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proving how near a dauntles explorer | may be to success without steceeding, | and we can well enter into his feelings of | disappointment at the proper means failing | him when triumph seemed within his grasp. His great object after leaving Ujiji was to | follow the Lualaba to its mouth. This was | destined not to fall to him; but it is interest- | ing to note how even his failure helps the cause of science. In the first place, he found + outlet from Lake Tanganyika which he sppears to be certain falls into the Lualaba. The elevation of the lake at the point of out- ‘et he found to be lower than that of the Upper White Nile, and the presump- tion that the Lualaba is the Congo 's therefore strengthened by the negative that it is not the Nile. The great verification, however, remains. Living- stone, who declared that the great river at the most northerly point he saw it had | ceased its westing, was probably led into a generalization which, great as his experience was, may easily prove deceptive. ‘Io Mr. | Henry M. Stanley, therefere, the task, | with all its possibilities, is still open. The | news of the latter which reached Lieutenant Cameron at Nyangwe was as late as Mr. Stanley's visit to King Mtesa’s Court, of which the Hrrarp readers have been fully Informed by Mr. Stanley's letters. Woe still think the rumors of deserjjons from Stan- ley’s command exaggeral Undoubtedly | his passage from the Albert Niyanza region to the Lualaba is fraught with danger, par- ticularly on account of the Egyptian war operations under Colonel Gordon. The murder of Colonel Bellefonds, the bearer of ; Stanley's last despatches, sufficiently indi- | cates the character and present teniper of | the natives of that region. Still, where | the chances of success are only one in o dozen, we have great faith in the dash, per- severance and fertility of resource of Mr. 6tanley to eliminate the doubtfal eleven. Queen Mary.—The approaching produc. tion of Tennyson’s drama at the Lyceum Theatre, London, revives the interest in the poet laur.ate’s dramatic work. The play will undergo considerable cutting, and our London correspondent’s review of its really strong points and the portions. that, though beautiful in themselves, have no bearing on the plot, will be read with interest just now. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Historian Bancroft likes to ride horseback. Queen Victoria ia daily becoming more homely, Roscoe Conkling smokes every afternoon when’ he Is driving. Tho French have a present fondness for Russian literature. Scnator Edmunds is stately, bilious, scholarly, digni- fled and partisan. Prince Bismarck is said to intend to pass the spring | at Lahr, on the Rhine. Genoral McClellan is talked of as colonel of the Filth Maryland regunent, Mark Twain wears a Spanish cloak, and though he is Tich, he dresses sloucbily. Senator Fretinghuysen, of New Jersey, has a smooth, sweet voice, like bread and milk. Ex-Congressman Jim Kavanah, of the “Far West,” has begun to practice Jaw in New York Longtellow writes a letter of praise of McDermott’s “Do Not Sing that Song Again.” English, of Connecticut, 1s ahead for the nomination Tor Vice President on the democratic ticket, Norristown Herald :—“There is plenty of game in the Black Hills. ‘Seven-up’ and ‘poker’ predominate.” A majority among tho Scotch and Irish members of Parliament are strongly in favor of a woman's fran- chise bill. Cardinal Manning says the cause of total avstinence has spread rapidly among the Irish population of the metropolis. Sir Edward’ Thornton, the British Minister, arrived in the city yesterday morning and returned to Wash- ington by the evening trato. Newton Booth, of whom so much was expected a year ago, has fallen into acommon piace and is no | longer spoken of as the coming man. ‘The so-called ‘‘croakers" in a community are really the®vholesome critics of acommunity, Their timid, heulthy prophecies are usually correct, In Washington the Methodist and the Episcopa, | churches are most numerous, The next tn order are the Catholic, the Presbyterian and the Baptist eburebes. ‘The minority in the Virginia Republican Convention were first in favor of Bristow, but seeing the drift of affairs from attentively reading the Hera thoy wont for Conkling. . Julian Hawthorne, son of the great novelist, has thick bps. Tho father looked like a dilettant Daniel Webster, and it is no wonder if the son looks like Pauline Markham, A Yonkers lady the other day took her favorite but | lead canary to a Witham street man to be stuffed, “I don’t mind a quarter,” said she, ‘so put in plenty of sage and pa’sley.” ‘There are but fow of the larger cities of the world | whore streots and avenues aro so utterly destitute of | trees, fountains, monaments, siatues or other orna- | ments as those of San Francisco, | The Atlanta (Ga) Times insists that no member of | Congress should be a delegate to tho St. Louis Demo. cratic Convention, on the ground that the Pretest ought not to be a mere creature of Congress. Mr, Charles C. Fulton, editor of tho Baltumore | American, writes a forcible letter against the policy of | choosing an office-holders’ detegation from Maryland . to Cincinnati, He says such a delegation would be hostile to ihe republican sentiment of the State, which ts “almost unanimous in favor of Blaine and Bristow,” Virginia, the mother of Presidents, scems likely to be the place where the whig party is to be revived, The old linc Whigs do not want to remain among tho democrats, aud they hate to go to the republicans. They have no where to lay their heads, They call ; themselves “‘conservatives.’