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stw witMiitj) MrJiitriiiMi,f,r' ' I ESTAHTjISHED AUGUST24. 1852. WHEELING J ih JnMltfttttK. . .,% mill J7 Fimriwulli H?r*?7. OlUrf! >?* - - - ?:m .timusTn panic yesterday In v S> rk. Tin* rtiick of tho Ulchmond & ! Haiti cfl'l k'l! ^ iwmii'- - j|i>v fiirmi-is iu Fayette and Weatmoiwtoj omnliw. l'?., * wllii'S out their Ijij'L".?i:U'I' urc underlaid irith coking coal ,t liiih lipm*. "I"1 buying lurnm in Wiubinxton <.>uiity and also in Wmt Vir^nia at inm-U lower prices. J I'lx-iMAt Warn. o( Cornell Uiiiver-I sitv, say-, tliai 1?-?1,1 '>renk up the praclire ol luuins U1111810 ''-M"'1 every class in the wjV-iI. The Snw York Tribune saw tlwt ? 'l,,> r'Sl't sort ol talk, a w.jjii:niut iliat will Anil t'cnernl ondorse??.,n tiipn!i:li"iii tlif -oiintry. .Iiww? "?l?wan important duty lo |*n'iinii miller tlio reassessment law jriitraartid l>y tin- Legislature ot West Vir.'ini.i. 'I" liiin is delegated the selection rt/iwvvyiM' nil-- assessor to each assessinfill JwtriVt of the State-and it is scarcely loo iimrli t" say tiiat the whole value ol liepr ij. """I missiwineni turija upon the iitii??"i tlieapiioiiitn.il to be selected by tlio Auditor Tun fcixstis rej>ort will not not be completed for .-ovoral months, tho work on the ?;)L'ciulti^.l?"in^ very laborious. The hist report was contained in .".,.*>00 pages of printed matter. T!?'census of 18S0 wil compromise D'J.om) quarto pages. It is a very tiling in every respect ami demonstrates Id the world what n l>it* people we are. Tlie special .subjects treated are thirty-two in number, including social statistics of cities, defective, delinquent ami dependent classes, forest wealth, gas,quarrying, orchard fruits, nieit production, insurance, debts, wealth and taxation, etc., etc, The work of collecting facts has been done by 1,500 employes and :tl,:ss2 enumerators. Thirty thousand p.^vsof farts; think of it? Tho first census report was contained inu volume of filtv two putt's and was issued in October, iit'l. The coat rant )n'lwevn that volume and* the report which will appear in a fvw months will l? * startling. Tut; l iiii'innuti (m:?w has an excellent ihJd of February article upon the character of Washington in certain very ini|)ortant piias* s of it. Anions other forcible points presented were the following A great p< ril <?f republics is that a military chieftain will take advantage of bis iutlui nee in tho army, or of the gratitude of the people for military achievement, to maket.iuiM'lf the political chief for life, either by a total subversion of the Constitution or by using his popularity and power to rub- over its traditions and customs. No military chieftain ever had greater personal influence to carry out such superver>io? than Washington. No man did ever ?o Hcrutmlously avoid such use of it. Mill in the" pc c-sion of unbounded popularity through his second Presidential tern; Having oiilvto give his consent in opKt to be elceteu Pre ident successively, us Wj; as lie lixed. lie m'ejbt have held, without usurpation, and by the sponta?t<nw?illofliis countiy, tho Presidency for life. Hut lie had read the history of repiiWks; lie .-aw what such an example would /ead to in future times , his Bole jm . . mis vu iuuuci iiiu uiv/ab trimir snviiv to his country, ami he re.olv <1 (odfuy tlie popular voice, and lo make lii.s second term tho finality of lim PreeiWcncy. This high example established a tradition in our country which successive Presidents haw reverenced as sacred, lie who would hreak this revere*! tradition, instead of wining tlui fame of rising above Washington, would tlx the tradition that he poscso<il none of Washington's virtues. Ul'.lI. KSl'A'I K ItlMNSI.SSJlEXT. An Act (hu< llio IVojWcof H'o*< Virginia Will llentl Willi lutvrcNt. The bill known as House bill number 220, irnsacd the Senate yesterday. It provides for the reassessment of tho valuoof nil rejil estate within this State, and reads as follows; Jlf it i uncial by the Leghlaturc of ?IV?< I Vrijiniu: >u . J. The Auditor shall appoint one coMtuissioner for each assessment district in tiv several counties of this Suite, who shall he a resident freeholder of such dh,trict. ai.-l whose duty it shall he to reuise 3 tin* value of all mil estato therein. sn. ICacli conimLsioner bo appointed shall, within thirty days after he is uotitied of his appointment, execnto ft bonrJ, with MiMy, in the penalty of thrco thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful perforinancc of his duties, to be approved by the bounty Court or the president thereof, or by a circuit judy?\ and shall take an o.\th to Mipport the Constitution of the United States. and the Constitution of this State, :uui that lie will faithfully, discharge the duties of his otlice to the licit of lus skill and judgment. The said bond and o-th shall In* tiled in the* office of tho Clerk of the County Couit who shall certify a copy thereof, within ten (lavs after it is bo tiled, to the Auditor, and also turu;?h the Auditor the postotUce address of tho commits* ioner. li tho said commissioner so appointed, shall fail toqualiiy and givobftnd, an herein required within the time prescribed, or ia ease lie shull die or resign befoio completing his re-valuation, or the oflice he ' "mi* ouicrwiau vuuiiu, a Buvuuaaur auuu uu immediately appointed by the Auditor, vrho shall at onec give bond, and qualify, aiul enter upon the duties of his oilicc. Skc. ;!. The Auditor shall, as soon as 1 "Wiiilc, muse to be provided for each eommi&ioncr three books, similar in form to the assessors' land book, with such changes as the nature of the work requires, and shall also furnish each commissioner with instructions, prescribing in detail the manner in which they are to arrive at proper valuations of the real estate, and the manner ??f making up their booka and returns. . t. l'ach commissioner so appointed ttinl. qualified sluill, on tho first day of April, in the year one thousand ei^ht nundred and eighty.two, or as soon thereafter as practical>it', after receiving the books and instructions to be furnished by tho Auditor as aforesaid, proceed to examine n person, all tin- tracts of land and town lots, with till! llllUililllfM nn.l>:...iuM?nmA?t> thereon, within l?is ?ii>trlct, and shall, upon examination, ami in accordance with his s.ii<l instruction*. ascertain and assess the fair rash value thereof and in such assessment the minerals underlying tho surface shall be considered in a&'crtaining the value of such land, in current money; and when mineral or coal privilego or interest ij held by a parly, or parties, exclusive of the Mirfaw, the same shall bo assessed sonnmii.lv ui?