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.MV.I**I VOLUME I. CONGRESSIONAL. BVSIXESS A.SO IiECAT.CITRATIOSS GENEROVSLY SANDWICHED. Senator Blaine Attacks Secretary Schurz and Defends the Timber ThievesWest Point Academy Bill Passed with Impor tant Amendments-Characteristic Explo sion In the House Between Conger, At- 1:1ns and OthersKick at the Sick Man of Enrope Co..f.ular and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill Passed AmendmentMiscellaneous. Without Semite. WASHINOTON, March 13.Senator Windom^ from the committee oa appropriations, re ported, without amendments, the House bill making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, and the armament thereof during the fiscal year endiug June 30, 1879. Placed on the calendar. Benator Merriman introduced a bill to pro vide for and regulate the counting of votes for President and Vice President and the decision oi. questions arising thereon. Referred to the special committee. Benator Merriman expressed a hope that the report from that committee would be soon made, as four months of the ses sion had passed, and action should be had upon the matter at this session of Congress. Senator Kellogg introduced a bill to aid the New Orleans & Pacific railroad company. Re ferred. Also, to establish a mint at New Orleans, authorizing the coinage of gold and silver thereat, and making an appropriation therefor. Referred. Henator Gordon introduced a bill to promote the deposit of savings and refunding of the national debt. Referred. Senator Morgan, from the oommitte on c-lairas, reported a bill for the relief of book agents of the Methodist Episcopal church South. Placed on the calendar, ft appro priates flo.OOO tu compensate parties for dam age done to their property at Nashville during the late war. Senator Teller, a member of the committee, submitted a minority report signed by himself, McMillan and Cameron, Wis., against the pas sage of the bill. Senator Matthews called up the motion sub mitted by him yesterday to refer the commu nication of the secretary of the interior as re gards timber depredations to the committee on public lands, and have it printed in the Record. Senator Matthews said he asked to have the .document printed in the Record as a matter of justice, as the department from which it had emanated had been attacked yesterday in the Senate. Senator Blaine said ha thought it fair that the secretary of the interior should be heard, but at the same time the Senator from Ohio must be awnre of the fact that he was asking an extraordinary privilege to have this docu ment so printed. He reserved to himself the right to reply to it, because the document was an reply to what he said in the Senate upon a .recent occasion. Senator Sargent opposed the printing of the kcument in the Record as setting a bad pre cedent, not because the contents of it was so very creditable to its author that he feared them. He argued that the document was made up from the statement of spies who fol lowed men into their places of business and re verted their conversations. He referred to the act of Congress in abolishing spies in the cus tom service, and said Congress then put the stamp of condemnation on using Pouches' method of Bpies. .After some further debate Senator Matthews read the reply of the secretary of the interior as a part of his remarks. The communication having been read, Sena tor Blaine spoke at length of the action of the secretary of the interior. He said the secre ttary did not appear to be a native of this coun try He could not help that, and he (Blaine) did not mention that as a reproach to him. He was bom in the kingdom of Prussia, which was 1500 square miles less in extent than Montana, and the secretary, perhaps with the instinct of his boyhood, applied the land laws of Prussia to Montana and not the land laws which have.been used in settling the United States. i Senator Blaine argued that the secretary ot the interior forgot the magnitude of our coun try, although he was charged with the adminis .tration of that department, which should study it carefully, and that the one dollar per acre iatumpage exacted by him from the people of .Montana, was excessive. The wood land within the sight of the spire of Trinity church, New Itork city, would not bring the stumpage which the secretary of the interior demanded of the people of Montana. It was a thing conceded by the government that the hardy pioneer who jjMit forward to settle the country, should have the water, air and wood free. Referring to the abolition of the informers' system in the customs service, abolished a few years ago, he spoke of the course of the secretary of the interior, then a member of the Senate, and said he waxed wroth because the xlch importer was interfered with by detectives, hat now the lonely settler in Montana could be visited by spies and pimps. Pending discussion, the subject was laid aside said the West Point, appropriation bill was taken up. Marions amendments, reported by the coni taitt^p on appropriation were then agreed to, as follows, Appropriating $70,000 for lon gevity pay of professors increasing the appro priation for pay of cadets from $ 150,000 to $166,615 appropriating 21,886 for a hospital building increasing the appropriation for completing the sewerage from $5,000 to $13,250, and appropriating $38,560 for procuring an ad equate water supply by the purchase of a lake, &a. The committee reported in favor of strik ing out the third section of the House bill, which provides that only such number of graduates of the academy in any one year, shall be entitled to appointment as second lieutenants in the army, as are required t9 fill vacancies in that grade existing on the 1st of pl7 in each year, those entitled to appoint ment So said vacancies to be determined by the aoadernie board, on the basis of their standing in the graduating class, and hereafter no su pernumerary officers shall be attached to any company or corps of the army and all gradu ates of the acaC&my who are not appointed to the army under the provisions of this act, shall he discharged upon the graduation of their Benator Sargent submitted the following as a substitute to that section, "The cadets at large at the military academy shall not here after exceed ten in all and no more appoint ments shall be made until the number of such cadets heretofore appointed falls below ten." Senator Sargent