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Marty all member* who apoke said they had known
G?/?-raor H iv^ tiom boyhood, and who had always
toll that be was destined to be a great man some day'!
PARKER TO THE FRONT.
nSDIOTlOX THAT HE WILL CABBY JEBS1Y AMD
PENNSYLVANIA.
If Joel Parker doe* net receive the nomlaatiec tor
the Presidency at the su Loaia Convention it will nut
be from any lack of emhualaam or earnest edort on the
pert of Jeiseyroen. -A large number of prominent
Jersey politicians assembled yesterday at the Mer
chants' Hotel, in Corilandt street, aa it was announced
Mutt ex-Governor Parker would be in attendance,
but he did not make hip appearauco. Mr. Woibort,
chairman of the Parker Committee, said to a Ukrai.d
reporter;?"The pros pert could not be better. Parker
|oea into the Convention at tit. Loaia stronger than
Hayen did at Cinoiaaatl. Yon aeem Incredulous;
but ask the leading politicians ol Pennsyl
vania of both parties, and they will bear
mt out. See, there la ono opposite; apeak to
him." The reporter recognized In tbe individual
alluded to Judge Waller, ol lloneadale, who was'tbe
Chairman of the Republican Executive ttoumitiee of
Wayne county during the two acampa'gns of Geary tor
(he Gubernatorial election. Wben asked what were
bis views oa the Parker movement he replied, "1 can't
innak for other States, bnt I teal certain that Parker Is
ike only democrat that can carry Pennsylvania. We
tan'tgoback on him 'or be did not go bark en ua
wben we were in a light place As a man desiring the
tui oesa of our ticket, 1 hope Parker may nut be pitted
?gainst us.
VI CAS CASKT rKMNSVI.VAjrU AGAINST AST OTIISK MAN
limy name" Mr. Diramick, auother republican ol
Honiadale, observed during the course of a discussion
wub Mr. William G. Scbenck:?"You inay talk as you
pic so, but il they nominate Psrkor it will knock the
litoont ofua In Pennsylvania"
Tiidea's ftiouds were busy In tbe forenoon. Greet
efforts have been made during the past three days to
alToct harmony between tbe frlemlsol Parker and tbose
of Tilden in viow of possible combinations at St. l.ouia
A long consultation was held between Johnson D.
Ban a hart, of Jersey City; Judge Green, ol Elizabeth,
and Mr. Winfleld, ol Orange, on tbe one side, and John
Pox and Senator Jacobs, of New York, on tbe other.
An attempt was made to break the Parker ranks by
tbe Tilden man, but it proved a iniluro It Is said that
Asbbel ureeu, ol Bergen county, goes to St. Louis id
tbe interest of Tilden, under instructions from Con
gressman Abrura 8. Hewitt, wbo was a bitter opponent
of Colonel Halferty when be ran for Congress as a
?uccessnr to Jack Rogers. Ex-Governor Price, how
aver, wbo is sttd hearty and hule, is supremo in Ber
gen county politics, lie assured ibe Hkkald
reporter that ihe democracy had never a
belter chance to win than at the present time. II
they should be guilty of such folly as to throw Parker
overboard, then farewell to the democratic party. The
ex-Govornor said be would take no aotive part In poli
tics hereafter, as business matters domaud his exclu
sive attention. While tbe reporter was interviewing the
ex-Governor a Custom House inspector, wbo has been
playing detective umong Parker's Irlcnds during the
nasi four days, boasted that Paiker could never receive
the nomination, whereupon Caleb Hogeboom, ol Pike
eouuty, Penusylvania, remarked:?
-it is a dihoracs to thb country
to have a fellow like that drawing pay from the govern
ment and rendering no service. He is merely a scout
for tbo Hayes ticket. 1 knew him wben he ran a
gambling bouse tu Jersey." The Custom House man.
bearing the remark, used language so loul us to disgust
every person within hearing.
Mr. William G. Scbenck one of the dtroctors of the
State Agricultural Society of New Jersey, catne in at
this juncture. He stated that tue directors had held a
meeting tbst day and during tho dinner at the Short
dan House, in Elizabeth, tbe St. Louis nominations
lonoed the sole topic ol discussion. "It was astonish
In^," be said, "to hear men of both parties freely ex
pressing their bohet that Parker woul ? bo the strong
est mun that could be plared on the ticket." Con
grosman Amos Clark Is President of this society and
Gencr.il N". X Halstcd, Vice President.
Mr. Joseph Scranton, tbe well known Iron merchant
ol Warren county, N. J., said?"1 decline io be inter
viewed. but I am free to say you cau't putoul a man to
beai Joel Parker. He can carry Jersey and Pennsyl
vania any time." Tbo Parker men will leave for St.
Louis to-morrow. The cosiest lor the chairmanship of
ibe New Jersey delegation lies between Senator Abbott,
Congressman Miles Ross and ex-Senator John P.
Blocklon.
MAINE REPUBLICANS.
Bangob, Jane 31, 1870.
The Republican State Convention meets here to
morrow. It will be a merely formal affair. Nothing
of particular Interest is expected to occur.
The Fourth Congressional District Convention also
moets to-morrow. L. Rowers, ol Houlion, is the most
prominent candidate, and It is thought will receive the
nomination over H. M. I'latsted, the present lnounu
bent
SOLDIERS' NATIONAL REUNION.
Colcxbus, Ohio, June 31,18781
Great preparations are being made tor the third na
tional reunion ot soldiers, to be held at Caldwell, Ohio,
on September 6, 6 and 7. The War Department, under
resolution ol Congress, will lurulsb the camp with can
non and muskets. A sham battle will be one of the
most Interesting features of tbe,occasion.
PARDONS BY THE GOVERNOR.
t Albaxt, Jnne 31, 1870.
The Governor has pardonsd Sarnuol Adams, son
tenoed in New York county, April 1, 1874, to three
years' Imprisonmsnt in Sing Sing for receiving stolen
goods. Jndgo Sutherland and Assistant District At
torney Rollins give good reasons why the pardon
should be Issued.
The Governor has granted a commutation to Charles
Rrnbender, sentenced In New York, Septomber 30,
1871. o twenty years' imprlsonm til in Sing stnu,
transferred to Clinton, for rape. The sentenced is com
muted to seven years (rom September 20, 1871, subject
to the legal deductions lor good conduct. The recom
mendations in this case are numerous. The prosecut
ing officers are satisfied that tho offence was greatly ex
aggerated upon the trial, and thai there ought to bo a
large redaction in the length ol tbe sentence.
CENTRAL AMERICA
Pabaxa, Jnne 12, 1878.
There are no new developments in tbe war attitude
between Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The pressure of
the anti-clerical party, now predominant in all the
Central American Slates aave Nicaragua, Is likely to
change her policy and prevent a war with Costa Rica
on tbe boundary question, which te oatensibly the flrst,
but in reality only a' secondary, cause ot the disagree
ment.
FATAL ACCIDKXT TO UEKXAX SAILOBS.
The captain. first officer and two men of the German
trig Abjiton Gossheim were drowned on the 2Mb of \
May. oil Grrytown, while taking a boatload of saud
tallast from the beach to tbe vessel. Tbey were within |
i rope's throw of tbe brig when tbe boat was swamped.
Two of the crew, remaining on board tbe brtg, bad
so boat with which to go to the ass Is tan ee of their i
drowning shipmates.
thk nmta-ocBAxic cabal qrsnTinx.
Tbe inter-oceanic canal lever, both in Nicaragua and 1
Colombia, is gaining in Intensity.
ORANGE COUNTY LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
Middlstowx, N. Y., Jane 21, 1878.
Oliver Cotter, of Brooklyn, and Detective Officer
i',ane appeared belore the Grand Jury in tbe Court of
oyer and Terminer, at Gosben, yesterday and to-day,
igainst sixty-two Newbnrg sod sight Hiddletown
liquor dealers, but the Grand Jury refused to lodtet
Jie accused. Cotter and Iguie spent tbe last two 8un
iays in v suing iba Middlatown hotels end saloons.
