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I 1 VOL XXXVTl NO. 10 KNOXVILLK, TKNN. : WEDNESDAY. JUNE 1875. WHOLE NO. 1882 la ;K i M i V NOT TO BE PAID. State Not Bound for Torbett Issuer, So Decided ly the Supreme Court of Tennessee. New York, Mny 23. A Nashville dis patch says the Supremo Court lias decided that the Stale U not bound fur the pay ment of the new issuo known ns the war issue of Tennessee money nniomiting to $800,000. . , a, WASlllKGTON. Grant Explodes the Third Term Hum bug. Waiuixctox, May SO. President G rant in a letter, dated yesterday, addressed to the Prosident of the Pennsylvania Republi can Convention, says: "I am not nor have- I ever been a candidate for re-noui-ination. I would not accept a nomina tion if it were tendered, unless it should come under such circumstances ns to make it an imperative duty." The Government will soil half a mil lion dollars of gold on each Thursday of Juno. II. C. Manlier, who threo years ago, as postmaster at Winona, Miss., defaulted, was arrested in Charleston, Mo., and taken to Holly Spring, Miss. A boy, thought to be Charley Koss lias been found in Uerryville, Va. The President bus appointed Luther S. llamlett appraiser of merchandise at Lou isville. The Court ti Claims to-day guvo an opinion in the case of tho Union Pacilic lluilroad Company. Tho suit was brought to recover one-half of the amout earned lor Government transportation, but now with held by the Government to pay interest ad vances when the subsidy bonds mature. The Court gave judement for the Company in the sum of $012,000. A Key West dispatch to the Navy De partment announces one yellow fever death. No other cases are reported. The Court of Claims overruled the mo tion for a now trial in the Klgeo cotton ccse, in which an award of 5300,000 had been awarded. Tho overruling is without prejudice, and the motion for a new trial can bo renewed by the United States, if the books of the purchasing agent of the so-culled Confederate States can bo pro duced, showing that Elgce told his cotton to the Confederate States Government. The evidence can bo presented to the Chief Justice of the Court, who will remain in Washington during the greater part of the vacation. Several additional affidavits were read by the Assistant Attorney Gen eral, tending to show that Klgee sold his cotton to the Confederate Government, and therefore the claim was improperly allowed. Tho Court adjourned till Monday, -1'th of November next. There has been a long confab at the Postoflke Department. Col. Scott announces that no cars of the Baltimore and Ohio road will be allowed to pass north of Philadolphia, with or without tho United States mail. Notwith standing this, the Postoffice Department will give Laltimore und Ohio itoad the New York mail to-morrow, which action, it is said, will delay it six hours at Philadel phia. Fifty employees have been discharged from the Pension olllce. Tho Prcsidont leaves Thursday. Judge Peirrepont baa issued a circular to officials whereby it is hoped there will be a modification in tho swindle of needless witnesses and other indirect charges. NEW YORK. Convention of American Israelites. - - - Sew Yor.K, May 81. Cardinal Mc Closkey was present ut the dedication of St. iiernard Church, liishop MoQuador, of Rochester, preached the t'.rlieutory ser mon. The annual Convention of Board of Dele gates of the American Israelites, assembled yesterday afternoon. Judge J. P. Joachim, Sr., presiding. The Executivo Committee reported favorably on the condition of the Israelites in Palestine, and the stato of the Jews in Roumauia. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Presi dent, lion. J. P. Joachim, Sr., Vice Pres idents, lion. S. Wolf, of Washington, Isn dore littininger, of Philadelphia, Treasurer, Leopold Bamberger, of Sew York. PRESBYTERIAKISM. St. Louis and Cleveland Assembly Proceedings. Ut. Lpui'i May 20. In the Southern Presbyterian General Assembly yesterday almost the entire session was taken up in tho discussion of what in known as the Wilson case, being tho complaints of J. J. Cook and others lo the Louisville Presby try ragnvding Bev. 8. H. Wilson and his congregation, of the First Presbyterian Church of Louisville. Without definite ao tion tho Assembly adjourned until to morrow, when the case will be taken up again. . Next to the question involving the relations between the Northern and South era Charches this is tha most important case before this Assembly. St. Louis, May '20. In the Presbyterian General Assembly, to-day, the Special Committer to whom was referred the mat ter of friendly relations betwoen the North ern and Southern churches reported that while they greatly regretted that tho con ference at Baltimore, last January, was un successful in bringing two great bodies to. gether