Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 23, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1878 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL; 'WEDNESDAY MOBNINO, JANUARY 23. 1878.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23. Hates, though a presidential fraud, the creation of perjury, will hardly dare to re to tlie nlTM bill. Wires Mile. Titiens, the prima donna, 4ied, she measured ninety-eight inches around the waist. Last year the school taxes" of Ohio were 11,000,000. For the accommodation -of. the pupils 490 buildings were erected. Duaiwa the month of December there ere 52 failures in Boston. The aggregated liabilities were $3,197,000; the assets, '12,370,COO. ' Art man who has one grain of "Dense can not fail to eee that the silver dollar of 412! rrtng is to 'be renxmetized and 'made a legal teader. Valls, the colored ex-congrensnian frsra yiorida, has been declared by a commission lunatic, and is to be confined in a piblic uylusa. ' la Wisconsin there are Uwenty nrillion acres of arable land which have never been plowed, llnch of it is splendid for meadow land, and the remainder is Rood for farming. A costly Mormon temple is beingfcuilt on -the summit of a mountain at Maati, Utah. It will take four years to complete it, and a iorce of fire hundred Eaen are now engaged on it vaannaBaiMaiaMipwBaaaaaiaMaBw A TSim man who has been in Texas a year studied out a terse telegram to seed 3iome to Auburn, New York. Eis message -was, "Fatted calf for one." Ilia father understood. Th speech of Senator Voorhees is having a circulation in -Indiana that exceeds all precedent. Orders have poured upon the Sentinel until they have reached 100,000, and are still coming. Let them come. The Sentinel is prepared to supply the largest 33ssible demand. Ths impeachment of Hayes and Wheeler is engiging the attention of the country. These twins of fraud the Chang and Eng of perjury, linked indissolubly by crimes that humiliate humanity should step down and oat. The genius of our institutions demands it, and the United States are degraded in the eyes of the world while they remain in office. . Therk is a growing demand in Germany -for various kinds of American machinery, feither the government nor native machin ists are favorably impressed with this, and Are making strenuous efforts to induce the people and corporations to patronize home industries. "But as vet they have not been Able to ch:r.ge the tide of trade, whicn is setting so strongly towards American shores. Tna New York Sun puts it thus: "Mon "treal and Chicago are the two cities most conspicuous for failures, Boston and Philadelphia for sneak thieves, Cincinnati and '.Louisville for whisky thieves, Washington 'and Richmond for elegant Americans of African descent, New Orleans and Charleston for cotton, San Francisco and Si. Louis 1ot Chinamen, Baltimore and Norfolk for "oysters. Cincinnati ' is also celebrated for true goodness." And Indianapolis? Tax state department of agriculture of Il linois has prepared a report showing the acreage yield in bushels of the corn crop of that state for the year 1877 : Vnmber of acre 8.935,411 "Yield in bushels fi,ss',712 "Value J77,yjlVS7y For the year 1876 the following figures are jrlven: Number of aeres- . 8.915.791 Yield in buhels. Value , 2fH,112,ll itts,M15U The Journal, which continually misrepresents the people of Indiana, and which is inown to be controlled by eastern Shylocks, continues to advocate the veto power as a means of reversing the will of the people as expressed through their representatives in congress. It says: . The vote In the senate on Wednesday on referring senator Matthews4 resolution to the Judiciary committee demonstrates very clearly mat tbe Eland bill can not push the senate over t&e president's veto. There Is scarcely a doubt that the president will veto the bill unlaw It is ho amended as to Increase the amount of silver to be coined Into a dollar under Its terras. That Is, he will veto any bill making 4iy grains of nine-tenths silver an unlimited t-gaj it-ruier Kr a aouaroi au puDiic anupri ale indebtedness. It is possible that Hayes will veto the Bland bill, and it is also possible that the bill can not ba passed over his veto, but we conclude that Hayes, crime stained creature that he is, will hesitate somewhat He will not tare, to provoke further antagonisms. , lie will not care urge forward articles of impeachment. He will not care to exasper ate tbe will of the . people to an extent that shall mike an investigation of his connection with tbe Florida and Loiisiana villainies inevitable. That he' is as guilty as J. Madi sea Wells there is now little doubt. That he is a presidential fraud is admitted. by the great majority of the people, and a veto by Lira will bring into still great odiooaness the crimes by virtue of which ne was lifted Into power. There Is no mistaking the fact that Hayes is in offioe as the result of a series of the most ignominious crimes that ever disgraced any civilized country, and the temper of the people favors the exposure of the detestable plot If Hayes concludes to still farther arouse the Indignation of the people by riveting the fetters that Shylccki'have forged for the purpose of enslaving the people no consideration will be shown him. The peo pie demand straight out the' dollar of the contract the dollar as it was before the de monetititlon act swindled the people! The demand is honest to all parties concerned. and Haves will do well to think several times before be laterposes.a veto.