TheGoehen hotels refused to entertain them. Yester
day threats were made against them by tbe liquor
dealers, among whom tbero is an intense feeling on
tbe sniqect. Public opinion bore lavors the enforce
ment of tbe Exct.-e law. Only seven hotel and one
saloon licenses were granted here this year and last
year against fifty in previous years. A lane number
ol unlicensed dealers have gone out of baatneM.
MURDER.
Cotciy.VATi, Ohio, June 21, 1878.
At Oxfbrd, Ohio, last night s man named CsmOeld
threw a brick at one Davis, his brother-In-law, while
the latter wss endeavoring to protect his sister, Caas
fleld's wife, from souse. Davis immediately shot him,
Irutn toe effect ol wbick he died In a lew hours. Davis
was arrestee.
MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY.
Qrusxr, June 21,187a
The body found floating in tho river yesterday bee
been Identified as tbat of M. Baas, of St. Thomas. An
investigation shows tbat be was murdered on tho
wbarf ad)oin<ng Ficlay market, end the body thrown
into the n-ivr. A sum ot money which be is known
to have had on his person la misalng.
FATAL ASSAULT BY A WOMAN.
Bostob, Mm, June 21,18781
A man named Zeotig wss tonnd in s saloon in the
Highland district last mgnt in a dying condition, and a
woman named Kaior has been arrested on a charge of
?using hia wound*.
SENTENCE OF A MURDERER.
Roar Jsaria, N. Y., Jnne 21, 1878.
Henry Moon, wbo drowned hie child in tbe west
)ranch of tbe Delaware River at Walton, Delaware
sennty, last spring, was found guilty at the last terra
?f the court at Delhi, and sentenced to aeTsn years in
the State Frisoa at Auburn.
CONGRESS.
Active Work by Both Houses on the
Appropriation Bills.
THE FREEDMAN'S BANK SWINDLE.
Debate on the Proposed Transfer
of the Indian Bureau.
A mm SENATOR ON THE PEACE POLICY.
Action of the House on the Sunday
Civil Appropriation Bill.
USAT*.
Washington, Juno 31,1878.
The Craw Inld before the Senuto a meant* from
President In regard to the can* ol Winalow, which was
read In the House of Representatives yesterday. It
was ordered to be printed and re 1 erred to the Commit
tee on Foreign Relatione
Mr. Morton, (rep.) of Ind., anbmitted a resolution
Instructing ths Committee on Privileges nnd Elections
to Inquire what laws, If any, are necessary to protect
the Inviolability of private despatches seut by magnetic
telegraph, aud what legislation is necessary to prevent
the seizure of such despatches by unauthorized or Irre.
sponsible persona, and report by bill or otherwise.
Agreed la
B1LVZR Cl'RSKSCY.
Mr. Sbsukan called op the House joint resolution
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to ls?ue
810,000,000 In silver coin in exchange (or legal tender
notes, the notes so redeemed to be kept as a separate
(und and reissued only on the retirement and destruc
tion of a like amount of fractional currency received by
the government for dues. He submitted an amend
ment providing that the trade dollar shall not hare
alter be a legal tender, and authorizing the Secretary
of the Treasury to limit ths coiuage thereof to such
amount as ba may deem sufficient to meet the export
demand for the same.
Mr. Sarqmxt, (rep) or Cel., said tba trade dollar was
at a greater discount in California than the ordicmry
subsidiary silver coin. The trade dollar was worth bat
ninety cants on the dollar, while the subsidiary silver
coin was worth ninety-four and ninety-five cents.
There wns a general protest In his section against this
trade dollar.
The amendment ol Mr. Sherman wan ugreed to.
Mr. Shsrnax said ho thought $20,000,000 In stiver
cola should be issued Instead of $10,000,000, though ho
did not want to endanger the passage of the bill by
offering that amendment if it would cause debate. If
the Senate should unanimously pass such amendment
be bad no doubt the House would agree (o strike out
the $10,000,000 and in?ert,in lieu theroof $20,000,OOOl
Mr. Sakusxt objected, and Mr. Shkhxak withdrew
the amendment. In doing so he said he bad no doubt
the Senator Irom California would regret having
made ihu objection. In his (Mr. Sherman's) opinion
there would bo a waut ol change in the country before
the next session of Congress. It would be a mistake
for Congress to adjourn this session without providing
lor the deiuuud lor small change.
Mr. Sargent said if the amount should be Increased
to $20,000,000 the result would .be that au enormous
quantity ol silver would be sent to th'o Pacific coast and
would drown out all other currency.
Mr. Moktox said bo would not oppose the bill, hut
he had grave doubts about the propriety or It. Silver
was worth only eighty-lour ceuts on the dollar, and
this bill looked IIko saying to the-world, '-Our green
backs are worth only eiguty-four cents, and we are
going to redeem them with silver."
'I he joint resolution wag then passed.
The Mouate then, at a quarter to one P. It., on motion
of Mr. Sherman, went into oxocuiive session.
When the doors were opened tho Senate relumed the
consideration ol the unfinished business, being the
Indian Appropriation bill, the pending question being
on the amendment proposed by the Committee on Ap
propriations to strike out the third section of the
House bill proposing 10 abolish tho lodtan Bureau, and
transfer the government ol tho Indians to tho War
Department.
Mr. Wisdom, (rep.) of Minn., moved that debate on
all amendments be llmitctf to five mtnuiea for each
Senator desiring to apeak on any amendment. Re
j acted.
KKXARKS Of MR. MOKTOS.
Mr. Moaros, of Indiana, said he was opposed to tho
transler. In the first place, It wus general legislation
on an appropriation bill, and it this transfer could be
made by legislation on an appropriation bill tbe whole
civil service of the government could bo changed by
those bills. The whole civil sorvioo of tbe government
would bo in tbe hands ol the Committee On Appro
priations. He argued that this question should not be
oooslderod by the Committee on Appropriations, bnt
by the Committee on Indian Affairs. Again, tills trans
fer ot tho Indian Bureau to tho War Department would
be equivalent to saying tbe Indiana cannot ba civilised;
that they have but ono prospect, and that is war and
exttnotion. Ho believed the Indians could bo civilised.
There was not a civil.sod raco to-day that was note
race of savages at one lime. Tho reason the Indians
had not boon civilised was because the government
had not acquired their conBdence. Tbe government
had dealt with them laisely lor tbe last hundred years,
and svan now was breaking faith with them. The coun
try whs now on tbe verge ol en Indian war, and It grew
out of a broach of faith oo the part ol tbe government
In regard to the Black Hills.
Mr. Mrrruion inquired if the transler of the Indian
Bureau to tbe War Department necessarily abolished
all attempts to olvillxe the Indiana
Mr. Muaros replied It would, as a military govern
ment was not a government to promote civilisation.
Mr. Mksrimok did not agree with tne Senator from
Indiana. He thought If tbe military bad control ol the
Indians new avenues ol civilisation would be opened to
them. School teachers and missionaries oould be put
over them and protected there.
Mr Moarox, resuming, aald be wonld venture the as
sertion that tbe oountry had a better class of Indian
agents to-day tbao ev r belore, and he thought the
Commissioner of Indian ABalrs, now in the chamber,
would bear him out In that assertion. ?
Mr. (KiucsBY, (rep.) ol IIL, who occupied a seat next
to that occupied by the Commitsioi erof Indian Affairs,
said it was the opinion ol the Commiaelouor as well as
other officers of the Interior Department that the coun
try never had a bettor set of Indiso agents than now.
Mr. Mortox, resuming, said the agents were watched
belter now than ever before. There was a system of
espionuge over there now never exercised belore. Tbe
churches selected them, and the honor of tho church
selecting one wss bound upon the honesty of that
agent
Mr. Frslirohcvsbx. (ran. I of N. J., also opposed the
transfer, and argued ihat the Senile had no right to
transfer any portion ol the civil service ol tbe govern
ment to tbo army. It was in violation of tho prin
ciples of tbo constitution.
srsscB or mr ixoallm.