said the habit of the appoint ment pf ten cadets at large had been made every year instead of every four years therefore there were forty cadets at large, ten in each Senator Blaine sufcmittted the following as an amendment to that of Senator Sargent: "That the ten cadets appointed at large shall in all cases be taken from among the descend ants of those who have served in the army or navy of the United States." Senator Sargent said he did not think it would be proper to amend the bill now so as to cut off from appointments of cadets at large those of at least half the States of this Union, referring to the Southern States of course. He knew Senator Blaine did not mean to do that, font the amendment would bare that effect, Senator Blaine said he had no such inten tions, and didn't think the amendment would have such an effect. He (Blaine) didn't bring the question here about discriminating against one-third of the people of this country. It was brought in by the Senator from Colorado (Sar gent). If he insisted on that issue, then he /Blaine) would say all right, let him take it. 'Those who fought for the Union deserved the appointments. After some further discussion, Senator Win dom made the point of order that the amend ment proposed new legislation, but it was de cided that the point was made too late. Senator Windom then moved to lay the ifttoendment of Mr. Blaine upon the table. -The motion was agreed toyeas 39, nays 13, as follows: il SSS^HSBSH ^*:*4Af Allison, Bailey, Beck, Booth, Burnside, iMik3?.* 1 l'EAS Harris, Hereford, Hill, Johnston, Jones, (Fla.) Paddock, Plumb, Randolph, Ransom, Sargent, Cameron, (Pa.) Jones, (Nsv.) Saunders, Cookrell, Kernan, Davis, (111.)' McCreery, Davis, (W. Va.) Matthews, Teller, Thurman, Voorhees, Wallace, White, Windom.- Withers 39. Dorsey, Maxey, Eaton, Merriman, Garland, Mitchell, Gordon, Morgan, '_ NAYS. Anthony, Hamlin, McMillan, Blaine, Hoar, Morrill, Cameron, (Wis)Ingalls, Rollins, Christiancy, Kirkwood, Spencer, Dawes, The question then recurred on the amend ment of Benator Sargent, and Senator Matthews moved to strike out "ten" and insert "forty." In explanation of the amendment, he said the practice had been to have ten presidential cadet appointments in each class, being forty in all during four years. He didn't think it fair to deny those appointments at the beginning of the presidential term. Senator Windom moved to lay the amend ment of Senator Matthews on the table. Agreed to. Senator Hoar moved an amendment to that of Senator Sargent's as follows: "But this pro vision shall not be held to require the discharge ofgany cadets heretofore appointed." The amendment of Benator Hoar was accepted by Senator Sargeant and the amendment as amended by Benator Hoar-was agreed to. Senator Thurman opposed the striking out of the third section of the House bill, and said he was in favor of any step tending to reduce the cadets at West Point and Annapolis to one half the present number. The number of officers we now have in the army was altogether disproportunate to the number of men. As the third section of the bill had already been stricken out and a new one inserted, he moved the following as an additional section: "That only such number of graduates of the United States military academy, in any one year, shall be entitled to appointment as second lieutenants in the army as are required to fill the vacancies of that grade, existing July 1st of each year, and all graduates of the military academy who are not appointed to the army under the provisions of this act shall be discharged upon the gradu ation of their class, but this section shall not apply to cadets now at said academy. Senator Windom moved to lay the amend ment on the table. Agreed to, 28 to 25. The bill was then reported to the Senate, the amendments made in committee of the whole agreed to, and it was read a third time and passed. Senator Paddock called up the Senate bill supplementary to the act in relation to the Hot Springs reservation, in the State of Arkan sas, it continues the commission appointed by that act, to hear eases of claimants etc., un til October 1st, 1878, and provides that they shall each receive compensation at the' rate of $5,000 per annum. Senator Dorsey moved to amend the bill so as to continue the commission until February 1st, 1879, instead of October 1st, 1878. Agreed to. He also submitted an additional section au thorizing the superintendent of the reserva tion to lease sites with privileges for furnish ing baths, etc., to the Hot Springs Mountain Water company, giving to said company the right to construct reservoirs on the Hot Springs mountain to supply the reservation with water, etc. Agreed to. The bill was then read a third time and passed. Senator Conkling called up the House bill to make persons charged with crimes and of fences competent witnesses in the United States and Territorial courts. Passed. Senator Thurman called up the Pacifio rail road sinking fund bill, that it might be the unfinished business to-morrow, and the Senate at 4:30adjourned. -.-*$-.- -13 Bouse of Representatives. WASHINGTON, March 13.After the introduc tion and reference of a few bills the House went into committee of the whole, Mr. Cox, of New York, in the chair, on the diplomatic ap propriation bill. The committee having pro ceeded to consideration of the bill by sections, Mr. Hale moved to increase the salaries to Great Britain, France, Germany and Russia to $17,500, instead of fixing them at $15,000, as contemplated by the bill. After considerable debate Mr Reagan, by unanimous consent, made an explanation on the subject of the pro posed payment of mail route contractors in the ConfederateBtatefi for services rendered pre vious to theTvar and sent to the clerk's desk and had read an extract from his first report as postmaster general of the Confederacy. The object of the reading was to show that he had been correct in stating that he had, as post master general, directed mail contractors to continue their service under contract with the United States, and directed the postmasters to turn over their postage stamps and money to the United States before control of the service was assumed by the Confederacy. He con fessed to having forgotten subsequent legisla tion on the subject. He hoped the House would not consider he had been dealing unfair ly or desingenuously with it. Mr. Conger replied to Mr. Reagan: He