Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 45, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 June 1874 — Page 4

THE INI) L AS A. SI AXE SEKXINEI-T VESD AYrJUNE -101874. -t, -

TUESDAY, JUNE 16.

It wont do to make Americans the text for all tbe sermons preached on imperfect liv ing. I; is the common understanding that owing to tin ambition, the average American is a creature bf weak r-h yskjue and abort life. The statistics tell another story. A compari ton of the death-rate of England and this country Is favorable to the latter as to the average longevity of all classes. . Among our statesmen, John Quincy Adams bad reached the venerable age of 81 ' before be was stricken down. Ol John Adam and Thomas Jefferson, both dying on the same Jav. the former died at the age of 91, and the latter at S3, while Harrison and Tyler were both well advanced in life. Of late statesmen, however, the showing is perhaps not o favorable, Horace Greeley died in his 21 year, Salmon Chase in" his ,66th, and Charles Sumner had nearly completed his 43J year. Indeed, among our greatest law lawyers and jurists, long life would seem to be the rule, and not the exception. This fact also applies with equal truth to the ofli ers of the army and navy. Among the classes, the membors of which are most remarkable for longevity, the journalists and merchants are most prominent. Men of science are also conspicuous for tb ad vaneed age to which they pursue their inves tigations, while clergymen are unusually tenacious of lite. It is only among certain of the industrial classes that the death rate is aoticeably large, and this fact is easily explained by hygienic causes. The intellectual activity of the Am er lean people can hardly be longer assigned as a cause of premature decay since the same activity, in youthtul years is acknowledged as an essential and undisputed element . of the eo ai detest vigor and health. Statistics Lave removed many popular delusions and among them is the one that the human race is deteriorating physically and that men nowadays die in their youth, while nothing has been more conclusively proven than that the longevity of civilized men, has constantly increased during the past centuries. Whether that time will ever come "when the nations of the earth shall learn war no more' or not,' certain it is that the higher tendencies of, modern civilization are all diracled toward the regulation and amelioration of the evil of war. Not least prominent among these endeavors has been the attempt to reduce the loose and conflicting military laws and customs of the civilized nations to something of an international recognition and adoption. Among -he most fruitful . sources of broken treaties and disregarded pledges has been the acknowledged right and freedom of each nation to usurp all advantages, irrespective of all pledges of national honor or individual character. To uuify sid codify these varied military laws, which xist to a fireater less extent merely as the crafty subterfuges of each nation, has been the earnest desire and study of a number of gentlemen who are to meet in Brussels, in Belgium, during the coming July. At that time the representatives of most of the nations of Kuropo will bring the result of many years' of study and investigation to the solution of a very difficult . problem. Chief among the representatives from ' this cijntry will be David Dudley Field, of New York, who has made for some time a specialty of this branch of jurispru fence... The task is a very delicate and complicated one inasmuch as the great body of the present international laws are in a very indefinite and cumbrous condition. JJut if ach a code is established and nominally adopted, its practical observance will fotill be a matter of great uncertainty. For ; only equal and neutral natiors -will . find it - to their interest to adhere to its provisions, while the great combatting powers will continually seem to find i their, interest in its frequent and open violat Ion- The "balance ol power" is no mere d inlcult of determination than the balance oi 'honor among the crowned heads of auobi. ioas kings and emperors. Still the atlei. ipt and the simple fact of such a conien meecaa but conduce to the honest and inte Uigeot consideration of the claims of this tan?, and the lawa of warfare may yet to so modified by the moral influence of publi eopinion as to result very favorably to tbeca aof huniarity. An iuJvis of the vote by wmcb the finance till was defeated shows a singula.' and su- tgesiira change. Pig Iron Kellfy arrrys h loiself against it, but it is probftbly because tj wants a biggr explosion of money. Tbe encouraging - part of the business .fethat it is the final evidence of what 'has t wn reoogniaed eanoe tbe vet mes sage that change has been working itself in the publ. c niiud, and that those w were misled into r be singular deiuaioa of UtatioD, are recogaizi ng the fact that inflation is only depreciation, an