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'' .;? --i WASHINGTON. D. C, MONDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1876. NO. 205. VOL.. XVI. & CAPITAL TOPICS. TOE AMERICAN POSTAL SERVICE HOW IDE BOURBONS CRIPPLED IT FAST IYUILS DESTROYED THE SYSTEM GENERALLY INJURED P AVERY NOT YET PARDONED Lock in the Appropriations THE SITUATION A -LITTLE MORE PR0H1SIN3 THE SENSATION OF THE WEEK IS THE DISCUSSION OF THE SILVER QUESTION TEC0P3 TOE THE INDIAN COUNTRY The Avery Pardon lias i.ot set Icen granted. The lucid ei.p!.ina tli ns tent from here by correspondents do not offset tLis tingle fact. Mobile Appointment. Hon William B bheats, formerly M. C. and nPtivtarJ "ixth Auditor of tlie Treasury, has becu appointed appraiser of the port ot Mo bile. The Silver Question is pro ibly to be the testation of the week in C jngrces The discu's.on ill hinge upon the bill reijrted from the Committee on Mines and M i' J' last Wcdn -silaj by Mr. liland. It praitn.a"y ukcs silver co'n a full legal ten tier Tin. inattei maj o'jii up to-day. The Appropriation Bills are jet in tLc same position ason Friday. There is a to t of hal' agreement on the legislative bill, bu' nothing definite. None of the conference committees had a meeting on Saturday, but neailyallarc to meet to-Jay. The impeachment trial in the Senato is the print ipal jioiut on which the adjournment hinges'. 11 the impeachment trial emis tills iii'tk the appropr.aliou bills can all be passed in iiiolit. The Eesumption Act. The repeal question will not be apt to be set tled in the Banking and Currency Committee today. Mr. Cox b" absent, Mr. Goode Is off the committee, Mr. Scott Wlhe is doubling his view 6 and ready to unfold them to his onn surprise, and the whole committee is unsafe for the soft-money people. .Meantime, to dayg will probably witness many an attempt iu the House to comply with the St. Louis platform. The Treasury Vacancies. Nothing yet has been done fn supplying the prominent vacancies in the Treasury Depart ment beyoDd the reference by the President to Secretary Moirill of the subject of said ap pointments. Mr. Pratt's lcsignat'on has not jet been accepted, but the strorg probability is that it will be. It is reported that a New York man will be assigned to the olhce of As sistant Secreta-v, made vacant by the resigna tion of Judge Burnham. Dr. Porter, vv ho so acceptably tills the olhce of Chief Clerk, is likely to rema'n in that otitic. No removals arc to be made, judging Irom present indica tions. Onr Indian Troubles, General Sherman says that all available troops in the North and West hac been or dered to the Indian country, and that the num ber will be amply sufficient to defeat the hos tile tribes. He does not believe, however, that the Indian question can be settled until the Government enters upon the policy of depriv ing the Indians of their ponies and compelling them to go on foot. hen this is done the Indians will be comparatively powerless, and those upon their reservations will never venture to leave and go upon the war-patli. In regard to the reported death of Sitting Bull, General Sherman says it will make but little diirerence whether it is true or not. as the In dians have fully twenty men as capable war riors to command in case of a battle. Weekly Financial Exhibit. The Treasurer now holds $310,249,S50 in bonds to secure national bank.circulation, and $18,723,000 to secure public deposits. The United States bonds deposited for circulation during the week ending on Saturday were $192,000. The United States bonds held for circulation withdrawn during the week ending on Saturday were $l,t.5,0C0. The receipts of nat'onal bank notes for redemption last week, as compared with the correspond uj week last ear, w ere as follows: JS'cwYork f.'IJiX All8,O0i Huston. ... I,irji,it l,4i7.0 0 Philadelphia leo-o 610,0) t'hlcaiso -M0J ;,O0J Cincinnati ... n,'X,J 51, OM Miscellaneous 8j;,uui i,ii5,uoj Total., .... M.400,0.0 $ ,SJ3.030 The balances all the Treasury at the close of bUfiiesson Saturday were as follows: Cur rency. $ll1C0-5,06.42: special deposit of legal tenders for redemption of certificates of depot-it, $.l,S7u,000; coin, $1,0347,402.00; in eluding coin certificat-s, $30,112,700; outstand ing legal tt-nders, $:!G9,772,2:4. Onr Postal Service. Mr T N Vail, superintendent of the postal service, has sent to the Postmaster General a full account of the agreement made with Messrs. Scott and Vanderbilt, viz: "That all postal service on special or fast tra'ns shall be withdrawn, and that any service now upon the roads in addition to that shall rema'n for the present. So far as the Pennsylvania railroad and Its connections are concerned, the service Is not crippled as much as Is generally sup posed. It leaves postal service on that road through to St. Louis on the best postal train (! 55 o'clock p. m.) from Now York to the Middle Stales and the Southwest. So far as local service is concerned, about the same facilities will be allowed as previous to the fast mails. On the New York Central and Lake Shore, however, the service is seriously crippled. The speed of the fast mail allowed the concentration of most of the service upon that train. Between New York and Buffalo there w as but one additional service, leaving New York at 9 a. m., connecting with the postal car leaving Boston at 5 a. m. at Al bany. Previous to the fast train there was a local service leaving Albany at 7 a. m. which was merged into the fast train. This will not be restored, and lis absence will be most severely felt throughout New York and New England. On the Lake Shore there are very ample facilities left for local service, and sufficient car space and cart in which to handle all New England mail for the W.st, but not sufficient to handle any part of the through mails from Jtfw York to the West, which are very heavy. These companies will carry such mails as can be put into the baggage cars on all trains upon which they now carry them; bnt these facilities are i.ot sufficient for a t'the of the malls. A forte of postal clerks will be detailed into the New York office, who will work up mulls for the West as fast as they are deposited, dispatching the same by every train. It will be necessary for the public to deposit their malls as frequently as possible, so that there may be a chance to distribute and dis patch them. Ohio and the Southwest will hardly notice the chamre; the serious trouble will be in the mails for north Indians, Iliino's, Michigan and the West. 0 uuseu to me xra.ee W San Francisco. Julv 22. A train on the ''., "'Central Pacific railroad to-day ran over and Killed a man near frncnel, who was fauna to hare been lashed to the track. L. Q. C. XAHAE. Sketch cf the Would-be-Senator by a Missis sippian. Washington-, July 21, 1S78. To the JMitor cf the Actional Ripnbliean: Silt: Your views about Lamar are correct. I know him politically too well. So do all Mississippi llcpublicans. A more accomplished and unprinc'pled demagogue does not eIst. He is as sly as a serpent and as harmless as a dove to suit circumstances. The dove coat he wears North, but turn him loose in Mississippi among the Democracy of the Interior and he is as poisonous as a copperhead snake in dog days. And even there he has shades of vari ableness according to locality. For example, last summer he made the opening speech of the campaign at Jackson, and among other things denounced the White Line In unmeas ured terms. In his own language: "It is not Democratic, it Is not Republican, but unmixed tyranny and must be'disastrous to the State." I heard these words and