<.l. ... , ""Ml ? I'JUIUH, . Ill 111! ??u market value. To assist hint m pertaining and identifying the wild lands and lots, he shall obtain from tTic clerk <>fthe county court the land book ol tue district ho is to 088C88. made for the year one thousand eight hundred ami eighty-one, or, if no such book be on till lor that year, then the next preceding boot on tile, and carry it with him for reference in making tills assessment. Sec. 5. In ail eases where It Is practlca pie, the commissioner shall exhibit tbo en try of any lands or town lots, found on mid book, to the owner of tho said* lauds or his Agent and ascertain from him if the wild entry ho correct as to tho location, title and quantity, and may require each owner or agent to answer, on oath, questions relative.to such lands and the entry thereof as may l>o wrtinent. For thin purpose the commissioner shtill he aitfliprizeu tn administer said oath. Any person refuging to answer, under oath, questions that may be propounded to him in reference to saici assessment, ahall be Until not lew* than twenty dollars nor more than llfty dollars, for every such refusal, to ho assessed and recovered heforo a justice, as other fines, and paid into the county treasury. . Six. 0. As soon as the commissioner shall have completed the assessment in li'm district, ho shall make three conies thereof in the IhjoUs to he furnished him under the I provisions of section three of this act, and | shall take and subscribe an oath or atllrma* tion to the following effect: "I , a commissioner appointed to ascertain qml reussi'ss the ualue of all real estate in the district of ? county, (or in the county , of??,) do solemnly swear (or afllrm)that I have diligently endeavored to aHcertnirt wo vuiuo oi tin irucw 01 ronu ami town tots properly chargeable in my district, and have entered tho same in the foregoing book; that 1 bave faithfully, fairly and impartially, and without biim or favor, ubscsbe<l the same, with the improvements thereon, at a fair cash vulue; ami thai in making tlnJ eaid books, I have followed the law and been guided In* the instructionH < furnished-me by the Auditor for my guid- , ance; so help me (Sod." Which oath may be taken and subscribed before uny person authorized to udminister oaths, and a copy of tho same shall be subjoined to each of ( said books properly subscribed and cert!lied; two of the said books shall be filed by | tho commissioner with the clerk ?f the county court of his county, on or before the i first day of July, in the year one thousand i eight hundred and eighty-two, and shall be used by the said clerk as a guide in making , up his" land books. The other books lie shall transmit to the Auditor, on or before < the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.- In any county in which there are two assessment districts tho county court of such county shall examine said books and see if there is inequality in said assessment as between the ?...i ?... -...i. m? uiaiiibwi mm umivi! mn.ii uiuvr ua n ui currect such inequality. Set1.7. Any person feeling himself ag- i grieved by tfioitssessnientof his real estate, made unuer the'provisions of this act, may, j within one year after the filing of a cony of such assessment with the cleric of the 1 county court appfy? by himself or his i agent, to the said court for redress, tirst giv- , ing reasonable notice in writing of his intention to the Prosecuting Attorney, and stating in such notice the character of the 1 correction he desires, it shall be the duty i of the Prosecuting Attorney, upon being so , notified, to attend to the interests of the State at the trial of such application. If, upon hearing the evidence otlered, the t Comity Court shall be of opinion that there is error in the assessment complained of, ( or that the valuation fixed by the Commissioner is excessive, the said court shall ' make such order correcting the said assesswent as is just and proper; n copy of such orders shall bo made and certified to the , Auditor by the clerk within twenty davs . after the entering of the same; Sticii appli- 1 cations shall have precedence of nil other i business before the court, but any order or judgment made upon such application shall show that tho# Prosecuting Attorney was present and defended the interests of the State; and in the event it shall he aseer- i tained that the land has been erroneously i assessed, and Unit the owner has paid such taxes, the court shall order that the excess, shall bo refunded to him, and if not so paid he shall be relieved f.oin such expense. l?ut no costs shall be taxed for or , against the appellant or the State. S?r. y. For services rendered under this 1 act by tho commissioner, he shall be allowed for each day actually and diligently employed threu "dollars, to be paid out of the State treasury. l?ut such account shall tie verified by the affidavit ot the commissioner and presented to the County Court of his countv, and approved, allowed and certified to the Auditor for payment. Provided, That the total compensation of such commissioner shall uot exceed two hundred and fifty dollars. Any olHeer who slwll fail or refuse to perform any of the duties required of him by this act, or who shall make an improper or unfair valuation of any property, through fear, favor or malice, or shall receive money or any other consideration for making an "unfair or partial valuation of any property, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction " thereof bo fined not le:s than one hundred dollars, nor more than live bundred dollars. Six*. 0. Every commissioner who shall fail tocomplv with the requirements of this act within the timo herein speeilled, shall lorteit nil right to compensation lor his services, unless, and until, ho shows to the Auditor on 0:1th satisfactory reasons for delay. Skc. JO. The Hoard of Public Works shall bt* a board of equalisation to correct and equalize the reassessment so inade between the counties and assessment district!, if it shall appear to them that the average vrtlijo of the real estate in any such county or district is either too high or loo low. The board shall hear all such evidence as inay be presented to ?hem, and shall increase or reduce the average value of the real estate in such countv or district according to the evidence so taken, and any othe?* evidence which may come to their knowledge." When they shall have completed their labors, they shall report the same to the Auditor,who shall report the same to the Clerks of the County Courts. Six*. 11. In every county where .Hoards of Commissioners have been established in lieu of the County Courts for police and fiscal purposes, the said boards shall have the same powers and perform" the jjarao duties as are imposed upon the County Louris, in carrying out mo pros isions oi this act, JMII.KOAD KLKCTIOX. The Uoaril or Dlrcvlorxof tin* Now Ohio ?V Went Viruiuln I.liie. Toledo, February 23.?The following persons were elected directors to-day in the consolidated road known as the Ohio Central <k tho Atlantic <k North-western, extending from this place .to the Olrto river at Point Pleasant, and thence via tho Kanawha Valley to a connection with tho Richraond & Alleghany road?vix.: lion. Joseph S. Miller, of Wheeling, West Virginia; Gen. Thomas Ewing, of Lancaster, Ohio; Gov. Foster, of Columbus. Ohio; George I Seney and John T. Martin, of UrooUlyu; T. 0. French and Xtlson Robinson, of New York; 1). 