THE HO.V. DANIEL IV. YOOBUCCS. We give in the Sentinel to day the masterly speech of Senator Voorhees. It is worthy of the treat reputation of the senator, worthy ef the great state he represents, worthy of the great Interests he advocates. In a word, Senator Voorhees has touched the great national heart, sounded its profoundest depths, aroused its most active sympathies, intensified every honest oonviction, and dealt dishonest legislation a staggering blow from which It will never recover. The speech tve publish to-day is destined to have a wide? reading than any that has been pronounced in the senate of the United States during the past twenty -'years. It is in spirit and tone in strict accord with the sentiments of avast majority of the people of the couatry. Every word thrills like a battle cry.' Its courage, ardor and

Tigor Awaken national enthusiasm, dis daining subterfuges, ignoring partisan soph isms, Mr. Voorhees plants himself upon int. mutable truths, and his logic ' becomes as Impregnable as the logic of eveets. The great senator masses his facts in order. Peeking the bed rock of oar national ills, he builds his superstructure of arguments upon foundations that can not be shaken. lie unravels the complications that have been adroitly woven around the whole subject of buriness and fiaance, lets in the light o truth upon the dark designs cf those who have involved the country in disasters that defy exaggeration, and convinces all that the people are Tight in their deep seated hostility to the 'financial legislation -that has filled the land with un toid woes. With the sagacity and grasp of a statesman ke groups facts, and. with transcendant ability, shows their effects In. the immediate past and the present, as also their far reaching consequences. Rising with the .majesty of his subject, senators listened with .profound attention and admiration, and the people were filled with unrest until. the lightnings should pulsate his grand utterances over the country. We do not disguise the fact that Senator Voor hees' position has been a try ing one. He fills the place in the senate formerly occupied by Oliver P. Morton, the great leader of the radical party a .man of ' recognixed ability, and a senator whose place his admirers declared could not be filled. This miserable partisan chimera has now vanished. Mr. -Voorhees1 great speech, in the power of its logic, in its na tional sweep, in its devotion to the.will and wants of the people, exceeds anything Mor ton ever accomplished, and places the name and fame of Senator Voorhees on a more endearing basis. The speech is des tined to have a powerful and sal a tary effect upon the popular mind, and will doubtless cause Hayes to hesitate before he insults the people with a veto of either the silver bill or the bill to repeal the resumption law. The speech will be ac cepted as the voice of the west and south, the seat of empire and power, and .as its mighty tones go rolling and reverberating over the country they will be accepted as the harbinger notes of a new era in legislation, in which the producing classes will no longer tolerate vicious legislation designed to make them the hewers of wood and drawers of water for the moneyed men of Europe and the eastern states. The Sentinel congratulates Senator Voorhees upon his great speech, which will be read by thousands and tens of thousands of admiring constituents. THE IMMEDIATE FUTITRS. . The time has come for action. Away with platitudes, glittering generalities and high sounding phrases. The country is in the grasp of -business death. The most devilish forces have been set in operation. Jehovah has sent seed time and harvest The bow upon the cioud daily symbolizes the cove nant The land is full of food. Omnipo tence can do no more. Still there is shrink age, bankruptcy, idleness, poverty, ruin and lamine. L'.sten to - tne grinding curse of bankrupt' courts. Hark! Stately for' tunes are falling. Great Godi There is an earthquake shaking down factories and mills. Bend your ear close to the earth and hear the footfalls of tramps. A God favored land is in mourning. Seethe poverty pinched faces, skinny skeletons, sunken eyes. In Cod's came, hear the wail of woe from ham let cottage and hovel, and ask yourself, Oh, freemen, why this state of things? Come, be honest once. Speak out in meeting. Mount the rostrum. Tell tbe truth and shame the devil. Why these scenes In America, Where the people rule? What is the blight? What is the withering curse? What fiend with fang and claw has enveloped the business of this favored land in its wind ing sheet and laid it out, stark and cold, on its bier? Why this business