was deeply impressed with the apparent sincerity of the man. There were reporters present to tell the country what he said. This he knew. I.AMAR 13. LAM ME. But what occurred only a few weeks later at Aberdeen, an interior town, where there were no reporters, I give below an extract from an editorial report.of the meeting printed in the Vicksburg IlciaUl, and edited by that champion White Liner, W. H. McCardlc, who also was present and spoke with Lamar at Aberdeen: "Colonel Lamar made an eloquent speech. A better Democratic speech we do not care to listen to, and in manly aud ringing tones he declared that the contest involved 'the su premacy of the unconqucrcd and unconquer able Saxon race.' We were glad to hear this bo'd aud manlv avowal, and it was greeted with deafening plaudits. "We tave never seen men more terribly in ecrncst, and the Democratic While-line speech nude tn them by Colonel Lamar aroused them to white beat." Note the double-faced hypocrisy of the man. At Jackson he denounced and at Abcidccn he adocatcd THE "l NMIFI THIVM." Nor I' this all. Aberdeen was the rule; Jack miii the CM-cpiirn. The first was for the North, to go by the s'de of hisSumncreulogy. The others were to carry Mississippi, "peace ably if they could; lorcibly if they must." Both served their puipose. The North was dcceitd, and called him a conservative states man, whose leadership the South might well follow. The South saw in h!m the embodi ment of their ideal leader, full of hatred of the North, the nigger, the reconstruction policy , the Republican party and everything they hated. The most relentless and bloody Whitc-Lincrs were his personal friends and ardent admirers, and on that Issue w?s he e'ectcd United Stales Senator. This fiery philippic led the Aberdeen Eiamintt to say: "The present coutest is rather a revolution than a poli.'cal campa'gn; it is the rebellion, if jou tan see fit to apply that term." LiMUt KT SCOOBA. I also happened to be at Scooba, an interior town, the day Lamar 6poke to an immense audience at that place. It w as agreat triumph of the White-Liners, and i he whole community was made to boil like a great caldron of Cau casian blood. The editor of the Meridian Jcrri-ry also ira' there, and a lew days after incidentally del eloped the tone of Lamar's speech: "We echo the sentiment of the gifted Lamar at Scooba the otherday if alter all our over tures to the negroes to have peace and ap peals to cease their hostility and the scathing iu'u they inflict upon us with their hostile ballots, more terrible than hostile bullets, if they take McKee's advice and wade through blood and hell to vote. 'Go to bell and be damned" We beg leave to add they will find Jordan a damned hard road to travel." The "Christian statesman" Lamar spoke aB reported. His speech was a settler in that community. Scarcely a colored man dared venture ncarthe polls at Scooba. The whi.e Kcpub'icans were threatened w 1th killing and diivenoff, and the "Alabama Minute Men" were there in numbers to see that the work si ell done. The whole State was in TERRORISM AND REBELLION; more than three hundred political murders had been committed; the White Leaguers were better armed than the rebels of 1SG1, and as Lamarwasthc hero of that conspiracy, and left the House of Ccngrc6sto preside over the secccsion convention, so he wis the hero, champion and arch-conspirator of this new re nt llion, and the SenatorshJp is his reward. By no w ord of his has he ever condemned a single act of his bloody confederates of 1!75, and in his Jackson speech he defended the cut-throat6 who massacred the negroes at Vicksburg, moie brutally than their co workers at Hamburg. But it took the brass of Lamar to denounce Hamburg. He is also equal lo a satisfactory apology therefor to his constituents when he gets home. Mf-iesirpiAX. TABERNACLE SERVICES. OpeninglMcetings in the Tent. The servces attending the opening meetings in the Gospel tent, at the corner of B and Kighth streets southeast, which were held yesterday, were throughout the day or a deeply interesting as well as pleasant charac ter. At 11 a. m. the tent was formally dedi cated to the service of Almighty God In a ser mon by the pastor, l'.cv. J. Shreeve, based on the first and sccoud verses of the sixth chapter of ltomans. It was an able exposition of divine line as illustrated in the p'ln of re demption, and the delivery of it was easy and graceful and yet earnest and forcible. A large audience listened throughout the hour with the most rrspectlul attention. At "p. m. a children's meeting, which was largely attended, was hcld.'he meeting being con ducted by Mr. Wolfe. Addresses were de livered by Mr. Garoot, from the far West, Mr. Wolfe and Dr. O. F. Prcsbrey. The addresses w ere Intcrsrcrscd w ith some spirited singing. THE AFTERNOON SERVICE. At the afternoon meeting a large audlcnco were assembled. The exercises were opened with the singing of various hymns, in which the audience took part. On the platform were seated Dr. Presbrey, Revs. Hogie and Kramer, Major Hall and Messrs. Garoot and Biker. After making a few introdncto'y remarks, the pastor introduced the Rev. W. S. Ham mond, of the Ninth street M. P. church, who look as his text Hebrews xi.L'l-2';: "By faith Moes, when he was come lo years, refused to be called the son of Pharoah's daughter, choosing rather to suffer aHict'on n ith t! e people of God than to enjoy the p'cas ures oi fin for a sea son; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward." He made a clear representation to the minds of thosp present oi what Mocs lost by jo'ning himself with the children of Israel and of the u isdom of his choice, as made manifest in after years as he increased in lavor with his Maker and was the recipient of i he blessings w h'ch he w ould cot have re ceived had he not pursued the path of virtue. The speaker made a most "befitting applica tion o' bis text to the present conditon of mankind, wh.ch d!d not fail in Its aim, but was productive of good as solid advice in the way of all truth. The meeting closed with tl c Doxology and benediction by Rev. Mr. Kramer. EVEXIVO EXERCISES. The services of the evening were attended by the largest assemblage of all. The tent was filled to overflowing by those who were "workers in the vineyard," and those of the world, numbering in all between thirteen and fouitecn hundred. A half an hour was spent at the opening of the exercises in a'prayer and experience meeting. The services opened with the choir singing many of the popular p'eccs, which the joining in of the audience added to the attraction of the occasion. Rev. Dr. Murray, of Georgetown, preached, using as the basis of his remarks the latter clause of Rev. xxiil: "I will give unto him that Is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely." He offered -a fine discourse, showing clearly how the temporal life was an illustration of a higher life, and urged upon his hearers in elo quent terms to accept the offers of salvat'on, and drink of the fountain of life freely. At the close of his remarks Mr. Woira exhorted those assembled to seek a new life, and the congregation sang many appropriate songs. After the singing of "All Halt the Power of Jesus' Name," Rev. Ollvcr.Cox closed the ser vice with the benediction. These meetings are evangelical in their character, and are a scries of devotional ser vices which will tend to a union of feeling aciong the different denominations. The audience are composed of people from the western section of the city. Those who come bring the "Song Evangel" with them, and all unite with one accord