Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1879 — Page 2

The Rensselaer Union. f 4 ' ■■ < RENSSILAKE. . - INDIANA.

General News Summary.

Dr. LntsnKix, the Director of the United State* Mint, died at hi* rwidanee In Washington, on the STth. Ox the 87th, the Department of the Interior reeeleed tafomatton eontnnatorjr of the reported crowing of the Canadian line br BKtlng poll The Department believed there would aoon be a large gathering of hoatilo Indian* In unction, but did not anticipate Immediate Fehmmwt Hates, on the 90th, nominated Senator Chriatiancy, of Michigan, to be Mlnfster to Tent. The latter accepted, and the nomination waa Immediately and unanimously confirmed by the Senate. A nisravcn from W'ashtngton, on the 20tli, ■aye the excess of exports over Import* for December, 1878, were *35,128,000; tor the year 1878, «304,542,00 a A Wash ixgtox telegram of the 29th says the Government, In respect to Sitting Bull, twi decided to require him, and bis followers, to surrender a* prisoners of war, or return to Canada. Tn« Board of Experts for Investigating the Yellow-Fever Epidemic of last year submitted a long report to the Joint Congressional Committee, on the 30th uIL, in which they recommend that the necessary step# be taken by Congress, to secure the co-operation of the Spanish and other foreign Governments in an earnest effort to ascertain the cause of the disease In the West Indies, or lessen the chances of its transportation to the United States or other countries. An outline of a system of quarantine la presented, the efficient carrying Into effect of which contemplates a well-organised Health DepartmentTbe report takes the ground that the yellow fever la an imported disease, and it is recommended that the bodies of persons who die of It be promptly buried, and that the assembling of persons at the funerals be discoursed. The report is unanimous, with the exception of Dr. Falllgant, who held to the view that yellow fever may be developed by indigenous as well as by imported poison. Diking the month of January, the subscriptions to the 4-per-cent, loan amounted to *151,851,150. Calls during the same period, *150,00a,00a Another call was issued, on the Ist, by Sec’y Sherman, for the redemption of $20,000,000 5-20 bunds (registered and coupon), Interest to cease on the Ist of May. Thebe wes a net increase of coin in the United Btates Treasury, during January to the amount of *200,742. President Hates sent a message to the Senate, on the 31st ult., in which he firmly maintains his position with regard to the New York Custom-House officers, and says it is his purpose to do all in his power to Intro dace into that Important office the reforms which the country desires. He concludes: “ With my Information of facts in the case and with a sense of the responsible obligation imposed upon me by the Constitution, to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, ’ I regarded it as my plain duty to suspend the officers in question, and to make the nominations now before the Senate, in order that this important office may be honestly and efficiently administered.” The pnblfc-debt statement, as published oo the Ist, indicates the following; Total debt (inclndlng interest of *23,024,689), *2,408,316,825. Cash in Treasury, *382,450,695. Debt, leas cash in Treasury, *2,025,896,130. Decrease during January, *2,751.980. THE EAST. Near Bradford, Pa., on the evening of the 27th, a locomotive boiler exploded during a trial trip. One man waa killed outright, three others fatally, and four seriously, injured. Th* New York Tribune of the 27th says it was stated moat positively that the body of A. T. Stewart had not been recovered by Mrs. Stewart, or Judge Hilton, or any agent. The however, d‘d not say the alleged recovery had been denied by Judge Hilton or Mrs. Stewart.

A terrible tragedy occurred at Mortville, Me., a few evenings ago. John McFarland, wife and grand-daughter were killed by an insane man named Rowell, who was afterward shot dead by a neighbor, whom he had at. tacked. Os the 22d ot February, 187 S, the savings bank at Dexter, Me., was robbed, and F. W. Barron, the Cashier, murdered, as was supposed, in a shockingly inhuman manner. A large number of detectives have since been investigating the affair, and the conclusion has been reached that Barron was a defaulter to a large amount, and that he undoubtedly committed suicide. The following were the closing quotations for produce In New York, oh Feb. Ist: No. £ Chicago Bprlng Wheat, *1.0001.02; No. 2 Milwaukee, *1.01X01.02. Oats, Western Mixed, *>X@3lc. Corn, Western Mixed, 47%® 48Jfc. Pork, Mess, *8.50® 10.50. Lard, *6.7U. Flour, Good to Choice, *19504.50; White Wheat Extra, *4.5505.25. Cattle,' *7.00® 10.00 for Good to Extra. Bheep, *4.000 6.10. Hogs, *3.4004.20. At East Liberty, Pa., on Feb. Ist, Cattlebrought: Best, *4.7505.00; Medium, *4.00 @4.40; Common, *3.2503.75. Hogs sold— Yorkers, *1400170; Philadelphia*, *3.900 4.10. Sheep brought *[email protected] to quality. “ V At Baltimore, Md., on Feb. Ist, Cattle bought: Best, *4.25 ® 5.12*; Medium, *2.7503.25. Hogs sold at *4.5005.25 for Good. Sheep were quoted at *4.0005.25 for Good: —~

WMT A*n SOUTH. lit a recent divorce proceeding, a Chicago Judge held that when man and wife sepaby consent it was not desertion as contemplated byttie Statute,""and that a lecn c of divorce for desertion could not be obtained. The Bub-Commtttee of the Judiciary Committee of the National House of Representatives reached Chicago, on the 28th, to investigate the charges against Judge Blodgett of the United States District Court of the Northern District of DUndls. At Indianapolis, on the 29th, John H. Achev and William E. Merrick were hnng, the former tor the murder of a fellow-gambler, and the latter tor the murder of his wife. Upon the scaffold, each protested his innocence. Oh the 80th ult, Die Secretary of War, at the request of Sec’y Scharz, directed Gen. Sheridan to issue the necessary orders for the release, at Fort Robinson, of the widows and ttrphans<rf the Cheyennes, and to deliver them to the can oTthe Ogallalla Bloux, their relatives, as requested by Red Cloud. A destructive tornado visited the Town of luka. Miss., on the afternoon of the 30th ult Four bouses, and one cbnrch were blown down, and one colored woman and five children were killed outright, two of the latter being found a quarter of a ddle from their homes. vii the 80th ult., the Louisiana State Senate, passed—lo to 17—the Home bill repealing the charter of the Louisiana State Lottery Company, with an amendment tbai-it shall go Into effect only after March 81,1879. The Lottery Company, should the bill become a law, will appeal to the courts, on the plea that the repeal violates their contract with the State. Two yhiTED States Senators were elected, on tha 81 st nit.—John J. Ingalls by the Legislature of Kansu (re-elected), ahtdt B. F. . " ■ . ' ' » ' '