in friendly and cordial relations, they heartily indorsed the position of their course as the only one that could have been taken under the circumstances. St. Loris, Hay 20. Most of the time of the Presbyterian Assembly was taken up yesterday in listening to the reading of the Kecordi in the Wilson case. This was finally finished, and to-day I'ev. Stuart Robinson will make his argument fur the nt. I liev. J. J. Cooke lor the complainant. St. Lot i, May "I. On the question in the "Wilson case, the vote for sustaining the Louisville Presbytery was ayes, 3, nay, 07. Clkvelami, Ohio, May IS. In the Pres byterian General Assembly a resolution was adopted regretting that the negotia tions relating ton fraternal correspondence with the Southern Cnurch had failed. Tin Assembly, however, deems it inexpedient to press the question through another com mittee ; nnd at the same lime expresses unequivocally its confidence in the integri ty and Christian character of the brethren of the Sout'hcrn Church. In the morning session of the Presbyte rian General Assembly to-ily, the report of the Committee on Foreign Missions was received nnd discussed. The Board asks for $o4-,000 for Foreign Missions for next year. It was agreed to publish the correspondence between tho Commissioners of the Northern nnd Southern General Asssemblies in the appendix of the min utes. C'lf.velasui, May 2". In the Presbyter inn General Assembly an unsuccessful effort was made to havo the notion of the Assembly on the report of tho Conference Committee with the Presbyterian Church, South, reconsidered. The Presbyterian General Assembly adopted an overture allowing Churches to elect temporary eldeis. Cleveland, Ohio, May 1, 187,3. On arising yesterday morning we found ourselves in front of it Beautiful park, with a fonntuin of rustic struc ture. Other fountains more expensive in structure, and gorgeous in appearance are in the park, but not so beautiful. In the center of the park is a large marble statue of Commodore Porter, only a short distance from which is a piece of artillery captured in West Vir ginia, in 1S01. Across the way from this is another very large gun, which would be placed among the relics of the last century just by its appearance if there was no explanation given, having been old ami rusty, but now cleaned and painted.. On the side of the carriage theVefis this liistorv given. " This guu taken from Fort Midden, T'anada, and put on board Barclay's fleet on Lake Erie, was captured by Commodore Perry, Kept. 10th, 1S1.3 presented to the Western Reserve His torical Society by Messrs. Moore, Foote & Co., of Detroit, Michigan, 1S73." The great attraction to au East Ten nessee mountaineer of course would be to visit the Lake, so in company with a gentleman from Indiana, we started for that place. It was only a short distance from the park, and soon a tdue horizon as we thought appeared before us, but we noticed large white spots rapidly appearing and suddenly disap pearing. Coming nearer we met that which, with us in East Tennessee would be called third cousin to a storm, but is only a breeze here, and the white spots were caused by great upheavals bursting and scattering on the surface of the water, while angry waves lashed madly against the iand- iiies. Cleveland is no village, being a city of one huudred and titty thousand iu- liabttants, anil a place of exceeding great beauty. About fifty members of the General Assembly, your corres pondent being in the number, have ttieir "homes" six miles from the church where the sessions are being held. " These " homes" are reached by street cars and a dummy, so that the distance seems much shorter. A collation was served yesterday by the Presbyterian ladies of t lie city, which was a grand affair feeding the entire General Assembly, consisting perhaps of over six hundred persons; yet all were leu, ana wen lea, too. East Tennessee boasts of her hospi tality, but Cleveland is equal to any community. The proceedings of tho General As seinbly are moved on very slowly, since It Is a body so large Unit it Is un wieldy, and the question of how the size can be reduced, lias already been brought u pi two being to organize, one being to fix the basis of representation of Commissioners, so that it shall con sist of the pastors and missionaries in active service under the Hoards. The other to give one minister and one elder from each Presbytery. To-morrow morning the Committee on Freedmeu will report. w Ci.tVELAND, Ohio, May 24, '75. To the Editort of the Chronicle: The standing committee on Freed men made their report to the General Assembly last Saturday, the discussion of which took up the morning session Able and eloquent speeches were made by several learned men, and the As sembly was) entertained, soiao time by a colored