in the worship of God. Here Is a field for unemployed talent to gather a rich harvest of spiritual things. The services to-day will consist of a meeting for "Christian workers," to be held at 1030 a. m.: service at 5 p. m., and preaching by the Rev. W. J. Floyd, of the First M. P. church, Navy Yard, at 8 p. m. All are cordially in vited to attend. SUHDAYJCHOOLS. The Third.' Annual Assembly at Chataqna Lake, Hew York. These hot days and nights make one sigh "for a lodge in some vast wilderness," and the necessity for rest and recreation has be come so much a part of our real life that multitudes of recorts by the seaside, in the mountains and on the shores of our inland lakes have been brought into notice, each furnishing rest and recreation to the jaded and overworked. Among all these places none has stronger inducements to offertbe pleasure seeker than Fair Tolnt, on Chataqua Lake. This sheet of water, twenty mileB long, is 780 feet higher than Lake Erie, although but eleven miles distant therefrom. Fair Point has over three hundred cottages, nestled down inabcautiiul grove on the shore of the lake, three miles distant from Mayville, on the Buffalo and Corey railroad. The State of New Yoik has granted a charter to an asso ciation that has purchased some two hundred acres of choice land, which has been platted and is beim: beautified as A GREAT M-MUCK RFSOHT. Ample facilities are furnished in the way af steamboats, yachts and sailing vessels. This spot has been made famous by the success of the treat Sabbath school assemblies which convened there In 1S74 and '75. No less than 100,000 persons last vear visited thischarming spot during the two weeks' session. On the day President GrantwiththcPresidcntial party arrived there twenty five thousand persons were estimated to have been in attendance. The assembly proper opens this year on Tues day, August 1 , and will continue in session for two weeks. The course of study Is just such as should be enjoyed by every pastor, superind endent and teacher in the land. Every church ought to send their pastor, and no superintend ent can afford to stay away. The best Chris tian workers in the land will there discuss means and measures to find just how to do better work for the Master. The follow lug are some of the topics from the general programc that will be discussed: GENERAL LECTURES. "The beautiful," by Frank Beard. "Brigh nays -uroau," tiy Jtev. ur. vyoourun. "va: School," (a caricature lecture) by Frank Beard. "The Pastor and the Little Children," by Dr. W. Niles. "Honest Words to Parents," by Dr. 11. M. natfield. "Blunders at Home," by Professor William Wells. "The Fast Young Man," by Rev. Wolcott Calkins. "Childhood and tbeS.S. Work," by Dr. Hargrove, of Nash ville, Tenn. "Primitive Christians in Rome," by Dr. A. M. Conies. "Bismarck and the Pope," by Professor William Wells. "What a Presbyterian thinks of John Wesley," by Rev. J. A. Wordcn. "John Knoxand the Mas sacre of St. Bartholomew," by Dr. Wilson, of Allegheny City, Pa. IHISLICAL LECTURES. "The Bible and Natural Science," by Dr. Deems. "Biblical Interpretation," by Rev. Lyman Abbott. "Solomon, the Brilliant Fail ure," by Rev. Dr. C. H. Payne. "Old Testa mental Severities," by Rev. Dr. Knov. "Paul's Cloak Left at Ephcsus," by Rev. Dr. Town send. "Going Fishing with Peter," by Rev. Dr. Baird, of Nashville, Tenu. EDUCATIONAL LECTURES. "The Crayon In Education," by Frank Beard. "Teaching with Power," by SI. C. Hazard, of Chicago. "The Teacher's Work, and How to "Do It," by Dr. Newton. "Reviewing in Sun day schools," by James Hughes, esq., of Can ada. "How to Reason," by Dr. I. Hayes. "Good Health for the Teacher," by Rev. Al fred Taylor. Every aid to Bible study will be found at this place. A park of Palestine showing hills, mountains, cities, the Jordan valley, River Jordan, Dead Sea, Sea of Gallilce and all the many sacred places may there be studied with great profit. An exact model of Jerusalem, an oriental house, a section of the Pyramid of Cheops, an exact pattern of the Tabernacle, and many other aids to Bible study have been prepared at great expense. Persons desiring to attend this assembly can purchase round trip tickets via Niagara and Buffalo for $22.50; board and lodging can be had $2 per day. Washington should have a large representa tion from among her pastors aud earnest Sab bath school workers. Any Information will be given by O. F. Prcsbry, president of the Chataqua alumni. Eueing a Beneficial Society. Last Saturday Margaret Eilcr instituted suit against George Bcrgling and others, as representatives of St. Joseph Liebcs Bundes, for bench's claimed to be due as widow of a member. She sets forth that she was the lawful wife of one Philip Huhn, who died a member of that society in full standing, hav ing complied with all its obligations. She sets forth further that under the constitution of tLe bund the widow of each member Is entitled to $25 funeral fee, and also to a sum equal to one dollar for each member of the society, which number she avers to be about two hun dred and fifty. She claims that the association has neglected to pay the sum thus due, and praj e a decree to cnlorce its payment. Loyalty of Lamar's Constituents. The following from the Meridian (Miss.) Mercury indicates the respect entertained for the flag and the Government, and what causes the latter in the State partly represented by Mr. L. Q. C. Lamar: "The well-intended efforts of a few patriots to kindle a July enthusiasm yesterday met with Indifferent success. One single Sag was displayed on a rope stretched across Rodes street, opposite the European Hoose, and a p.etty display of little flags about the entrance of the European constituted the display of bunting. We saw but one man who had im b.Led patiiollc whisky enough to get stagger ing drunk. After the Stars and Stripes were displayed, there was a purpose which came of a sudden impulse to fling the Confederate flag to the breeze by the side of it. Prudence pre vailed, however, because, you know, Phil. Sheridan's on horsebrck iu this riding. But, had that glorious banner been unfurled, there would have been such a bubbling, boiling, bursting enthusiasm as would have set this town aglow. The liberty our people love is the licer.y the Conicde.ate flag represented State rights and local self-government." CABLE FLASHES. Pari, juiy 22. Ex-Queen Isabella has left for Spain. n.u ana, July 22. General Bolsrond Canal has been elected President of Uavti. All is quiet throughout the country. Livektool, July 22. The Emperor and Empress of Brazil arrived here to-day. They landed withont demonstration, drove to the railway station and proceeded to London. London, July 23. The Tuna' Madrid spe cial says that Senor Elduayer, civil Governor of Madrid, has been appointed Minister of Finance In place of SeDor Salaverrla. The appointment is a popular one. I.qndon, July 23. Four well-known Thames professional oarsmen are going to the United States to participate in the September regattas at Philadelphia, namely, Spencer, of Chelsea; Thomas, of Hammersmith; Hlg gins, of Shad well, and Green, of Hammer smith. London, July 22. The agent of the New York Associated Press here bad an Interview with Mr. Pierrepont, the United States Mln tcr, yesterday In regard to the extradition question. Mr. Pierrepont's statements nega tive the Inferences of the Standard from Earl Derby's language In the House of Lords, that "there is a prospect of negotiations for a re newal of the extradition treaty on a more satisfactory basis." He said nothing hid occurred In any wise altering the situation. FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. CMLEMOYEESOF THE GOVERSlim DEMOCRATIC ATTEMPT TO DECEIVE INIREGARD TO .REAL'.NUMBER THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT ACTION OF CONGRESS IN THE MATTER EXPENSES OP THE GOVERNMENT SENATE. Saturday, Jaly22,18?