Jctraa, by tbeUegislatuttrof Louisiana, to suecoed Senator UuslU. AChetexne Chief, known a* “ Wild Hog,” eonfioed and buavily ironed at Fort Robinson, Neb., attempted suicide, on the 31st ult He stabbed himself In four places in the region of the heart and the wounds were pronounced very dangerous, if not fatal. The Alms-House, near .Louisville, K.y., was destroyed by fire, on the Slat ult Of thy 340 persona In the building, four lost their Uvea, either by bunting or by injuries received while attempting to escape. In Chicago, on Feb. let Bprlng Wheat No. 2closed at 85.\@85Xc cash; 85Jtfc for Febroarv; 86V for March. Cash Corn dosed at 30. V ,or No - 2 » 3| C-'for February; 36V for May.', Cash Oat* No. 2, sold at2OV, and 20V •e'lcr February. Rye No. 2,43 V Barley No. 2, 83@85c for cash; 84c for February. Caah Mesa Pork doeed at *9.85(89.40. Lard, *6.35. Beeves —Extra brought [email protected]; Choice, *4.25 @4.50; Good, [email protected]; Medium'Grades, [email protected]; Butchers’ Stock, *[email protected]; Stock Cattle, etc., *[email protected]. Hogs—Good to Choice, *[email protected]. Sheep Poor to Choice, *3.03(^4.60.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

According tq London telegrams of the 27th, It was estimated that one-seveDtll of all the spindles and looms In the. Blackburn district had been stopped, and that 5,000 operative* were out of employment and destitute. News was received in Paris, on thfe 2ftth, that the rebellious natives of Boler,- In Guinea, had defeated the Portuguese troops in a pitched battle. The latter lost 300 men. The United Statesstoreslilp Supply recently collided with the I,ark Diadem, off Madeira, and so badly injured her that she had to be abandoned. Her passengers and crew were saved. There is a furious famine in Upper Egypt It was announced from London, on the 2Sth, that Henry M. Stanley, the distinguished African explorer, was preparing for another visit to the Dark Continent. > The British High Court of Justice decided, on the 29;h, to dismiss the motion to attach the United States frigate Constitution for salvage. The creditors of the suspended Cornish Bank have accepted a composition of sixteen shillings on the pound. , _ A large quarry in the Buburbs.of Oportft, in Portugal, caved in recently and buried several houses.. The ruins took fire and many persons perished. FRENcnMex leaving for the United States are no longer required to provide themselves with passports. The British forces in Afghanistan have occupied Kilatl-Ohelzi, the ancient stronghold of the Ghllzis. which cut so important a figure during the last Afghan War. A Berlin telegram oLthe 30th ult. says it: was not believed there tnat the new French President would be able to inaintalu his au- . thority. —: There were several heavy failures in Great Britain, on the 30th ult., the liabilities aggregating £563,000. A Calcutta telegram of the 30th ult. says Gen. Roberts had been forced to abandon Kbost, because of the incessant hostility of the Afghan tribes,

The announcement was officially made, on the 30th ult,, that Marshal MacMahon, President of the French Republic, had tendered his resignation. Both houses of the French Assembly met at once in joint session and elected M. Grevy, President of the Chamber of Deputies, as his successor. There was greats excitement throughout France, but no disturbance. During the evening the CX-President called Upon President Grevy and tendered his congratulations. The Ministry also called and offered to resign, but the President requested them to remain in office for the present. The French Ambassador at the Court of St. James, the Marquis D’Harcourt, telegraphed his resignation also. On the Bourse there was a slight fall in the price of public secmritles. The following 1* the full text of President MacMahon'siqtter: . “At the otwhlqgof this session of the Chambers the Ministrypreagnted to yott a programme which, while affording'-iaitisf action to public opinion, appealed to the iMbihfit Mich a* might be voted without danger to the security or good administration of the country. Putting aside all personal views, I had given the programme my approbation, for 1 was sacrificing no principle ti> which conscience commanded me to remain faithful. To day the Ministry, thinking to respond to the opinion of the majority in the two Chambers, proposes to me, in regard to the military commands, some general measures, which 1 consider oontrary to the interests of the army, and, consequently, to those of the country. I cannot subscribe to them. Any other Ministry taken from the majority would impose upon me the same conditions. 1 consider myself. therefore, bound to shorten the duration of the mandate which the National Assembly confided to me, and I therefore tender my resignation.

*' In quitting power, 1 hav* the consolation of thinking that dun on the fifty-three years 1 have devoted to the service of my country, as soldier or citizen, 1 have never been guided by sentiments other than by absolute devotion to my country. 1 request you to communicate my decision to the Chambers. ' ‘ MacMahon, Duke of Magenta.” According to a London special of the 31st ult, a Russian army of 15,000 men had beep gathered at Sebastopol, with the intention of marching to.tfie Caucasus some time during February. There a junction would be made with the Army of the Caucasus, and both armies would, start for Herat. - ——_

GaMbetta was, on the 31st ult, elected President of the French Chamber of Deputies, receiving 314 votes out of a total of 405. The French Ambassadors at St. Petersburg and Vienifa have resigned. According to the London. Timet of the 2d, there were 10,000 dock laborers on a strike at Liverpool. A dispatch from Jelalabad, received in London on the 2d, states that Yakoob Kban had written to the British Commander distinctly declining to accede to the Bristish demands, and declaring that he would hold Cabul at all hazards. A Calcutta telegram of the 2d says It was firmly believed at Cabul that the Ameer had been poisoned. Dufaube, the French Premier, insists on his resignation being accepted, and M, WaddingtSri'bariffitin'ciest'gnaKraslilssuccessor. Russia has decided to proceed to extreme measures in dealing with the plague. The Government has ordered the destruction of all buildings in which the disease appears, and the burning of all furniture, beddlug aod clothing belonging to infected persons. Roumania has also decided to establish a quarantine and a military cordon on the frontier. Great Britain, France, Germany and Ahstrla have been invited to send physicians to watch the progress of the epidemic. The City of Glasgow. Bank Directors, recently found guilty of tEeft, fraud and embezzlement, have been sentenced to terms of Imprisonment ranging from eight to eighteen months.