? They talk much of Henry | Clay. ‘Probably they will remain democrats. The Russian mind, says a European critie, is rather given to enthusiastic reception or thoroughgoing de- nial than to’calm criticism and equabie appreciation, the resolution of epre heroes and dramatic “proper. | ies” into the sun and the moon, the thunder storm and the whirlwind, the dawn and the dew, has either been carried too far or not taken up at all. ‘There are judges of art who declare that old gilding ls mfiuiteiy preferable to new, and M. Garnier, the architect of the new Paris Opera House, feit this truth , to, strongly that he sot himself to imitate the rich | dingy look which old gilding acquires. This he coi | rived by paint all the portions that were to bo fo Unted of a deep yellow, and gilded merely the Prominent surfaces, or such as would attract the light. ‘The San Francisco Chronicle, which never gets into A passion, replies to ex-Mayor Brown, of St. Louis, on the Chinese question, by saying that atenth of the population of the Chinese Empire, if unrestrained in migration, would equal the white population of the el States, wnd it pertinently adds:—“We claim that our civilization ts better thax thoirs—that the ad- mitted fact that they can work cheaper than we and live does not prove that we must give way to them.’’ A correspondent of the Boston /ost says that Gov- ernor Lippitt and Senator Anthony paid out money tor voles to secure the Legisiature to the republicans ut the recent election almost as freely as the republi- cans did in the recent Now Hampshire campaign, An- thony’s object being, of course, a re-election to the | M. Blanc’s discourse on the Philadelphia Exhibition | A CHAMPION FRENCH ROWKR TO TAKE PART IN THE Senate; bat it ts claimed that he is by no moans sure | ; his game, the prohibitronists having nearly half the re and the democrats hording the bulanc> of power. It is enid that # paper is in circulailun to secure the formation of a cominitiee of forty to investigate the charges of bribery. The law is very severe as ro- gurds the briber, bat provides vo punishment for the bribed, This story, however, is hardly trustworthy, considering the character of the accused, y NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 17. 1876.—TRIPLE CABLE NEWS From All Parts of the Old World. FRENCH ENTENTE WITH AMERICA The Parisian Democracy Reaffirms the Prin- ciple of Republicanism. oe RUSSO-AUSTRIAN UNION. Eastern Insurgents in Partial Retirement Before the Turks, FRANCE AND AMERICA, FRENCH DEMOCRACY PREPARING FOR THE WORKINGMEN'S REPRESENTATION AT THE AMERICAN CENTENNIAL—A GRAND FETE IN AID OF THE EXPENSES FUND—THREE THOU- SAND PERSONS PRESENT—VICTOR HUGO ON RADICALIST UNION AND THE FRATERNITY OF ‘THE REPUBLICAN PEOPLES. [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. ] Panis, April 16, 1876. Thavejust returned from the workingmen’s /éle, held in the Theatre of the Chateau d’Eau, in aid of the fund which is being made up to enable a delega- tion of French workmen to proceed to America and attend the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, A CROWDED ATTENDANCE. All the places were taken beforehand, mainly in consequence of an announcement that MM. Victor Hugo and Louis Blanc would speak. The audience numbered 3,000 well dressed, respectable looking persons, including a large pumber of females. A MUSIC. The musical exercises were fine and the choruses in excellent ensemble, M. LOUIS BLANC'S ADDRESS, M. Louis Blanc opened the proceedings with a long speech, retracing the history of the working of re- publican institutions in America. NATIONAL MAGNANIMITY. A significant allusion to the “magnanimity which was shown by the North to the South after the war for secession” was enthusiastically cheered, as re- ferring to the position of the amnesty question in France, ‘M. VICTOR HUGO'S ADDRESS. M. Victor Hugo's speech was bitter, epigrammati- cal and eloquent. He covered the whole ground of | European politics, concluding, thus:—“Ah! mes- sieurs, all the efforts of despotism in favor of reaction haye only resulted In the triumph of re- publican principles and the close fraternization of France and America.” INDUSTRY AND FREEDOM. All the speakers extolled the people of the United “States for their industry and activity, and for the example they gave of love of liberty. They set forth the advantages which would result from the proposed visit ofthe French workmen to America, and dwelt particularly on the progress of industry | as@ megns ‘oficementing the bonds of friendship between France and the United States, MONEY RECEIPTS. The receipts for admission to the meeting amounted to about $1,400, HOW THE CASH 18 TO BE APPROPRIATED. Half the proceeds are devoted to the fund for sending the delegation of workmen to Philadelphia, and the remainder to the relief of relatives of Com- munist convicts, AN ENGLISH REPORT OF THE MEETING OF FRENCH INDUSTRIALS. Loxpox, April 17, 1876. The Standard’s Paris correspondent says 5,000 peo- ple attended the meeting addressed by MM. Hugo and Blanc yesterday. M. BLANC’S DISCOURSE LAUDED, was exceedingly fino. It sketched the history of Phila- delphia and made an appeal for amnesty which was received with the utmost enthusiasm. M. Blanc be- lieved the Centennial Exhibition would complete the reconciliation , of the North and South which was