dis claimed any intention to reflect upon that gen tleman in the matter of the bill to pay South ern mail contractors. That gentleman had con tradicted a statement that he (Conger) had made as to these contractors having been paid by the confederate government, and he (Con ger) had met him and overthrown him with his proclamation. The gentleman from Texas had also denied that these contractors had been paid by the confederacy.but his (Conger's) colleague (Willets) had presented the proof that they had been. He did not wish to say anything per sonal about the gentleman from Texas. He accepted bis explanation for whatever that gentleman might consider it worth. Still tie charge remained unanswered that the gentle men on the other side who were familiar with the legislation of the confederate congress, and who must have known that over eight hundred thousand dollars had been appropriated by that congress to pay. these contractors, were silent upon that fact. Mr. Douglas at this point rose to ask a ques tion of Conger. Conger declined to yield for that purpose, but Douglas persisted and refused to take his seat as requested by the chairman. Proceed ings were thus interrupted, until Mr. Wood, of N. Y., raised the question of order, that the whole discussion was irrelevant to the bill be fore the committee, and therefore out of order, and the chairman sustained the point. Mr. Conger then moved for an amendment to the bill, and proceeded again to discuss the question. of Southern mail contractors, when a similar point of order was made by Mr. Lut trell, and was again sustained. Mr. Atkins, chairman of the appropriation .committee, expressed his regret that the-gen tleman from Michigan had not been allowed to go on in his own way. It would not have done a particle of harm. A false impression had been made on the country. He was here in terrupted by a.like point of order by Mr. Reed, which was also sustained by the chair. He thought it very unkind in the gentleman from Maine to make the point, but he (Atkins) had a way of paying debts and would probably be able to pay that debt during their inter course. Mr. Seed defended bis course in raising the point of order, and intimated that the position held by the gentleman from Tennessee gave him no more right to the floor than any other member^ Mr. Atkins declared with, some warmth that the insinuation was discreditable to the gentle man's candor. Mr Reed-^-I have made no insinuation what ever.: Mir. AtkinsThe insinuation was, that 1 thought I had a right to occupy the floor to the exclusion of any other member. If it did not mean thai it was dribble and nonsense. -Mr, Prye objected to any further discussion of the questiop, Mr. Atkins then proceeded %o argue against Mr. Hale's amendment, increasing the appro priation for the four principal members to Europe. Mr. Luttrel} stated that most of the Ameri- can consuls had violated the law in regard to making quarterly reports. In 1870 the num ber of emigrants from Hong Kong had been about 15,000, which, at $2 a bead consul fees, amounted to $80,000, whereas the consul at that port bad accounted for but $7,000. A vote was then taken upon Mr. Hale's amendment and it was rejected, 88 to 110. Mr. Humphreys sent to the clerk's desk to have read a letter of Mr. Cox, of New York, recommending Geo. H. Butler as postmaster at the Black Hills. Mr. Hewitt, of New York, raised the point of order that the paper not pertaining to the bill under consideration, it was not in order to have it read. Amid much laughter the chairman, Mr. Cox, of New York, stated that under the circum stances he wonld overrule the point of order and the letter was read, but at the end of the reading Mr. Humphrey's time having expired, he hadnot an opportunity to speak upon the letter. The paragraph having been reached which fixes the salaries of ministers to Spain, Austria, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Japan and China at $10.- 000, Mr. Mayhew moved to amend by providing that before snch salary be paid to the minister to China and the former consul-general to Shanghai, the secretary of the treasury shall cause his accounts as such consul-general to be carefully investigated, and that all moneys received by him and not paid into the treasury shall be deducted from his salary. Mr. Hale made the point of order that the amendment was new legislation. The ehairmain sustained the point of order and the amendment was not received. Mr. Singleton, on the part of the appropria tion committee, moved an amendment appro priating $8,000 for a minister to the Argentine Republic, Paraguay and Uruguay, the original bill only providing for a minister to the Argentine Republic at $7,500. Agreed to. Mr. Conger moved to appropriate $7,500 each for the ministers at the Netherlands and Belgium, which missions had been abolished by the bill. Rejected. Mr. Brentano moved to insert Greece in the list of missions requiring a salary of $7,500, and strike out from the list Turkey. After debate rejected. Mr. Hale moved to amend so as to provide for oharges d'affaires at Denmark, Greece and Switzerland, at a salary of $5,000 each. Re jected. Mr. Neal moved the title of charge d' affairs at Portugal be changed to that of minister resi dent. Rejected. Mr. Hale moved to increase the salary of the 'consul general at Cairo from $3,000 to $4,000. Rejected. Mr. Monroe moved to increase the salaries of consuls general at London, Paris, Havana and Bio De Janeiro, from $5,000 to $6,000, and to strike out the proviso making it the dnty of the consul at Rio De Janeiro to perform the duties of secretary of legation without additional compensation. Mr. Monroe's amendment having been di vided, that portion whioh increased the salary was rejected, and that portion striking out the proviso was agreed to. Mr. Hewitt, New York, said yesterday he had asked the gentleman from Ohio (Jones) whether Mr. Lee, consul at Frankfort, spoke the Ger man language and that the gentleman had answered him that he did. He had received a letter this morning from Cyrus W. Field stat ing that he had called upon Lee last August and had been informed by that gentleman that he didn't speak German, but that his wife could speak it a little. (Laughter). Mr. Jones said that he knew that Lee read German readily and that the conversation alluded to by Field took plaoe last August, eight months ago, and he felt sure that Lee had