Mr. Ixuallu, (rep.) or Kan., said ibe War Depart
ment was not a slaughter boose, nor did ha understand
that tbe army was composed of butchers, aai it was
not the deitrc of those wbo favored the transler of tue
Indian Bureau to the War Depbrtment to have tho In
dian- all shot. Tho array diu not do-ire to provoke a
warfare with tbe Indians, and the theory that tbe gov
ernment ol the Indiana by tbo War Department meant
biood was absurd and impossible. I he country could
not bo imposed upon by any such assertion.
Mr. Looax, (rep.) of IIL. argoed that tho army
officers would provoke fights with the Indiana
in nr<tcr to get brevet ranks The Committee
on Military Ailairs now had, before tln-in 100
brevets conferred upon officers lor lighting In
dians hat ue bad always opposed the cud urina
tion of such brevets, because the law did not cou
template that brevets should be oonforred for sacta
service.
Mr. Ixoalu said that proved fho fact Ihat, no matter
how brave an officer might bo in protecting ibefrontier
agamsi Indians, ho could not get a jwitrv brevet litis
Mr. Looax said he did not want to cooler the brevet
rank, and thus encourage the army to assault the
Indiana. ?
?Mr. l.iuAUA. resuming, saul he was s Irtend of the
army, aod be believed it consisted largely ol man who
know the value ol an oath, and bad uever been taarbt
to steal. Il there bad ueen no peace policy tnere would
baro beeu no Indian war daring ins last Ave years.
Wars had been rendered necessary by this very peace
policy. There were now in tbo United State* something
over 300,0uo Indians, ind there never were more than
60O,oca i be government bad alwavs manifested
good taith toward them, but wben tho Sen
ator talked about Indiana being tbe owners of
tbe (oil. they might at well talk about tbe
rattlesnake or the buffalo being' tho ownor ol
IL Tbo law of humanity, the law of nations
and ths law of civilisation wen all to tbe contrary.
Tho Indian had no rigbu superior to the rights of
civilisation, and bis right to tho reservation upon
which be lived was only a right 01 occupancy, subject
to the superior rights of the American people Ii any
ono believed thai the Great Creator designed
this continent for half a million of semi-naked
breach-clouted, vermin-covered aawgea ho mnat
have strange ideas ol Divine Providence. Ho argued
that tho war now going on in tho Black Hilla was lbs
effect of tbe peace policy, and said that if tho Presi
dent bad issued hie proclamation wben ths Blsca Hills
troubles Urst commenced, asserting that tho Black Hills
had been set apart lor the Indians by treaty stipula
tions, and waitiiug all persons to keep away Iroin
ilist country or no expelled by the army, which
should have bbvn put there for that purpose,
there would have been no war; hut ibe winds
metier was lots to the drab-hatted, long-akiried,
thou Quaker; It was lelt to the missionary and tbe Bun
day senool superintendent, and tbe result w.is that lbs
bones of hundreds of civilised men wore lying on tho
Plains between Fort I.aramie and tho Black Hula. II the
gate of this enchanted region, auowo as the Mask Hills,
had been guarded by ilia army there would hare been
no difficulty.
Mr. Mobtok dented thai the peaoe policy bad any
thing to do with the Black BlUa trouble, aud a ml the
Prerldeotdid taaue his proclamation notllylng intmdern
la keep out of the Blaek Hills.
Mr. Ikgall* in explanation of hta remark as to the
Quakers aatd he did not mean to aaaall them; be only
spoke of the Quakers aa representative men opposed to
military power. It wee force the Indiana respected and
not the Bible or the primer. The Somite had agreed
not to attach to the appropriation bills any amendment
Involving general legislation. The Committee on In
dian Affair* this morning reported the House bill to
transfer the Indian tlurean 10 the War DepafMVtht
He therefore moved that ibe present bill be laid aside
informally and the bill reported this morning be taken
up and the discussion continued on tbat bill
Mr. MouuiLh, trap) of Me., argueu tbat Congress
waa bound 'to make approprlat'ons for the Indiana in
pursuance of axlating treaties. Tbe government had
promised them to do ao. The time waa when d,00b.000
of red men hunted over the bills and mountains of
this country. They owned it and the white meu wero
| tbe invaders. All ibe dn-cussion about the transfer of
, the Indian Bureau should not be upon an apprepria
| tion bill; It waa Wilting with tbe public business.
Treaty stipulations, humanity, Justice and common
> decency demanded tbatAbe appropriations lor these ln
? dians should be made. Ho opposed tbe transler of the
I Indian Bureau, and argued t> at Congress had no right
to devolve this duty upon the army. The men who
enlisted to carry the flag of the country and dclend it
against It* enemies did not agree to be miliars, school
teachers and missionaries lor tbe Indi.-n*.
i Mr. gTKVBKM.v, (dem.)oi Ky., said if tbe motion of
the Senator Irom Kansas (Mr. Ingnlis) should tie voted
down he would offer the bill reported by the Commit
tee on Indian affairs this morning as an amendment to
tbo pending bill.
The discussion was continued by Messrs. Dswos, Mer
tirnun ana others
Mr. Kuml'.nos, (rep) ofVt, bald It was plain that this
Kvision In the bill to transfer the bureau waa not
montoua, and considering tbe present stale of the
session and tbo tact that unless tbe appropriation bills
abonld be passed within ntne days tbe service would he
crippled, he thought It best to puss tbo Appropriation
bill and leave out the clause in regard to the trunslcr
of tha Indian bureau.
On motion ol Mr. Dasxia tbe House bill to amend
certain sections of tne titles 48 and 62 of the Revir< d
Statutes of the I sited State* concerning commerce aud
navigation and tho regulation ol steam vessels Known
as the steamboat bill, waa recommitted to the Com
mittee on Commerce.
The Senate then proceeded to vote on motion of
Mr. Ingnlis to lay aside the Indian Aopropriuitou biJJ
and take up the House bill reported by the Committee
ou Indian Affairs this morning to transler the Indian
Bureau lo the War Deparimeut, and it waa agreed to,
yeas 20, naya 17, as follows:?
Ybas-Messrs. Karnum, Booth. Caperton. CoekreM.
Cooper, Davis. Harvey, Hitchcock, luguils. Johnston,
Kelly. Key. Mcl'rrery, Msvcv. Norwood, Ransom, Rouert
soa. Thurinau. Wisdom aud Withers?20.
Nav^-Messr*. Allison, CbrliHaocv, Ctnkllnit, Conover,
Crasln. Dawes, I'.ilmumls, Kerry, Krelinguuvsun, Howe,
Morrill ofvlaine, Morrill of Varment. Ogleshy. Sargent.
Snermaa. Wadlelgli and Wright?17.
Tbe Senate then, at five o'clock, took a recess until
hall past seven P. M.
KVK.NI.NO SBMIOfc.
Mr. WiuroM moved to reconsider the vole by which
the Indian Appropriation bllli was laid aside thia altar
noon.
Mr. Ixoalls said ho bad already called np tbe House
bill to iransior the olflco of Indian Affairs.
Mr. Bonntim raised tbe poiut of order tbat under
the rulo the bill could not bo taken up this ovouing,
having been reported to-day, and tha point was sus
tained by tbe Chair.
Tho motion of Mr. Windom was then agreed to?
yens 26, nays 16?and the Indian Appropriation bill
was again taken up.
Mr. Wisdom moved tbat debate on the pending
amendments be limited to flvo minutes to each Senator
desiring to speak*. Agreed to.
Tbo pending question was on tbe amendment ol the
Committee on Appropriations to strike out the third
section of tue House bill to abolish the
Indian Bureau and transfer tbo government ol the In
dians- to tho War Department.
Mr. Hamilton, (rep.) ol Texas, scut to tho Clerk's
desk and had read ibe proioat of civilized Indians of
tho Indian Territory against the proposed transler.
Mr. Stsvb-nsoii, ol Kentucky, moved as a substitute
for the third section the bill which recently passed the
Houso of Representatives, to transler tho otfloe of
IadAi Affairs from the Interior to tbo War Deport
ment
Mr. Winpox moved to lay the substitute on the table.
Agreed to?yeas 25, nays 22?Messrs. Booth, Harvey,
Hitchcock and logalls voting with the democrats in the
negative.
