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WASHINGTON. .A Comprehensive Finan- cial Measure. LATEST THING FROM THE WEST Movement to Terminate the Fisheries Treaty. THE CIPHER DESPATCHES IN THE HOUSE. Democratic Substitute for Mr. Edmunds’ Peace Resolution. fROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Wasnixetor, Jan. 20, 1879, VHE LATEST FINANCIAL MEASURE—BILL oF SENATOR COCKRELL, OF MISSOURI. Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, astonished tho Sen- ate to-day witha bill which, at great length and with & qnite astonishing comprehensiveness, attempts to ‘settle at one fell blow all the various financial and currency questions which have been troubling the country. It embodies a whole financial system and policy, and thé speech in which the Senator proposes to recommend it to the country can scarcely be much longer or more comprehensive than his bill, Briefly stated, he proposes to abolish the national ‘banks and the legal tender notes and to substitute in ‘their place Treasury notes which ere to be receivable for all debts, dues and dem7nds to and from the gov- ernment, except obligations for which coin was promised, These ‘Treasury notes are to be equal in amount to the sum of the-present legal tender and national bank notes, and to make the curreney “elastic’’ he provides that other Treasury notes shall be issued in exchange for bonds which are to bear ‘no interest while they are thus held for notes issued, but the owners of which may at will recall them by returning thé Treasury notes, whereupon interest shall again begin. Besides these Treasury notes he provides for gold and silver coin certificates, which ulso are.to be receivable for all debts due the United States, and are to be of as low denomination as $4. Whatever spare Treasury notes the Treasury may have are to be devoted to the purchase of silver bul- lion and old silver, which are to be as rapidly as pos- , Bibly coined into the dollars of our fathers, which dollars arc to be used to redeem all coin bonds as fast as they are redeemable, and the Treasury is com- manded to prepare three per cent ten-year bonds, into which the whole national debt is to be con- verted as fast as possible, Mr. Cockrell apparantly having not the least doubt that there will be # rush Tor these securities, which are made redeemable in the dollar of the fathers. He appears never to heve heard that along bond is more valuable than one of short date, and the notion that he can at will convert the national debt into s three per cent ten year silver bond is the most amazing that the West hhas put forward. Of course Mr. Cockrell’s bill will come to nothing. It seems to embody the whole present Missouri idea of finance. It is quite awful to think of the language ‘which Colonel Benton would use toward Senator Cockrell if he could reappesr on the streets of Wash- ington. It is a curious indication of the laxity of party dis- cipline that such a bill, concerning the gravest and most important questions with which Congress or the country has to do, is brought in by a Senator ‘without general consultation or advice, or even the knowledge of the members of his party—without de_ liberation in caucus or any attempt to ascertain whether it meets the wishes or expresses the ideas of any considerable number of his party friends. In like manner Mr. Blaine introduced his Southern in- vestigation resolution withon! preliminary consulta- ‘tion with other party leaders of his side, THE FISHERIES QUESTION--MOVEMENT TO AB~ ROGATE THE TREATY. In secret session to-day it is publicly reported that Senator Ydmunds made a long speech in favor of a project to ask the British government to consent to ~ the abrogation of the fisheries clauses of the Treaty of Washington. By the terms of that treaty these clauses stand for ten years from the time they came into operation, and after that time until two yearsafter notice has been given that either party wishes to ter- minate them. The treaty was signed on the 4th of July, 1871. It went into general effect in 1873, and could not, by its terms, become inoperative until twelve years later; that is to say, in 1885. It is pro- posed that the Secretary of State shall now formally present to the British government a state, ment showing that we are losing ao good deal of money by tho treaty and the arbitration, and that it would be only fair to Jet us out of what has proved: to be a bad bargain, without waiting until 1885. About the badness of the bargain there is no doubt at all. The Gloucester fishermen are presently coming here to say that they would just as soon do without the inshore Qsheries as not, particularly as they are firiven off by mob _ violence and have so far got no redress. Threats have been heard that if the treaty is not broken in any other way Congress may exercise its power over the revenue hy laying duties on Canadian fish and fi . oil, and a well known decision of Judge Curtis in the United States’ Circuit Court is cited to prove that Congress has the power to lay duties in defiance of troaties, on the ground that an act of Congress and a treaty provision are both the supreme law of the land, and that if one contradicts the other the Su- pease Court has no power to decide which is to dom- inate. A detailed statement of the actual working of the treaty, and of how little we get and how much we givo under its provisions, is being made up here, and it will be shown that the duties we surrender in one year would probubly pay for all the additional fish we may catch during the whole term of the treaty. Nevertheless, ‘it will be said on the other side that we made our own bargain, and it is just possible that some one may point out that that the consumera of fish in this country, mostly poor people, get their fish a good deal cheaper now than they will if the treaty is abrogated and Canadian fish are shut out. In fact there isa suspicion in sowe quarters here that the whole movement to break the treaty is what, in Wall street, they would call an “operation for a tise” in the price of salt fish. FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Wasnrxoton, Jan. 20, 1879, A DEMOCRATIC SUBSTITUTE FOR MR. EDMUNDS’ “PEACE AND GOODWILI” RESOLUTIONS—RE- SPECTIVE POW.RS OF THE STATE AND Na- TIONAL GOVERNMENTS. The democratic Senatorial caucus reconvened this moruing and hoard and adopted the report of the special committee of which Mr. Thurman is chair- man. The response to Senator Edmunds’ resolu- tions on the subject of tho thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments was embodied in series of resolutions which Mr. Morgan subsequently offered in the Senate, and which are substautially those adopted by the Virginia Legisla- ture last week with reference to the action of Judge Rives. The caucus also discussed the test oath ques- Hon, and agreed to recommend to the democrats in the House the appendage to ono of the appropriation bills of a provision for tho repeal of the test oath as affecting jurors and trials in the United States courts. ‘The following is the text of the resolutions: — Firat—Rosolved, as the jndgment of the Senate, that the thirtgenth, fourteenth and Afteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States are as valid and binding as any other part of the constitution; that the people of the United States have # common irae aie oi Bo it enacted, ko., that there be paid to county, Pennayiyauia, out ok say money ia NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1879.