commenced by amnesty. Ameri- jean statesmen had exerted themselves to pro- vent hatred succeeding defeat, They understood that order would never be permanently ro-established when it was not restored in the bearts of the vanquished. He stated Franee would be represented at Philadelphia by 2,000 exhibit- ors, it was also desired that 120 delegates of the werkingman, representing sixty corporations, should be sent there. The sum voted by the municipality of Paris was barely sufliciont to defray tho expense, He deseribed the part France had taken in American colonization and American liberation, aud declared that | the Centennial was, in consequence thereof, a French | Site and fete of human intellect, which could not fail to advance education and humanity, Victor Hugo made an extravagant speech in eulogy of America. He deciared America was indebted to France for the abolition of slavery.‘ France would be indebted to America for Amnesty. The twentieth century would witness the United States of America clasping the United States of Europe in a brotherly em- brace, ; ‘Tho orator was enthusiastically applauded. REGATTA, M. Blane, in the course of his speech, stated that Geslin, the champion French rower, had promised to take part in the regatta at Philadelphia and would take with him four companions, and, if that number were unobtainable, two, or go alone, THE Cost OF BACH WORKMAN, M. Blane estimated the expenses of each workman delegated to the Centennial at $300, and said it would be necessary to raise $10,000 in addition to the sum | voted by (he municipality and the ‘subvention which | would probably be granted by the Chambers. THE YRENCH CENTENNIAL DELEGATION, j The tellowing letter hax been addressed to the joure bahets ot America by the delegation of French work. | ingmen elected to attend the Centennial Exbibition, | and shows the anxiety they feel lest any rumors like the one referred to in the Jetier should cause the object of | their visit to be mieunderstood :— To Tue Masks ov TI AmeRICAN Presy:— | GxateRsten—-Would you be so kind as to call the atten- your readers, and especially of your working to the following fact ; ndicates (trade ani ton of com ferent articles, and be thos cnabled to make reports | calculated to premote improvements in every particu- Jar craft, Among the detegates will be professors and teachers of both sexes, wre will give all their ntten- tion to the special subject of schools und methods, with a view to the institution of a new system of oda: | cation at once secular, civie and technical, We are told that some of your American workmen entertain apprehensions with regard to the intended visit of these few Parisian craftsmen. They scem to fear that our countrymen may be disposed to accept | Steinberger tp connection with Samoa at the Navigator work in American shops and thus become instrumental in introducing Enropean labor inte your country on a scale large cvongl @ cause @ reduction of wages, We prize too mech the esteem and friendship of our fellow laborers in America to atlow them vw remam under such a wrong impression with regard to us. Therefore we beg of you, gentlemen, to publish the vrorebt address im order Ww let them know well tho real position of our delegates. ‘They have good situ- protagrs this country, “and intend to visit America ing humerous and chowwe exhibited in the mag- nificent buildings at Fairmount Park, and celebrating with their American brethren the glorious coutenary bs” E oe epee cay in a movement in Europe we are earnestly tending to a constant increase of our wages. In visit- ing America our ‘ntention-is much more to extend our knowledge and promote the welfare of the working classes all over the globe than to contribute im tho least bg to the injury of our fellow laborers of the New ‘orl ‘Three years ago we made an excursion to Vienna, which resulted in the formation of a bond of union between Austrian and French workingmen. We hope that ties of a still stronger nature will bind American and Freneh workmen m consequence of our intended visit to Philadelphia, respectfully yours. On be- We remain, gentiem half of the comm: Daniel (shoem: Ehezer (clockmaker), Machiels (cabinetmaker), Gauttard (sculptor), Birelbech (chair- maker), Amoureux (sadler), Feltesse (optician), Mile. André (dressmaker), Corsin (morocco fimsher), Menes- trier (com; Autran (jeweller), Desplarches (coachmaker), ur (farrier), Roulleau (nail maker), Bondier (bookbinder). AUG, DESMOULINS (teacher), Secretary. PN eR ae A i FRANCE, . ELECTIONS FOR THE ASSEMBLY—RADICAL GAINS OVEB CANDIDATES OF THE LEFT AND CLERICALS. Panis, April 16, 1876, Elections were held to-day to fill vacancies in the Chamber of Deputies, caused by the return of a mem- ber from more than one district. ‘ TRIUMPH FOR THR RADICALS, At Marseilles M. Bouquet, radical, was elected by 4,244 votes? M. Garnier Pages, of the Left, received 1,938 votes. At Lille, M. Mazure, radicai, was elected, receiving 6,600 votes, against 2,300 for M. Du Tilleul, of the Left, and 2,100 for M. Vrau, clerical:st, Second ballots aro necessary in Bordeaux and tho Seventeenth arrondissement of Paris. _In the latter M, Pascal Duprat heads the poll, A FIXK ARTS EXIIRITION TO BE MELD. | An official decree bas been issued announcing that a | universal exhibition of fine arts will be held in 1878 simultancously with the Indistrial and Agricultural Exhibition alroady announced, RUSSIA. THE CIRCULATION OF POLITICAL ALARMS CON- DEMNED. ‘St. Perensuvre, April 16, 1876. Tho Journal