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STORF TOL^ TO ^RA™* JURY by WARDEN ^ Kimberly, of the Cook County Poor-house and Insane asylum, that he and one Clem Feriolat, A wholesale grooer, together with certain mem- tore of the Board of County Oommissionera, HAVE been defrauding THE EOTMLY to large amount* BY a thievish CONSPIRACY in connection WITH CONTRACT etc, Tha whole ring of scoun­ drels HAS been indicted AND will probably be sent to the penitentiary. A MBFATCH from Lincoln, Neb., gives the ALLOWING partaeulam of the reoent horrible JNAWAEW by Indians of * large PORTION of Capt. Stone's oomoanT of Oincinnatianp», m route for THE Black Bills: "Part of the expedition was rawing through the sandhills, about fifty miles from Bed Cloud Agency. The day was warm UNCI the roads nearly impassable from sand. The MEM hid deposited their ocats and weapons behind when the Indians rushed down ana cut them off from the train. The massacre followed with but little resistance, the Indians number­ ing several hundred. I* E leaders, Capt Stone and James Wood, were among the first to fall. The bearer of the report declares thai not A single one of the party of forty-nine escaped. Several of the bodies, scalped and mutilated, "were taken, into North Loup Fort. THE frisky grasshopper has made its appear­ and in Minnesota... .Orders from army head­ quarters have BEEN received and promulgated at Port Sully, directing that emigrants be pre­ vented from going to the Black Hills across the Sioux reservation, by the Fort Pierre route. It is understood that the order applies to all routes leading from the Missouri nver through the auwirvation. SCJWI*AX.OTJB corruption in the construction of the new BL Louis Custom-house has long been suspected, and recently the GRAND jury of the United States ECMRT took the matter in hand for the purpose of ascertaining, if possi­ ble, how it nas happened that for an expendi­ ture of three millions, originally supposed to be a sum aufBcieiit for the completion of the building, there is little more than the founda­ tion walls to be SERA. Some discoveries of misappropriation of money have been made, YPH several ARRAATE have followed Official reports received at army headquarters in Chicago make it probable that the acoount which has been published of the massacre of A Cincinnati party while on the way to the Black mna, IS » cruel canard. No information of any such butchery has readied Fort Laramie, but it is ascertained that the party were met by OPT. Egan's scouting force on the 31st of May within twenty-eight miles of Custer, and far to the north of the sand hills, where the tragedy has been located... .The dead bodies of a man, woman and child, the latter about three yean old, were reoently found in the woods near Belleville, HI. The bodies were identified as those of a family who had stopped at a Belle- V MMlt t m ous Congresses, reported that the House had not audi Jurisdiction. SPSMCER KXBB went before the Clymer com­ mittee, the other day, and made an explanation of the circumstances under which he came to recommend Green for an army commission. He stated that he had offered to procure the commission for two of bia constituents, Col. JIEFAMI and Maj. Mottison, both of whom de­ clined. After this no one from his district applied for the place. When the session was well advanced, and the time for these appoint­ ments was passing away, he ww C*M upon by Augustus P. Green. of New York. '*It IS possible." said the Speaker, *' that h© was intro­ duced to me by HAR£Tbut if he was I have no recollection WIIRTETSR of the fact. This only I know: that I did never, under any circumstanoes, or at any period of my life, consciously know the man Harney. I MjA«TA» f-kllr*.A minfU Kim anw th*l oould HAVE gone beyond the merest expressions of the day. He never was at my room. He never visited me anywhere. I never talked with him on any business whatever. He nevar paid or proposed to pay m© one penny of money for any purpose in the world. His whole state­ ment on that subject is utterly and wickedly false." A Washington correspondent re­ ferring to Blaine's explanation in the House, says: "His speech commenced in almost breathless eilenoe. It ended in an almost PER­ FECT THAODER of MAINE boen NOTED for the* wonderful fertility ©f his intellectual resources, for his parliamentary skill, and for HITS audacious bravery. He made use of all his resources to-day. He was calm and DELIBERATE, impassioned and audacious, by turn, and always sbillfnl. A» ib© climax ap­ proached, he exhibited a courage which sab- ducd his opponents and