COTOBEMIOIAL FROCKEDIVGS. The credentials of Senator Shields, of Missouri, were presented in the Senate, on the 27th. End he was sworn in..... A Urge number of Dilla were referred, including one to reorganize and discipline the militia of the United State*. ....Abill wan passed to abolish the volunteer VATyottbe United State*... . Mr. Edmunds, from the Judiciary Committee, reported back the House joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the claims of disloyal persons for property injured ear destroyed in the War of the Rebellion, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute ... A mewage was received from the Moose, transmitting the testimony taken before the committee c!t that body in regard, to Senator Matthews, of 0hi0.... A lengthy discussion was had on a bill to pay Warren Mitchell, for cotton taken during the war, in the coarse of which Mr. Hill, in opposing the bill, said he would vote against it bseaoße it was a war claim; he ops opposed to the payment of all war claims, ‘whether they be from loyal, or disloyal per. son*. .Mr. Beck defended the ebumof Mitchell. In tie House, Mr. Wright’s bill to loan *SOO to every man whoria not worth *3OO, who desires

V, take ndvnnlaae of the provisions of the Homestead law, was, after discussion defeated-*-y*as. fintler, Omlins, OnX (N. Yd, Errett, Franklin (farmer, iltner. Kelley. Kilhnjjy. hotMackey. Muller. Phelps. . Jteberteon. Randolph. Reilly. Hoales. Turner. Wilson, Wright… Among the bills introduced was one providing for a treaty with Mexico...The bill was passed authorizing the Secretary of War to erect headstones over the graves of Union soldiers interred in private, village or city oemeteries ¶ In the Senate, on the 28th, a bill was introduced and referred authorizing the President to prescribe suitable police regulations for the government of the various Indian reservations, and for the punishment of murder, robbery and other crimes committed thereon ... An adverse report was made on the memorial of the Missonri Legislature, asking for the removal nf the National Capital to a more oen' ml portion of the Union. ..A favorable report was made on the bill to extend the time of preemptors on the public lands. ...The Claim bill of Warren Mitchell waa further debated and ita third reading refnaed—yeaa. 17; rikys, HO ... A motion to take ap Mr. Edmunds resolution declaring the validity of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Constitutional Amendments waa agreed to—29 to 16.

In the Hmiae. the legislative Appropriation bill waa reported and referred to Committee of the Wh01e.... The bill to reetrict the immigration of Chineee was taken np. and, after considerable debate, passed—lso to 72. It provides that no Master of a vessel owned by a citizen of the United States shall take on board, at any foreign port, any number of Chinese exceeding fifteen, with intent to bring them to the United Hlates. under penalty of *IOO for each passenger in excess of the prescribed nnmber.. The Postoffice bill was considered in Committee of the Whole .A bill was passed creating an additional iand district in Idaho. A bill was passed in the Senate, on the 28th, providing that no person under twentyfive years of age or over thirty ahall be appointed Chaplain in the Navy, and fixing the relative rank, the whole number not to exceed twenty.... Heveral private Popaion bills were passed... .The House bill to restrict Chinese immigration waa referred.. Mr. Allison was appointed a member of the Judiciary Committee, in place of Mr. Chriatiancy.... In Executive aession. the nomination of Benab r Chriatiancy to be|Mini*ter to Peru was unanimously confirmed, without the usual reference. The I'ostoffiee Appropriation bill was considered in the Honae, and several amendment*, reported from Committee of the Whole, were agreed to. In thp Senate, on the 30th ult., Mr. Hill presented the petition of his State (Georgia) praying payment of the balance due on account of expenditures in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812 and the various Indian Wars.... The resolutions of Mr. Edmunds declaring the validity of the Constitutional Amendment* was taken up. and Mr. Morgan advocated his substitute, offered on the 20th, In the House, a number of bills Were introduced and referred, and the 1 ostoffice Appropriation bill was plWf.ed, after several of the items had been increased in amount. In the Senate, on the 31st ult., Mr. Shields was appointed a member of the Committee on Railroads And Enrolled 8i115.... The credentials of Senator-elect Vest, of Missouri, were placed on tile.,..Mr. Saunders, from the Joint Committee on the Question of Transferring the Indian Bureau to the War Department, reported that the committee had been nnable to agree, and presented a bill to authorize the President temporarily to transfer the custody, control and management of certain Indian tribes from the Intenor to the Wnr Department. In the House, the Senate amendment* to abolish the United States Volunteer NaVy Were non-concurred in.... A bill for the relief of settlers on the Shawnee lands, in Kansas, was passed -In Committee of the Whole, the bill known aa Fairfax’s Minority bill was considered, its opponents asserting it to be a wftrclairns bill; the enacting clause Was finally stricken out, ahd tbe Hotise confcufred in this action by a vote of 121 to 89... Two reports were submitted ott the Indian Bureau question—one favoring and the other opposing the transfer to the War Department. In the Senate, on the Ist, Mr. McCreery,from the Joint Committee on the Question lof Transferring the Indian Bureau to the War Department, submitted a report, signed by four members of the committee, in favor of such transfer • A minority report was presented from the Committee on Privileges and Klelitions, sighed by Messrs. Hoar, Cameron (Wia s ) aild Mitchell, in favor of a Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution prohibiting a State disfranchising persons on account Of set ... Mr: Morgan continued his argument in faVot of his Substitute for Mr: Edmunds' resolution declaring the validity of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution. The House refused—yeas, 77; nays, 112—to consider the Army Reorganization bill, and went into Committee of the Whole on the Army Appropriation bill, which bill, Mr. Hewitt stated, appropriated *26.747,3U0. as against the estimate of *29 084,500. and .an appropriation last year of *25,778,187; the bill wa« debated and read by sections... .During the morning hjUr a WarClaims bill, for the relief of Maggie Barron, was debated, several Southern members replying to Mr. Bragg’s speech on the question of war claims,

THE INVESTIGATIONS.