de St. Petersburg reproduces the pacific assurances which appeared in the Vienna Political Cor- respondence of April 13, to the effect that there had not been the slightest difference between Russia and Aus- tria, and both Powers would continue to act conjointly for the pacification of Turkey. The Journal entreats the public to give no credit to the alarming reports which were in circulation last ‘week. TURKEY. THE INSURGENTS RETIRE FROM TREBINJE. ‘ Raausa, April 16, 1876, The insurgents havo withdrawn from tho vicinity of Trebinje. DECIDED DENIAL OF THE AUSTRIAN DECLARA- TION OF FRIENDSHIP FOR RUSSIA. Lonpos, April 17, 1876, In spite of the declaration of Austria, published by tho St. Petersburg government, denying the speech hostile to Russia, which was attributed to Baron Rodich, a correspondent of the Ruski Mir sends a special despatch reasserting the original statement and declaring that he and two others were present when Rodich spoke of “Russia as dofeated by Turkey.” GERMAN INFERENCES, The Berlin correspondent of the Times points out as asignificant fact that the Mir thus contradicts ‘an’ official statement, and says it isa proof of the power the Sclave party havein St, Petersburg. Wee sae CUBA. VOLUNTEERS RELIEVED FROM DUTY IN THE FIELD. Havaxa, April 16, 1876. Tho Havana Volunteers will henceforth do no cam- paign duty, as their services in the field are no longer considered necessary. INDIA. ARMED RIOTERS DEMONSTRATING AGAINST OPPRESSIVE RAJAH. ‘s Loxpos, April 17, 1876, A Calcutta despatch to the Times says the troubles in bustar, the beginning of which was reported in a despatch of April 9, now look more serious, but there has been no actual fighting as yet, Large numbers of armed rioters are collecting, A RAJAH IN DANGER, The people are principally incensed against the ex- actions of the Rajah, who has taken refuge in the fort, ABYSSINIA. THE EGYPTIAN ARMY SAID TO BE SURROUNDED BY THE KING'S TROOPS—A DEMAND FOR IN- DEMNITY. Loxpow, April 17, 1876. Aspecial despatch to the Standard, dated Alexan- dria, Saturday, says reports have been received there that the Egyptian army has been surrounded by the Abyssinians and its situation is critical, and that Abyssinia demands an indemnity for the expenses of the war. SAMOA. CAREER OF COLONEL STEINBERGER—BENE- FIctaL, EFFECT OF HiS VISIT TO THE NAVI- | GATOR ISLANDS—-LETTER OF A PROMINENT CHIEF TO THE PRESIDENT. ; Wasmxctos, April 16, 1876. As something has recently been aid about Colonel Islands it may be interesting to recall the fact that in March, 1873, Colowe! Steinberger wax appointed a special agent of this government to visit and report upon those islands, REPORT OF STEINRERGER, In an elaborate report made to the Secretary of State he gives a circumstantial account of his council with | tho assembled chiets, telling them that he was not clothed with divlomatc power to treat with them; that he had come from a great nation in a small un- armed vessel; that his desire was to meet and confer with them; that he was accredited to Samoa and | had been and was in the matter. tho Samoans, not to the white foreign residents; that he was aware of the fact that hye J now felt keenly the transfer of lands to the Mg 8 which was the sult of their own tribal for and the advantage taken of thoir necessities, and that the Prime Minister of Amer. tea had instructed him to advise tho natives against the sale of lands to foreigners, He assured them of tho kindly feeling of our government, he interest taken In them, and that tn his journey: mingle with them, shrinking from no hardships, would ever be in carnest tm bis efforts to learn with and | from them. THE COUNCIL OF NATIVES, At this councti were grave and dignified chiefs who afew months before were cnemies at wi From that day to the hour of his departure from the sslands tho | ebicttains would seek him, asking advice and detailing their plans for the creation of government and the establishment of laws. For the first me they felt they had met awhite man, other than missionaries, who advised them agutost the sale of their land and mingled freely with them WITHOUT SINISTER MOTIVES. The fecling became diftused thronghout the islands, and the ‘Allo Amerika” came to be known as their Irjend, The native combatants caine to realize that tly were the objects of common plunder, and made perce with one anorber. or from sn docn- ments that a paper signed by foreigners, residents on the islands, was addressed to Colonel Steinberger, asking a favorable consideration of the petition, signed by a large and influential majority of high chizfs aud rulers, praying thar the PROTECTION OF be extended to that grow addressed a farow in whicn he said:— Your flag is the emblem of your gomd Intentions, Tt. xpeaks have saluted ft. Now ‘body pol isin your hands The ing in the enclosures addressed to the Dreeieent of the U1 THE PRITRD STATRS of islands. Colonel Stein- I letter to the Samoan chicfs, | Moatoa, Coer—This ts my letter of love imles American, Iam very oa Ts ag houses of Congres: on the of Samos two years hee have born icsasmaitied ve Congreen age | | organized, can Congress put in opposition to the above | House of Representatives does produce Kilbourn im | has provided by law a mothod by which recusant WASHINGTON. | An Important Issue Between the House and the District Court. THE KILBOURN HABEAS CORPUS. | Possible Conflict Between the Legislature and the Jndiciary. THE IMPEACHMENT. The Missing Bonds of the Union Pacific Railroad. BELKNAP GRANTS PARTIALITY