electrified the House." B. P. HCJMKOTOK, President of THE Centra! Pacific railroad, has withdrawn from the Judi­ ciary Committee his reoent proposition for a settlement of all affairs between the Govern­ ment and that road, and submitted a new proposition, to the following effect: He pro­ poses to pay, for ten years, $800,000 annually, and after that $750,000 annually, until all the indebtedness of the company to the Govern­ ment is paid. These payments to be made in lieu of all claims whioh the Government now has against the company for interest, for the five per cent, on net earnings, or on any other account. The proposition to give up a portion of the lands granted at §2.50 an acre is withdrawn, and the company proposes to pay six per cent, interest on all deferred claims of the Government. A BILL is to.be reported in the House of Representatives denationalizing Americans who buy. own or sell slaves in foreign coun­ tries. Slave-ownership or traffic Ira that Bort of property forfeits the right of the offender to claim the protection of this .Government or any official s«EC«inltiois as a citizen of the Uni­ ted States. A large class OF American resi­ dents abroad, SOME of them employing num­ bers of slaves in planting operations, will be affected by this bill, if IT is pwsed. 8SN1SRAI. A GBF.A.T triumph of railway travel has Just been achieved. A special train chartered by Jarrett & Palmer to transport a party of actors and A collection of theatrical scenery and prop­ erties to the Pacific coast, left New York at three minutes past 1 ©'clock on the morning of Thursday, «f»ne 1, and reached San Francisco at twenty-five minutes past 9 on the morning of Sunday, tbr 4th, thus scoomplishmg the ran it less than eighty-four hours. THE Chicago Tribune says: "It has been finally decided by the Eastern railroads to make no further reductions in passenger rates. There is, however, no probability that the present rates will go up again before next winter." THX following an the estimated receipts of the Government for the fisoal year ending with June: From customs $140,0)7,886 Internal revenue 116,048,507 Miacellaneous 23,108,534 escaped on board an Amerioan vessel--The Mexican revolution is apparently on the wane. A dispatoh from the City of«Mexico says: "Events of the past two weeks have all been in favor of the Government, and indicate unmistakably the approaching fail-1 ure of the revolution. The insurgents have suffered reverses everywhere, and their sympa­ thizers are rapidly decreasing in number. Gen. Alatorre gained & victory May 29, in O.caca, over the revolutionary laroes, nearly 2,0W) being! killed and wounded, and many prisoners. The Government casualties were 600 killed and wounded, lite Federals gained another im­ portant victory in Tlaxoo on the 38th. Gen. Cortina has broken his panda, escaped, ana is-ued a pronunciamento. If he reaches thei Bio Grands he will probably give e«me trouble to Gen, Vicente.".... A quanrel is reported be­ tween the Sultan of Iturkey and the Khedivel of Egypt....A Vienna dispatch says:' " A six wAAks' armistice hfi« h««n tnead upon between the Turks and insurgents.,r at ¥ili@ hotel on May 4, 1876, registered under the name of Joseph May and wife, Evansville, Ind i um* The verdict of the Jury was to the effect that | V1LL Mav shot the woman and child and then killed i lh® "<»PW Bhow » aecre*86 Trom me 6811 himself. It is supposed that poverty led to the Total.. Expenditures Surplus June 30.... ..$286,247,387 .. 963,138,858 23,108,634 ii'v; 'l«!l M,(V 1,: I*,., ffii .V. * it 1 •ST. THE Collier trhite lead works, in St. Louis, MN partially destroyed last week, by the fcustingof three of the large boilers. Three workmen reoeived fatal injuries, and several others were badly hurt....Thomas Kelley, Charles Peterson and a colored man, herders, were reoently murdered by Indians near Sid­ ney, Neb. HABTET D. COLVW, lately deposed from the offioe of Mayor by the people of Chicago, has been reinstated in the offioe by a decision of the courts. BR a decision of the Circuit judges of Chica­ go, the lately deposed Mayor (Colvia) is again in possession of the office.... Beports from West- era represent that some of the Sioux, having gluttea their savage appetite for blood by the massacre of scores of white people in and around the Black Hills, are now sneaking back to their reservations, to escape the wrath of Crook's warriors. MOHBISOX PUEGXUI, a fanner living NEW In- FFITT&poius, wa& gored to death the other by 3 wieiotis ball... .A A&co EF S&T-WASSM is REP«TE2L FC-EA Cincisaasti. Ctaffg© B» Frinis, dexfc in the