then understated the facts because he was a modest unassuming gentleman. Mr. Keightley was astonished that the gentle man from New York (Hewitt) had not heard of General Conly, who had distinguished himself in both military andoivil lif e. General Noyes K^ aiort been assailed as if lie had been dis- tinguiahedbutioTime thing, and that was that he bad-nominated R. B. Hayes. General Noyes was worthy of any position because there was no blot or stain upon him anywhere, the re vilers to the contrary notwithstanding. Mr. Keightley also spoke highly of Mr. Lee, consul at Frankfort, and Mr. Townsend, of New York, suggested taht he did not belong to the right family of Lees. (Laughter.) Mr. Hewitt, of New York, disclaimed any in tention of assailing any of those gentlemen, and said that the point of his criticism was that they were appointed as personal friends of the President, at variance with the Presi dents' declaration that he would not make ap pointments on personal grounds. Mr. Jones asked whether if the President knew among his friends in Ohio, suitable men for public position, such men as Secretary Sherman, he should be debarred from appoint ing them. Mr. Hewitt replied that the President oc cupied a position so high that when he made a declaration to the people he should stand by it without reference to any personal ties or to what he owed to the State of Ohio. When Lee was appointed consul general to Frankfort, men who had been long in service, who were waiting for promotion, and who had applied for that consulate, "were overlooked. Mr. Blackburn ironically professed sympathy with the State of Ohio not being fairly treated in the way of public offices. It was true she had a President by a title not patentable, a general of the army, a lieutenant general, a chief justice and an associate justice of the supreme court, a minister to the court of France, a secretary of the treasury in the per son of one who was but illy fitted for office, but still she was at a grievous disadvantage and therefore it was that one of her Democratic representatives (Southard) had proposed a con stitutional amendment providing for three Presidents because Ohio was not content with furnishing one. [Laughter.] Mr. Kiefar replied to Mr. Blackburn in re gard to the general of the army, and he said Gen. Sherman held that position, not by civil service rules, but by military service. There had been a competitive examination for that appointment[laughter and applause] a com petitive examination with those who were fighting for the union and against those who were fighting to get out of the union. So it was also with the lieutenant general of the army. Mr. BlackburnDid the present executive succeed to his place also by means of a com petitive examination? Mr. KieferYes, unquestionably. He ac quired his high standing not only as a civilian, but as a man who did his duty in the field, try ing to uphold his flag and to preserve the integ rity-of the country. Mr. Springer moved to strike out the con sulates to Ningpo and Chin Kiang, China. Re jected. On motion of Mr. Dunnell, an amendment was adopted making it the duty of consuls to make quarterly reports as to the amount of exports and imports of the countries to which they be accredited. On motion of Mr. Lathrop, an amendment was adopted making it the duty of consuls to make annual reports as to the wages paid for labor in the countries to which they are accred ited. The committee rose and the bill and amend ments were reported to the House. All the amendments were concurred in and the bill passed. Mr. Wood moved to take from the speaker's table the Senate bill to aid in the Polar expedi tion designed by James Gordon Bennett. Mr. Kennaraid he would object to its present disposition, and would move its reference to the committee on commerce. The speaker stated a motion would be in order. Mr. Wood's motion was agreed to,' and the bill was brought before the House and read. Mr. Conger made the point of order that the hill made an appropriation and must therefore be considered in committee of the whole.. The speaker asked Mr. Conger to point out the appropriation which the bill made. Mr. Conger replied it provided for withhold ing duties on the vessel. The Speaker decided the point of order was not well taken. Mr. Kenna moved to refer the bill to the committee on commerce. After a brief discussion the motion to refer was voted down, and the bill passed. Mr. Scales, chairman of the committee on Indian affairs gave notice he would bring be fore tike House next Tuesday the bill to trans fer the Indian bureau to the war department. The House then at 5:15 adjourned, after which a Democratic"caucus was called to meet in the haU immediately. im ~*i- s.*^^,^ .ri ^$!X ST. PAUL, THURSDAY MOENING, MARCH 14, 1878. ACEOSSTHEWATEE DRIBLETS OF STEWS, WARTLIKE AJSD .OTHERWISE. Another Hith in the Congress, Matters for Consideration Must be Settled Before Invitations are IssuedAlarming Spread of Typhus In St. PetersburgHungarian Delegations Tote the CreditConcessions to the Christians by the Sultan-Hand some Compliment to Baroness BnrdeU- CouttsWorkmen Buried by a Failing Building. ,.^7.1 A POBHBIUTY, VIENNA, March 13.The Political Cor reapondence aays the .conviction prevails in St. Petersburg that the British armaments revealed England's intention to occupy some point" in the Levant, possibly Mitylere. Russia would then have to consider the safety of her Black Sea coast, which is only a few hours' sail front Mitylere. Immediately after the arrival of Gen. Ig natieff and Raouf Pipha in S Petersburg, the conditions of pe|ce will be communi cated to the powemj^u. WOBTHTf TESTIMONIAL. LONDON, March 13.It is understood the Sultan has conferred upon Baroness Bur dett Ooutts the grand cordon of the order Medjidie the only instance, of its being be stowed on a ladyas a recognition of her efforts in behalf of Turkish refugees. In consequence of the alarming spread of typhus fever at St. Petersburg many families are leaving the city. The number of fresh cases is estimated at between 300 and 400 daily. ADVANCE OF THE BRITISH FLEET. LONDON, March 14.The Standard announces in official form that the British squadron in the Mediterranean is now at Besika Bay and will advance to the Dardanelles so as to be nearer Admiral Commerell, who commands off Galli poli. Admiral Commerell's squadron thus be comes more powerful than Admiral Hornby's, and