funeral? Why these bankrupt hearses, passing forever along the highways of trade, going to the boneyard where untold millions have been buned beyond the possibility 01 resurrection? Why this eternal, monotonous falling of the sheriff's , hammer, beating funeral marches to business graves? The rfeople are answering these questions. Their voice is gathering volume, force and sweep, and is becoming as resistless as ten thousand Niagaras in demanding audience. Who shall be able to hush their will? As well talk about chaining Jehovah's thunderbolts or fettering the billows of the ocean when the cyclone lashes them' into fury and decorates them with foam. The immediate future is now grim as death and as haggard as despair. Thirty-eight millions of people are to day feeling of the national pulse, and it Is. Coming up. The bondholders And Shylocks had pretty nearly sapped tha last ounce of the country's vital ity. Bat a reaction is taking place. There are graud symptom of a healthy change. There is tonic in tbe measures of relief now before congress. Hopes are reviving. The indications axe that better days are dawning. Contraction mmt cease. -Jonn Sherman must not be the autocrat who, to advance

his own personal, selfish and corrupt purposes, can drag the business of the country

down to a pauper's grave. Hayes, upon whose brow the Louisiana returning Joard ieneffaceably stamped the burning disgrace of iraud, will pot be permitted, by a veto, to reverse the will of the people. Bondholders will no longer be permitted to rule the land. There are- glowing penciling? of a bright dawning. The winter of the nation's discontent is . disappearing. The immediate future Is hopeful. It is possible to save something from the wreck of fortunes. It is possible to revive the Industries of the country. It is possible to sjt idle hands to work. It is possible to fill the Sand with the masic of machinery. It is possible to make the homes of the poor com fortable. These possibilities the people are now contemplating. Indiana is alive to these issues; but there must be no hesitancy. The battle cry is "straight onward." The white plumes of the leaders must be seen in the thickest of the fight There will be no armis tice. No cessation of hostilities. The people are bearing down upon citadel, fort and rifle pitof their enemies. Redoubts and barricades will be carried by storm, and only complete victory will satisfy them. The Imme diate future demands measures of relief. The repeal of the obnoxious resumption bill and the passage of the Bland bill are now in prder. Tbe bondholders and Shylocks must take farg and beak out of the hearts of the people. The symbols of mourning must be removed from the door knobs of factory and mill. The raven of contraction from Tluton lan blackness must cease its croaking. Life, vigor and prosperity must be re-enthroned. Heaven is on the side of the people, and humanity pleads for better days. We like the outlook. The Sentinel is with the people, it noats grandly grandly on the swelling tide of truth. The peo ple are recognizing its manly utterances and are extending their hands. We take them in the fellowship of the right and tell them we shall battle on until victory Hashes along the lines, until hope revives, prosperity dawns, and the immediate future is full of fruition. LABOR Ql'L.SriONH. The future of labor in America is a ques tion of altogether too much importance to be brushed aside as it its consideration was beneath the dignity of statesmen or men of thought in any of the walks of life. Tbe organs of Shylocks, the poor.driveling.pliant tools of the money power, like the Journal, may find it to their interests to cry "com 'munlsm" or seek, with loaded muskets, to silence the demands of labor for an honor able recognition of-one of the greet forces in carrying forward the grand enterprises of the country. Such proceedings, however, do not satisfy the demand. The labor capital of the country is one of its greatest elements of growth and prosperity. There is something elevating in its contem plation. The producing classes form the real power of the country. Com pared with them in this regard all other classes dwindle to insignificance. Bronze browed and horny handed they may be, nevertheless when their etrength is massed they become irresistible. The laboring peo ple of America are feeling of each others' pulse. Interchange of thought and purpose has already commenced. They have suffered untold and indescribable tortures in the re sult -of radical legislation, and when they have sought relief radical organs like the Journal have ad vc cited shooting them down on the streets like dog?, or have