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WASHINGTON. Removal of Causes from State to Federal Courts. THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. Abolishment of the Civil Service Commission. SOUTHERN WATER TRANSPORTATION. Conference Report on the Bank- rupt Bill. WasmINnaToN, June 15, 1874, The Now Tariff Bill—-The Tax on Sales of Bonds and Coin. The Senate Finance Committee bad a session to- @ay on the Tarif bill and made some progress. There will, however, be necessary a committee of conference. The consideration of the tax on sales Of bonds and coin has not yet been reached, as the Clause which relates to this 1s an amendment | based on wu clause of Mr. Starkweather’s bill in tho Mouse, and is situated toward the las: of the bill, Petitions are pouring in from all quarters, with printed headings, which have been gotten up by ® concert of action. Conspicuous among those received was a lengthy one from the national bank presidents and ofmcers in New York city and another from brokers similarily interested; but from the present temper of the Senate and House, whether the committee will recommend it or not, as the majority ia both Rouses are opposed to Wall street interests, the Bmendment will be offered and passed by a majority as large at least as was indicated in the original vote on the Finance bill. This the spirit of the debate at the time will be found very fully and frecly to reflect and indicate. Mr. Stark- Weather is very earnestly and attentively press- | Ing his bill, which will have been incorporated in the Tariff bill asan amendmenteither by the action | pf the committee or by that of the Senate. ls to Benefit the Indians—The Work of Civilization in the Indian Terri- tory. Senator Buckingham, who gave notice to-day that he willseck to obtain the attention of the Senate for several bills pertaining to the welfare of the Indians, says that he will move for first con- sideration the bill to authorize the sale of certain Jands in the Indian Territory and to use the pro- ceeds Jor the civilization of the inhabitants, This ‘will affect the Pawnees, Omahas, Sacs oud Foxes and the Otos, of Missouri, also, The bill | to confer jurisdiction on United States courts over | Indian reservations and to confer certain rights on freedmen, and for thelr relief in the Chickasaw | and Choctaw uations must be called up for con- sideration. These tribos scem to invite the most affectionate regard on the part of the lobbyists, | and more especially what is known as the “Indian | Ting,” who are partly paid employés from the Indian Territory and the rest a mongrel crowd of the old residents here and the decayed ex-Von- federates. The Proposed Investigation of the Cen- tral Pacific and Contract and Finance Corporations. The House Committee on Pacific Rallroads to- @ay continued the consideration of Mr. Luttrel’s resolution providing for an investigation of the affairs of the Central Pacific and Con- tract and. Finance corporations, and after discussion referred it to a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Sypher, of Louisiana; Houghton, of California; Creamer, of New Yor! amination and report to the full committee next Wednesday as to the law and facts bearing on the sudject. The sub-committee have divided their work by assigning to Messrs. Neal the examination of laws, and Sypher the collection of facts. It is understood that there is a disposition on the part of a number of members of the committee to send a sub-com- Mauttee to the Pacific coast to conduct the exami- nation by authority of the committee, but this Will be opposed on the ground that no sufficient examination can be made without the power of the Houre of Representatives to facilitate and en- force the investigation. The Safe Burglar Hayes Before the District Investigating Committee—His [ etety Islands, | Commander Philip ¢. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1874,—~TRIPLE SHEET, Bo taz has been auch vessel hin a twelve month, But on ves- sels engaged in commerce between the United States and foreign ports or places other than those a ecified, the tax can be levied only on the Orst entry, and thereafter on each entry made after the expiration of a twelve month from any preceding payment. Naval Promotions, ‘Yhe President sent the following nominations for promotions in the navy to the Senate to-day:— Commodore ©. R. P. Rodgers, to be Rear Admiral; Captain Charies H. B. Caldwell, to be Commodore; Johnson, to be Captai Lieutenant Commander Silas Casey, to be Com- mander; Master William C. Strong, to be Lieuten- ant; Ensign George T. W. Holman, to be Master. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. SENATE, WasuncTon, June 16, 1 A substitute for the House bill regulating the removal of causes from State courts to Circuit courts of the United States. Mr. THURMAN, (dem.) of Ohio, moved to strike out the eleventh section of the bill, which author- izes the service of a process upun the agent of a defendant in any civil suit not affecting the title to real estate, Mr. EDMUNDS, (rep.) of Vt., from the Judiciary Committee, recommended that the Senate disagree to the amendments of the House to the Geneva Award bill, and that the House be asked for a committee of conference thereon. Agreed to, and the Chair was authorized to appoint a committee, Some discussion ensued on the amendment of Mr. Thurman to strike out the eleventn section of the bill reguiating the removal of causes from State courts, &c., Messrs, Thurman and Bayard speaking in favor thereof and Mr. Conkling against it. The amendment was rejected—yeas 16, nays 40, Mr. BayaRp, (dem.) of Del., moved to amend so as to provide that not appiy to cuses of libel or slander. In support of the amendment he said Washing- ton city was the great headquarters for newspaper correspondents, and the section as pro- posed by the Judiciary Committee would permit the service upon them of processes as agents for the publishers of the papers which they represent. A paper migat be sued in the District of Columbia simpiy by serving a process on its agent hers Mr. WADLEIGH, (rep.) of N. iL, said this was alarming legislation, and he could not vote for any such measure. lt offered an opportuniiy jor a great traud upon men hy- ing in one State and doing business in others by agents. Ainan might be rained and not know it, for a process could be served against him without his knowledge of suit having been brought. The amendment of Mr. Bayard was rejected— yeas 20, nays 33, Mr. CARPENTER moved to amend the section so as to provide that a copy of the process served on an agent shall actually be delivered to the princi- pal of such agent anywhere in the United States, Agreed to, Mr. WADLEIGH said this bill applied to the Dis. trict of Columbia, and he thought that very ob- jectionable. Every one: Knew how the people of the District were influenced by the party in power, and how could the press of the United states criti- cise the actions of the party having the control of the government if it was to be tried by jury ina District which must be largely influenced by the government? The billstruck a blow at the liberty of the press, and he was opposed to it. Mr. HaGER moved an amendment to the eleventh section so as to provide that one of tne parties to the*euit shull be a resident within the {pelactacigs of the Court where the suit shall be rought. Mr. CARPENTER opposed the amendment and said under the present Jaw a man could lollow an- other to any State and sue in the State Court. This bill only Proncess to confer similar jurisdic. tion. on the United States Court in the distriog where the principal or agent resided. The amendment of Mr. Hager was rejected. ‘The bill was then read a third time and passed. Yeas 33, nays 22, Mr, CONKLING, iep) of N. Y., from the Judiciary Committee, reported, with amendments, the House bill to protect persons of foreign birth against forcible restraint or involuntary servitude. Piaced on the calendar, Mr. ANTHONY, (rep.) of R, L, submitted a resolu- tion for the payment of the expenses incurred by the committee to investigate the charges against the Congressional Printer out of the contingent fund ot the Senate, Agreed to. : Mr, SVENCER, (rep,) of Ala., {introduced a bill for the improvement of the mouth of the Mississippi | River, McDil!, of lowa, and’ Neal, of Ohio, for ex- | Houghton and | to Mr. , Rearrest—Long Session of the Commit- | tee and Their Report. Hayes, one of the safe burglars who escaped on | the pvight of the burglary, having just been ar- rested, was examined by the District of Columbia Investigating Committee to-day, Mr. Harrington, Assistant District Attorney, and Columbus Alexander, one of the memorialists, being the most personally interested parties, were sent for by the committee. When ayes came out of the committee room he ‘was arrested by a detective on charge of burglary, the warrant being issued at the instance of Assist- ent District Attorney Harrington, who was pre- viously questioned by the committee with reference to a party (Ilayes claims it was himscif) who called on him a few days belore the burglary with reier- ence to a counterfeiting case in West Virginia. Harrington said a man did call on him on such business, but he told him it was out of his jurtsc tion and he would nave to go to the Treasury De- partment. He failed to recognize Hayes as the man. Hayes says he was not with the burglar who conimitted the deed, He “put up the job,” but leit before it was done. Whitley's assistant, engaged him to do it. ‘The committee were in session eight continuous Donrs to-day, and at seven o'clock this evening finished their report, which will be made to both branches of Congress to-morrow, It is signed vy all the imembcrs-—five republicans and three democrats, ‘The bill heretofore re- ported, for an entire change in the District §=government, has been amended by the cominittee abolishing, with the office of Governor, that of Secretary of the District, now Nettleship, Chief Detective, | held by Mr. Harrington, the Assistant District | Attorney, and also providing for an equalization Of assessment, much of the property being now | asscesed beyond its real value, A motion will be mare in the House to assigna day this week for the consideration of the bill, The report will show that, so far as ascertained | the indebtedness of the District is $20,000,000, Deduction from Tonnage Tax en Ameri- can Vessels in Italian Ports=The Col. lection of the Tribute. The Secretary of the Treasury has tssued a cir. Referred to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. SARGENT, (rep.) of Cal. withdrew the motion entered by him to reconsider the vote by which the bill authorizing appointments and promoticns | in the Medical and Ordnance departments of the | army of the United States was passed on Saturday. Mr. Wiigut, irom the Judiciary Committee, re- ported favorably on the bill relating to the courts of the United States im Alabama, Placed on the calendar. Mr. Fi GHUYSEN gave notice that after the Post Office Appropriation bill should be disposed of, he would ask the Senate to proceed to the con- the section should | id on pi informally and take up the bill indicated by | i | and put it into an appropriation bill, He reminded | Was a proposition to pay over $2,300,000 to two sideration of the bill for the enforcement of the | laws of the United States Utan, Mr York Chamber of Commerce in favor of a revision ol the Revenue laws, Reterred to the Finance Committee. Mr. ALCORN, (rep.) of Miss., Irom the Levee Com- in the Territory of HERMAN presented a memorial of the New | mittee, reported with amendment the bill to pro- | vide jor the appointment of &@ commission of engi- | | neers to investigate and report a permanent plan mation of the alluvial basin of ths | tor the re Mississippi River subject to imundation. Placed on the calendar. ¥ ‘ Mr. RAMSEY, (rep.) of Minn., introduced a bill to provide for the prepayment of postage on printed matter. Referred to the Committee on Post OMices and Post Koad, Mr. Mor ) of Me., introduced a bill for ( the delve: of ain bronze ordnance to Fisk Mills, jor the Rawlins statue, Relerred to the Library Committee. Mr. PRatr gave notice tuat at the earliest op- portunity he would call up the bill amendatory of | the act giving pensions to the sarviving soldiers of the war of 1812. Mr. EDMUNDs requested the Chair not to appoint. him a member o1 the Conference Committee on the Geneva Award vill as he would be compelied to ve town this evening. The Chair appointed Messrs. Frelinghuysen, Wright and Thurmao members of the Conterence Committee on tae purt of the senate. Mr. ScoTT gave notice that after the Transporta- tion resolution should te disposed of he would ask the Senate to take up the House bill for the pay- ment of the awards made by the Southern Claims commission. He said there were one thousand claimants mentioned in this bill, and they were anxious to get their money. A number of Senators were also desirous to nave the bill disposed of, Mr. KELLY, (dem.) of Uregon, Irom the Commit- tee on Katlroads, reported witn amendments tne nil granting to the Wahsatch and Jordan Valley Katiroad Company the right ot way through tne public lands 1or the constraction oi a railroad and telegraph line. Placed on the calendar, THE RIVER AND ARBOR APPROPRIATION. The Senate then procecded to the consideration of the resolution instructing the Committee on Appropriations to report amendments to the River and Haroor Appropriation bill tor the survey of tour routes from the Mississippt River to the Atlantic seaboard, recommended by the special Committee on Transportation. VRaTT, (rep.) Of Ind., Opposed Congress en- tering upon the work of improvement. recom- mended by the committee, as the present financial condition of the country would not permit tt. ) s, of Vermout, irom the committee rence on the Bankrupt bill, made a report, which was ugreed to, He explained the report, and said that most of the amendments were:of verbal character, and the bill was substantially as Senate, With the exce ng to voluntary bankruptcy, As the di the Senate that section provided that a voluntary bankrupt should pay thirty-three per Dail Pat cent of his indebtedness; a8 modified ‘by the con- ference committee a voluntary bankrupt could be discharged upon the pavment of thirty per cent of his indebtedness, with the consen’ of ane- | fourth of the number of creditors representing one-tuird of the vaiue of indebtedness, Mr, Conover, of Florida, read a lengthy argu- ment upon the sublect of cheap transportation, cular to collectors of customs, requiring them to | hotify masters of