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I'LATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
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On Vine Kt.. One JJlock North of Main
Corner of Fifth tit.
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PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, A UNK 15, 1S7;.
TERMS: $2.00 a Year.
NUMHHR 12.
TIIK HERALD.
STACK.
AI KKTIMMi KATKS.
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w . 1 iii. :! in. ' in. 1 jr.
1 Mlll.in- mi 1 i fjui Sn f ia
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v , '.iiuiiii i r , s tHi in tn l . ini hi (hi im :n I
'. mlnnm ' H im I-.' in V i IK cm (m HI no Ml s
l" column, i:. (' '-'J 11,1 '"""' "' '" '" '
; t" All Ad vi rti.-ing bills 1'"- quarterly.
5 "' Transient advertisi incuts must be paidfuf
in ad vain '.
F.xtra copies of tin- 1 1 i:it vi n fir sal" by H. J.
Slr. iL-ht. ul '.In' Postolllccr uiul O. 1. JohUBi'U, Cor
ner of Main ninl W if iti streets.
HENRY BCECK,
vr.ki.tn in
33Yt 1? XI i t itx e,
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
m.. ITC, ETC.,
Or All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
Wooden CofFins
Cf 'l sir.f , re ady-ma-le, and iol4 cheap far eai'a.
WPh mny thank for pt patronage, I lnTita
11 lo r;.l m,d r.t.iiii:ii hit
lakgk stock op
I i i r it i ( ii i- int OoflltiM.
ji.n
SHANNON'S
Livery, Sale and Feel
STATtTiE,
OUST tyVIIsT STKEET,
Fust of Ibc I'latto Va. House.
The Oldest Livery Stable in the Town,
Good Teams Always On Hand.
Cup f il lirivcrs sent with carriages if desired.
'.,i i i i sent to Ii mI lo im el trains wliMicer
old, i, I.
Tho Only HEARSE in Town.
Fiin:i t T.-itdt-tl and c:irHties fnrniiied t
fr,lllt. Addrufs
1 !!v
J. V. SHANNON,
I'LATTSMOL'TH. NEB.
Vholral9 and R-'ail Dealer in
PINE LUMBER,
Latli, Shingles,
BASH, DOORS, BLINDS. ETC.,
On Main St., cor. Fifth,
ri.ATTSMOL'TIf. - - - KEI3.
STILL BETTER RATES
WINTER- STOCK
or
H. A. WATERMAN & SON.
O. F. JOHNSON,
deal?:h is
Drugs, Medicines,
n
WALLPAPER.
All Paper Trimmsi Fres of Chame
ALSO. DEALER
Books, Stationery
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
ET-Prfrr!ptlon caivfally eonipouuded bjr an
ciirrieneed Drag r 1
REMK.MI'.EK THE PLACE
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
PL.VTTSMOUTir, NEB.
FOUNDRY
AND
MACHINE SHOPS.
TO I IIS' WVY3 1 V1N,
l'LATTS.M Ul' I'll, NEC,
Repairer of Steam Engines, Boilers,
Saw and Grist Mills.
GAS AND STEAM FITTINGS,
Wr,'u;jltt Iron I'i,e, l'.,r e and I ift l'lpf. Steam
tj;iiii." S, Saf, 'iv-Valve ln -ernors and all
Kind, nf I'.ras K niri n- Kin i us tu
1'H'n ii on hhort nmiee.
2?".i-xxx IVtftcliiuoi'y
R, iaire.l on Short N,.'ie-.
Sewing
Machines !
WE "VII.L SELL
All Grades of Lumber Cheap.
J. V7WECKBACH,
GENERAL DEALER IN
NEW, IMPROVED LOCK-STITCH
GROVER & BAKER
Sewiirj; ZI JK.'liine,
FOU SALE IJY
CHARLES VI ALL,
With all the Extras and Attachments,
such as Needles, Oil, Tuckers,
Binders, Etc.
Thofc who contemplate h'lviriir a machine will
do well to srive tiie . rover t linker n trial. Sat
llarti,n L'liaraiitee,!. and the !i apit macliino
in the market. All orders by mail promptly at
tended to. Address
imii CHARLES VIALL, Plattsmouth, Reb.
First National Bant
Of Plattsmouih, Nebraska,
fi d ES-OH TO
Tootlo, Iliiinm Sz Clnrlc.
DRY GOODS
Boots and Shoes,
Cutlery, (Jueensware,
AND-
ALL KINDS OF GOODS
Needed by the Farmer Gr Householder,
Corner 3d and Main Sts.,
rLATTs mouth eijhaska
((Inthnian's old i-tand.)
John Fitzokkai.d
E. it. Il iVKV
A. W. M I. M '. in is
John O lioL KKE
Proident.
Vice-President.
(,'hier.
AM'istant Cashier.
In connection with the Grocery i a
325 J. JL 1EZ "S"X
(The old and wellVnown tatnl of Frank Gnth- j
man), where the j
F,..V..i fit fmfimi mmi H ..f.,.'-... j
AVill VI-vvsi.v 15' .Loiiiul. j
t tThr l'-r.sT IMilCKS the market will afford i
vy paid for Country Pnxluco.
l;eil,e:nh.-r the old f!'Il,
"EMI'lliK UAKEKY AND GKUCERY." j
HHly j
,
TIIE OLD
CLOTHIM STAND j
WM. STADELMANN,
Nearly opp. Saunders House, on Main St.
At th o'd plar I still hld forth, and for th j
Centennial Tear I offer chI at pn-.. - J ;
Ilieun. 11 Juu UO not Leiiec iv.. t-omo auu see.
A Large M'U r lolliin,
HATS. CAPS GLOVE9
and JEWELRY".
Ornts' Furni.-hin- Goods ill every variety.
J,,otK and Shoe-, Canes, Trunks, Valise-. Etc
Mv stock of Boots and Shoe". Furs and Jewelry
I am positively closing out. It Is the lart year I
thail keep these liae.
All Coods at a Creat Reduction
in Prices.
riittamocth. 'eb Jan. 3. 187.
1'UTTSMOITH MILLS,
f LATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA.
CoaBAD Hkisel, Proprie'or.
TLOUR. CORN MEAL., FEED,
lja o nnd nd for ea'e at loweatcasn prlci a.
Tba Hieb' Price paid for Wheat and Cora.
1'arUtalar iubUob girca U caauin walk.
Hi'. T'nnk i now open for hiiiness at their new
room, corner Main a::d s'.xth street.-, and are pre
pared to tratiracl a eeiieral
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonis, Gold. Government
and Local Securities
IIUl'iiUT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
DKAFTS DRAWS,
Available in any part of the I'ni'ed SI s and In
al) tho yrincipai Towns and tiiies of Kur-ipe.