poetoffice, was to have married a young lady in the West End. The guests as­ sembled and the bride was in readiness, but Frintz did not make his appearance. A friend AALHWG at his room the next morning found HIM APEN the bed. Without saying a word he (Frintz) drew a revolver and shot himself J through the heart THE motive of the suicide Isuknown. Bomm. THX law's vengeance has at length over- ' T»FA>N SOME of the crooked whisky crew in New Orleans. A lot of them were sentenced in the United States court there last week, the pun­ ishment ranging down from sixteen months' AND $G00 fine to six MONTHS AND 41,000. THB steamship Austin reoently strode a and sunk in the Mississippi river, a few »IUW below New Orleans Loss on •easel and cargo, $200,000. WJL8HTNGTOH. fine following table shorn the condition of , the public debt June 1: ttx per cent, bonds.......$ 984,999,680 . Wire per cent. bond*. 710,041^90 Total coin bonds $1,996,041,440 X^WFUI money debt 14,000,000 Mtttired debt XtSgal tenders......... Certificates of deposit, •Pactional currency.., Coin certificates 8,188,000 870,191,708 34,388,000 87,389,474 25,714,800 Total -without interest.. 487,650,979 , TOTAL debt ..$1,181,827,460 Total interest AFT,W*wr <W4IEY 9,388,708 fieclal deposits held for r»- .. -J I^EMPTION of oertiflcatee at deposit Trtalinthe Treasury. 84.8W.000 .$ 110,298,474 -- ^ i -- ^ i n t h e T r e a s u r y . » . » . . . . . W . 1 0 3 , 3 2 0 .742 'SSSESOTDEW during MAY. . . 518 BMT^se siaee Jnae 30,1878 $8,887,98$ *!' v> b* •*> iganed to the Pacific Baitway niSSg'iJSSSSSgS .̂-" .JffiS InlerMt psld by the Pnitsd 80,141,613 btoest by 088,348 y by Patt,d 38^90,163 _ 4t a meeting of the House Judiciary Com- *6ttee, on Saturday, the sub-committee ap- polntedseverri months ago to consider the fioeationof whether the Hcuae of Repr^nt- Siveebae jurisdiction relative to the members who ue accuafegof hav- i engaged In hiring members in pwti- lu customs of §10,306,090; in internal revenue, $4,151,216, and increase in miscella­ neous, $3,148,549, The expenses are $5,308,690 inside the estimates..,.The following is a copy of the telegram received by Bepresentative Knott, Chairman of the House Judiciary Com­ mittee, and which Mr. Blaine charges him with suppressing: To the Chairman of the House Judiciary Comiplt- tee, Washington: Have just read in NEW YORK papers Scott's evi­ dence about our bond transaction, and can fully corroborate it. I never gave Blaine any Fort Smith railroad bonds, directly or otherwise. I have three foreign railroad contracts on my hands, which make it impossible for me to leave without great pecuniary logs, or would gladly voluntarily come home and so testify. Can make affidavit to this effect, and mail it if desired. JOSIAH CALDWELL. FOU'nOAl, THB Minnesota Democrats held their State convention last week, and indorsed Tilden and hard money... .The Vermont delegation to St Louis is solid for Tilden. OVEB two-thirds of the Wisconsin delegation to St. Louis are said to be for Tilden ; the re­ mainder for Davis, and scattering....The Dsanccrste have carried Oregon, and scrarecl & majority in tfes legislature. VOBSIOH, ^Tmt preliminary work on the gnat sub­ marine itinnel under the English channel, to eonneei England with Francs, has . been com­ menced at Langatte, on the French side of the channel... .An official organ at St. Petersburg announces that the allied powers will not relax the stringency of their policy OE the Turkish question, on account of the change of Sultans. The allies will "continue to demand from the Turkish Government, whatever that Govern­ ment may be, the execution of indispensable reforms."--The amount of the ex-Sultan's treaem® seized is stated at $100,000,000. THE Chancellors of Bussia, Austria and Ger­ many will hold another conference soon, to consider the change in the government of Turkey. The conference will take place at Ems, whither Bismarck will accompany the Emperor of Germany Servia refuses to recognize the new Suit an of Turkey, on ac­ oount of liia alleged irregular accession to the throne, and declines to pay tribute, two install­ ments of which are now in arrears. A BEBUN dispatch says the powers have sus­ pended action on the Berlin memorandum for a few days, in order that the new Turkish Gov­ ernment may give unmistakable indication of their policy, and their power of nminfcttimng themselves The following announcement of the Huicide of the ex Sultan of Turkey has been communicated to the Turkish minister at Washington by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey: A sad event has just pain­ fully affected our