-TRIPLE SHEET. oveny cittaan tm the Gamvieg.st all the rights thereby secu’ Second—Resolved, That the government of the United States and the governments of the several States are distinct, and each has citizens of its own who owe it a and whuse rights within its juriadiction it must 3 that the government of the United States is one of delegated powers alone; its authority is defined and limited by the constitu- tion, All powers not granted to it by that instrument nor prohibited by it to the States are reserved to the States respectively or to the people; aud that no right can be acquired under the constitution or se- cured through laws of the United States, except such as the government of the United States has the authority to grant or secure. Third—Resoived, That the constitution of the United States has not conferred the right of suffrage upon any one, and the United States have no voters of their own creation in the States; but the fifteenth amendment of the constitution. has invested the citi: zens of the United States with a new constituent right, whieh is exemptiou from discrimination in the exercise of the elective franchise on account of race, color or previeus condition of servi- tude; and it is within the jurisdiction of the government of the United States, which Congress Tay exert by appropriate legislation to prevent a denial or abridgment by a State of the right of a citizen to vote, when stich denial cr abridgment is on account of race or color or previous condition of servituce of the voter. fi Fourth—Resolved, That when such right to vote is denied or abridged by the conduct of a person who is not so acting bythe authority and in obedience to the laws of a State, the jurisdiction to punish such conduct is in the State government and is not in the government of the United States. THE CIPHER DESPATCHES—-A LIVELY DEBATE ANTICIPATED IN THE HOUSE. In the words of the minstrels “the -felicity” will begin to-morrow in the matter of the resolution to investigate the cipher despatches. Toe Potter reso- Intion comes up the first thing after the reading’ of | the journal, when an hour will be afforded under the rules for debate. General Butler and Messrs. Potter, Hewitt, McMahon and Hale will be heard upon the subject, and a lively discussion is looked for. It is eaid that when the resolution is adopted the investi- gation will be committed to a sub-committes, of which Mr, MeMahon will be chairman, and that the sub-committee will go to New York and there con- duct the inquiry. THE DAVENPORT INVESTIGATION. Tho House to-day passed a resolution providing for the expenses of tho sub-committee of the Judi- ciary Committee which is to go to New York and in- vestigate the Davenport matter. The chairman, Mr. Lynde, says that the committee will not leave until certain bills now before the committee for considera- tion are disposed of, as the absence of the New York committee and the sub-committee appointed to visit Chicago and-examine the charges maie against Judge Blodgett would leave the committee without & quorum, and it is important that the work of the committee should first be finished, so that the chair- man may be able, to report the bills agreed upon when the committee is next called. THE HARLEM RIVER IMPROVEMENT—REASONS FOR THE DELAY—ACTION OF THE NEW YORK LEGISLATURE A PREREQUISITE. ‘The delay in beginning the Harlem River improve- ment, for which $300,000 was appropriated in the River and Harbor bill last session, is ascribed to the lack of an enabling act giving the United States the right of way over the new portion of the river to be cut across the flats below Spuyten Duyvil. It will be remembered that the engineers recommended that the improvement of Harlem River should comprise this cut-off, which spans a large bend in the stream and materially shortens the distance between the Hudson snd East rivers, but the artificial stream thus made would not, it is thought, carry with it the jurisdiction inhering to the United States in the orignal or natural water way. The money is, therefore, withheld by the War and Treasury departments until this dif- ficulty is obviated, which it can be by an act of’the New York Legislature ceding to the United States co-jurisdiction andthe right of way forever over the cutoff. The objection on this score is no arbitrary doing of the War Department. The preliminary cession of the right of way is made requisite in the appropriation bill. THE CALL OF COMMITTEES—VAST AMOUNT OF | WORK TO FALL WITH THE SESSION, The next committee of the House to be called in regular order is the Committee on War Claims. Fol- Jowing it in order will be the committees on Public Expenditures, Private Land Claims, Agriculture, Indian, Military,"Naval Affaite, Foreign Affairs, Edt- cation and Labor, Coinage, Weights and Measures, Pat- ents and Public Buildings and Grounds. There are also ®@ number of subordinate committees following these, so that there is little prospect that theend of the list will bo reached in the few weeks remaining of the session. A prominent officer of the House said to-day that he did not believe that there would be more than four more morning hours during the remainder of the session, so that the great mass of the committee work awaiting action will fall with the session. The Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads will endeavor to-morrow to have a day set for the consideration of the bill for the re- classification of mail matter and a revision of the rates of postage, which bill has been perfected after frequent consultation with the leading publishers and the officials of the Post Office Department. There is but little hope, however, that the bill will be acted upon this session, THE TRANSFER OF THE INDIAN BUREAU—AN ADVERSE REPORT TO BE MADE BY THE