AGENTS FOR THE
CKLEBRATED
MAN LINE and ALLAN LINE
of sti:aii:ks.
Fersnnn witliing to hrii.' out tin ir frieuda from
Curope can
n i:' HAK Til RET" rl'.OM I"
TIii-iiirl l'ljit t.s-iiiioutli.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
.T. ( !()OXK,
'ilairi Street, opposite Saunders Houst.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVLN TO
Ciilliii", lIiilIr'ii and IsiIif'
Hair.
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And p-t a noon in a
CUE XST S3 XI V7 13 .
.. t 1 1 s
I
i
G O TO TIIK
Post Office rook 8toro,
H. J. STEEIGIIT, Proprietor,
fob Torn
Bools. Stationery, Pictures, Masi,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings.
Newspapers, Novels,
Song Books, etc., etc
POST OFFICE BUILDIMi,
FLATTSJiOCTB, SEB
CUISUEXT PAItAGIlAHIS.
Josei'iiimk, the (ui-fu Dowager f JiOD
dun, is ui'iid.
NViktSvkks has Loon appointed and
confirmed United States Consul at CardiiT,
Wales.
Fhaxk Maillan's houfie, fifteen mile3
east of Windsor, Canada, was destroyed
by lire, a few nights ao, anl live chil
dren were hurned to death.
A woman named Wilhelniiiiii "Welck
has been ent neeil at I5uffalo, N. '., to
lie handed on tlie "21st int., for the mur
der, last September, of her step-sou.
A I'oin land (Oregon) dispatch of the
7th says that State had undoubtedly gone
Democratic. The Democrats claimed a
majority of twelve in the Legislature n
joint ballot.
A Mei,1!oii:nk (Australia) dispatch, re
cently received in London, announces that
the Fenian prisoners held under surveil
lance in West Australia had escaped on
board an American whaler.
The lJo,f(n Keening Journal, of a re
cent date, announces that it had been in
formed that J. C. Ayer, the patent medi
cine manufacturer, had been sent to un
insane asylum in New Jersey.
A (i.L has been issued for a Republi
can State Convention to meet at Lansing,
Mich., on the :d of August, to nominate
a State ticket. The (Jeorgi Democratic
State Convention has keen called to meet
on the 2d of August.
Al.DKlt.MAN J. II. lIll.DKETH, of Chi
cago, an ex-gaugcr, appeared before the
United Slates District Court in that city a
few days ago, and plead guilty to two
counts of the indictment airainsl him for
being concerned, while ganger, in the
whisky frauds.
Tiik "West Virginia Democratic State
Convention was held t Charlestown, a few
days ago, and nominated a full State
ticket, headed by Henry Mathews lor
Governor, and chose delegates to the Na
tional Convention.
Li-.ttkks have been received at Cincin
nati from members of the two expeditions
from that ily to the Ulack Hills, which
show that the reports of the killing ot
several of C1. Stone's party were false.
Iloth expeditions arrived safely at Custer
City illiotit being molested by Indians
Tiik fast special train from New York
for San Francisco arrived at the latter
city at !J:'J1 on the morning of the 4th,
making the distance in eighty-three hours
and thirty-lour minutes, nearly four hours
ahead of the schedule time. On one por
tion of the road the train made sixty miles
in lift v-seven minutes.
Tiik reunion of the Grand Arm' of the
I'otomac was held at Philadelphia on the
Uh, (ien. Hancock presiding. Kx-tiov.
D:x, of New York, delivered .the oration
of the day, and addresses were made bv
tlens. Sherman, Sheridan and Hooker,
Gov. Hartranft and cx-Gov. Curtin. A
commemorative poem the " Voice of
Silence" was read by William Winter,
of the New York Tribune.
A itKCKNT New York dispatch says a
large number of counterfeit five dollar
bills were in circulation in that city and
Urooklyn. Among them were counter
feits on the First National I5anks of Chi
cago, III.; Paxton, 111.; Canton, 111.;
Peoria, Hi.; Aurora, 111.; Galena,
III.; Louisville, Ky., and on the
Traders' National Hank of Chicago. The
best bills arc on the Chicago banks First
National and Traders' National. Some
of the others are fairly executed, but not
sufficiently so as to deceive any one who
is on the look out for the " queer." There
is no such bank as the First National of
Galena, 111.
The Coming Fourth in Philadelphia.
I'iiii.auem'iiia. June 2.
The programme fr the Fourth of July
celebration has been finally decided upon.
At sunrise there will be chimes and bells,
and a salute of 100 guns. The ceremonies
in Independence Hall will begin with a
seieetioii of National airs by the band,
alter which there will be a reception by
I 'resilient Grant and an introduction by
Gov. Hartram't, when the original Declar
ation of Independence will be presented
to the President by the Mayor. An ad
journment will be then taken to Inde
pendence Square to take part in such
ceremonies as the city authorities may
decide upon. Thence, a procession will
be formed, the prominent men in car
riages, by way of Walnut street, under
military escort, to Fairinount Park. The
order of International ceremonies will be
a follows :
Salute of trumpets and salvo? of thirteen can
nons. Invocation by l'.l-hop Stevens.
Anthem by the oriheslm anil ('horns.
Iicchiration of I nilepenilenee reait by Ihrtmnl
Henry Lee, of Virginia,
(.rand ("horns.
Oration by the Hon. William M. Evarts, of New
York. Airs of all nations by the orchestra
l'oein by Hayaril Taylor of Pennsylvania.
Congratulatory messages from different, states
ami Nations of the world.
J'o ans of peace by orchestra and chorus.
I'.eneiliction.
Salt oof thirty ei;ht (rutin.
Poor Knott.
Poor Proctor Knott! Uen Hill and the
venerable Tucker cauicoutof their Blaine
skirmishes with Hying colors, as com
pared with the hero of Duluth. Monday
he was proved guilty of withholding im
portant testimony which was necessary to
the complete exoneration of Mr. Blaine.
At first he evaded, then denied, and final
ly acknowledged, and tried to extenuate
his ot'.'euse by bluster. He stands before
the country guilty of a deliberate act of
injustice.
Hut this is not all. Mr. Blaine called
him to account again yoterday. He had
asked Knott if it was not a fact that he
appointed two icbel Generals on the sub
committee of investigation as soon as he
learned lhat himself (Blaine) was to be
the subject of investigation. The mem
ber from Kentucky replied in the nega
tive. Yesterday Mr. Blaine demanded
and secured the production of the rec
ords ol the committee, when Knott was
compelled te own np. He could only
plead unintentional falsehood. There is
not in all the country a more completely
used-up politician than Proctor Knott.
