Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 27, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 May 1878 — Page 7

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MOENING, MAY 1, 1878.

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. general: telegrams. Fall Text of the Confession Made by Judge MeLIn wltli Regard to the Election Frauds in Florida. New York April 25. The following Is the text ot the statement of Judge McLiu regarding the canvass ot the vote iu Florida for president, as published here in a long special from Washington: As a member of the late state board of canvassersof the state of Florida, Heel impelled by n sense of dnty to myself and Justice to others to make the following statement: At , the time the canvass was made I was not at 'any time conscious of acting otherwise than rignt and proper. 1 called upon the canvass A-lth the conviction that It was my privilege and duty, In a political sense, to give the benefit of every doubt la favor ot the republican party. I felt that when a question could be decided either way without doing violence to ' a public sense of Justice it was fairly allowable in politics-that I should always lean to ray own party and give my decision In it favor, even at the hazard of straining a a point. At no time did 1 feel that 1 occupied a position tt a Judge charged with the duty of a strict And nice weighing anl balancing of all the evidence preseuted. Looking back now t that time I feel that there was a combination of influences that must have oierated most powerfully in blinding my Judgment and swaying my action. I had been for many years, and was at the time of the canvass, a very active partisan. 1 sincerely thought that our Ktate and the nation wou d suffer irreparable injury if the democratic party were toobtaln the presidency, and the policy of hatred to the negro and those who had been the friend ot neuron should obtain control at Washington, it was the common and unanimous tain, also, that the very existence of the Men who In the south ha"d upheld the republican partv depended upon the election oi "Mr Haves. Mr. Hayes would sustain them throughout the south, while Mr. Tllden would show tbem. 1 was shown numerous telegrams addressed to Governor Stearns and Others from trusted leaders of the republican party in the north, Insisting that the salvation of the country depended upon the vote of Florida being cast for Hayes. These telegrams came from those to whom I had been accustomed to defer the chairman of the national committee, and the man who was the nearest personal friend of Mr. Hayes haa conducted the canvass. These telegrams also gave assurance of the forthcoming of money, and troops, if necessary, in securing the victory for Mr. Hayes, following these telegrams trusted luorthern republicans, party leaders and personai friends of Mr. Hayes, arrived In Florida as rapidly as the railroads could bring them. I was surrounded by tuesa men, who were ardent republicans, and especially by tne friends of Governor llaye. One gentleman particularly. Governor Noyes, of Ohio, was understood to represent and swan with authority of a warm personal

friend commissioned with power to act in his I behalf. These men referred to the general deI t ruction of the country should Mr. Tilden be elected, the Intense anxiety of the repnblif can party of the north and their fullsymf pathy with u.. I can not say bow :ar my action liiav have been influenced by the Intense ex

citement tnat prevailed around me or how far partisan seal may have led me Into error, neither can I say how far roy course was Influenced by the promise made by Mr. Noyes that if Mr. Hayes became president I should be rewarded. Certainly these influences must have had a strong control over my )udgmeut and I action. Reviewing my action at this distance I of time with all calmness, with my ardor coolI ed and my partisan zeal chilled by the preslV dent, who hs basely betrayed and mercilessv destroyed the republican party of the south Vnd crushed tne very men who did so much for his election. 1 am persuaded that the Florida canvass was not conducted with that cool, calm judgment and honest, unbiased decision that should have characterized proceedings Involving such vast and important Interests. Instead of th's I now see that the whole proceedings went through upon the highest wave of political excitement that partisan -k-eilu?, stimulated to the utmost l the most powerful agencies, usurped the place of reason and sound Judgment, and political expediency ruled the hour. A large nu.tilx-r of precincts were either congested by trie democratic or republican party. Voluminous testimony was filed, and the lawyers of both sides argued each for their side of the Issue, that It wa the iuty of the board to throw out and not Include In the count or retain and count the precincts, on the ground rf illegality in the conduct of election or fraud that was charged to exist. The attorney funeral of the Hate and a member of the hoard had decided that the board had quisi Judicial power, and hnd a right to exclude precincts from the count If the returns were shown to be o irregular, false or fraudulent a to prevent the board Irom ascertaining from them the true vote. With this view 01 its duties, the board antered upon the work of the canvass with the conviction tbat i hey were invented with large discretionary powers which were ot a mixed character, political and Judicial, the oiitical largely predominating. Partisan zeal and strong political ties had a powerful influence In the exefclse of these powers,und the republicans having a majority In the board the canvass was largely a their favor, as the resnit proved. If the board had ncteu in accordance with the decision of the supreme court of the stale, defining the powers and duties of the board in reference to throwing out the precincts since rendered, there Is no question of the fact that Mr. Tilden would have been entitled to the vote of Florida. Excluding the return from I- r l.t f .mi n 1 -which wa rnnntnl. Anil whirli

V I have since learned from the parties who f made It, ws a falsely manufactured return, I and including the true return, which corresponded with the precinct returns of that f ountv. would certainly have irlven the state

to Tilden. Archer precinct, No. 2, Alachua county, was included in the count. The frand committed In this precinct was not shown to the board by the democratic lawyers, although a contest was made and much attention given this precinct: but I have recently learned front the republican leaders of that county that after the returns had been brought to (ralnsvlile, the county seat, vis votes were added to the returns by the inspector and clerk of said precinct. In Leon county 71 small republican mllots were stuffed Into the ballot-box at precinct No. 9, yet It was made to appear even

I to the satisfaction of the demociatic member of the board that these were vote ballots. A f an nhuennent. confession shows that thev were

stuffed into the box. I have seen Joseph Bowers, one of the inspectors, have tickets similar to them a few days before the election, and cautioned him against their use, unless they were generally used, and I afterward learned be had given them up. In Jefferson county, In certain precincts at which Mr. J. Bell was inspector, one of the hundred vote were surxeptltiously added lo the ballot and

f counted. No charge was made as to this fact i before the board. The confession of J.