FOR CONKLING, FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, Wasuixcrox, April 16, 1876, BITTER PARTISAN SPIRIT MANIFESTED BY A CERTAIN CLASS OF REPUBLICANS—UNFAIR ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE DEMOCRATS RBE- | SPONSIBLE FOR THE KILBOURN HABEAS | CORPUS CONFLICT—THR OLD CRY OF | “REBEL,” | An attempt has been made hore to-day by republican | partisans (o make the struggle over the habeas corpus writ issued by Judge Curtter for the production of K bourn appear as a new democratic outrage, and there has been a good deal of rejoicing among the baser kind of republicans over a possible conflict between, the House and the Court, which, those persons fondly hope, may prove serious and involve an outright act of forco by the President. Such phraxos as “Wo will seo what this Confederate Con- | gress will do when it is confronted by federal bayonets once more’? may be heard, and there is an evident intention to make a party cry that the demo- crats are interfering with tho writ of habeas corpus, Nothing ban be falser or meaner than this. It ig not A party question at all in the House, nor was it a party | question in the Judiciary Committee, Threo out of the four republicans on that committee voted for the reso- lution refusing to obey the writ; of the seven domo- crats, two—Proctor Knott, the chairman, and W. P, Lynde, two of the ablest lawyers in the House—dis- sented. In the House on Saturday, one of the strongest speeches against obeying the writ was made by a republican member of the committee, Judge Lawrence, and it is understood that Mr. Hoar wili speak on Monday, also contending that the House ought to refuse to obey the writ, It is grossly false, therefore, to say that if the Houge shal! reluse to obey tho writ this will be the act of demo- crats, unless the vote shail 80 prove it, At present the question is not one on which party lines are drawn, and some of the strongest republicans, as Judge Lawrence and Mr, Hoar, contend that the House ought to disobey the writ. Partisan spirit cropsto the surface here on all occa- sions, but it isonly just to say that it is displayed far moro bitterly by the republicans than by the democrats, The phrase “This Confederate Congress” 18 very com- monly used, and the baser kind of republicans lose no opportunity to stir up hatred toward the democrats and to bring up and uso for their party purposes the recollections of the war. There are men of this kind whose sufficent answer to a democrat’s argument is that “he fought for the rebellion,” and who are in- capab'e of getting beyond or above that narrow stand- point, There is no doubt that much of the legisiation of the present session will be controlled by this con- temptible and unpatriotic spirit, which continually fans the hatred of section toward the other, It is fair to add that there are, of course, a great many republicans who are above this, as is shown cvory da: It is the insignificant men who have no legitimate influence who are ready to cry ont “Rebel,” and think it an excellent preparation for the Presidential cam- paign. sche, FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, Wasu txctox, April 16, 1876. THE RECUSANT WITNESS CASE—THE COySE- QUENCES OF A REFUSAL BY THE HOUSE TO OBEY THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS—A DIs- GRACEFUL WRANGLE THREATENED, A grave, not to say critical, question 1s at issue in the controversy between the House of Representatives and | the Supreme Court of the District of Colambia in the | matter of,the writ of the Court requiring the Sergeant. | at-Arms of the House to produce the body of Hallett Kilbourn in court next Tuesday morning. The writ, it will be remembered, was issued last Tuesday, and the Sergean' Arms, under thoordinary regulations of the court, had three days in which to mako his return, | Friday being a legal holiday the three days did not ex- | pire until Saturday. ‘Iho question had meantime been | | placed on the plattor referred to the Judiciary Committee, who, yesterday, reported by resolution to instruct the Sergeant-at-arins | to disobey the writ, and the whole day was given over to debating the subject. Meantime the Sergeant- Arms proceeded te the court without his pri oner and { stated what the action of the House | Strictly speaking the | Sergeant-ut-Arms would have been at this juncture in contempt of the court and might have been arrested | at the command of the Judge, nad the Jatter chosen to have recognized the contempt of the writ as existing. But it would seem that the Court has discretion to say when the contempt begins, and the Sergeant-at-Arms_ was, therefore, sufferea to depart, with the understand- ing that the writ was definitely returnable next Tues- day morning. Before that time the debate im the House will have been brought toa conclusion by the enforcement of the previous question, which is or- dered to be taken at three o’clock on Monday after- | noon, when the momentous question will be de | cided whether the Honse of Representatives, | through its agent, the Sergeant-at-Arms, will obey or disobey the writ of habeas corpus. Should the decision be {to disobey the sacred and time- honored mangate of the Court, it will bo the first. timo ju the history of the country that such a conflict of power has arisen; and the questivn arises, What and how serious will bo the consequences? The Court, in executing and enforcing tho writ, will call on the Marshal of the District, who in torn, in case of resist- | ance, may