COM- MITTEE. Senator Saunders, chairman of the Joint Commit- tee on the Transfer of the Indian Bureau, has called a meeting for Thursday next, wnen the report of the committee will be agreed upon. It is already known that the report of the majority will be adverse to the transfer, but the minority will prepare @ report embodying all of the important facts gained during the investigation in favor of the transfer of the bureau to the War Department. The President, it is said, recently expressed the opinion that the object sought by the advocates of the trans- fer could not be attained, and he believed that the best policy was to perfect the system of management and control as it now exists under the Interior De- partment. FREE REGISTRY FOR SHIPS—NO HOPES FOR THE BILI. THIS SESSION. The Committee on Commeree of the House: re- sumes to-morrow the hearing in favor of free registry for ships, and tho bill will be agreed to by the committee, so the chairmen; Mr, Reagan, thinks. But aeAiere is no prospect of the committee being called again this session, and as such a bill could only be considered out of the regular order by unanimous consent, the advocates of the measure have no hope of passing it this session. NOMINATIONS OF POSTMASTERS BY THE PRESI- DENT. The President will send {o the Senate to-morrow several hundred nowinations of postmasters, many of them for offices which have become Presidential appointments since the Ist of January by reason of the increase of busiuess which makes their incum- bents appointments requiring confirmation. A num- ber of the nominations will also be in the nature of reappointments, the commirsions of the incumbents expiring during the time intervening between tho adjournment of this and tho meeting of the next THE RIVER AND HARDOR BILL, ‘The River and Harbor Appropriation bill is making slow progress in the House subcommittee on com- merce. The amount will not exceed $4,000,000. Mr. Reagan, the chairman of the committee, says that he asked. the Secretary of War and the Chief of the En- gineer corps if the unexpended appropriation of the present fiscal year would be large enough to carry on the works without additional appropriations. Both of these officials were of the opinion that the sums un- expended would be sufficient in many cases, but the public works would suffer if there was not a general appropriation for all the work, and so the committoo isstriving to make the amount as low as possible, The bill passod last session appropriated nearly $8,000,000. aniuenaenciati GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1879, NORTHERN WAT CLAIMS--PENNSYLVANIA WANTS RENT FOR HER BATTLA GROUNDS. Mr. Marsh, of Pennsylvania, introduced in the House to-day forty separate bills of the following tenor:— of —— ulace will to-ni Seoatul effort to sury not otherwise priated, thesum of —— dol- Jars, in full com n for the use and occupation of his lands by United States troops during tho late war, and for property belonging to him taken and used by the said ae ‘The aguregate amount of the bills is $67,131. They were all referred to the Committee on War Claims. THE PENSION ARREARS BILL—INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS. ‘The enrolled copy of the Pensions Arrears bill has been received by the President and by him referred to the Secretaries of the Interior and Treasury for their opinions as to its merits and demerits. Secr UNITED STATES SENATORS Republican and Democratic Caucuses at thé State Capital. tary Sherman, it is understood, is opposed to po CONKLING NOMINATED. Dill because it will take such a largo amount of money out of the Treasury. It is not thought, how. ever, that the President will veto it. The Commissioner of Pensions has issued a series of rules providing for handling the claims for ar- rears under the bill lately passed by Congress. They are as follows:— First—That as soon as practicable after the Arrears Dill, lately passed by Congress, shal! have been ap- pas by the Prosident, he will issue and publish instructions for the gnidance of all persons who are entitled to arrears under its provisions, Second—No claim tor arrears under the provisions of the bill, due to a pensioner already upon the rolls, will be adjusted until Congress shall have appropri- ated the money for the payment of such claim. Third--Meantime inquiries made by interested parties in individual cases willbe filed, but no answer made until they ere taken up for adjustment. MINORITY REPRESENTATION—-HOW MR. OF ILLINOIS, PROPOSES TO GIVE SOUTHERN COLORED REPUBLICANS A REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS. i In tho House to-day Mr. Springer, democratic mem- berfrom Illinois, introduced a bill to secure to the people of every State equal and exact, just represen- tation. It provides that after the next census the legislatures of each State shall apportion the State under the census of 1880, so as to provide that when Eloquent Speeches and a Unanimous Vote. DEMOCRATS AND THE APPORTIONMENT Lieutenant Governor Dorsheimer Chosen by the Democracy. peices Caneusing for the Indiana, Lonisiana and Peunsylvania Senatorships, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Avpay, Jan, 20, 1879. Tho Senate and Assembly resumed their labors at seven o'clock this evening. Afew leading republi- cans from. different parts of the State, including ex- more than’ two members are elected ina State the | Collector Arthur, United States Marshal Payne and State shall be divided into districts of three members each as far as possible, and when there are two odd representatives (that is, over three or six or nine, &e.) there shall be one district consisting of five members, In districts consisting of three members every elector shall vote for only two members of Mr, A. B. Cornell, were present to witness the pro- ceedings at the caucus for United States Senator, and which was called for the pur- Pose of naming Roscoe Conkling as its unanimous choice. ‘The main gallery of the Assembly was filled while a large number of the fair sex graced the ladies’ Congress and‘in districts entitled to five members {| galleries. Jacob M. Patterson, Jr., Clerk of the Com- every elector shall vote for three members. Mr. Springer presented in connection with his bill a statement showing that under it there would have been elected at.the last November election from the mon Conneil, occupied a seat with Mrs. Cornell in the gallery near the Speaker's chair, The routine business of the Assembly only lasted a few minutes, when an adjournment took place. In the meantime Southern States thirty-four republicans instead of | the vacant places in the galleries and