Mr. Thcrxan moved an amondment to tho third sec
tion, so as to provide that the trans er ol tho Bureau
to the War Department shall not bo made until tho 1st
of Juouary next. Rejected.
The question then was oo the amendment of the
committee lo strike out tbe third section, proposing
the transler. It was stricken out. Yes, 24; naya, 22.
Tha bill was then read a third time and passed.
Tbe Naval Appropriation bill was tbon taken up, ao
as to com# up as the unttnlsbed business to morrow,
and the Senate, at twenty minutes to ten P. M., ad
journed.
HOU8Z or BXPBESENTATTVSS.
Wash 180To!f, Juno 21, 1876.
The House wont into Committee of the Whole (Mr.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, In the chair), on the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bilL
TBI FBKXDBAH'8 BANK.
Mr. Stbxgbr, (dem.) of Pa., ad Urease J the committee
in reference to tbo Freedman'a Savings and Truat
Company. He gave a bialory of the rtae. decline and
fall of tnat institution, reflecting severely on lia vari
ous officers, and on the Finance Committee. Ho
charged that Henry D. Cooke, William 8. Huntington,
and the other three members of the Finance Commit
tee, and the two actuaries, Eaton and Stickney, inside
of the bank, and Alexander R Shepherd, Hallett KH
bourne, J. V. W. Vandenburgh and others, outside of
it, had formed a ring, by which, at various
times and in various ways money was procured from
the bank on worthless or insufficient security or on no
security at all, to be naed in divers enterprises and
speculations by members of the ring. He described
the class of persons whose victims the freed men bad
been as a class governed by a mock philanthropy, and
whose conduct bad been marked by the vilest hypoc
risy. They made broad tbeir phylacteries, prayed at
tbe street corners and thanked Ood that they were not
as other men. They bad ''stolen the livery ol Heaven
to serve the Devil in." They bad gone to tbe freed
men with words of promise and hope and encourage
ment upon their lips, but with consuming green and
avarice in tbeir hearts. They had borne to those help
less and ignorant people proffers of help, whilst their
minds ware busily engaged in schemes to rob' thorn.
Tboy had solicited tbeir conQdence as lrlenda whilst
they had boon devising ways and mcana to plunder
them ol their bard earnings. They had assumed the
g.irb of teachers whilst their only mission had been to
learn bow to steal irom ibeui. Tbey bail gone with
the teachings of Christ In their mouths, whilst their
chief ambition bad been to be ol tbo ciaae of
i-olitical caarKT-B vouaita,
abhorred of all decent men; or of the class of money
cnangers whom Christ dmve mercilc-sly from the
Temple. Toward them tne good peopio ol the South,
and ol tbe North aa well, entertained an uncompromis
ing and nodytag hatred, and could extend no ooanty
toward such bunian vultures. U was into tbe clutches
of such people that the uneducated, helpless but con
fldiug freed men lelL Tbeir cooitdon' e had been se
cured to sueli an extent that In the nine year- of the
bank's exlatenc its deposits amewnted to $1)6,0110.000,
tbe vast buix of which money bad been sAit to toe
principal office at Washington. The wholo South had
been drained of its money, and It had gone Into the
custody ol the men who had charge ol iho
Washington office. Tbe total liabilities of tue
bank on tbe 31st of -December, 1873, were
$3,001,873, ol whicu the amount due tbe colored de
positors was $2,V92,03a On this a dividend uf twenty
per oent had beou declared, and when it was paid iberu
would still remain duo f'J 3uf>.335 to bo pa d out ol tho
rrmaiDiBB asrela Ho did not sea how the Unal losses
ot the Ireedmca could tall below $ I,.'>00,000, and ho
thought It mora likely tbey would -tiffer to
tbe extent ol $2,(JU0 000, In oocolu-ton ho said
the freedinan no longer regards the Washing
too Ring aa a myth. To him ita ext tene>- la a
stern, solemn, sad lacl. It bus coat a great shadow
over bis home and life. It has dissipated the earnings
and savings or wearisome days. It has given him over
to many nights ol unrest ft bus doomed
htra to years of harder toll. It hax brought
penury, want, suffering awl deep distress to bis loved
ones. It baa driven nope Irom his heart, undermined
hts confidence in men and shaken bia faith in Ood.
Some there are who fattened upon
ths riticrovKv's savim;*
for a time and are now drum tbo shrinkage of their in
vestme is) loiaJ bankrupts in fortune. But these are
exceptional eases. Most ol them have large poeaos
eior.s. As I see them ravelling n the lap ol luxury, as
1 witness the Inve-iment of tbeir ill gotten gains In
maeniflcent business bonsea and palatial rest
deocea "long these beautliul streets, as I hear of Ibem
bv the power ni their wealth and aoc al inflnenee,
packing and debauching Juries, controlling coor a and
subsidizing newspapers; as 1 ilsteu to tbe story ol their
a--arnei>s to htm wno executes lbs laws lor this great
tree people sad then tarn my eye* upon the poor
freodman, ragged, hungry, sun'ertug, wretfthed. rob
bed, whose money baa i>een filched iroffi mm by those
vary people. I wonder whether ail these things will not
one day "shrink awav" irom them also.
Mr. Cook, (dam.) of , addressed tho House on the
subject of grove ces to tbe Southern States and In ad
vocacy of the refunding ol the cotton tax.
en.vsn ccanxNi r.
A message from tbe Senate having announced tiie
passage by that body of the Senate amendments to tbe
Silver blil. the coneidemioa uf the Sundry Civil bill
was temporarily intarrupted, and Mr. Cox, of New
York, moved concurrence in the senate amendments.
Mr. Kaji i) a la, (dem.) of Pil, suggested thai as this
was a question involving the currency, and aa tbe
change oi a word (one of tbe amendments being to
sirlkoout the word "now") was sometimes very scri
oos in legislation, the matter ahonid go ovar till to
morrow.
Mr. Cox conaented to Ita postponement.
Mr. LaxDsb* (dem.I, of Ind.. rose to debate tbo blil.
Mr. Cox insisted that ha bad moved the previous
question.
Tbu drsAKBR pro Um. (Mr. Holmaa. of Indiana, in
the chair) did not recognise too motion tor t ie previews
question, but did recognize Mr. l.audora, who dacitoed
to yield tho floor for a postponement.
sorr wossr.
Mr. I-Axaaaa proceeded to argue against tbo second
amendment of tbe Sonata, which provides that the sil
ver trade dollar eball not bio a legal lender. He a*i<l that
uoder bo slrosmsMnces would he consent 10 any
lartner demonetizing oC silver. This waa an effort of
the bond-holding Internal and against too interest of
the people, it was an effort in the aame direction as
was the law ot I860, making the bonds payable In gold.
This was almost as great a fraud upon the people as
that law wan U was instated by souie people that
unless ilie Interest on the governmeut bonds was paid
In gold these bonds that arw held In Europe would he
sent home and thrown upon the market. That was
just where be wanted to see them. He claimed It was
the right ol the debtor class to pay Its debts la silver.
Ho was in lavor ot making silver coin a legal tender to
eny amount. The debtor class bad never got Justice iu
Congress, and he doubled II it ever would. 'Ibis
amendment was one of those cunningly devised
schemes to take money from one clues of jisrsons and
put It into the pockols of auol.icr class.
Mr. Oox. ot New York, apologized to the gentleman
trout Georgia (Mr. Cook) for having interrupted his
speech. He would not l ave don" so had be supposed
that so much time would have been occupied, lo ts
much as the Senate had eugralted two amendments on
trie bill?one striking out the word "now," and the
other adding a new aecttou?it might bo necessary 10
give tbo matter some further consideration. He,
therefore, moved that the Senate amendments be
referred to the Committee on Hanking ana Currency.
The motion was agreed to.
The Mouse agaiu went into Committee on the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill, and spcenche* were made by
Mr, llemlersoD, of Illinois, in advocacy ol large appro
priauona for the Rock Island and other, arsenals, and
by Mr. Foster, ol Onio, in general indorsement of the
provision ol the hill, hut criticizing some of Its appro
priate us as being on loo limited a scale.