The Teller Committee. IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Before the committee at Charleston, on the 27th, State-Senator Maurice testified to the lukewarmness and divisions of the Republicans in Williamsburg, and to the general bad character of Swails, the Republican leader; it was in consequence of Sw&lls' threats that he was notified that tie would be held responsible for any bloodshed or house-burning, and had better leave the county, Gifcuit-bolicitor Hirsh, a Rebhblififth.ttntil 1877; said he bad investigated, by llauiptoli s direction, the different thitrges ihade by Swails, and found that the White-Oak meeting was not held to advocate Rainey; that Swails was not arrested by red shirts, and that no threats had been made against Swails except he would he held to account for any bloodshed or incendiarism. Jack E. Epps, a colored preacher, testified that be abstained from voting at the election in conse?|uence of being debarred by catered Republicans rom ministering in the Baptist Churches be had regularly served —- J. I. lUiwnrd testified that the invitation to Swails to ride into King’s Tree with the red shirts, was freely accepted h-r 'wails when he had been assured no harm would b* done him, J. B. Ohandlef testified that aimed negroes surrounded the Cedar-Swamps Frfccinci, saying the ballot; should not be countef the ballot-box was sent on on a by-path, while (he negroes lay in wait for it on the usual road, tt was the intention of the negroes to murder the Managers and seize ■the box. “ ■ The first Democratic witness from Richland County was Paul Ludwig, who testified as to the peacefulness of the election. John Lee (colored Democrat) had been told by the Republicans that be ought to l>e hung and his wife be burned; many colored Democrats had been threatened and theif, red shifts torn off; others had been pulled from their horses and their wives advised to leave them; saw large numbers of Colored Republicans vote the Democratic ticket. Coleman Beattie (colored Democrat) was told that every colored Democrat ought to be hung or burned. . Andrew JbhhSon tcOlothd Democrat) had been threatened, abused and beaten by colored Republicans on account of his politics.and his children beaten and driven from schooL Jr.nies Minns (colored) had been cursed and scorned, and his children hissed at because he was a Democrat. He had been shot in the face and his head was broken. Dick Wallace (colored) had been cursed and threatened by colored Republicans, who also knocked down abuildingon his place. James Taylor (colored) was attacked, near Columbia, by three colored Republicans, who tore off his red shirt and stole his hat. Other attempts were made to do him bodily injury. , i: Edward.tcr.ry.,a.printer. of.Charleston,.testifiedthat he printed 10,000 Republican tissue-tickcte lor E. W. Mackey, Republican candidate tor Congress, at the last election.

William Riley, a colored Republican, from Barnwell, testified, on the 28th, thst on the bight before the election he was taken from his house by a band of white and colored men, tied to • tree, and aeverely beaten becauae he was a Republican. - ~7 Fred Nox. a colored Republican, of the same county, testified that he was assaulted by the Democrats at a meeting at Biackville, OcL 11, who insisted on a division of time, and that a colored Democrat fired at Congressman Smalls, who was also prevented from leaving the place that night, Thomas H. Moses, a colored Democrat, testified that a majority'of the colored people in the thickest colored sections or the county were Democrats. J. E. Steedman, a white Democrat, testified that there was no disturbance at the Biackville meeting; that Smalls consented to a division of time, and that on election day everybody voted freely. L. J. Isclar, Mayor of Biackville, confirmed this testimony, and testified that the Republicans indorsed the whole Democratic ticket,' except two candidates for Legislature. ____ J. Bellinger, a colored Democrat, testified that William Riley was a notoriously bad character, whom be would not believe on oath; at the poli where witness was on election day,-in Hampton County, moßt colored people voted the Democratic ticket. J,, 1 1 ... Sandy Keith, a colored Republican Deputy Marshal, testified thst at Orangeburg. Orangeburg County, the Republicans were delayed in voting; that he saw a Democrat stuff Democratic ticket* into the box, and that he was arrested for insistIh4 on going into the polling-room to witness the count ; after, the election. he had-been-assaulted, and is afraid to go back home; hundreds of colored men have been turned off by their employers because they did not vote the Democratic ticket. E. A. Webster, • whtfe Republican, testified that two Republican, meetings were broken up by the ■Democrats, and that at the election the Repnbllcans were more, united than ever before. Two colored Supervisors testified, to the excess of tickets in the boxes, and to the solidity of the colored vote. ®- Byss, colored, testified to the threats of colored Republicans against cojpn*! Ope

colored Democrat Waa severely beaten for distributing red shirts. • ' I '' '• " 1 1 ' ,IJ ,r • WVL. Daggett, white Democrat testified that he had prlsted olfferent kinds of Democratic tlcketa for election, Inclndlng some thousand tlasuo-tlck-eta. The testimony before the committee, at Charlestons on the 29th. waa similar In many respect* to that previously given. Two Republicans testified that Georgetown County was given to the Democrat* by throwing out Republican vote* on account of allegod informalities. It. Bmith a colored Democrat, waa positive that over 8000 colored men in Charleston voted the Democratic ticket at the late election. Tbe committee adjourned to meet in Washington. on the 3d of February.