& Before the Journal was read, ' Mr. EDMUNDS called for the reading of the first rule, requiring a quorum to be present when the Journal was read. The CHAIR, in the absence of a quorum, directed the roll to be called, and sixteen Senators answered to their names. J At 11.30 o'clock, a quorum having appeared, further proceedings under the call were dis pensed with, and the Journal was read. Mr. CRAGIN presented a petition of Albert Grant, In relation to a claim of his, and moved the recommitment of the bill for his relief which had been reported adversely. So- ordered. Mr. CRAGIN, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported House bill for the sale or ex change of a certain piece of land on Walla bout bay with an amendment. Placed on tbo calendar. On motion of Mr. WRIGnT, bills for the relief of George T. Babcock and Randall Brown were taken from the table and passed. Mr. DAWES said that in the Record, Jn a speech by Mr. Hartkidge In tho House, appeared the table which had been referred to vestcrday in tho Senate, relative to the num ber of civil employees of the Government, and said this was the fifth time that the state ment, lor which there was no foundation, had appeared . He thought it proper whenever the statement appeared that it should have au ex plicit denial. It was neither true as relates to the biennial register nor true in fact. He trusted the Senate would pardon him for taking the time to pronounce the table untrue and w ithout foundation every time it appeared in the Record. Mr. 8HERMAN called np tho bill for the completion of THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. Mr. MORRILL said the Committee on Pub lic Buildings and Grounds had had the samo subject under consideration for several years, and had bad communication with the associa tion, and had been unsuccessful thus far In reference to a relinquishment of the control. He caid there were some doubts as to the foundat'on. The excavation for this vast struc ture was bat eight feet; no deeper foundation than for an ordinary cellar. This excavation was made when It was proposed to make the monument six hundred feet high. Several of the public buildings of the Government In different cities had their foundation thirty fc deep in order to secure a firm foundation. He said that the base was now four tenths of an inch out of level, which would make a great difference with the perpendicular when the proposed height of 4bo feet was reached. At the present height of 1C0 feet the column was four inches out of plumb. Before any additional weight was put upon the structure there should be a thorough examination of the foundation by competent engineers, so that there should be known tho precise risk run in the completion of the monument. The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds had for several years contemplated a plan by which a thing of beauty could be put up at much less expense. He had consulted numer ous architects and artists, and had plans that naa been presented by prominent architects for a MONUMENTAL ARCH. One was from Florence, Italy. The goneral Idea was for a grand arch, with an equestrian or other statue of Washington on the top. If Ihe present plan of the Washington monument was carried out Its only distinguishing chaiae teristic would be its immense height. The monument was an Egyptian obelisk. He would not describe it as Horace Greeley did, as a pumpkin with a stick In it, but would say there was no more In it to challenge admira tion than a huge chimney for a factory or a shst tower. The present corporation had, since the monument was begun, four plans. It had, in 1858, surrendered its charter to the Government; but as Congress did nothing with the monument the corporation resumed its charter In 1859. It was now proposed to build the monument four hundred and eighty five feet high and omit the colonade that was formerly contemplated. He preferred that the persons to whom the completion of the monument was Intrusted (. e., the President of the United States, the Supervising Archi tect of the Treasury and the Architect of the Capitol) should be authorized to adopt some plan for something more worthy THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRT and more worthy the American nation. It was the judgment of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds and every architect and artist that he had ever conversed with that It would be more creditable to put up a trium phal arch. He opposed the present plan of an Egyptian mythological structure, over the doorway of which the architect had placed the sun and moon, leaving to posterity the supposition that George Washington was a worshipper of the sun and moon. An arch, he said, could be put up for from $ 500,000 to 500,000, and there was enough marble In this huge pile to furnish the malarial. When done there would be something that the country would be proud of and something worthy of the man whose memory It was DESIGNED TO COMMEMORATE. He offered an amendment providing for an examination, and If the base be found out of level or of such a character as to render it un safe to go on, then the commission shall be authorized to change the plan, and put up cuch a struc'ure as they may deem proper. Mr. SHERMAN said there was the greatest unanimity for the completion of the Washing ton monument. He Insisted that the examina tion made by Captain Marshall and approved by Gen. Humphreys showed that the founda tions were sale and capable of supporting tho shatt contemplated, lie said the present plan was a copy of BuoW Hill monument greatly magnified. Congress had repeatedly promised to complete the monument. As early as 1783 It promlced to build a monument to Washing ton, and again, in 17S9, It declared that it would BUILD A MONUMENT TO WASHINGTON. ne said he did not object to an amendment providing for an examination of the founda tion, as that wcnld of course be made, but he did not think three men should be entrusted with the power to change the plan. The present board, the association and the people were wedded to the present plan, and If the amendment was adopted the association, In view of the possibility of a change, would re fuse to make the transfer, and nothing would be done as heretofore. Mr. BAYARD said In common with all he felt the deepest Interest in the subject. They had seen enough In the past of errors in taste and errors in theory to Induce a careful con sideration of the present proposition. He thought the proposed amendments and what had been said should be printed before the bill was acted on. If the object was to continue the present structure, be should be sorry to see a large appropriation. There was nothing In it to produce AWE FOR ITS GRANDEUR or admiration for its beauty. Ho did not think there was anything that would impress Imposing emotions upon our own people or visitors from other lands. There was nothing in it that was Imposing, tasteful or agreeable, except the pious motives that Inspired It. If, on the other hand, a scheme was sub n i'ted by those who bad made art tho study . of their lives, he would bfi glad to assent to f, and would not stop for 'mere pecuniary considerations. They should not. bo hasty lu icttllng what would last' for generations and perhaps for centcrles; Mr. SHERMAN said the subject had