shouted, like rharisees, "imprison them!" Radical legislation has bankrupted labor. It has disregarded the appeals of laboring n;en and branded them as turbulent, vicious and dangerous. It has closed the workshops of. the country, forced willing hands into idleness, and then With devilish cruelty sought to disgrace every wanderer for work by the appellation of "tramp," and have exhausted every device to drive them into crime, by making poverty the excuse for prosecution and conviction. Still labor demands a hearing, and the democratic party will see that it is granted. The first great demand of laboring people is work. The cry is heard in every hamlet, village and city in the land, and the question is being asked. Why are willing hands idle? Why this army of ' tramps on all the highways of the country? 'Why this alarming increase, of crime and poverty? Why this widespread bankruptcy and ruin? And the answer comes quick as lightning from theTclouds: Radical legisla tion in the interest of the money power and in direct conflict with the welfare of the toiling masses. The facts are -cumulative, exhaustive and conclusive. The Shylocks and their organs may pile up their sophisms, exhaust prevarication and duplicity, but they can not obscure the facts of history. They can. not obliterate' the seven-fold curses . that radical legislation has heaped upon -the- people; curses that have crashed and blighted the homes of laboring men by thousands and tens of thousands from the center to the circumfer ence of the country. The people's representa tives In congress have proposed means of relief. The repeal of ttte resumption law will arrest contraction and set powerful forces in operation to restore confiience and vitalize business. The remonetization of silver, its free coinage and unlimited legal tender, will give the country a larger volume of currency and still further tend to revive industries, and thereby give laboring men employment These measures the Shylock organs antago nize, and should they pass congress the Journal, in tbe wealth of its hatred ot wbrkingmen, demands - that Hayes shall veto them. Tbe democratic party, always the friend of labor, demands legislation in the interest of the whole people. It champions the cause of labor. It insists upon the en actment of such laws as shall not antagonize labor and silence the bum of machinery. The estimate is that for twelve months past 3,000,000 of laboring men have betn out of

employment No one wia question

the propriety of estimating tbe value of tbe labor at $1.00 per day, aggregating the snug sum of $3,000,000 per day, or for 300 working days, $900,000,000. But this destruction of labor wealth has been going on for tbe past three years in sura totals equal to the past year, which would give a loss to the country of $2,700,000,000. Bat, what is still worse, this terrible destruction of the labor wealth 0 the country is increasing, aad if, as we have stated, tbere are now 3,000,000 men out of employment, it is safe to say that unless contraction ceases there will be very soon 4 000,000 in that - condition, and the number will' steadily Increase. The purpose of the democratic party is to .remedy these great wrongs. The speech ot Senator Voorhees is in that direction, and the fact is everywhere recognized. We are confident that laboring men in this hour of their peril, brought upon them by radical legislation. will not fail to see who are tbair earnest friends, and shape their policy accordingly. POLITICAL. Meeting of ths Democratic County and Township Committees Call for a Township Convention. . At a meeting of the Marion county demo cratic central committee, on Saturday, Janu ary 12, 1878, the following apportionment of delegates was made for tli state convention, to be held February a), ls8, to wit: Decatur township, 2 delegates; Wayne, S; PIKe.S; Washington, 1; Lawrence, 2: Warren, 3: Franklin, 8; ferry, 2; Center (north,) 2: tenter (south.) z. rlrst ward. 2 delegates Second. 2: T iird.3: Fourth. 2: Fifth. 3: Hlxlh. SrMeventb.S: Mehtb.3: Ninth. 8 Tenth. 2: .ieventn,''; xwemn.a; .thirteenth, s. The apportionment is on the vote of Tilden and Hendricks, and the wards are the old wardj, as constituted at the time of that vote. The respective townships and wards will meet in mass convention in their separate precincts, as above named, on Monday, Feb ruary 18, ls8, the townships in the after noon and the wards in the evening of said dav. The meetings will be published by tbe several members of tbe county central com mittee in their precincts. The county central committee adopted tbe following resolutions: We favor lr The immediate repeal of the resumption art. 2. The restoration or the sliver dollar. 