august sovereign and his Government. Abdul Aziz Kb an, the late Sul- ton, who, for some time past unfortunately fave evident signs of mental derangement, aving locked himself up this mondng in his apartments of the palace of Tcherazan, com­ mitted suicide by opening the veins of his arms with scissors which he bad concealed on his person"....A London dispatch to the New York Herald says : " England has sent Admiral Drummond to the East with orders to prevent the forcing of the Dardanelles. Unfinished iron-clads are being completed in great haste. EegimentB are under orders to bp ready to utart at a moment's notice. IT is understood in England that negotiations for a modification of the extradition treaty be­ tween the United States and Great Britain are in progress--the object being to conform the treaty to the common-sense principle that ex­ tradited persons should only be tried for the crimes charged in the indictment upon which rendition is asked--At Paris the story of the Saltan's suicide meets with contemptuous in­ credulity. At Borne the journals generallv ex­ press the belief that Abdul Aziz was murdered. Buissii. has agreed to recognize the new Sul­ tan of Turkey....Dispatches from Melbourne announce that all the Fenian prisoners held •urveillanoe in West Australia have fOBTY-FOUBTH C0NURES8. I THURSDAY, Jane 1.--/Senate,--Consideration of the articles of impeachment against the lan Secretary of War Was resumed. The President pro-tempore announced the judgment of the Sen­ ate overruling the plea of defendant as to Juris­ diction. Whyte submitted sit order that the ai- CUIWCI oru«red IO^BTD furiher, or ANSWER Use articles of impeachment, within ten days from this date. Carpenter said he WANTED time to consider what further steps the defense would take. I/ORT and MoMahon replied ou behalf of TTOE MANAGER, and urged that the trial go on. It WAS finally roted to adjourn the Impeachment MATTER TUESDAY, June 6 There TW so legislative business before the Senate. Smut.--A large portion of the day's session mt devoted to consideration of Burning's bill for ihs reduction of the army, which was passed without amendment The bill to amend title S3 of the Revised Statutes, relating to merchant seameaC was passed. It provides for the appointment by the Secretary of the Treasury of a Commissioner, to be known AS the Shipping Commissioner, fot every port of entry which U also a port at ocean navigation. • FBH>AX, June 2.--Smote.--73M Senate dis­ posed of a few bills of a private nature, and then began the consideration of the Legislative Appro­ priation bill. House.--The House devoted the day to the Indian Appropriation bill, the greater part of the time being spent in wrangling upon points of order relative to amendments. A good many Western and Southern members made arguments in favor of the transfer of the Indian bureau to the War de­ partment. SATUBDAT, June 8.--Senate.--The Senate passed the bill providing for the appointment of a commission of five persons to visit the Sioux tribes of Indians to negotiate for the surrender of a por­ tion of their reservation, including the Black Hills. The War department is re> quired, BY the terms ©f Che bill to furnish transportation, subsistence and protection to the ooitmtippion... .Oonsldetation of the LEGISLATIVE Appropriation bill was resumed. The amend­ ments of the Senate Committee, which restores the reductions made by the House, were all agreed to. The most significant action of the Senate waa the vote restoring the President's SALARY to $90,000. The vote in detail on this WAS as follows: Teas--Allison, Anthony, Bayard,, Booth, Boutwell, Bruce, Chriatiancy, Clayton, Cooper, Oragin, Dawes, Edmunds, Frelloghuysen, Hamlin, Johnson, Me-, Miilan, Mitchell, Morrill (Maine), Morton, Norwood, Paddock, Patterson, Ransom, Robertson, Sargent, Sherman, Spenoer, Windom, Withers--29. Jfdp&-- Bogy, Cookrell, Eaton, Goldthwalte, Hitchoock, Kelley,1* Key, McCreery, Maxey, Stevenson, Tliur- man--11. House.--Wood, from the Committee CM Ways and Means, made a report in regard to the ALASKA fur- seal fishery lease, exonerating the officers of the Government and company from all allegations «f fraud, Ordered printed.... i'he Indian Appropria­ tion bill was under discussion nearly the entire day. A variety of amendments were offered, nearly all of which were rejected. Among those voted down was one proposed by Seelye forbidding the furnish­ ing of rations to white men living with Indian wo­ men. MONDAY, June 5.--Senate.