Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 18, Number 2, Jasper, Dubois County, 21 January 1876 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

C. DOANE, Publishsr. jisrEit. INDIANA CURRENT NEWS. oo:4iii:s. Both houses of Congress reassembled on January i iltrr the holiday nrm lit the Senate Mr. Sherman cuhiiutted a resolution that the Commissioner of Uie Freednian' Saviug Di Trul omjmtiT of the District of Columbia l direct 1 to rotmminicxte to the senate a detailed l.iteiner,t of the asset of said comp.ioy remaining undistributed, etc. Aftreol lo. I l.r Cbair laid Isidore tti tcit as iiuflaislied bunnee. the resolution of Mr. Morion lo authorize the appointment ol a. comiuotles to investing the circumstance attending tli recent ei-eiion in Mississippi, anil at Uie re quest ot Mr. Morion Uie reaoluUon km Ian' over till Monday next. A number of oilier bil.s aud resolutions wore divoecd ol , ami ath'r t fhur) Executive Session Uie t-euate adjourned In tb House the Speaker occupied Uie chair in apia..mtly fiutl health. Tbvre were but lew member absent. The sat h ( oflice was administered to It. J. Kiddie of Tennessee, elected to tl.l the unexpired term of File, il;eaed. A larjre number o( Kx-rutire Msiiuianii'ation, which bad accumulated during iwit, xere presented and referred. Tlie Speaker then railed oa roinui tu-e lor reort, but no rotniiiiu wa rt'Aily. On motion of Mr. Morrisou lit House went LotoCoruuiittce of Die iVhile on the state f Uie Tuton, Mr. Wlieeler In tho chair, and U.e UKual resolution distributing Uie President' niitMiif to appropriate committees were ottered lit Mr. !klomon ami avdopletl. Alter considerable discission a resolution was adoplel giving Uie Committee' oa Hanking and Cnrreory control of Uie subject ol banks, banking and currency, and resumption o( siccie Payment by the National Hunks. Mr. 4iKlecfTered a resolution, wlinb wa adopted without opposition, that Uie i oniDiiUee on Naval Allans lie instructed to Inquire and report on tne aianageaient ol Uie Navy-lard, aud whether any public monevha been used to fvr any political party, Vir. I Huflaa offered a resolution for Ihe appointment of a scl, ct committee U investigate Uie BfUir of tie Frees.hnan's savings and Trust Company and it evei nl branches and the cause ot iu failure; the partie rrspoucihle therefor, etc. Adopted. A resolution wa tiered by Mr. aaon. derlarinjc that id all raeof public emplovmeut, all other initip being eiial, the aoldit-r shall hae prel-reue orer the ttrilian, and derlarinar that irte House is iu favor of frtvinc lilier.il -n)iu to (iieaed and cri(iplr.l .ldier. their w itoi aunt rtuldren, and their lpendikrit fstiier and nmUier. Adopted yen, itf ; naya, . Mr. Morriaoo offered a reaolulion Uirertiur lite aerer! flandinjc oommitteei tn inrjuire into tor ata-e or fruU in the aoni.iiietr.itnin And the exeeution of the a.ui4 .axii traaefces of te lie aenire. with a new U awerlain what change and relormatu-n ran lx ioale o aa promote itiU'irnty, exDmy aud e Meienry : almi, inntru. tiae tlie ton. mine. on Kspentituret In the aeveritl lejartinenla to proreel at once, a required by the rule of the llouBe. to examine into " the lte of aerounu and expenditure of ISe repeetire 1 partmenu. Adiptel. A motion a oflcred ly Mr. Kort, UO'lannr that ttie ofHr of the House in filling ubordiual- f!iiv. should be tnntruru-d la all raoea to give to well quah Sol I'nion lol.lier prefereii'-e orer Kihlieri ol trte late t onfeJeral army, llo laioved Uie preruU queaUon on It ado!ti"n. The preTiou tjuestiun wa t aecon.leil Tt u 13. A liurolierof other refoluUona were introduce!, and at 4 'lo the iiou.-e a t Jourued. In the ,r nste, on the Cth, the Commfttee en PriTileirea Md Election reported their deciaion that It U within the eotiitiuitional power ol the Senate to elect a new President pro ten . at the pres ent time, but without making any recoinniendaUon aa to the adviialiiOtjr of - xori'iemt thia power. Mcr. ti""per ni M.rrnnou, the Teniorrlie Tnemt-r of l!ie roininiUee, (iieaenlel from tlx nujoritv. A juintierot hillt re pre-nlel . amnrirf toein einit one by Mr Key, aiittwrtz'ng a U'pofrsidiiral enney lit lh rbai nel, li.