract? Compromise? Understandin Or what was it? 7 WHAT'S IN A NAME?” The letter then takes, as a general text . the following extract from a speech made lasi week by Gen. Garfield in the House of Repre- sentatives: “If there be a man in this v who says they traded, that man has been n erably duped, or he lies.” Mr. Chandler then proceeds to state what he deems was THE BARGAIN. = He quotes from letters written by John Young Brown, of Kentueky, and speeches made by Mr. Foster, of Ohio, to show that some coni- pact exi . Quoting from the Brown letter he uses the following extract: “Had I be- lieved that the policy of Mr. Hayes, if it urated, would not relieve them from the ful and unrepublican supervision by the army and the further plundering and oppression by men alien to them in birth and sympathies, I should never have voted as I. did.. The Hon. Chas. Foster secured the inauguration of the Pre: ecept sor th hand these tie result would never hace heen nes Mr. Chandler then proceeds as follows:— These letters were kept seeret from all repub- lieans, except afew who were engaged in the negotiations, but were shown to democrats to induce a cessation of the filibustering which was hindering the electoral count. They were not, however, deemed sulficient by the Louisi- anians, who demanded more explicit and au- thentie guarantecs. Conferences were there- fore held at Wormley’s hotel,between southern demoerats and Messrs. Matthews, Foster, Sherman, Garfield, and other republicans, at which the surrender of the Packard govern- ment was agreed to, and at one of these con- ferences iiten memorandum was submit- ted as being What was agreed to on both sides as the result of the conferences, and this mem- orandum provided for the withdrawal of the of the United States from sustaining the rd government. It v ented to as rrect, and it was proposed that_it should be authenticated by signatures, but Messrs. She: man and Garfield demurred for evident re. nd thereupon the southern democrats fied to its correctness. This certification coming to the knowledge of Mr. Garfield, he (as he has said) ab gps a memorandum of his own concerning the con- ferences, which he now has, unless It has been i The other memoranduin was re- ned by E. A. Burke, with the un:lerstand- ng that it should not be divulged unless its provisions were violated. . Mr. Chandler then makes the follow RECAPITULATION. The trade may be bri The republicans South Carolina Id have ight to age their own affairs in their own way, ing thereby that the Packard and Cha jain governments should never be. 1 power or recognized by the national ation, but that the’ Nicholls and ernments should be allowed and to overturn them and b) them- nd should be recognized by the na- ministration: and agreed that for the accomplishment of this purpose Gen. ¢ shonld be induced not to recognize the ard government but to issue military o1 to Gen, Augur not to assi t, and that, for same purpose, such further action should be taken by President Hayes as should become neeessary. That the above stipulation have all been literally complied with is matter of history. If they were not a tr a bargain; what were the) Und ae and man- Ke lers the the caption of WHAT THE BARGATNERS DESERY: Chandler says: Mr, Ganitield Well says that if anybody for the Presicent made a trade to defeat the fili- busters, “let the scoundrels who authorized or made it be lashed naked through the world :” and, in saying this, he pronounces his own condemnation Ainong those who participated in the trade, the most censurable are those republicans who first went to New Orleans and urged the L siana republicans todo their duty courage- sly, and then came to Washington and sold them out, even before the vote of the State was counted for Hayes and Wheeler. These men were Messrs. Sherman, Matthews, and Gar- field. They entered into intimate relations with the members of the returning board, and with Governors Kellogg and Packard, and the the other republicans who were important to or active inthe count. They showed intense anxiety fora republican result, and aided in procuring it. Every day and hour of their long and confidential associations with these republicans were assurances that they would stand by them in whatever troubles might come to them, and conveyed pledges that if Hayes should be President he would sustain and vindicate them. During the weary hours of the winter, also, when the returning board were imprisoned in Washington, extraordin- ary solicitude was manifested that they should stand firm, and say nothing to weaken the electoral result they had declared, but that they should watch and wait patiently till Pres. ident Hayes should rescue and honor them. But even while they were thus in prison they were deceived an trayed. Mr. Matthews that they should be sacri- ard to get outand Hayes noftice. Mr. Sherman, (after consulting G or Hayes.) and Mr. Gar- field, while a si member of the Electoral Commission, joined in bargaining away all the republicans ‘of Louisiana, and President Hayes participated in,confirmed, and execuied the bargain None of them had even the decency to pro- vide against the transfer of their dupes from the prisons of congress to the penitentiaries of Louisiana, and there they are and will re- main unless President Hayes, who abased the powers of this government before a mob-lead- er, can induce him, now a usurping governor, to pardon them. They ought to be willing to be convicted and pardoned felons in order to make Mr. Hayes President, and Mr. Sherman Secretary, and Mr. Matthews Senator, and to give to Mr. Garfield, whose Congressional ca- reer is now drawing to a close, such crumbsof office as a degraded and expiring administra- tion may be able to toss him, anda democratic Senate may be induced to allow him to re- ceive! In the hope of thishe still further de- grades himself by Saying: “The troops were withdrawn as a matter of eonstitutional duty, and as such I defend the withdrawal."”” Under the caption “WAS GOV. HAYES A BARGAINER?” the letter proceeds: ** Unquestionably he was. Much of the coquetting with southern demo. crats during the winter was done by him. lessrs. Foster, Matthews, and others, kept fully advised of what they were doing. Senator Sherman went to Columbus, reluctant to trade off Packard, and returned ‘Secretary Sherman, and joined in the trade. Mr. Hayes knew perfectly well that the price-that he was to pay for the Presidency was the betrayal of Packard and Chamberlain, and the sacrifice ofthis own honor; but the fear of the loss of the Presidency, with its $200,000 in money and its patronage, much for him, aud he deliberately paid the price. It would'be cow- ardly to affect to think otherwise. If the sub- ject is ever investigated by competent au- shorty it will doubtless be found that he con- fiumed in some way the assurances given by his friends, before Mr. Levy proclaimed in the House that all was right, and Mr. Ellis told Mr. Hewitt that-the count could proceed, and cl d his yote and opposed libustering. At all events, it is enough to convict him that huis first act on arriving in Washington was to Procure or advise an order from Gen. Sher- man withdrawing Federal Suppor from Pack- ara, and inviting the White Leaguers to crash im. CLOSING WORDS. The letter concludes as follows: A letter now lies before the writer dated February 14, 1878, from a truthful and _reliable southern re- pep ican, who says: ‘*Mr. Hayes’ title to the residency invelves the blood of my brother, {shot for political reasons,} and while he luxu- riates in the quiet possession of the office, with its honors and emoluments, the murder: ers of my brother roam at large, stimulated and enco by the southern policy. Not only thi: rae been banished and many others have since from home, family, and pe erty; persecuted and roseribed ‘without a Pl 8] w of right, justice, or ro This man fin sdnces the sentiments ot peone of them, and “a ort the south, whe teint at Hay and his rises unbidden to their lips.” To republicans who, on aggoynt of Mr, Hayes’ education, antecedents, and previo 1s- | ly-estimated character, refuse to believe him | deliberately guilty of causing the misery ne has wrought, there is commended as a fitting | description of him the words which that un. | surpassed delineator of human. character, George Ellict, makes her heroine Romol speak concerning Tito Melema: “There was a man to whom I was very near, so that I could see a great deal of his life, who made almost every one fond of him, for he was young and clever and beautiful, and his man hers to all were gentle and kind. I believe when I first knew him he never thought of doing anything cruelor base. But because he tried to ‘slip away from everything that was unpleasant, and cared for 1 mutch as his own safety, he came at | mit some of the basest deeds, such as make men infamous. He denied his father, and left him to misery; he betray y trust that Was reposed in him that he might keep himseli safe and get rich and prosperous. Yet calami- ty overtook him.” W. E. CHANDLER. THE FREEDMEN’S HOSPITAL IN- VESTIGATION. Some of the Developements—A Chap- ter of True Inwardness. The sub-committee of the Senate apppropri- ations committee, investigating the Freed- men’s Hospital has received from the Secretary of the Interior a transcript of the stenographic report of the interview between him and the commission of doctors ori appointed to in ite the Hospital, and a transcript of testimony taken by the Secre- ar in his late unexpected visit to that institu fon. The first transer gives an accurate ac- count of the dialogue in a rather notable view. With this found: ‘a lions, the imagination, easily supplying the details of ze business, enables one without diflicuity to enjoy even now the curious and instructive drama of “The Inves' vestigated.” The Secretary of the Interior, with bis private secretary, Mr. Mitchell, and Solicitor Marble reecive the members of the commission, who area trifle uneasy at the un- expected summons, but who are some’ sustained by the ‘consciousness of having smelled many an unpleasant smell and of hav: ing seen mahy a disagreeable si: ence tothe sitor: that the independent}: last to com. } . Xa have been struck by the vari. ance between their report and the testimony, taken by them, auccompanyin it, and th: has been concluded to send for them and to any explanaiion that they may desire to o' The examiners first express a live i concerning what may be called the “flour mys- | tery.” It seems that in Janu 1877, 4 a vere provided for tien: arch, 45 barrels for 203 patients: in April. 