been considered for a hundred vear?, and promise after promise had been made for the comple tion of a monument. On the 5th of July both Houses had voted unanimously to complete the Washington monument. There was no difference in the plan. The proposed com pletion was based on the PLANS SUBMITTED BT THE ENGINEERS and approved by the association, and he would not have It said that, In this flr3t year of our second century,we begin by tearing down the work of the past. Before we begin a trium phal arrh let us complete tie monument. Mr. WHYTE said he did not hesitate to ex press his regrets should Congress appropriate a large sum to carry out the plan of the asso elation. The onlv thing to commend the plan was Its height. It was three times as high as the beautiful monument to the memory of George Washington erected by his State. This monument was to be a straight spire. It was the mathematical definition of a straight line, length without breadth. It would not reflect credit ou.tbe architectural taste of the coun try. An arch, as had been proposed, could be made a thing of beitity and a joy forever, but this proposition was to appropriate 500,000 for a thing that he would not say the American people would be ashamed of, but one they wonld not be proud of. Mr. Morrill's amendment was rejected and the bill passed. Mr. LOGAN called up the bill to regulate the Issue of artificial limbs to soldiers, sailors and others, which , alter considerable discussion and amendment, was passed. THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL then came up as the unfinished business of yesterday. Mr. EDMUNDS was recognized as entitled to the floor, and continued bis remarks, which were commenced yesterday, and Interrupted by adjournment. Mr. Edmunds proceeded to state his objec tion to the present bill, contending that only the work that It was absolutely Indispensable should be done should be provided for this year, the other work being postponed to a more propitious time. He next referred to the charge against the Republican party that it bad Increased the taxation upon the people, and said this increased taxation was brouirht upon the country with the great loss of life connected with It by the rebellion. The charge came with 111 grace from the Demo cratic party, for the South would never have gone Into the rebellion but for the assurance of the Northern Democrats that they would not SEE A STATE COERCED. He next referred to a table of expenditures read by Mr. Merrimon yesterday, In which the Increase in the expenditures ot the Post Office Department Is enumerated as a charge ofextravagance by the Republican party. He said that there were certain gentlemen who at tempted to go out of the Union, and in their efforts they broke up and destroyed the postal system, seizing the buildings put up and paid for by the Government, taking the mail bags, locks, keys and even the property of the mall carriers. Alter the war these all had to be replaced, and they cost many million dollars, and yet the gentleman stood up hers In his place and charged this as one of the acts of crime, extravagance and wickedness of the Republican party, ne took up the statements presented by Mr. Merrimon and examined them, item by item, to show that instead of extravagance there had been ECONOMY AND EFFICIENCT. In the course of his remarks Mr. Edmunds spoke of an occasion, on which an entire brigade of Vermont troops were encamped in the city of New York to prevent that city from going Into the rebellion. Mr. KERNAN said there was a disturbance growing out of the dralt a sudden outbreak of which there was no premonition, and the Republican mayor, Opdyke, bad borne testi mony that the Democratic Governor had gone to that city and done all a man could do to re store order. When the war broke out there was no distinction in party in the volunteers from thafSts'e. They went out. Republican and Democrat side by side, wl.ti Democratic or Republican oiliccrs, according to the popu larity with tl-e soldiers. It was not just to the masses of the Democratic party of his State to say that they upheld the rebellion or failed to do their duty. There was a meeting in Albany, aid one man made an extraordinary speech, which was KOT APrnOVED BY TnE TARTY, and that man soon went out from the party. There was also a gentleman front Massachu setts who sa'd something in the early days about people not going South, but he soon alter became a convert to KepuDiicantsm. Rr.erilng to thcbill he did not think all the economy had been exercised that conld have been. Leading R-publicans had as early as prior to the election of 1872 charged mal administrat'on rad the necessity for reform such men as Sumner, Schurz, and Trumbull and they gone out from the party, believing that reform could not be brought about with in. If all these increased expenses were caused by the rebellion, and had been made in the prosecution of I ol it leal measures, there was ro need for reform. He understood that both parties promised reform and reduction of ex penses, which the people demanded and be l'evcd could be made. The speech of the gen tleman would do neither THE COUNTRY OR nlS PARTY ANY GOOD. Mr. EDMUND3 said he accepted, with due humility, the rebuke for having Introduced the subject, but he did It in self-deiense. The as sault was made by the political associates of the gentleman. -Mr. MERRIMON said he denied that the attack had been made by himself or any politi cal associates; the assault was made by Mr. Morton. Mr. EDMUND3 said Mr. Morton did mako the rssault as charged, but after most aggra vated provocation. As forhlmself his remarks bad been a simple analysis of the remarks of those who had preceded btm. Hd had Intro duced no new subjects. Tho gentleman from NewYork bad said the Liberals were crying out for icform. Co they were; but theleaders were crying out for office, and one of them got a nomination from a party, the wickedness of which he had done more to expose than any o.hcr man. This did not apply to the masses of the Liberals, vv ho are sincere; but they had become TIRED OF TnE ACTS OF THE DEMOCRATS, whom they had seen come into power, and with pitchfork and bludgeon, pitch out the one-armed and one-legged soldiers. They had seen at the St. Louis convention the cohorts of the reform candidate led by pickpockets and gamblers, and the men who voted for Greeley had come back and accepted the true church, with all its faults, as the best guardian of the interests of the country. He did not assent and did not wish to be understood as saying that ire Democratic masses uia not volunteer as lrccly as the Republicans, but the organiza tion, with its Tweed, its Dean and Pendleton at its head, threw its heavy weight In favor of the rebellion. If It had not been for the belief of the people of the South that tho organiza tion could control the masses the rebellion w ould never have been undertaken. This cul minated at Chicago in 1SG4, when the SCALES OF BATTLE WERE TREMBLING in the balance, when the South felt that if they could only hold out a little longer, the people of the North, with their homes depopulated, with heavy burdens and a falling credit, would be willing to make terms. The Democratic party met In Chicago, and by its committee on resolutions, of which Mr. Tildcn was chair man, reported that the war for the Union was a failure. That, he said, he supposed his friend would call helping the Union. This action would have been fatal had not their utterances fell upon the masses as the blatant and treasonable declaration of a trea sonable clique. Until he had other