vesscls clearing foreign ports and likely to visit Italian ports that ander the Provisions of a circular issucd at Rome April 1, 1874, and of the royal decree of March 11, 1873, they are entitled to ask that certain spaces in- claded in the American admeasurement shall be deducted from tae tonnage of their vessels, on its ascertainment by the Italian government, for the purpose of levying tues or otherwise, It will be Observed that the ton, or unitof admeusurement, ig the samo tn Haly as in the United States. A circular has also been issucd relative to the collection cf tonnaxe, as follows: It has been observed t . various ports artic 801 of the ‘Treasury reguiations of 1874 has b Tegarded as changing previous regulatons go erhing the collection Of the tax on tonnage. ‘fo remove all doubis as Co the rule that should ob- tuimin the collection of the tax, your attention ts alied to the following statement of what ist Quired by the statutes relative to Ue ag deducted from the tie circula p April 7, 18i5, paragraph A wonlige tury cents per ton, American measniement, | siould ve levied on the first entry er clearance, according to the priority of a vesse. trom or to Mexico, the British Provinces of North America, the West India Islands, of any port or place down to and including Aspinwiull and Pavama, or any port or plac: in the Sandwich Islanis, or the so- and ommended the cousiruction of a ship canal across the Fiorida peninsula, He submitted on amendment to the Kiver ana Harbor Appropria- tion bill, appropriating $25,000 for the survey lor such a canal. Kelerred to the Committee on Appropriations. Mr. Moraint, of Maine, moved that when the Senate adjourns co-day it be to meet at eleven oleluck to-morrow, Agreed (0, West called up the House bill to authorize the Sec y o: War to transier 10,000 suits of old nd disused army clothing to the National Home yisubled Volunteers, Passed. A resolution instructing $ to report ‘bor bill, the Committee on amenaments 10 the r the survey of the routes rommended by the ‘Transportation Committee, agreed to—yeas 42, nays 6, Messrs. Bayard, Cooper, Hamilton (Marylind), MeCreery, Merrimon and Saulsbury voting in tie negative. On motion of Mr. WesY, the Fost Office Appro- priation bill was taken up. a CHANDLER gave notice that alter the Post Ofice Wiis tbe disposed of he would autago- nize the River and Harbor bill against: every other bill, Mr. STEVENSON called up the bill to pay John J. Anderson, of Kentucky, Jor cotton belonging (0 him used in the desence of Nashville, Mr. CONKL vpposed taking up the bill, and said tt had been remarked some time ago that the | day would come when Jel! Davis or those acting with him would claim compensation ior cotton used in the defence of Vicksburg. Mr, STEVENSON moved to lay aside the Post Omce | ponds, to the amount of $251,990, was striken out, ta, Agreed to—yeas 31, nays 12. Messrs. Sargeut, Pratt and Stockton ware ap- pointed members of the conierence committee on ee vars of the Senate on the Pension Appropria- 100 5 Pending discussion on the bill for the reltef of Mr, Anderson, at ten minutes after six P. M. Mr, Conkling raised the point of order that no quorum was present, and the Senate adjourned. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, bd Wasntnaton, June 15, 1814. The House, at twenty minutes past eleven, went | into Committee of the Whole—Mr. Dawes, (rep.) of Mass., in the Chair—on THE SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILY. Mr. Butler’s amendment repealing the law for the Civil Service Commission, as amended oy Mr. Hoskins’ proposition, giving preference to dis- charged soldters and sailors and their dependent | Telatives, was agreed to without a division. Mr. KeL.oaa, (rep.) of Conn., offered an amend- ment similar to that offered by Mr. Kasson on Saturday last, requiring the headso f the executive departments to prescribe rues and regulations \ governing appointments to oMice. The amendment was agreed to by 96 to 58 It reads as tollows, aiter having been modified, on the motions of Mr. Butler, (rep.) of Mass,, aud Mr. Starkweather, (rep.) of Conn. : And it shall be the duty of the officer of the head of each of the executive departments Washington to id publish roles for ascertaining the qualifi- tx for appointments at his disposal or uthority and .to make such appoint ments only from candidates who have the qualifications of honesty, efiiciency and fidelity and not as rewards ot ng preference only to those who | ifleation of an honorable record in the military or naval service of the Uniced States, or the widow, wife, daughter, sister or mother of such a | soldier or'sailor; and it shall be his further duty to make such appointments as equitably as possible from the qualified candidates presenting themselves. trom the several Congressional districts and with reference to their population. ‘And upon the removal of such appointee the reason for such removal shall be stated on the records of the department where the service was rendered. Mr. Coss, (rep.) of Kan., offered an amenament requiring the settlement’ of all accounts for the services of laborers, workmen and mechanics em- loyed by or on behalf of the government of the | United States between the 25th o! June, 1868, when the Fight Hour law went into effect, and the pres. ent time, In reply to the question as to how much that would increase the indebtedness of the govern- ment, he said it would not increase it one cent, but it wouid settle claims‘now unadjusted to the amount of $600,000. Mr. DUKNELL, (rep.) of Minn,, suggested a pro- viso repealing the Eight Hour law, but tt was ruled out on «point of order raised by Mr. G. F. Boar. (rep.) of Mass, rT. Copy’s amendment was rejected, only 23 voting in the affirmative. On a potnt of order raised by Mr. HALF, (rep.) of Me., the second section, which provides for pay- ing to the Chickasaw Indians the arrears of iné terest which accrued during the rebellion, and are still unpaid, on Tennessee and Arkansas State THE CHOCTAW CLAIM. Mr. HALE moved to strike out the third section of the bill which provides for paying some $2,000,000 to the Choctaw and Chickasaw nationsin contormity with an award made by the Senate in March, 1859, as the price of some 10,000,000 acres of land in Mississippi, ceded by these Indians to the United States in 1830. Mr. GARFIELD, (rep.) of Onio, chairman of the Com- mittee on Appropriations, sustained the motion to | strike out the section, un the ground chiefly that appropriation bulls were not the place for the allowance of private claims, and that it was unfair to other claimants to select one particular claim the committee that this was the last of the twelve regular apprupriation bills, and that in not one of them couid be found a singie private claim. He therefore hoped the committee would pursue the same policy, and not allow the last appropriation bill to be an exception to the rule. -Whatever justice there was in the claim itself, a question which he declined to discuss, this was hot the oper place for allowing it. Mr. PARKER, (rep.), Of Mo., another member of the Committee on Appropriations, opposed the motion and gave a history of the claim, deciaring it was a lasting disgrace and @ burning shame to the government that it had not been ratified years and years ago. Mr. HALE argued, in suppers