--The Senate dis­ cussed the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill nearly the entire day. An amendment proposed by 8h»r- man was adopted, providing that the internal rev­ enue districts be reduced to 131 as soon after the 1st of July as practicable; also vesting in the Com­ missioner of Internal Revenue the power to sus­ pend collectors of internal revenue now possessed by supervisors, and all other powers now exercised by the supervisors to be vested in the collectors. House.--Blaine (rising to the question of priv­ ilege), proceeded to address the House on the sub­ ject of investigation into the Union Pacific and Northern Paciflo transaction^ in which his name had become involved. The central part, and the most important part, of the whole AFFAIR was the production of the letters tagen trom Mulligan. This was preceded by a severe charge of unfair treatment at the hands of the sub-com- mittee charged with investigating the various subjects with which Ms name had been connected. Referring to the letters, the speaker said: " 1 understand the Judi­ ciary Committee to have abandoned that issue against me, but there HAS g@ne forth the idea or im­ pression that because I would not permit that man, or any man, when 1 could prevent it, from holding as a menace over my head my private correspon­ dence, there must be something in it most deadly and destructive to my reputation. 1 would like any gentleman on this floor, and all of them are presumed to be men of affairs whose business has been varied and whose intercourse has been large, to stand up here and say that, he is willing and ready to have hie private correspondence for the last ten or twelve years handed over and made public? Does it imply guilt? Does it imply a sense of weakness that a man will protect his pri­ vate correspondence ? No, sir. IT~LS a man's first instinct to DC it, and it is the last outrage ON ANY man to violate it, I have defied the power to tskc THCNG letters FROI-A MO. X DO IT still. J WITH &11 seapect ior this Bouse. ITS poT.-crc, acd I TRAST THVL I mspeoZ them; but I BSJ," THAT thie House ha® no mom power to order WHAT phall be done or not done with my private correspond­ ence than it hae to order what I shall do with the nurture and admonition of my children, not on© particle more. But I am ifbw going to show the letters (holding them np in his hand). I thank God Almighty that I am not ashamed to show them. There they are. There is the very original package. With some sense of humiliation, with a mortification which I do not pretend to con­ ceal, with A sense of outrage which I think any man in my position would feel, I invite the confi­ dence of «4,000,000 of people, sad I will read these letters. [Applause, which the Speaker pro tern en­ deavored to suppress.] Many of iiiese letters have not the remotest bearing on the subject, but some of them will require a little explanation. Some of them may possibly involve humiliation, but 1 would a good deal rather take that than take the evi! sur­ mises, and still more evil inferences, that might be drawn if I did not act with this frankness. Blaine thereupon proceeded to read and to R""1™ passing comments upon, and explanations of, vari­ ous points in the several letters. The letters all referred to business transactions between Blaine and Fisher. While they go to show that the former was engaged in stock operations, his friends that his transaction* mn legitimate and perfectly honorable. TUESDAY, June 6--Senate.--'The committee appointed some time ago at the instance of Davis (W. Va.), after an Investigation into the method of book-keeping in the Treasury department, reported that they are satisfied that no cause for com­ plaint exists therein The Senate dis­ cussed inferentially the question of jurisdiction in the impeachment matter at considerable length, and finally fixed the 6th of July as the date when the Senate as a court of impeachment shall begin to take evidence.... Whyte presented a petition of O. T. Beauregard, of Louisiana, for the removal of his political disabilities. House.--The Ind lan Appropriation bill was pa--NFL. including the section transferring the Indian bu­ reau to the War department. ...The House, by a vote of 115 to 97, authorised the Committee on Banking and Currency to report at any time. The object of this permission is to enable the commit­ tee to report a bill repealing the Resumption aot, and to put it on its passage promptly. WEDNESDAY, June 7.--Senate.