The Potter Committee. * IN WASHINGTON, -Iju The cipher telegrams were taken np by the committee, on the 27th. Clarence Carey, the attorney for the Western Union Telegraph Company, testified that certain telegrams were placed in hla hands, when It was proposed to Issnc subpoenas for their production before the Inveatlgaling Committee, to' prevent tbelr inspection by the public; subsequently he was directed to deliver them to the Manager of the Telegraph Company at Washington, and did ""kloyd Grant testified that of the 29,000 political telegrams 300 were In cipher. Manager Whitney testified that he delivered 300 cipher dispatches to the Morrison Committee; thought they were afterward returned; some of them w<tc subsequently delivered to the Hcnete Committee on Privilege* and Election*. James U- Green testified to thu burning of the eutire content* of a trunk containing telegrams received from Washington, sh teply to ihe question If he knew anything of any telegrams being kept hack from those furnished In compliance with the subpoenas of the committees, witnesssulil he knew of some telegraphic correspondence being collected, prior to the issues of the enbpieiias, between James N. Tyi tr and John \V. Foster, the latter of IncUafiapOila; at the request of President Orton, witness sent the telegrams in question cither to Mr. Orton or to Capt. Whitney, at Washington; the messages referred to political matters, and Ihe linpreasiou formed hy the witness was that they referred to Ihe sale of some political office; he hail no direct Information that the conclusion arrived at by him was a truo. one. ’ Prof. Edward 8. Iloldcll, Naval Observatory, was sworn to translate, without divulging In any Way. the cipher telegrams width Wero in the bauds of the chmmlttee; At this point the committee adjotifned. On the 28th, Ass’t P. M.-Gen. Brady testified: Brady said that he suspected the contents of a package given to him for safekeeping hy Mr. Bullock; he had copies made, and gave a portion of the originals to William E. Chandler, another part, anonymously, to Whitclaw Reid; the remainder were given to Chandler and Hiscock; the telegrams of noth parties were in the bundle, and both sides of the question wore revised by them; Chandler waa given the Florida , dlspntohes; witness, Chandler and Col. Parker (Chief of the Fostofflce Special Ageflts) endeavored to translate the messages, but utterly failed) Witness took frtlm the telegrams In the Senate com-tnittce-fooni those which passed between Tyncf hml himself; he would produce all that he received or that were sent by him, if they can bd found; there was nothing in them that he would fear the world seeing. William B. Chafidler testified that he lett the Inajor part hf the telegrams which Gen. Brady gave him in the private office of Gen. Butler; another package he took to the Washington office of the New York Tribunt; he first furnished coniei of the Florida telegrams which wera returned to him, and Mr. Illscock sent copies of all,remaining telegrams to the Tribune. W. T. McClellan was called, on the 29th, and testified that he had translated the Oregon cipher dispatches, Oen. Brady was recalled and presented the telegrams sent ahd received by him, and explained their purporti he said Gen. Tyner wa* his correspondent, . .*•. ■ "■ - Gen. Tyner Wa* sworn, fttld prod odea the telegraphic tcUTfespttndenee between himself, Mr. Foster atid Mr: Chandler i he saw milney was needed in Indiana, anh. Foster and he adopted catch phrases, which Wddld be understood by them and unintelligible to Others; A proposition had been mfide to purchase the Indianapolis Sentinel, and they agreed to call this the “ Brown” arrangement in their correspondence; the transactions with the Greenbackers were to be known a* tho “Smith” case; the word "early” meant *IO,OOO. and the word "certain,” *5 007; the telegram, then, being in these words, “ Jas. N. Tyner—Smith case and arrangement* are satisfactory. Certain will be necessary in addition to early promised by McCormick. J. W. Foster.” meant i substantially, be said, that Foster had madesatistactoiy arrangement* with ihe active members of the Greenback party In Indiana, to arrest the Greenback movement, ahd that *ls;000 would be required for that purpose. Other dispatchCs were similarly explained. Witness farther said that, after the October election, he had a conversation with Z. Chandler aa to the prospects of carrying Tndiana fhr the Republicans in November. The witness wa* to go to Indiana and see what could be done; if there was any chance of success he was to telegraph Chandler, who would furnish him with funds to the extent of *10.000; before he left, the witness said to Sec'y Chandler; “If we telegraph aboqt money we had better use a phrase;” it wasdecided that if *5,000 were needed the witness should telegraph foronelndian.appointment,andif *IO.OOO. two Indian appointments, and Chandler Would honor his drafts for these sums. W, E. Chandler Wa* called, and stated that he wtqte and, signed one of tbe two telegrams sent by Znch Chatldldr id which Indiail Agents were mentioned; hfc xfcfHfembfited the great admiration with which he regarded thiit clCver cijJher. Still the cipher was made and he had to use it: to the question whether the dispatches had no reference to any appointment, he Baid: “ Anyone who knows Zacn Chandler, knows that he never-made any appointment in his Department either for money or a consideration of any kind, and I did not think any gentleman would suggest it.”

On the 30th ult., Whitelaw Reid (New York Tribune) testified that he had received a package of “ cipher dispatches" from William Ei ChandlSr, and one from Mr. Hlscoek. of the committee: He produced two sCramboqks; the firkt volume contained copies Of the Florida dispatches; Volume No: 2 embodied telegrams referring to South Carolina and Oregon; before the telegrams were deciphered, Mr. Reid said he published editorials on the subiect, with a view to inducing some one to corne forward with a key to the cipher, but that failing, the copies were attacked seriously; Messrs. Hazard and Grovenor did the entire work of translation; Prof. Holden aided in some immaterial way; with the exception of Mr. Marble, no one had complained, and the latter was justified as he was not the author of the telegram attributed to him; the first of the Oregon dispatches were not deciphered and published in the Tribune, but in some other paper t an Associated Press dispatch drew attention to the. fact that the cipher used was an bid minifig Cipher, and was taken from the “ Household Dictionary the 'Tribune experts then procured this dictionary. and the cipher was plain; witness met Gov. Tilden about the time the publication of the dispatches commenced, and told him they were bothered by these ciphers and he ought to give them the key; Tilden replied in the same jocular way ,and subsequently, at Saratogas id be did not know anything about the ciphers and did not believe any had been delivered at his house; Reid understood him to mean that he had not even read the telegrams then being published. The Potter Investigating Committee began its session, on the 81st ult., with a secret sitting, during which a resolution was adopted, naming Messia. McMahon, Stenger, Springer, Oox afld Hiscock aa a sub-committee to proceed to New York to take testimony concerning the cipher telegrams. ....... SC<Martins was recalled, and testified that he Sut the dates on the cards sent to him by Madox, all at the same time, and subsequently to the interviews he held with hint. A. R. Potts, Sergeant-at-Arms of the sub-com-mittee sent to New Orleans, testified as to the appointment of St. Martins ns Deputy, and stated that all the subpenas he had he obtained from witness with no other instructions except to serve them. „ . ... Mr. Blackburn testified that he had never spoken to St. Martins in his life except perhaps to khv good day; had never seen him talking with 8 anger, ana never heard that a large number of witnesses wore kept in close quarters by him and c^€r Mr. Stenger testified that the first time he saw Weber was in the committee-room at New Orleans; never saw SC Martins until he was appointed ; believed he was appointed st the suggestion of Weber, who recommended him as one who knew where to find witnesses; never had any conversation with Maddox, and did not sneak to Carter until the committee returned to Washington- ■