He has b en known as the wag of the
House. Hereafter he deserves to be
known as the liar and villirier of that
bo !y. Chiciyo Journal, June 7.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
There are many public schools in
New York where the air space per pupil
is less than sixty feet, and the atmosphere
is loaded with the accumulated impurf
ties of many hours during which the chil
dren inhale it.
A Constantinople dispatch of the 1th
says it was ofliciiilly announced that the
; ex-Sultan, Abdul Ar.ir, had committed
j suicide that mornitig, by opening the
veins of his ruinxvith A pair of scissors.
The regular Florida ItepMblicah -"hate
Convention, held m the d, nominated
M. L. Str;arn? T-yt Governor and I). Mont
gomery for Lieutenant-Governor. Of the
eight delegates chosen to the National
Convention seven tire for Blaine and one
for Conkling. A bolt was made from
the regular Convention, the. boilers nom
inating Senator Cotiovcr for Goveruol
and a Mr. Lee fo- Lieutenant-Governor,
but choosing no delegates to the National
Convention.
An official telegram from Constantino
ple on the 5th, states that Abdul AzH
committed suicide on fco.'.it of. Ihe seiz
ure of hi pr'vale funds. The Porte has
officially notified the foreign ambassadors
of Murad's accession and demanded re
cognition. A majokitv of the five Circuit Judges
for Cook County, 111., t whom the ques
tion of the legality of the election of Mr.
Hoync as Mayor was submitted on the
application by Mr. Colvin for a writ of
'uo warranto, hare decided adversely to
Mr. Hoyne, Judges McAllister, Kogers
and William;, concurring, and Judges
Farwell and Booth dissenting. The de
cision is to the ell'ect that there has been
a vacancy in the Mayoralty ever since
the expiration of the term for which
Mr. Colvin was elected, and that the fail
ure of the Common Council to provide
lor the tilling of such vacancy at the re-,
cent election, by issuing a call for the
same (the regular time for electing a
Mayor being biennially, beginning with
the year 17:!), nullified the vote of the
people for Mr. Hoyne tit the late election.
It is also decided that the Common Coun
cil can still call a special election for
Mayor to fill the vacancy.
Mtt. Moody preached his first sermon
in his new tabernacle in Chicago to a large
congregation, on Sunday, the 1th inst.
It was reported from Constantinople on
the (ith that ttie Grand Vizier, on behalf
of the Porte, had issued a le'ter granting
full amnesty to all insurgents who would
offer their submission, and in order to
give them time f do this, consenting to a
six weeks' armistice. A quarrel was re
ported between the new Sultan and the
Khedive of Egypt, and the latter had been
ordered t Constantinople.
Tin: Chicago Tribune of the 7th says it
had been finally decided by the Eastern
railroads to make no further reduction in
passenger rates, and adds that there was,
however, no probability that the present
rates will go up again before next winter.
Tei-Kokai'IIIc dispatches from various
points in the Old World on the Sith give
assurance that there was no immediate
possibility of war. The Great Powers
were represented as being in harmony
with respect to the Eastern question.
A Uaovsa telegram of the 7th an
nounces the defeat of the Turks near Car
koviko, with a loss of 100 killed and :J,:J00
taken prisoners.
The Democratic State Convention of
Wisconsin was held at Milwaukee on the
7th. Delegates to the St. Louis Conven
tion were chosen, of whom seventeen are
said to be for Tilden and three uncom
mitted. The Convention adjourned with
out adopting; an' platform.
The Minnesota Prohibition State Con
vention, held at Minneapolis on the 7th,
adopted a platform and chose a State
Electoral ticket in behalf of Smith and
Stewart, the nominees of the National
Convention for President and Vice-President.
A vehy exciting scene occurred be
tween Messrs. Bla'.ne and Knott, before
the Judiciary Committee in Washington
on the 7th. relative to the Caldwell tele
gram. Mr. Blaine demanding of Mr.
Knott his reason fur not informing the
committee or the public of its reception.
Mr. Knott explained that he had made in
quiries as to Mr. Caldwell's whereabouts,
and had been informed that he was in
Ital'. When the telegram in question
was received it contained no day
of the month and gave no address
in London, and he was unaware of
the custom of the Cable Company of
retaining the address at the point from
whence a dispatch is sent, and not send
ing it over the cable. He read the dis
patch to four members of the committee,
and believed it to be a trick, and on that
account had not made it public. Had the
dispatch said Blaine was guilty he
(Caldwell) had got the bonds for him
it would have been an injustice to Mr.
Blaine to have given it to the
public. Mr. Blaine here intimated that,
had it been unfavorable to him, the dis
patch would have got out pretty soon.
Mr. Huffon and other members of the
committee confirmed the statements made
by Mr. Knott. A spirited controversy
took place between Messrs. Blaine an I
Knott on the subject of the former having
communicated with Caldwell during his
present sojourn in London, Mr. Knott
stating that he had no evidence to that
effect, and never pretended to have any.
The following is a copy of the telegram
received by Mr. Knott on the 1st inst ,
and which he furnishes for publication:
LoNIION, .
To Chairman House Judiciary Committee, Wash
ington :
Have just read in "Sew York papers Scott's evi
dence about our bond transaction, and caii fully
corroborate it. I never i;ave Hlaine any Fort
Smith Kail road bond-, directly or otherwise. I
have three foreign railway contracts on mv hnd
which make it impossible for me to leave without
creat pecuniary loss, or would irladiy voluntarily
come home, and so t,li.y. (an make affidavit
to this effect, and mail it tl di-eired.
Iosiah Caldwell.
It was reported at Vienna on the Sth
that Servia had declared its independence
of Turkey and declined to pa' further
tribute, and had marched an army across
the frontier.
Madame Dvdevant, the well-known
French novelist, dramatist and social
philosopher, better known as George Sand,
died at Paris on the 8th.
In the Spanish Cortes, on the 9th, the
Bishop of Salamanca stated that the
Spanish prelates would always oppose re
ligious toleration because it was incom
patible with Catholicism.
News was received at Omaha on the
9th to the effect that over 1,000 hostile
Indian lodges were located on Powder
River, under the leadership of Sitting
Bull and Crazy Horse, and that a severe
engagement had been fought between
them and Crook's forces, but no particu
lar" of the fight were given.
Special dispatcher from Bismarck, D.
T., on the r?th and Dlh announce the ar
rival there of a train of twenty-seven
wagons and forty-two men from the
bead world in ini regions. The party
had with them between $ 15,000 and $20,-
000 in gold dust, and told most remarka
ble stories of the Deadwood country, one
of which is that two Frenchmen took out
fifteen pounds of gold in one day, and
that in many instances $1,000 per day to
the man was being taken, nut. They
were quite enthusiastic, ahd wuli!1 rcltlrn
soon.