inordinate increase of paper representing money, based on pablic confidence. The cr tze for expansion ia, however", just like the a boddy fever thai fell on Jhe counter during' the nrst years or tae war, Like the diamond fever that populated Bourn Africa with a hungry tnultitu'e of fortune lunter, destined to disappointment and ruin, or like the South sea bubble, when tbe estates of the nobles were pledged for certlflcnt8 of stocks, and which fin all v turned oat worthless. It is an un happy infirmity of human , nature to look more leniently on robbery masked in this way, than upon the more outspoken and far less dangerous grab and credit mobilier system. Those who demand expansion as an experimental cure of the present business depression are given to arguing that a flood of convertible ratea w.'ll put money into the Hands of all who need it just as one might arjue ttat if wooden borses were made plenty .cavalry would be tihe cheapestjnstead of the costliest branch of the public service. Should you equip a brigade i -with wooden animals, it would turn out that the experiment amounted to very little, as they could not fulfil the objects of their creation. It Is precisely the same with the paper dollar, and those who were most

blinded af first are now coming to see it. Thia will account, to some extent, for the Vote in the House, Saturday, though possibly party needs had something to do with the result. It is not improbable that the leaders made up ' ; their minds that farther difference on tbe subject would be tantamount to formal dissolution of the republican party, and rather than lose the profit derived from that enginery, they bave resolved to bury such differencea ot conscientious scruple as they may have heretofore experienced. . Tbe probability of thia surmise is strengthened, recalling tbe fact that the session ends ' Saturday next, and an adjournment' with the " party divided would make the ' next' meeting rather perilous. Above all the certainty that General Grant stands pledged to protect the interests of the people and intervene the veto aealust any peril to the public ' credit, ba aided , tbe majority in the decision to drop the mischievous measure. It is unfortunate that the session has been permitted to pass without va de cided restoration o! public confidence, as no newa ia trood news in war. no action is wise action, when public men are so demoralized as they are at present. Tt rather melancholv to reflect that even greatness leaves no restraint on neces aitv after death. The other day we read of tha aale of the household articles of Charles Sumner, and the scene sent a chill through the country. Mr. Sumner's house in Washington was peculiarly rich in all those things which the scholar and artist delight to collect and cherish. ' No visitors to the senator's residence ever forgot the collections of pictures, statuarv, trifles, rare books and engravings which found an appreciative seclusion in hia elegant house. At the sale, however, only the furniture remained to be disposed . of, and this was ruthlessly knocked down to the lowest bidder. Among the latter were many personal friends who came to obtain some souvenirs of the departed statesman, but the greater part of those in attendance were attracted there simply out of a morbid and idle curiosity. The sale in its general character and results was a good one, but only the small and miscellaneous articles brought extravagant prices. Among the articles sold was a very handsome sideboard bought of Mr. Wormly, the colored caterer, and one of Mr. Sumner's warmest friends for $200. The dining table was disposed of at $100 to the same buyer. This table was especially sought out and desired by his sincerest friends, as around it be gathered poets, artists, philosopher?, scholars, politicians, historians, diplo mats and ' statesmen. If that elegantly finished table were to be given the power of articulation what strange and intensely interesting reminiscences would it relate! The hardest struggle seems to have been over Mr. Sumner's arm-chair in his study, in which he had spent so many studious hours. The chair, although probably not worth more than ?25, soon ran up to the extraor dinary figure of $315, at which price Mr. Wormly was the - fortunate bidder. Tbe parlor mirror was bought by James Free man Clarke for $193, and many other of tbe most intimate friends possessed themselves of at least a single choica memento. The most valuable article in Mr. Sumner's house however, is not to be-.eold. It is an old Ger man clock fashioned like the old pier or hall clocks of a few generations pa?. Besides marking the usual divisions of time and indicating the contemporary phases of the moon, it contains a most exquisite chime of bells, capable of not only marking the quarter hours, but also of beating a tune. Bids as hig aa $3,000 have been of fered for this, bu they have been invariably refused. Mrs. Hastings, of San Francisco. Mr. Sumner' sister, having