Bell, since made to me, discloses the fact. Had the 219 votes fraudulently added to the Archer return, and Uie " votes stuff d in the box in Leon county, and the 1U0 votes surreptitiously added in Jefferson county, aggregating 21 votes, been rejected and the democratic precincts which were excluded for Irregularity and illegality contrary to the de j!sion of the supreme court been retained and counted, Mr. Tilden would have carried the state. The conclusion, therefore. Is Irresistible that Mr. Tilden was entitled to the electoral vote of Florida, not Mr. Hayes. In making tiiese statements my motives will doubtless be questioned by many, but the farts will stand alone as the truth without anymore motives to sustain them. I am free to admit that, viewing thlnsts as I now dr , and remembering that Mr. Hayes was continually inspiring his personal friends through agents, by every means In his power, to secure lor him the electoral vote of Florida and Louisiana, and believing it to have been a Conscious wrong ou his purl, done with the knowledge that he had not been elected, as his subsequent repudiation of Governor 1'ackard, whose title was bound op In his own, and his wilful and cowardly desertion of the verv men who had contributed so largely to his election has shown, my contempt for he pitiable little netta of lh man is hevonrl mv noarer of cv.

V pression. Mr. Hayes has denied the validity of 7 nisown title In.denying Governor Packard; he f has Ignored bis Florida friends, showing he I believed them unworthy and tainted with a v" fraud, yet he ho dson to the presidency which, n his own opinion, was secured by this very fraud. He has cowardly abandoned and betrayed his southern republican friends through ear of being ousted from an office that he believed he never was elected to by the people. XVhatever may be the opinion of tne men with kegard to my motives, I give them facts and leave my motives to a high tribunal. I (Signed) Hami'eu B. McLisr. I The starement elven above was signed and

Sworn to before the clerk of Thom.n county, Oeorgia. The Hon furnishes the following statement made by L. S. Den nis : WHAT I S. PEXIS SAYS. Washington, April 25. .1 have resided in Alachucha county, Florida, stove Janntry. ls;o. and wt. elected t- the Mate assembly in 170, at the same time of tha , ,late presidential election. I was at the time Member of the state central committee of the party of Florida, and also chairman of the republican committee o Alaehucha county. I was also presid-nt or the board or county commissioners of Alachncha county from 173 to . -j ' f . ll In tit A n r, il r W , HIIU WMV iJtllluim Willi me iiiamici Ul registration and the manner of voting, the location of the polls and ail other election machinery. As president of the said board and with the consent of Raid i board I located all the polling places, apelection, received and counted the ballots and

made and certified to the returns. I appointed as Inspectors of Archer precinct, box, No. 2, Green II. Moore, Floyd Dnae and Richard H. Black. Thomaa I). Vance went at my request to Archer precinct on the day previous to tne election, and was appointed by the inspectors clerk of election at box No. 2, and served as such. I was at Gainesville on the day of the election. On that night and the day following my residence was the headquarters of the republican party, and during the night preceding the election all information was brought to me there. fcSome time after midnight of that night Inspector Black came to my house and reported to me that the result of the election at box No. 2 for presidential electors vai as follows: For Hayes electors, ISO; for TUden electors, 1:j8. A little later Vance, clerk at said lmxSo.2, came and made the same report. Subsequently both Black and Vance came to me and said tney had returns from Archer peclnct, box No. 2. signed In blank by the Inspectors, and that they would make out the returns so as to meet the expectations of their own party. They retired to a private room where they remained two or three bourn, and then informed me they had added about SiW names to the poll list as having voteV, and had Increased the republican vote to that extent, and I afterward learned that they had added 219 names to the list. 1 entered the room while they were employed there and saw them copying names from the county registration books, Irom which those who had actually voted atArchor precinct, b"x No. 2, were checked off, and new names selected from the names of republican voters who had not already voted at that precinct. After completing tne returns in this manner tney filed them with the ballot box with the county clerk. The county commissioners met a few days after the election, the board consisting of J. E. Webster, clerk of the court; V. II. Belton, Justice ot the peace, and Louis A. Barnes, sheriff, all of whom were republicans. During the canvass Inspector Moore appeared belore the board and submitted an alhdavit to the effect that the returns from Aicher precinct No.2 were false, and that the true returns should be, for Hayes electors IsO votes, and for the Tllden electors 13o votes, but the board decided that they could not hear the evidence as to the truth or- falsity of the returns, and upon the lace of the returns the vote of the county was as follows: For the Hayes electors, l,!t; for the Tilden electors, l.L'rj7. The result, included 219 votes for the I layes electors, which were added to the vote cast at Archer precinct, box No. 2, by Black and Vance. These returns were sent to the governor and secretary of state. After these returns were hied with the secretary of state an effort was made to invalidate them so far as Archer precinct , box No. 2, was concerned. Affidavits signed by Floyd Duke and Green K. Moore, and an oillclal statement fiDm Mr. Webster, were tiled with the state board of canvassers, for the purpose of showing that the returns nom Archer precinct, box No. 2. were false ami fraudulent. It also appeared that Mr. Belton, Justice of the peace, had not signed the returns filed with the secretary of state and governor. One of the duplicate returns was sent back to Alaehucha county, and ISelton'a signature was obtained. Mo re was also induced to make a counter afiidavit denying the truth of his former affidavit. A counter affidavit was also obtained from Floyd Duke denying his former affidavit. The grand Jury of Alaehucha county Investigated tlie Archer precinct matter, but failed to find any fraud, and passed a resolution to that efftct, whereupon Mr. Webster was induced to withdraw his statement and make another that he was satisned the return was all r ght. Then the affidavits and statements were laid belore the state canvassing board, and the returns were counted. This result gave the Hayes electors 211 votes more than were cast for them. 1 have never heretofore made any written statement or given any evidence regarding this election In Alaehucha county. (Signed ) L. (i. Dexsis. The above was sworn to In Florida before a Justice of the peace, and Is certified to by the secretary of state.