will form a reliable reserve. A special from Vienna says the Roumanian agent will hand Count Aadrassy a memoran dum to-moiTow, intimating that Roumania re fuses to be bound by the Russo-Turkish peace preliminaries. EMPEBOB WILLIAM'S LTBEBALTTX. BEBXIN, March 19.Emperor William has granted 75,000 marks in aid of German art rep resentation at the Paris exhibition, from funds at his own disposal. LONPOH, Mareh 14.A special from Berlin reports that various governments have agreed in prinoiple to the representation of Greece at the Congress, Captain Lynetechkine, of the Russian navy, is about to proceed to New York to inspect fast steamers available for transport service. BTJSSIA CONFIDENT OF PEACE. LONDON, March 14.A St. Petersburg corres pondent says accounts of warlike preparations of England and Austria cause but little excite ment. The conviction that peace will be maintained is very general. A Paris correspondent telegraphs: It now seems certain that England and France will arrive at an agreement on the Egyptian ques tion before the meeting of the Con gress, and will submit there the reforms and guarantees they judge necessary for the security, oi the Suez canal and good govern ment of the Country. It is asserted that Germany thinks nearly all points of the San Stefano preliminaries should be submitted to the congress, and Russia has shown herself almost disposed to accept this view. Hobart Pasba was., ordered to sail for the coast of Thessaly.)^ TDBKISH ODTBAOE9. A special from Corfu reports the Turks have devastated eight Christian villages in the dis trict of Delvino and massacred the male in habitants. They also killed 100 fugitive women aad children on the sea shore. The English consul has gone to investigate the outrages. The Thessalian insurgents^claim that they have defeated- the Turk near Pharsala, killing an(f wounding 4,000, but accounts are conflicting, BODIES RECOVERED. LONDON, March, 13.All corpses of miners who were at work at the time of the explosion, 44 in number, have been reeoverd from Roars ley colliery. GRANT TOTED. VIENNA, March 13.-The Hungarian delega tion to-day voted, in committee, the grant of 3,720,000 florins for urgent and extraordinary army and navy requirements. SEBVIA AND MONTENEaBO, TOO.- PARIS, March 13.It is rumored that Prince Gortschakoff has intimated that if Greece is represented in the Congress Servia and Monte negro must be admitted. BURIED BY A FALLING BCILDIMO. NEW YOBK, March 18.A dispatch from Lon don says the store-rooms erecting at. Woolwich dock-yard fell to-day, burying hundreds of workmen in the ruins. Many were seriously injured, some, it is thought, fatally. CONCBSSION8 TO CHRISTIANS. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 13.At the request of Layard, the Sultan has approved the char ter for the Protestants of Turkey similar to that possessed by the Greek Armenian church. COMMUNISTIC PAPER SEIZED. PARIS, March 13.A newly founded com munistic journal La Covtiinine Affrattchi, has been seized. ARMENIA'S PETITION. PEBA, March 13.The Armenians intend to petition England to obtain for Turkish Armenia at the Congress, autonomy under European guarantee of protection. Other wise they fear Bussia will encourage Turkish misgovernment to furnish a pretext of ab sorption of the entire province. THE PEACE CONQBE9S. BEBU N, March 13.The German govern ment will not issue invitations to the Peace Congress, until all difficulties about the sub jects to be considered are removed. The general prospect is far from encouraging. Germany will claim the presidency by pre scriptive right, whether Bismarck attends or not. t, POSTPONED. CONSANTTNOPLE, March 13.The Grand Duke Nicholas' visit to the Saltan has been postponed till after the treaty of peace is ratified. BLOODLESS DUEL. PABIB, Match 13.Deputy Louis Andrieux has sent a challenge, which has been ac cepted, to PaulDe Cassagnac, in consequence of on article in the Pays. The duel between M. M. Andrieux and Paul Be Oassagnac, took place on the plain of Montrooge to-day. The duelists ex changed shots, but neither hit. MONET TOO CHEAP. ^LONDON, March 13.Vernpn Brothers, stock brokers, who failed, were short half a million sterling in stocks, ^'f*? The limes says: "Nothing could speak more eloquently to the deaderu'ng.effect of the apprehensions which filled Europe for many months than the cheapness of money in the continental market. We have had no greater danger to face for a lor)g time than fhe superficiary cheap, credit'', home and abroad." The Finqniier eutunnatesan ad vance in the Bank of EnglandV rate to morrow. I ATHEse, March 13.Gen. Grant entetr tained the King of Greece at luncheon to day on board the United States steamer Vandalia. S T. PETKBSBUBO, March 13.Prince Ouro usoff will shortly proceed to Rome as the semi-official representative of "Russia to the Vatican. MISCELLANEOUS. LONDON, March IS.The grand interna tional hurdle race at Croydon, was won by Lord Lonsdale's Hesper, Ignition second, Royal Oak Second third. The Austrian Lloyd's steamship Sphynx, which took Are with 2,500 Circassians on board, causing a loss of 700 of them, was fired by the Circassians daring an entente. They had previously plundered the vessel. A special from Borne says the Pope is con sidering the expediency of appointing Car dinal Ledsehowsld, archbishop of Posen, to a post in the Vatican, to pave the way for the appointment of an archbishop of Posen, in agreement with the German government. MOONSHINERS' DEYILTRY. U. S. Officers in South Carolina Defied and Prisoners Released front their Custody. WASHTHOTOK, March 13.The commis sioner of internal revenue last night received the following telegram from Collector Bray ton at Columbia, 8. "Information is just received from Special Deputy Collector Hoffman, that on the 19th inst. three illicit distillers arrested by his force, and com mitted to jail at Pickens Court House, by Commissioner Thornby, were released by an armed mob supposed to be led by the outlaw Redmonds. The sheriff, who gave up the keys to save bis life, refused to aid in the re-capture of the prisoners. Deputy Collector Judson, at Greenville, telegraphs he has advices that an armed mob last night surrounded the house of Wm. Gary, who aided the revenue officers in arresting the released prisoners, for the purpose of tanging him. When sat isfied that he was absent with the officers, the mob started in pursuit, threatening