--'The resolu­ tion proposing a common unit of money and ac­ counts for the United States and Great Britain waa passed... The bill establishing Cheboygan, Mich., a port of delivery passed The Senate then took up and passed the Legislative, Executive, AND Judicial Appropriation bill. None of the House reductions were concurred in, the bill covering about the same amounts appropriated last year The Fortification bill was also taken up and passed. Bouse.--The House passed the bill removing the forty-acre restriction upon the entry of public lands in Florid;: Alabama,, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi, AND placing those lands under the same regulations as the public domain in the West­ ern States. The bill had already passed the Sen­ ate. .. .Crounse introduced a bill authorizing A rail­ road pontoon-bridge over the Missouri river at Ne­ braska City. Passed.... The Speaker asked and ob­ tained leave of absence for ten days, and appointed Cox (N. V,) 8PE»KW PRO tern, during his absence. .... Cannon, from the Committee on PostoAoea and Post Roads, reported A bill providing » penalty for MAIHNG L>OOFE^G T lottery cir­ culars paaaing through the maila. Passed. j XOX£S FROM THE CEKTENK1AL. ° [By Our Own Correapondent] tn my peregrinations in and around the grounds, I hear but one expression, whioh is, that the Exhibition fully comes np to the stan­ dard conceived of and carried into faithful ex­ ecution by its projeotora. In area, architectural display, comforts, varied exhibits, management, the Exhibition of oui Centennial year;is a grand success, without any qualifications. Bo varied are the attractions that the most cynical can't fail in being led into enthusiasm, met the most careless will be charmed at some speciality that strikes the ri*ht k«v. vibrating the human chords witn cnarming ettect. i neara one of a bevy of sprightly girls, exclaim, "Emma, let's go to Machinery hall." "Augh, knaugh! we sbaunt. What do women know about machin- wry i" Tei> ioo name r.uima was ecsiaoized over a Berlin vase. Thus it is there is something for all and each. " Did you see the Women's pavilion ?'" said a fragile blonde to a two hun­ dred pound avoirdupois belle. "Phew! bless me, knaw. It wasn't much, was it?" "No! some little things. I don't think much of it anyway." "But wasn't that soda fountain just splendid ?" And so it is. All tastes axe catered to, and, as a whole, the Exhibition furnishes dainties for the most cosmopolitan taste. The being with the most intense Diogenlte instinct* will be dswti out, of Ms tab of con­ ceit and will be skeptical no longer, but will cheerfully concede that virtue to our kind that is developed in the industrial forces and art eliminations tbat dazzle the beholder who is (sensible to works of economical effort for the general good, and whose sensitiveness accepts the higher and cobler results of & nervous or­ ganization in the sphere of aesthetic thought. COTTON. The staple Is creditably displayed, and Justly so, m the extraordinary influence exerted in our smmifactturing circles, and its importance in our exchange system, renders all matters pertaining to its culture of significant interest. The foreign exhibit shows cotton from Brazil, Egypt, Peru. Australia, Asia, Minor, (Smyrna), Bengal, East Indies, West Indies, China, Af­ rica, Domestic--Mobile and Memphis nplands. The two prize samples in the show cases, one from Memphis, the other from New Orleans, seemed to bear off the palm. There is a cot­ ton pavilion of foreign staples arranged in decidedly good taste which will be detailed In another letter. THX BRITISH HEADQUABTEBS. The British Government, has gone to very considerable expense in erecting offices on the grounds for its Commissioners. On© of the three structures which have been erected for this purpose is really a very elaborate and or­ namental building. The entire group is built after the Elizabethan style of the sixteenth century, the best specimens of which may be found in Buckinghamshire. The largest of the three is used as the office of the Commis­ sioners, while the other two contain rooms for the attendants, servants, etc. The larger bouse is elegantly furnished, and is, in itaelf, an extremely interesting exhibition. It is built of brick and timber, covered, on the outside with plaster, and having tell chimneys, which grive ft a very quaint appearance. One side of the building is almost entirely of glass, the panes not being more than four inches square. The rooms are all papered in cool greenish tints, after elaborate designs by William Morris, the oeiebrated upholsterer and poet of London. The floor is carpeted with rich Brussels in small patterns ; the chimney places are deco­ rated with tiles in antique designs, and on the mantels, whioh are of vari-colorea marble, are vases decorated