A Fall l'onfeNlru of the Election Frands In Florida Which Helped to Elect Hayes. Jacksonville, Fht., April S McLin, secretary of state under Stevens, and L. G. Dennis, the little giant of Alaehucha county, have both made confessions in writing of the frauds in 1S7H by which Florida was carried for Hates. Dennis covers fully all thedetallsof the Archer precincts frauds, wnicti played sof l iiporiaut a part Detore the returning hoard. He says that 'Hi names were put on the returns of Archer after voting McLln'a confession is said to cover all the transactions bet re the state canvassing board. These confessions were In the hands of the present secretary of state, P.loxam, and have been 'forwaided to Washington. After Dennis made his confessions eleven indictments against him for fraud in Alaehucha and Levy counties were nolle frossed. McLin. it Is said, was rewarded, but iow is not known. Unite a Storm Jf tie a Damage Done to I'roperfy. St. Louis, April 23. Reports froni nearly all parts of the city mention damage lo property by the storm last night. Hundreds of cellars of business houses and residences were flood ed and their contents badly injured or de stroyed. Sewers caved in in different parti of the city. gardens were washed out and in several instances weak roofs gave way under the great weight of water upon them, and goods and farnuure were badly damaged. I lie loss of and to property will' amount to many thousands of dollars. The storm extended over a great breadth of territory, embracing nearly all i he country between the Mississippi river ind the It cky mountains. The heaviest rainfall, .however, was at St. Louis, Memphis, Indianapolis, ana rort Gibson, Indian territory. The fall of water here between 10 o'clock last night and 4 o'clock this morning was about 4 inches. Killed by the Indians Heavy Hall tttorm. Sax Ato!io, Texas, April 23.-The Indian raiders near Laredo have crossed Into Mexico with about 300 head of horses and son) eo' her stoc. Mexican troops and citizens, number iDg 5i)0, are in pursuit. The Indians are trylDg to make tne mountains on the border or Chi huahua, and will probably be captured. A mail carrier east from Fort Davis was killed by Indian raiders from Fort Dill and Stanto reservation. Three citizens were killed by a band of the same raiders, about the same time, 1.5 miles west of lavl. A terrific ralu 6torm at Fort Conc,ho, on the 1Mb, killed one hore and stampeded 2U0; hail stones an inch and a halt in diameter fell to the depth of more than a foot. The Bankrupt Law. Washington, April 23. The Judiciary com mlttee to-dav reconsidered its former action instructing Representative McMahon, one ot Its members, to move, when the Semite bill repealing the bankrupt law shall be reached on the speakers table, that It be put on Its passage, and by a two-thirds vote instructed him to report a substitute for the bill repealing the involuntary proceedings Immediately, and repealing the voluntary proceedings after January 1, IST'J. There Is quite a change In the sentiment regarding tne bill. The result In the house is considered uncertain as to the Immediate report of the law. The Liabilities and Assets of the Firm . ' of Holt A ling bee. Boston, April 23 Holt & Bugbee. lumber dealers, have prepared a statement of the notes upon which the Arm is liable a- lndorser. In a great part it Is forged paper. The aggregate is fJ12,ltffl. of which the National Exchange bank holds 0,572; the Blackstone National bank, ftt,Kl7; the Metropolitan National bank, S3'J,4i!: the National bank of Commerce, $1.075, and Richardson, Hill & Co., f lil,2u8. Tne firm is liable on accommodation paper to the extent of t2,270, making us total liabilities, disputed and undisputed, Sfll,221. The total assets are reported at tmpM. Killed by tbe Indiana. San Antosio, Tex., April 24. Telegraphic reports from the lower ltlo Orande indicate that about twenty persons were killed by the recent Indian raiders, and IV) head of horses stolen. The reported number of killed Is no doubt exaggerated. Nine persons are known to have been killed by raiders in the northwest border between St. Cancho and Stockton. The rain and snow storm of last night did much ditiuaja iu various pans of the ttate. Killed by Indian and Mexlran Raiders. UALvrsTox, April 23. The News' Corpus Christ 1 special says all the rancbes in Duval and Falls counties have been broken up by Indian and Mexican raiders. Among the persons killed during the past week are Fred Moore, son or Colonel Moore, clerk of the court of appeals, An toine Menley, John Jordan, a Scotchman named Steele and two children Many rancbes have not yet been heard from. Tbnrman'a Pacific Railroad Bill. Washington, April 23. The house Judiciary committee to-day decided by a majority of one to move the reference of the Thurman Pacino railroad funding bill to that committee when the measure Is taken from the speaker's table for action In the house. An attempt will be made, however, to pass the bill without refer ence. '

FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

JtEQULAR SESSION. HOUSE. The Bill Repealing; the Bankrapt Law, With Several Amendments, Passed Aftera Lod ami Hested Debate. ' Washington, April 25. 1 mmed lately after th e read 1 n g of t h e Jonrn al the soeaker announced tbe regular order to De the consideration of the senate bill for tbe tepeal of the bankrupt law. Mr. McMahon, who had charg9 of the bill, stated that at the end of two hours' discussion he should demand the previous question. Mr. Keller koped the house would not seond the previous question, bat that it would allow an extended Discussion to be liad on the bill. Mr. Knott thought there might be grave doubts as to whether the bill passed by the senate would effect the repeat of the bankrupt ; law. He would 1 herefore move to amend lite bill so as to repeal title fit of the revised statutes and the act unproved J uner 1871, entitled "an act to amend an act to establish, uniform system of bankruptcy." He would alsoTotter an amendment to the bill so that penal actions for criminal prosecutions arising prior to the passage of the bill under the acts proposed to be repealed shah continue in foil force unt 1 disposed of. Mr. McMahon said he was authorized by the Judiciary committee to otter a substitute lor the hill repealing the bankrupt law and providing that the bill shall take etlect Immediately, as to involuntary proceedings, except landing proceedings and suits, and shall take effect after the 1st of July, 1S7, In regard to volun- J tary bankruptcy proceedings. He said there j were three classes of views in regard to the bankrupt law. One class desired a permanent bankrupt law. The second class wanted its unconditional repeal, and the third rlass, represented by a majority of the Judiciary com- j mittee, desired its repeal as to voluntary proceedings to take etlect after the 1st of July, lva. He spoke in bf-half of those who thought the bankrupt law was contrary to republican Institutions, bnt he would modify Its repeal by granting a limited time In which persons might take advantage of Its benefits. Mr. Conger 'avored the substitute. People all over the country were desirous of knowing the exact time when this bill would take ef fect, that they might have time to file their petitions lor voluntary bankniDtcv. The threatened action of the house, under the le 'crshlpof the gentleman from New York ( -'o-kIi, was bringing ruin on the country and d "'.roving all Industries, agricultural and mechanical. This threatening and impending effort of class enthusiasts, who might be summed up in the character of oominnnists, free trders and Inflationists, and who threatened destruction to the general industries of the country, should cause members to pause a moment before tney drove to involuntary or voluntary bankruptcy men who had foryears struxgled to preserve their credit and pay their debt. Mr. Frye advocated the substitute. Mr. Iiapham favored the senate bill. Mr. Chittenden believed a good bankrupt law was an absolute necessity. The substitute of the Judiciary committee was the most dangerous proposition of legislation which had ten preseuted to the forty-tilth congress. There was nothing in tbe proposition to allow the voluntary feature to extenu uuiu January next than an invitation to a high carnival of disaster, distress and calamity, 'that was the Invitation that congress proiosed to give to oO.Ouo merchants and people involved in the ruin and speculation of the last 'Al years. It would lead to a result which no uan .could foresee, and which would come back ujKn congress and confound It. Mr. llnnton move-i to refer the bill to the Judiciary committee. He preferred to have . . . . a tne taws iwricvieu. Mr. Kwlng sustained the motion torefer. He characterized the pending bill a tit sequel to the resumption law, and would complete the work of ruin whicn that law contemplated. The t. sumption law provided in etlect that men who were so unfortunate as to have been in debt during the past three years men who were so venturous us to continue business, should be broken up, and their iwoperty given to their creditors. The pending bill enacted in addition that the creditor should have more hold on the brain and muscle of the unhappy debtor to the end of his life. It was a monstrous measure. The condition of the masses of the business men of the country was a condition of Insolvency; not one man In five of them could settle his debts ry the loss of all bis property. Aud what was the cause of that Insolvency? Was It the fault of the dtbtors? Was it because they had been over venturous becau-e they Intel been reckV.s? .Not at all. The cause was the legislation of congress. He cared not whether it was attributable to inflation or contraction, or the one followed by the ether, the cause still was the nuance measures of tne general government. If their prpperty had been swept away from them.by a visitation of God or oy an act of war, would congress follow that sad and terrible event by a b 11 to repeal the beneficent provisions of the bank rupt law? Would congress say that that was the proper time to enact that the debtor, although his property has been swept off without any fault of his own. should he not le acquitted of his debt on the loss of his projerty? ro congress would say that 1 hat was tne worst or all times to ao such a thing. It would say that if ever a people needed a bankrupt law they reeded it then This is tbe situation of the count i y. The busi nes men of tbe country were in embarassment and practical insolvency. Very few of them kuew even the cause of the steady fall in value In everything in which they dealt, and the steady rise of their debts as compared wnn tneir prosperity. Mr. Cole asked Mr. Ewlng wl ether he assert ed that not one out of five huslntss men in the country could pay their debts? Mr. Kwlng Yes, I asserted it, and I believe It. Mr. Cole Where do you get that kind of sta tistics? Mr. Kwlng I get it from the fact that there has been a tall in values of propeity during the past three years of not less than tiO per cent, on an average. Mr. Cole And still I assert that there Is not one out of every Ave business men of theconntry who is not discharging his obligations promptly and faitnruiiy. Mr. Kwlng A large part of them are discharging tnelr obligations promptly and faith fully, and that Is largely due to the fact that tney are susiaineu from being wtuaiiy swept outof business by tne bankrupt law. Bankruptcies have multiplied from theday that the resumption law was passed, and it icoes ou, increasing every month since then. To attribute these bankruptcies and failures to the bankrupt law is unreasonable. I think It would be the worst policy now to repeal the bankrupt law. In the name of God, have not the strug gling masses of business men In this country suffered enough? Is there not enough discon tent in this land to day? Is not the feeling of wrong which has been lntlle ed by law sufficiently intens? Shall we aggravate by tell ing these people that hereafter when they break down under tbe operations of our enactments, not through their fault, not through their recklessness, not through causes which they can understand or appreciate. they fall, like Lucifer, never to rise again ? Beware, Mr. (Speaker, of adding anything more to that discontent which now pervades the bust ness men of toe country, which now pervades the masses of laborers and the masses of men who, unfortunately, are not laborers, because they can not sell their labor for bread. Beware or muling to tne name already kindling, and which may disturb the very foundations of order and prosperity before this resumption scheme is fully executed. ' Mr. Hooker opposed the reference of the bill to the Judiciary committee, and advocated Its Immediate passage. Mr. Kelly favored the commitment of tlie bill to the judiciary committee. The Amen csn people had never been In so grand a com men ial crisis ts- they were in to-day, never had they been sunering under a more portentous state of things than that whicn over whelmed them to-day. "If," said he, "the bankrupt laws are to relieve men at the end of a crisis, lor God's sake permit this law to remain; let it execute its legitimate purpose; let it remain until under our infernal resumption law thoae who feel that they stand and do not take beea snail nave fallen, and until we have concentrated the real estate and machinery and eoriorate property of the country In the hands of a few cormorants. Give the masses of business people the right at least to ply tn-lr energies In supporting themselves and endeavo ing tocontrihute to our revenues. Look at our revenues. summing, Mirinking, simnaing, aay ny aay, week by week, month by month, because more and more of our people are forced into pauperism, if they were laborers, and into bankruptcy If they were merchants or manufacturers, and they are unable to consume taxable or dutiable goods, and while conauminK. to contribute to our revenue I beg you to pause and not precipitate further bankruptcy. I beg you to leave to the embarrassed business men a gleam of hope, a little lining to the cloud, and not force them these men of Intelligence and energy into the ranks of those who look npon our government as an oppressor and upon congress as wrong doers. I beg yon not to give to the discontented peo ple disciplined anu intelligent captains toieau them Into open revolt." Mr. Uanna stated that under Instructions from the legislature of his state he would vote for the unconditional repeal of the bankrupt law, and that even had lie not been bo in