FOfitV-FOURTH CONGRESS.
S ATt'KDAY, June :3. In the Senate, the
Senate hill providing for an agreement v ith tin:
Sioux Nation iu rcirard a portion of their reservation-
r.nrt for other purposes, was amended
and passed W to S. The Legislative. Executive
and Judicial Appropriation bill was further con
sidered, and all the salary reductions made by tin
House were non-concurred in. including the
one rixinsr the Pre-idenfs salary at ir,0oil a
vear, from and after March 1. IS", the Sen
ate votintr ill to 11 in favor of the J'UM)
salary The Inijjs.ti Afprojiiiattoii ..ill was
taken HP ltl the Mouse, "Ami seVcral proposed
amen'lniehis Wele disposed of; a point ot order
was raisd on that portion of the hill providing for
the tra sfer oi the Indian Ittirea'.i from the Inte
rior to the War Department, on the rolind that it
changed eistinsr laws rttid did not on its face re
trench expenditure-. A report was made from
the Committee on Ways and Means in rcirard to
the Alaska Kur-Seal Fishery lease, exonerating
the olticers of the tiovel limetit and company from
all the alle-red frauds.
Monday, June 5. In the Senate, a
new Conference Conrtltt"' war appointed nn the
Conruiittr anil Diplomatic Appropriation bill, the
former committee hnv:nj reported a disagree
ment. All tile committee amendments to the
L-cislative. Kxecuiire and Judicial Appropria
tion bill Were disposed of. tnoi-t of them hcimi
adopted, and other amendment were offered....
A resolution was offered in the House dei larins
T. V. Hennett, the sitting' dele-irate from Idaho,
not entitled to the seat Mr. Neal (Ub-red a bill
to repeal the I'estimption act of Jan. 14. is;:,, and
called the previous iiesiion u the bill. -Vr.
Ithiine spoke on the Mibjert of the investigation
into the I'nion Pacific and Northern Pacific nans
actions in which his name had become involved,
and made a lengthy statement and wumehl in
his own behalf.
Tt'EsiiA v. Julie 0. A pcti'ion of Uen.
(i. T. Iieiltireirai L ol" Louisiana, for the removal
of his political (Usabilities, was prcscnti-d and
referred In the Set. ate. A number of private
bills were passed. In secret ses-iou, an order
was agreed to that on the (ith of July the Senate,
siitiniiiis a Court oT Impeachment, will proceed
W hear the evidence in i he IVelk nap ease ...In
the House, a proposition was agreed tn-ll'i to !C
to cli!inj;e the rules so as t ul low t he C unmit
tee on Ilankinir "ii'l Cunencv to report at any
time - the object heina to allow such eoliiinii tee
to report a bill l r the repeal of the lit sumption
act. The point of oril- f against the si'cMon ol
the Indian Appropriation bill to transfer the In
d:sn Hnn'Hii to the War Dep irt-ni nl Was over
ruled bv the Chair, and the bill was reported l.-om
Commit!"!' ol the Whole ahd passed.
Wednesday, Jtlne t. Bills w ere pr.ssed
in the S tt itc House bill extending for one year
tile provisions of the net of Dec. US, 1ST t, so a- not
to deprive homestead settlers, driven Irom their
homen by t he locust plajue. of tin ir rights: es
tablishing Cheboygan. Mich., a a port of deliv
ery; the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Ap
propriation bill, with amendments, anions which
was one providing that, in making the reduction
of force, the heads of departments, shall retain
those persons who ny be ipia'itied itnd wlio
have beceme disabled in the military or naal
service of the United States, and the widows of
deceased soldiers; the Fortification. Appro
piiation bill. A resolution proposing a
common unit of money nnd accounts lor tile
Uuiti'1 states and Oreat Uritain was pa--ed.,..
In the House, blils were passed repealing that
section ol the revised statutes which confines the
disposal of public lands in Alabama, Mississip
pi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida to! he pro
visions of the Homestead law. such repeal not
to impair the right ot any homestend settler,
and said lands lo be ottered at public sale as
soon as practicable; providing a penalty for
mailing obscene books, and prohibiting lottery
circulars passing through the mails; aut liori.i ng
a railroad pontoon bridge over the Missouri Hiv
er at Nebraska City. Speaker Kerr asked and
obtained leave of abseui'e for ten days, and ap
pointed Mr. CoX to preside (hiring his absence.
The (ieuevii Award bill w As considered.
TltCKSDAY, June 8. In the Senate, a
motion to take up the resolation to pay Mr.
Pinchback compensation and mileage as Senator
from Louisiana, during the term for w hich he was
a contestant up to the end of tin! contest, was re
jected IT to l!'. A bill was passed to inc-ease
from twenty to thirty the number of officers in the
army detailed to teach military tact cs throughout
the country. The bill to amend the laws relating
to the legal tender of silver coin, known as the
Silver bill, was debated and postponed to the Suih
In the House, the Post-liotite bill and the bill
to prevent straw bids were passvd, and the Sen
ate amendments to the bills relating to the execu
tion of Custom House bonds, for the relief of set
tlers on certain public lands, and establishing
Cheboygan, Mich., as a poit of delivery, were con
curred in. A Committee ol Conference was ap
pointed on the Consular and Diplomatic Appro
priation bill.
FiUDAY, June 0. The Postoffiee Ap
propriation bill was amended in the Senate by
increasing the amounts of several of the items,
and the bill as amended, was then passed ... A
bill allowing thewid w of President Polk $!,VM
for supplies furnished to the army in Tennessee
wai passed in the House. An exciting running
debate occurred over Mr. Iilatne's motion to re
consider the vote for the presenting of the testi
mony taken before the Judiciary Committee. Mr.
Hlaine participating in the controversy, which
became quite personal, he being called to order
bv the Speaker pro. Inn. The controversy was
principal v relative to the Caldwell telegram,
when finally unanimous assent was asked for the
presentation of a ri solution that such
dispatch he printed as a part of the
record iu the case, and the Judiciary Committee
be instructed to exmiiue any witnesses who may
he called who may have heard the said Caldwell
make the same or contradictory sta ement a"
that contained in such dispatch. Objection was
made toreceiving the resolution, and considerable
excitement and confusion ensued A resoli.tion
whs also offered that on the 12th, l '.th and 14; tl no
business of a political charicter should be con
sidered by the House, and Mr. it aine objected,
and the resolution was not received. The report
01 the Conference Committee on the bill for Ihe
appointment of Kec.eiveis ot Nattonal Hanks
w as agreed to. A large number of members w ere
granted leave of absence.
CEME-NMAL LETTEK.