expressed a desirto possess this clock it will 1e sent to her. Thus are scattered far and near the previous .relics of an unusually lovely hous?, relics which can never be gathered agtin, but the spirit of that noble soul in whse presence they were sanctified must ever remain with them, wherever they may go. ' Some f the presses consider it dodging the question to waive the dispute about money in the popular con entions. It does not sem to occur to them wrangling over the philosophy of finance by the whole couitry, including the congress of 1 the United States, has not advanced the solution rf the question a single peg, either in the evolution of a clear financial theory, or towards the adoption of any measures of permanent policy. Two of the ablest journals of the country, side by side, the New York Bulletin and tbe Journal of Commerce, are in direct antagonism to-day on the issue of repealing tbe legal tender act. Both are in favor of a specie basis for the currency, but they differ directly aa to tbe effect of this measure proposed by the president. If it were a question of morals, of prejudice, or of party, this persistent disagreement might be expected. But it is not. The problem is one of simple business, closely approximating that of simple mathematics. It is, at most, one of business respecting which there are lying somewhere fundamental principles within reach of discovery, and on whieb it is safe to make calculations. The experience of six or eight months has shown, both in and out of congress, that the question cannot be settled by a course of popular argu ment and dispute. It is not an issue which can be acted on by a popular vote, for it is not understood. Every man thinks he is right, but no man seems to be able to convince his opponent. Now, when Mr. Chase devised and put into successful execution the greenback policy, had the matter been submitted to the people, there would have been tbe same indeterminate disputes, argument and vehement disagreement. It was so, in fact. Aien cursed the greenbacks, prophesied all manner of evil against them, refused, in some instances, to take them, and condemned the policy as unsound. Had it been, as now, an issue in politics, we should have had out wise longwinded Buchanans, our demagogue Ollemans and hosts of blind nnd precipitate fol lowers after both them and their opponents. Unt tow would tho result have come out äs 1

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platforms, a pledge of legislators, and finally a subject Of political legislation? It is not possible for the system of currency to be made with safety" a subject to be settled in. popular elections. The wild cry of "more money," prosperity, business, great enterprises, high wages, hurrah boys, all this Is captivating to the unthinking masa They seize upon ii greedily, refuse to listen to any body that is calmly distrustful and demand inflation as a mob of communists tear down a city. There are plenty of men ready to respond to this demand, men who love to be cheered. who always talk to please the ears of the multitude, no matter what their convictions are. They do not lead tbe thought but follow breath of the crowd, to win personal support, v not to teach the truth. It ia no impeachment of intelligence to say the masses do not know how to regulate the currency. Congress does not know how. the leading students and writers of finance come to different con elusions entirely. What then? Who shall determine the issuesT... They must and will be settled by the logic of events, the natural forces of business. It only remains for tbe government to act in good faith, keep its promises, regulate the currency in the sense of making it good, safe, stable and permanent. Thia done, the amount will be determined by the demands oi business, just as certainly as tbe amount of cars required to do the business of a railioad. There are, and will be, times when cars are short at one end of the line and in excess at the other. But then tbe company do not go . and build and pile on twice as many as tbey can use. It is not dodging a question to refer it to tbe proper tribunal for solution. If the readers of tbe state papers were to keep a record of the casualties by runaways and unmanageable horses, the number would exceed that of any other description ofaccidenls. The horse was a ''vain thing for safety" in the days of King Solomon and and be has maintained his character bravely. Yet it is not the fault of tbe horse, so much as his lack of education. Tbe reason of daily accidents lies mainly in the fact of using unbroken animals. A horse that has been thoroughly broken, so as to be a safe animal to a carriage in which a family trust their lives, is a very different thing fr m one which may be driven along until he encounters a locomotive, an umbrella, a band of music, a stream of water from a hydrant, a flying scrap of paper or pile of dirt In the street, or a hundred other things' that ' might be named, and then becomes i desperate with fright, wrecking all that is harnessed to him. Yet the latter is the sort of horse that most men drive. Comparatively few horses are safe except on plain Bailing. The history oi a western colt generally runs about this way. lie runs looso as a broncho oi a Texas prai rie, till tbe farmer's boy jumps on his back to ride around on Sunday : neat he u hitched by the side of a steady and strong old veteran to plow. Tamed a little in this way he takes hia turn a few times at tbe farm wagon. The first time he goes to town a sharp buyer sees his points and he soon becomes a city nag. The creature knows nothing by handling, and though partly broken is untrained and in any unusual situation is as unmanageable as a wild colt. In a buggy he is as likely to turn short round as if he were under sad dle, and is ready to do it in either case, if he don't like appearances in front. There are exceptions of course, to this history, but these are the horses that run away and kill, or break the bones of a dozen IIoosi?rs every week of the year. There has boon no lack of itinerant horse trainers who teach the art in three lessons for ten dollars, but their missionary labors have not done much to give us safe horses. Talk about the fabulous value of your . fast stock ruuning up to $100,000 for Dexter; a better quality than speed is safety. A family carriage team which waits . on the wife and children and which is absolutely fearless, controllable by word and rein, is better worth a million than Bonner's fancy gelding is a twentieth part of the amount. Indiana is beset with races. If half the time and cost giveu to speed were devoted the improvement of horse education in this day of demoniac engines and lightning juggernauts, a better service would be done to the state by half. Such general comment as comes to hand, indicates that the press at large means to deal fairly with the phases of tbe recent independent convention. It can not be considered wholly a failure if the ultimate results are considered. The incoherent mass that come together bent on a general reformation, although doing those things which momentarily impede the course of reform, will by and by gain experience and training and put into proper shape tbe demands of the time. It Is by no means a hopeless situ ation for tbe believer in reform. Great events are brought to pass very slowly. Men cling to the creed of their fathers long after the creed has been worn threadbare, and we need not despond that even rogues have a following of blinded zealots who are slow to see and believe the iniquities oi parties. The partial check to the amazing strides of non-partyism is an immense encouragement to the party lead ers and presses of both sides, and the pscans of triumph from straight republicans and straight democrats are loud and long Both are eager to seize the frag ments gathered together under tbe banner of reform. Both are therefore lavishing Lbroad blandishments on the farmers, and showing them how sweet and good it is to vote with tbe "great parties." It is not improbable that the work of the convention has been threwn away, and that thousands disgusted by the amazing folly of those who attempted to give expression to the reform sentiment, will hold aloof from any active aid ; but it is the duty of the earnest men none tbe less to stand by what is good in tbe work, and push the battle squarely onward under the independent banner. There Is a ticket in the field, which, with . one exception, can be supported Dy those who preier political independence to party degradation. It Is not probable that the candidates nominated at the Exposition can be elected the 1

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convention made the fatal Impediment which rendered that impossible. A vote can be polled, however, which will indicate to the . partisans . that ( ; a second and a more . coherent effort will carry tbe day. . To ail this, candidates must be put before the people in every district, county and township. These can be elected in very nearly every section of the state, and the vote which gives the legislature to the independents will - go a good distance , toward ' electing tbe general ticket. That la the place to form i be basis of a pore party in tbe land. ' Tbe tax payers In every county in the state are dissatisfied ' with the rapid increase of expense, with do corresponding official outlay. " 1 Two' 'or i;i three" '; . officers . '. in most' 1 of tbe counties r monopolize , a greater : amount of money than t tbe government of ' the state, or thd whole supreme bench.' It costs Marion .county