1\ Kella, of Cleveland; and C. S. Brice, of Lima, Ohio. A meeting of director was called in New York for March 1. WnrrliiK UiillroiuU. , Chicago, Februarv 23.?The Kork Island, Northwestern and Chicago, Turlington it* Quincy roads are each making a spirited light for the freight business to DesMoines. Kates Imvo been cut from itf cents to 30 cents for first class, 30 vents to 15 cents for fourth class and 23 cents to 12J cents for special. The Northwestern started tho cut in retaliation for tho Uock Islaud's alleged invasion of its territory. KoWnmlrrll* llroke Down. " Cincinnati, February 23.?Jacob hit* i tere, who has been on trial (or some time I lit MWontnine, Ohio, on the charge of ) murdering hU wifo, September 20th lnat, t by tile lise ol strychnine, won lint night ) foumi piliilv of murier In the first decree. lie broko'ilown upon the nnnouncement of tiie verdict, and was led front tho court - room iu tears. WASHINGTON NEWS. NEBRASKA'S 'CONTINGENTMEMBER' To to Admitted "U KxUiM"-Oir S?w Hftf j-Tht KUtniof TftrlfT L??l?l?tlon-Th? KffKt of Amttidateaittoth* VoatolOee Appro* prlatloi Blll-CaplUl SoUi. 8|wIa1 Dixpntch to the Intelligenccr. Washington, February 23.?Somo time ago u Bub-committc'o of the House on Judiciary reported to the full committee in favor of admitting Mr. Majors jis an additional member of Congress from Nebraska, Tiie Committee did not act at once on the mutter under consideration as it desired to hear front Mr.llummond, (Democrat) who had a minority rej>ort upon the Mime cane. Some days wince Mr. Hammond submitted an argument Against the admission of Mr, Majors on the ground th^t the evidence of the incorrectness ul the census of 1870 was not conclusive, lie further asserted that Hie State census of 1872 agreed with the federal census of 1870, which, if true, would have completely settled the petitioner's ease. StranjjtOv enouirh no doeumimU <?nnhl be found,either iii evidenco or intho public records or libraries of Nebraska to prove what that census was. In consideration of this state of atl'airs the committee laid aside the case upon this subject. It has been ascertained that no census was taken by the State, either in 1871, 1872 or 18711, and that therefore there* is no impeachment of. the testimony, which proves Unit Nebraska had in 1870 GO,000 more imputation than the Federal census of that year indicated. 1'ho committee will, therefore, in a few ilays, report in favor of admitting Mr. Majors, who for two successive Congresses has posed as the "contingent member" from Nebraska. POHTOI'I'lt'E AI?PKOI?RIATIOXM. rtic t'cnlnrcNor (lie Amendment* Made to iiic i-ONioiiice Ulll. btapalch to the Intcllixoncur. Wahhington*, February 23.?The House | passed the day in considering, in Committee of the Whole, the Postoflice appropriation bill. The result of their labors was the adoption of nn amendment which, if it becomes a law, will increaso the expense of the St'tr service about $1,500,000 or $2,000,W0. It wilt exclude many bidders who now bid for routes, and remove the protection which is now provided for sub-contraetors. A surprising amount of ignorance of the operations of the star mail service wns'displaycd in to-day's discussion. Mr. Holman yesterday introduced an amendment prodding that whenever a contractor shall make a sub-contract for any sum less than bis annua} pay the government shall tike iway his contract and make a new one with the sub-contractor at the annual pay. which he was receiving. As has been repeatedly shown, the operations of the Star route ring were conlined to less than 2C0 routes. These were long find verv COStlv in thoStnf???'nV?.l TWrW/M-iiin west of the Mississippi. Hut there are 10,000 Star routes, and nine-tenths of them are short ones. The annual pay for the short routes ranges from $100 to ?1,5C0 per annum. There are several contractors in this city who make a regular business of bidders for these short routes. Their bids are much lower than those submitted by the men who live on the routes. The Postmaster General pays their bids average 20 per cent lower. Having received the routes they sublet them sometimes at a loss, but generally at a Binail gain, and on several hundred routes they succced in getting enough money to make a fair living. They all carry their service and seldom fail, for a failure on a single route would force them out of the buslue s. These are the men whom Messrs. Upson,-of Texas, Page, of "California, and others who were loudest in the support of the bis contractors in the hist Congas in 1SS0, are now denouncing as a ri??,?. The Ilolman amend incnt was adopted iu tlie committee by a vote of 99 to 82. Tho ('ummittpo JlccmmncmlN ? Jlodcvt lull .Substantial Armaria. DIkjmttcb lo the ItiteiHtfcncer. Wasiiincto.v, February 23.?As I telegraphed ft day of two .since, from what I could ascertain outside of the Committee Room, the Committee on Naval Affaire would con line itself to tho very modc3t demand of eight or ten millions for a new Navy, instead of going to the extent recommended bv the Advisory Board. The committee finished its report today, and the chairman, .Messrs. Talbot, Harris, of New Jersey, and Thomas and Davison were directed to draft tho bill. The bill will provide for the construction of two first-rate steel cruisers, to cost S3,500,000; four second-rate cruisers, to cost $5,OSS,000; four cruising torpedo boats, to cost $152,000; four harbor torpedo boats, to cost $100,000; and one ram," to cost $500,000. The committee will endeavor to report to the Houso to-uiorrow. Unrlleltl Memorial Nervlfc*. BjwrUl Di't?tch to Uio Intelllgcnccr. Washington, D. C., February 23.?The cards of invitation to the Garfield obsequies in the IIouso were received frotn the engraver yesterday afternoon aud arc among the finest pieces of _engraving ever executed in this country. The cards are ornamented by a handsomo vignette of tho martyr Frcsident facing toward the right, and surrounded by a drapery of American tings. Above the picture is a drawn sword, and beneath tho picture of the White House and Capitol. Tho only inscriptions are: "xr.uor.iAi. Rcnvicw % of JAMES ADR AM GAKFIEI.D, President. March 4,1SSI; tiled, September 19,1881." The eulogy by Hon. James (I. Blaine will be delivered in the House of Representatives February 27, 1882. They aro signed by Senator Sherman and Wm. Mclvinley as Chairman of .the Committees. UlorlotiN, but Brief. Sixx-lnl Dfrpfttch to the Intelligencer. Washington, February Jtt?As predict* ed at tho time of bis nomination, Paymaster General Rucker has been retired altera glorious, but brief career of two days in chargo of the Bureau to which he was elevated. General Rufus Ingalls was to^ay nominated for Paymaster General, and will I proUbly be confirm^ ^mo^row. l!fTEB4tTATK COMMERCE. Argument* Before lha CommltlM 01 Representative Rengiin'e lllll. Special Dtapatch (o the Intelligencer. Washington, February 23,?TUe Kesgai bill was to-day discussed before U)e JIous Comraerco Committee by Mr. Charles fc Smith, Chairman of the New York Com murcial Convention, llo guvo facta am figures in support of the bill, and waa fol lowed by Mr. White in the Bamo line o argument, which was an arraignment a railroad mouoplists in general, lie adva cated tho establishment of a governmenUi department for tho control of railroads. L>. D. Hughes, President