A Few Financial SpoenlalUniw Tlie
NuiMliiy - Opening tn atlon 'I'lie
.natter Substantially Settled Centen
nial 1'oMaI Stat 11 leTlie Judges,
of Awards A Few Words About llie
lrlze i'vledals . Successful Specula
tlie ICntcr-prlzc Tlie I-:ra ol" liea
11 v Ins A Mftv Vie iv ol'tlie Servant
.irl Question Something About
Carriages, Sleighs. Harness. Howls,
Shoe and Leather ICte.. I-.tc.
I'iim.aoki I'lllA, June I;, ls;rt.
The Great Exposition lias been open now
nearly one month, and a pretty good jruess
can be made as to how it will pan out. Iur
irg the first twenty days, ending .fune '2, there,
were a total of 7i 1,1 11 admissions, of which
4(fl,'J0: were pay admission! and 321.1 IS
dead-heads. These produced a total of cash
amounting to .'2O0,!i.'l.."o. At this rate, and
allowiug that the Exposition closes on the
first of November and the receipts continue
in the same ratio, the total receipts for the
entire period will be about $l,'e.0 0. The
Commission spent about a million and a half
of dollars more than the' had t erect the
buildings and make the improvements they
required in other words, they ran in debt
that sum. The receipts will pay off that debt
and leave something handsome over. And
when the probable increased attendance, later
in the season and the consequent increased
receipts are taken into account, it can readily
be seen that the finaueial outlook is not so
bad after all, and the Commissioner are jus
tified, perhaps, in the assertion that they will
be able to extinguish the debts," pay the
enormous expenses, and have something over
to divide among the stockholders. It were a
consummation devoutly to be wished at any
rate. Now that prices for food and shelter
have rot down to hard-pan, that the Phila
delphians have abandoned the idea of mak
ing their everlasting fortune during the en
suing five months, and railroad fares have
been largely reduced, there will be some
pleasure and profit in visiting the (i eat
Show, and a probability that an immense
multitude will think it better to visit the
present Centennial, rather than put it oil un
til the next one.
The Sunday-opening question still contin
ues to vex the righteous hearts of Phiiadel-
phhtns, though the Managers have substan
tially disposed of the matter by postponing
further consideration until the first of July
next. Ity That time people w ;ll have settled
down to tlie inevitable, iitid arrived: at tin
cotieltis'on that perhaps after all it is best a
it is. Meantime the newspapers are doitu
tbeir best to ki' k up a bobbery about it, am'
religionist i and world's people are sending- ii
their remonstrances I'tid appeals with dis
t resting regularity. A letter fivoring closing
whs recently received from the SUate oilieers
of Illinois and HM) and more of the business
men of Springliehl.'which patted the Commis
sion on the back for the (lefii'eiiec they havt
paid to the religious sentiment of the country.
Another was composed enJirely of passage;
of Scripture bt-nring upon the proper observ
ance of the Sabbath. Tlie question may b
considered "'5 su'"st;!nthillr settled.
The Amei'.can people, especially those w ho
attend the Exposition, are a reading and
writing people. They devour iiewspuper
with great avidity and apparently conduct
an extensive correspondence. lHirin.g Ma
TM,74 t letters ami oi;,"vJ new spapers w ere de
livered at the Centennial Postolllee. How
many were sent is not recorded.
The Judges of Awards have already cot
down to their woik. They labor individually
in the examination f t he different group-,
form their own opinions, write up their re
ports, meet, compare notes and then agree oi
disagree as the humor seiz"S them. In
ease of disagreement, the Commis
sion have the right to make the
tini'l ttwnrd. It !s thought there will be in any
conflicting opinions and some diilu-ulty in
harmonizing them. Exhibitors are evidently
aware of this fact and are brit.ging influences
to bear w hich shall induce the judges to look
favorably upon their exhibits. Some go so
far as to say that pottle of the Judges are not
insensible to the charms of greenbacks, am!
will bear watching, but this is probably u
base calumny, and there is no sullicient evi
dence of it yet. In every case of corruption
there must be two parties the briber as well
as the !'t!!ied .liitl the one who would oiler u
bribe, would not hesitate to lie about it.
ft has not yet transpired what the design
of the prize medal will be. Tluy will tie east
and designed at the L'nited Stales Mint, un
der the fu cr ision of the Director, Dr. Lin
dcrman. They will be of bronrt", of tin form
size, say, four or five inches in diameter, and
of artistic lit isli and workmanship. From
the progress already made it is anlici nitcd
that the reports in many of the classes will
be completed early in July, but no awards of
medals or antiowticeiiieiits of results will In
made until the Exposition closes. So exhib
itors nut.-1 possess their souls with patience.
The era of expensive living bids fair to be
succeeded by an era of exceptionally cheap
living. The extortionate prices ehaiged by
some of Ihe hotels and rcstauntuts have in
cited certain speculative persons to see if
some remedy cannot le found to meet the
wishes of those who earn a dollar before
they spend it, and const qucntly kuoiv its
value. These gentlemen have formed a
camp within five minutes ride of the Centen
nial enclosure, where quests can tie accom
modated w it ll all the comforts of tent life at
j, rices in proportion to the si.c of the roll ot
greenbacks they carry. This enterprise is
being largely patronized, and the specula
tors are likely lo e mie out at the end of the
season with vastly moie plethoric pocket
books than the five atid-teti dol!:ir-a day-es.
tablishinenls, where ptojo idols hud such
golden visions a month ago.
A feature incident to the Centennial Show
is the presence in Philadelphia of vast num
bers of "help" from all sielions of the coun
try girls who came hither in the expecta
tion that the intlux of so many strangers
would create a demand fir their services at
vastly belter prices than they were getting
al home. There i scarcely a village in the
country thai lias not contrlbuti tl a specimen
of its household seiv.mts. Where 1.0U I were
wauled, probably mono came. You eanT
very well crowd lo.ooo girls into a tithe of
tha' number of places, and so there are
!im m disappointed ones. As a consequence
the employment agencies are overridden with
applicants for wink, and the authorities are
growing uneasy at the number of unem
ployed accumulating in the city. Idle men
are ban enough, but idle and iinpivt.nious
women are far worse.
There is u large luiihling on the grounds
ilevo.td especially to carriage, sleighs, har
ness, etc , though some of the exhibits, as
those of France and Norway, re iti the Main
bui!ding There are 'IW exhibits in alii of
these our im u country display ( loT; tin .Hritifli
Empire seventy hve,iiinl twelve other Coun
tries lifty-cight. (ireat Biitain sends "Vic
torias," a "Stanhope" phaeton, dog-carts Mid
one of those huge coaches with seats on top
for the whole party, which occupy about the
came position on land lhat the pleasure yacht
does in the water. 1 tie London "Four-in-hand
Club" has recently had its annual i-x-hitiition
in Ilyde Park, with thirty of these
coaelKSiti line. An imitation of this club
has been started in New Yoik, with half a
dozen coaches. Visitors here ctn see xactly
what this coach is in the eurriage-houue.