Mr. Bau.ot7 (rep.), of R. i, spoke in defence of the
Congressional priuter
The Committee hiving proceeded to consider the
bill by aections. Mr. Warren, ot Massachusetts, offered
an amendment to pay the executor 01 the u&tuie ot the
late Henry Wilson $10,222. being the salary lor the un
expired term ol' hia^oltlce as Vice President. Alter the
speeches ot Messrs. Hoar, ol Massachusetts, and Ward,
ol New York, in lavor of the amendment and 01 Mr.
Hotmau in favor ol limiting the amount to oue year's
pay, tho amend incut wis adopted.
Alter disposing ol one page ol the bill the Committee
rose and the Mou e, at hal.-past lour, took a recess IU1
eight o'clocx, the evomng session being lor action on
tho bill.
Xt KSilKU SESSION".
Tito House resumed its session at e ght o'clock P. M.
as Coinmutee ol the Wb le (Mr. Pluck burn, ol Ken
tucky, in tbo cbiur) on the Sundry Civil Appropriation
bill, the consideration of which was continued until the
adjournment.
A SINGULAR CAREER.
LlfE AND DEATH OF THE COLORADO DUELIST?
HIS FUNERAL IN PHILADELPHIA?SAD END
ING OF AN EVENTFUL LIFE.
[From the Philadelphia Telegraph. Juno 20.]
Tho lunerai of Alfred L>. Jeasup, Jr.. whose death at
River Heud, Col., was noticed in the columns ol thla
paper some days ago, took place irom tho residence of
his father, No. 1,41S Walnut street, yostoruay ulier
noon at lour o'clock. Mr, Jessup, Sr., who had come
to ibis country purposing to visit his son in his West
ern botyie, was in this city at the time the sad newa
reached here, but the rest of the family were resident
In England. The Interment was in Woodlands Ceme
tery, the funeral,services being conducted by tbo Kov.
Dr. Suddarda, of Grace church.
Altred D. Jessup, Jr., was born in this city In De
cember, 1840, and was educated In a school in Con
necticut On the breaking out of the war, be being
then but a lad ol Ulteen, be run away Irom school and
enlisted as a private in one of the Connecticut volun
teer regiments. Alter serving a few weeks his lather
procMled his discbarge, but the lad's adventurous
spirit naving become ially ruusod it was impossiule tor
mm to again submit himself lo the restraints of study,
and alter remaining at home lor some time ho joined
tho First City troop ot this city, and accompanied that
regiment on the three months' campaign. . '1 hough
still but a mere boy . he was very tall uud large lor nut
agand his indomitable pluck and courage maiio his
services equal to those ol any man In the troop. He
was a capital borscmau, and tho greater portion of Iiih
time oi service waa occupied In scouting and other
such hazardous duty,
lu the spring ol' 1866 be, with a singlo companion
started on an overland trip around tbe worlu. Toe
journey across the Pnuns at that time was particularly
duugerous. The Indians were suspicious and ruseullul
of lUe encroachraent ol the whites. The frontier ponts
were insufficiently guarded, uud, as a consequence, the
savages bad grown bolder in their raids. Tbe two
young meu lull Leavenworth, Kau., w.th s canvas
covereu wagon uml lour light mules For about a
month they travelled entirely alone, bnt on tbe bor
ders ol Nehrasaa they found the Indians so had that
they lound it necessary to join a train lor the purpose
ol mutual protection. Their parly numbered thirty
tour iu all, uud tor nearly three weeks tbe party was
beset by bands ol hostile Sioux, who loiiowed tliem un
til they came to a m iliary post. Arriving at Denver,
then just rising into promiuouce, the two young meu
visited the difl'eroui mining camps und towns oi Colo
rado, skiruug ihe mouiiuius to liishop's Pass, and pro
Ceeded thence to Salt Lake City. Proceeding westward
toward Sacramento they made Irequoul datours, visit
ing whatever waa of Interest by the way, nowjournoy
iog alone a ltd again Junlug (bo wagon iraloa they over
took. In Cahiotuiaibey explored tUe wouderaof the Yo
aenine, tben a comparatively unkuown region, audaftor
remaining here some timo they aaiiod lor the sand
wii h Islauds and thence to China, Cochiu China, Ma
lacca, Ceylon and India to the Himalaya!, returning
bill way baoh to Aiiababad. Upon making the great
Journey serosa Ceuirul India b> " coolie duk"?a two
wheeled cart drawn by aixteeu nativoa?(hey arrived
tu Bombay. Proceeding thence by steiiniar to Aden,
and up the Red Boa to Suez and through Lower Egypt
to Alexaudria, their lurther journey waa interrupted
by a cable telegram to young Je.-sup announcing hie
mother's dangerous sickness and summoning bim
bonis by the quickest route, (n all nis dangerous and
adventurous journey. In the hardship and exposure to
which ibey were exposed, bU companion bears witness
to bis chivalric disposition, bis desire to protect tho
weak from imposition and his di-pcitum voluntarily
to assume more than his share of tue bard work.
And now comes the contrast. Alter having boon at
nomo but n littld while, Jcs-up went to Europe and
made t <e grand tour. He visited all tbe great capitals
from l'aris to Vienna, Irorn St Petersburg to Home.
Supplied with abundant moans lie lived a most luxuri
ous iilo and became sated with all tbe pleasures ol Con
tinental Itto. His sense ol manliness una bis keen en
joyment of innate rellocinent ol character tbat was
occasionally strongly marked kept bim from many of
those esoeasea into which other young men nave
fallen. While living !u Ibis way he insisted on having
all the appointments ol his daily life sa nearly perfect
us might be. For bim tharu was no middle course.
Unless bo could dine m rtjite in the city he preferred a
bit of bacon aud tbe freedom of the backwoods.
Some six yearn ago lie went into business here as a
partner In the firm of Cowpcrthwait & Co., but tbe
roumlug habit bad grown too strong for bim to be
long contented with the daily routine of olllce
work. In 1873 he gave up his position here
and bought ?u stock farm in Now Mexico,
which be afterward transferred to Colorado. This sort
of life seomed to suit bim extcily, and on a visit lotbis
city, last winter, be expressed h nisei I us thoroughly
satisfied with_ bis new occupation and bis desire to
make bis borne permanently in tbe West. Tbe accounts
winch bavu been received ol the aad uir?ir winch re
sulted in bla deith c.iunot be accepted without reserve
Hon. He was a stranger In the place, and tlio quarrel
was with a resident there, go inr wo have had but a
partisan account ol tho allair, and until all tbe circum
stances lisve been thoroughly investigated, it would be
unjust to sey tbnt Jessup had not sutflcmnt provoca
tion in tbat region wjiure tue pistol is only too readily
drawn to si'ttlb a dispute Whatever bis faults may have
been, ihey wore ratner ol omission than commission.
And thai h* was brave, high spirited, open hoaried and
grnerou , quick to resent a wron . and ready to lorgi ve
a grievance, all who know huu agree.
HAMMERED TO DEATH.
{From the Ban Francisco Cbromctc, June 14 )
Yesterday al'iornoon a singular ulf'ray occurred In
O'Brion'a wagon-making shop on Eighth street near
Bryant, which terminated in tlio death or Frank Miles
at the bands ol Michael Conlon. Miles baa condncted
a small horae-sUoeinc establishment in tbe rear of the
wagon shop, and was accustomed to tpend his lelsnro
lime In the latter place, conversing witb the men em
ployed there. Conlon was lormeriy employed in the
car statues ol tho central Railroad on Bran nun street,
as hostler, and recently has curried on a small saloon
ou urunnuu between Eighth and Ninth streets. He waa
In the wagon shop yesterday supervising so ne repairs
to a sulky oeiongiug 10 aim. He was standing witb one
loot rcaiidg ou au anvil when Miles entered and shook
bauds Wltu him.
A lew words were said and Miles retired.