-j nn iml paoMiireo alonn tlie MieaiaIU' Kiver I betnoriin x liiMt. lK.ii.Kdijoe'l of, Mr Mumilcailr! up the bid In tr -.linv.-.! y turn ye May, U luriherprova.e fr riienidin of legal teu-lr 1. ". ni-U i in cr, r !jr;e with existir; law . and ad irv-d the eir, A de. bate of otne Iri jin f..ll wrl.wl.u li n p:irliipated in by .M:i-r. iJogv, Tni:nnai. Edmund, btit rman, anil olhiT. Mr.M-rrii'a hill n tioally reierre-l to tlie Committee on r inHiwe In the lloue Mr. ILindaii. f r m Irte Couiiiutlee on Appropriation. r-Krt-d a re"iiiiii"n Intnjriuu (be ( i nimittce on MiMt.irr Affair to take inlo iinme-'inte eontideratu a tiie pay ami allow an, tit all Riuert of l Amir, and to report ln-U.er in any, and if to, in vtL.it raw uch pay and ailnwame H-u.d be redurnil. Agreed f. Itill were ir.tro-1u-.l-ly Jlr. Hot Llna, .v.ipropri.nar.g ll,V,ioiln ml of t V ( -ntnniil Kxtiimtion; by 1 r . iliK kiM-r, f.-r tl.e laipntteai.ent ot tlie Xtieitouri Kivtr lirtwero t. thane Jin I tlie mouth of the SliMouri: t Mr. I nnkli-!, to autliorue tlie hohling of at . . JtietrM I mt ( at K.4nf City, Mo. . and otiwr. ir. Me kcr j inl r-! uc I a rrfoiiilinn for tie itM..ntim-r,t of a ! aeleet oirin It tee tn i ii mre into ir,nad, r-hlie. nea and nmrileri al'ig the Meilen border ill i lex.. Adopud. . ljouru-l to iloii'U) . Iu the .etiatf, di tht; 7th, a nuniWr t.f J memorial froui IV' !gilalure ot Arkna ; weru pre--eiitel by Mr. Iorey, aLirlA--l , an ap- j propriatwtj for tlie Irupruvenient of the t.aTijrttion of White Kirer; 2, the t-on-trurtion of m- J tioi.al k-Tn-a lo reclaim alluvuil bin In d Ihe i Miriiii Uivi-r; :. that (cn;n'i pan an art! returning ilo- t oil, n Ln, 4, an npp. -opriat im tor , the iniprovt ii-nt vf navivition in IL.you lt.tr- ! ttiolon.-w; ail of nhieb were referred. Tl' -n- ' ale IP eitrutiTr teion eunllmmi Uie (. lowing nomm.iti' na : i rsre H. viirl, M meter to Chin i ; Avera 1'. Merrill, . Minister to Itelgium; i uun C. l irpeiti- r d Iowa , eond comptroller t -e lr ! urj ; IU utien Wilii-una of Indiana, Ifc'ptitv w "ml I ifctroller of the Trt-aeurv; Jlorin eAo li u 1 4 M.ii.. Third AudiMT the Trea-urr, li. r . i amptc ll, t ollector of li.ternal IfeTi-nue, I rilrd P.a.nrt of lexaa; Ji nj Ii l. Wi-bier, I lerbir of Internal lUftrrnue, V,r-l iitrii'tof 11-ii.ie ; AcaC Mall.e, eiirvior of li-u-nul KeTeni.p . tiie II. T. Mnnn, r4iied; togr-tiier h ith a nunljcr of I'oainxaef'r. Ad)ouruedtill Mnmlay. In tlie naie, on th" 10th, tit Ion were preeoiited lr'in S6,('d women of L'tab. for the repeal of Ui aiU-iolyiramy lavr of) i;lroia Ctitentof Ohio for tbe repeal of thelUaiuaptn.fi ai t. ll "Uitb n were offered by Mr. OeoTer, rei)Ueetiiii; tne I'li-soletit lit le.-lre by pr.M-HMi-tiou the firi-t. i.l neutrality lietween the Wovernmnt of hpmii and the p.op-eof Cuba; by Mr. White, iWUrir the feo.ral t.oveniment lo have b en ereaied by the ftato in their "over eign ciMCitv. nr.; by Mr. Morton, de.-.larmg I iiomii W . r rr) President of the senate pro u m Laid our. Mr. Hamilton presented a bill la e enre tlie iptT ean plellon of the Tex ia Pieillc Hnlr.s.1, ete. It lerred 1 he Speaker d Uio House .inioMincd the follow in? le. I ..mnikt U-ea : n T x Frontier Tr-siibUa Messrs. riehleivliep A. William (Midi ), Iiiiinr, llankisnd llunbiit ; n ree.lnien' Hn. ,il -r1.B,..,.r. Ii .titfl.is, ISradf r., Mi'Hi 'r, Kiddie, Ils.ker, boss. Isrisell, Fnst and llainey. .dr. Kindall inovo-l to suspend Uia rtii.-s, in order t proceed to the consi'leral ion of the amtiestT bill. Mr. ItlMine anggesUil that the Ce-. i-no'al sipriri,ilion bill ! the flrstconxldi f I, I, nt air. iiiioull It-sifted o:i hit iiioti.in. an I tho rules etiln. ..... u .. o. . ......i- i Mr. Koilnll then demiiii.ied tne r. v..ei I one -Ii .n..n i n a - eHor the bill Mr. llMltx III : ...;lr. .. .. 1 1... it-if.iiliftiit.ii-utriiT a tn t.n. I i....tif i.ii.I -t.ited th il I .. B ci of eaiiin- the prevn us iii-xtiin vsa In oo Ihis. air. K.in Isil leplici I Hlliq'oW'IIH'Oe oi nit- , lri 01 11. nn'r, for tweiM vi er. l.