of his motion, to | strike out the section, When narrowed down it men—Peter P. Pitchlynnand Peter Folsom—living in the city of Wasbington, and neither o1 whom, he | presumed, had seen either of tneir tribes within the last two years. His objection to it was two- | fold; first, that it was not certain that the sum | xed was the proper sum to be paid, and, second, | | that it was proposed to pay it into the hands of these men instead of directly to the Choctaw and ch asaw nations, It had been provided that the balance, alter paying their just indebtedness, was to be set apart as a school fund, He had seen no delegation irom there nations to say that their schools were lapguishing for want of that fund. Mr. PARKER—The reason 1s that they have been satisfied long since that you are not willing to pay them. Mr. SPEER, (dem.) of Pa., favored the motion to strike out the section, and said that when, some days ago, the House suspended the rules so as to mike the section tn order tne halls were swarm- ing with lobbyists. ‘there was not one of those men who bear on their taces the marks of paid and corrupt lobbyists that was not on the foor that day. He did not say that the claim was dishonest ; but he did say that it was supported and pressed | upon the House by the most infamous men known tu the history of jegislative jobbery. Mr. ComINGO, (dem.) of Mo., asked Mr. Speer whether nia remarks applied to members who ad- vocated the measure. Mr. SPEER replied that he did not, and he cor- diaily excepted the gentleman trom Missouri, whom be beheved to be an upright and nonorable mau, He did not reier to any member of the } House, but he aid refer to ex-members of the | House, and if the gentleman did not kuow their names, and would inquire of him (Mr. Speer) pri- vately, he would give their names. Mr. COMINGO said he did not know them, and should be glad i the gentieman would state pub- hicly what they were. nr. SPEER repeated that when the rules were suspended by some political magic the lobbies and fluor were swarming with lobbyists. He believed that the claim itself, or atleast a portion of it, was honest; but he would never agree to pay this amouut to two irresponsible men without security in negotiable securities—bonds of the United States, These bonds would be handed around the streets and the corridois of the House. He would comply with the treaty and set aside the balance due to these Indians as a iund, the interest of which would be paid to them ana such portion of the principal as the Secretary of the Interior might deem proper to pay them; and then he would have the House vindicate itself and vindl- cate the honor of Congress by kicking out of the House this immense iraud. Mr. HARRIS rep.) of Mass, a member of the Committee on Indiau Affuirs, Opposed the mouon to strike out the section and satd that having investigated the matter he had been led 1o the conclusion that no more stupendous fraud | {upon any people tian the gov- t upon tiese Indian nations in | this matier, The government had received over $7,000,000 Irom the sale of these Indian lands, be- sides having grauted 2,000,000 acres of land to the State of Mississippi, wnd yet the Indians were un- paid to-day and the gentleman trom Pennsylvania peer) had argued that because there ts a lobby that mignt receive some of these funds, the wroug so long perpetrated on these Indians should be continued. Mr. Sreex—Why not provide for the payment of this movey divectly to the Indians instead of the scoundrels around this Capitol ? Mr. HARRIS expressed his readiness to do so. Mr, Cox, (dem.) o1 N. Y., Asked what authority Mr, Harris had seen for the payment to Pitchiynu and Folsom. Mr. ARKIS presumed that the Secretary of the Treasury would uot pay it to men wo did not show thetr authority to receive it. Pitchlyna im- seil Was # Choctaw chiel, Mr. Kasson, (rep.) of lowa, moved to strike out the names of Pitchiynn and Folsom and insert in their place the Secretary of the Interior for the | benefit of the Choctaw Nation, He said it was a matter of general rumor that there were pledges ol contingent allowances in the matter to the amount o1 $900,000. ‘Tne tact baat such an opinion | prevaticd was cnough to make the Hous r the appropriation in sucn a Way that wi Was appropriatec would be sure to reach tts proper destination, In order to accomplish tat purpose the first thing to be cone in the interest o; the In- dians was to put these bonds in the hands of officers of the government to be disposed of accord- ing to the treat: Mr. STARKWEATHER, (rep.) of Conn., opposed the Motion to strike out the section, inasmuch as the Justice of the claim was admitted on all sides. Mr. SHANK, (rep.) Of Ind, another member of the Committee on Inaian Aivairs, related the history ol the cla and insisted upon its justice. Mr. PARKER opposed Mr, Kasson's amendment, arguing that the eflect of funding the moncy im the Interior Department would ve to keep Washing- ton’s attorneys hovering ai ound, in order to get & si.ce olit, He preferred to let it go to the people to whom it was due and who were competent to manage it for themsel Referring to Mr. Spears’ Gerunciation of the Jovbbyists, he alluded to tie okt Greck proverb tat “aman always makes up his opinion & ison with what be would himself mstances.’? favored striking out had ever been p , (rep.) of tnd on and letting it stand on its own merits a8 a sepurate measure. He read irom a report of the Solicitor o1 the Treasury made tivo years ago, siating that the claim was fraudulent, Mr. SHANKS said that that report had been made by one Bantield, who had not redected much creat | on his om The report was made in connection with a frandwient claim or $30,000 made by a set of attorneys. The men connected with that irandu- lent transaction im which Banfeid figured were Page, who had been kicked out of Judge Dent's on account of rascality; a man named Gr nd the man Kirtland, who had figured as a Witness 1 the District of Columbia investigation. Alter lurther discussion Mr. Kasson's amend. ment was agreed to by a vote of 98 to 70, and then @ subdstitute lor the whole section was agreed to vy a vote of 01 to 70, The substitute, which was offered by Mr. | buildings are necessary at any of the following , him, Wheeler, (rep,) of N. Y., directs the Secretary or the Treasury to inquire into the amount of Nabilities of the Choctaw Indians to individu and to report the same at the next session. with @ view of ascertaining what amount should be de- ducted from the sum due to the Choctaws by the Unired States, A question as to the granite furnished for the new State Department building irom the quarry | hear Richmond, Va., was started by Mr. SPKEX, of Pennsylvania, who alleged that not only were unusually high prices paid, but that, although the | government paid ail the expenses of the stone- cutters at Manchester, the contractors received filteen per centon that amount. In the course of the discussion, which was joimed in by Mr. Beck, (dem.) of Ky., and Messrs. Platt ‘(rep.) aud Sm0d, (rep.) of Va., it was stated that a pension agent named Washburn was in some Way mixed up with tne coutract, and had pocketed some $00,000 Wlegally obtained from the government. tr. MCDOUGALL, (rep.) of N. Y., Moved to insert an item of $100,000 for @ court house oullding at | Ae N. but it