When bu liai gouu out Conlon waa beard
to say that be bad "licked tue before and could
do it again." In a lew mom ems alter Miles returned
wt'.b s small pocket kuuu in Ins bund. Borne lurtber
conversation was bad, whlcb none nut the two men in
terested b-ard. and suddenly Conlon seized a long
bandied rivaling hammer Iruin a coaloed near by and
struck Miles over tne arm wub it. He followed up tho
blow by striking him once on ibe chest snd once on
the bead, and, as Miles turned to run out, m other blow
on ibe back. Wntle be waa striking tun man one ol the
helpers in the wagon shop stappod up mud attempted
to interfere, batf 'onion ibriateuci him witb the ham
mer, and be was lorceu to step beck Alter Miles bad
(alien upon the floor Conlon ran oot and could not be
found lor soma time. Miles was discovered to ne dead,
the blow on tbe bead having been Hie direct cause.
His body waa oouveyed to bis residence on Mate
street, In tbe vicinity ol bis little shop, where It was
received by bis distracted wile. At three o clock
Conlon delivered himself up at tbe station bouse
and waa akarged with murder. He staled that be bad
very litile pr< vioos acquaintance with Ibe dcoenseu,
end Uwt be did not know what the cause of the qaar
rel was. He declared tbat he bad naver bad u quarrel
wub rum before yesterday. Mflee csnie into the shop I
the second time aod rushed at bim with an open kntio !
In bis hand, ana he, feeling in danger ot ins hie, .
seised a hammer anu struck him. Me professed to
know of no cause lor the shack whatever. It appears
that iha original cause 01 tba quarrul arose Irom pro
fessional jealousy. Conlon pruieases to be a lamer ol
great experience, and recent y paraded hie accoin
p itbmcut lo the world through the medium ol a sign
attached 10 his saioon. Tbe deceased is sa.d to bate
que-tKined hw ability in that line ma incenevd Conlcm.
I be Coroner took charge 01 tbe deceased at tbe bouse
and discovered a number of bruises on his body, among
them asoelp wound, n bruise on the arm and brnleaa
on tbe chest and back. An Inquest will be held to-day
at eleven o'clock at tbe late residence nf the aeceased.
THE MISSISSIPPI JETTIES.
AM IXTKBV1ZW WITH CAPTAIN XAP8?HIS AC
COUNT OP THM CHEAT WOHK?AN INTEREMT
IKO DK8CUIPTION OP TBI WILLOW BANKS ?
A CANKllllAKIt CHANNEL.
[From the St Louis Globe-Democrat, June 18.]
Among ibe multitude of descriptions, all more or leas
technical, which have been printed about thejettieaat
the mouth ol the Mississippi, hardly one of a character
likely to interest the unscientific reader has been pub
lished. Taking udvuDtuge of the return to this city of
Captain J utiles B. Kads and Mr. D W. Bowman, one Ot
his assistants, a Globe-Democrat reporter sought to
find such information concerning tho
UKNKHAL LOOK or THK PLACE
as might prove of interest. From the accounts re
ceived it appears that the work of opening aud estab
lishing s water highway between tho centra of the
North American continent and tho rost of the
world has not bceu altogether what may be charac
tcrized as even lairly coiiiiorlable. Working almost
night aud day, In a sub tropical climate, in a
wild cano swamp which la overflowed by tne sea
at each recurring tide, and haviug to enduro
the tortures tnflirted by galllulppers (mosquitoes ol
Krubdingnagian typo and exaggerated malignancy of
sting), saud (lies, ueer flies aud "sich," can hardly be
cousidered a very agreeable method of apeuding lime.
But, when this class of di3comiort is liublo to bo diver
silied wlih an occasional person i! interview wuh a
member of the saurian tribe, In the guise ot a twenty
foot alligator, the excitement becomes a trifle too seri
ous lor patient enduruuee by uveu the beat regulated
mind.
PORT KADS,
as well known, is situated on ibo east bank ol the sea
ward extremity ol tue South I'ass, or what wus the
seaward extremity until the jetties bad be< u built out
as tar as tbeir prcseui I.mil. The mile city wbicb has
spruug up tbero now i eludes a tolerably lurge slxed
hotei, huts lor some 3i>0 laborers, blacasmitUs' aud
other workshops, aud generally pie.aenis a busy up
peuruEce. The laud?or water?on which the city is
conslriiciod Is covered by a great canebruku, ibo wild
cane growing to uie height ol iwolve or lltitcen loot,
though the caues are Irequeuily burnt iu the dry
sea.-ou, when the ordinarily 'desolate appearance
ol the country is reudereddoubly so by the destruction
ot all vcgulaliuu. unco a day, though at irregular
hours, the whole place is submerged by the tiuif ud? to
tue depth of iroiu eigutcou to imrty Inch 's, the ruuge
be ween muau iow aud mean high water being about
eighteen niches. The soil, however, is perpoiuuily
saturated with moisture, slid the streets of Port Kads
are, consequently, ouilt tu meet tne exigency ol tho
caso. They consist ol planks raised on piles driven into
the blue ciay, and average about two leet in width.
Under these circumstances it bss hoeu deemed advisa
ble tu poslpuuo the oousiruciiou ot any very extensive
system ol street railroads.
TUX CLIMATE,
Notwilhsuudlug tne uiawbuuKs above enumerated,
Mr. Bowman s?ys Fart Kails is one ol tho Uealihicst lo
culious in the world. In answer to a question us to
whether malarial levers were not prevalent, be said that
fevers ol all kinds are uuknown, fbe temperature ol
tho place is both mild aud equable. In summer it
not or, hardly, rLes noove ninety degrees Faien
hoil, the average being between that and seventy
five degree*. In winter ibo temperature rarely
lulls below sixty degrees, and then only during the
prevalence ot the chilly "northers," wliuu It bus been
known to go us low as lorly-Uvo degrees. Under these
advantageous circumstance* It is considered by the
irieuds ol the Jetty system lust Coil Kads is dostlued
to be a great exportiug and importing emporium for
the Mississippi Vubey.
VKOM TUB HEAD or TIIR PASS
to the land's end the distance is ttbuui ten miles; from
toe head ol tue Pass lo the -eawurd extremity ol the
pities it is about iwoivu miles, Speaking roughly,
Land's Knd, on the wostern bunk ol tne Pass, Is ucariy
a mile lurtucr toward the Gull than on Ibo eastern
bank. From Lund's Knd on the eastern side tho jetties
run out nearly iu a direct course. Fruiu Laud's Knd
on tho western side a cross dike Is bu>it, lor economi
cal purposes, Iu a general northeasterly direction, till it
readies the western puntliul line of the Jetties. From
this point the western Jetty ruus out scuward, aud
both eastern au I western Jollies have been bmlt
uu a louudaiiun covored all the while with
waier varying In depth from two to fifteen or
twenty leet, the loundatiou being sol d silt, de
posited by the (low ol the river meeting the reflux
action of the tide, tu wnicb same conflict.ug act Ion the
wUoie of the delta 01 the Mississippi, luctuuiug nearly
all lowor Lou sianu, Is to be attributed, i bo object of
the whole work is to so lar coucouirate tho lorcc ol the
river flow as 10 enable it lo carry out the silt (cutting
away that alreudy deposited), so as to give hu opeu
and perpetual uuauuel lor tea going ships ol tho Heavi
est burden. That tb's is likely to bo done is shown In
the tact, reported iu yesterday's Globe-Democrat, that
the latest reports show a cbuuuel ol etgbiceu leet and
a ball in depth. In assisting nature thus to cut out a
Channel there has beet carried out and cast into the
deep waters ol the Gull of Mexico some 3,0110,OOU cubic
yards or deposited earth since the Works were com
menced. this tremendous result has been acbiovod,
too. In only one outlet ol the river, the three principal
outlets being known us tne BoutUweet Past, tne .South
I'ass and Puss-a-l'uutre.