of tho Gram Rapids <k Indiana railroad; K. P. Alexan der, Vice-President of the Louiavillo i* Nashville road; Kuiory Storrs, Gov. Me Cook, Jackson S ScbulU, T. J). Thuror, D C. Bobbins, George Wilson, Ambros* Snow, A. B. Miller and Joslali T. WhiU representing tho commercial organisation of Now York; S. C. Thompson, of Balto more; C. M. Baring, of MinneapoliH; D. B Henderson, of Dubuque; Representative Lord, of Michigan; Mr. Sellers, Jeremial Wilson, Mr. Harris, of Virginia; Mr. Rich of Michigan, representatives of tho Xev York and National Boards , of Trade, tin Rational (irango and other organisation! were present; somo of Uietn to urge tlx justness of tho Iteagau bill and to show uf tho alleged curses of railroad monopolist and to pray for relief. The Committee hat a further meeting to-night and heard ar argument from Mr. Thtirber, who spok< strongly against the pooling system, which he said, prevented all rightful competition There is little doubt but that a maiorih of the Committee are in favor of Reagan'i bill. TARIFF TALK. Thfc Iron nnd Ntp?l Ncn Determined t< Acroitt|>l!ftI> Nnm?tbJor. Spcolul Pixpatch to tho Intelligoticcr. Wakiusutox, February 23.?The gentle men who are here from Youngstown ant Pittsburgh to back the McKinley iron ant steel bill, are determined to have souii measure of tho kind passed, but will mov< cautiously, and will present a modified bil if tliere is any prospect of a failure of tin present iron and steel bill. Tho iron and steel men, who aro here art) determined at least to eifiaseulate tin Treasury Department in tho tariff matter by depriving it of that baneful power, called the discretion of the Secretary, which toe often leans in the directiou of the importers and results in rulings totally opposed t< tho design of Congress in adopting tin present schedule. NATIONAL NOTES* C!osnIi? at tlieCnpital?Current Couimeui unci New** W^gniSOTO.v, February 23.?Mr. Var Wyek has introduced a bill in the Senate the object of which is to compel railroad.' to pay ' State taxes on unpatented landi donated to them by the government Ont condition of the land grants is that rail roads shall pay all cosh of surveying lauds Railroad companies hold lands throughou the west which they have not yet survey < and patented, and the courts have helii that States can not tax thee lands becauw the United Slates still holds an interest ii equity in them by reason of the fact thai under the condition imposed by the gran tho lands might revert to tho government through a failuieof the railroads to compl} with these conditions. It is claimed tha railroads leavo lauds unpatented to avoic taxation and Mr. Van Wyck's bill release: <juit claims to any Statu that proceed* against these lands for tho collection o all taxes and interest in equity of tho gen eral government It is thought this wil encourage tho States to collect thc?e taxes The llouse Naval Committee to-dav ap pointed Messrs. Harris, Thomas and Talbo I uiitu?ntain!l(nii In n l?511 f... tlio % /. organization of tiie navy, and incorporating a provision hithefto discussed by the com mittee and Advisory Board and agrecc upon. The bill will appropriate abou nine and a half million dollars for tho con struction of seven or eight first-class wa: vessels of different styles. The President nominated Colonel Rufu Ingails, Assistant Quarter-Master General to be Brigadier General and Quarter-Mastei General. Postmasters: Thomas Carlisle Pierce City, Mo.; Samuel L. Grosvenor Marietta, O.; Benjamin Burton, Geneva Ills-; Kmest Funke, Otonto, Wis. The Senate Naval Committee agreed t< favorably report on the nomination o ^Theodore Wilson, of New York, for Chie of tho Bureau of Naval Construction. House Committee on Naval afairn luii agreed to recommend the immediate ap propriation of $10 000,000 to begin the cou Btruction of a new Navy. Senate Committee on Naval Afraire thii morning voted to reject to nominations o Watmough to bo Paymaster General ot tin Navy and Stevenson to be Pay Dime tor Some days ago the Committee agreed t< an adve-se report on Watnmugh but belt it buck in order to give the President timi to withdraw tho .nomination if he saw lit 'if 4lw. on the President and officially advised hin of this action. The Committee waited unti to-day. and not receiving any informatioi from the President as to his purposes, for mally adopted the adverse report and or dered it to )>o presented to the Senate. Tin nomination of Stevanson was then taken uj and tho motion to report adversely wai adopted. Invitations to the heads of the Exeeutivi departments to the Garfield memorial ser vices at tho Capitol on Monday next liavi been distributed. The card is a eompan ion piece to the Garfield Inaugural iuvita tion. Tho House Committee on private lam claims will report for passage a bill pro j viding for the issuance of land scrip to Mrs | Myra Clark Gaines, in lieu of about 37,(XX j acres of land in Louisiana, tho title to whicl has been judicially continued to other par ' ties. | A delegation from tho New York Cham I ber of Commerce, appeared before the Sen | ate Finance Committee in relation to tin so-called Sherman bill, to facilitate the dc cidions of controverted questions in revenue cases by referring such questions to tin court oiuiaims, wuu uie right toappea to the Supremo Court The delegatioi claimed that the transfer of such suits t< Mm Court of CJuiina would deprive impor ters of tho right of trial by jury, and wouli be attended by a long delay in tho recov ery of duties unless fully exacted fron them, as now occurs under the existinj law. They uiged tho adoption of a mens uro providing for tho establishment o Courts of Arbitration at such points as ma^ ho necessary, tho courts to have the juris diction of all suits for the recovery ofuutiei imnrojierly exacted. Senator Sherman disclaimed tho author ship of the bill and said it had been pro posed at tho Treasury department, ant while he thought it might go far toward; remedvinu tho existimr evils, still ho htu no desire to antagonize the Interests of iiu porters, anil would join them heartily in ud vanning any other measure which wouli better ascomplisht the desired purpose. The National Homeopathic llospito management has made a bejp'nning by rent injr aliuildlng (or present tae. l'ostmnstcr General Howe decides tb? tho "stamp frank" is not u "legal frank, and tho written namoof Congressmen tnui b? on franked mailer. . THE TWO CONFESSION ABOUT THE A8HUNO HORROR a ? l? Qiorft Kills Hfthfi a SiroU Coafeilon WMel !. Clttrt Cr?ft md N??l of th? Crl?