-.dtuu its eft.-, t In il a.o eaev uii'i r V our 1 1 reel ion and that of yoursiott ol thxi i.ii-VM Tl-e pn-vinus ipie-tun' 8 ston. lei. I '.- '.- ! Mr. K in. I. ill miia then about lo ;,. ,ie- ' It u-e ui. ;! ' -ifs 1 1 on , w be n Mr I! un- i... i .. Willi II. ritii.uk tnai, P.- lull was ind a reMrt '.ruin u . iiivilte.', i.n-l.r the rules m! ttj -b.itii- o' --'l A oinewt,.ii mo rum!-ili-i ihrinii i ii ., -I lx-i' i-eo V.-r Uiii.nllsnt I lia I lie, ill. . i b oh ( ie loll r i t " T he n u . I) in ( 1 . I. i. .ol is Oli-trU'tillg HOII.l-t, . lb' i i: I in - ' ii i v. r ii. in in the ni t . . n d kct pin TT i. ii e-t ,l.i nii-e he will lo t ail'. Us lo "te on f t. lu aug .t.e Ol ll.ivi " .v. r.

Kajiilall ' 1'id ou allow the minority of the House to oflr aaiendment to Iho Civil-riiht bill? (Murmur of .No," No," .Nor to tne Force bill either from the m-tnocrntirt aide, an t rail for Urn regular enter from Utli side. Hie iUeUon was tht-n taken, and the bill aa rejected yea , ITi; u.ij , tT not being the requisite two-thirl majority. Mr. Itl.une then moved h re onudi-r the vole lnl taken, and -d-ilreaxd Uie House on the subject at aoine lengtb. He al replied to by Mr. Cox., who was I'ollowred by Mr. kellev in a etnuig pe-ch against I'.Ume am nduient, and in favor ot umteranl and un((Ualirted ataiietty . Trading discussion Uie House atijourned. In the Senate, on the 11th, the bill for tae completion and location of Uie naval monument at Waihin.nu waa passed. Hill were intro-duccd-by Mr. Paddock, to enable Uie people of New Mexico to form a ConbtuUoi and suite (ioviTinuent, and lor the admission vt said state into the I'ni.m; bv Mr. Hofi, Vt esUUioh a braiiih mirital t. I.tiia; by Mr. Isitrsey, to auiiKriiettie eonstrueuon ot a bridge acnsa the Mississippi Kiver aiMemplii; all of which wei relerreil.. Alter Use eipiraUoa of the tuuniug hour Mr. Cooper anuouueed Uie deaUl of his colleague, Andrew Johnson, and delivered a eulogy In Uie House, Mr. Morrison Intnsluceil ahilldeaignaled "Preparatory to redemption vf l ulled Mate Bote and reauoipUon of cn pajuienta." It propose lo retain told iu the Treasury to the amount of 30 per cent, of outstanding legal-tender; require national bauka to rcUia gold pawl for Uieir intereat on liond deoeilcd to secure curreucy till they have Jo per e-nt. of their nutsUuidkuK notes, and reKsala Uut portioa ot i:.''jinit ion act compelling iwif reuiuUon in 1 t:v. Itia Amnesty bill wa again taken up and air. Hill (.) spoke at leuiriti in favor vf tho mrasure, and in reply to Mr Itlains. Mr. tiarfleld took the fliorto refdy ti Mr. Hill, but yielded lor Uie purpose ot permitting a eulopy to he iklnered upoa Uie Ute Aulre Juhii' jn. WAinilf.T. The President, on the 0th, transmitted to the1 Senate the report of lr. Undrrniann, Ilreetor of the Mint, In rcganl to the W-st point for tho lfM-at Ion of a branch mint in tlie Wl?t. Ir. I.ln'fTTnPI s,v n M report. that at ht'tween St. Louis, Cinclnnitti, Chicajro, Inlianipolis, Oru.iha and Kan.is City he can firul no iartiinlar ground for preference, further than that St. Louis and" IndiniiApolw have old Gmeriinit nt l.uildiiica which can ) aJpted for the purH,"e tf a niint and thni sae the mtise and time reqairi'd for the rn-tion of anew buthlinx. Th old United 8tatm Ar--nal buildinK at Indianapolis Is now no longer required for that purpose and ran be rouerted into a mint In six months time, w hile the St. Lou U Post -oflii e ran not te made available for ttie purple until the new building i coinpieied, vu.ith will not l within two or three year. lr, Uodennann therefore rrcoinmendu the former location. The Department of Agriculture e irtimttrs this t aon' cotton crop at from 4, 000, "JO