The proportion of land covered with forests throughout Eufope is 29 per cent., of which Russia and Sweden furnish the greatest part. In Russia, 40 per cent of territory is covered with woods, and o( this some 200,000,000 acres are covered with pines and 1 other cone-bearing trees. Sweden and Norway have 34 per cent., chiefly birch, maple, pine, fir and willow. Austria has 29 per cent, Germany has 26 per cent, and France 17. Far below these comes Spain, with its cork woods and evergreen oak forests, coveting 7 per cent, of the land, and Holland and Belgium with the same. Portugal comes next with 5 per cent, and Great Britain follows with 4 per cent The percentage annually decreases in all coun..triesrapidlj, . When a snow-ball as hard as a doorknob hits you in the back of the head as you are crossing the street, no matter how quickly you turn, the only thing you cab see is ’one boy, with the most innocent face apd emptiest hands that ever confronted a false accusation. Hawk-Eye. i «. ■ I , . 1

THE INDIAN BUREAU.

The Question ol Its Transfer to the War Department-The Joint Donsresslouul Committee Kqualljr Divided on the Subject-Report of Those members Favoring the Proposed tliailKC. N . t _ . " Wahbjnotos, Jan. 26. The Joint Congressional Committee appointed to consider the advisability of transferring the Indian Bureau from the Interior Department to the War Department, yesterday morning voted on the subject, with the following result: Against transfer, Senator? Saunders, and Oglesby, and Representatives Stewart ana Voorbees—4. In favor of the transfer, Senator McCrecry and Representatives Scales, Hooker and Boone—4. After the vote, a controverly arose as to which of the two reports should be given precedence in the presentation to Congress. The opponents of the transfer claim that its advocates, failing to obtain a majority, must consider theirs the minority report, as an amendment offered to an existing law fails upon a tie vote. Sonator Saunders and others favored authorizing the President at his discretion to turn over to the War Department the control of any tribe or tribes that might be ih rebellion, or giving trouble, or such tribes as the President might think best at this time, and that he was in favor of the SioUX being transferred at once, with the reservation that such transfer shall not effect the school or farming interests, etc. The report of the four members who favor the transfer has just been completed by Representative Boone, and will be submitted to the House the first opportunity. The principal features of the document are as follows!

The history of ottr management of Indian affairs and our treatment of the Indians isoue of shame and mortification to all Hgllt-thtnk-inp and liberal-minded men. A proper Solution of the “ Indian problem” Is pressing itself more strongly upon the public attention every year, demanding the immediate attention of Congress, and cannot, with either safety to the Indians or honor to the Government, be longer deferred. The failure on the part of our Government to discharge its duty to the Indians is not confined to the last few years. Our wrongful treatment of them is co-equal With our existence, though not to the same extent in the earlier and purer days as at present. During all the years past complaints have beefl made Of Violated pledges, broken premises, and lack of. efficient and responsible management. Indeed, the system of the management of the Indian affairs we have pursued (if we have had a system at all) has been unequal to the demands of our duty. Nor has it met the expectations of its instigators and advocates, and to such an eitent have these wrongs been multiplied, and "to such extent have frauds and peculation crept into the management of Indian affairs, and so glaring and shameful have these frauds become that indignant public opinion will not longer look on with indifference and unconcern, but demands that tht|fc matters be looked into, and The wrongs, so far as possible! he righted, and that a policy be adopted which will conform with the dignity and character of our Government, and secure at the same time full and afliple justice to a suffering and outraged people. That these wrongs atid abuses do flow exist, And to a fearful extent, we think no one at all acquainted with the facts will deny. If proof upon this point were wanting or demanded, we have but to refer to the statements of all who have investigated the question, and those familiar with our management, and to those who are to-day strenuous advocates of the present system, and who ask its continuance, and who seem to believe in Its ultimate success.

To go back Into the history of this question, It will be found that Ottr system of Indian management has always been, firttfally and in effect, the system now in vogue. Even while' It was nominally under the War Department, prior to 1849, the system was very much the samis dS tiOVr. We are aware that the general Impression is, that before that time a different system prevailed, and the change In that year, to the Interior Department, was a radical change in the system; but such Is not the case, and while it is true that Superintendents and Agents, being few injnumber, made reports to the War Office, it la also true that neither the Secretary of War nor any officer In the War Department had anything to do with the appointment of these officers, nor was the War Office charged with the duty of supervising them, Or controlling them In any manner up to 1834, While, by this act of 1834, the Secretary of War tfaa given a sort of geueral superintendence of the conduct of Agents and Sub-Agents (appointed by the President), and while by that act the President was authorized to select military men to discharge the duties of Indian Agents, It Is further true that a large majority of the Agents selected were taken from civil life, and much of the sam e machinery was employed in the conduct of Indian affairs as now. We claim that the Indian management has ever been substantially at least as at the present time. Therefore, whatever failure or wrongs hate characterized our management In the past are justly chargeable to our present system, and Whatever of success has attended that management should be credited to that system. Year after year large amounts of money have beon expended with a view to ■civilizing these people, and yet failure is written upon every page of the past history of our efforts in this direction. The Inauguration of the peace policy in 1868 by President Grant, in the opinion of the undersigned, was a virtual admission that the Indian Bureau was incapable of the proper conduct of Indian affairs, and was compelled, therefore, to delegate much of its authority to other hands. From the show of progress made In civilizing, educating and Christianizing the Indians, to which your committee had their attention called while among them last fall, there Is no room to doubt that we should try some method of dealing with this question different from that now in vogue. The glowing accounts of the' rapid strides of the Indians in the way of civilized life, and their rapid march to the standard ol civilization, are not borne out by facts. Shameful Irregularities and gross frauds have criJptinto every branch of the Indian Service. No one Is found with the hardihood to deny that the history of such frauds is visible on every page of Indian management for the laßt score or more of years. Indeed, so flagrant are the frauds and so defiant have their perpetrators become, that it appears a notorious fact that a ring exists, composed of contractors, employes of the bureau and wealthy and influential persons outside, whose object Is to swindle and defraud both the Government and the Indians. - The opinion entertained by the undersigned fs that these frauds will forever exisveven .with the most vigilant, scrupulous honesty „ which can be brought Into the management of the Indian Bureau, because we believe the method or systemof that department , is inadequate to prevent fraud, however honest the head of the office may be, and for the reason that the system of accountability In the department is not close enough to detect corruption.