for instance, more to maintain the sheriff andacounty clerk than it did tbe country to maintain the president before Grant's grab came to pass. It is in equal proportion to this in eyery county of the state. To change this order of things the people sbncld put men , in' nomination pledged to the cutting down of exorbitant fees and tbe maintenance of these offices on tbe most rigorously economical scale. In some of the countks this work has already begun and when every county in the state has adopted the same plan we shall see the be ginning of a pt actical refoim. There is among the people, and especially tbe farmers, a conviction that taxation is unequal and that tbe farmers bear more than their share of the burden. This general belief is true, without doubt. But the com plaint from some quarters that this fact is attributable to tbe present law probably arises from a superfic'al view. Tbe grievance of taxation may lie in two directions First, there may be too much money raised and expended by improvident or corrupt management. It may be that such is the cate . with the . state of Indiana now. For while the rate of state tax was raised by tbe last legislature from five to fifteen cents on the hundred dollars, at the same time the nileol assessment was so changed as io incr-a-w tbe valuation of property almost fifty percent. ; The raising of tbe sate tax U no, however, so import ant an item as many regard it. The chief burden comes from the levies of the counties and - townships i)T . local expenditures. Bad as heavy taxation is, it is less exasperating by far than tbe unequal distribution of the public expense. The farmer has good reason to complain and to make his complaints heard when his land, live stock, grain, hay, utensils and money, it be happens to bave a bank account, are assessed at their mil value, while the larger wealth of the capitalist slips through without taking its share. The farmer is no worse outraged in this regard than the laborer and all classes whose property consists jn a house and tbe ordinary line of personal possessions. These men of moderate means are all made to pay according to the letter of the law. The assessor gets at every item of value which they represent. In many cases tbey actually pay a double tax. On this subject Mr. David A. Wells says; I come now to the point, whether a tax on land at its full value and a tax on a debt for money loaned, secured by a mortgage on tbe land, U In substance and legal effect a tax on the same . property. We all know, as a matter of general notoriety, that almost universally, by a stipulation between parties, the mortgagor is obliged to pay the tax both on the land and on the moiteage. Practically he is twice taxed on the same value If he has still in his possession the borrowed money to secure which the mortgage was made. The law taxes.in bis hand both money and land ; and by his stipulation he la required to pay tax on the mortgage debt, and also, If the money has passed out of his hands Into the possession of tome other tax-payer, it is taxed in the hands of tbe latter, so that the money bears its share of taxation and the land its share, in the hands of whomsoever they may ha ppeu to be." And he further shows that the lender of monry either stipulates directly that the borrower shall pay the tax upon it, or adjusts tbe rate of interest so that the tax ' shall come off the borrower. But the difficulty and outrage ot unequal taxation lie on a deeper cause than tbe Indiana law and the principle of assessing full values. If this law were repealed, as many are disposed to demand, it would not help the case. To assess property at its just value would work no hardship if the system were fairly adjusted and applied, while it would avoid serious mischiefs that have been demonstrated in all past experiences. The trouble, as Mr. Wells is doing much to ex plain, is in the vain attempt to reach all values in the various forms of visi ble and invisible . property. It is impossible to be done as every oie knows. A vast amount of property is constantly in transitu on railroads, which cannot be taxad, tbe value of stocks worth more than par. dividends not declared, untaxable bonds and securities representing millions, and a vast amount of pub'ic wealth escape wholly from paying its share of pub lic expense. The remedy is in simplifying and reducing the representatives of value Taxes never can approximate equality while they attempt to reach every form of per sosal property. ,What plan shall be adopted cannot be discussed no a, but ' tbe ' thought of science is on the track, and a radical reform only waits a full investigation of this subject. It is disastrous to be continu ally making and repealing laws and trying experiments which involve all the interests of the state. The people are madly frivo lous in demanding legislation .tor. every evil that springs up.and then before a law has reached its legitimate operation clamoring for repeal. Building up and pulling down and keeping all things in doubt,' distrust and insecurity is the folly of the time. It is vastly more important at this time to secure a fair execution of the law as it is, than to make and unmake, in both cases inconsidrately and often in obedieace to a wild clamor of an impetuous public. The land case between the settlers on the Osage ceded lands in Kansas, and the Mis souri, Kansas Ä Texas and Leavenworth. Lawrence A Gulf railroads was argued lately before Judges Miller and Dillon, in the United States Circuit Court at Leavenworth. Tbe title to 900.000 acres of land, valued at fö.000,000 and the homes of 20.000 set.'lers.are lavolyed in the case, . , 1