to 4,l-'a,(MiO bale. John Wilcoii, fonrn-rlr Corn mission r of the (ieneral Land OmVe and Third Auditor X the Treasury, Uied at auingtou on the i 11th, aired 6o. j lr. Itartley, wife of Judjre Hartley aa J ' sister of ica. Sherman, died at Washington on the 11th. EAST. TlierloMuc price of gold in New York, on January 11, wa IU'. . The execution of Wm. Murray and Frederick Myers, for the murder of Gottscbardt Wahl, a fJennan farmer, took place at I'ittslur'b on the 0th. The Republican of Ne- TIiTjphire, at their State Couiention held on the oth, nominated P. C. On ncy fur (JovenKirund William A. Pierce for Li utenant-io .mur, The resolution favor pcie jiynient; a revenue t.rrilT with incidental protection; roconcilia! If,n with the Southern people; proclaim. tmaJteralile opposition to a third term; that freednicn shall hae full. fair nd free exerie of every ribt of itlenshlp: that a Just and forbearinjrphlicy towards the South shall be observed; and that the present Administration meet with their hl'hct nji roba'ioii and command their undivided support. There I also a rcolo:i n approv intlie pro. posed ainemlnu nt to tl . r'on;i:ut, m prohibiting the h'iii.of avy public money, flireeilyor indirectly, to. any r liioiia M'ct; and another ex preini; tli'ir 'unqualified abliorreiiee of the action of the lietiioentie majority In the Natbnal Hotj-eof R. preseiitative, in removing from plait of emplojuicnt aliout the Capitol maimed t'lilon ebrnn, and filling the vaeam lew thus inailewith inenwlioe only el.iitn uint tho majority Is, that they fought to distroy this I'nion." ' Another advam-e in railway fnU'ht from Iai rn xiinta Vet went Into eflit t on the j lth. The new rates are tmsecl on a t.irnl or toietita per P) tNs. for tirst-elas freight from New Vrk to Chleairn, and this rale i to be uniform on all trunk llnew. Amontf the men-an: ile failures reported ! r.n the 7th were those of Philip Stitier. I'M-

.rietor .f rirhteen tea store, In New York J vote of HI to 7, adopted a resolution r."ii;di.iiiM. iLt.i a Ml. as.eta ..w. ml 1 puivinit from the record a resolution Lndor

Kaston A Milne, hankcra, Fall Kiver, Mass. liabilities not given. Ir. Samuel (i. Howe, of Itoton, founder of the Institute for the Hlind in thnt city, diedoit the Hb. aged 74 years. Jjine-w llamill, the well known oarm.in, died on the P Hh. A lnr m;s-niertlng of workincmen wan held In New York City on the evening of the linn, which was presided over by Peter Cooper. An address was adopted, declaring that the present distress in liuanelal atTair Is due to the gradual contraeti m of its credit by the Government, and suggests as a remedy "that the present national debt he put, a far aa possible, ill the hand of the Aineriean people, and the enterprise and labor of tho nation be set to w ork airain; and that the national debt 'he converted Into bond payable in current v, and btanc' a lower ra lower rate of interest The W"t P.o-totj Savings-bank ha been r,l,,;,,..,l fr.,m r.r.hinn il. I....:ia .n 1.'. - "I ....-f.....-, v count .f Itrmanital being impaired by shrinkage of value in I: real-estate and other securities. There willlse hut little loss to depoitor. The Inland Insurance and Deposit Com - pany of Ltncastir. Pa., elided il d...,r ou the l!tli. W1.T At MifTll. The (ir.uid .1 . try in tin1 t'n;t d Stall Iiit tii t 'mirl at ( In- ig i. on tlie it h, f ni ml w jo, ut i ii'l i , no lit against J. Y. Sc ttriinon anJ Ji.-epli s. Kced, charging Un m wiih

ftiie misapproprUtioii of fund of t lie Mchanlrw' National lUnk while ther were relMctiely l'rcslJeiit and Cashier of tkat bank. Tln Texas Democratic State Co::v ntion, held at (iulwston on tho bib, rcnoiniiiated by a vlauialion Gvitrtior Coke, LlcuteiuiutlioMrnor Uibbard, and Attorney-tiencral Hooue. Col. Lamar waa unanimously nominated for I'uitcd rUtea Sebator from Mississippi by the ItefTKvratle cancua on the 6th. All the oilier candidate withdrew. In the Mississippi House, on the 0th, Mr. Kcatb.cjs.tou. introduced a resolution to apIndnt a ciinniittee of the to Investigate the otflclal coudu' t of (Jovernor Abie, and ascertain what ground there are for tho thaw against him of committing high crime and misdemeanors, with Instruction to report the evidence taken ai on an possible. The Louisiana- Conservative Convention, in session at New Oilcan on the bib, adopt t il a memorial to the President aud Congress, protesting against the Kcllogj; Government aud urging that the Wheeler adJusunem iu no way binds the people of tlie State to support, or to avquk-no in said government. Governor Ames of Mib-ippi in hi annual message, represents tho Uto finance as In inJi n an unprecedt utedly favorable conditlon. 