minister from North Carolina, who acquitted himself nobly. lie represents that in his field of labor there is au interest awakening among the former masters of slaves la the welfare of the souls of colored people that iu one of his churches the Luther an Church sends teachers, who labor diligently and earnestly iu the colored Sabbath school. His ideas are nracti oal and common sense, while lie gives a clear and true statement of the feed ing between whites and blacks iu the South. The other day, taking up a daily paper, under the head of "Tele graphic," one of the first things that attracted our attention was a line in larce full-faced type " Murders in Ten. nessee!" With a shudder we bur riedlv danced down the columns and found a sickening detail of the murder of a little girl and boy at Morristown. followed by another, almost as bad, of the murder of two men near Memphis. While both statements may be true, and we have seen uothlnu to the con trarv.' at this distance, they being in Tennessee, one naturally imagines them to be indications of a state of Louisville Presbytery society existing all over the Slate. Such things are tinl'ortiinMto, for w hile nearly the whoio of the State i- hi peace nnd quiet, n lew, perhaps only two, desperados are placing a stain on the characteer of ttie State, and all her citizens have it to bear. Yesterday we attended leligusio ser vices ut the Lunatic Asylum. Thin was a spectacle eusbr to imagine than describe. The buildings are very large anil massive, lim-tly of stone, covering several Hcres of ground. Entering the chapel we found sealed, in regular or- ler, some 2oO lunatics some with a wild glare, others siily and foolish, all who bail hair at nil with heads, ul- ilioiuli well combed, vet with a lisheveled iippeiirume, nnd the i,air looked as if dead. Some were restless and wanting to move about, but most of them were very quiet and well be haved, giving strict attention lo the discourse. The central part of these buildings was destroyed by fire some time since, and the buildings placed iu their stead ave not yet been been completed. Afier the services at the Asylum, we witnessed some of I lie remnant of the crusade, it was held in the town Hall of the Eighteenth ward, and was presided over by an elderly lady, who read from the Scriptures, which whs followed with prayer by another elder- lady, then lollowed addresses by gentlemen, interspersed with songs by a young gentleman and two young la- Iies. 1 he interest was very near dead, and if one must judge from this, lie ould only conclude that the crusade business was about at a close. io dav the Committee on Frate: mil itelations with the Southern Church reported, ami some of the most elo- juciit speeches we ever heard were made in the midst ot considerable ex- itelueut. 1 lie action of our Committee, that met a similar Committee lroin the Southern Church at Baltimore some time since, was almost unanimously approved. The question will likely be brought Up again. 1 lie speakers as well us members, whom we heard talk privately, express au anxiety to stand with an open hand and an out stretch ed aim to give tiie fraternal grasp, but seem lirmly fixed that this Assembly shall not bow and beg to lie recognized fraternally, over a matter of history, which can not now be chauged. They desire to let the dead past be forgotten, the two churches mutually forgiving and forgetting the mistakes of the olh erjmd move along iu Christian fellow ship and love. Dr. Frederick A. Koss, ot the South ern Church, is here, aud we lt-urn. anxious to make a speech iu favor of establishing fraternal relations, witii an eye towards organic union. It is rather singular that in lSoi I lie Gen eral Assembly met at this place, und Dr. Koss was then one of the leudiug spirits among those who split oil' into the Southern Church, now lie conies to do what he can to heal the old wounds and bury the bitterness of those dark and storm y days with the dead past. W. CLKVHLAND, O., May 20, 187.: To the Editors of the Chronicle: In our last letter, speaking of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, we lmmioned the fact that a cnlorad man had addressed the Assem bly on the report of the Committee on Freeduien. To-day the order of busi ness is the consideration of the report of the Committee on Foreign Missions, ami the Assembly was addressed by a red man a genuine Creek Indian He speaks very slowly, as if hesitating and doubting between the choice of words, but uses good language and clear articulation, yet given somewhat to repetition of sentences. He is very Intelligent and occasionally follows a strain of eloquence seldom heard from any public speaker. in Heading lor missionary labors among his people lie mentioned the fact that preaching to ills people had to be done