on the floor six (or a republican gain of ‘twenty-cight), while the democrats would have realized a like gain in the North; that the general result would have been the same, but that republican minorities at the South and democratic minorities at the North would have been equally represented in Congress, and that the four millions of colored population could control the election of twenty-two members in the following States:—Alabama, 3; Arkansas, 1; Georgia, 3; Loui- siana, 2; Mississippi, 2; North Carolina, 3; South Carolina, 2; Tennessee, 2; Texas, 2, and Virginia, 2. THE ANTI-POLYGAMY LAW—SUBSTITUTE RE- PORTED BY MR. CHRISTIANCY FROM THE SEN- ATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. Mre. Sarah J. Spencer, of Washington; Mrs. Wells, wife of Daniel H. Wells, of Salt Lake City, and Seina Young Williams, daughter of the late Brigham Young, had an informal interview with members of the Senate Judiciary Committe this morning, in which they urged the repeal of the Anti-Polygamy law of 186%. They took the ground that by its enforcement the legitimacy of children and the marriage of women under the laws of Utah would be disastrously affected and homes now happy be de- stroyed and their inmates disgraced. The members listened attentively to these representations and promised to give the subject careful consideration. During the afternoon Senator Christiancy, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported as a substitute for a pending bill a new measure amending the Re- vised Statutes so as to provide that every person who has a husband or wife living, who, in @ Territory or other place over which the United States has exclusive jurisdiction, marries another, ‘whether married or single, and any man who hereafter simultaneously or on the same day marries more than one woman in & Territory or other place over'which the United States has exclu- sive jurisdiction, shall be deemed guilty of bigamy, and be punished by a fine of not more than $500 and by imprisonment for a term of not more than five years; put this section shall not extend to any per- son by reason of any former marriage whose hus- band or wife by such marriage is absent tor five successive years and is not known to such person to be living, nor to any person by regson of any former marriage which has been dissolved by a decree of a competent court, nor to any person by reason of any former marriage which has been pro- nounced void bya decree of a competent court on the ground of nullity of the marriage contract. The foregoing provisions are not to affect the prosecution or punishment of any offence already committed against the present law. ‘The President is authorized to grant amnesty to such classes of offenders against the Anti-Polygamy lawand on such conditions and under such limita- tions as he shall think proper; but no such amnesty shall have effect unless the conditions thereof shall have been complied with. The issue of plural marriages, known as Mormon mar- riages, in \ cases in which such marriages have been solemnized according to the rites of the Mormon sect in any Territory of the United States, and if such issue shall have been born before the 1st day of November, 1879, are legitimated and shall be entitled to all the rights of heirs and next of kin of their parents. Polygamists are disqualified from performing jury duty. THE SCHURZ-SHERIDAN CONTRO- VERSY. TRE LIEUTENANT GENERAL ADVISED BY GENERAL SHERMAN NOT TO REPLY TO THE COMMUNI- CATION OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. Cxicago, ILL., Jan 20, 1879, Lieutenant General Sheridan is in receipt of the following letter from General Sherman, under dato of Washington, January 17:— Grxenat—I have, for the first time, had to-day re- ferred to me the commutication of the Honorable Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Schurz, of Janus 6, with enclosure with an inderscment from the Wat Department, “No action,” accordin; I do not send it you, This communicat ion was published in New York énd Wi about the day of it date, and hus loubtless been ‘seen by you, and I make the explana- tion that you may not expect an official copy unless you specially call for it. My own judg- mentis that your answer toa former communica- tion by the Honorable Secretary of the Inierior was all- sufficient and perfectly satisfactory to me, to whom it was ad 1d, and to the Secretary of War, to whom I referred it, and that Mr. Schurz’s rejoinder was ad- dressed to the public, and is in no manner calculated to reconcile conflicting opinions, to improve the con- dition of the Indians or make the instrumentality of the army in Indian management more harmonious and effective. For these reasons I infer from a conversation with the Honorable Secretary of War, Mr. McCreary, that his opinion is—in which I fully concur—that the contro- versy, as such, should end; and therefore I shall in- struct the Adjutant General to place this communica- tion of the Honorable Secretary of the Interior on tile. With great respect, yours truly, W. T. SHERMAN, General, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1879, Master Downes L. Wilson has been ordered to duty at the Hydrographic Office. Lieutenant William H. Emery has been detached from the Naval Academy and placed on waiting orders. Lioutenant Georgo M. ‘Totton haa been detached from the Hydrograp hi Oftice and ordered to the Powhatan, eh MURDERERS PROBABLY LYNCHED. RicaMoxp, Va., Jan. 20, 1879, Intelligence was received here to-day of the murder of John 8. Lacey, of New Kent county, last Friday night near Tonstall’s station, on the Richmond and York River Railroad, bat the crime was not dis covered until Saturday, when the dead body was found with the head horribly crushed and almost en- tirely severed from the trunk, Two negro men and a boy have been arrested. The boy said two other negroes had commniitted the deed, threatening his life if he betrayed them. Tho negroes to whom he alluded were subsequently arrested and pleaded guilty, confessing that they waylaid Mr. Lacey ar murdered him ior his money. An wnsuccessty’ tempt was made last night by Mr. Lacey's noighbors to lynch the prisoners, who are in cuatody at Talleys- ville, There is no jail in the county. Great exci ment prevails, and it is expected that an angry pop- | present cast his vote for Roscoe Conk: \y 8 ight make wnother, and plot tie ‘deal summarily murderers, with the of the House filled up. Ex-Collector Arthur and Insurance Superintendent Smyth entered the Chamber together. The Senators came in shortly afterward. The republican leaders who came to witness the third election of Mr. Conkling to the United