call on the President of tho United States, andsthe Jatter may in turn summon the military and | Mt | naval forces of the United States to asmist him; and | the query suggests itself, What force, organized or un- recognized allies of the Court? i The case has progressed so far before the Supreme | Court of the District and the House of Representatives as to show that unless tho House agrees to produce the | vody of Kilbourn in obedience to the order of the Court very serious consequences will arise between the House and the Court, It may be regarded as certain | because tt 18 understood that Judge Cartter has so de- elared that if the Sergcant-at-Arms, under the instruc- | tions of the House, refuses on Tuesday to produce Kil- hourn In coart Judge Cartter will issue an attachment and commit the Sergeant-at-Arms for contempt of court, | People here who would like a row say that if the Court calls for assistance to enable its officers ta en- force a writ of the Court it would be made upon the President, and it aid was furnished by him it would be from the army, and this call will undoult- edly bo made if the attachment of the Sergeant- at-Arms is decided upon and is subsequently resisted by the House, There is no reason toaoubt that if tho | court he will be discharged from custody of the | House, since it seems to be well understood that all | the Justices of the District Court hold that Congress | witnesses, being certified ax such tothe District Attor- ney by the presiding oMfcer of either house, are to bo proceeded against and panished by indictment and: trialin the District Gourt. {tis also held that acon. tinued punishment by the House, after indictment, for this offence by the Court is equivalent to twice SHEET, punishing a man for the same offence, and alsoan ine terlerence with the duties of the Court and its pro. cesses, both of which are prescribed by a law of Con- gress, which one house certainly has no right to set | ‘. aside, Some ot the justices nold that the proceeding agaist Kilbourn on the part of the House is altogether illegal and uncoustitational, because, in the first in- stance, the committee which called Kilaourn had no Jurisdiction of the particular branch of the subject which they were investigating, and, in the second place, that it had no such authority over the private books and papers of this citizen as it claimed. Despite tho alarming aspect of the controversy, and notwithstanding the fears of some wito foresee a wran- gle over the question as disgraceful ax the revolutionary turmoil of a South American Republic, there is good reason for believing that the order for the previous question to-morrow afternoon will result in a resolution instructing the Sergeant-at-Arms to obey the writ, It is fair also to say that party lines are not clearly drawn in the contest, and that men of both parties are found on either side. BELKNAP'S IMPEACHMENT—FORMALITIES TO BE OBSERVED IN THE SENATZ TO-DAY—MANNER OF CONDUCTING THE TRIAL, The Senate will mect as usual to-morrow, April 17, at noon, but at half-past twelve o'clock the presiding officer, Mr. Ferry, will arise and state that the hour at which the Senate 13 to resolve itself into a court of impeachment in the case of ex-Seeretary Belknap has arrived, and will direct Serzeaut-at-arms French to make due proclamation. Mr, French will then advance from his seat, on the left of the President pro tem., aud make proclamation as follows :— “Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! Alb persons are commanded to keep silence, on pain of imprisonment, while the Senate of the United States Senate is sitting for the trial of the articles of impoachment ‘exhibited by the House of Representatives against William W. Belknap, late Secretary of War.’” The Chief Justice of the United States, clad in his Judiciai robes, will then be escorted into the Senate Chamber by Messrs. Edmunds and Thurman and will administer the oath to such Senators (about a dozen in number) as were not present when the Senate first resolved itself into a court of impeachment. The reading ot the articlés of impeachment will probably be dispensed with, An order will then be made directing the Sec- retary of the Senate to notify the House that the Sen- ate, sitting as a court of impeachment, is ready to proceed with the trial of William W. Belknap, lato Sec- retary of War, The President pro fem. will noxt direct tho Sergeant-at-Arms to introduce the managers, who | will appear and take seats ata table provided for them on the left of the President pro tem. The counsel for Goneral Belknap will be assigned seats on the right of tho President pro fem., and the witness stand will be just below and on the right of the presiding officer. The Secretary of the Senato, Major McDonald, will then read the return of the Ser- geant-at-Arms to the summons issued by tho Senate, ‘The chief clerk will subsequently administer an oath to the Sergeant-at-Arms, declaring that in the matter of serving the summons he performed the services therein prescribed, “So help you God,”? having resolved itself into a committee of the whole, will then be announced by the Sergeant-at-Arms, and. will enter and take seats provided for them ip the rear of the Senators, The presiding officer will then an- nounce to the counsel for Belknap that the Court will hear them, when a written request, signed’ by said Belknap, asking for additional timo, will probably be | submitted. The matter of postponement may bo argued by the managers, but the