in rich and vivid colors. The furniture, though modem, is heavy and oov- ered with rich dark stuff, (hi the whole, scarcely any snore luxurious dwelling-place could be devised, even with our mod@m com­ fort-producing inventions. Somehow it gives one a firmer belief in the reality of that roman­ tic period in English history--the Elizabethan era--to behold this admirable representation of the solid comfort and even splendor of the ave­ rage country gentleman of those days. It is a bit of the times of 54 Good Queen Bess," lift­ ed out of the dint past, and Bet down bodily be­ fore us. Col. Herbert Sandford, the British Executive Commissioner, and his coadjutor, Prof. Thomas F„ Archer, F. B. 8. E., are ex­ tremely courteous and obliging, and have won highly favorable opinions from our people since they have been among ne. They have certainly done their work here in the most ad­ mirable manner, and Great Britiin will have every reason to be proud of the results of their labors. VOL THE EXPOSITION PAT ? Yes! as soon as the agricultural interests are attended to, the farmers of the Middle States will come en masse, and from the Western States they will flock to the grandest Mr the world has ever seen. Many will come from the South. The general impression prevailing throughout the country, that railroad fares will be reduced, is holding many back; the great rush from the South will begin in July, and oontinue throughout the summer and fall. In the city of Philadelphia but few of the citizens attend regularly, as, like all things near home, the many will postpone, and then they are aware ©f the 'unfinished condition of the work, and await its completion. But from the 15th of June to the close of the Exhibition, 1 feel as­ sured that paying assemblages will be in order, and thai the attendance will be sufficient to amply compensate, in dollars and cento, the proprietors' interests for their outlay. I be lieve the Exhibition will not alone be remunera­ tive from a flnanoial stand-point, baft will pay a thminsinS-fold is its tep.eiunga,. in the 'Varlea- nf and ornaxaout. JAKCH^&STK; Hon. D. J. HOSTSII was re-elected Chairman at the Executive Committee ; A. T. Goshorn, Dirsctcr Genera!; George W. Biddle, Solicitor; John L, Campbell, Secretary of the Commis­ sion. The Syrians have a bazar, near the Turkish pavilion, erected by five natives of Jerusalem, of oriental woods. The sides are yellow, the roof olive green, the cornices Mae and gold. The attaches are en costume, and have on ex­ hibition and for sale bijoutry in olive wood from the Mount of Olives, banks of the Jor­ dan, Hebron and Bethlehem, comprising Jars, cases, sleeve buttons, canes, work-boxes, and varied ornanieute. A Dragoman, David Jama!, is in charge. The Bureau of Agriculture offer the follow­ ing prizes: First beat cow §250, second best cow f 100. For first best herd f300. The scale of points to be adopted by the club is founded upon that of the Royal Jersey society. The field trials of mowing machines, tedder and hav rakes will take place on grounds near Schenok's station, on the Pennsylvania rail­ road, between Philadelphia and Trenton, from June 15 to 30, and the trials of reaper* from July 5 to 15. 1 spoke of Australia. Few people are aware of the importance of this called island, but, instead, a continent. Australia has an area of 2,400 miles from east to west, 1,700 miles from north to south, coast line 8,000 miles, and pose66868 one of the greatest natural won­ ders in the world on the northeast coast. Great Barrier reef, length 1,000 miles, 350 of which is unbroken, all of which is of coralline struct­ ure. It is no wonder so important end inter- eating a member of the family of colonial na­ tions should be represented by so distinguish­ ed _ a Commissioner and superb collection of articles from the natural and industrial forces of that country. It is well to have the virtues of Ar«us in your inspection of the beauties and wonders of the Exhibition, as a hundred eyes will serve you ; but remember that don't touoh is. or should be, upon each article, and think of Bri&reue, with his hundred arms, for it seems aa if some visitors had as many, so deftly and oftentimes do they break the ruling of bands off. The Commission has adjourned to July 1st. Geo. W. Biddle declines the solicitorehip of the Commission, and Mr. Shoemaker was unani­ mously elected to a position he has Creditably filled in the past. Permanent headquarters for the press are established in the western wing of the depart­ ment of public comfort building, east of the Judges' pavilion. The offices of the