MOW TUK WORK 18 ACTOMPLISHKD
Uaa been well told by K. L. Corlbell, duel engineer of the
work*. Bui the Ural luccptiuu ot tho idea grew qui of
similar liui more expeiuivu works projected and rsrrleU
out at the Suiiuj mouth 01 the Danube. 'as a tonso
qui'DC?ol the Crimcuu war, which ended In IMS, uod
wlnou was really lougbt lor the control ot the naviga
tion ol the Danube, a com mission of officers appoiutud
oy the great Bowers oi Kurope who signed the Treaty
of Bans, in 1840, look charge or the mouth ot the Duu
ube in the interest of all llie Bowers concerned. At the
bead ol this commission was an engiueer, Charles Hart
ley. who was ultbrwa-d raisod to the rank ot baronet
lor his services in thip connection, and who is now
kaowu to lame us Sir Charles Hartley. Tlits gentleman
utiopied a modilied plan ol tho Jetty system w hich had
been belore that time louud usetul In destroying me
bar at the mouth ot tue Rhone, and, with almost unlim
ited resources at bis command, succeeded in a very
short tune in deepening the Sullns mouth ol the
Ditnubo irom sovcu to ahout twenty-two leet. Upon
this hint Captain Kads set to work. He flrst visited
Kurope and thoroughly examined tho works at tho
Rhone and Oanubo, uud then thought out a similar
plan
ron TMS MISSISSIPPI.
But In undertaking the control of the effluence of the
great stream which drains this vulloy, lie bad two grand
difficulties with wnich to coutsnd wnich were uuknown
to bis engineering predecessors In the flrst place,
the "i'atuor ot Waters" is not only vastly superior to
the Donubo in size, but it carries down to its mouth a
thousaudlold more sill than auy stream in Kurope.
Secood, hi tho Kuropeau works labor wus plonty an t
cheap, und skilled labor could be obtained at any timo
it might bo required at comparatively low rutoa In
opening the works at the mouth of the Mississippi,
however, the engineers had not only no skilled labor
ready to iboir hands, but lor ordinary labor they had
to rely o the ordinary floating population of New
Orleans, and ol that they could only secure the worst
and most worthless oiaas at first. The leeling to New
Orleans was hostile to the work; certain already formed
organizations, whose Interests lay la soother di
rection, interpose I tnetr powerful voice, aud state
ments wcru made calculated to sc.ire the average day
laborer Irom accepting employment which be qas as
sured on all aldos would never yield htin his mouihly
share ol ducaia These difficulties, however, were
overcome; aud when, after a lew months, it hud been
shown that the now compsny paid their laborers with
exautuesa, the labor difficulty waa solved.
MAKI.NO A NSW I.INS.
Bat the greatest difficulty ifaut had to be solved was
how to control tho waters ol tho great river and so
compel them to cut out the much needed chahuel. A
hundred cobic yards ol llawiuf water spread over a
wa ercourse a hundred yards wide would give ouly a
yard nl depth. The problem was, speakiug relatively,
to contlne that buu-ired cubic yards Into a channel
wnich suould compel rt to stoap out a deep cliiibn-'L
.Masonry has boon used at the mouth ol the Danube,
buMnusoury lor such gigantic work would lar exceed
in expense any possibility that was within the powers
ol tuo engineer ol the Mississippi. At this Juncture
some ono suggested that
WILLOWS
bad been used to direct the course of ftreanis and to
confine ihetr channel-. Captain Kads and Coionel An
drews consults-!, aad tno result was that they hit upon
a plan lor utilizing the willows which grow In great
thickets on the alluvial soil ol the l>elia, to heip them
In their work. Ou a bar, or rather Island, which came
Into existence In the river lorty years .ign In Irout of a
crevasse known as the "Jump" there is a willow
thicket covering somo thirty square miles of land.
Her? was the material If it could only be utilizd After
long and anxious discussion a plan waa agreed upuu
anu patented in the names ol the inventors by wnich
willow mattresses were brought into use. The mode of
construction and subsequ nt handling of these mat
tresses is particularly Ingenious.
OX TIIS MA.->KH or TMM I'ASJ
there is, first oi al , construct- u u "launch way," con
sisting oi a lumber-bull inclined platloriu, six I ut above
the le*vl to the landward, and gradually sliding -town
to tho water's edge. On ihe platiorm are two ribbons
el well grea-ei pine, which serve ea the "ways," to
nse shipwright's parlance. On theso ways are laid, Oral
ol nil, strips ol pine, three by six In- hes in dimen
sions sod Ova ie t apart, till the toiei width required is
rcacbod. Theso strips aro pieced on end till a lotal
lou.wi ot abodt a hundred leet is achieved. The num
ber of strips is dolermincd by tbs required width ot
the mattresses, winch vary, according to circum
stances, irom Itrieen to tilxy feet. I ha siri|>s be.ng
p u.W'l id porltion, a dumber ol holes are bored iu each,
into winch aro inserted hickory pegs at abort intervals,
which, when boiled in with oak wedge-, aland out
thirty ici-hea tn-ir the piatlorm. On tho inundation
thus made are laid the wmowa; the Brat layer la laid
cros-wisc ol the stripe tor about stg Inches end then
lengthwise, and so ?n tho layers k< ep alternating till
the top# oi the pegs are covered. Wnen this point It
reached other strips ere laid crosswise en tne whole
ma-s, in wmeh holes corresponding to the hickory
pegs hava been bored, then, each peg having been
lilted to the superincumbent hole, now-Tlnl leverage te
brougbi to heir and the binding cross strips art loiced
down on to the pens auu secursiy bolted w-tli oak
wedges. This computes the muoulactura ot the mat
tress, which ta then slid down frees the "ways" and
floated on to the water. A steaming then tukas the
final hi K mas- in tow and tugs it to the position where it
ta to lie annk
TMS MATTBBSfl*
vary in width flrom fluy to fllteeu leet, and, supposing
a depth of iw.*n v lent hits to bo Blled up, too <d tli
'mauresecs are sunk in the spot, the lower one being ol
full width and Ihe apper ones graduating down te the
minor dimension*, each of tliera being about two leet
In thlckaeee and MO feet long. In plaelPg them in
position, tber are first floated oo the spot and attached
to guide po-ts, when a stone barge it (owed alongside
anil rock thrown ou the mattress (ill It sinks. Iu lilts
muiiu> r the jetty is m >de. AS alternate Javer of willow
iiiultri ss and rock, broat^ at (tie luse and gradually
narroning tuwirds (lie top. untkes a wall which Is tin*
pregnable 10 the assaults of the water, and so, as tb*
jeiiies stretch out, the current becomes conUnad and
its lorce couceutruteil.
othsk roai'ta.
Not ouljr is tha stream thus deupened, but by a curl
ous retlex action the jetty wills ure strengthened. The
littoral current ot the Gulf runs from west to east, sod
the ddbri* ttirust out into the Gull by the concentrate J
stream, being caught by tha llttoial current, becomes
Oiled up on tba outside of the westward jetty, m iking
s Urtu wall against toe inroads ot the sea. So marked
is ibis oltoct thul in the bay to the weal of the South
Pass, where a reur ago a steamer drawing nine lect of
water would move with ease, now a skiff would bo
grounded at high tide.
The preaent indications are that the commerce be
tween the Mississippi Valley and Kuropo will pass
through the tuouih ol the Mississippi inside of the next
twelve month-, and if Hie same mil tress system can bs
adopted for 'ho riv r generally a depth of water suffi
cient to carry heavy uiuua.e can b? made penueucuf
between St. Louis and tho Gull!
ANOi'HKll TKKKIBIjK KIPLOMOI.
A. PKECU8HIOK CAP FACTO It T DEbTEOTED AND
BKVEHAL PEllBOSH K1LLKO AND WOUNDED.