3. The withdrawal of the national bank noten and the issue of an equal volume ot United Htates notes. 4. The makinz of unifd States notes a leeal tender for all deb, pub!ifc and private, except whercoin hw been expressly .stipulated in existing contracts. 5. Jug payment at or bero'o m iturity or Ml United States bonds la exact aeconlan.ee with the law under which they were Usued. o. tviitai taxation. 7. The common school system Is tbe pallad ium or our liberties ana must ite maintained forever fre frona Heciarian influences. 8. It Is the duty of the e vern men i to exer cise a healthful control within constitutional limit ovtr all corpo aiions. 9. V e deprecate all etrorts to redress wrongs by violations of law, and belie v that through the bai ot box mint we iook I r lattice. 10. We are In favorof restricting the power ana jurisdiction oi tne leaenti courts. it. we are oppo-ea to an sumptuary laws. II. We favor a metropolitan police for all larse cities. li. We ieliev that throuirb, the benizn In flaenca of the above nie;nur hutiness aud in dustry will revive, labor meet with employ. ment ana its just reward, and prosperity and plenty return to the homes of the people. The democratic county convention of Marion county will meet on Saturday, June 1. 1878. at Indianapolis, to select candidates f r the various countv offices to be voted for at the October election. George W. Winpenny was chosen commit teeman for ashington township, to till a vacancy. The county central committee will meet Saturday, February 9, at half past 10 o'clock . m. Jimes II. Fcllkr, Chairman. Fbakcis M. Weight, Stcretary. BOUNCED. w. C. Tarklngtoa No Longer Secretary of the Board of State House Commissioners. On last Saturday the case of W. C. Tarkington, late Secretary of the Bard of State House Commissioners, underwent an investigation, with the following result: The following resolutions were adopted at the meeting of the board on Friday, Janu ary 11: Whereas, It having been ascertained to the satisfaction of this hoard that W. (J. 1 art IDEton, socretary thereof, has made communica tion to parties in the interest of competing arc hitects discreditable to an officer of this board and jeopardizing the Interests of the state: therefore. Resolved. That the appointment of W.C. Taritlnzton as secretary of this board be here by revoked, and that he be dismissed from this service irom this date. The following resolutions were adopted at the meeting of the board yesterday. That this board see nothlnz In the papers E relented by Mr. -Tarkington In bis own bealf, and the 'statement made by Mr. Baker that entitles Mr. Tarklngton to a reversal of the former decision of the board, which waa based upon letters, teletrrams and admissions which are not dlsDroved: therefore Resolved. That the former decision of the board is hereby con tinned In this behalf. v . Hand Over the Horns. . TTnderthe supervision of Mr. Jerry Collins Gilraore & Cordukes slaughtered yesterday 462 hozs in live hours, wltu two scrapers. reat this and take the horns. Cincinnati Enquirer, January id, is. 3. Thursday, under the supervision of Mr. Joseph H. Sheppard, Landerj, Given & Co. killed 529 hogs for John Fulkerson, Jr., that averaged 320 pounds frross, in four hours and nve minutes, witn two fcrapere,, Let onmore fc Cordukes' house, Cincinnati, send on tne norn. Com In Italy. I must not forget to mention three other important articles of nourishment in north ern Italy, the pariipkih; in central Italy, Indian corn, and in Corsica and among tne Appennines, chestnuts. Pumpkins, cut into Bhces and baked, are cold at the street cor ners, and the inner kernels of their flat seeds are as much rehbhed by the boys of Venice and Florence as peanuts are by ours. At the cheap open air theaters, where children are admitted for five cents, .the gravel floor is always covered with tbe hulls of pumpkin seeds. The Italians know corn as well at we do, end they would not learn much from Mr. Hewitt s proposed-missionary corn restaurant at Pari, except some new varieties t4 cooking. They roast the green ears instead of boiling them, and their favorite dish. polenta, is a sort of thick mush, or "pone' made of cornmeal,. salt and water. Italy is tbe only conn try In Kurope where an Amer ican can get fried mush, and quite as good as at home. The chestnuts are very large, such as we, call "Spanish ' chestnuts and exceedingly nutritious; they are not only roasted, but ground into flour whn dry and baked as cakes. In Corsica they are a more important crop than even wheat; in fact, chestnuts are called "Corsica bread.' Bay ard Taylor, ;

XLT. CONGRESS..