Scarcely any vehicle to be seen on the streets
of an American city, from a baby carriage to
a brougham, is wilheut its representative.
The racing sulky is here in all shapes, w ith
an array of single and double sleighs.
There are parts of carriages, also, in
every stage of manufacture. Canada sends
twenty-eight exhibits of carriages and
sbighs, besides nearly as many of har
nesses and saddles. France, besides six
exhibits of carriages, sends a "steam veloci
pede Norwav contributes a number of the
low racing sledges peculiar to that country,
w ith a scat for but one in each. It also sends
several vehicles much like our two-wheeled
racing sulkies, except hen . icr, and the seat
and loot board canoe shaped. The Hey of
Tunis has contributed some ornamental sad
dlery. There are silk and embroidered
blankets from Egypt. Of our own carriages
Pennsylvania. New Yoik, New Jersey, Con
necticut and Massachusetts fend the greater
number.
In the shoe and leather department only
the United States is represented, there being
::!4 exhibits of blackings, boots and shoes,
trunks atid valises, leather machinery, shoe
machinery and leather, showing all varieties
of tanning processes, w ith every quality and
grade. Nearly every imaginable process, in the
making of shoes or Ihe reduction of leather is
provided for and there is no more interesting
machinery in the Exhibition. Pen lsylvania
and New York seem todividethe honors with
Massachusetts.
Statements Jy .Messrs.
Kerr.
Blaine nnd
In his statement and explanation in the
House on the "th, Mr. Hlaine claimed that he
had rightful possession of the letters obtained
by him iron the w itness Mulligan, who had
no right whatever to them. After leng'hy
remarks in which lie stated that the whole
inquiry of the committee investigating spe
cific railroad companies had been aimed per
sonally at him, he proceeded to read the
letters and memorandum in question, and
made passing comments upon and explana
tions of various points in the several
letters. He introduced the reading of the
letters with the fallowing remarks: "Many
of these letters have not the remotest bear
ing cn the subject, but some of them will
require a little explanation. Some of them
may possibly involve humiliation, but I would
a good deal rather tike lhat than take the
ev it surmises and still more evil inferences
that might be drawn if I did not act with this
frankness."
In the course of his remarks Mr. Blaine
said he had expected to have ati early report
from tiie Investigating Committee, but it
bad been prolonged, and he was surprised a
few days before at being told that tlie com
mittee would then turn to investigate the
transactions of the Northern Pacific Kailroad
Company, on a newspaper report that there
had been some ( tbirt on his part, with a
friend iu Boston, to procure for him some
share of that company, which ell'ort had
proved abortive, 'lhat investigation was
begun, and three witnesses had testi
fied just precis Iy as the circumstances
were. He had i.o sootier got through
with that than, in another part of the Capi
tol, without the slightest no'ice or warning
to him, the Committee on the Ileal Estate
Pool had entered on an investigation specific
ally aimed at him, so that there were three
investigations going on it the same time
without any of them being completed. Now,
he would say, that under these general
powers to investigate the Pacific Kail
road Companies, the whole inquiry
of the Committees was aimed person
ally at him. He did not wish to stir up any
blood upon this question, but he would say
that ever since a certain debate took place In
the House in January lat it had been known
that there were neutlcinen heie whose feel
ings had been exasperated against him, and
it was to be remarked that while there were
6even Democratic members of the Judiciary
Committee, the Chairman of that Committee
(Knott) selected on the Sub t'ouinnt't-c lo
which these nutters had been referred two
members from the South w ho had been in the
Oonfcderate army.
(Mr. Knott here explained that the matter
of that railroad investigation was referred lo
i sub-committee before he (Knot' fever beard
Mr. Blaine's name mentioned iu connection
with it; he had no act or part in inciting unv
investigation implicating Mr. I'l line at all."
After the reading of the letters and memo
randum, Mr. Blaine went on to say that
there had not been one paitiele of proof to
convict him of the specific charge against
him that lie was a party in interest to the
ft'i4,HKJ transaction. These letters, he said,
were picked out of a correspondence
extending over fifteen years, and the
most intimate business corrcspot:dnce
of his life; the man Mulligan had done
his very worst. Mr. Blaine then charged
that Mr. Knott, chairman of the Ju
diciary Committee, had suppressed a
telegram received by the committee com
pletely exonerating him (hlaine) from the
charge against him, and demanded of Mr.
Knott to know if such telegram had not been
received by the committee. He then oll'ered
i resolution instructing the J udiciary Com.
inittcc to report forthwith to the House
w he'her such telegram had not been received
from Mr. Caldwell, or whether the committee
had heard from him (Ct. dwell) in any other
way. In answer to Mr. Blaine's insinuations
against him, Mr. Knott stated that there had
been no wroti? doii"1 to Mr, Blaine by the com
mittee. So far as the letters were conrc.i tied,
tlie committee had not decided w hat should
be done with them, tint Mr. Blaine had been
positively assured lhat he would not be mar
tyred by the committee. Yet, in defiance ol
all parliamentary law, an e Speaker of the
House had, in tile Hou-te, under pretext of a
personal explanation, taken the matter aw ay
from the jurisdiction of the committee. As
o the cable telegram from Mr. Caldwell, Mi.
Knott said he hurled the falsehood back
into the teeth of any man who suggested
that it had been suppressed, lie said: "I
have it. I did not suppress it at all. In less
than thirty minutes alter I received it I read
it to several gentlemen, but there was no
particular address in London from which ii
purported 'o come, and I did believe, itnd am
not altogether certain yet that 1 do not be
lieve it was a tixed-up Job."
In answer to requests from the Kepubli
can side to read the dispatch from Caldwell,
Mr. Knott said: " I have not the dispatch
here. It is at my house. The contents of il
are substantially as stated by tin; gentleman
from Maine ( Blaine). I do not know tkat I
can repeat it In the eact teims. The ptir
poit of it is that Caldwell hd seen Thomas
A. Scott's testimony in the New York papers,
and that it was substantially correct; that he
had not let Mr. Blaine h.tvc any b mils, and that
he would send an atli lavit to that ( fleet, but
that he was engaged in a railroad enterprise
over there and could not come to give his
testimony without serious pecuniary loss.
Tbi- is substantially what is iu it, and if Ihe
trctitlenian had only wailed that dispatch
would have been presented to I tie committee
for whatever use the committee might sec
proper to make of it. I had no desire to in
jure the iri'i.t'eman fioiu Maine personally,
and especially i,ot politically, but I desire
thai the truth may be told."