States Senate occupied a prominent posi- tion to the left of the Speaker's chair. General Husted looked nervously over toward the hands of the clock. , He evidentiy wished the moment to ar- rive when he could rise in his place and pour forth 1m eloquent words his admiration of the Utica states- man. The ghost of Blaine’s Presidential canvass probably still haunted his busy brain, The time had come to make amends, and the gentleman from Rock- land was prepared to do his work handsomeiy. eaker Alvord took his old position in the centre of the floor and chatted with a knot of Assemblymen who clustered aronud him. Several ladies also occu- pied seats on the floor in the rear of the Chamber. ‘The caucus was called to order at eight o’clock, with Senator Robertson as chairman, His allusion to Roscoe Conkling as the choice of the caucus for a third term was received with applause. On calling the roll it was found that all the Sena- tors except one and all the Assemblymen except one were present. GENERAL HUSTED'S SPEECH, General Husted, in presenting Mr. Conkling for the United States Senatorship, launched at once into a Be and flowery adulation of the nominee. Ho etched the gentleman's career from the time he ag the United States Senate up to the present me. Twelve years ago, said he, the State of New York designated Roscoe Conkling ax one of her repre- sentatives in the Senate of the United States. As a member of the popular branch of the national Con- gress he had during the dark days demonstrated his triotism, his courage, his sagacity and his wisdom. ‘he unflinching and steadfast champion of freedom, the prop and shield of the administration, the friend and counsel of Lincoln, he was the pride of his con- stituents, as he was the foremost representative from his State. His transfer to a position where bis com- talents, his surpassing eloquence and his ripe experience would enable him to render still more enduring service to the Union was by a popular will that silenced all other aspii 1s. Enter: the Senate at that period of doubt and gloom which: enshrouded the Johnson ad- ministration, “‘wmmoved by power and whappalled by fear;” spurning the blandisbments and bidding defiance to the threats of the dispensers of patron- age and place, he flung down the gage of battle, and, casting himself into the breach, bearing proudly afloat the banner of his party, he ‘marched forward with an unfaltering tread and with the weapons of abiding truth und matchless oratory he held firmly at bay a treacherous and traitorous executive. For two years, he combatted as well the secret a4 the open enemics of his country. From every conflict he came forth triumphantly, and to the hero of the battleield amidst the plaudits of the nation, \was — transmit unsullied — the escutcheon ‘for which the Great Emancipator died. ‘The exaltation of General Grant to the chief magistracy was the inaugural of new era, and from that moment dates the prosperity, which, ever increasing, betokens to-day a future such as the world has never seen. As manfully as he had sustained the patriot martyr did Roscoe Conkling, with unflagging zeal, with like fidelity and with equal ability’ and courage sustain the patriot soldier of the Repnblic. With the close of his Sonatorial term a great crisia con- fronted the nation—the dissatisfied and the un- satisfied joined hands with the implacable foe. Then did bis great genius make manifest its powers and its strength. Inspired by duty and patriotism, alike fearless of danger or consequences, relying on the justice of his cause, with clarion voice he sounded the key note of victory, and with undaunted purpose and an enthusiasm ‘that brooked no opposi- tion he fought the battles of that mem- orable campaign to an issue as sticcess- ful as it was glorious. Again the victor of Appomattox was made the guardian of liberty and | human rights. Again the Republic was preserved. Again the hope was cherished that the war had not been all in vain. With universal acclaim the re- publicans of New York demanded Mr. Conkling’s re- turn to the Senate, GRANT AND CONKLING. Tho Legislature seconded the demand, and by ti unanimous vote of his party he was again made a Senator of the United States, and then, for four years ore, side by side and shoulder to shoulder, in de- sof great principles and in furtherance of great fer measiros, the soldier and the statesman straggled for and maintained the rights of the American peo- ple, and in Executive Chamber and in Senate Hail they won most signal victories for public integrity, public faith and public honor. Inseparably connected onthe pages of history wilt their names go down to a grateful posterity. ‘Their deeds will be embalmed in the memories and minds of men forever. Where are these two strong men now? The one receiving at the close of his official cateer the benedictions of a loving people—as to-day, the recipient of courtesies such ax never before were accorded to “tho yreatest of the earth.” Primes and peasant vie with cach other in their endeavor to show their admiration and respect for Ulysses 8. Grant. Ali nations bow before the soldier citizen. ‘The other, closing his second term of Senatorial service, stands forth “the first among his peers,” the recog- nized exponent of republican doctrine, the unchal- | lenged statesman of America. To-night the repre- sentatives of the republican party, voicing the people's call, summon him again to the post of duty | and of honor. The annals of the State present no record such as this— Oh, such a day, So foutit, wo followed and so fairly won, Camo not till now to dignity the times Since Casar's fortunes. Fellow republicans, let us remember that in honor- ing such a leader the glory is reflected on otrselves, “Titles of honor add not to his worth who is him- sclf an honor to his title.” Six years ago it was my opportunity to second his nomination. It is now my privilege to name Roscoe Conkling for the position of United States Senator. Sir, in order to make tho expression of the — voice the more emphatic and pronounced, 1 move that cach member of this canens, as hi me is called, rise in his place and designate the candidate of his choice. OFHER SPEECH! Senator Pomeroy followed ina short speech sec- onding the nomination. He did not confine his re- marks to a laudation of Mr. Conkling, but insisted that the selection of Mr. Conkling came particularly from positive opinions in the hearts of republicans that such a selection was the best possible one that could be made in the interests of the nation and the republican party. Assemblyman Sloan dilated upon the mental quali- ties required for the