evidence he must believe these things were done that the South rnisht succed, and that there might be a peace, .honorable to the rebellion but DISHONORABLE TO THE UNION. He read from the speeches made by Gov. Seymour during the war in opposition to the Administration for the purpose of showing that his orations, mild as they were, as com pared with those ofother Democratic speakers, led to the resistance which culminated In the draft riots. Hercad the comments in "Gree ley's Rebellion Record," and commended them to the Democrats as the words of the last Democratic candidate for President. Mr. KERNAN said the charge was aa un just one. The riots were not fomented by the officials. The call for troops was responded to, and more men were sent than were called foruntil this SCO.OOO draft. An ordei was is sued from the War Department that no more men were wanted. This was followed by not a call for more volunteers but this draft, which did not take all of a certain age or class, but exempted those who could raise three hundred dollars. It was felt as a dis crimination against the poor and humble who could not raise tho three hundred dollars, and the poor Republicans were as much excited as the Democrats, and when Gov. Seymour ap pealed to the Government to stop the draft and let the State of New York supply her quota by volunteers HI SID X PATRIOTIC ACT. Mr. MERRIMON defended his figures, and denied that he bad provoked the political dis cussion. Mr. SHERMAN charged that Mr. Merri mon had started on a false basis, and by figures not correct produced calculations that, if true, would cover the Republican party with Infamy. He had put down the ex penditures for the support of the Government at (57,000,000, while the very next line In the report showed that between four and five hun dred millions was a refunding of the public debt. So, too, he had put down the produc tion of whisky at 100,000,000 gallons annually, and the tax at $2 per gallon, while the fact was that there were bnt forty million gallons and the tax for a part of the time but 20 cents a gallon. Mr. STEVENSON said he should vote to re commit the bill, because he believed there were many objects for which large appropria tions were made that were not within the scope of the constitutional provisions, and because there were items of appropriation- perhaps justifiable that could be postponed for the present. It was the duty of Congress and the demand of the people that appropriations should be graduated to the amount of MONEY THEY HAD TO EXPEND. Mr. MORRILL repelled the Idea that the country was reduced to the extreme that It could not meet the necessary demands to carry en the Government, and said there would be at the close of the year fifty millions to be applied to the reduction of the public debt. The only distress was among the manu facturing Interests, resulting from over produc tion. Mr. BOUTWELL said he favored the prose cution of public works for two reasons, first, because true economy dictated the completion of work already begun and because the work could now be done at less cost than in mora prosperous times; and, secondly and Incident ally, that It would give employment to the people. lie presented a statement of the net ex penses of the Government, prepared by Assist ant Secretary Conant, from the year 1S00 up to 1S70 and 1S75. taking each tenth year and the year 1875. With the statement aie tables to show the Items in the years that were INCIDENTAL TO THE WAR. The expenses of the year I860 were $G3,02o, CS8.29. For tbo.jear 1875, 274,62.11:;92.31; deducting the expenses incidental to the war the expenses w ere, for the year 1875, $81,777, 762.49 in currency. From this a deduction is made of 12.6 per cent, to reduce It to gold value, and the expenses were in cold $74,023,. CS8.09. By the mode of keeping the books of the Treasury there were apparent expenses that were not real, as for instance, money was re ceived for and paid to an individual, the Gov ernment not paying a dollar of Its coin money or incurring any expense, yet the pavment ap pearing as an item or expense. Deducting this class of items, the gold premium, and the EXPENSES BELONGING TO THE WAR, for each year, and the expenses were for 1875, $69,850,117.77; for 1800, $61,402,40SJM. The expenses per capita in each of the years included in the table, including slaves, who paid no part of the general expense, were as follows: 18C0,$2,03S; 1810,31,171; 1820, $1,897; 1830, $1,170: 1S40, $1,424; 1850, $1,706; 1S60, $1,952; 1870, 1,781; 1875, $1,746. The year 1875 Is based on an estimate of population of forty millions. He believed the population was forty-three millions. On this basis the expense would be but $1.60 per capita. Mr. BOGY said while the table was prepared by a person who held an official position, it was not an official paper, and ought not to go upon the record as such. At seven o'clock Mr. SAULSBURY moved to adjourn. Rejected yeas 5, nays 35. Mr. FRELINGHUY8EN advocated the bill, and protested that while the people were poor HE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT POOR. At twenty minutes past seven o'clock a vote was reached on the motion of Mr. THURMAN to recommit the bill, and It was rejected yeas 9, Lj3, The question recurred on the proposition of Mr. EDMUNDS, appropriating four millions in gross, to be expended by the Secretary of war to promote the interests of commerce. Mr. HOWE argued that the amount pro posed was insufficient, and moved to amend by Inserting six and then five millions, both of which were rejected. Mr. ALLISON offered a substitute for the bill, embracing the more Important Items of the House bill, with slight changes in some of them. Mr. EDMUNDS demanded the reading of the substitute, and the bill was read by the Clerk. Mr. ALLISON said the amendment pro posed appropriations aggregating $5,271,664, a reduction of $1,487,350 on tne bill as it now stands in the Senate, and a reduction of $600,000 on tho House bill. Mr. Allison's amendment was rejected yeas 17, nays 32. The substitute offered by Mr. Edmunds was then rejected yeas 12, nays 26. Mr. EDMUNDS then offered a similar amendment INCREASING TnE SUM TO $5,500,000. Mr. LOGAN complained that the bill pro vided for new surveys of streams that were not navigable, and said a survey meant to see whether these creeks, springstreams and ponds conld be by any means made navigable. It was, he asserted, going far beyond anything contemplated by the Constitution, ne should therefore vote for tho proposition of Mr. Ed munds. Mr. Edmunds' second amendment was re jected yeas 16, nays 23. Mr. EDMUNDS then moved to recommit the bill, with instructions to report a bill not ex ceeding $5,500,000, to be expended on works of the most important character. Rejected yeas 14, nays 25. The Senate then proceeded to vote on tho amendments adopted by the Senate in commit tee. On the first amendment, increasing the ap propriation for Buffalo harbor from $75,000 to $100,000, the vote was, yeas 17, nays 18; no quorum voting. Mr. HAMILTON moved to adjourn; rejected, yeas 18, nays 21. The question was again taken and no quorum was found voting. On motion of Mr. Ferry a call of the Senate was ordered, and 39 Senators answered to their names. Again there appeared no quorum voting on the amendment, several Senators being paired on the bill. The Senate then, at 10 JO p. m., adjourned. The Independent Qreenbaekers. iNDiANAroLis, July 23. The chairman of the Independent Greenback State Central Com mlttte denies the report that comes from Washington to the effect that the Greenback party of Indiana