Mr. Blaine mo veil t he pre ions question on
his resolution, and attempted to make
further remarks, but was prevented l.v loud
calls lo order, and by the Speaker j,n, tun.
ruling that he wits not entitled totheilooi-
for that pill pose.
The House refused to second the previous
question, and then the motion of Mr. Blaine
was referred to the Committee on Judiciary
yeas, 12 1; nays, ,7.
On the 5th, Speaker Kerr appeared, before
the Committee on Expenditures in the War
Department and, through his counsel, pre
sented astiten.eiit in re Li l i"ti t Harney 's
charge that he (Harney) had paid him ( Ken )
.4")tt lo secure the appointment of VP. 'recti
to a vacant Licuti nancy. Mr. Kerr stated
lhat. in ls-;r, ,,r isi;, he was called upon by
Mr. Oreen in relation to the appointment. He
did not recollect that tie was introduced by
Harney, and had no consciousness cf ever
having -known Harney. He (Harney) had
never 'isitcd him anywhere, nnd had never
P'"''d him motley for his inlluence, or for any
purpose whatever. He (Kerr) had told Ureen,
after examining his credentials, that if he
could procure the names of ccitain New
York patties whom he knew he
would aid him. Oreen did procure
the indorsements desired and he (K-jii)
wrote the letter to the War Dipul cut
which secured the appointment. Mr. Kerr
remcnbercd qui'e distinctly that, pre
vious to recommending the appointment of
Mr. Green, he had offered the recommenda
tion to two of his constituents Col. Thomas
J. Jackson and Maj. Thomas Morrison
both of whom hud rendered gallant
service in the volunteer army. These
gentlemen had both declined, and Mr.
Kerr was not aware that any Democrats-
soldier had ever applied to him for the
place. He had held the appouit ment at
the service of the people of his district or
Slate, if any should apply; hut none did so
apply, of w"hom he has the slightest rceollee
tion,"and when the long session of Congres
was well advanced, and the time for these ap
pointments was passing uway, he was ealbd
upon by Green, and had recommended him
for the position.
Mr. Blaine and His Letters.
The following tire extracts from Mr.
Blaine's speech in the llotise on the "ith:
ThTe has gone fortli the idea or imprcssi ,n
that because I would not permit thai in in or
any man, w hen I could prevent it, from holding
as a menace over my head my private corre
spondence, there must be soni "thing in it
most deadly and destructive to my reputa
tion. I would like any gentleman oh this
tloor, and all of them are pre-utned to be
men of affairs, whose business h-is been
varied and whose intercourse has been large,
to stand up here and say that he his willing
and ready to have his private correspondence
for the last tin or twelve years hauled over
and made public! Does it imply guilt t Do-s
it imply wrong-doing Does it imply a sense
of weakness, that a man w ill protect his pi i
vate correspondence? No, sir. It is a man's
first instinct to do it, and it is the last out
rage on any man to violate it. I have (ietied
power to take these letters from inc. I
do it still. I speak with all respect for
this House. I know its powers, and
I trust that I respect them; but I
say that this House lias no more power to
order what shall be done or not done w ith
my private correspondence than il has to or
der what I shall do with the admonition of
my children not one xarticlc mere; hut I
am ready now to iliow the letters (holding
them up in his hand). I thank God Almighty
that I am not ashamed to show them. There
they are. Ther i is the very original package.
With some sense of humiliation, with a Mor
tification which I do not pretend to conceal,
with a sense of outrage which I tli'nkany
man in my position would feel, I invite the
confidence of forty four millions of people,
and I will read these letters. Applau-e,
which the Speaker r. tun enJeavoied to
suppress. Many of these letters have not
the remotest bearing on the subject, but
some of them will require a little explana
tion. Some of thetn may possibly involve hu
miliation, but I would a good deal rather take
that than take evil surmises, and still more
the inference s that might be drawn if I did
not act with this frankness.
Mr. Blaine thereupon proceeded to read
and make passing comments upon and ex
planations of the varioiH points in the sev
eral letters. The uiUi.-ion to tho Spencer
contract he explained by saying that in the
summer of lul, two years before he first
came to Congress, he had been asked if he
could not get an opportunity for the inventor
of the Spenctr rejieating rifle to bring that
new arm to the attention of the Secretary of
War. He came on to Washington, and had
an interview with Secretary Cameron. Mr.
Cameron had given order to have it tested
by the Ordnance Bureau. It hail been thor
oughly tested, and the experiments were so
satisfactory that a preliminary order for 20,
U00 rilles was made. lie had been paid not
an extravagant, but a moderate, fee for Ids
services, which he had just as much liberty to
take as any lawyer or agent had to take a fee.
Subsequently he had taken and paid for IO,
0O0 worth of fctoek in the company. That
was the whole story. There are the five let
ters. There are the whole of them, and here
is Mulligan's memorandum. I keep it as
a protection for myself, to show the identity
of the letters in every respect.
Mr. Glover Will you hae that memoran
dum r- ad ?
Mr. Blaine I will do so.
-Mr. Hale Does this exhibit cover every
paper that came from Mulligan?
Mr. Blaine Every solitary scrap.
Mr. Glover Let lhat uiemorandurn be read
at the clerk's deek.
Mr. Blaine (sending it to the clerk's desk)
Yes, 1 will be glad to have it read.
meuior.iniluin was
read, Mr.
The following is the memorandum of Mul
!ig in :
"1. October I, l-V: filiating to debate In
tlie House nnd I'.la'u.i's. ruling; also Globe,
m,l f nors be w;i. to receive from C. for
prcssijjg bil'.
'!. ii, tou r I, Is.','.": On same subject.
lime '27. li'.'; Th inking Fisher for ml
ili'-t'ilig him to pirticipitc ill the I., and F.
railroad, and urging him to m ike Caldwell
say how much he would gh e him for w hat be
knew . He w ould be no dead head, I-Ilt would
render vil'ivlde assistance.
" 4. .Illtv '21. Si-,l; O l line subject.
" .. Scpfi tuber ', l-'if; Contract wilh dif
ferent pa'-ties.
"ii Con'rut w i'li Nor I cm P.ieille.
"7. M.ivll. 1 -s T : Caldwell il, signed ti
ticat hini b i nds 1 1 1 1 I v.
'"v October -I, lsil-. Fisher to Blaine,
urging settlement of the I nion Pacific II id
ro id account of i?'.'."! nil. I.
".. I let ', I. 1-7I; l'.la'tii" inits that
Ji re arc sii.it 'o paid on the '.,oo,i loan, and
o having received s-'.'l.n 'il from Fisher.