wasexciuded on a point of order. Mr. Cox, of New York, moved an amendment | making it uplawiul for any (lepartment to expend, in any fiscal year, more than 1s appropriated for that purpose m that year, but it was also exciuded on a point of order, Mr. Pvatr, of Virginia, moved to insert an item | Of $100,000 for repairing the Post Office building at | Washington. Rejected. ‘fhe Committee of tue Whole, at half-past three o’cleck P. M., rose and reported tle bill to the jouse. } Mr. Garfield, (hairman of the Committee on Ap- priations, stated that this bill appropriated a little over $23,000,000, as against $32,000,000 in the like | Le. thee year, but there was this difference be- | tween the two bills, that this bill did not contain | any appropriations for the Board of Public Works | of the District of Columbia, as the bill of last year ald. THE BIL, PASSED. | ‘Tne House then proceeded to vote on the amend- | ments irom the Committee of the Whole, ‘whe amendment striking out the provision that the | ‘wages paid to printers and bil\ders in the govern. | ment vmployment shall not be above the average rice paid tor similar work in \he cities of New York, /hiladelphia and Baltimore, was agreed to— 20, nays 90, So the provision was struck t. The next vote was on the section repealing the law for the Civil Service Commission and giving preference for office to soldiers anu satlors and their relatives, and making it the duty of the sev- eral heads of departments to make honesty, eM- ciency and fidelity the tests, It was agreed to as @ Whole without a division. | ‘the amendment reducing the appropriation for @ lightship tur Winter Quarter Shoals on the coast of Virginia from $50,000 to $30,000 was rejected. ‘The amendment striking out the item of $40,000 Jor aligbthouse at Matilas Point, Va., was also re- | jected. These items are therefore restored as originally reported. ‘the amendment striking out the third section in regard to the Choctaw claim and substituting tor it instructions to the Secretary o1 the Treas- ury to inquire as to the amount of liabilities which | ought to be deducted irom the claim, was agreed | to—yeas 118, nays 103, i The bill was then passed. | Mr. O'NEILL, (rep.) of Pa, presented @ memo- rial of the Fairmount Park Art Association, asking jor twenty bronze cannon for the equestrian statue to Major General Meade. Ou motion of Mr. Corton, (rep.) of lowa, the Senate bill appropriating $145,000 Jor the construc- tion of a bridge across the Potomac River, near the peatinaton Navy Yard, was taken up and assed. Pane House then, at twenty-five minutes alter five P. M., took a recess till hall-past seven, the evening session being for business reported irom the Commitiee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Evening Session. Mr, Piary, of Virginia, trom the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, reported a bill ex- tending the limits of expenditures on public buildings and removing all restrictions as regards materials to be used, as follows;—Philadelphia, $4,000,000; Cincinnati, $3,500,000 Nashville, $400,000; Raleigh, $350,000; Atlanta. Ga., $350,000; Evansville, Ind., $300,000; Covington, Ky., $259,000; Fall River, Mass., $200,000; Trenton, N. J., $350,000, Also authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to accept sites for sprelic buildings that may be or have been tendered by the mupicipal authorities at the following places:—Carson, Nev. reenville, 8, 0. ; Jefferson Vity, Mo., and Tallahassee, Fia. Also directing the Secretary of the Treasury to report to Congress next session whether public laces and the estimated cost of the same, includ- fe the sit Auburn, N. Y.; Brookiyn, N. Syracuse, N. Y.; Rochester, N. Y.; Danville, Va. Fredericksburg, Va.; Lynchburg, Va.; Winche ter, Va.; Harrisonburg, Va.; Erie, Pa.; Salem, j Maus, ; Charleston, W. Va.; Asheville, N.’C.; Wile mington, N. C.; Beaufort, S. C.; Greenville, 5. C.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Key West, Fla. ; Tallahassee, Fia. Montgomery, Ala. ; Shreveport, La.; Austin, ‘Texas; | Dallas, ‘Yexas; Tyler, texas; Galveston, Texas; Houston, Texas; Jefferson, ‘texas; New Albany, | Quincy, Ill.; Council Bruns, lowa; Oxiorc, Bowling Green, Ky.; Jefferson City, Mo. 5 Kansas City, Mo.; St. Joseph, Mo.; Leavenworth, Kansas; ‘Topeka, Kansas; Duluth, Minn.; Red Wing, Minn.; Green Bay, Wis. v' Milwaukee, Wis.; Oshkosh, W: San Francisco, Cal.; Port Townsend, W. T.; Olym pia, W. T. \ vod deal of opposition to the bill was mani- fested by members who could not get the privilege of offering amendments to It. ‘this opposition was: mantiested first Kd @ motion toadj ourn, which was made by Mr. Starkweather, (rep.) of Connecticut, and which was defeated—yeas 59, nays 121; and then by an attempt on the part of ir. Willard, of Vermont, to get the noor to move to lay the dill on the table. amended the oill by striking out that part remov- jog all restrictions as regards materials, and then In view of these manifestations Mr. Platt moved to suspend the rules and pass the in, | it. Anotier motion to adjourn was made by Merriam, (rep.) of N. Y., and again defeated—68 | in the We: | tion, that the eemneene | THE OHIO MINERS. | The Arrival of the Negro Substi-- tutes at the Mines. Opposing Parties Armed and Drilled for a Conflict. Military Encampments Es- tablished. NELSONVILLE,- June 12, 1874, The strike of the union miners at Nelsonville, in the vailey of the Hockhocking, has now been main- taines for the peri every effort at conctilation, effects of the resulting idleness is being felt all over the State, Particularly, the weight of bad influence is borne by the city of Columbus, the headquarters of many of the most prominent of the operaturs and the most extensive coal depot The payroil! on the Columbus and Hocking Valley Railroad in May, 1873, ran as high as $50,000, a2d in May, 1874, in consequence of the disturbance in and quietness of the coal regions, it fell Lo the iuisignificant figure of $10,000. A great number of the manulacturers are running but a third of their usual force, and it is rumored that the blast furnaces wiil close entirely thts week for want of coal. The handling of coal through all its ramifications im trade gives employment to a vast numper of men, many of whom are now idle or working at re- duced wages ior want of it. The effects of the | strike are perceptibly felt by the manulacturing in- terests of all the larger places within 150 miles of Columbus, and it hvs been estimated by figuring, | and by men capable of making a clear computa- damage already entailed by the Strike will not fall short of $1,000,000, Things were in tis deplorabie shape when, about @ month since, Minor T. Ames, a Chicago coalman and the Vice President of the Lick Run mines, visited Columbus and had a long and delib- erate conference with the operators of that city. During this consultation Mr. Ames told them that | during a strike at his mines in Illinois, several years ago, be proceeded to Tennessee and hired a torce of THREE HUNDRED’ NEGROES to come and take the place of the strik- ing white miners, which they did, and the strikers’ only alternative was to | leave the country or submit to the opera- | tor’s prices. This plan was saygested and ap. proved by all the Columous operators, and it was | Instantly determined to