question will finally. be put to the Senate for a decision, As Andrew John- son was granted forty days, it is not unlikely that the Senate will grant a motion for postponement in the pres- ent case. It is not probable that General Bolknap will appear except by counsel. It is understood that his presenco will not be required, bat he will act his own pleasnre inthis matter. On the trial of Audrew Johnson tick- ets of admission were issued to the ;,alleries, On tho present occasion, however, no tickets will be required. The presiding officer of,the Senate will decide points of procedure as they come up, and if objection is mado willsubmit them to tho Court. In case the latter desires toconsult in reference to any particular matter it will retire to the ladies’ reception room, where a ses- sion will be held with closed doors, and the result will be subsequently announced in the Senate Charnber, During tho trial the House can do no business of a logislative character, but the members are expected to ve present daily in the SenateChamber. THE MISSING BONDS OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAIL- WAY—A REMINISCENCE OF THE CREDIT MoO- BILIER—CURIOUS CONDITION OF AFFAIRS UN- FARTHED BY AN ATTORNEX—A CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ROAD PROBABLE, It has been known for some time that a number of bonds belonging to the Union Pacific Railroad Com- pany have been missing or were not properly ac- counted for by the officers of the company. These bonds consisted of $247,000 first mortgage bonds of the Union Pacific Railroad, United States six per cents. A prominent lawyer in this city mado during the year 1874 a propo- sition to the company through a government director to find out where the missing bonds were. These bonds were said to have been lost at the time of the com. pany’s removal from New York to Boston, Tne propo- sition was strenuously resisted for a long time, but at last # contract was entered into, The attorney imme- diately communicated witha Mr. Spence; who had been a bookkeeper for tho Union Pacific Railroad Company. The two set to work on the! books of the, company and’ developed a strange condition of affairs, Instead of the bends having been abstracted during the famous raid of the Inte James Fisk, Jr., on the safe of the company, it was discovered by stubs and the memoranda of the book- keeper that the bonds had been variously manipulate’ and had passed flualiy into the hands of some of the prominent officers of the company. The attorney then demanded that when ho had produced the proofs that suits Buould Le brought against the trustees of Uakes Ames’ original contract, as he had coneldded that he could show that the bonds which wero missing were traceable into the hands of the agsistent treasurer, of the trustees and the s:c- retary and treasurer of tho Crédit Mobilier, and that they were responsible tor the bonds, He further dis- covered that the books were alterefl in important par- | ticulars, and he says that he can now show that the bonds wero divided up among Mossrs. Sidney Dillon, Ham and Crane, Later on in the process of his inves- tigation Mr, G. M. Nodge, of Towa, who bas figured in tho financial affairs of Jay Gould, bad an interview with him and endeavored to persuade him that he had not discovered anything reliable, and that his suspicions were entirely groundless, while but a few hours provi- ously, when riding up to the St. Nicholas Hotel m New York with one of the government directors, he eaid that the attorney had unearthed very important and | to him astonading facts about the management of the road, Subsequently William E. Chandler, of this city, who has co-operated with GM. Dodge, offered this attorney $3,000 in segtiement of what he had done, and, it is betieved, with a view to have him desist from any farther proceedings in the case, As his earnings under tho contract would bo $125,000 he declined and still insists upon the sulis being brought, having retained for him- sol two attorneys, The government director in ques- tion stands by him and wants to see oversthing probed to the bottom. Things had reached this pass when, on Friday, ex-Sergeant-at-Arms Ordway, G. M. Dodge and William E. Chandler were standing near the door of the room occupied by tho Judiciary Committee of the Houso, and Mr. Dodge, having been fruitiessly sought after in his varyigg peregrinations thronghout the country as a wit formerly, was then and there summoned, It is expected to prove by him at once just what he said to the government director, and from that point to bring the whole management of the Union Pacific road before Congress for investigation. PRESIDENT GRANT AND THE CINCINNATI CON= VENTION—CONKLING TO RECEIVE THR sUP+ PORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION—ADVICE TO A VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN. Chartes W. Harrison, of Richmond, Va, called on the Presilent a few days ago with a letter of introduction from Colonel Mosby, The object of Mr. Harrison's visit ‘was to consult the President in relation to instructing the Virginia republican delegates as to the proper can- | didate to vote for at the Cincinnat! Convention, The President received the gentleman kindly, and expressed himeclf with more than usual freedom. Mr. Har. rison represents a large. t of republicans in his State, and he explained the’objcct of his visit without reserve to a friend, who says the result of the interview ‘wax that President Grant spoke highly of Senator Conk. ling, and referred to bim asthe coming man in terme es nel APN and = $110,000 © ? So plain that Mr. Harrison saw at onee that be "on 8 from New York would receive the undivid apport of the administration in the coming cumpuigy. The giilant Virginian will go home and report to ls (real accordiagly. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPA’ C Wasmuatoy, Apri NO ADDITIONAL ARRESTS IN THE sary ay CASE—WHEREABOUTS OF THE 1) PARTIES— RUMORS AFLOAT. No new arrests have been made in the s but no trouble is antteipaied in o oa | presence here of Whitley, Nettieship, Hay iI | | | whenever they are wanted, Whitley's par upon his testifying in the case, and ap mony depends tho entire case agai: Babeock. Harrington's whereabouts a at present, There are rumors that he } " evading arrest. The opinion prevails, how: . will not keep out of the way any leng but will come forward and take his el adisagreement of the jury on the tria hide for years to come, The evidence of said to be very positive and conelusiy mT Witnesses were connected with him at oe | another, before and ater the burglary. Rumors have prevailet and statementi made that the Grand Jury have evidence 4‘ impheating ex-Governor Shepuerd, Thome um Dr. Sharp and others, but it can be au Wvelie stated that there is not a particle evidunee in tlie District Attorney's ‘@ifice ¢ ire hands of the Grand Jury implicating any rot whomsoever beside those already indicted picion has been directed toward Chief D¢ Yoo, but there is no evidence agaiust iim burglary case. tis not believed that May Arya was im Ray Way guilty of pa the jury charged, He may, however, have@uawit list of names for talesmon put into tis ha rington or some of bis friends, and, while > the subject of investigation, itis not belt , District Attorney that any guilt will attach District Attorney Wells has been very vi) safe burglary case, and will bring it to curliest practicable moment, but doos not ¢ be reached before the middle of June, T) eral important cases waiting for trial, 1 Sugg Fort and Witowski trauds, the lark cotton claim and others, which will be trie safo burglary case can be reaches THE BLAINE SCANDA HOW THE MAINE STATESMAN PAID F BAD ADVICE—A TRANSACTION WI Bon LITICAL SIGNIFICANCE. Bosrox, Apr! t The Herald to-morrow will puvlish aspec » from Augusta, Me., giving a statement o Hager, of Richmond, Me., to the effect tha: i» 4 purchasod $13,000 of stocks and bonds of the | Rock and Fort Smith Railroad, on mendation of Mr. Blaine that it was a good sy paying $10,000 forthem, In 1872, telling \ the investment had turned out badly, he | ¥ offered to take them of his hands, him $10,000, Mr, Hager says there was nol the of ghve est political significance in the transaction, AVERY AND M'DONALD. ON THE WAY TO THE PENITENTI)))--) DENCE THAT MIGHT HAVE CLEAREL Eke CHIEF CLERK. St. Lout, April |, | Genoral McDonald and W. 0, Avery left ts evening for the Penitentiary at Jefferson City, Mago nekl wat gay, jocose and full of humor, but Avery Wi. ts pressed und shunned the gaze of the crowd at ‘he depot and the peoplo in the cara, On Avery regained his spirits somewhat and b¢ talkative, AVERY'S STATEMENT. He stated ‘o revorters on toard the tray t his revarn to Washington, after bis trial ane & here, he found a fetter which he had diligen oye for a several previous occasions, explainiy «4 two one hundred dollar notes were ome) St. Louis to | onm_-—s and to Joseph. He did not givo the ‘xp contained in the letter, but expressed tho oof had it been in the evidence tn his trial, it i eared him. He showed it to Colonel Dyo «i the latier expressed surprise that Judge Krum did not make the lotter one of the grounds for his motion for a new trial, MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. War Derartwent, } Orrtcs ov THe Cixr SiGNat Ovrickr Waxmixarox, April 17—1 A. Sf Probabilities, In the South Atlantic and Gulf States, warmer south. erly winds, veering to coker northwesterly, rising barometer and clear weather will prevail, with a mods erate porther in Texas, For Tennessee and the Ohio Valley, the Upper Missia: sippi and the Lower Missourt valleys and the uppet lakes, rising barometer, colder northwest winds and clear weather, For the lowér lakes, the Middle and Eastern States, rising barometer, west and northwest winds, partly cioudy or clear weather and lower temperature, with, possibly. frosts in the northern portion. Cautionary signals continue at Indianola and Gale ‘veston. THE WEATHER ‘YESTERDAY. The following record will show the changes In tha temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in . parison with the corresponding date of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnat’s pharmacy, Heravp Building:— 1875, 1876, 1875, 1876, 46 + 6 6 ‘Average temperatura yesterday... ‘Average tomporature for corresponding dat FOUL. ce eeeeee ~~ OBITUARY. EX-GOVERNOR TRUSTON POLK. A dospatch from St. Louts, Mo,, under date of the 16th inst, announces the death of ex-Governor Truston Polk, which occurred in that city @ an carly hour yess terday morning. HOTEL ARRIVALS. R, do Postel, Minister for Holiand at Washington, and G. J. Van dor Oudermenter, Mr. Van Kerbwich and G, Muysken, Centennial Commissioners for Holland, are at the Hoffman House. Mans von Biilow is among the Jate arrivals at the Windsor Hotel, Senator Sherman &, Rogers, of Buffalo, ts registered at the St, Cloud Hotel, Captain W. H. Thompson, of the steamship Celtie, and Senator B. 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