will support Tilden and Hen dricks in case the House repeals the resump tion act, and says that in no event will the In dependents of Indiana support the Democratic ticket, either State or national. The Inde pendents will stand by Peter Cooper and their own State ticket at all hazards, believing that they can carry the State. The committee has called a new State convention for August 17, to take position on the silver question, and will declare that a State Legislature has the right to make all silver coins of the United States a full legal tender, without limit as to the amount, and will make that question a test on the election of members of the next General Assembly. The Liberal Republicans In Earnest. New York, July 22. The Liberal Republi can have called a meeting of their party at Saratoga August 23 to indorse Hayes and Wheeler and urge the Republican State conven tion, then and there assembled, to make State nominations iu thorough accord with the na tional nominations, and with the true interests of the most advanced political reform. Tho discontinuance of the fast mail service after to-day will make the removal of about one hundred and fifty post office employees necessary. A Negro to be Executed. Richmond, Va., July 22. The commission of medical experts appointed by the Governor to investigate Into the mental condition of Hillary Page, the negro incendiary, both now and during the period of his. confessed crimes of arson in Chesterfield county, have unani mously reported that he is and has been hith erto sane aud legally responsible for his acts. The Governor has therefore ordered the exe cution of the death sentence against him on Friday, September 1. Suicide of an Artist New York, July 23. M.L. S.Jewett,for many years sketch artist for Frank Leslie's Illustrated papers, committed suicide by shoot ing at his residence In Jersey City this morning. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. PROGRESS OF TURKISH AVAR KAISER WILHELM PREDICTS PEACE A MAN MURDERS HIS WIFE THE LOUISIANA DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION THE WAR IN MONTANA CE00K WAlTftG FOB BKI5F0BCEJIKSTS TURKEY. The Servians Bury Two Hundred Turks. Belgrade, July 22. Official advices re specting the fighting on the 20th Inst, at Bel jlna state that the Turks in their retreat left a quantity of arms and ammunition. The Ser vians buried two hundred Turks of the Turk ish slain, and advanced their trenehes closer to Bel jina. The Servian Ministers of War and Justice have proceeded to headquarters on the Driana. The Belgrade reserves have gone to the seat of war. PREPARING FOR A FIGHT. London, July 24. The Standard's corre spondent at Osman Pacha's camp, twenty-five miles from Wlddln, writing on Sunday, the 23d, says: All is quiet at present. The Ser vians remain on the Servian side of the Timok river. Cannon shots are occasionally ex changed, but the Turks will not probably at tack until a general advance Is made all along the line. The Standard't Widdin dispatch says the Turkish irregulars attacked the Servian camp at Bregova on Saturday morning. The fight ing still continues. The Standard's Vienna telegram says the persons who Insulted the Austrian consul at Belgrade were employed by the Servian police. Ten Turkish gunboats have been placed be tween Widdiu and Florentin, on the Danube. The Standard's special dispatch from Paris says the city of Paris loan has been loaned seventy times over. Paris alone subscribed fifty times the required sum. THE SERVIANS NOT PROGRESSING. The Daily Xevt' Parat-Jin special says now here are the Servians more than one day's march outside of their frontier. They have nowhere Improved one step on the original po sitions attained at the beginning of the month. They are acting on the offensive only at Saith schar, If indeed there. I confess that to me the Servian prospects are gloomy. Where victory is claimed as by Merkacwltz and 011m pies the victory consists merely in repulse of an attack; or, in other words, the avoidance of the defeat; not a foot of ground, nothing ex cept the barren result of hold.ng their own is claimed even by themselves. On Sunday Gen. Tchernayeff arrived here. The Daily Xeies' Belgrade special, dated Saturday, says it is expected that Prince Milan's headquarters will be removed from Paratj en on Saturday, probably to Sartschar, If the operations thereabouts are favorable. The Austrian Consul General on Friday ordered some Austrian Sclavonian volunteers who had landed here to return to Austria. Upon their refusal a discussion followed. The consul seized a Servian gen d'arme, and the citizens warned him to desist if he wished to depart in safety. The consul has preceded to Scmlin. THE "DAILY NEWS'" CONSTANTINOPLE DIS PATCH says a correspondent who has just returned from Phlllppoli fully indorses the News' ac count of Bulgarian atrocities. His facts were obtained from the reports from the French, Austrian, Greek and Russian consuls, whose names he was allowed as authority. The English population here are greatly exasper ated against Mr. Elliott, the British ambas sador to Turkey, for suppressing the fact J, and assert that Mr. Baring, the English sec retary of legation, is incompetent to investi gate the matter. Mr. Schuyler, the American secretary of legation, starts to-morrow to in quire into the alvlsabillty of establishing a vice consulate at Phlllppoli. His report on the atrocities will, it is ex pected, disclose the truth. The Daily Xeies' Vienna dispatch says it Is rumored here that General Ignatleff took a furlough because MIdhat Pacha, the Turkish president of Council of State;became possessed of very compromising documents concerning him. The Gaulois says that Schouvaloff, the Rus sian ambassador to Great Britain, insists upon being recalled, as his position in London is in Intolerable. The Telegraph's Berlin special says: "lam informed that Servia has solicited Germany to reconcile the Russian and Austrian views in the negotiations that must ensue should fur ther reverses compel Servia to sue for an armis tice, so that the Turkish demands may be modified and Servian territorial integrity pre served." POLICT OF THE POWERS. London, July 23. The Obiertation's Ber lin special says at the Salseburg interview the Emperors William and Francis Joseph agreed that the maintenance of the policy of nonin tervention was Impossible in view of the mas sacres and bloedshed now occurring. All the Powers, except Russia, have declared Ron mania's demands are unreasonable. The Servian Jtinlster, Milokovies, has gone to Bucharest on a secret mission. The Sclavlstic committee In Moscow has Issued an address solemnly promising a gen etal uprising of Russians and armed interven tion if the Servians are defeated. A Belgrade mob has insulted the Austrian consul-general. Constantinople, Juiy 23. The following news is official : A force of 5,000 Montene grins attacked the Turkish post at Bauzana. The Montenegrins, after a sanguinary engage ment, fled to their entrenchments. They had 2C0 killed. WILLIAM AND PEACE. Paris, July 23. The rumor that the Em peror William had formed at Statesburg an unfavorable opinion relative to the mainte nance of the peace of Europe Is denied In well informed circles. It is asserted that the Em peror exchanged the most pacific assurances at the conference. EGTPTIAN JUDICIAL TROUBLES. Alfjundria, July 23. The Minister of Justice who arrived here yesterday from Cairo to investigate the judicial troubles declared that the Khedive had referred the dispute with the courts to all the Powers who were parties to the judicial reforms, and accepts their decision before hand. GREECE AND THE CIRCASSIANS. Athens, July 23. The Greek Government is preparing a protest should the Porte fulfill its intention of establishing a colony of 70,000 Circassians near the Greek frontier. Centennial Notes. Philadelphia, July 23. The number of paid admissions to the Centennial grounds on Saturday was 16,914. Philadelphia, July 23. By the joint action of the executive committee of the United States Centennial Commission and the Cen tennial board of finance organized sehoels, when visiting the International Exposition in a body, will be received for twenty.five cents each. Notice of their intended visit should be given to the department of admissions a day or two in advance, as they can only be admitted through special gates. 