inaugurate the same plan at Nelsonville. Accordingly Mr. Ames was in- vested with the proper power and men were sent to Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee for a hall- thonsand of negroes. In due time the stipulated number was secured, and on Wednesday night they passed through this city, en routefor the mines at Nelsonville. Tneir eniistment, transportation and boarding, not to mention their pay thus far, has been an item of no inconsiderable expense. ‘he plan was conducted by Mr. Ames to prevent the wmite strikers from getting the counter movements, but, fully con- scious of the lively times this introduction of negro miners at Nelsonville presaged, your cor- respondent quietly proceeded to the scene of action by the following train. He found the town, which numbers about 3,000 inhabitants, principally miners and their Jamilies, in # state of WILDEST COMMOTION AND EXCITEMENT. A long procession of miners, with a baad of music ana flying colors, arrived in the town about the same time irom Carbondale, and were pavad- ing the streets, followed by large crowas of wowen and children. They had come to the assistance of || the striking miners, who had notified them by | mounted couriers of the introduction of a large force of colored men at their mines, and as the negroes had been armed at Columbus with im- proved government muskets, navy revolvers and other accoutrements, they naturally enough sup- posed that war was to be rushed upon them. Mr. Ames did unload his negroes at Nelsonville; but had the special train, on which they had been transported, proceed on to the Longstreth mines, situated ubout one mile below the village. To this spot immediately after sup- per | made my way, in company with a number of newspaper men who had just gov in, and as we approached the vicinity of the mines we came across large bedies of miners talking and geaticulating in the most vehement manner. Reaching the brow ofa slight elevation we were surprised by the scene that burst upon our vision, On #n open plateau, at the foot of arange of low, scraggy lulls lay tue encampment of the colored mineis, Who, at this moment were industriously drilling, their brightly ournished muskets and |. bayonets glistening and glancing iike silver in the last rays of the sun. They were divided into com- panies and squads, with regularly appoimted onicers, &c., and made a very good drill tor the to 121, Mr. BURCHARD, (rep.) of Ill, then moved to lay | the bill on the table, which motion was agreed to— | Yeas 108, nays 77. $30 the bill was deleated. The House then, without taking up any other | business, adjourned at fifteen minutes to ten P. M. | ett ie eens: i HOLDING COURT IN THE STREET. aC nN as Yesterday morning Judge John R. Brady and Judge Joseph Daly were coming down town ona horse railway car to attend to their daily judicial duties, and on leaving the car in company the | | countersign. brief time they had been broken in. They had tier pickets thrown out and admission within the encampment was not attainable without the However, our little reportorial force advanced until stopped by a bayoneted musket in the hands ol a great gigantic black, who cried in a thunderous bass voice, “HALT! WHO GOES DAR!” “A friend, without the countersign,” was the re- sponse from our party. “Advance, iriend, and give an account of yourself.’ This was done with ad- muirable expedition, our representative iniorming the ebony picket that we wished to see the pro- prietor of the mines, Mr. T. Longstreth, wuo was despatched ior, anu shortly appeared and gladly conducted us within the lines to headquarters, in { narrow ravine between the hills. ‘The shades of magisterial eye of Judge Brady perceived a rascally looking and overgrown and greasy Italian padrone in deadly and swift pursuit of a small boy, who also hailed from sunny Italy. The pond- | erous italian is a vender of peanuts | and nis merchantable wares are exposed | ior sale in the vicinity of St. Paul’s church. The | boy was running and shrieking, as is the wont of | small boys, whether Italian or not, and after astern but brief chase the nut vender seized him by the | hair with one hand and by @ projecting piece of unbleached musiin with the other, He was pro- | ceeding slowly to demolisa the lad's framewor'! when Judge Daly and Judge Brady, with a love of fair play which both gentlemen highly bonor, also gave chase, and the oleaginous and vindictive native of — Italy — was grasped and confronted by both {pdaes, and asked to ac- | count jor his violence. The elder Italian asserted | that the boy had stolen some nuts Irom nis stand ana added that he aad been caught in slagrance | delictu, The boy stoutly but tearlully denied the statement, and it was reasserted, with much ve. | hemence, aiter the manner of Silvint, in “Othello,” | “No. no; me No takee muchy nuttee."” | “Mali lone, ecvellenza, he he-e-e; he stealy | nuttee. | “How mach were the nuts worth at your own | valuations" asked Judge Brady. “Cinque centi, orazia.” answered the Italian in | the tone of an Abruzzi brigand. i Better pay for the nuts,1 think,’ said Judge | Daly to his triend. | “f think so,"* answered Judge Brady, “that fiery Italian looks as tf he meditated carrying the case to the Court of Appeal.” And so speaking Jndge Brady placed his vand in tis pocket, but found no | ennies; then asked his associate and iniend for the joan of five cents, which was instantly afforded | The native of “Beautiful Venice, Bride or | the Sea,” received the nickels with beaming face | and a thousand blessings from bis lips. ‘The ooy | ceased to yell, and justice being tempered with | mercy, the twin ligits of the bench departed in the direction of the new Court House with smiling | laces, memes \ MULLEN'S WALKING MATOB. Edward Mullen, the Boston pedestrian, this morn- | ing at twelve minutes alter midnight succeeded in | scoring his first 115 miles, being the second part of his self-imposed task of attempting to outwalk Wesion and perform the hitherto unaccomplished feat of walking 600 miles in six Consecutive days, | ‘The wear and tear on his system by his effort’ of | yesterday was exce ls ‘1 yet he expresses coufidence im his ability to succeed and complete the 500 miles by Saturday night. rhe attendance at the Academy during the day was excessively Meagre and not until long after | the gas lit did the spectators begin to drop in in anything like sufictent numbers to add interest to the scene. Alte r accomplishing the 115 miles within 25 n., 12 m. and 12s. he rettred to his room, and, alter | receiving the requisite attendance, went to sleep. | He will reappear on tue track tois morning at five | o'clock. deshlnrrlditnocasencatacea lanes | . VISITING MILITARY. | The “Independent Boston Fusiieers,” one of the | crack organizations of the “Hub,’? will arrive at | six o'clock this morning, per Fall River line. On | arrival they will immediately proceed io. the | Albany day boat, foot of Vestry street, where they | will embark jor Newburg, Arter visiting the sev- | eral places of interest in that city they Will take | the three P. M, trainon the Hudson River Ratiroad and return to New York, arriving at six P.M. The Fasileers will then be recer by companies © | and 1, Ninth regiment, Captains Tallman and Hus- sey, and escorted to Union Plaza, where a dress parade will take place, after which the battalion will proceed to the Grand Central Hotel, where the Fusileers will quarter during their stay. The | Fusileers will visit the Bippodrome in the | evening, | | moment's notification, | duty. | to make the hazardous trip themselves, | come forward!"