Another terrible explosion took place af Greenvtlie,
N. J., yesterday afternoon, nt about three o'clock, re
sulting in the lusiant death of two poraons and the in
Jury of ten other*, two or more fatally. Tho scene ol
the dtsostor was Wolff's torpedo factory. Factory Una,
Greenville. The noise rnado by the explosion was heard
at Uergen Point, a (Ustnnco of lira miles, and caused a
panic in the tmmedtuto vicinity. People rushed wildly
into the street, and when tbey learned the cause of tha
tern tic noise hurried in crowds to tho scene. Rounds
mini Murines, ol the Jersey City police, was in a house
near by at the time and hastened to the building, where,
with the aid ol tho citizens, he extinguished tha
lUmoH, which bud followed the' explosion and
threatened to consume the dead and Injured
before they could bo taken out. A stretcher
was procured und tho wounded taken away to their
bouses or to bouses in the vicinity, where they received
prompt medical am. The cause of the accident is, likt
almost all such cases, involved in mystery requiring i
careful investigation to ascertaiu the facts, Tbi
proprietor bus always exorcised the greatest
care In the handling and shipping of tba
caps, and slates that it was a point In their
business to preveut an accumulation of the
goons In the building where tho work w s being por
tornled. It is supposed that during Ills absence these
Insiructlous bud been neglected, ami thul b.v the lull
ol u box from the hands ol young Zeccklo the entire
stock hud received the concussion, thereby exploding
mom. The building was a large wooden structure,
formerly used us a gold rchuing mill lor
tho grinding ot quartx taken from tho Carri
bcun Islands. It is a comploio wreck, and
the damage to building and stock will amount to aboul
?1. 500. The list of the dead and injured is as follows:?
Cnarlus Zeeckle, need 12 years, killed; Louisa Ntiuas,
aged Iff years, killed; Dora Arnold, aged 11 years, ro
ceivsd u lutal ooncits-ion of the brain; William Gun
liert, aued M years, head und breast bruised and man
gled; Chariot.c Be bin id t, uged 11 years, arms and face
burned and back badly cut by fulling timber;
Ltxzlo Herman, Hgcd 15 years, burned on fac* and
bunds; Mary Schu itxer, aged Id years, lace and
breast cut und hqrued; Jacob Von Cleef, aged 12 years,
fore part of sculp torn oil, exposing tbc skull, which It
Inn-luted, an t leg* shockingly luccruled; his injuries
are of a ratal nature; Sophia flook. aged IK
years, burned Irotu thighs down to her loet;
J. ltohrenheek, aged 55 years, covered with cuts
and gashes niuoe by tho explostou snd th<
tailing timber; his leg and shoulder ure broken, aud
tho doctors think be cannot rucovor; Heury Brobtn,
uged 20 years, struck on head by buuni; Heury
bcbtnldt, lelt eye destroyed. The composi
tion us d in the aiunuloeturo of the toy raps
is the sume as that used 'n making torpedoes.
It Is kuown as fulminate of silver, and is ib<
result ol dissolving silver com in 'acid. Ths
composition is then dried und carelully reduced to a
liue powder. In small quantities it is comparatively
harmless, but In any quantity over a grain in. weight II
Is exceedingly dangerous. A dollar's worth is suffi
cient to cause groat destruction if exploded In a con
fined place. The people in the neighborhood atadi
preparations yosierdny lor holding a meeting to taA?
action lor the suppression of the mrther manufacture
of the oops In the place.
AFRICAN METHODIST CONFERENCE
The annual Conlcrcnce or I be African Methodist
Church of the State of New York finished the session
in the Bridgo street church, Brooklyn, yesterday. The
proceedings*, which were presided over by Bishop
Wuyman, of Maryland, were opened at eight o'clock
In the morning by prayer, wh.ch was offered by th#
Rev. W. K. fit 1 Irs. The attendance was very numar
ous. The Rev. Mr. Titus offered a resolution ealltni
upop each church in the district to take up a colleetioi
on the third Sunday in July In aid of the Binghsmtoi
church, which Is in a very needy condition. Brothel
Williams and others strenuously opposed the r*sol?
lion m establishing a wrong precedent for other Con*
lerence< Tbo resolution was lost, and Mr. Titos said,
with much waruuh ol feeling, "Very well; den I
don't want none ol yon fellahs eror to oome Into my
pulpit to preaob again."
The Bishop then introducod Mrs. Dr. McKenney, a
young colored woman who had recently graduated as a
physician at the New York Medical College, and who
dosired to lestnre upon the "atmosphere and Ten illa
tion. " She took her position on the platform by the
side of tha Bishop, and, arranging a chart stioanng tbi
component parts of tho atmosphere, proceeded to ex.
plain the effect of light and ventilation upon tha hu
man system. 8ho occupied tbo attention of tbe Coa
fcrcnce for about an hour, and npon concluding re
celved a vote ol thanks trom tbe delegates tor ber "abb
lecture." Brother Stewart, as treasurer lor tbe Con
lerenco tuod, turned over a balance ol till to tbe mis
sionary lund. Urothor Dorrill ibou real the report of
tbe "Dollar money" lund lor ibe year. The total
amount collected in tbe New York Conlereaoe obarchee
was $778 47. The balance remaining unexoemlcd 1s
$417 47. Tho report was adopted.
Brother Cooper thon offered a resolution compli
mentary to Bishop Way man, which was adopted unani
mously.
A delegation of daughters of tbe Conlerenca of th?
African church ofsulnvan strost wars then led toseau
in Iront of tbe Blsbop, under tbe leadership ol Rev.
Mr. Williams, who announced that "those good
daughters bad come to give ibeir donations to ths
brethren ot tho Conlercnoe." Tbs amounts varied
from $1 60 to $S.
Committees lor tbe Instruction of applicants (or ad
mission to the Church were designated by tbe Bishop
lor lour years cia<s instruction.
The Bishop aula ibst no duty which bo bad to per
form was so unpleasant as reading out ths rppoint
mi nts, because It was Impossible to please all. The
ministers must be reconciled, however, to their lot.
Thoir duty wits not an easy one. They would
have to eudiire privations and disappoint
ments. They would bave to odncats as wall as to
preach; they were to go among the uneducated masses,
as these people were not yet educated, These were
not wealthy, and when they go to a place the question
Is whether they can keep above water. It was with
their people, as it is with others, no easy matter, to
"raiso tbo Doctor's Salary oapn year," but tbey must ha
content. In conclusion be warned old men to rsst and
let ibeir young assistants do all tbe severe work of tbe
culling. The appointments were then read. Altera
briei prayer the Centennial Colored Cooierence woo
declaiod adjourned.
In tbe evening a love feast was held In tbe BMdgo
street church, and aidrassao were made by Rev,
Steward Williams and others
PLYMOUTH PASTOR'S SALARY.
A business meeting of the Society of Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, was held last evening. Brother H.
L. Pratt presided. Alter prayer had been offered by
Brother Morton the Ch .irmau read tho call for ihio
morning to cstablmii the salary or the pastor.
Hrotuur Mosos 8. Btach offered the following:?
lis-olvtd. That tha salary of lbs pastor he Ozed St
$*> ,tamper anniiin
It wm seconded by Brother Angnstna Storra, and,
on motion, adopted unanimously. Tho meeting then
edjourni'd. Time, ten minutes.
I be aalary ol the pastor last year waa $100,000, given
by the society 10 enablo him to pay oounsel leas. At
the meeting which authorised (but anion ut last year
Brother. Urn-slier W. Raymond said :?"fbe time has
now come when Plymouth church can show that it will
nut give one doll ir aa blackmail, but mtilioaa la do
lence of tbo innocence of its pastor "
VERY ANXIOUS TO DIE.
Charlcs Dipped la thirty sight years oM and a aative
of England. He it ntflicted with a aulci lal manut and
baa made soverai attempt* to destroy himself. Last
night be severed the arter-ca of both arm a He waa
taken to itvllevna Ho-.-imi, where bis wounds were
drui-sed. and at u-u o'emck the surgeons thought bo
might recover.
SHE DID NOT FIGHT.
Mrs. Lasher, who reside* at Na 80 Cbrlstopbot
street, was recently reported la the dally papers te
have bad "a fight" with Mrs. K diaad, who rr?i iea la
tbe same batkling. and with whom. It was m| . aba
ami her daughior ooarJad. Hti lee la consHtersoly
omrsged b> both statomenta, act desir-s
it to ne suuwn that, being a good Methodist
church member, she would i o tower iiur diguity by
''Hgbtiiigi' with anybody; thither did sue ever, nor
does she bow, honed with lira Rol and. That lady
asaaauoti her one day. she says, and* waa therefor
hauled before a police jams and by him was plaoed
under Beads to leap tbe pease