0US RED REBELS. A Courier from Crook and His News. Chetennz, July 23. The courier who left Goose creek on the eveningof the 16th instant I arrived at Fort Fetterman to-night. His de lay was caused by having met at Powder river a body of two hundred Indians, from whom he escaped by hiding himself In the timber for twenty-four hours. One Indian followed his trail nine miles. He says they were evi dently waiting for him, and he fears that the couriers who were sent from Fort Fetter man on the 16th instant with dispatches for General Crook have been intercepted, as he saw their trail this side ot the river, but not; beyond. His delay run him out of rations, compelling him to fast two days. He left all quiet in camp. The hostile Sioux are believed to be north. of Goose creek forty miles, and not far from the scene of the late massacre on the Little Big Horn river. They have not fired into camp lately, nor attempted to burn it out, al though the parched condition of the grass renders this somewhat easy; at least animals may be robbed of their sustenance. The wagon train gives them a supply until October. The commsnd moved seven miles north on the day of the courier's departure to another branch of the Tongue river, near the fork of the Big Horn mountains, where they will camp until the 5th cavalry, which leaves Fort Lara mie on Monday next, reaches it, about the Ith of August. Gen. Crook will make NO AOOBESSrVE MOVEMENT until this event, when, if the couriers whom he has dispatched to Gen. Terry advising him to join him succeed In reaching that command, he will have made a junction with Terry and the next action will prove a decisive one. There Is nothing that has not already been reported pertaining to General Merritt's late engagement with the Cheyenncs. The In dian killed by Buffalo Bill was named Yellow Hand, a young chief. The agent at Red Cloud admits that up to this date one thou sand Sionx and twelve hundred Cheyennes have left that agency for the north, although all is qniet there now and it is believed no more will go. The stage to-night brought in $10,000 in dust from Dead Wood. Mr. Gardner, a reliable man, who has spent five weeks In traversing that region intent on 6atisfyins himself of its richness, reports mar vellous discoveries being made, and fully a million dollars awaits safe transport. He saw In the possession of Mr. Bcary, of this city, one nugget worth S149, and a number ranging from $5 to $15. He also brings seven hundred pounds of sample quartz for smelting. L0OTSIAHA. The Meeting of the Democratic Convention. Special to the National Republican.! New Orleans, July .22. The Democratic State Convention meets at Baton Rogue Mon day. In the primaries here Thursday dele gates favorable to ex-Mayor Wiltz were elected in most of the wards, after an earnest straggle. Wiltz has chartered a steamboat and leaves to-day, with his delegates and a lobby of sev eral hundred friends, who will endeavor to present his claims successfully to the country members of the convention. A minority of the city delegates favor Colonel D.B.Penn, Liberal, for the nomination. North Louisiana will Bupport Colonel John McEnery for re nomination. An exciting time is expected. GREAT BRITAHT. The EngliLh Team Wins. London, July 22. The match between the English, Scotch, Australian and Canadian teams, which begun last Wednesday at Wim bledom, was concluded to-day. The ranges shot to-day were 800, 900 and 1,000 yards. The English team won. The following are the scores at the three ranges: 8C0 yards. 900 yards. 1,000 yards1. England lez iu its Scotland Ill US 135 Australia Ill 12 it Canada 10'j 107 91 The weather was bright and hot. A $75,000 Fire. Greenfield, Mass., July 23. A fire at Shllbnrne Falls, Saturday evening, destroyed the Newell Brothers' storehouse and tenement house, the Methodist church, the Woodward house and stable, S. D. Bardwell and A. S. Acres' store under the church, Mrs. Monta gue's house and barn, and Lucius Tife's house and barn. Loss over $75,000. Resumption of Work in the Pennsylvania Coal Mines. Scranton, Pa., July 23. Work will be re sumed at all the mines in this region to-morrow. The individual operators have received notice to this effect from the Delaware, Lack awanna and Western Railroad Company, and it is expected that the other companies will follow their example. McKee's Sluiderers. St. Louis, July 22. Gen. John McDonald and Col. John A. Joyce made affidavit yester day that the testimony of Fitzroy in the trial of Wm. McKee regarding the payment of four hundred and eighty dollars to Mr. McKee at the office of Gen. McDonald was malicious and false In evey particular. This affidavit was sent to Washington to-day. The Majesty of the Lynch Law. Canon Citt, Col., July 22. The sheriff of Rosita yesterday captured Joe Tallmadge and Felipe Salaz, the murderers of Mr. Newman, In Wet Mountain valley. They were brought to this city, and confessed the murder. Last night a party of citizens forced the jail and hung them. Everybody approves the act. Murder in Boston. Boston, July 22. Patrick Ford killed his wife, Gertrude M.Ford, with an axe, to-night, and afterward, in attempting to escape the officers who tried to arrest him, Jumped from, the roof of a house and received Injuries front, which he died in thirty minutes. He Is sup posed to have been actuated by jealousy. The Bay Disaster. New York, July 22. The body of Frost Tborne, one of the victims of the Mohawk dis aster, was recovered to-day. This completes the number of bodies drowned. The remains were viewed by Coroner Dempsey, whose Im press.'on Is still that Captain Rawllngs is in fault. Pennsylvania Highwayman. Pittsburg, July 23. George Drake was as saulted on the South Side last evening, robbed and beaten, it is thought fatally. Michael Laughlln, the supposed assailant, escaped lrom the officers by jumping into the river and swimming away under cover of darkness. Base Ball. St. Louis, July 22; St. Louis 5; Cincin nati 1. New York, July 22. Mutuals 7; nart fords 3. Chicaco, July 22. Chicagos 30; Louis villes 7. BRIEF TELEGRAMS. Keene, N. H., July 22. Ex-Governor Wm. Halle died here this morning. Davenport, Iowa, July 22. Mrs. West, Miss Billings, Miss Hayden and a young child were drowned at Haplnkton, Iowa, last night by the upsetting of a boat In which they were sailing with two others. Cape May, N. J., July 22. The 5th Mary land regiment, with the regimental band, ar rived here at 5 o'clock this morning. They are now encamped at Camp Jenkins, where they will remain ten days. A grand reception, ball and display of fireworks will be given in their honor this evening". Mr.C.E.A. McGrevely.of the New York Sentry, was In town last week. He arrived Friday, and after watching a thermometer ten or fifteen minutes took the next train and started North. J V .L