! came the next command, and avening Were now tast enveloping the landscape, | but we took a careful look througo the camp. ‘The negroes © great stalwart tellows, reso- luted = and unfiinching, and most of oli soldiers of the late rebellion, while a good portion of them are tresh from the Arkansas troubles and anxious for an encounter with the white strikers. J. UW. Putnam, the private secretary of the Gover- nor of Ohio, who had come with authority to act, and he had already notified military companies at | | EXCITEMENT OF THE UNIONISTS our route, we were informed, would stand n@ trifing. But we met with no other adventure. The next morning we visited tne black encamp- Ment again. and iearned that the night had passed Without apy Serious collision. We remained there the eatire Jay, and altnougn it was full of the Wildest alarm and most thrilling excitement, no open confiict occurred, and towards evening things began to assume a better shape, and the probability of @ pitched battie was less imminent, although ¥et but an inflo:tesimal point is require on which to turn a tremendous big event. Non-Union Miners Moving to the Scene. NSLSONVILLE, June 13, 1874. This morning & force of fifty uon-union minera arrived by the Hocking Valley Ratlroad, ana they | bring inteliigence of many more on the road. This looks well tor the operators, who are in perceptibly | better spirits now than at any previous time dur- d of several months, despite | and the depressing | them | Withi® the lines we fonnd | Cincinnatt ana Coillicothe to hold’ themseives in | him at Nelsonvile at a Ajong the enure line of readiness to report to tu the striking union, and who were passing their ing the strike, and the likelihood of @ battle ts rapidly dissolving. Over 100 darkies went into the mines this morning, and all will be at work by the rst of next week, as well as a strong lorce of nou- union white miners. Affuirs are by no Means settled, bué are last approaching that desirable end. If anything of Importance occurs, will keep you posted promptly. Everything Quiet at the Mines=The Negroes Doing Effective Work. CoLumBus, Ohio, June 15, 1874 Reports from Nelsonville to-night state everys thing is quiet ttiere. One hundred colored miners have done effective work in the mines to-day and got out the frst coal that has been moved since the strike commenced, union miners have been tm the vicinity of the works to-day. Guard’ are stul kept on duty, and au increased foree of minerat will be at work to-morrow. WEST POINT, PES Z The Graduates to Leave the Academy To-Morrow—Dangers for the Fledge lings—Entering the World Bat Not the Army. Wasst Point, June 15, 1874, Tt would be a hazardous thing for any news+ paper correspondent in these wilds, surrounded as he must be by military. peacemakers in the shape of ten-inch Rodman guns and 300 pound Varrott’s and cavalry sergeants with broadswords trailing, and captains of the army, landsomer than the popular Jinks, of the modern stage Jine, and {rown- ing batteries that loom up savagely to the right of him and to the leit of him, to say that a graduate ing class ever dares to leave West Point without leaving behind tt memories of sunny hours only. But I am bold enough, despite the general sur- roundiogs, to say that the class which will leave here day after to-morrow will leave with expecta- tions more sunny in prospective than their recollections of the past. Not, indeed, that the graduates of this year have been compelled to undergo the tortures of the thumbscrew, the turnings of the St. Catharine wheel or even the terrors of the dark prison; but simply because they have had the misfortune or the good fortune—look at it as you please—to have. been forced by their mammas and papas, backed by all the winning words and olly advisings of the Congressmen of their various districts, to enter the Academy ata time when the standard of the course of studies being considered too low for great men of the future army, had been suddenly made harassing to the tranquil plebe mind by an elevation that broke the aspiring heart of more than one young man from the country who be- lieved himself, on his arrival here four years ago, to be the great rising star of THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE FIRMAMENT. I neea not go into detail to show, therefore, thas because the class entered under auspices less anise’ Pictous than had mauy other viasses, that its days | of labor year after year have been more burden-+ some, its nopes of glory and renown subject to’ stronger antagonisms, and its path to the goal of. Taduation grandeurs more than usually gloomy. That it-passed trom its’ second class year, that terrible year o! falling leaves, witnout having lost. asingle member, 13 indeed an honor of which the class will have good reason to boast in the years that are to come; Dut 1:8 Successes during the past twelve months can in no way totally: blot out the fact that it wad a harder road than usual to travel for tour long years, andj that it 1s pet in human nature to expect that the boys should not feel that the future im the army cannot possibly be darker tor them than nave been their pathways at West Poiut. Even when the light first became vis ble on tne horizon to them only a few eks ago the Army bill and & ten-inch section ed with such precision as ta wipe them out of existence as army officers loomed up dark und forbidding, just asil, ater the tour years of trial and tribulation, they were wholly undeserving of the brief happiness of even @ shoulderstrap life for a year or two af compensation. Bnt now the end is near, amd even the Army dill has been storm of all its terrors jor them, thanks to the ing terference of a Congressman who never saw West Foint and never was in tne army; and so om Thursday, wnen In New York, untiormed and law- Jully glittering in gold and lace—if they chuose to resort to the glitter, or if in the plain dress o1 the “cit,” HW they like it better—they may well bid defiance to the past, and, if they are sensible fele lows, only give a thought to the luture because tt is inevitable and because—as we have the words of Dundreary tor it—it is one of those things which no one can find out, and ts consequently not worta troubling one’s head about. ‘And yet, as L said betore, the cl wil go away up Wednesday with memories that are not allsunny. It is trae that about the old barracks there will ever cluster sweet recollections lor every graduate—tne iriend- ships lormed in common trials, the brotherhoods of ss straggies and associations made sacred by days, and of years even, of constant study. But lor all that there are some things that a cadet during his term here has to subnut to—some things: he has to how to—which, despite the good byes ta be spoken and the fareweils to be uttered, hap< pily robs the army future, no matter how uncer. tain a mnystery it may be to most people, of halt its dread uncertainties. THE OCTSIDE WORLD UNKNOWN. It would surprise a man of the world to heavy some of these new Nedglings talk witial—these officers