position of United States Sena- tor, contending that Mr. Conkling possessed them to au extraordinary degree, Mr. Sloan's speech was sensible and to the point, without any attempt at fulsome adulation. Speaker Alvord compared Mr. Conkling with Web- ster, Calhoun and other statesmen, asserting that he was the peer of any one of them. The Speaker con- sidered the privilege of voting for the nominee one of the proudest of his life. Assemblymen ‘Terry and Strahan also spoke in advocacy Of Mr. Conkling’s great claims upon the country and his party, reiterating the sentiments previously expressed, Dr. Hayes delivered a few well timed words, olo- | quently summing up the whole situation as to the unanimity with which the name of Roscoe Conkling was received in the caucus, and also dilating upon the eminent qualities of the nominee. ‘The roll was then called, when a? member ing. REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY. Mr, Husted moyed suas the caucus proceed to! nominate a candidate for it of the Uni '. Carried Tegen! versity. Senator Harris, on rising to nominate Charles E, Smith, editor of the Albany Evening Journal, spoke in high terms of that ; pendexnac's qualifications for the office of Regent of the University. Messrs. Alvord, Sheard: and Husted followed in equally eulogistic terms, and on motion of Mr. Hus- ted the nomination of Charles E. Smith was made by acclamation amid applause. CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. CONKLIXG. Immediately upon the nomination of SenatorConk- ling for re-election Mr. A. B. Cornell telegraphed direct from the Capitol his congratulations to Mr. Conkling at Washington. THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS—SENATOR ECCLESINE MOVES THE ADOPTION OF A PROTEST AGAINST THE ELECTION OF A SENATOR—HE IS DE- FEATED, AND AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE ORDERED—THE OLD QUESTION OF REAPPOR- TIONMENT MADE PROMINENT—EX-LIEUTENANT DORSHEIMER NOMINATED. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] ALBANY, Jan. 20, 1879, The democratic caucus was held in the Senate Chamber, the number of members of either House present being just sufficient to fill the circle of seats. Senator St. John called the assemblage to order, and named for chairman Senator Hughes, who was elected‘ unanimously. Assemblymen Gal- vin and Stevens were appointed to act as secretaries, Tho reporters sharpened their pencils in anticipation of the flow of wisdom, but they were kindly spared all such labor in con- nection with the caucns by Senator Ecclesine, who suggested that the discussion might take a wide range and embrace certain things which it would be well not to make public, He ended by moving for the exclusion of all persons not members of thecancns. A number of gentlemen voted in the affirmative, many did not vote at all, and one—Sena- tor Rains, of Buffalo—opposed the resolution. The correspondents and visitors left the room, among the latter class being Secretary of State Beach, who was, however, allowed to re-enter upon @ passing plea being made in his behalf by Assemblyman Grady. When the doors had been hermetically sealed Senator Ecclesino opened the ball with characteristic speech in which he arraigned the republican party for fraud and a dispo. sition toward imperialism. He said republican jeaders intended to elect General Grant for a third term, and he solemnly believed that in the botiom of ‘their hearts they contemplated _elect- ing him forever. ‘The republican. arty having prevented the reapportionment of the State within the constitutional period, the present Legislature was not organized according to the fnuda- mental law and could not legally elect 4 United States Senator. The Senator said he had drawn up a gro- test and he would like to have it entered upon the Journals of both houses. He would also have a committee of both houses appointed to go before the Committee on Credentials at Washington, and protest against the admission of Mr. Conkling to the Senate. Mr. Ecclesine asserted his belief that his hearers had really no right to vote for a United States Senator under the circumstances. Q STATING THE DIFFICULTY. It might be said that pecan could not consist- ently participate in such a protest while they at the sume time assisted in legistating for the State. This objection Mr. Ecclesine met with the statement that they had been elected by their constituents to look after their wauts, and they were obliged to do so. They were not responsible for the existing state of affairs. It remained for some judicial tribunal to de- cide upon the force of laws passed by the present Legislature, which was a mere de facto tribunal. The gentleman asserted that in going to the doors of the federal Capitol with a protest they would not be act- ing without precedent. He cited the Hustis case in Louisiana as an instanee. One of the leaders of the Bar of this country, Le said, was well advised that a — of that kind could be made good, and prece- lents enough would be shown him to unseat the candidate ot the majority. Mr. Ecclesine wanted his associates to act with vigor; if decided action had been taken after the last Presidential election he thought Mr. Hayes would never have been Chief Magistrate, and if his hearers would act promptly now, Mr. Conkling would not take his seat in the Senate. “We are to-day making history,” said the speaker, “and let us make it boldly.” It would not be such a difficult task, he said, because the republi- cans were divided. Many of them were not wedded to “the idolatry of Conkling- ism,” and were opposed to a violation of the constitution of the State in order to gratify the personal ambition of one man. In conclusion Mr. Ecclesine held that to raise this issue would cast a bone of contention among the republicans, while it could do no possible harm to the democracy. At this point the gentleman handed up the following docu- nent, which was read by Secretary Steven: Protest made by the undersigned Sefators'and members of the Assembly of the State of vention of the two tionses, in the January, 1879, and envered on the The yew gn st rept Senate of the United States, d v protest agninst the granting of any certifient or the making of or. ‘The grounds of the protest are that by the conatitution of this State it is ni meration of the ter the return of every enumeration te district shall contain as nearly as may inhabitants, &c.; and (section 5) lature as number of alieus, and shal sembly districts shall remain as at present organized until nearly as may be, according their respective inhabitants, be chosen by single districts, exelnding The As- after the