structed he would have still voted for It on his own Judgment. Mr. Hewitt of New YorK said: 1 am opposed to the substitute, and If the amendments can not be got to the existing law I am in favor of the absolute and unconuitlonal repeal of the act. Kvery hour that we delav its repeal is dangerous. We are marching steadily back to prosperity. We are to-day ou hard pan, and I was astonished to hear the gentlemen rrom Ohio and Pennsylvania tEwing and Kelly) propound the:r doctrines which they laid down to-day. They seem to think that the distress of the country, that the shrinkage of values Is something local. Iet me tell those gentlemen that It exists all over the clviliaed globe. It la tbe reaction from a speculative era, and there is no remedy. When you have had an era of speculation you have to go throunh shrinkage and miwb tribulation an liquidation to get bttck to tbe point where yon can begin again on the foundation or solid and real values, and of honest and true money. Mr. Frye said that the nearer tbe country approached to a gold beats the nearer It was to safety, comfnt and prosperity. He wou la vote with the gentleman from Virginia iHunion) to refer the bill. Mr. Willis of Kentuc-ky favored the unconditional repeal of the bankrupt law. It was ruinous to the Easiness Interests of the country, and Its repeal would be hailed by the people as a measure of relief. Mr. White of .Pennsylvania was- In favor of the repeal of the law. Mr. Butler said he- wonhi vote against the repeal oi the law ll he were the only man that did so. Iu fact he-would rather be "alone. He