We are asked the very pertinent question whether or not the same abuses and frauds would be practiced if the management should be transferred to the War Department We think not, for a fair and very plain and obvious reason, to-wlt: Whatever else may be said of our army officers, they are, as a class, men of high honor and strict integrity. Thef r training hat impressed these high qualities upon them, and their association requires their constant observance. Every officer in the army is a check upon every other officer, and such is the system of accountability in the army that it is nearly if not quite impossible for an officer to act dishonestly without being detected, and upon being detected, punishment follows swiftly and surely. With civil Agents this is not the case. They are appointed generally as partisans and for a limited time, subject at any time to removal, paid small salaries, and can only hope to bold them position a few years at the most, and hence have not the same inducements to act honestly and fairly that an army officer has. We do not undertake to say that the War Department has such perfect management that abuses do not occur in its administration also, hut we think jt compares faC orably with any other department, and that fewer Instances of dishonest practices have,bsan laid to its charge than to almost any other branch ' of the '•* Next to the question of absolute justice to the Indians, comes that of the comparative cost of the two systems, and we are decidedly of the opinion that a large amount of money can and will be saved, if the transfer be made. If, the committee say, it he true that army officers csn perform the duties of Indian Agents as faithfully, diligently and honestly ss civil agents have, and are doing; and if the War Department can purchase ss cheaply as,

the Indian Bureau; and If the means of transportation In the War Department ate much superior: and If the systems of inspection are equal; and if army officers are not so apt to become victims of temptation; and If we can teenra more faithful and. honest administration through such armyofficers, and thereby avoid some, It not all, the Indian wars—we say, If these,, or any number of these, propositions be true, then who can say that we shall not save millions of dollars In our Indian management If this transfer Is made, and at the tame time seoum justice to the Indians, the lack of which hal caused so much trouble! The report concludes: We believe the Interest of the Government and the good of the Indian will be best promoted bv transferring the management of Indian affairs to the War Department, leaving it discretionary with the Secretary of War !o appoint civil Agenta to those agencies which, In bis judgment, the interest of all concerned will be best secured by such Agents, and officers of the army, where the interests of the service require It.

Prophetic Disclosures.

Mr. Potter—Mr. Marble, will you be kind enough to inform the committee whether you sent any cipher dispatches from Tallahassee to' anybody in New York during the months of November and December, 1876? Mr. Marble—Forasmuch as the plot to filch the Presidency aqd the Government from the eleot of the people, beside its two qualities of fraud aud force# had two periods and portions, or otherwise parts, the undersigned has felt constrained in the primacy of leadership# standing fast In the final citadel of power, the keen bright sunlight of publicity, to ride down Pennsylvania avenuo clothed upon with chastity coparcener— — Q.—But, Mr. Marble, excuse me, I think you did not catch tfie drift of my question. A.—This ague-smitten Pariah offering to the highest bidder the sacred muniments of'*the Presidential title, worked out the primary part and fraudulent groundwork of the plot, otherwise complot, or, totidem verbis, conspiracy Q— Mr" Marble! A.—This fiction and that forgery are the two necessary hinges upon which the Tribune hangs every subsequent falsification of my opinions, purposes aud aets. Forasmuch —

Q.—Mr. Marble, did you write the dispatch numbered fifty in this pamphlet, conveying a “proposition to hand over Tilden decision of Board, etc.# for $200)000?” A.—One decisive instance will suffice. Cipher-telegram seventy-eight, stating that the Democrats wanted nothing but a fair count, is, as translated and ascribed to me, a base fabrication and forgery. Theaguesmilten Pariah who betrayed his capacity for crime by attempting to hide the true Q.—But, Mr. Marble, the dispatches in the Tribune. A.—Sir. I never read the Tribune. Forasmuoh—— Q. —Did you use the signature “Moses” while you were in Florida? A.—Anyone of the venal crew Q. —Please answer my question. A. — It is anybody’s secret that throughout the month white this groundwork and primary part of the conspiracy Was heaping up and cementing iu debauchnient and dishonor, a few thousand dollars—a market for the wares of just one Madison Wells, just one McLin, only one—paid for doing the bounden duty and mere justice he had swofti to do, and the whole atrocious conspiracy would have been bursted like a puffball and blown away in dust. But I apologize to Gov. Tilden for confronting his character with the morally impossible. The complex tissue of fraud they were weaving, the deputized gobetweens and real principals in the crime of reversing, forasmuch Mr. Potter—The witness will please confine himself to the matter of the question. Mr. Marble —I shall let these thirty or forty broadsides of disparagement pass on into echoes more or less noisy. The perjuries, forgeries, paper fabrications, the numerous and more immoral payments with public offices possessed through a crime and prostituted for its reward, whereby an inflexible House would have shriveled and consumed the conspiracy, root and branch. Thrice 600 votes fairly cast for the Tilden Electors in Alachua County, the infernal scoundrels Q. —Did you write over the signature “Moses?” A.—Swarms of brokers Q. —Answer, please. Did you write over the signature “Moses?” A. — The simplicity of this plan may have obscured its sagacity. Forasmuch Q. —Answer my question. Did you write ? A. —W hereby Q. —Answer the question. A.—Forasmuch as the undersigned Q. —Are you “Moses?” A.—To hear Noyes defend the Alachua frauds and forgeries with gushing eloquence, and the fabricated testimony of two hundred and twenty-eight affiants, would have given that canting hypocrite, Pecksniff himself, a moral vomit. This man— — Q.—Mr. Marble, we will pass to something else. 1 find a telegram addressed to you, saying, “Proposition accepted if done only once.” What was that proposition? A.—Traces of money payment are darkly visible to the Potter Committee. Fraud