to capture Gary, and drive the officers from that section. The danger of the officers be ing'^overpowered is imminent. Redmonds' gang is organized and desperate. The commissioner telegraphed Collector Brayton as follows: "You are authorized to employ 100 men, if necessary, to aid a posse in enforcing the laws and making arrests. Call upon the marshals, and deputy marshals to act at once. Leave nothing undone to vindicate the majesty of the law. Telegraph your action to-morrow." [Signed] GBEENBAUM, Commissioner. The collector reports to-day he has called upon the United States marshal and district attorney for assistance in capturing the res cued distillers, and bringing the jail break era to justice, and that he has arranged for the employment of a sufficient force, and was about leaving to superintend operations. .OWATOXXA. The Election--Marshal Stower* Endorsed. [Special Telegram to THE GLOBE.J OWATONNA, Maroh 13.The city election which took place yesterday, was very hotly contested. The issue being license or no li cense. The vote was as follows: For license 24S against 434. The enemies-of Marshal S. H. Stowera, tried hard to defeat him, but he was vindicated from all blame in the recent shooting case by the following vote: S. H. Stowera, 482 I. P. Requa, 212 Stowers majority, 270. The temperance people are jubi lent. Ought to Have Been a Carpet Bagger. BALTTMOBE, March 13.Captain George Williams, of the British brigantine Alice, bound from Porto Cabello for Hamburg, conspired with a passenger named J. F. Kin ner, and his crew, to realize upon a cargo of coffee and hides valued at $92,000 gold. He rah the vessel into Baltimore, where Kinner attempted to dispose of the cargo, asking $60,000 advance upon the sale. Sus picion being aroused by some irregularities in the papers of. the vessel, inquiry dis closed the conspiracy, but before criminal proceedings could be taken, all concerned, except a colored body servant of Kinner, had left the city. Kinner is said to have been advanced $1,000 upon the cargo by Eugene Severing Co. Wisconsin LegislatureEvening Session. MADIBON, March 13.The Senate killed the bills appropriating money to several charitable asylums of Milwaukee, Racine, La Crosse, and Green Bay. and appropriating $500 to the late treasury agent, and attaching Ozaukee county to Milwaukee district. Bills were concurred in amending the char ter of Eau Claire authorizing La Crosse to construct sewers amending the charter of the Namakagon and Totogatic Dam company. In the Assembly bills were passed incorpo rating street railroads relating to the solemni zation of marriages and concurred in bills ref lating to insurance of property in incorporated villages appropriating #8,000 to the fish com missioner. n--.i.L Twelve Years for Bape. [Special Telegram to THE GLOBE.] REP Wnra, Minn., March 18.Pete Nu gent, who committed a rape the 19th of last August, upon a young girl. named Mary McDonald, was sentenced yesterday at a special,term of the court in Bed Wing, to twelve years in the penitentiary. This was after hearing argument on motion for anew trial, Judge Crosby not being able to see any error in the proceeding. Nugent is a hard old sinner, and is a married man. Rapid Growth of the Temperance Vote Contest. [Special Telegram to THE GLOBE.J WINONA, Maroh 13.The town of Hillsdale, this county, at the annual election yesterday, voted as follows for license: 42 against 58, a gain of 34 temperance votes since last spring The vote in St. Charles against license is to be contested on account of some informality. Honesty Temporarily Defeated. RICHMOND, Va., March 13.The Senate was occupied all day in discussing the House bill to refund the public debt in bonds bearing 3 per cent, interest for 18 years and 4 per cent, for 80 years. All amendments were voted down and the bill defeated, ayes 16, nays 13, not two thirds. A motion to. reconsider was agreed to, and further consideration postponed till to morrow, when the friends of the bill claim it will pass. Not the Company. NEWABE, N. It., March 18.Benjamin Noyes, arrested in Washington yesterday, was pres ident of the defunct New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance company, of Newark, N. and not, as incorrectly reported, of the Mutual benefit .Life insurance company, with whioh he had no connection whatever. Fatal Boiler Explosion. CINCINNATI, March 13.A dispatch to the Commercial from King's Mountain, Kentucky, on the Cincinnati Southern railroad, reported John H. Newton and James H. Cameron, killed, and C. P. McDonald seriously wounded, by the explosion of a boiler of a portable engine there tlus noon. Destructive Storm in West Virginia. WHHXTKO, W.Va., March 13.The heaviest storm ever experienced in West Virginia passed 1 1 1 (^-5"-^s4B*wft.*t'i-*r^-*5f- -j-^i^^j^*. over Jefferson cot uty on Monday night. Hail' stones, larger than eggs, fell for an hour, un roofing houses, brmking glass, and killing cattle, hogs and sheep. The heavy rain which followed, washed out the growing wheat, in flicting a heavy loss. Damages estimated from $75,000 to 1100,000. KRW HAMVSHIRE. The Republican Majority iirawlug Smaller and Smaller Legislature Republican. COKCOBD, N. H., March 13. All but eighteen towns have been heard from. These, last year, gavePrencott 1,045, Morey 1,397. scatterings. Should the Vote come iv as last year. Prescott will have a plurality over KcKean of 1,550, and a majority of 1,017. The list, of representa tives retnrnedare, Republicans 202, Democrat* 141. 