preferred to play "a lone hand" if he did get euchered. ' This bill had never been con sidered, and be warned the bue that it had letter be conslc'eretl In the committee. "You are," he said, "governed Ly newspapers and frightened at your shadows. Yon say we dare . not stand ap in the image ol the God who mde us and legislate. like men stand here and deal with the grave interests of the country, saying. We will examine nisgravely. quietly and calmly.' Yoti srjend a day over a dog fight and not an hour over a grea-ttall; you spend a day in attending to a little matter of a trout ereek and leave a whole river of corruption to flow." Mr. Wills ol New lork said he- would offer an amendment providing that the bill take effect on and after the 1st of July. 1S7. His constituents recognized the tart that the resumption of specie payments was an acconv lishtd fact. hat was needed was the re vival of eonfldenc. and that coufMence could not be restoreu while the bankrupt law was in operation. Mr. stenger was opposed to the reSerenee of tbe bill. . He was iu favor of Its Immediate pii&sage. Mr. Phillips favored the unconditional re peal of tlie law. .Mr. i;ali&lns said he woulu vote for tbe iteming bill. Mr. Burehard said he flelleved it to be the duty of the house, In obedience to tbe necessities of the case and to the demands of the country, to repeal the bankrupt law. As to the distressed condition of the country, he saw in it the only natural effect of tbe rise and fall in prices, and no necessary connection with the enrrency. Mr. Potter said he had been surprised to hear the gentleman from Uhlo (Ewtjig) state that the bankrupt law was lor the benefit of strngglurg merchants and the laboring cUist-es. The only laboring class that he (mter) knew it to nenent was tne lawyers, the clerks, the registers and othets connected with its administration. Mr. Lapbam moved the previous question. The previous question was seconded. The motion to refer was voted down bv n large majority. Mr. Knott s amendment to perfect the bill was agreed to. The question then recurred on the substitute ottered by Mr. McMahon, anI It was rejected. the question was then takeu on the passage of the senate bill as amended, aud it was passed yeas. 2M; naj s, ;. j he mil, as amended, is as follows: "1 bat the bankrupt law, approved March 2, 1S67, title tl of the revised sta utes. and an act entitled 'An act to amend and snpplement an act cuiiueu an act to esiauusn a uniform sys tern of bankruptcy throughout the United States," approved March 2, 1S7, and for other fiurposes, approved June Zi,lKil, and all acts u amendment or supplementary thereto, or in explanation thereof, be and the same are h-reby repealed; provided, that such repeal shall in no manner in vail ate or affect any case in bankrup.cy instituted aud pending in any court prior to the day when this act sl'all take effect; but as to all such pending cases, and all future proceedings tnerein, ana an penal actions and criminal proceedings arising therein under the acts hereby reuealmJ. shall continue in full force and effect until the same shall be disposed of in tne same manner as if the said acts had not been repealed." Air. Nchleiclier. from the com mil tee on for eign aff-iirs, submitted the report of that com mittee in reference to the Mexican border troubles,' together with a bill la relation thereto, requesting the president to keep on the Texas border not less than 5,MW men to protect American citizens. and authorizing the crossing of the border by United States troops until such treaty stipulations shall be made with Mexico as may secure an efficient protection to American cit izens ana projerty. iteierrea to committee or th whole. Mr. Hamilton, from the same committee, submit ed a report and a bill in relation to the Venezuelan aud Mexican conimis Ion. I he bill repeals the act for the payment of ndjndi cated claims, authorizes the president to enter into negotiation with Venezuela for an extension of time for the convention of April 25, lNitf, with regard to the filing and adjudication of tne claims, and provides for a new commission to examine and decide all claims passed upon by the former commissioners. Printed aud recommitted. Mr. Acklin asked leave to offer a resolution for the appointment of a se'ect committee of three members to prcceed to Louisiana and investigate toe coarges of corruption and malfeasance in oflice preferred against A. M. Carter, special agent of the interior department, and others, in connection with the late seizures of logs In that state. Mr. Kittinger objected. . Mr. Cox of New York introduced a Joint resolution for a Joint committee, to be denominate! "a committee on census," to take Into consideration the ptcper measures to be employed for taking the next census. Adoptej. Adjourned. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Wednesday, April 21. The subscriptions to the new loan at Washington to-day were f 112,0uu. The Erie railroad has been sold to ex-Governor K. 1). Morgan for SiXW,0U0. The president has nominated Geo. L. Smith, of Louisiana, collector of customs at New Orleans. Warren A. Ransom A Co., wholesale boot and shoe dealers, of New .York, have failed for J7dO.UK'. A despatch from Constantinople says 20,000 irregulars In the district of Batoum refuse to lay down their arms. The resignation of Pecond Lieutenant Ben Israel Butler, son of General Butler, has been accepted by President Hayes. The prohibitionists of New York held their state convention at Albany to-day. Thev are dead set against the Moffett bell punch. The prospect of therepelof the bankrupt law has a bad tendencj' on Cincinnati. Yesterday a large number of firms took advantage of the law. The commission of General Smith, appointment clerk of the treasury, as paymaster In the army was signed by the president this morning. The national board of fire underwriters held their annual convention at New York to day. Ihe reports of the president and secretary were very long and Important. The Turkish, Russian and Bulgarian commissioners have begun to define the Servian frontl-r, and have already decided to allot Wraelja and Tru to Servia. There ws a fight between Rome roughs and the attaches of Illlllard's Pacific c reus, at. Richmond, Kentucky, to-day, in which one of the roughs was killed and three wounded.. Nell B. Field brought suit to-day as the successor of John . Cain, trustee of the Jury fund of Jefferson county, Ky., io recover 120.500, the alleged deficit in the latttr's account. The suit is as- Inst Cain and the Farmer' and Drovers' bank. Thursday, April 2T. Subscriptions to the 4 per cent, loan at Washington to-day was tiOJ,000. . Secretary McCrary and General Sherman arrived at Fortress Mouioe to-day. A premium of Ave cents was paid in gold for greeubacss at Kan Francisco to-day. The specie In the bank of France Increased 1800,000 francs during the past week. O'Leary, the pedestrian, last evening completed a walk ol'M miles in bo hours. F. R. Grote, the oldest grain broker In New Y'ork, died of heart disease this morning. It has been definitely decided that the duke of Kdinburg shall remain with his ship In the Mediterranean. The bullion In the bank of England decreased 1162,100 during the past week. Proportion of reserve to liability 31 per cent. Hon. Calls-Bassford. ex-secretary of the territory of Arizona, ana ex-governor of Wisconsin, died at Trescott , Arizona, to-day.