11.' says: ''The real debt of the stnte beyond Its ability to pay Is only half a million dollars. " The expense of the State Government for the present year were 1S0", reduction upon expense cf fust year of nearly ?f.Ji,i, while the receipt have been fn0.uC0 over disbursement." The message concludes: 'The pro-perity and progress of the Stale must neesarlly depend upon the feeling of eecurity and conteutiueut of the people. Distrust and suspicion should be di, lied by just aud liberal legislation. Tlii done, a solution of many ditUctiltiea of tlie present time w ill have becu substantially accomplished." A. M. Ilolbrook, editor and proprietor of the New Orleans I'lcayunt, die-l at liiaden' springs, Ala., onthe.'dh, aed UM. He was born in Vermont, went to New Oilcans in 1n", and since ha been counet ted with the I'lcayune. The trial cf Gen. lUln-oek at St. Louis for alleged complicity in the Whisky Ling has been act for the Cist inst. McKee'a trial w ill commence on the 'Jothand Maguire's on tLeS.jth. t A recent decision of the Secretary of the Treasury peremptorily closes ail mining operations in the Indian Territory which have not the joint sanction of the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nation. The principal sufferer are the . Coal Company, and Houston, Pallas and Texas Coal Companies. They w ere mining about ton per day, employing ;) hand, w ho are thrown out of employment, and must week the States for wc-ik, as there I said to le no labor for them in the Indian Territory at present. There were three execution In Tennessee on the 7tb. Frank seott, colored, was bamre l at Memphis for the murder of Hansom Phillips, an eld nesrrn, on Christmas evening-, 174. LIU William, also colored, was han.-ed at Lartlett for the murder f .foe Fields; and Milton McLean was hun?cd at Jack n for the murder of a man named loe. Alexander Williamson, of I'.elmore, Putnam County, Ohio, proprietor of tho Caledonia stove Works, and a member of the firm of Liker A-Co., dry pood, i said to bat e absconded, leaving debt to the amount of IOUt"0. The Legislature of Mississippi ha appointed committee to Investigate charges is.amst Lieut. -Gov. Davis, and CardoD.sn. V rintendeiit of I.dueulion. - Mr. .1. Y. Svainiiion, the Chieiigo banker, who, together with bin son-in-law, Mr. Hud, has been indicted by the L'bited uites tiraii I Jury for iniappropriating tlie funds ,f the Mcehaiii. V National F..mk. of which he wan President, has publi.-lied a card denying the charge. He say the whol thing is a b!:u k-mailing opi ration. Gordon llyroii Pitigbum, one of the llingham Krother, who wire o heavily impllcated iu the operations of the Lvaiistiiie (Ind.) Whi-ky Ling, died on the l";h, from

api.pl-.-xy, stipeniiddced. it Is said, by extreme nervous depression. He was to have appeared at Indianapolis on the following liy as a witness for the prosecution, and hi seemed to fear It would cause his immediate sentence . He was evidently Insane the day preceding his death. The Mi-sivippi House, on the l"th, by a j in (icii. J'hil. sherldan, p.i.-e.l at the la,t I t'toU. Tl e Montaoit Lrgi-lature mctut Helena on tlie Sth. Tho Utah Legislature met at Salt Lake on the lOt h. Gov. Hayes of Ohio was Inaugurated on the 10th. The Orrrlml Mntfhj, of San Francisco, ha su-p nded publication. J. II. Martin A Co., wholesale gr .ei r and cotnmiIon mere ant of Memphis, have suspended. Liabilities reported at ,, STMl, aset fll0,ll. oflb'ial proclamation ha been made of the annual M irdi Gra carnival, to be h. id at Memphison February '.'. It I reputed from liramle City. Wyoming Territory, that the Centennial Mine, located 2 mile due wct from that, city, I the richest gfdd mine ever found upon this continent, an I were It not f r tlie deep SIlOVTS In the til 111 tit 1 n the W hole loi-.ll Imli. - I I illation would be rusliiiig th.-re In search of i tlie precious metal, f The value of various ore mine. In I't-ih j during the pat ar ainouo!. d lo 7."-',(m). j A Woman ."iiili ig" eonveution has been rntiu'lv h Id at D river, Cl.. ut whl.h a I universal suffrage ei tue f'r the new CoiiI stitiitioii w.t dr.i.i-d. i Th'! lovi L'gi In. ire conveiii'd oil tho 11.1. ll illl house i b-cte.l Kcpllbllc.in i.l.lc r. Anegro named I'.urge.s. c intiucd in the i jail at it.iloii Rouge, lt. , i harmed vv il h miir-