through an interpreter, in which capacity he had often acted, and never had, did not now, nor expected hereafter to ask a cent for it, aud if missionaries would only come among his people lie would do still more; lie would furnish them with bread and with meat, a pony to ride, a place to sleep, and would furnish them with a tongue to speak to his people. During the day and in the evening speeches were made by Missionaries lrom China, Syria, mum, t hill, rersia, and other part", we timi't remember now. The Mis-iotiary from China read a letter fru'ii converted Chinese to the Christ! ii. people of America, signed by three "iitidred Chinamen. To the t si'iiiimau it requires a sacri fice to b Christian; a separation from family, friends, property, and iu danger lrom a mob. In short, when a Chinaman abandons their idolatry and accepts Christianity, he must just us earnestly as did Kuth to Naomi de clare: "Thy people shall be my peo ple, ana tuy uoa my uou." The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias are in session iu this city now. and are making some very imposing displays ot silver laje, tin caps and other line things on their persons. They report, as published iu the morn ing papers, 5,580 members; have re ceived $43,440.53; paid for the relief of brothers, $5,009.10; for the relief of widowed families, 51,117.13; for bury ing the dead, $1,170.10, eto., etc. If they are as good at relieving- those iu distress as tuey are at making au im posing appearance on the streets, they must be a brotherhood given of a higher power. The Assembly is invited, and lias ac cepted the invitation, to au excursion ou the Lake next Saturday. v Another Effort for Union Defeated in the Presbyterian Assembly. Ci.evei.axd, May 27. In the rroshy teriau General Assembly this morning, the committee o! the last Assembly, re garding the observance of the centennial year, read a report which was adopted, i'ho standing Committee on Church K rod inn reported, and after some discus sion tli" report was adopted. , An etVort was ninde fo got through a resolution to compromise with the Pres byterian Church, South, and effect n union, but it was ruled out of order. A resolution win adopted recommend ing till chiirelie,whlcli have no fixed time for collections for the cause ot snsteiita t ion, to make contributions for this object the first Sunday In March, or n near ns convenient. liev. Mr. Kpher oll'ered a resolution en joining upon parents, and members of the ehurah iu general. t pay closer at tention than is now given to the religion" rearing of those horn within the pale of the I lunch. The afternoon session was occupied with the reception of delegates from other churches in coiTcspoinlcnci; with the Gcn crnl Assembly. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY, mini:. SrnixiiKiKi.n, Mass., May !!. The Kreneh t'atholic Church nt youth Holyoke is burned. A camllo on the altar fired the Iraperv. Most of those in tho body of the Church escaped. Those iu tho gallery mostly perished. Service had nearly closed and ve-peis were beiiir sung. There was but one exit from the gallery which ex tended around tho building. Thero were seven hundred worshipers present, seventy- live ot whom pensheil. 1. Hurts or people to get into the church to rescue friends in creased the confusion and added disaster. Personal violence hud to be used in several instances to keep women from rushing into tho tlames to save llieir children. The church was established seven years auo. The parish included all French Catholics in the vii'iniiv, numbering Vouu. 1 he church was built in 1HT0 : was one bund red by sixty feet, two stories high, entirely of pine: the gallery was on both sides and north end and about twenty-live feetwido. There were two doors in the north end and vestibule at the rear, from which two doors opened in tho body of the church. The galleries opened into the vestibule. At the rear end there was another door by which a few persons escaped. Immediately upon the bursting out ot the flames all occupants of the gallery rushed to the cast door and rowucu so that they fell upon one another and stopped up the door-ways with their bodies piled in all ways seven or eight leet iloep, nnd here most of the lives were lost. From this mass Chief of Polico Mullin rescued one young woman ufter taking oil' two dead bodies from above her. ll was almost impossible to face the tlames, and Chief of Police Mullin nnd others had their clothes almost burned from thein, nnd were badly burned themselves about their bunds. In the rear of tho church was the Priest's residence, which was also destroyed. The walls wero pulled down after tho tire was nearly put out. Ouo woman jumped from the heighest window, down upon the front steps, breaking an arm, but she is not known to have been otherwise injured. A man with two children in ids amis jumped from n window and escaped. One poor woman who was enveloped in flames, shrieked out " for Clod sake savo me,'' and she was dragged out by Jno. Lynch. Tho latest dispatch to tho Jli jtubli'tan from llolyoko says, it is not quite certain that all the bodies bavo been taken from the ruins. In the haste to get out as many as possible from the building before it fell, many were taken otit a short distance and it is possible that a lew more may be taken from the debris. IIoi.vokk, May 2H. Fifty bodies have been identified in addition to 15 or "JO who were at once removed to their homes. 