5 rrels for 245 patients. while in Augus , with a 'rels were purchased, with 245 patients, the The doctors are prompt xplanations. One suggests that, when flour was low, I Imer made contracts and purehased in’ excess of use; but, when questioned. he is constrained to adinit that he has no knowledge of any aceumuiati flour at the hospital, and had not examined to find whether flour had depreciated in the months in which an excess was supposed to have been bought. Secretary Sehurz soon ives this explanaiion its quietus, by showing vat trom July, 1sv4, to July, 18° he number © nts was about the same, betwe and the number of barrels furnished was between 44 and 52: and that no aecumuia- tion appeared inthe whole period. Another doctor steps into the imininent deadly breach and suggests that the Colored Orphan Asylum was furnished with bread until the first of July, and that when this suppiy was diseon- timed less flour was needed. Itis now devel. oped by close questioning that no authority diseovered for furnishing bread to the um. When the doctors are shown that in sly 41 barrels of flour were provided, showing only an inconsiderable decrease from the pre- ceding month. they diseover that the asylum was not dropped until the Ist of August ; Dut to. explain how it was that 25 barrels were re- quired for 246 persons .in September and only 19 barrels for 255 persons in August, even the Orphan asylum is of no avail. One of the doe: tors how figures that the would re- asyiu quire a barrel of flour a day, or 30 barrels a month When it is pointe ‘imate would allow ¢ to each orphan than to each the hospital, he remarks sententioust; ren growing require as much food as | men.” tor ‘Child- All the explanations being unsati 4 it still remains a mystery how 44 barre!s lour should be required ii one month and gale de in another for the same number of pa- ents. So ends part first. The Secretary and the solicitor have eeway cross-examined ; the doctors have explained singly and often con- | lradictorily ; now they have “thought,” now they have “understood,” and now they have failed to respond. ae The nainder of the performance is simi- lar to what has been described. The dociors find a difficulty in making it perfectly evident why they took no notice of the fact that an assistant engineer discharged in May, 1875, Was borne on the rolls at the rate of 875 a month until October, 1875. The extraordinary eee expense of the hospital also “flustrates” the doctors. It appears that from 110 to 19 dozen eggs a month were purchased. an aver- age of more than a half adozen a mouth to each inmate; but that none except sick pa- tients were furnished them, and these only at rare interva The Sugpestion is offered that the eggs unaccounted for were made into elivacies for the patients; whom, it may be added, Dr. Purvis in the intervais between their sumptuous repasts has playfullyscratched over the head with a pen or urged to healthful exercise with a crutch. The commission. fail to explain their neglect to condemn the fear- ful condition of the water closets, the evils arising from the use of the same towel aud washing utensils by different patients, and the purchase_ of oiled meat and hearts and tongues for the inmates. Seeretary Schurz gives point to the examination by reading me especially appalling statements in the testimony, and then appealing to the doctors for their reasons for disregarding it. In reply the character of the witness is impugned. But “is there a single scintilla of evidence to show that the witnesses agreed as to their testi- mony?” And the doctors answer “No.” It ap- ears that the commission relied on the dis- interested testimony of the butcher and baker rather than the inmates for reporting that the food was “ample, sufficient and good.” And why did they do this? Because the inmates were prejudiced. a . Further examination on this point causes the Seeretary to remark: “It seems that un- less patients and employes testify ail one side they are to be taken as prejudiced witnesses.’ Bui, say the doctors, the charges originated in bad feeling. Quickly comes the question * Did you everheard of any charges that originated In good feeling?” . {ter somewhat similar dialogues in refer- ence to the alleged diversion of hospital appro- riations in feeding medical students and the jailure of the commission to examine into the accounts of the hospitaland to comment on the abuse of permitting a dangerous and filthy crazy man named Tom Johnson to run at large among the inmates, the visitors with- Trew. The clue to the conduct of the doctors, if their explanatien is accepted, is that they thought that their bik ren were to be outside of the testimony and that it was merely their opinions that were wanted without an expla- nation of why they did not think some other way. Consequently for two days anda half at the beginning, for a shorter time at the end of the investigation no reporter was em. posed. Reliance was placed on the words of rv. Palmer, the butcher, baker, steward, and some medical students, and little on the testi- mony of the inmates of the hospital, who would seem to be the only disinterested wit- nesses. The commission had not read the testimony—it was not even all written out— when they made their report. According to this view the doctors appear guilty only of a stran; pmisaporohension of their mission, and of unfitness for searching investigation. ' But by abandoning this ground ina part of the interview, and by, attempting to explain away rities which they had overlooked and to nd the hespital against testimony bebe fe a hag enored chey put themselves in rather n Secreimry Soban on his Visit tothe hospital uurz, out some damaging facts con | grumbled he that they aid Ret & ve content of the atidavits ring to = made by them, and did not hear them read. ‘m. Brown, who was: ry Dr. Purvis to “look over his mind” and make a statement, at first refused, but was ane ay arenas. bien ates andre at as Perini pn fag Sod ee One oF two of the wit; not ‘o make statements by persuasion or by Put the affidavits sent un pie Not what they said hess failed to disavow to some e: affidavit purporting to be made by him or her ‘One Witness says that Dr. Purvis told him that he wanted him to test You km treated patients right. four towels per week were t before the investigation—a perforn ly hav ml towels, plained the fact that eve: had kept «uiet so long the hospital by re mneerning the ‘of cout s discharged." The testimony concerning tainted meat and bad butter, ver inin in beds, “ehinches, lice and biz roaches,” unclean and offensive water closets, the eruel ty of Dr. Purvis, who “treat atients like dogs,”’ and the carelessness of the hospital authorities in permitting a. powerful crazy man of filthyand dangerous habits to ran at large, i The wituesses, however, marked investi seems to be could be kept Hl respects since th fation commenced; and ther little doubt that if the hospi in a constant siate of investigation, even the Secretary of the Interior could. find ho faut with its management. If one tenth of the tes- limony in this matter may be believed, the Senate committee will fin ple material to work upon in their “probin: pperations, Full Text of the Silver Bill As Passed. The full text of the Silver bill both Houses of Congress, is ithorize the coinage of the stand. doll and to restore its legal- passed by That there shall be coined, intSot the United States, silve lars of the weight of 4125 grains idard silver, as provided in the act of dard sit ua 187, of Which shall be the devices and riptions of said which coins, to. cether With all silver doliars heretofore eoined by the United States, of like weight and fine- hess, shall be a legal-ender, at their nominal value, for all debts and dues, public and pri vate, except where otherwise expressly stipu- lated in the contract. And the retary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pur chase, from’ time to time, silver bullion, at the the market price thereof, not less than $3,000,000 Worth per month, nor more than $20 Worth per month, and cause the sa coined month fast as so pureha: such dollars; and a sum sufficient to ca: the foregoing provision is hereby a ted out of any money in the otherwise And - it the amount axe. Provided, phey al aby one time invested in such sil- ver bullion, exclusive of such resuiting coin, shall not exceed ¥ And provided fur ther, That nothing in this act Shall be con strued to authorize the payment in silver of certificates of deposit issued under the provi sions of Section the Revised Staiutes. See. hat immediately after the passage ct, the President shall invite the gov. ernments of the countries composing the Latit Union, so-called, and of such other: European i deein advisable, to join the 11,00, ee eld at such pl i States, at such Ume within y agreed upon vernments joining ever the vernments so in- of them, shall have signi- Ss WO unite in the sar by and with the adv nsent of the Senate, appoint three mmissioners, who shall attend such eouference on behaif of the United State ort the doings thereof to the P: shall transmit the same to Congress. | Said nMissioners shall each receive the sum of rable expenses, to be ap- proved by the Secretary of State and the amount neces 0 pay such compensation and expenses is hereby appropriated out of val in the Treasury not otherwise ap- ‘sident shal + Who at any holder of the coin author- a deposit the same with the v of the ums not less than ten dol e therefor certifi in ten dollars each, corresponding with the denominations of the United States notes. ‘The coin deposited for or representing th i ‘S Shall be retained in the Treasury yment of the same on demand. Said tes shall be receivable for cu’ 1 public dues, aud, when 5. ay be reissued. Sec. 4. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent With the provisions of this act are hereby re- pealed. THE ROPEAN SITUATION. England at the Peace Congress. ONDON, Feb. 22.—In his statement in the House of Lords last evening, Lerd Derby, secretary of state for the foreign department, said that he was not aware thal any communi- cations had passed between the powers about the members of the conference. As for Eng- land great inconvenience would result from the absence of her foreign minister from the Cabinet and Parliament for the several weeks Which the conference will probably sit. “Therefore,” said Lord Derby, “ We will not depart from the ordinary course of sending ai Aimbassador with full powers, and I believe the majority of the powers will adopt a similar course. The Werkmen’s Peace Demonstra- tion. peace demonstration, which Was announced last_ week would take place next, (the 22d inst.,) Five hundred voluntary constables will _be swern in to protect tf An anti-Russian counter de- monstration will be organized unless the weather should be unfavorable, thus prevent- ing the expected large turn-out. The affair is likely to be very uproarious. It seems now cer- in that the meeting of workmen at Agricul- ‘Hall, IMington, to consider the easiern question was abandoned from fear of dis- turbances, Any how Mr. Gladstone did not refuse to speak. The Pall Mall Gazette states that the managers of Agricultural Hail de- manded indemnity against damages, which the promoters of the meeting refused. English Anxiety Allayed. The 7imes, in its leading editorial article commenting on last night's statements in Parliament, says: “Immediate anxiety is al- layed. Two dangers remain; one that the Turks may even yet be encouraged to resist- ance by the vote of credit and the recent movements of English ships; the other that he approximation of the warlike forces of England and Russia may lead to an accidental collision. _ The workmen’ it Russia Disgusted. Lonpon, Feb. 22—The St. Petersburg cor- respondent of the Times telegraphs to that journal as follows:—" The Mate of feeling here { recent events, es) lly the speech of Prince Bismarck in the German reichstag, is fairly represented by the following passage Irom an article in the Bedomoste:— Ingratitude is the ordinary result of the self sacrificing activity of Russia. We become so accustomed to it that it no longer astonishes us, No sooner is the war fin! in we meet on all sides intrigues and hestility, not only from powerful neighbors who ean support their words by force, but even from powerless little states like Roumanuia and Greece.’” St eg be of the Russian War Party. The Daily Telegraph's Vienna corresondent attaches much ae to the statement that the Emperor William has telegraphed to the Czar reminding him ef his a to fulfill certain duties towards Austria. The corres- pondent, however, fears that the Czar has lost all hime yes — the Rad ind Selave committees, he says, have more influence now than the Czar and his official advisers. 4 New Difficulties About e Peace The Zimes’ Vienna dispatch says:—“ Fresh difficulties seem to have arisen about settling the Preliminaries of the conference. Two days ago it was announced that the Freneh Cari ment, though making no objection in principle to a congress instead of a conference, ex pressed some apprehension jest sueh a genera meeting. witoout apy distinct limi might lead to discussion of other = than the Eastern question. Cestain it is ther is a disposition to drop the idea of a accepted on the initiation of Ri and rever Ld of a mere conference, ane seel of being concluded, have Evacuation ef am officially an- Errereu: ae is —— commeneed the ~ |Telegrams to The Star. THE EUROPEAN SITUATION. More Complications Arising. SUMNER-MOTL — EY CONTROVERSY. Gen. Grant Speaks Out. FAL THE Interview With Gen. view w isin i know it facts. I said then, to toward cerned his life, Mr. Sumner 8 present trol of ni SUMNER. MOTL VERSY. Senator ad byt ith G s temper and his own ill ts. I really the ta pvernor Thus in wi himself and say thing severest and most outrages of Which he could not by h Mr. Sun This is A House bul passed Congress daring stemper au deat whiel —The controversy and Minister Motley Ww December 5, 18) does him injustice. use Mr. Sumner of tionally falsifying the at is too grave an imp na us alm ns the sal incident s nature wer n also IN U.S. BONDS ABROAD, * and ton to be without re. Amounte: Pntal delasion, and so far as iis feelings Fish and myself were ¢ Ss most charitable to fe a mental delusion r years of ever MY Name Was mentioned in would lose all. con me of the