enumeration of the inhabitunts of the State in the year The ture, at its first session after the return every enumeration, shall apportion | the | inembers of the Assembly among the several contties of the State, &e., and abitants of the § 0 reap: portionment of the members of the Assembly has been made by the Legislature since the said enumeration; th the effect of such neglect has been that large 16 of the State have been, and now are, unrep- Le lature ; that the political complexion of been thereby changed from one part party which the undersigned represent « party represented by the members who voted for said nkling, the legal result whereof is that the presont Lagtelnture isn Legislature de facto and not de jure horefore the undersigned sek that this, their protest be certified by the President of this joint Assembly and laid before the Senate of the United States. OPPOSITION TO THE PROTEST. Senators Raines and St. John made a calm and thoughiful address, depreciating the adoption of the protest, and Mr. Erastus Brooks followed in nearly the same strain, Assemblyman Maurice B. Flynn, of Brooklyn, was inclined to favor its adoption, and was quite certain some action should be taken to manifest the disapprobation of the democratic members. A SUBSTITUTE ADOPTED. Senator Ecclesine fought with all his powers for the radical action he had proposed, but it met with little favor, and Mr. Flynn, qtter s time, moved as a substitute for the protest @ resolution to appoint a committee of three Senators and two Assemblymen to draft an address to the people, protesting against the election of & United States Senator. ‘This was carried by a vote of 23 to 11. Senator Ecciesine at once left the Chamber, THE COMMITTER. The Chair appointed as the committee Senators jacobs, §t. John and Rainos, wil ymen ri iy and Penfield. Senator Hiehes “and Pests Brooks were then added by acclamation, and the mimittee will report to the caucus to-morrow after- r This motion was carried by a vote of 23 yeas to 11 nays, t THE INFORMAL BALLOT, An informal ballot then taken to nominate a candidate for United States Senator, resulting as fol- lows :—For Mr. Dorsheimer, 11; Dewitt ©. James F. Starbuck, 8; Addison Gardiner, 4 Ward, 2; Governor Robinson, 1; George B. Bradley, 1. A formal ballot followed, resulting as follow: Dorsheimer, 18; Starbuck, 9; West, 6; Bradle: Mr. Dorsheimer’s nomination was then made unani- mous. Senator Jacobs-and Assembiymen Douglas and H. W. Davis were appointed a committee to in- form Mr. Dorsheimer of his nomination and the caucus adjourned until four P. M. on Tuesday. VIEWS OF SENATORS. Senator Oakley, who voted in favor of the com- Miittee on the address, expressed himscif later to the Heravp correspondent as not in favor of sendin, out any manifesto to the people. He merely vot for the #ubetitute so as to kill the protest, but really favors the taking of no action at all. Senator Jacobs, who came in at the last moment of | the discussion, and who is chairman of the committee in question, is dectdediy opgosed to the notion of an address and will, itis said, decline to take any part in its preparation. THE PENNSYLVANIA SENATORSHIP, [5 TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Hanntsvuna, dan. 90, 1879, ‘The democratic members of the Pennsylvania Leg- islature held their caucus to-night, and, on the third ballot, nominated Congressman Heister Clymer, of Dorks, for United States Senator, the voting stand, ing 50 for Clymer, ex-Congressman Jenks 18, ex-United States Senator Buckalew 10, and Jeremiah 8. Diack & The sentiment of the cancus was de- cidedly against a coalition of disaffected republicans, democrats and nationals to defeat Senator Cameron, | Tho number of bolting republicans is put down at eight, which is insufficient to defeat Cameron, even should they unite with the democrata and na: tionals on a candidate. The two house will yote separately for Senator to-morrow, and the election will take place on Weds INDIANA SENATORIAL CACCUSES, IspraxaPonts, Ind., Jan, 20, 1879. The democratic caucus to-night nominated D. W. Voorhees for long term United States Senator by s unanimous vote, Julian and Mr. Voorhees were put in nomination. Julian received 5 votes and Voorhees 67, Seventy- five votes are necessary to elect, a8 one democratic Represeniative is absent from the State. Mr. Daker, of Tippecanoe, was the only National in the democratic caucus. Five democratic Senators and Representatives were absent from tne caucus; but it is claimed that they will be present to-morrow, and that Mr. Voorhees will receive 77 votes on the first ballot. THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. The republicans have nominated General Benjamin Harrison for the long term and Mr. Godlove 8. Orth for the short term. ILLINOIS SENATORIAL CAUCUSES, SPLINGFIELD, Jan. 20, 1879. The democratic members of the Legislature in caucus to-night nominated General J. C. Black for United States Senator. The national members also held a caucus and nom- inated the Hon. Alexander Campbell, of Lasalle, LOUISIANA SENATORIAL CAUCUS, New OrxeEans, Jan. 20, 1879, In the Louisiana Senatorial caucus to-night the following vote was taken without a choice:—Eustis, 32; Kenner, 26; Jonas, 21; Lewis, 8. The rest of the ballots were scattering. THE RENO TROUBLE, CLOSE OF THE EXAMINATION OF THE scout GIRARD--IMPORTANT TESTIMONY AS TO CUS TER'S ORDERS AND THE RETREAT OF RENO— THE STORY OF SWINGING AROUND THE SKIBe MISH LINE. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Cuicao, Jan. 20, 1879, At eleven o'clock this morning the Court of In- qury in the case of Major Reno reconvened at the Palmer House. The usual large crowd attended, In the reading of his testimony on Friday and Saturday several objections were made by Girard, most of them being corrections in his statements rather than in the transcription; for instance, he said that his corrected estimate of the number of Indians ahead of Reno when he first left Custer was 1,500 or 2,000 in- stead of 2,500. He also said that not the killed scont, Charley Reynolds, but he himeelf cried out on the order to retreat, “What damned fool is this?” He also corrected his opinion as to the time of the day when Reno's command crossed the stream toward the hill, stating that his second estimate made it about an hour later. Assisted by the clear and pointed questions of Mr. Gilbert the scout’s testimony to-day seemed to have a beginning and an end, and his evidence re- ceived very close attention from all who were present, Major Reno himself showed the liveliest interest, Mr. Gilbert asked that two additional witnesses be subpenacd—Captain