#t Cor* i- roboratlif *n UUrviaw Apj??r* 1 lug la tb? "Uttlligcicir." I f The Ikteu.ioe.m bk on the 13th of llu f present month published an Interview hat k with Detective Alf, W. Uurnett, of Charles I ton, on the Ashlaud murder horror, it which Mr. Burnett expressed tlie opinion 1 that Elite' confession implicating himsel ami Cruft and Ncal with tho horriblo deec It was totally fnlseaml highly improbable - Tho large reward offered for tho apprehen . sion of the murderers was a strong incen 3 tivo to amateur detectives and mercenary 9 persons to at onco go on the war path foi , cIuch, suspicions and pointers. Ellii - dropped a careless remark about two per . sons whom ho heard express lustful desira ) iu connection with two of tho victims o: 1 tho crime. Parties animated with a long , ing for tho big reward money caught uj r this remark of Kills' and in their owi 2 minds are supposed to have fixed tho plo ) by which they put a bogus confession in the ; hands of Kills, and by threats and intiini > datiou compelled liiin to stick by it. i Mr. Burnett, in his interview with tin I Istem, toknceii reporter, besides maintain i ing that Kills was bulldozed into tho firsi J confession ho made, went on to show in t , logical and conclusivo manner that Ellis' . statement was not supported by actua , occurrences and facta, and that it bristled with ularing inconsistencies. Ho also re * marked that his (Ellis') wife knew he had confessed to a tissue of falsehoods, and implored him to tell tho whole truth without fear of tho consequences. Mr. Burnett > expressed the opinion that the real criminals were two railroad laborers and a man named Bill Dyerly. Tho hasty trial and - uuusual proceedures which Air. Burnett [ claims characterized tho same, seem to givi . some color to his belief that the parties convicted on Ellis' confession were not the J real criminals, especially so when taken ir > connection with the second confession 01 I Ellis, which is (taken from yesterday's Kn% [purer and printed below. On the whole il J forms an interest ing chapter in the criminal history of the country. ' hTVlUl.tM-. Another IMtnxc or the Anlilntid Trnjwly, ! Ellin' Necoiul Confminn. Lexington-, Ky., February 22.?George Ellis, convicted by bis own confession o! participation in the Ashland murder, make* the following statemeut to the Cincinnati Enquirer: In the first place, he was at Powell's store and Powell asked him if he had known i anything of the affair, lie said he did not "I said: 4I know of some strong points thai i might help to work it up-' Powell said 'Come and go with me, and we will fine j out all about it' We went down town, and ? met Hellin. I told him what I had heard - Craft and Neal say about wanting to hav( . intercourse with them two girls." t Kllis then says he went around to a sa I loon with William Carroll, and the bar I keeper asked hiin wiio he thought did the ? lYtng. Ilo said ho did not know j The bar-keeper told him there wits i t big reward for the nnrson who did it t gavo liitn several d.'inks, and tried to gel I him to tell something. lie went home, ant r that night Ilet'in caine to his house am t asked him to go over in town. Hellin tool [ him to the hotel, took him in a room where j four or live persona were, and they tolc j him* they wanted him to tell it all ovei f agaiu. . Ellis claims that he doe", not remembei I what happened until the next morning, . when he found he was in jail. lie wanteu - to deny what they claimed was his confe : t sion, but Campbell and Ilcfiin Bjid he must - stick to it or they would hang all three o: j them. Ellis says lieflin drew his kutf< . and told him if he did not stick to it he I would cut his throat. He then said h< t would. Campbe'l told him that NeJ hac - confessed, and that they had evidence r enough to bang all three of them. Wher. he was brought back to Ashland, Camp 3 bell eiune on tho boat and handed hin , what he claimed was his (Ellis) confession r and told him ho must stick to it; that tVej , had evidence enough to convict, aud tha , Neal and Craft had confessed. , Ellis says ho knew nothing about the house being fired, or the murder having ) been done, until half-past five o'clock tin f next n orning. He wns at homo aH nighl f on tho night of the inurde . IIo had tub eaten his"breakfast when he heard "the s hallooing, and went up lo the place where . the fire we*, and saw old man Uoustor - take one of the children out. El'is wen in at the window and saw the position o s everything in the room. He helped t< f ?ke the things out of the kitchen, and wai i there about an hour. Ellis guvs he then . went to his work, hat the terrible odors ir > the .house caused him to f,ct si<;k about I an hour after and he quit work. These i partita, Neal and Craft, had nothing to d( . with it so far as he (Ellis) knows. lie i doesn't know how ho came to mako the i statement us to holding the girl? while th< 1 outrages were being committed. He doei i not kuow anything in regard to the occur - retires of that night. - The confession of the prisoner was en ? tirebvwithont restraint, and is, he claims > a full mid complete history of his mis 9 doings. Finally Nettleu. Richmond, Va., February 221.?'The Gen j eral Assembly to-day elected Allen ai Auditor, and Martini Kallroad Coinmia . sioner. Both 'are litwijuatere. 1 BRIEF TELEGRAMS. * Daniel J. Perkins, real estate dealer, o j Boston, has been arrested for forging notei ) and mortgage papers. A two-year-old child of AVm. Strcthow of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, fell into a pailoi - hot water yesterday morning, and was s< - badly scalued that death ensued in a few u bouw. Mrs. Irwin, a young married woman, 3 was run over and killed yesterday morn } ing by an express train at Newtown Sta tion, near Cincinnati, on tlia Little Miam 1 Railroad. ? A Philadelphia, Pa.,* dispatch says: J Judge Butler gave decisions for the Gov ?ernment in live civil suits against the sureties on the bonds of WylJe, star route , mail contractor. I Charles Joncs^ convicted of murder, anc I ltanuoipn juoucir, nwattiiiff 'trial 101 t murder, oacapcd from the jail of Wythe s county, Virginia, yesterday, by digging 9 through tho wall. One of tho boilers in tho blooming mill - of the Vulcan Steel Works, in South St - ijOiug, Dxpimiea with torriOc lorceat 11 1 o'clock yesterday morning. About 100met 8 worn working In tho mill at tho time, o! 1 whom Michael Cook ley, John Dolnn, Fninl Chambers anil Oliver Aude were futall} injured, being terribly scalded, beuiJu 1 having their liml? broken. Robert Coltra had Uirce ribs broken, and was severel] il burned. Mike Cronin, compound (ractun of the leg and several scalds. Frank Loftui and Thomas Urannan were atdu badli it scalded, and three otber men aerioush " hurt. Tho smnko stnek was blown dowii it and tho mill otliorwiso considerably dam ?ged. 1 tOHI'OBATlOX <1 HWKtfXEfUt. Th? Sail Agalnm m?iiU?rd Oil Com. pnnjr for Hack Trim. HAnniMiirwi, Pa., February 23.?The suit of the State to recover taxes alleged to k be duo from the Standard Oil Company of Ohio camo came up before tho court this morning. Deputy Attorney GeneraI Soodgraas presented a letter alleged to have been written to the Auditor^General's otllee s in 1879, requesting tho Standard Company 1 to report. The defense objected to tho - letter on the ground that tho person to i whom it was sent was not in any manner t connected with the company. Keports t filed with the Standard Com{utny in tho latter part of 1881 were read, and a volu1 urinous corrositondenco between General . Schell and the attorneys and tho otlicers of . tho Standard Company was o fie red and read by the Suite s attorneys, in all of which liie t-iandnrd Company denied that ' they were liabloto taxation in tliis Stato. r An agreement as to the facta was next read, i during which the counsel on both side* gave notice that they would make numerous objections. The Commonwealth rested J its case uftcr presenting the statement of [ Attorney^eueral Schell. Mr. 01 instead . opened for the defenso by presenting the appeal of tho companv from tho AuditorGenopd's statement llo also read deposi1 tions from ex'tiovemor liartrauft, Ineurt ance Commissioner Forsterand Corporation , Cleric eraser, all of which tended to show that a foreign corporation having but a portion of its capital invested in the State had never been taxed on the full amount * of its capita) stock. This, they state, hps . been the case during their connection with . the Auditor-General's Department, which 1 has covered a long term of years. 