7 CHICAGO ECOXOMY.il 1* Further Reduction* In City Departments to he Made. CHICAGO, ill, Match 13.Considerable aUIer manic pressure has been brought to bear on the mayor to secure reconsideration of his action in reducing the fire and police departments, but, so far from changing his policy, he has decided to make the reductions to all other departments of the city government, and to make a general redaction. There is iKrmetalkamong Insurance*sgentstto the effect that their principals will -withdraw or largely increase their rates, but no serious result is an ticipated from such action. A special meeting of the council has been called for to-morrow to consider .the whole question which is still in as much of a muddle as ever. -Business Failures. Msxrara, March 13.The State Bank of Ar kansas, at Hot Springs, owned by Sumpter, Lata & Co., went into liquidation to-day, con sequent upon losses by the great fire. The only other bank there, the Valley Exchange, lost nothing by the fire, and continues business as usual. NEW XOM, March 18.The assignee of Fouse, Hershberger it Co., the defunct mercantile agency, gives notice that no sale or transfer of assets, including records and collec tion accounts here at the branch offices, has taken place. It is understood that Fouse claims a controlling proprietary right in all the branch offices, which he will assert when ever he is released from Ludlow street Jail and that the above notice is aimed at E. Anthon, Smith & C^m the American reporting com pany, who it is alleged in their dally sheet of changes issued here and elsewhere, use the key of the bankrupt concern ef Fouse, Hershberger &Co. _J[ Union Faoifle Snow Blockade Ifted. CHEYENNE, March 13.All the railroads to this place Ate now open, excepting the Color ado Central, which has about 8 miles of hard, packed snow to clear. The loss of life from the storm will be considerable. Stock men here anticipate small loss in cattle, probably 2 per cent., and in sheep 5 per cent. Weather fine to-dayv clear and warm, and snow rapidly disappearing. New Orleans CollectorHhlp. NEW ORLEANS, March 13.Discussions about candidates for the New Orleans collectorship now deal largely with the names of CoL E. D. Frost, for many years general manager of the Jackson railway, and Hon. P. J. Kennedy. The latter left for Washington on Tuesday night. Col. Frost reached there on Wednesday. "New Silver Dollars. PHILADELPHIA, March 13.The exchanging of new silver dollars for gold commenced at the mint this morning. To-morrow #100,000 of the new dollars will be sent to New York. The coinage thereafter will be at the rate of $40,000 pet day. Weather To-Day. WASHINGTON, March 14, 1 A. u.Indications for the upper Mississippi valley: Rising bar ometer, winds mostly northerly to westerly, stationary or lower temperature, cloudy or partly cloudy weather and occasional rains or snow. ALL AROUND THC GLOBE. A circular has been issued from the Canadian customs department instructing collectors to enforce the restrictions against foreign wreck ing vessels in Canadian waters. At Montreal last night David Garry, Catholic' was instantly shot. The hazing freshmen of Dartmouth college, arrested yesterday for -assault with intent to kill, were held in #500 each and the ringleaders in $1,000, for triaL The bill reorganizing the Charter Oak life insurance company as a mutual company, passed the Connecticut Senate yesterday after the House amendments were concurred in. The bill has now passed both branches of the Legislature. The FroofComing. [Philadelphia Times.] In response to a request of the Times for a little more information about the two visit ing statesmen who counseled the fraudulent opening of the returns of De Soto parish in the New Orleans post office and the insertion of a fraudulent-protest, the Washington Post offers some information. The legal proof, we are informed, is now in documentary form "in the hands of a gentleman who has been at work for more than a year ferreting out the processes of the frand by which Mr. Hayes became de facto President. The proof* which this gentleman has collected, and which he will soon promul gate in an effective manner, are.sufficient to send John Sherman and Edwin W. Stoughton to the penitentiary, provided they can be ar raigned before- any unprejudiced and unpur- chasable jury." This is getting at the mar row of the Louisiana atrocity in a way which every honest man must respect, and it is to be hoped, as a matter of justice, that the Post understands fully just what it was say ing. It would be rather unfortunate for the administration if the two visiting statesmen, who have been given the best places, should turn out to be those who committed the greatest crime in that long list of Louisiana orimes. Hayea Killing off the Patriots. [Easton Free Press, Rep.] During the year President Hayes has been in office the chances of the Republican party winning the next Presidential campaign have increased, if at all, very imperceptibly, and the favors heaped on his own and the party's enemies have not been quite so heartily and cheerfully appreciated as might have been the case under other circumstances. Hon. Ben Wade stood just one year of this busi ness, and died on Saturday, so that he wouldn't,have to swear on Sunday but we all hope that for the next year no more patriot* will be kitted, sad that matters will speedily become better settled and more satisfactory. i "Twins, Marm, Twins." [New York Evening Express.] Garfield insists that he is a bigger man! than Pig-iron Kelley, and Kelle_ insists that I exhibit as-the Republican Chang and Eng. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Lowe celebrated their silverwedding in Brainerd on the 14th. A President Without a Party. [New York TimesRep.] A party can manage qm ag well without a President as a Pffeident can without a party and it need not necessarily low heart or hope because leaden whom it has hon ored with its confidence fail at a critical mo ment to discriminate between, pjque and '&5 '*&**- Jit*oil!* ni* &*i-^ i NUMBER 59. WASHINGTON NOTES AX ISTERESTIXG MELAXQE XEWS. OF FnndJ as National fo ^i. SfcJ Debt-Democratic Caucus to Hake the Military Bill a Party Que3tlon--Ch&nge in the Xew Tariff SchemeCommute* Work, XHP Funding Scheme. WASHINQTON, March 13.-The bill introduced by Senator Gordon to-day to promoted the de posit of savings, and refunding of the national debt, provides for the issue of new series or United States coupon bonds in denominations of #20, $50, #100, #500 and #1.000, bearing S per cent interest payable semi-annually, the bonds being payable at the option "of the United States, either at the end of a twenty years or may then be renewed for a further twenty years. Payment at either date is to be made in coin of the then legal standard. In order to facilitate the exchange on. demand of these bonds the #10,000.000 of treasury notes mads special fund by the joint resolution of the first session of the 44th Congress, are to be replaced b* a-likeanuHintottbe netwissue, an madabto a specialfund to securteothe prompt exchange of these bonds, to whioh fund shall be added a further million dollars, of this amount tW fjM vfifteenU maximud mlio withheld from circulation so long as there are bonds payable or subjeot to call, bearing a higher rate of