REGULAR SESSION. SENATE. Farther Discussion of Mr. Matthew caolatlon to Py tbe Principal and Iutereftt of Bonds In' Silver A Mainber of JtitlH Inlradnced and BeferreJ. ' . . WAfcmsoTos, Jan. 21. Mr. Conkhng presented a large number of petitions from the citizens of Ulster, Livingston, Orange ard other counties of New i ork, In favor of the remonetization of silver. Laid on the table, the bill having been reported to the tenate. Mr. Beck submitted a concurrent resolu tion declaring that it is . unnecessary and inexpedient to impose taxes at this. time asked for by the secretary of the treasury, to provide $37,000,(00 for a sinking fund'and directing the secretary not to purchase any more Donds lor the liquidation oi the public debt until directed to do so bv congress. Irid over for the present, and ordered that it be printed. Bil.g were Introduced and referred to the appropriate committees as followa: Bv Mr. McDjnald: To establish a mint for the coinage of gold and silver at Indianapolis, Indiana, and appropriating certain grounds for the same; also money ior the purchase of the necessary machinery. liy Mr. Cameron: Authorizing the coin age of the rttndard silver dollar, and providirg that gold and silver iDintly. and not otherwise, shall be a legal tinder. By Mr. Hiustis: To authorize tbe establish ment of mail steamship service between the United btates ani the empire of Brazil. liy Mr. Conkling: For the relief of William A. Hammond, late surgeon general United ocates army. By Air. .Chaffee: A declaration of the meaning and intent ot the loth section of the Pacific railroad act of July 1, 18G2, etc lhe vice president laid before tbe senate a communication from the secretary of war in regard to the publication of the history of the late war, and suggesting that a committee be appointed to examine the work already done, and arrange lor a form of publication, etc. Keierred. . . Also a communication from the secretary ot war, transmitting in answer to a senate resolution of tbe 10th inst , a report of Major fcuter s corps or t-ngineers upon the survey of the Missouri river at Umaba. Keierred. Mr. Ferry presented a resolution of the Michigan state grange, remonstrating against the passage of any bill reducing the duties on foreign wools, and in favor of the passage oi a law for. the protection of purchasers of patented articles. Referred. Mr. cameron ot Wisconsin presented a resolution of the Wisconsin legislature asking an appropriation to complete the Stur geon Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal: interred. Mr. Beck presented a petition of the citi zens of Kentucky for a reduction of the tax on tobacco. Referred. Bills were introduced and referred as fol lows: By M. Dawes: Directing the pecretaiy of the treasury to purchase tbe Freed men's bank building and adjacent property owned by the r reedmen's SaviDgs and Trust com pany in asbington, the price not to exceed $275,000. and the money to be placed in the United btates treasury to the credit of the commissioners of said insolvent company for distnontion among Its creditors. Bv Mr. Piumb: To provide for the im provraentof the Ojage river in Missouri and Kansas Mr. Howe submitted a resolution of the Milwaukee chamber of commerce in favor of a fair and equitable distribution of the bal ance of the Genevaaward fund. Referred. Mr. 'Burnside submitted a resolution directing tbe committee on judiciary to examine tbe laws relating to final reviews of courts martial, and report to jjie senate upon whatothnal rested tbe duty to review the proceedings in the case of Colonel Runkie, United States army. A lengthy debate ensued between Messrs. Burnsde, Conkling and others, and Mr. Burnside finally withdrew the resolu tion; also the motion made by him a few days ago to reconsider the vote by which the judicary committee on . motion of Mr. Conkling last week was instructed to inquire into this subject. In withdrawing his motion Mr. Burnside gave notice that he would to-morrow submit the resolution eo us to have the judiciary committee inquire into the legal questions of the case and the military committee into its military character. Mr. Anthony moved that the case of Surgeon Draper also be sent to the judiciary committee. Mr. Edmunds suggested . that Senator Tburmau, who was absent, had favored its reference to tbe naval committee, and aekegL that it be left there until he was present, which was agreed to. Tbe vice president laid before the senate a communication from