ring a white man, was taken from the jail on the nlrnt of the 7th and hung; by a mob. fr-OIIKIt.-V. Tom IIuKlif expresses hi regret that home duties will prevent Ills acting as umpire for the International bout race iu America this year. Charles Luther, cotton spinner at Oldham, Lancashire, F.ugland, ha failed; liabilltles J,l,nio. A train filled w ith military recruits ran ort the track near ode a, l'usia, on the Mb, and plunged down an embankment. The wrecked car caueht tire before all could be extricated, and many were burned. There were lu) lives lost and some od others Injured. (ieneral Cortina, the Mexican bandit ehU flain, ha been released from arrest. 1T.0.H Tilt' NATIONAL cATITAL. I'ollllral aud IVrsoual rwi anil 4,osalp. Chicago Inter-Ocean Ss inl, Jan. 4.J H1K AKKANSA HOT M'ltlNliS. Senator lHrey will Introduce In the Senate to-morrow a bill which will settle the whole controversy regarding the Arkansas Hot Spring. T he pnerty has been iu lit Ik'atloii for over lift) veals, and the Court of Claims ha recently decided it t be i Government reservation. Horsey bill pro

vide that the spriiiir theiiisi lie and the park iu w hich they aio situated be forever set apart for the benefit of the public under the control of 'the Surgeon-General of the Army, and that the proprietors of both houses supplied w it la w ater from tlioprings be asi-ed a iidiiin:d rental, siitlo lent to keep the premises In order. The bill provides that all tlie land be nppraisi d by a commis-ton of irme person, iicuuec of w honi shall be a t iii.-n of Arkansas. r iu any way (uteres! cd, and sold at tlie appraised Value, the el liuiant to hau the til-t opportunity to purehase. TI1K 1MIA TKKKITi KY . Sctiator Dorsey aIo luis a bill in enre to the opening of the Territory to settlement,, and referIonian w hicb lias bi t ti approved by the w hole Cmigri tonal delegation from t be Soul li v e-t . 'J'he bill provides for a Territorial Government, with the right of frauchi-e secured to nil civ ilied Indiuns, ai d to all pcr-.in If.-iily entitled to settlement ill the .Nation. 1 he distinguishing feature ot the bill I that it prov.dca for the division cf a!! the n, equally among the Indian, only irhmg the heads n( families li acre ill re tlinn single persons, and providing that bi acres of the I mil given to each Iudian cannot be aiiciiated for twenty years. 'I'vvo section in i -n li township are lescrved for common school and i. laced under the i barge of the Teriitori il Leiil'lature, w ith t he reservation that none of the Jiroei-eds of the laud can be u.d for wetarian s-tio,l. Missionaries and churches already established are iriven tlie land -cup.'d. Hv tlits bill n lands arc reserved for railroad. Senator Doev i.m t .d seek an early i.i--.ii;e of tlie bill, but introdlhl d it With" the hops' that it I.IIV Meet the approval of the iuhabitaiit of tlie Territory, among w Im.iii he expects to have il circulated extcniv cly. ABKOtitTIUN OK 1IIK I.M'IAN AM rENSlOX IU UK ACS. The Senate Committee on Reform in t he Civil Service, of which Senator P.outwell i Chairman, has given considerable attention during t lie recc.t to the miction of turning over tlie Indian I'.i.reati and Penion oili. e to tlie Var Iieparttneiit, Karly in the summer letter were addressed by the coininittee to tho Secretary of War and to the !ei retary of the Interior aking tlu ir opinion a to the expediency id making these c1i:iiil'' s in their debartlllelits. i he character of the reply sent by tb Interior Department i not known. Tlie reply of the War Department iroe a f ir as to say that If Congress see tit to make the transfer the Department feel that It machinery i sufficient to enable it to discharge such duties with cnVicnrv. St. Louis (ilolse-Iiemncrat Sjiil, J.m 5. 