1 In the afternoon session M. K. Olmslead ' continued his statement, concluding by I having read a paper by K. C. McMuririe, I and approved by Attorney-General Dim. mick, setting forth that the act of April 24, [ 1874, was construed by the Attorney-Geni end's department; that it did not hold for eign chartered corjrorutions liable for tax by ; reason of tlio purchase of luateriul orwale of wares in this State. The argument was t opened by Deputy Attorney-General SnodI grass a little before three o clock. He con t tended that as a great portion of the coms pany's capital was used in the prosecution j of its business in this State, it should be > taxed. He then endeavored to provo that i their business was carried on in this State, f ; ? Oil, LET ifIJI Off. j1 llio Conri Jfurtlul ofMnnon for Shoot lug 1 AtlittKcaa. "Washington*, February 23.?-In the Mason court-martial to-day Capfc. McGil , vay, of Sergeant Mason's company, testltied tffat since Mason'sconfinement lie lmd 1 been returned to duty by witness as duty I Sergeant, 1 Warden Crocker described tho location i of Guitoau's cell, and said the arrival of tho troops could bo witnessed frofti the eel! window. Guiteau, when not reading ' or writing, sj>ent some time in looking out 1 of tho window. Mr. Bigelow, counsel for Mason, objectt ed to tho testimony as to Guiteau looking . out of the window, unless the J udge Advoj cate engaged to show that this habit was known to Mason. I The Judge Advocate, after long private [ deliberation, sustained Mr. fligelow's ob3 jeetion. The Judge Advocate then announced . that ho intended to prove that Mason kuew - of tho habits of Guiteau. i JIason, rising from his chair, exclaimed, . "I will clear that Judge," "I did not i know." , Tho President of the Court peremptorily t ordered Mason to bo silent. I No material facts were elicited to-day. I Tho arrival of Ma in's wife and little boy : seems to have had a soothing elleat on him. > lie continues to complain bitterly of the I food and quarters furnished him. and con fibintlv nnrPM flio linlwoon ?!.<? I treatment accorded him by the military r authorities and that accorded Guiteau by , the civil officials at the jail. I DtcUJon In Espm* t'omjmny Knit. St. Louis, February 23.?A decision wa? , rendered in tho United Staters Court to-day , in the cate of tho Southern Kx press Comi ?>any vs. the Iron Mountain ?!t Southern I Railway. Other cases were amalgamated ! with this and the decision affects not only i tho Iron Mountain but the Memphis <x Utile Hock Railroad Company, Missouri, i Kansas it Texas in tho suit of the Adams . Express Company, the Ateheson, Topeka ' <k Santa Fe Kailroad and the Denver & 11 io I Grande Company, Justice M?'ler holds thai courts of equity can compel railroad s companies to provide for facilities of the ; expres s business and furnish curs for that i purpose, and to all'ord i qtrnl fae'd'-tic; to all ; express companies actually ensured i n that t business. Only fair and reasonable rato 5 shall bo charge'd for carrying such matter f and tho njcnt in charge of it The rate t can not be fixed in advance by the railroad t company, neither con collections bo made f at tho end of each journey, hut the courts > can regulate the compensation for such s service after it has been performed and I he i railroad company can bo protected' by a i bond to ho given by tho express com nan v. I t The injuncion heretofore granted in ) chamber* is continued in force. > ? > 5 Texn# Trifle* * St. I/)cis, February 2:}.?1*. W. Norris, - Postmaster and a leading merchant, at Pice, J Texas, was called out of his house nijiit " before last by two men who asked him lo go to his store to sell them goods lie went ' out but returned in a few minuter, and ? told his wife that the men hud shot him, ' and died almost instantly. An incendiary fire at Cisco, Texas, destroyed the store of D. 1*. Jordan. JxttS $18,000, W. P. Black, of Woodcock, Pa., suicided 1 at Austin, Texas, yesterday. A railroad has been chartered to run from Lafedo up the Rio Grande to Kagle Pass. Among the directors are John Pratt and Tbeo. II. Friend, of New York. | Holler i'.xpIttHioii. PrrrsnuRQit, February 23.?'This morning about 0:110 o'clock, one of a battery of three C uout-rc in iiju roiling mm oi a. i>i. j>yera tv , Co., on tho South Side, explode*! with a . loud reportt scattering debris in nil directions, injuring three men, and completely demolishing the boiler shed. F. Myers and John Lovell, two of the men injuVed, ' escaped with slight wounds on the head. ! The other, whose name could not be ' heard, was FeriotifJy. and it is thought fa? tally, hurt. Tho exulosjon is thought to be : the reHtilt of a broken flange connecting the boilers with tho mud drum. I The R tMUlt of Jockey lagChicago, February 23.?During a race at I the Chicago Driving Park last June, the " jockey who was riding the mare Delle of > Nelson, either by negligence or design, rode ; r^ainsi the stalfion Wolvcrlon, tho result >cing that tho latter was thrown and killed. I Suit was brought for the value of the horse, , which was placed at $10,000, and after a I trial of two dnys tho juiy yesterday returni ed a verdict for the^laintiff for $-1,500. f Flllfc RKCOItD. , Milfobd, Mass., February 2.'!.?The manr nfactory of Kstabrook & Co.,has been burnr ed. Loai $50,000; partially insured. J Aluwtow.s Pa , February 23.?Schini roan's flour mill was burned this morning. 1 Lobs $30,000; insured for $10,000. Just r before tho alarm of fire the safe was blown .... 1... kt.*/?a aaa 1 , I VIJ-VU VJJ " MU OCWtUCU UUU 1 - dccarapeil. It in beHev?IUiat the explosion 'wan (became of the fire. 1 THE THRONE SIIAKIiN AND THE SCEPTER DEPARTIf From the Modirn IIomm of Brlfkaa?Prtjirkla Crnudi A|al*it the Utire rommt, aid ties* tllM Thr?