the Italian minister notifying the senate that commemorative service of the late King Victor Emanuel will be held at 8'. Aloysius church to-mor row, aud Beats will be reserved for eenators who may honor the occasion with their presence. At the expiration oi the morning hour the senate resumed consideration of tbe resolu tion of Mr. Mathews declaring the right of the government to pay bonds in silver, and Mr. Jones of Florida spoke in favor thereof. Mr. Jones spoke at some length as to the power granted congress by the constitution to coin money, regulate its value, eta. and argued that at the time ot the passage of the acts of 1S7J. to strengthen the public credit, and of 1870, to . authorize the fundin? of the national debt, the silver dollar vi as a legal tender coin of the country, and congress had no power to exclude H from the coinage of the country. If any coin should have been abolished on account of being unstable in value, it should have been cold. He spoke of the advantages of silver money, and said there wai a large channel in the business of the country which silver alone could filL It wes emphatically the money of the people In conclusion he ad vocated the adootioi of tbe resolution ol Mr. Matthews because he thought it was ior the true Interest of the country. Mr. Cockrell said he pr.inosad to review tbe law and facts embodied in the resolution of the senator from Ohio, and argued that thebonde were .payable in both gold and Silver. He had prepared to submit to the bteh court of national honor and public faith, about which he had beard so much, ape titiou on the part of the bondholders as plaintiff, against the United States of America as defendants, demanding the paym?nt in gold alone, and ' an answer by the United Siates of America letting up their right to pay bonds, principal and interest, in silver com of 4l2s grains to tbe dollar; also repu cation by bondholder denying this right and giving his reasons for de manding' gold ' alone. Mr." Cockrel then Quoted extensively from various financial acts of congress to show that the government had the right to pay tbe bonds in silver, and also reviewed the arguments in behalf of a sinrle ' standard alone, but before he had f?poke:i long he yielded to Mr. I&dmnnds, upon wlioxe motion the senate went into executive session, and when the

doors were reopened Mr. Thurman submitted the following: Wnereas, Tbe president of the senate baa laid before the senate a letter from the Italian

minister, statins that c nr memoratlve servlo of his majesty the la'e King Victor Emannel win take piaee Tuesday in the church of AloysiQR, and that seats 111 be kept for tha hoco able members of tLe United Mates senate who would honor the ceremony by their presence, therefore be it Kesoived. That when Lhe senate adjourn it be to 1 i30 p. ror to-morr,w In order to cJlow the senators to attend the said commemorative service. Agreed to. Adjourned. MOUSE. An I'nnsnally Lance Knmber af Bills Imroduf td Bat Little Other Business Transacted. Under the call of states tbe following bills were introduced and referred: By3Ir. Norcros8: To prevent the manu facture, importation or sale of intoxicating drinks in the District of Columbia. By Mr. Willis of New York : To authorise the killing of fur reals and other fur bearing; animals within the limits of Alaska. Also to provide for the organization of a navy during peace. ; By Mr. Ketch um of New l ork: rroposinfir an amendment to the constitution providing; that no claim against tbe United States shall ever be paid unless tbe same shall have been presented t proper tribunal within ten years from the time the claim shall have occurred. By Mr. Shallenbenrer: Authorizing the coinage of the. silver dollar and declaricr gold and silver jointly, and not otherwise, to be a full legal tender. By Air. Wan-on: To regulate mter-etata commerce and prohibit unjust discrimina tion by common carriers. By Mr. Marsh: For the transfer of tbe Indian bureau to tbe war department. 