Q. —Was it a proposition to sell the vote of Florida? A. —The archprimates of treason when beclouded by untoward events which have given the usurper a coigne of vantage which his uttermost audacity had never won, embarked upon unsounded and shipwrecking seas, whereby the monumental fraud Q. —What proposition did you transmit from Tallahassee to New YorkP A.—The signal and peculiar mark of that plan was this: His absolute trust in moral fnrcesf Jlis enl.ire faith in the people, their volitions, and their power. Ana why, of all men in the United States, should not he? A.,coparceny of spoils Q. —Did you receive any proposition “to hand over Tildep decision of Board” for a sum of money? A.—The shameless creed that this Republic is rotten at the core; that we, forty-eight millions of freemen, descendants in great part of a race of men who made their Kings and unmade them, who dethroned Kings, and beheaded, and at times dispensed with Kings, are now wearing the robes and the purple of sovereignty by proxy only till the first dragonnade led by a savior of society— Q. —Please answer the question. A. —Whereby forasmuch otherwise forecast circumspection intrepidity complot coparceny preventing Moses best Bolivia London Qj,—What proposition did you telegraph to Col. Pelton? A.—To carry on'aihid public order the ark and shechinah of our self-government. Q. —Was any answer returned t^that nonununieatiQft?.^A.—The Democrimy of the Great West, on Jackson's trfrfhday, had their representatives crush the conspiracy between the upper and the nether millstones of the supreme i law, and the strength of those Who had j won to hold. The frauds in Alachua County—> . I Q. —Have you ake/to these ciphers?

A. --When this flagitious complot wu was flagrant in all Its parts, and while as yet no one Republican hierarch bad challenged the conspirators with a stand thou on that side, for on this am Q. —What Is the meaning of the word “ CopenhagenP” A.—Beside a plan of campaign, here were arsenals of ammunition provided, and lethal weapons fashioned to the hand of every hater of fraud. For whatever the wish, or the less absolute integrity, or the more customary morals of - any dovoted adherent, the coequality of their separate powers in the concurrence of best United States documents would put their menaced usurpations to the torture of proof in the act. lor who can say that the untimelinesS in raising a supremo issue of popular sovereignty . G.—This hardly meets the inquiry, Mr. Marble. A.-It petrified the “ fierce Democracie” themselves in all their popular assemblies Q.—Did you P A.—Alachua frauds a . Q. —Did you agree to pay anything for the votes of the Florida Canvassers? A.—John Sherman and Index Noves • ,■ C^.—Give me a straight answer. A.— Forasmuch u q._ What was the nature of this proposition? A.—Offering to the highest bidder the sacred muniments of the Presidential title. Gen. Butler.—This witness only confirms me in my opinion, that we cannot inquire into the private transactions of unofficial persons. I think he might as well be discharged. ■ Mr. Marble.—Shall I not ring firebell in night? Mr. Potter.--No, Mr. Marble, the committee will excuse you from further attendance. Mr. Marble. —These infernal scoundrels —— Mr. Potter. —That will do, sir. Mr. Marble. —Coparceny Gen. Butler.—As a lawyer, I must say that this is entirely irregular. Mr. Marble.—The Alachua frauds— Index Noyes—Forasmuch —— Mr. Potter here gave private instructions to the Sergeant-at-Arms, and Mr. Marble was led out of the room.—Washington Got. N. V. Tribune .

Number Twelve.

Number twelve plays an important* part in the Bible, in history, and in; arithmetic, as well as in every-day life and business. T What so common as a dmen handkerchiefs or napkins, or whatever~~the--article may beP It comes natural to think of various articles in dozens. Of course, dozen is another way of saying twelve; twelve units make one dozen, twelve dozen one gross, twelve gross one great gross. Then, although the moon travels round the earth thirteen times in ono year, making thirteen lunar months, the year is divided into twelvo calendar months, and the sun appears to past* through one constellation each monthSo we have the twelve constellations of the ecliptic or zodiac, or twelve signs in a circle. Then we have twelve pence in a shilling, English money, which has only gone out of use iu this countryxpf lato years,. We used to hear of shillings and pennies, and buy goodsat a shilling or two shillings a yard, as if lived under the British flag. We have also twelve inches in a foot; twelve ounces in a pound Troy and apothecaries’ weight. * . Twelve is the least common denominator of several numbers, halves* thirds, fourths, sixths and twelfths—so that it is very much used in working fractions. From Jacob’s twelve sons came the twelve tribes of Israel, about which so much has been written.

Our Lord chose twelve disciples to establish His Church, and the number must have been considered important, because Matthias was chosen to take the place of Judas. In the Revelation of St. John we read of the number of them which were sealed —twelve thousand from each tribe, making one hundred and forty-four thousand from all the tribes of Israel. t-In the description of the heavenly Jerusalem, we read that the wall had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelvetribes of the children of Israel. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles. The measure of the city was twelve thousand furlongs. The tree of life is represented as bearing twelve manner of fruits, and yielding her fruit every month. In the &Lble, then, twelve is an important nunwer. Long ago, in England, a woman had several husbands in succession, till suspicion was excited, and a man married her on purpose to unravel the mystery. He watched closely till one night, while he pretended to be asleep, she melted some lead and came over to pour it into his ear, when he sprang up and prevented her from adding him to her list of departed husbands. An investigation was commenced. Twelve men were chosen to look into the matter. The bodies of the buried husbands were taken up and examined. She had poured lead into their ears, and the metal was fbund in their heads. Of course the twelvo men deoidod that she had killed them all. That was the lirst trial by jury. Ever since when a crime has been committed and some one is suspected and arrested, ho is tried before twelve of his felhis guilt or innocence. lo twelve figures in every trial, and no one is condemned to prison or death except by a verdict from twelve of his countrymen. . i. So we find twelve an interesting number in many ways .—-Demorest s Monthly.

—The most honest man we have hoard ol lately was a , Washingtonstreet dealer in men’s under-clothing. A friend of ours bought a pair of shirts of him at $1.25 each, a few days ago, but, finding them too small, carried them back thoiiextday to exchange them for larger ones of the samo kind. The exchange was made without hesitation, but as the buyer was about to retire ho was asked to wait a moment. At the end of the moment the cash-boy appeared, and the salesman, taking a half-dollar from him, handed it to the astonished customer, informing him that between the -time, of purchase and the exchange the '.shirts had ; been marked dpwn to $1 each, dud he was therefore entitled to a half-dollar, the retnmed'beingsl.2sones, and those he took only $1 ones.—Boston Com. Bulletin. It may be slightly Hibernian, but it is nevertheless true, that the best way. to look at the faults of your friends is. to shut your eyqs.