things any possibility have had a knowledge, even if they had been tr Ttold Mr pwit affected. be verified. struction times. This bill admirers of Mr K the committee of the whole, of which Mr. Routwell Was chairman. I’ ha ad. that Mr. Boutwell,who, you remember, took a lead- ing part in the ie onstruction Was almost, if bill, and had writien itout any one. except, perhaps, al the comuiitee. “Notwith: Sumner told M ner, had pr every line honself, and had p Congress. Now this is not liar, but that of a man whose 1 or sufier me visit had beee pered so interpreted the condu Mr. Sumner ward me. I have no auimosity toward him, hor his memory, but his admirers, or people Who pretend to be bisa aud memory to attack m He s eulogizing the de any oni of his aj -Mr. Su A ays Uh ted Mr. Sumner wf the aj to England. Ppo m mac kK Ge it wai pointment of Mr. M w pv. Fi s Mr as anted to go ¥ disappointed that in his favor ully assured pbawy forgave tor’s death, but he Viamed him for his failure to go to London. Abo Speaking of Mr. Motley Motley. the neral said “that he had the kindest feelings toward him and if he were called upon to sp high tribute to his cha f respect is due t » due to the livin would qualitica truth and justice a only Spoke in self-deter truth and justice. mingo moved tee on tion had anything to de ot Mr. and not munds to supy thou Pi treaty he w from the chai foreign relations. Sumne mine nd his colleagu ‘ous other Senat and m rs and whe of him he after many 's of silent submission to assaults from Mr y Sumner and his friends, only in the interest of re nship of the commit But if that opposi ith the estran, vif the fauit Was his My relations with ment Mr. Ed with Mr. Wilson and wpposed the were never disturbed for a moment. id that 1m: aniiary 1, IST], to t port the St. Domin, ht of such a thing. my visit to Mr. and Ih ANNE induce him ty. Luever so idea that the treaty would meet with opposition from him or atiy one 1 called simply out of re spect to the position Mr. Sumner held as the of the committee on for- eign relations, and to explain why the fact of such a treaty being negotiated should have been kept from the public nc from Con- gress until that time and to explain to him also Un vharacter of the to annexation. ports brought back by the the government who had visit to the resources of St. Domingo, {ts s people, their wish es d other poiuts. The question A the island as 1. th sin re as to whether or not he would support the tre: pene was fin one of entered, but Lasked him to had finished my statement Co “Of course, Mr. Sumner, yess t end was due to his di ing a ge the admirers t Lonpon, F —The Ti article says most. impor in the foreign stock mark was th It 1s not so large I could not d e without changing fact ent. But Ido not char es in this matter, and sinc I would do the me injustice if y was asked by Col. to be present. I calle nishing his dinne the guests He ome such thi Ashiey, as he called h € as propel T's subsequ ood positio i 10 r t If I had any doubts I came Domingo, Mr. Sumner ope! iory of Mr Forne ed i] him, ly md r aun something for him orney said support thi remember the course aty, the ory. I nversation, say about about his nd asked It would that Mr. t Opposition to the treaty ointment i for his friend, as it is for not procur. pe believe that Sumuer great BONDS ABROAD. English Holders Selling. is financial et to «lay (Thursday) ing of U.S. bonds by the public. much that the selling has been of as that it has been selling by d upon a market where ther count. There u may be generated by the fall thus caused, and bonids get pressed on dealers faster than’ they care to have them. Holders almost always be- come more disposed to sell as prices go down, and very litule pressure would cause a sharp sale. There is no cause for alarm, and any rush to sell is much to be deprecate ———— ). 22.—Walter ler. D. Estes, a F young lawyer aiid special correspondent ‘of the Bos! the use of ton Journal, died this morning from poisonous well water making three deaths from that cause. Several others are not expected to live. Se THE ONTO STATE or a a grad CONVENTION met at Columbus yester: for secretary of siaie, J. N. hoga ; for judge of supreme court, Ross, of works, Delmont Locke, of demands total prohibition of the liquor traffic and various social and the currency question t government only should Shh to prompt redemption CHINESE PROSPECTORS. that in Chinese consul and a large num! iti nd illiam ‘iam ; for member of board of Ross. —4 binson, ical rei declai issue yaperamoney. nominated of Cuya- F. orm orms, On that “the —It is announced three or four months a Chinese war vessel, with American officers and C) crew, will visit San bri the army officers of rank, who will make a tour of observation through the country. Harp the youn; New York, Pp T's mothe! Labor FoR Lire.—Edward Newman, man who killed Katie last September, in the second di bard labor for lite. fhe, took into consideration the insanity of Hayes, in "found has been po the