1 1 1 K T I". X A rvClflC Itll.L va pr. cnti d in the Hoiie to-day, anil referred t the I.i-itie Kdlr -ail ( s.nnuit u-e, where it will remain till Lamar, the chairman, ret-irn to the llmi-e and call the coinmilt-e loget her. The inea-ure -id. united i th' same a that pending iu the hate and a the one p-nd;ns la-t ( ongres iu tlie I loii-e. 1 II K l EXtKN.MlL AriT:ot l:lltlOX. Tl c;,,-,.,-, ,.f tic (Vr.b imial Lvhi'.ition were at the C.ipi'ol lo-d iv , uriiig Ibe ajIn prlation of .sl,."-i',ts'' bv Ou.gre t eotiiplcte the exhibition btii.iiir- and h ave it Iree frin debt wlo-n it -i's In May. Memio-r ilirter very widely .is to the right of Coirgn - to spen-l the public money for a jirivate er.feq.ri-e. Tln-re i t i be a meeting of the Select oiui lith ( mi the Centennial to-nionow, when ii 1 undorMo.nl a bill w ill be fratnd covering th" manner In vv hick the nppr.'pli.il ion. if mail'-, shall be controlled and diburc.l. Member of the Commission are anxious for immediate action in order to t-'.t t.ie matter. now APimd iii vT'cn-s ai:k To UK ctT l iW s. Mr. Ilolman. who is second in the committee on Appropriation of the House, stated to-day that. aft r a can fid examination of all the e-tiinate n vv b f .re the committee, it i manifest that tin cpcne of the Goveriiiin ht t"r the to At ti-eal yenr can be reduced at I at Sl.l.ism.isni. IK- proposed in the items of river and harbor and public building alone to cut down the i -tunnies ., ism, ii. n the estimate for the potoiliee Department, a b'svy reduction I also lo be made, ehiefly in item of Post-ma-ters' salarie and the free delivery of letter. 'I he law now provide that ill all cities of ."i Inhabitants there shall be free delivery. It i propo.ed to limit t lie free. ib-liv-crv sv-teni to eitie of not b- than Nl.lSNI inhabitant. The next In ai y rebut in t to hii ui:ule in the ( "tiinate for t ie Army. It Is jirol..il.li' that the com in it tee will r mnieiiil a reduction of the Armv to l.).s m ii. with corresponding n-iu.-tion bi 111 tnir alld gelienil isfltirer. The estimate of the Indian llureau will also be largely reduced. TIIF. INVKs-IIUATloN I'lirMiKAMMK was promptly developed, three being; ordered and a d .en refi rn d. Forth" report regarding the lnvetig ition into the Navyyards, the mover say, in conversation, that so far as the Norfolk v ar I is concerned, lie can pr-iv e all ho allege about t he sale of matt rial stolen from the same, and the existem e of rinjs to deft and the Government, etc. Hut while his revolution i sweeping, be admit that he know iiothiMr of any wrong in any other Nav v -yard, secretary Koi'fsou said' ibis evening that he ! lied invi stig.it ion, and m ready b rcioiid in 1 lie fulli -t p iil,le intii'ior. The Ih iiioi rats ili I u d pf".-.-e to trut a gi'i er.il dr.ig-iut, uinl o referred all other proposed Inv etigatioiist - the W ays iiiiil M au Committee, to see If they Were expedient.

AS CNyt al lKiri I'K.MUThe New York llrrmhCt St. I-ouU speela of to-day say that Ol villc and Pled. Grant are certainly implicated In the whisky fraud. Secretary llrltovv and Solicitor Wilson both authorize tour correspondent tonight to state that the story is a malicious falcliood. So far a lin y know , not a scintilla of evidence Implicating them has been developed.

St. I.oui Itepublioan SH-clal, Jaa. I IMPUOVKMKXT OF VVKSTIHN I.IVrkS. Capt. Itofinger.and ('apt. Gould, of St. Louis, called on Gen. Humphries of the Kngineer Depart ineiif, to-d. iv, lo solicit a report recommending tlie nsolution calling for a mixed couimiiou to suicrv ie I lie improvement of Western river, adopted by the National Hoard of Steam Navigation last summer aud afterwards indord l) the Levee Convention at Ylikburg. The Idea I for the President toappoini a rouiiiiiion of seven three cmrincers from tho army, one from theCoat Survey and one from civil life, with a Mississippi Kiver pilot and steamboat captain w tiich commission would have entire i barge of the planning and execution of all river inipiov cim nt, so that l here may be conformity in the work. Gen. Humphrey promised in consider the resolution, but dccliuedto express iiis view regarding it. Chictgo Inter- Kyn special, dan. '. Mb Sol HI lllVr.K lVti JlOVtMKMs. Mr. John II. Clark, Jr.. of .Missouri, ha introduced a bill to appropriate I."of,iaji to bo expended iu deepening aini ; i tiiaiiei.tly I.Kating the t liatim l of the Mb-uiH Kiver, to secure a navigable d pth of the f.