interest than four per cent, per annum. The bonds herein directed to be ia saed shall state upon their face that they are payable on demand with secured interest in any legal paper money issued directly by the United States treasury. The secretary ot the treasury is required to cease the further reduction of treasury notes below the sum of three hundred and fiifty millions, and to re place old and worn notes, he shall issue a new series of notes, bearing simply the legend that they are fundable into bonds herein authorized at the option of the holder, and receivable for all pubho and private dues. All United States notes received into the treasury under- this act except Bueb as are required to keep the bond redemption fund up to twenty-five miliions. ghall be applid Mcljmvely to ih. payment of any United States bonds redeemable at pleasure, or to tho purchase of coin or bullion to be applied ex clusively to the payment of such bonds, but new notes shall be substituted for those oi previous issues when the latter come into th* treasury. The coin in the treasury shall ba hold for the sole purpose of paying the coin interost upon the public debt, and if it shall appear to the secretary of the treasury that the present supply of coin is insufficient to meot the coin interest which may become due before the paper money herein authorized becomes exchangeable with coin at por, he shall dispose of such bonds as may be issued under the acts of Congress, at suohtime for com in Europe or elsewhere, if it can be done to greater advantage, in quantities sum ciont to meet such demand for coin from vear tovear. National Imnk ma KM U L'J year. National banks may hold the bond-, hpcein authorized, and the new issue of green backs for their legal revenues in place of present reserves, except coin, and after passage of this act no tax shall be levied deposits in national banks. Another Lumi Grant Raltrontl .SW#ert WASHLVOTON, March 13. -The bill Introduce! by 8enator Kellogg, to-day, in aid of the Now Orleans & Pacifio railroad company, proposes to give it the right of way via Alexandria through public lands between New Orleans and the eastern terminus of the Texas Paoifio rail road, together with a grant of the same num ber of alternate sections of publio lands vet mile, as the Texas Paoifio company has been granted in the State of California, The bill also provides for a declaration of forfeiture ot land grant and other privileges heretofore con ditionally conferred by Congress upon the New Orleans, Baton Rouge & Vioksburg railroad company, it having failed to comply with tho conditions. Changes In ths Xew Tariff Bill. WASHINGTON, March 13.The committee on ways and means to-day made the following changes in the tariff bill: Barytas sulphate of, 1 cent per pound nitrate of, 20 per cent, ad va lo em oxide of zinc, dry or in oil, or water, l?i cents per pound manufactures of hair composed wholly or iu part of hair, or ot which hair is the component of ohief value not otherwise provided for, 30 per centum a#vk rem hnman hair not manufactured, 20 per cent. ad valorem manufactured, 40 per cent, ad valorem combs of all kinds, 2j p-^r cent, ad valorem: manufactures ot horn 35 per centum, and of glue 20 per oentum ad valorem gun powder, and all explosive suh stances used for mining, artillery, or sportin=. purposes, when valued at 20 cents or less 1 cents per pound when valued above 20cea'u 10 cents per pound hatters' turn not on skiu and dressed furs on skin, increased from 10 ti'i 20 per centum ad valorem batters' wool, soleiy for hatters' use, 20 per centum ad valorem hatters' plush of black color, solely for hatters' use, whether composed of silk or cotton or partly af each, increased from 10 to 20' per centum ad valorem manufactures of gntta percha increased from 20 to 30 per centum ad valorem India rubber articles composed wholly of, or of which India rubber is the com-. ponent of chief value, not otherwise proviup for, increased from 20 to 25 per cent, ad vai orem India rubber and silk, or manuractnrft* of India rubber and silk and other materials increased from SO to 40 per cent, ad valorem manufactures of ivory reduced from 68 to S5 per cent, ad valorem lemon and lime juice wau made free of duty linseed, or Ayr seed was increased from IS to 20 cents per bushel of fifty-ix pounds weight olive oUtl.OO per ga Ion, 7J& pounds to be estimated as a gallon. Democratic Caucus. WASHINGTON, March 13.Immediately after the adjournment to-day the Damocratio mem bers of the House held a caucus for the pur pose of considering the army bill recently com pleted by the military committee, and with a view to making the provisions thereof a party measure. After some discussion a resolution was adopted providing f^r the appointment ot a committee of thirteen members, with instruc tions that they confer with the military coni mitU^n the draft of the bill, and report tho result at a future caucus. The friends of Col. Polk, doorkeeper, expre*, oonhdence that the committee on reform in the civil service will exonerate him from all charges of corruption and intentional wrong. The Senate committee on naval affaire to-day hud over for a week the nomination of John HT Easby to be chief of the bureau of construe bon and repairs. Nmv Silver Hollars. WASHTSCTO^, March 13.The treasury* will to-morrow receive 10,000 silver dollars from the Philadelphia mint. The three first silver dol lars of the new coinage were received here to-day and one delivered to the President, one to the secretary of the treasury and the other to the director of the mint. Mrs. Hayes will leave Washington to-morrow or next day on a visit to Chillicotbe, Ohio. __ WASHJSQTON, 13.The House commit. Garfield is the bigger rascal. The twoshonld I The L'oininttteer. te railwayMarch and canals has instructed Rep- resentative Crittendon to report to the House a bill authorizing an appropriation of $40,COO per annum for operating the Des Moines raolda canal. The sub-committee of the committee on coinage, considering the question ot the estab lisbnientof additional branch minta. to-d*v- heard Representative Sayler advocate Ch$ nati Springer.Springfield. Hi. IWl i,nn Kansas Cify, and Morris, Quincy h 4rr nJti It is understood the House ci^mtttee togating the alfrtos of Doo^SpS j)J"w?U the oftce and the tranafer of its duties Vo the I ssrgeant-at-arms. -7 ,r., .y. ]h&>V,i sm *_ su i *4 is \J i t'mrtmmm&ttamaa