B. Scott Payne, Fifth cavalry, and Sergeant De Lacey, I Company, Seventh cavalry. This request was granted by the Court. At the end of the session Recorder Lee further examined the scout Girard on some points of detail, which he explained by the aid ofamap. The first question asked on cross-examina- tion was in regard to the exact spot where Charley Reynolds and the witness stopped to take a drink of whiskey on that bloody dey. It was finally pointed out to the satisfaction of all and marked “S. M.”" (sour mash). The cross-examination resulted in several fiat contradictions to ‘the testi- mony of Lieutenant Wallace, and notably in the assertion of the witness that Custer per- sonally and in the hearing of witness opdered Reno to make an immediate charge. This statement caused a decided flutter. The witness repeated his former narrative without any change up to the time of Reno’s receiving his orders from Custer to join battle. He remembered General Custer's exact com- mand, for he heard the words distinctly fol lowing is the most important of to-day’s testi- mony :— : CUSTER’S ORDERS. Mr. Gilbert—What were they ? Girard—“Major Reno,” he said, *' your battalion and try and overtake the Indians and bring them to battle, sad Twill a ot age: And ‘as Major Reno was going off, pro! six, oF ten feet distant, Gencral Custer added, oa take the scouts along with you.” Mr. Gilbert—Did Reno have any officers with him when he received this order? Girard—That I did not notice. I was watching General Custer and Reno. ‘< Mr. Githert irae Cook did. not give soaateee ers to Reno, then, bat Custer gave perso! Girurd-The order I hoard was. direct from Ouster to Reno. Ido not pretend that Cook may not have given the order first. Mr. Gilbert—When Lieutenant Wallace says the only order received was through the adjutant (Cook), he is not correct? Girard—I have no judgment to giveon that, simply my own testimony. 3 r. Gilbert—What did Reno do when he received the order ? Mr. Girard—He started immediately. ‘The witness next told of the advance of Reno's command across the river into the timber. When Reno got to the river the witness called his attention to the fact that the Indians were coming up to the river to meet them. Reno gave the order to advance, Renb’s horse was moving, but witness had halted his horse when he told Reno about the Indians. The re- membrance of witness was that Keno checked his horse when this wastold him. The command were all close upon Reno and they checked their horses when he did so, Witness then went back to tell Genoral Custer about the approach of the Indians. He had no ordera to do so, but he thought it was a fact of sufficient importance and that Custer should know it. ‘The questioning of Mr. Gilbert at this point was re- close, and after eliciting the fact that the witness had felt impelled to let Custer know of the approach of the Indians he asked the following question:—“Then your action in this matter was caused by the " large number of Indians coming up the valley?” ‘The witness said that such wax the case, and then said that after meeting Colonel Cook, who said he would return and tell Custer, returned to the river, where he met the one scout who had been waiting for him, and they crossed over, eatching up with the troops. He accompanied them tor # while, and then, checking his horse, let the troops get shead. He rode at a trot. His gait was about s minute to half a minute slower than that of the soldiers, When he caught up the skirmish line had been formed. The troops were dismounted, the horses being held in the timber by the horse holders. SWINGING AROUND. ‘The witness next told of the swinging around of the skirmish line. He did not ree the movement. “Then are you sure, as you said, that there was no advance made by the troops atter they dismounted?” asked Mr. Gilbert. “I did not say that; I know there was no advance,” replied the scout, Within ten minutes after that the men were in on the brow of the hill fighting the In- The retreat began about ten minutes after that. Tbe order was then given, ‘Men to their horses! the Indians are in our rear!" The witness said that one of the captains tye thecommand. He himeelf was the extreme right man on the right of the skirmishers that was nearest the river, A minute atter receiving the order the men were on the way back to the river. Mr. Gilbert then drew out from the witness the adm: it was one o’clock when Major Reno was in_ the bot- In explanation Girard said that-in February last he had a cor ce which had served to freshen his memory on these points, but had not seen the letters since until yesterday, when he was informed that they were here, and then upon con- sulting them he came to see that the time was two o'clock instead of one. Mr. Gilbert—Now, Mr. Girard, since these mys terious letters — Girard (interrupting)—There is nothing mysterious about them, sir. Mr, Gilbert—Well, may it not be that your memory may have failed you in other respects besides thie one? ‘The witness did not think so. Continuing his testimony the witness told of the time and place when he last saw what he concluded was Custer's column, and then related the fate of Bloody Knife, saying that be did not know what be- came of lim, save that he understood he wae killed by the Sioux. It was an act of cowardice for Reno’s troo) to have moved out of the timber when tl did. His judgment was, however, that for safety’s sako they ought to have remained inthe timber. The fi upon Reno's column in the timber Was such as woul exist in lively skirmishing. The position of the In- dians was such that there was reason to expect a pro- longed fight on their part. ‘There were about thirty rounds apiece shot by the men while in the timber. Mr. Gilbert—That amount of ammunition was teed in twenty minutes, was it? ‘The witness auswered in the affirmative and the cross-examination closed as follows :— Mr. Gilbert—Mr. Girard, you are the interpreter a6 Fort Lincoln ? Mr. Girard—Yes, sir. Mr. Giibert—Have you any kind of feoling toward Major Reno? Mr. Girard—Not a particle, sir. Mr. Gilbert—Did he dismiss you from that position Prior to that time (the fght) ? Mr. Girard—He did. Mr. Gilbert—You have no ill feeling against him ow that account ? Mr. Girard-—No, sir, none whatever. The Court then adjourned until to-morrow, of eleven o'clock. HARDWARE FAILURE. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Reapine, Pa, Jan. 20, 1878, The large hardware establishment of Lerch & Co, in this city, was levied upon by the sheriff? this afternoon. The failure was anticipated, ta ‘ou will take dians. For tha shart term George W._) trade in Hasdina, | ES 1 |