*t?a?d with OttrteUm. ill ob Account or KUti." Salt Lake, Utah, February 23.?Yest (lay at the word of command putitic praying Congress to halt in legislating Utah wore presented at probably eve house in the territory. Children in the Mormon schools wero uiado to sign their names were signed for them. Gcnti wero asked to sign, nnd probably a bin list was mado of Buch as declined, wh many names representing nobody will t pear to these petitions. There is, und church pressure, an apparent unaniml among Mormons in demanding ?? I alone. Hut it its not really a nutnero Mormon element that desire the gover mentto assort itself. They are so hamp< ed by their relations anil surroundinj however, that they dare not make a sin They must bo sure that tho power bos c parted from Israel tlret. Business roeir are being accosted to-d and their fears worked up by threats of i uprising of ostracism in business, and every other way. It cannot be learned tli u single Gentile businew house has slgnc however. Bishop Sharp went east soi: days since, presumably to bring tho ra road interest to the rpcue of polygan and church rule. .Apostle Thatcher went on t day to si up tho business houses interested in t Mormon trade. Apostle Smith went Washington to keep Brother Cannon eoi pany.. Sunday's preaching at the Tabernaclo 1 Apostles' Wells and Thatcher atlirmed th some of the Mormon disloyalty was th< abhorrence to Jesus Christ; denounci Governor Murray bynamel and denounci the proposed legislation by Congress subversive of liberty, and appealed fro the decision of the Supremo Court rerpei inr DAli'immv /? i)? enn** >?? - ? 4?.-o J - ? -?? ? *?? w?u?u u Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. In tlio Legislature, since the adoption (he joint resolution asking for un investig tion, a joint committee lias been appoint) to arrange for holding a Shite Conveutlo organizing the State and State govern me and demanding admission into the Ifnii on the ground that Congress is ri-quircd 1 the Constitution to guarantee to eve: State a republican form of govermnei There is no sign of concession, nut superb man efforts ate being made to stave actii by Congress without the concession. C the other hand the Gentiles are firm ai united. . At a meeting to-day in view of the situ tion they resolved that thanking the Se ate for Edmunds' bill and the members both houses, and especially the judicial committees of both houses for their got will and hearty efforts in behalf of rigl we declare our conviction that the bilPci ating a commission to supersede the Pol gamous legislature of Utah is the on ineusure before Congress, or that can 1 put before ^Congress, wnich will aiot i uvuueu or nuiiineu na easily as tliear Polygamy law is and has been. Pa** t' bill and the Mormon's will practically gi up the light. They will disentegrate spite of all they can do, and the Cover mcnt, showing itself a Government of tl Government, will soon have plenty of M< mon supi>ort. A large proportion of them ard secret praying while signing petitions arainsl for Congre ?sional action, so decisive f.s enable them to come out in favor of without fear. Pass any bill less swee ingj on the rontmry they will all whipped in and kept in, and a long, wea some light against decency will grind < indelinitely, ns in the past. Therefore i most respectfully, yet earnestly urge ti passage by Congress of Willett'a bill for commission pure and simple. BOLIVIA HOSANZA BllTED. Silver Vine With ? Cnpitnl or Kovenl Ave Million Dollar**. Washington, February 23.?H is repo ed that there was still another South Aim ican scheme coincident with our reee foreign policy that has not yet come light. It was scarcely less grand in its cc ception than the Peruvian Company ai tho Credit Industrie!. The scheme w hatched in New York, but it is claim that Shipherd hntl nothing 10 do with that a man of much more discretion was the head of it, although its success depen ?td upon the succeed of the Peruvian Coi pany project. The project was to work a great hiIv mine in Bolivia. A Byndicate was to be fori ed with some something like $73,000,0 capital, and a bonanza, by the side which tho Nevada lode* would appear i significant, was promised by the manna The mixlux ujwrnndi was to secure the til from Bolivia to the silver dist ict, for wliii that government was to receive a royal! on the production. American capital' w to work it, Blocks of stock were to I distributed among numbers of lea ing politicians, who were to co tribute to the success of ti enterprise by assisting in shaping the fc eign policy of this country in cert tin cha nets. Tho manager presented tho matt for the consideration of certain Senatoi and endeavored to show that the ontirvvi was legitimate, and abovo nil would I profitable. AH thai wag desired of (lie St ators and other leading politicians, was tl endeavor to indueu the Government to i terfere and prevent Chili from ovmvunnh Bolivia and absorbing the province co taining the mining. It was urged that il they wont ahead i ouccand sought American capital, the a ministration could not decline to insi that Chili should respect the proper rights of our citizens, Dolivia was repr sentcd ns being ready to gjve a Sulllewi guarantee on her part, the inducement b ing-two-fold: First, the royally from no idle mines; and second, the protection the United S'.ates under cover of preser in*; the rights of its citi/.-ns whoso title j the time of the investment was not in jeo| ardy. Whether any of the Senators ga> encouragement to the scheme fs not knowi but one, at least, who was offered a bloc of the stock in the Uoliviau Bonanza, known to have declined to have anythii to do with it Should a Congressional ii vestigution beord-'red, the fart scan he a certained by summoning the Senators. Have?l Murvlvorn. San Francisco, February 23.?'The Tn son dispatch of yesterday, n lative to tl Bteamet Newburn picking up a f.unislu boat's crew, ia understood there to refer a boat containing C'apt McArthur of tl U-WJul. ??.;? Milton ?.!? > -I.SI.l *".7 ?'I- "Muium culture; Willi a number ol seamen. Tlio Milt* was abauduucd lust Christmas in latitaiie: north, 110? west Three boatH K-(ttlio stii one of wliic.Ii was picked up l>y Um bIi Cochin, which arrived here .Innaury 20t Tho mate's bruit has nnt been liuanf froi A Lfar friuti Ilia I'loml. St. I/mis, February 23.?Advice* In, Linn Crwl: u town on the Ojiijo riviT tbisSlate, say* tlmi stream rose over Joioet during tho Into reins, was overtlir miles wide, inundated nearly utl the tow, and destroyed a l?i*u amount of proper! This river empties into the Missouri a ft imimiKiow jouereon utty, anil the ijre volume of water which |?ourotl out of ft c counts largely (or tho audilou audoxtnu diaaryriw is the Missouri, p COaUKEIMIUNAL AfrAIHN. I'rotnOlnpi IB ttn> hnmle anil lln'l H of Itcprrkrntnllvcw, , ;<fl *10 Wamiikoton, February 23.?In the Sen-^^H ate toOay Mr. Harris preoonled a memorial HI (* and report of (ho Memphis Cotton Ex- SfjMB change upon tho danger to tho river front '.uV of Memphis from the eiicrwichmonUofthS " ill Mr. George introduced a Joint rcMhitloal'i$aH it- authorising tho Secretary of War to into MH ins rations (or the relief of the laboring claMca lor in tho district overflowed by the MU?iwl| pi flj iry rlrer. A telegram Irom Oov. I/Hriy, of Sj all Mississippi, was read, urging Immediate r ! or measures of relief, representing the dertrno les tlon ol property and stock immense and 1 clt starvation Imminent. lie Mr. (Jeorgo thought tho number of ? in. laborers rendered destltulo would bo from 50,000 to 75,000. 