1V ( r T.irmnn Poorvinf n 111. atmiclnf. of cadets at West Point. By Mr. Gibson: For the establishment of mail steamship service between the United States and Brazil. By Mr. Townsand of Ohio: Providing for a commission to examine and adjust all outstanding claims against the District of Columbia. By Mr. Blackburn: Extending the time for the withdrawal of distilled spirits now in bond until January 1, 1879. . uy Air. wood or Mew Yorlcr'For a joint committee of congress to .inquire into tha causes of sickness in the District of Colum bia, m - By Mr. Riddle: To reduee the tariff and internal revenue taxes by the suspension of the siatcing fund law until, under tbe oper ation of said law, there would accumulate an amourlt which has been' applied to tbe reduction of the national debt in excess of the requirements of the said law from July 1, 1SC2, to July 1, 1877. ' liy Air. lirowne of Indianar (by request): To incorporate the National railroad company, for the purpose of constructing a railroad from the Atlantic seaboard to Chicago, St. Louis and Council Bluffs. ByMrrFort: To prevent fnrther destruction on the retirement of .TJn ted States treasury botes, and to keep them after resumption as the paper currency of the counj By Mr. Leonard: Declaring the sense of congress in regard to subsidies. By Mr. Buckner: To suspend for five years the operation of the law requiring tbe pur chase annually of one per cent, of the debt of the United States. By .Mr. Davidson: Estib'ishing a line of wail and emigrant steamships between Ferhandina, Florida, and Liverpool. By Mr. Oliver: rroposing an amendment to the constitution providing for the issue of legal tender notes, and regulating ths amount thereof. " By Mr. Luttre'I (by request): Authorising the postmaster general tj contract for ocean mail service.. By. Mr. Ryan: For the relief of eciaal set tlers on Sac and Fox Indiaa lands. By, Mr. Kidder: Granting lands ioaid in the construction of a railroad from Bismarck to the Black hills; also for the relief of set tlers in the Black hills. Bv Mr. i oung: For tbe erection oi a ure proof building for the national museum. ' B7 Air. Biair: For the erection or a con gressional library. By Mr. Banks: To extend the commerce of the United Stat?3 with Mexico, and pro vide for the completion of the Southern Pacific railroad. . By Mr. Morse: To repeal the duty on jute. . Mr. Clark ot Missouri offered a resolution directing the military committee to inquire into the exiwdiency of transferring the signal service bureau from the war to the treas ury department . . Mr. Glover asked. leave to oiler a resolu tion authorizing the' committee on expenditures In the treasury department to send a sub-committee to such places as it may find necessary for the purpose oi tating testimony. Mr. Patterson objected. The speaker laid before the house a com munication from the Italian minister inviting the attendance cf the members of the cause at tne funeral services for the late king of Italy, Victor Emanuel, to be held at St. Aloysius church,Washington, to-morrow morning. Referredi. Air. Southard moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill authorizing the payment of custom dues in leeal tender, notes after the first of January, 1870. Before tbe Question was nut the hour of 2 o'clock arrived and the house proceeded to the consideration of the business of the District of Columbia. A joint resolution of the Missouri legislature for the removal of the capital was reported back adversely. Laid on the table. A bill to punish embezzlement in the Dis-. trict of Columbia, end to protect the district records was passed. After a motion to adjourn, which was defeated (yeas, 9a: nays, 125) Mr. Southard's motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill making customs duties payable in greenbacks after January, 1879, come up for a vote. The motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill was defeated yeas, 154; nays, 90; not two-thirds in the affirmative. , The house then adjourned. Tn Hemtora f (be In!alann Returning Hoard on Trial for Forgery ami Other Crimea. New Obleaks. Jan. 13. The members of the returning board were arraigned to day in the superior criminal court. An indictment was read charging them with forgery and altering the returns of Vernon parish. The counsel maae a motion to quasu ujv indictment, on the ground that the proceedings were irregular. It was overruled without argument. The members of the board then pleaded not guilty, and were admitted to bail on the old bonds. The day of thetrial has not been Hied. A Banquet Given to K. P. Bland a I.eb onon, JMsaoarL Lebanon, Mo.. Jan. 20. The cltiasns of Lebanon, irrespective of party, gave a grand banquet last niht to Hon. II. P. Bland, author of the silver bill, now before congress. Almost the entire community turned out to do honor to our representative, and it was the expressed determination to continue Bach representatives in oongress until the silver bill became a law.