XL1II CONGRESS.

- - ' HOUSE.; x PBFSATOF TUB FIITANCB RXPORT AFPROPRI , ATIOXS FOR BCILDIXQS DEORaLIZISQ THE CIVIL BXRVICK. , t Washixotojc, June 13. The proceedings opened amid groat noise and confusion; manymemoers striving tobe lecognized. Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, in order to get out of me tumult, moved that the House resolve itself iuto tbe committee of tbe whole, but the speaker suggested that the House had already resolved itself into utter confusion. , ir. Aiaynaru, or Tennessee, then made the conference report on the currency " mj explain me report, to specify tbe changes in the bill aa pissed by the House, and the substitute as reported Dack irom the conference committee: two uiatvnu jiuinw, ueiDg, nrst. as to the proportion of legal tenders to be cancelled on tne issue or more bank currency, it being uuw uiou m vuraMigDu; ana, second, as to me lime ror me redemption or United States notes In gold or bonds, which is now fixed for the 1st of January, 1878. These,he said, were concessions made in opposite directions. . Mr. Lawrence, of Ohio, asked Mr. Msvnard whether he thought it would be rr&rtible to resume specie payments on the 1st of January, leys. Mr. Aiaynard leplied that it would be practicable to redeem United States notes, If not in specie.at least in bonds issued under ineactoi isyi. Mr. Lawrence Of wnat advantage will that be to the public at lareer Mr. Maynard It will aliow the holders of legal tender notes to purchase gold interest bearing bonds and then tbe secretary of the treasury can use these very notes for the purpose of calling in tbe outstanding debt ijeanng a high rate of Interest. The effect of it win be to fund, In a few years, the entire public debt at a low rate of interest. Mr. Lawrence Is there not daneer that f. 1 .1 1 tf.il . i o ii wuuiu ue louowea oy A RAPID CONTRACTION of the currency. Mr. Maynard Not at all. ' Mr. Clymer, of Pennsylvania, the member of the conference committees, who did not sign the report.made a speech stating the reasons for his dissent. lie regarded the substitute as a transparent fraud intended to allow the republican party to' escape condemntion and to bridge over the coming elections. Ilia axiomatic financial principle was that the only standard of money was gold and silver. lie would not favor further disgraoe and misery on the country by yoting for the conference report. Mr. Kellogg, of Connecticut, rose to ask Mr. Clymer a question, but was met with general cries of "vote." "vote." from both sides of tbe House. Mr. Maynard regretted tbe absence of Mr. Clymer's name from the report, beaanm it might seem to give a sectional character to the question ot the currencv. hot Ha hoped the vote of the House would obliterate any such idea. " The House then proceeded to vote on fb report of the conference committee, and it was rejected: veas 103. navs I4ß. aa fol lows: Yeas: Albright. Averill. Barber. Barnard. Begole, Biery, Bradley. Brombenr. Rnndv. Burcbard, Burrows, Butler of Tennessee, Cain, Cannon, Cessna, Clark ot New Jersey, Clements, Cobb of North Carolina, Cobb of Kansas, Conger, Cotton, Crounse, Crutchfield, Curtis, Darrell, Dobbins, Dunnell. Farwen, r on. roster, uarueid, liagans, Harri son, llawley of Illinois, llays, llazleton of New Jersey, Hodges, Howe, Hunter, Hurlbut, Hynee, Kasson, Lamport, Lansing, Lewis, Lofland, Loughridge, Lowe, Lvnch, Martin, Maynard, McCrary, McDill of Iowa, McKee, McNulta, Merriam, Monroe, Morey, Myers, Negley, Orr, Packard, Packer, Par sons, Pelham, Phillips, Piatt of Virginia. Fratt.Purman, Rainey, Kansier, Rapeer.Ray. rwiuo, xucuujuuu, xvouinson or umo, Ross, Rusk, Sawyer, Scofield. Scudder of New Jersey, Sener, Sherwood, Shoemaker, Smith of Pennsylvania. Smith of Inislana. Smith of Virginia, Smith of Ohio, Snyder, Sprague, Stowell, Strait, Strawbridge, Thomas of North Carolina, Thornburg, Todd, Waldron, "Ward of Illinois. Ward of New Jersey, Wbiteley, Willard of Michigan, Williams of Wisconsin, Williams of Indiana. Williams of Michigan. Wilshire, . Wilson of Iowa. Woodworth. loiai, loa. , A ays: Adams. Albert. Archer. Arthur. Ashe, Atkins, Banning, Barnum, Bass. oeea, lieu, uerry, Diana, Jtiiount, Brown, Bright, - Brown. Buckner. Buffinton. Burleigh, Butler of Massachusetts. Caldwell. i;assou, uiara oi Missouri, uiark or New York ' - Clymer, Coburn. Comlrcro. wK, jorwiu, uox, creamer, Crittenden, Crooke, Crossland, Danford, Davis, Dawes, Bonnan, Durham, Eames, Eden, Frye, Gldnings, Glover, Gooch, Gunckel, Hale of Maine, Hamilton, Hancock, Harris of Massachusetts; Harris of Georgia, Harris