-et. dnr-iti-g low venter, from Sioux "dy ti the mouth of the Missouri, the iiuproveliieiils lo be made under the dtn-i-tiou of the .s i.-t irv of M'se, upon pbm- in ide bv al . ilil cf live eiv il engineers, to be appointed hv tin' Governors of Missouri, Nebraska, lows, and Kansas, each one, l ho lifth to bo named from tlie emrineer corps of the ui my by tluSecrciary of War. The bill provide that the compensation of each of these civil engineer Ise paid by till State from which they are selected. OIIit.lt W F.TT.KX MKll. ;:s. Mr. Franklin, of MIourl, ha a bill providing for the construct! in of a pot-otnVe and cutoni-house at hanaa l.'y, to cot .s-.'.'iO.Uisl. Mr. Phillips, of Kansi, I n :i bMI to prov id' a Govt riiiucutl'ililililigal la tveuworth, to cost iV.ina. Mr. P.rjvvu, of K.ir..-., ha- a ' id stith'Tiing the sale of thekan-a Indian l.u;d in Kaii-as to actual settlers, uinh-r tUe treaty of November 17, 1 ", at ml prmidit'g that the priH ced be set apart for I he ue of atd Indians, undi r the direction of the ( oinmisi i . ic r of I n d i an Ail ai rs . Chicago Tiib une Special, Jan. ft. IsttlK.tNO TIIK FfN AXCl.tL Ux F1 !'. The House to-day tartly i upeJ a vote Opon th" li nance, ijuestioii. The vote wa avoided, but the incident served to show that neither party i now ready to give any lo-vv Votes Upon H i subject. The lUt' was I'loilght before the oue by a it-solution of Ilea, of Indiana, which tie. lard that the contraction of the current v Is detrimental to the business interests, ami should be -topped. .Vfier something .f a wrangle, in which th" leader of both parties sought lo d"dge tin-i-ue. thi P'olu'ii. n wa tiha'.ly r fern d w ithout Instructions. At Warsaw, Ind., on New-Ye.ir') iMv, Sitcjihen Phillpot had both hi arm blown nil by the prentituro dis--harpe of :i cannon w Iiiie liri a salute. Hi recovery is hniMiib. Luke Funk li.ul hi tliutub blown oil' by t ho aiuc disclifirere. They c.mt warm the ti; temple at Salt Lake during tho winter, ainl ( Rrigham says that the faithful must pet en(ing;li prcuA'liiii dm in the tinnner to lut tiij sprin;. Til Y. n AKKLIts NK VV YuKoT, Jsi.nary II. i!E.ti v r. s-auve s , lev. an t 4 ( M.s ires-. ..i ) 1,1 Tf U II F TF 1 . Vii iroo to b.uee. T 4 i iiTloN Mi i.i o .f Fl.o(. i; .O'ssl u choice . . . . ( VV lit AT N... 'I CM.; -g i I...' l id VV f -t.-rn Vii-:,il i I 'A I sVV'c.U. I n Mixed ..... .. 4 . a POUK-Ncvr, Me. gu.i.i a ST. Lot I-.. COTTOV M'llln LFtFCATfLF t tedee .. 4.T hiii.lt- Fr-tns ... 4 i '.'! II ... r-. . I ..rn led Iccm . 4 ir-y;-tM lung ; (o 4 sllr.M' oniiiio-i i 'loice. -. w FI.OIK-Famil 6.i-V W AX 4 WIIKAT-iCe.1 N. i. I :.: " .V ). S 1...I CUKN-N'o. 1 H.ixe-1 -i - 1 MATS 0. J... -il il HI r -N. J . " , 4 TIMOTHY bK.KD Pio.ie .. 2.o a TOliAt.t -l". al ters' l.n.-s.. 4.-i t Milium ii -inii Leaf. '.' II Y- ( imio! Iiiu.-ti v 14. 'o a Itl TILK-ttssiea? Koi.s 17 4 I'oiiK u. i Inr I Mess I'J.no a I.AKO-SU'aai . . li WOOL Tub whed O.'Mee 44 t Dali''t--v on i- ii ii 4 K N ifr CITY. ItEEVKis NaMvesiteera J.s 41 ( uloratbi .steers... i J IHHiv- Packer .! Ml Alio llEKVEH-t'omimui tol h.w'-e 1 4 levin -'..' 4 II'HJH Common to Chon-e.. "- 4) sllKKP la.r toG.ssi ... 4IO i i l.ol K hoiervV niier F.o rv 4 4 h.Hetj -siri,.if L1U1 !. 4 WHF.ar spring No.!. 344 No. S s.i 4 CiUlN-No. t Mixl 41 4 OVTH No. ' 1 KiK-No. i I'tiUK New Mesa l' .' 4 UUD-I'cr est . . li.-ii t 1 lo . - I ..SI I :si . 1 ii 1.' I. 5.g. l.io I. -vis, 3" . VI l.g'. . VI 1.1 O I I 1 50.ii -"s 4i .1 K S.oil ;.( v ;. ".y 1; 11 7.. VI .V2V V, HI', 41', '. 1 '.' Ig.J.'H'

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