that are to be—of this same future and of the Ways Ol-mankind in general, of the civil at wellas of the military order. They have, every mother’s son o! them, been pent up here tour years, which have been uninterrupted except by few weeks’ vacation two years ago, and yet tie; Nave an idea because they Know how to shoulder @ musket and go through a battahon drill and dance with the ladies and talk sweet nonsense to thent somewhat ineiegantly, that when they emerge | into the outside world they will find avout theni black pickets, just out of gunshot, hung crowds ot | angry and vindictive White miners, who belonged | time in blackguarding and vainly attenrpting to | exasperate the darkies, Who maintained a most marvellous as well as commendable undemon- strative aspect, paying strict attention to their and nothing else. ae blacks, many of them, heir ONS FOR BLOOD, are Turcos, and expres FOND PREDILE yet they are pertectly tractable and the managers | appreneud no trouble in handling them. As the obscurity of night thickened, so did the evil-minded | unionists outside the lines, and a collision was ucemed inevitable before the lapse of many hours, and all were on the qui vive for the first musket report. rd. Re mand of the was leaving the train here at noon. Mr. Spence branght down from Columbus a number of di who had been leit by the mght train, and as he | was leaving the car im their company a union miner standing near pulled a revolver and fired at him, the ball narrowly missing his head. The Sheriff of Athens county, happening to be present, witnessed the act, aud promptly arrested the would-be assas- sinand hurzied him of to Athens, notwithstanding the drawn vevolvers and ugly toreats of the cul- priv’s iriends standing near. Matters looked darker and darker us the hours wore away, and all confidently looked for an attack trom the white | Miners betore midnight, and indeed about that encer, of Columbus, who has com- lored forces here, Was shot at as he | | ume SHARP FIRING WAS TTEARD among the hilix to the north, along the crest of which was the outer line of black pickets. In an instant the bivouac was a scene of the wildest commotion, and the ery of “Fall in!’ from the ex- | cited oMcers Was heard on ull sides; but with | praise worthy rapidity the undisciplined 8 got. themselves In shape and were drawn up in line of battle. However, no engagement took place, and in the conrse of an hour one or) the pickets came in with a broken fin- | ger, we resuit of @ shot fired from | the top of aneighboring hill. After @ fruitiess at- tempt t9 hire some one to carry their despatches to the telegraph omce at Nelsonville, the reporters, with their proverbial courageousness, determined Looking well to their navies and with a farewell to the managers, they started with an armed escort to see thee safely outside the African lines. This was at length accomplished, and with m ad. Monitions as to tne danger and foolhardiness of the undertaking, they were lett to siilt tor the selves, ad shitting tor one's self on a night biack as your Nat and im a strange country swarming with bloouthirsty men is not the most enjoyable amusement one could indulge in, We had stum- bled along somewhere in the neighvornood of a mile when froi ont the darkness, a few yards to oar leit, came A LOW BUT STERN “HALT! Every man came to a standstill with the sudden- nes! a shot, and we could hear the chick! click! click ! of their revolvers allabout us, “One of you alter a moment's hesitancy one of us approactied the spot whence emanated the voice that being to one of the rye of the untonists. It took some little while to convince them that we were simply harmless quill-drivers, but we succeeded at Jast and were allowed to proceed npon our jour- ney, first being cahtioned to stop instantly if we wore again halted, as the men stationed ail along but men and women who wiil at e' to bow down before them and dec them to ba the wonders of the age. While tiis contidence in their own immensity is not tae absolute resuit of West Pomt educauon, and can be found in a more or jess Marked degree in the graduates of all our colleges, yet it is found more marked im the West Point graduate than in the graduate ot any other Institution in the countr ‘nis is simply becaus@ he is more hedged in trom contact with the out+ side world than tue student Of other colieges, and is consequently, nine cases out Of ten, as lamiladt with the ways of the world aud city society gener- ally as the youngster who emerges from a Jesuit college with tue idea that everybody who 1% not in orders is preparing for them or ts tha other thing, the Devil himself It woud be weil, indeed, if the graduate of West Point Would always take the advice | once heard given by Gene eral Scott—of sainted memorv here—to wa graduate, Said he, “You have been here, my son, four years, and you go away to-morrow with the idea that you know more than the average run of men.’ ‘the cadet frankly answered, “Ido.” “Well, sir,”? Said, the General, “I have seen ageneration of classes graduate at West Point, every member of it hold- dng the same idea ol things as you do; but I never met one of them in atter years who did not cone jess that) when he went out into the world he found he had mistaken bis own strength and knowledge. And thus th¢ princely old gentiem with that court! prac and good hearteaness which made him th beloved man he was to all who knew him, soithy added You will find when you go into th worlll that you know nothing; that you are a chi in the Wilderness; so don’t pat on any airs, for th world will take you to be a countryman Mf you do.” ‘This advice stands good to-day tor any gradua’ and he who keeps tt best In mind Will got fare ¢ worst. The boys of the present graduating clusd are § rt, clever fellow: hey May possioly think now that they know everything worth know ep be ready eC, 18 will be well for them to remember tuat “a child ta the wilderness’? 18 & child that wants looking alter. THE COAST BATTERY DRILL. The coast battery, which consists of one 15-inch, one 10-inch and ove s-inch Rodman gun; two 100, one 200 and One 300-pounder Parrott gun, W: ercised to-day by the second class. The target aimed at was 1,100 yards distant trom the battery, on the west bank of the river. Four 1% « fired, but before the fourth was reached the target Was utterly demolished. Tie 300-pounder Parrott yarrott guns are all smooth bares, by tog Way) Was the first to lis it and te 200-pounder the second. It was the S-nch Rodman that, ws @ printer would have it, Knocked it into pt. When the fourth round was fired of course the aim oi the gunners Was at the spot where the target “origin. ally iell,” and as mostof the shots seemed to toll fairly itis the generai belief to-night that the poot target has obtuined a decent and glorious as beneath the earch and rock raked up over tt by the failing shells. ‘The standings of the graduating class will be an= nounced to-morrow evening at pi and 01 Wednesday i the forenoon the ny of awarding the diplomas Will take place. The ad- dress Will be delivered by Professor Wayland, of Connecticut, the President of the Board of Visitor: and the diplomas will be awarded by Colow Ruger. The class, it is believed. will be relieve at noon of the same day, and thus will tl ademic purgatory come to @ close, } { | : : :