of Virginia. Hatcher, Hathorn, Havens, Hawley of Connecticut, Hendee, Hereford. Herndon; E. R. Hoar, G. F. Hoar, Hooper, Hoskins, Hunter, Hyde, Jewett, . Kelly, Kellogg. Kendall, Knapp, Lamar, Lamison, Lawrence, Law son, Leaeb, Lowndes, Luttrell, Magee, Marshall, McLeon, Milliken, Mills. Moore, Morrison, Neal, Nesmith, Niblack, Niles. NuBn, O'Brien,. O'Xeil, Orth, Page, Parker of New Hampshire, Parker of Missouri, Pendleton, Perry, Phelpa, Pierce, Pike, Piatt of New York, Poland, Potter, Randall, Read, E. II. Roberts, Robinson of Illinois, Sayler, of Indiana, Saylor, of Ohio, Schumacker, Scudder of New York, Sener, Sessions, Shanks, Sloan, Small, Smart, Smith oi New York, Southard, Sneer. Stanard. Standeford. starkweather, Stone, Storm, Swann, Svpber, Thomas of Virginia, Tremain, Turner, Vance, Wallace, Walls, Wells. Wheeler, White, Wbitehead.Whitehoufe, Whittborne, wiinara, wiuie, woiie, wood, Woodford and Young of Kentucky. 146. Mr. Negley, of Pennsylvania, in votinsr aye said that he did so out of respect for tbe VIEWS OF HI3 CONSTITTKNTS, but that personally he was opposed to several, of the provisions of the bill. Mr. Dawes, of Massachusetts, moved that the subject be sent to a new conference com mittee. Agreed to ; yeas 193, nays 43. Those voting in the negative were Messrs. Archer, Bass, Berry, Bromberg, Bufflnton, Bundy. Clark of New York, Clements, Cox,Crooke, Eden, Farwell, Frye, Hamilton, Hoak ins, Hurl but, Kendall, Lamison, Lowndes, Luttrell, Mills, Morrison, Neal. Nesmith, Niles, O'Brien, Page, Parker, of New Hampshire, rneips, fierce, .rotter, itanaau, itay, itead, Rice, Robinson of Illinois, Sessions, Small, OUIMII, UU1UU UtilCK IUI., oieri QtUlIO Swann, Thomas of Virginia, Walls, Wan of Illinois, Wilshire and Wolfe 48. Tbe speaker announced the following gentlemen members of tbe conference committee on tbe part of the house: Messrs. Dawes, . McCrary of Iowa, and Marshall of Illinois. The House then went Into the committee of the whole, with Mr. Dawes in the chair. on tne sunary civil appropriation bill. On tbe motion of Mr Fort, of Illinois, an item of 50,000 was inserted for printing the agricultural reports lor is3 and 1S74. The aPDr itr iations made for nublin hnll.lings under the supervising architect of the treasury Include tho following: Custom house and sub-treasury at Chicacro. for tbe continuation, $750.000; custom house and postofflce at Cincinnati, continuation, StiOO,000; custom bouse, court house, etc., at Evansville, 50,000; custom house and postofiice at Memphis, 30,000; court house and

postofflce at St. Louis, continuation,- 750,000; custom bouse at Port Huron. Michigan, continuation, ?75,000; custom bouse at Milwaukee, repairs, etc., $38,433; custom house at KnoxTille, Tennessee, furniture. etc.. 20,000; custom bouse at Grand Rapids, Michigan, cost of site, etc., fTO.000; repairs and preservation of all . the public buildings 509.000; new buildings for state, war and navy departments at Washington continuation, f700,000; lurniture for the same, $112.000, furniture for all the public buildings 500,000; ruel, light, etc, for the same, 25,000; vaults, safes and locks for the same, f75,00o; and heating apparatus for

", ijuu.uw; nt-aung and lighting the new state department building y,500. When tbe item of ITOO.ooo tor th tia

bullding for the state, war and navy depart- ' department was reached, Mr. Coburn of Indiana,' moved to reduce the amount to $50,000 and to postpone THB OONSTKTJCnOH OF wncos' . for tbe war and navy departments. - In tbe course of the debate, Mr. Speer, of Pennsylvania, intimated that some government officials weae Interested m the quarries from which the granite is obtained, but Mr. Piatt, of Pennsylvania, chairman of tho committee on public grounds and buildings, emphatically denied it. and explained that one of the quarries was in Maine and the other was near Richmond Va. He himself bad been very active io procuring the contract for tbe Richmond qnarry, but had no pecuniary interest in it, direct or Indirect, and had never been reimbursed, even for his personal expenses in the state. Mr. Coburn's amendment was rejected. Ou tbe motion ot Mr. Randall, the item of $112.000 lor furniture for the new state department building, was reduced to $75,000. and the item ol U0,000 for furniture for all public buildings was reduced to ?150,000. Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, offered an amendment of which be gave notice yesterday, to abolish the civil service commission. He accepted tbe proposition of &fr. Kasson, of Iowa, which makes it the duty of the head of each executive department to prescribe and publish rules for ascertaining the qualifications ot applicants for appointments at bis disposal, and to make such appointments from candidates who bave tbe qualifications - -of - honesty, efficiency and . fidelity and . not as a reward for mere party seal, giving the preference only to those who have tbe additiocal qualification of an honorable record in tbe military or naval service of the United States, and to make such appointments as eq dtably as possible from the candidate from the several congressional districts. The proposition also required the leasons for removal to be entered on the records of the department. Mr. Hoskins, of New York, moved to amend tbe amendment by striking out that portion of it proposed by Mr. Kasson, and inserting in lieu of it a paragraph to give the preference to soldiers and sailers, and t h5. dependant relations. Agreed to. Without disposing formal lv of MV Butler's proposition and tbe amendment, tbe committee rose, and the Housa at s.j.i adjourned. THE OUTBREAK OF PRISONERS. - COMMUItlCATIQJI FROM THE WARDEN OF THE PRISON SOUTH PABTICULARS OF THE RECENT OUTBREAK OFFICIALLY GIVEN. Gov. Hendricks yesterday received the following communication from the warden of tbe Prison South, at Jeffersonville, giving the particulars regarding the recent desperate attempt by several convicts to escape the prison: ' Gov. Thomas A. Hendricks: Dear Sir: You have learned, thronen the papers, of the attempt that was made by four of our convicts to escape from prison, but I think It advisable to give you an official report. On May 11 the difficulty occurred, as follows: Tbe guard who was on duty, ' George Chamberlain, opened the iron door at tbe toot of the hospital steps to pass out Col. Millard, a contractor, when four of our most desperate prisoners, viz: William Kennedy. mucu .iicat), m uuam. otaniey and Newton Port, ran through the door, pushing Chamberlain aside and reaching the street, up which they ran past the warden's house, flourishing revolvers and. knives, and threatening all whom they uiei. y ueu auoub one nuuarea yards from the prison, they were overtaken by Cham- . 1 .. a . . Deriaio, wno naa artuea mmseif, and the firing commenced between him and Kennedy; at tbe third fire, Mr. C. fell shot through the brain. Some fifty yards farther on, Port ran upon me and presented his revolver, but had not the nerve to fire, although he could easilv have killed me, as I was totally unarmed. While he hesitated, Applegate ran up and fired three shots at . me in rapid succession. The first cut its way through my hair jufet above tbe ear and knocked me down, and the second passed through my pants leg, but did no barm. I struck bim twice with a brick-bat, , holding it in my hand; the second time it felled him to the ground and bis capture was effected. Still further on Webb Holmes, a citizen, tried to stop Port, but, b.Ing unarmed, he came near having his throat cut, and doubtless would have, had it not been for the timelv , aid of William Brown, a colored trusty con vict, who struck Port and released Mr. Holmes. By this time Kennedy, AFTER KILLING CHAMBERLAIN, overtook the others and fired a shot at Brown, which took effect in the edge of the left upper lip. near the cheek, and raneed downwards to the right side of the neck from which it was afterwards extracted. Several guards and itizens had cow joined in the pursuit and a kind of running fight was kept up for a quarter of a mile further with bricks, pistols, or anything that could be bad, until Port was killed, and after a desperate resistance, Stanley and Kennedy were knocked down and captured. Within thirty minutes from the time of their escape all were back within the walls. The desperate . character of the fight may be Judged from the lact that within thirty minutes two men were killed and five or six more or less wounded out of not more than ten -engaged. Kennedy, Applegate, and Stanley and a convict, Slaugbter,who was in the conspiracy with them are now securely kept ia -their cells to await their trial. Do you think " it would be advisable to have an attorney general take charge of the case? It can be positively proven that Kennedy shot and killed Chamberlain, and that - it was he who shot Wm. Brown, and we have almost enough evidence to convict certain outside arties for aiding the escape.- We have earned since the fight that that was not the manner in which they had expected to make the escape. The plan was about as fellows: Certain outside parties had promised to give -them the necessary assistance to enable them to effect their escape early in' the morning of the 11th, but owing to 6orrs miscalculation they dln'nt carry out their plan and the conspirators resorted to tbe more desperate alternative, of an open attack, with the result already seen. The revolvers were smuggled in by a friend of one of tbe convicts, (who had been allowed occasionally to see bim under tbe eye of tbe cnard.) and 6ecreted somewhere within the walls until ready for action. There have been various rumors in regard to more outbreaks, but we are doubly watchful, and do not anticipate farther trouble. Respectfully yours. D. S. Shuler, Warden. A marble-fronted Chicagoan, worth a quarter-million, lately tried to get a little child indicted for stealing 50 cents' worth of wood.