1 Mr. Garland spoke of the vrldo jpretul '? "y destruction iu Arkansas by tho overflow ol '.! Iw let absolutely a|>pulling and unprecedented. '.JjS as 'l'ho subject was referred to tlie Military Mr. Voorhees' resolution instructing tho v Committee on l'ostofllccs to Inquire Info the proprioty of amending tbo postal law* , j y. so as to mukc the |ioatal rates on all printed '>*? matter Issued by State boards of agilcul- ? lure, State statistical and geological reports,, i'SJH if, and all prlnte<l proceedings of State fairs, in the same as tlui present rates on news- ij i?t pajiers, woando|>ted. .fi9H u *?<? ui?ut ivtiivuiviii uui was taken up, Uo and Mr. Bayard moved U)amend by inbelW c ^ 11- luting therefor a provision to pay everv -J: iv President of the united States who bhall * have served, or may hereafter serve, in^jfl ?jr said olllee, and wl)o shall have mlred^g i,e from the same, a sum annually during Ills; to life equal to one-fourth i?art of tho annualX'?i|^H n. Presidential salary, but this is not to paid in coeo of a seiond Piesidential feim-^al jy Mr. Bayard's amendment was rejected#;^ llt Ayes 5, noes 51. . ,r The amendment by Mr. Sherman pre-';?i vailed without discussion, making tho pro-1 posed retirement additional to the number wjl ajl authorized by law. Tho bill then pnssed. Wa m Ayes Itf, noes 17. 2t- Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, voted witti ? rt The bill authorizes tho President, in wc-v^|l 0{ ognition of the eminent public services of a. Ulysses S. Grant, late General of tho driny, lt(\ to nominate, and by, and witli the advice ? and consent of tho Senate, to appoint him : u{ to the army with rank and grade of Generv:\^ )n al and to be placed on tho retired,list with J ... Iiav iincnnlitH'lB ' 5J^ ry Mr. George introduced a bill to reduce - JfSB ,t< the duties on wrought iron railroad chairs, a U1 wrought iron nuts, iron bars, on rails mnde v'ijw ,n in whole or in part of steel, and locomotive'j$M| )n tie?, to 6eveu-si.xteentha of one cent per U* Mr. Logan reported back from tlie Milla. tary Committee a joint resolution intro- >|| u. duced earlier in the day by Mr. George, tptejfj 0f provide relief account of the over/low of $8 rv the Mississippi, with an amendment in tho.\$<i , j nature of a substitute, and naked inmiediatoi ^ ,t consideration of the substitute recommend^ ed by the committee. It wns promptly $ v. adopted and passed wiihout debute. The |H ;y House later promptly psssed the meaBarrngSfl )0 It appropriates $100,000 to be used by the ;^|j ?0 Secretary of War for stores for the relief of :. destitute persons in the districts overflowed . i by the Mississippi and its tributaries, and - v.0 authorizes the Secretary to co-operate with, ;] jn the State authorities in the distribution. \i "c In tlio House Mr. Clmlmera slated thatj^J )r. in conscquence of the overflow of the Mia?foft|gB sinsippi river a thousand colored peisons^J ly were starving, and introduced a bill for the ,'rl^ ft Government to aid the sufferers. Keferrtxh ?!? to wr. l'age reported back tho rc.iolutlon,:^ It directing t lie Secretary of the Treasury ,y. Rive all the information in his office con-^sj l)0 corning uuseuworthy steamers; Adopted.;S.gjB rj. The House then went into Committee otaggBM m the Whole on tho Postofllce appropriation^ Jo The clause under consideration was that: :';3 a in relation to tho Star route tranriportattoh;3?WH Holman's amendment was pending, pro- -fMB viding that whenever any contractor shall submit bis contract for the transportationvJsM of tho mails on any route for less thanhe; ' , ^? J' contracted to perform the service, tho Poet- f master General may declare the original~$jffl tt- contract at an end, aud ejiter iuto contract^ ,r. with a sub-contractor, without advertising, to perform tho service on tho terms afc^S) nt which he had agreed with tho origiual cbft&a to tractor to perform tho same. ' ,u- To this Mr. Atkins ottered an amend-.';-S Qj ment proving that a sub-contractor shall enter into a good and sullicient bond, and > &? thut the original contractor shall not bo rc-'.V^M ed leased from his contract until tho bond1 has.':.W it; been made by tho sub-contractor as nt niitted for both of thoso proj>osit(on8, . cisaMB j. air. umiiu ouercu an amendment, re?>!QM * during to tlie extent of $50,000 the amdunraaH appropriated by the bill, and providing', * that it should not bo lawful for anvcon-iffljM tractor hereafter tosubdethis contract, but he Bhttll bo required to fulfil the sarao ac4,tf|$S f cording to law. Mr. Blamty substitute ... ruled out on a point of order. It changed..^$3 ,r" the existing law, and did not reduce tbe ' '1* expenditures. ,jj Mr. Ilolman modified his amendment , by incorporating the amendment offered'^ * by Mr. Atkins, and argued that it would^Vj^ ' tend to break up the ring of professional^ftiS (i bidders which destroyed all local compe." tttion. The amendment offered by Sir.-1-* l" Jlolman was agreed to by a vote of Mr Atkins oirered un amendment p*o-/?>isS * viding that when the contract is declarcd^Sl " void 011 account of having been Bub-let, '-Pga M the contractor sliall be entitled to onovjgl months' extra pay rs j.ow, adopted. I Mr. Williams uioved the elaus^Sgj ? for the paynn-nt oi railway postal clerks " ificreiu?ing the amount appropriated to ?1,800,000. The amount recom mendedV*$5j| ~ was $1,tWO,000. Rejected by a vote of 77->'$1 !h to 101. '' Mr. Williams also offered an amend?$&a men! increasing by $SO,OUO the approprla-w j. tion for tho route agents. It was nkewtaev|3| ^ rending further action tho' committed':$|8 ,?T Tho memorial of tho American Baptist . 9 t._ Home Minion Society, against polygamy and accompanying vices, was nrcsentod^t^W j' RI'MIAX IlKriTQEM. it Arrival of Vernerated ftfcbrew?at Phlla? [?- cl?>l|>hlil-Tlie KlovivN o! Wroug. . e i?ii i la nKi.ru i .\,Ffbruary 2!5,- ~Thesteamw||H9 '?? Illinois arrived todu'y with a number of ' ,1 jfl Jewish refugees from Russia. The refuge^^jj ig number325 men, women and children, and- 1 ? were received down tho river by a number ^ of committees. Although tho party yot'^ how traces of recent' suirerinjr, there Vas v^J but one death during the voytige, a ohild'JC'J three Near* of ago. Wb?tl: tho Btcamer. ^q ( * reached the dock, and tho?migrants andVt?a '? thc?r baggage were examined, the ears olj^i u the I'ehnsylvania railroad were backed'.,;, j 10 j down close to tho vesseland tfteentlroparty > 101 taken to th? f?l?l ?1 -* ... niin^ iruuiu nuizuaa^^Q l,? depot, where thev had supper amia cbflngo,:/^! 1" ol cloth inn. The dfpot is provided with ) *. oatiir.r, sleeping and bnthiog rooms and a [)' The refugees are in cliarue of T. it man, of KUttmitz, Poland, driven from homo two months ago. They euwe ihainltewg (mm Kit-fT, O.ir&iu mid Warsaw." Moat Ofr&H them are lr,idi?men, lew futuu'tru . ThgyfflffijS in mvy that when thy riots occuired lit "Warm Raw nomc of them were driven out ot tbtinrag 0' city at the i>oint of tiio bayonet and forced ] e? to lly with their wives and'children.; Tlte*||ftj is were without money and without y. hut contrived to n?a beyond the bdrdoraof 1 *w Hu?in, being aided in their iHuUt by syrajuthizinu wreligiunists and friends. )r- Tuk moat wonderful hlood purifier in. tiio world?cradicatcM every Utiut?ti. tj, b, :.