70 dead, and 40 more or less burned or other wise injured. One porson, who lost a wife ami daughter, is insane. Hoi.vokb, May 2D. Dead, 71; fatally burned, 22; injured, 2". Of tho dead Do Are females and 10 males. Vkksaili.es, Ohio, May 28. Four children were burned to death. Ouo of them endeavored to light a lire with coal oil. St, Johns, New Brunswick, May 20. A $200,000 fire occurred to-day. St. I.uke'6 church, sixty buildings, and ships on the docks are burned. One hundred and forty families are homeless. Wiikklino, West Virginia, May 2;i,The 1'lveisido Nail Factory is burned. Loss, $75,000. WoncEsTKli, Mass., May 2'J. A quarter of a block, on Main street, opposite the City Hall, was turned. Lause, .Mansard roots. Loss, over a quarter of a million of dollars. Gbeat Bend, Pa., May 21). Tho busi. ness portion of the city, including 2 banks, 10 stores, tho Masonic Hall and the post- office, burned. The loss is estimated at S100.000. An incendiarv the cause. New Yor.K, May 2'J. A frame stable, 2 men, 8 horses and a mini be rj of wagons were burned. Si'Bixiifiei.d, May 31. The total loss by lire will reach fcoOO.OOO. It originated in a plaining mill on Taylor street. Cleveland, Ohio, May ai. a man aged 6y yeurs, killed his mother-in-law aged 80 years. The weapon used was a foot aoz. logriim. London, May SI. It is estimated that Paul lioynlon, in crossing the tides and currents of the channel, paddled thirty four miles. ..... The Pout says it has reason to believe there is every likelihood of the Govern m nils of Russia and England coming to a friendly arrangement on the question of Central Asia, ihe 1 arliamenturv whip has invited the supporters of the Govern ment to meet Mr. Disraeli this afternoon An unsigned letter in the Times gives a clear explanation ot tho recent warlike ru mors, ibe writer says a tew weeks ago the Oorman representatives at various UuTopeua courts olhcially complained that Prance was arming with a view to tneear ly resumption of war. Gen. Von Hchmeiniti, the German Ministor in Vienna declared thai owing to Germany's long guttering, war had not yet tiroken out The Czar thereupon telegraphed Fmpe ror William eutreating him to postpone operations until tho Berlin interview. Ho also instructed the Russian Embassador at the Court of St. James to suggest the co operation of Great ISrituin in behalf of peace. PAKH.May 23. The Committee of Thirty decided to consider, first, the publio powers; second, the Senate bill ; third, the Llectorul bill. C'oNSTamsoi'LB, May 28. The American Minister Maynard bus arrived. A Merited Promotion. The following circular which has just been published explains ilself ; 1RCTLAK. Mkmi'ims, May 21, 173. James ii. Omlen Is liereliy appoint ed tieneral Freight Agent of the Memphis and Charleston ICailrnad, and Jno. 1$. (hillam, Assistant General Freight Agent. Address, Memnhis, Tennessee. C M. McOhke, ti. M. Mr. Ogden has been alnce the war the General Freight and Ticket Agent of the road from here to Bristol, and af ter the consolidation lie tilled thesanie position from Chattanooga to Bristol. He bus dischip-ged his important du ties so welt that the promotion above announced, accepted only after urgent solicitation, is a lit recognition of his superior capacity. There is not a rail road man iu the Houth his superior in Ills department aud it is creditable lo dipt. Jaqnes and Col. McGhee that they have the sagacity to gather about them such men. Mr. Ogden will make Knoxville liis headiiiarlers and we are therefore glad to know we are not to lose him us a citizen. Twenty Acres of Solid Flame in Port land. St. ,hn in, N. II., M;iv 2'.K The Daili Tilf'niilt says of the fire in Portland': The llnnies extended over more than 2n acres, and ileM roved all the liou-es on the south side of St might Shore, from Alle gheny Street to siniond Street, u ili-duuoe of l..'!illl fed, and all on the north side of Straight Shore, from Allegheny to within four or live hou-.es of Sinioml Street. All the liou-es on both sides of llarri-on Street, nil on the cast side of I)nuglas Itoad, lrom D. V. Cohorts to Main Street, a distance of Ion feel, anil all the houses on hoi h sides of Main Street, ca.