FOREIGN MEWS. tireat Preparations for War Ilelng: Made byBassla. London, April 25. .Negotiations regarding the congress and the withdrawal cf the British feet and Russian troops from near Constantinople have as yet led to no result, and it is considered very nn fortunate. Burn arc k and tiortschakoff b;ve fallen ill at this critical Juncture in uncertainty of issue of the pourjrlors. The Russians are doing their best to strengthen their position, and advices from various sides concur that there an- considerable movements of troops towards Constantinople, as well as Gallipoll. According to a letter in the Vienna Pol mesne t'orrespondense from Heiialdja, about 30 miles northwest irom Constantinople, 2,1)00 sappers ana-S100 Infant ry are at work there turning and' completing lines thrown up by the lurk along tbe whole line from iladeinokoi to Lierkas on the Black sea. Four smaller reclooots have been en lanced and five- new ones constructed. There sua remains n good many X the siege guns belonging to the Turks. These ftre far from sufficient to arm tbe extended works, bat HJ heavy gnns and 30 ixortars are expected from Odessa. At Ban feHetano, as well as on other' exposed points of tne coast, strand batteries have been t reeted to frustrate any attempts to land. Ae coralng to Russian accounts, which are doubtlesexuggerated, 700 guns are already La- posVtion along the coast. A correspondent at Bucharest says "The Russian troops of occupation consist of three nrmy corps, 21 reserve battalions and a proportionate number of artiUery and cavalry. Of these the eleventh army corps is clstribated in cantonments between Bucharest and Giuergevo, (the fourteenth corps is at Galata,.theseventh is in Bessarabia and 24 reserve batuulons are in Meldavia, making in nil about luo,000 men under General Urentelen.

Tbe Rmalans Compel tbTntks to Leave Batotim. Loxdo:, April 23. A special from Constantinople announces that in consequence or the pressure of the Ruasians the porte has peremptorily ordered the evacuation of Batoum. It is stated the peasantry near Batoum and Trebizond are arming against the Russians. Fifteen fresh Russian battailous have been sent against the Rouaoelian Insurgents. The (Standard's Vienna correspondent sends a sensational report that Grandjl'uke Nicholas has threatened to hold the porte responsible for the Roumeliaii Insurrection, and It is believed tills is-a pretext for occupying Constantinople. The Standard's correspondent at Rome asserts that the Russian engineers recently there have chartered two American ntoaraers.which are now in the Levant, and will proceed on thelrjourney to Suez and the )?ersian gulf under American colors. There Is Bnt Little Hope af Evading a War. London, April 2-V-A St. Petersburg correspondent, telegraphs the repoit that Prince Bismarck Intends to abandon fill further attempts at coneiillation, luit It Is not believed In well informed circles. But little confidence is placed In the ultimate succesH of the negotiations. The Journal de St. Petersburg Is also despondent about the results of the negotiations. A correspondent at Berlin says: "A preliminary conference bas not even been mentioned in the recent negotiations. It is considered that the Russian willingnes to treat about the withdrawal of troops from about Constantinople merely Indicates a wish to temporize." No Invitations to tbe Congress Issued. St. rETERSB.rE, April 25. The Agence Russe announces that negotiations continue in a friendly manner by intimate intercourse of the cabinets. The Agence denies that invitations to the congress have been sent to the powers, or that they have been even framed, as that will he the task of the prelimlnary conference. There will also be belore the congress meets an exchange of views between the cabinets upon the principal questions at issue. England demands, more than an acknowledgement of the European character of the questions raised by recent events as Prince GortsehakotTs reply to Lord Salisbury was an abso lute amrmation of such acknowledgement. The Strike of Mill Operatives. Loxnox, April 23. A telegram from Manchester says: "It is calculated that there are between fcli.ouo and 90,000 operatives on a strike in Lancashire, about til.OoO leing weavers. Most of the mills were open tins morning, so that the ojertives could commence work if they chose, but none on the strike resum'd. A mass meeting of operatives, numbering 7,CO0, was held at Burnlay tins morning and resolutions adopted to the effect that they should refuse to work until the not lees of reduction were withdrawn. A small minority opposed the motion and proposed a compro mise." The Insnrrectloo. Coxstaxttxofle, April 25. The Russians have established a telegraph line between San' Stefano and St. George, which is a few miles north, nnd are now constructing roads. The lurklsh seraskierate has received Information that the insurrection in Roumelia is spreading. There has been another engagement, in which 30 officers, presumably Russian, have been placed hors de combat. Three thousand prisoners of war from Bucharest landed at Constantinople on Wednesday. The return of prisoners from Russia has been postponed until their maintenance is paid for. The Porte Iksties No Circular. Coxstaxtixoplk, April 25. Tt is now certain that the circular which it was stated on tbe 12th had leen sent by the porte to its representatives . abroad, recognizing the San stefano treaty as the result of - the war, and expressing a determination to loyally carry out its terms, but at the same time saying that the porte would regard as opportune any modification which might be made pledging the porte to carry out the pi ejected reforms, was not tent out by the porte, nor is any circular whatever regarding the San Stefano treaty to be issued. Ronmanla and Russia Continue Good Friends. B veil A rest. April 25. A circular from the minister of the Interior informs the prelects that a convention with Russl t is still in force, and that every facility for transport and lodging must be granted to the Russians, but only during their inarch to halting places. The circular enjoins the prefects to preserve tranquility in spite of every provocation. A conflict would be unfortunate. Roumania must await the verdict of the congress. Ten Thousand Mill Operatives Idle. London, April 25. Employers in Nelson and Barrlngford districts, near Burnley, decided Tuesday to post a notice of a 10 per cent, reduction. This declston will aflect 20,000 persons. At the same time four weaving masters in Burnley have arranged with their operatives to run fourdays per week at a 6M per cent, reduction. Twenty-five only out or 110 mills are now running at Lurnley and 10,000 operatives are idle. Goods for the Paris Exhibition. London. April 25. The United States steamer Wyoming and tbe ship Constellation, which arrived at Havre together on Tuesday wi'h exhibits for the Paris exhibition, will discharge their cargoes ircmediately. The goods will be in Paris this week. The American section ol the exhibition is filling rapidly, and, it is thought, will be but little, if any. behind others on the opening day. TheCaar Writes a Letter to the Servian Troops. Belgrade, April 25. General Leschjanln has returned from St. Petersburg with an autograph letter from the czar ttanking the Servian troops, acknowledging their bravery .concurring in the cession of Wnnjel and freedom to Servia, and promising to have all possible regard for Servla's wishes. Tbe Hill Operatives' Strike. Manch aster, April 25. N.sarly all the operatives at Burnley whose notices expired last evening have Joined in the strike. Thousands of idlers at Blackburn . are wandering the streets, tome of them becoming very clamorous for strike pay. Employers in the Lancashire district say that arbitration Is out of the question. - The Two Princes Improving. London, April 25. A telegram frem Berlin states that Prince Bismarck's lUlness does not appear to be dangerous. II s speedy recovery Is expected. A dispatch from St. Petersburg reports that Prince Uortschakoff it much better. Trie Turks and InsnrKenti. a Athens, April 23. The British consuls are still unsuccessful in their regotiatlons for the armistice between the Turks and insurgents of Armyro. The Turks have been defeated by Insurgents near Karditza. . . England Determined on War. London, April 23. A St. letersbnrg dispatch says: "The suggestion for a preliminary conference has been adopted In principle. An agreement seems assured ir. regard to the time required for the withdrawal of. the