"10. Oc'oherl, 171; Admi's being paid
i,,ooo mi ace, uint of t ern. Mr. Blaine sold
sin dry parties i 1 ooi I first mortgage b unls,
ml common s'o Ii I'.Vi.iki l, preferred stock
l2."i.oi'ii. for which he w n jeiid br them
-Vi in O c ish, at ;, Mr. Blaine was to receive
for his hare in the t r i o.u t ion r2,.s' in
Mind grant bond-, and -';.',' Ht lir-t mortgage
bonds."
After the
B'aine saM:
" iw, I would lie obliged for any gentle
man, when he reads these b t'ers, to sec the
obvious Intent in which that iii'-m, ir.i ml um
was iu i !e up. I desire, uNo. to call attention
tothefu-t that those were the letters for
niiieh I w is ready b" commit suicide, nnd
sundry a? d divers other desperate things, in
order to in 1 1 1 ' t . them.
1 have one or t v. o more ihi"-va' ions ,
make. The pccifi charge which uelif !
the committee was whether I was a Pari v ill
interest to that j''''!,!!!! transaction. I submit
that up to this time there has not bi en one
iiailio'e of proof I i connect me with it. These
let'ers were picked out "f correspondence
extending ot cr fifteen years. The man Mul
ligan did his worst his (cry worst. Thev
were, picked out of the most intimate busi
ness cori-i'-p indciice of in v life. I ask yon,
gentlemen, and 1 a-k with some feeling, it
any of ou could stand a closer seiutinv a
more i L'id investigation of your correspond -eiiec
'! Now, there is bill one piece of lest I
moti v wanting, t lo-1 e is but one I hing to clo-o
(he complete circle ef tr-ti nv. There is
one w it nr-s w honi I c i n't h.i ve ; but to whom
the Judiciary CouniiiHee voted to send a
c able dispatch- J.isiab Caldwell. I usk the
gentleman from Kentucky if that, i abb-dispatch
w as sent ?
Mr. Knott The gentleman from Virginia
I llunton) and 1 have both endeavored to get
Caldwell's addn and have not yet got it.
Mr. Claim lias tin- gi-ullcm in from Ken
tuekv icccivcd a cilde il ispatch from Cald
well
Mr.
M r
Mr
Knott 1 will explain that directly.
I'laino I want a cat' -gone al answer.
Knott -I haw received a dispatch pur
port iug to he from Caldwell. How did you
know 1 got it ?
Mr. Claim advancing down the ai hi
in n did you I H at di.-pateb?
Mr. K iu' I I want vni to ais.vcr my ques
I i- m lir-t .
Mi. Blaine- I never hcaid of i till yester
day. Sir. Knot! How did von hear it ?
Mr. Claim 1 heard t l at you got a dispalch
las Thursday forenoon, from .Iosiah Cald
well, exonerating in compb -Idv and abs.
lu'ely ft om I hi cbarre, and illi L'leat vhe
meiice of i.-i.'i t , m i oil haw suppressed it.
1 1. olid applause ami cheers on I he Kepublicuii
side of the Mouse ami in the galleries, which
caused I he Speaker ' f hi. to lecture the
j -. tileries and lo direct the dooi keeper loclear
the tl ir of all unaiithori.e I persons.
After some time spent in having order re
stored, Mr. I I ;iiie iieain lelintii d to Un
charge, and demanded of Mr. Knott an an
SWer I 1 bis Ue-tioll.
Mr. Knoll I contempt u uisly i I will an
swer when I ml ready. Go on with your
speech.
( Mr. Blaine here oll'ered I, is resolution in
structing tlie Judiciaiy Committee to report
f .rthwith w hellii-r sin Ii telegram had not
been received from Mr. Cald.vcll, and on
which resolution the House subsequently re
fused to Second the previous question.)
The gent lem m (Knot!) it, tended to convey
the idea that I had some illegitimate knowl
edge of how that dispatch was obtained. I
have had no -.otumiiuic-.it ion with Jonah
Caldwell, and no means of knowing from the
telegraph olVn-e when it w.i-- received. But f
tell the gentleman f.oiii Kentucky that mur
der w ill out, and that secrets w ill leak. I am
prepared to st itc to this Hoii-e that at eight
o'clock, or thereabouts, last Thursday morii
iug, Ihe gcnlleman from Kentucky receive 1
and receipted for a message addressed to him
from Jo.-iah Caldwc'l, in London, entirely
corrobor itmg nnd sustaining the test'inoiiv
of Mr. Thomas A. Scott, w hidi Caldwell had
just read in a New York newspaper.
lirely (eu!;a'iiig bio from the
which I aiii bound to believe, Iioni
oiession of that ili-l' i'ch, the gentle
anxious to f.is'en upon mo.
and cu-
eliargcs,
t lie sup-
nien up:
j v( ts am) rn.ri:i;s.
A ( u;. "I half a million flag-pole--has
reached l'hila leiphia from .St. Johns,
N. B.
Km.I.AMi litis a'-otit 110 art school-,
which have an attendance of nearly :!0,i"
pupils.
Sim k tlie war I Yniisylvaiiia has spent
sis.tyf Mi.(.tM) in ( ilbcating Ihe orphans d
soldiers.
Ok the :;:!, (() pcrons employed In
watch-making in Switzerland, one-third
are women.
It is eslimated that over . 1U0,(MM) worth
of pearls have, fil-t and last, been taken
from bivalves in the. st Mann of Northern
Yiiinont.
Tiik firt lnuidi d ind'-litedness of Kan
sas, amounting to s" I ''.!. (id!), and contract
ed iti isiil, was p. iv abb- in fifteen yean.
It fills ,hp- on the 1st ol July next.
Tiik production of pig iron in the
I'nitid States iti 1-To was about '.liMi.niMI
net tons, a falling oil' of about GOei.tKK
Ions eomjn.ied with the production in
It is now said that tin- victims, of Ihe
Koipii fire numbered twenty namely,
twelve soldiers, ol whom two fin- killed
and seven injured, and eight civilian", of
whom three ate killed and live injured.
It is said that the London br Iwih, tak
ifi iidvactagi of the French fa rare ol in
digmnion over the Sue, t f : n s!"' r. " un
loaded"' some of their surplus Ttnki-h
and ligvp'i in slo, ks in Paris ju t In fori:
the market fell.
Onk of the at! factions of the Palis Ex
hibition of 1-Vs is b be Ihe lari:est bal
loon ever mad.'. It will eon'ain 1S,IKI!
cubic meters of g is. nnd is to be twetify
Ibri to thirty-four meters in diameter.
The car wilfhol 1 lit'ly persons.
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