-tuiird from Douglass Jload, for a di-tauee of 700 feet. Over cUrhtv dwellings anil uoi-k- hons were burned, tui'iiiier nemv fmni. lies out of doors, and ilostrnvhiL' lironert v allied nt over 250,0110. 1 lie heaviest losers among the insur ance companies by the lire arc London and Liverpool Globe, 50,000; Wovul Canadian. 20.00(1: Oueon. gixoim. There is about $120,000 covered by insur- ince. 1 Ins morning the bodv of a man named Haley was found among the ruins. Joseph Blackburn Regains His Freedom The wife of Joseph Jllackiitii n ar rived yesterday from Washington with a pardon fioiu the President for his release from the Penitentiary. Mrs. JIlucK IjUi ti left here for that city a week ago, and t ikiny the papers which hud been signed by Judge Trigg, District-Attorney Hughes, and influential citizen-, obtained his pardon. She has luueoil proven heiselt her husband' truest friend. Blackburn was released last evening, anj it is needless to say that lioih were greatly rejoiced. Black burn appears well, and shows good treatment. He was generally liked by those with whom he came iu contact. He had charge of one of t lie wards, and manifested much kindness toward those brought into the institution from outside prisons in a state of ill-heulth, hy giving them little delicacies, which ould not but be appreciated. Janh- ville Banner, 2th. The Dividends of California Gold Mines. Nothing pays better than a prosperous j;old mine, and nothing pavs worse than tin unprofitable one. A' early all the gold of the Pacilic States conies from about a dozen mines, nil others proving sources of loss, mid even of ruin, to the owners The following is a li-t of the earnings of a few of the successful mines iu April : Consolidated Virginia Silver Mining Co 1,00.000 Eureka Consolidated Mining Co. 50,000 Manhattan Silver Mining Co 50.000 ltedington Quicksilver-Co ;i7.ono le:Icrsou .Mining Co 25,00(1 Black Hear Quart. Co 15,000 LxceUior Mining t o 12.IMKJ Linpirc Gold Mining Co 5.000 1.274.000 The New Twenty-Cent Silver Piece Is now roailv for distribution at the mint. The obverse is similar to the quarter dol lar, with thu exception that the word Liberty " across the liield is raised. and the design is smaller, iu proportion to the size of the coin. On the reverse! is an eagle, holding in Ids talons the olive branch und three arrows. At each cud of the inscription "I'uited States of Americ a " is a six-pointed star. Beneath the eagle are the words "Twenty Cents.'" The edge of the coin is not milled, as is the case on all other I'uited States silver coins, this (lill'crence probably being in tended to di.-tinguih the new piece from the quarter dollar. The words " In God Wei rust, winch have appeared on most of the national coins of iato years, arc omitted. A New Notion lu Publishing. From the Chicago Times, Hay 27. Setlinir type bv tolcKTAl.h is the latest invention. The Loudon Times it said to have the machine, nod to be terfuoting a system by which thu naier will beset simultaneously in each ot the lun;fl cities where u has a larne circulation. This will eoaneet the London oth.-es withotlioes in Liver pool, Manchester, lllriionKhuin.etc., and a person operating the keys of tho machine in London will set tne type there and in all the other otl'icca ut tho aaine time. Of euurse the iMincrs will be dilivered siinultiineoiHy iu all the cities where tuire are branch oitices. Mr. Montgomery Hlair's assertions that General Sherman is a man of weak nerves, timid, envious, &.C., is rather as tonishing. Hut Logan, the Western roarer, and Hooker, the profane, arc pre paring aUo for the onset against Slier man.' What will be the result we can not divine, yet think it will not shake Sher man's nerves much, weak as Mr. lilair considers them. Itnstnn Post. Jesso James, the outlaw and murderer, wooed his bride in thedisguiseof a sewing machine ugent. Imagine her delight, after their marriage, in discovering that "he was not quite ns bad ns he had led her to sup pose . Grain Speculation at Chicago. It seenis to be thought In New York that a cloud now hangs over Chicugo. The specuH.tors there are carrying some lo, (10(1,000 of grain. They are holding it for prices much nlxive the New York aud Liverpool markets; and yet they are compelled to protect themselves by taking everything that comes from the interior ut the high prices they have fictitiously establish ed, thereby augmenting their load from day to day. The elt'ect of this is declared to be injurious in many ways. The amount of Western pro duce coming to the Last Is soe.irta.iled that It does not suffice to provide for (he maturing obligations of the Wtst to the East, and the cash resources of the Western banks are thereby being drained to provide for the payments that would otherwise