Russian army and British fleet to Adrfanople end Besika bay, respectively. Tbe Enellsh cabinet, however. Is rabdrg other difficulties in connection with the passage of the Dardanelles and the submission of the entire treaty of San Stefano to the coegress. The conviction gains ground that It la determined on war An Arrangement for tbe Withdrawal of the British Shlpa and Russian Troop From Constantinople. Loxnox, April 24. Through the principle of the withdrawal of Russians and Euglisb from the vicinity Constantinople has been accepted the knotty point, and as to the distance to which tbe force shall retire continues to be discussed, and the difficulties in the way of such a solution are se great that many foreign: critics believe an arrangement is hopeles, whiie the Pall itall Gazette and other English journals characterize the proposal as a Bsmarcfcdan Joke. TherTimes, however, believes that tne principle being accepted tbe adjustment of the details ought not to le im-possifele.-The Times alsi says It is Informed that Bismarck Is still making etlorts independently, of tbeee relating- to tbe retirement of Russian troops-and British ships from near Constantinople to nnd a fcasls lor a meeting of the congress.. More About the WlthwJraivar ot Troops From Constantinople. St. PETKHSBtrB, April 2ij The Golos. commenting on the proposal for the withdrawal of the Britisb- fleet and Russian troops from the vicinity of Constantinople, says: "We eaa not see any indications ot an understanding. The negotlatioasonly enable Kng'and to-actively continue her preparations lor war. It is desirable, there fbre.tfeat means he speedily found In Berlin to com pel England to make her real intentions liown, as the present uncertainty weighs heavily on Europe and Russia."

Prince Bisnseek Sltkness Among Kss alan Soldiers. Lojtdox. Ars-i!i2i. The Cologne Gazette say PYince Bismarck will return to Berlin on the29t h intant, when xtrliament assembles. Telegrams from' Constantinople say that the typhus is increasing among tbe Russians at Adrlanople ana; Rodsto. A review of 0,0UO Russian troops will take place Monday. These tranps will be afterwards encamped between. San Stefano and K&vak. Italy Will Stand by EnglandRome, April 2 The Fanfulla states that Hatfy has notified England of her disposition; to support the latter', demand concern ln thelayingof the treat? before the congress, provided England states her views in regard to Uie wysU-in to be introduced In Bulgaria. Germany and Italy liav both taken steps to induce England to make such statement of her views before continuing military measures. The Striking Mill Operatives London, April 21. A mass meeting of thecotton operatives wa held at Blackburn this1 afternoon, and 20,0ut) operatives were present Resolutions were carried that the operatives shoivkl accept four days per week and ten. percent, reduction, Ave days and Ave per cent, reduction, and full wages on resuming full time. A Terrible Wind Storm Several Persona Repotted Killed. WHtELtso, April 21. A heavy 6torm o wind and rain passed over this section this morning. A heavy hail accompanied it to the north of the city. No particular damagedone here. One end of the Bellaire goblet works was blown In. Q,ulte a number of men were slightly and several seriously injured. It has been reported since that two of them: died. WHAT THE WIXD DIXt AT WARRES, OHIO. Wajsrex, April 21. A heavy wind and rainstorm passed over this place at 11:15 thiamornias. The roof of the new Methodist churcli was blown off, damaging Judge Youman 's residence considerably In its descent. During the storm' Judge Milton sutliffedropped from apoplexy. The damage by the storm is much greater than supposed at first. The casting house or the fnrnace was blowndown; Trucsdell & Townsend's warehouse at their factory was demolished, also the stack of the manufactory and the city plaining mill stack. Several houses and chimneys and tree were wrecked In all directions. DOINGS Ol A CYfLOSK EI.tHT PERSjOSS BA1 LY ISJCRED CiEEAT DEJSTKCCTIOJT OF PROPERTY. Atlanta, Ga., April 21. A cyclone passed over this section of the country, four milesv from Rome, Ga., clearing everything as it went. As far as heard from eight persona were Injured. Several horses and mules were killed. Trees three feet In diameter were twisted off and blown away. 'lue dwellingswere blown down. The path of the cyclone was 30O yards wide, rassing from the south west to the northeast. THE BLOW AT XASHVTIXE, TENJf ESSCE. Nashville, Ten n., April 21. 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