be settled through exchange. This condition of tilings must be regarded as solving a grave problem which is thus stated by the Chicago Tribune of last Saturday : " The financial situation in our city anil the Northwest furnishes problems which few, if any, of our bunkers pre tend to be able fully to solve. '1 hat business thus far has disappointed ex pectations is patent to most men, for the channels of trade show much greater stagnation than even the most conservative anticipated. It was thought that qr abundant jrodtii:t aud the plethora of money all over the country would force an active spring business, nnd while our wholesale merchant have done a fair trade, it is safe to say that their anticipations, also, have not been realized." The New York Jiii'lrtin thinks that the abundance of Western products and the general ease of money would undoubtedly have produced the satis factory condition of liusine.-s which our Chicago contemporary says has been expected, had it. not been for the mischievous obstacle raised by the grain speculators. The Jiulctin adds : ' rortuuately this unnatural state of things can not last much longer. Ihere is a limit to the resources ot the speculators and to the extent to which the Chicago hanks can or will back them, and a few days at most lnay be expected to bring a culmination, with a general breakdown among the men. who have assumed large risks so reck lessly. It is out of the question to sup pose that the New Yoik market will yield when Chicago is so entirely iu lis power; there is, theretore, but one end to the thing, and that a speedy one." Jail Forcing in Virginia. An unexpected and daring attack was made upon Lee county jail on the 22d ult., aud three prisoners taken therefrom by seven men, whose names we withhold for the present, lest the I'uited States officers may be delayed thereby in capturing the party, whose outrageous deed, the people, as far as we've been able to learn, deprecate iu the strongest terms. The party ar rived at the jail about 0 o'clock p. in., at which time there were two guards, Messrs. Duncan aud Denny, guarding the jail; they came to the back door of tiie jail, and called for Mr. Marcel lua Miles, jailer, saying "let us in, we're friends," aud when the door opened and they rushed in, they ex claimed, " we're U. B. ollicers, aud want our old friends Prideiuore and Itedmond," and three of the party went to their room door, aud with cocked pistols, demanded that it be opened, while the others cocked their pistols on Messrs. Duncan aud Denny. As the party left the jail Mr. Duncan snapped a double-barrelled guu and discharged a five shooter at them. The alarm was given, but by the time the town was aroused by ringing the bell, and the alarm given by Mrs. Miles, they were oil'. The names of the prisoners sre Jefl' ued Jim. Pride more, mid pa! Ins L-.ltnoud, and were put in jail by f". S Deputy Marshal Chirk for unlaw ul distilling. Lee Lounti ,S utincl. ' aator Morton and the Presidency. inneciul Iii.-pat 'h to tho Baltimore Sua.l Washington, May 25. -V gentle man who has arrived here, aud who met with Seuator Morton during the recent visit of the latter to New Or leans, says that Governor Mortou told him that he was a candidate for the Presidency, and that his friends would li in.- his name before the National Republican Convention. (IKSEHAL SHKHMAN AND 1113 BOOK. It is understood that several prom inent army otlicers, wlio consider them selves unnecessarily assailed and un justly criticised by Gen. Sherman in his booK, are preparing to reply, it la said by those who profess to know that (ieti. rshermau got a very large sum for the copyright of his book, aud with the understanding that It was lo abound in spice and personality aa the beet means of securing a heavy sale. Be fore he hears the end of It the General will be apt to conclude that he has put rather too much spice in it. Palace Car Privileges. An important railroad suit has just beeu decided at Auburn, New York, in which William B. Torpe, of that city, was plaiutill', aud the New York Ceulral aud Hudson Kiver Kailroad Company the defendant. The plaintiff set forth that lie was unable to nnd a seat iu any of the ordinary cars of the train while coming from Hyracuse to Auburn, and took a seat in the Wag ner drawing-room cur. The conductor demanded extra fare from him, which be refused. The porter thereupon ejected him from the car, tearing his clothing and inflicting some slight scratches, on account of which he sued the Compauy for 510,000 damages. The jury allowed plalutiir 51,000. Ac cording to this decision railroad com panies lire under obligations to furnish seats for all passengers, and If tbey are uot to be obtained in the ordinary cars the drawing-room car may be occupied without extra charge, i u . "-' .