Oomnfl.1- eion will be transferred to the same building. The Hebrew monument will be on in time to be unveiled July 4t. The claims ©f colored men are to be reoog- nized to positions on the Centennial guard. Oregon exhibits rve nine feet high, eighty- seven and one-half bushels to the acre ; oats ten feet high, eighty-seven bushels per acre ; concentrated cider put up in sheets, so an indi­ vidual can cariv a quart of oidsr in ius vest pookrt; canned salmen from the Columbia river; and mahogany, the only production in the United States, resembles the mahogany of Brazil. ***» It costs fifty cents to have the regulation photograph placed in your passes. The Centennial Exhibition ground covers 236 acres. *' - Her Majesty, the Empress Augusta, and her rov»i highness, the Princess Ludwig of Hesse Darmafcadt, are contributors of albumic views and needle work. Naples makes one of the finest displays of cameos. Franco distinguish- ee herself in filagree, surpassing, in your cor­ respondent's opinion, the Japs. Germany ex­ hibits artificial eyes. Bohemia has a magnifi­ cent collection in glass goods. St. Louis has a magnificent exhibit of billiard tables. The most superior finished mantel-piece in this or any other exhibition is of Mexican onyx. Bhode bland has a beautiful collection of plated goods. Dresden makes a creditable rvwnaanfnfiAn ftflHI hfftnW Some of these goods from Berlin are of "excel­ lent finish. Hamburg sustains her reputation in ivory manufacture. Thn Centennial detective foroe has been re­ duced. This argues well for the good behavior of the average Amerioan. J. & Blaine and IilllpM* [Waahlngton (June 1) Cor. Chicago Journal.] The Judiciary Committee room *aa wm s«3©Bci id a mmb we-riaational event on the opening of the Maine investigation this mornix>g. -The witness Mnuigan, before proceeding with his testimony, asked to make a statement «He said that, on arriving here, he and Fisher had received a written invitation from Mr. Blaine to call at his house, but he de­ clined to go. fisher went. Blaine then called on him (witness) and begged him not to tell what he knew yes­ terday. He oame again and made the same request, asking him to remember his family. He asked to see certain private letters of his (Blaine's), ana asked witness what he intended to do with them. "Witness told Mr. Blaine he wonld print them if they tried to break MM down, as they were threatening to do. Blame then begged to be allowed to read thems and said he would return them as soon as read. After read­ ing, he refused to return them, and had them vet, and witness asked that he might be obliged by the committee to return them. Mulligan produced a memorandum- book, in whioh were recorded the tran­ sactions between Fisher, Blaine, and va­ rious parties in Maine. Mr. Blaine was sworn and said in re­ gard to his interview with Mulligan, that the extravagant words witness at­ tributed to him were fabricated. He did protest strongly against his private letters being printed, and Mulligan nad stated that he intended to make them public if any one attempted to discredit him or impugn his motives. Mr. Blaine held that witness had no right to those letters, and so he declined to give them back. He had submitted them to two friends, and read them all. With one exception, they did not bear on the subject of the inquiry,. He intended to submit them to two of the best lawyers in Washington, and to be guided by them as to whether he should produce THAM. WASHDTQTOH, June 2. On the reassembling of the sub- Judiciary Oemmittee to-day, Mr. Hun- ton, the Chairman, renewed his request to Mr. Blaine to present the letters taken from Mulligan. Blaine recapitulated the statement made yesterday bj him, in re­ lation to the letters, and said lie had submitted the letters to eminent legal counsel, and had received from them a statement, which he read. In it Jeremiah S. Black and Matt Carpenter, as counsel.!, say they have examined all the -letters, and find nothing in them bearing at all upon the case now pending before the committee, and they advise Blaine to as­ sert Ms right an an American citizen, and resist to the almost any' attempt to take from him any of these private letters. They say that any attempt to do so would be tyrannical and unjust. Mr. Blaine then informed the committee that, in accordance with this legal advice, he would decline to produce the letters or memorandum of their contents. Itenlanigm Revive*. movement, led by, Irish World, t ^ than is sus-f A new Irish , O'Bonovao Boss* and the Irish World,, has gained more headway f pected by the uninterested portion of";"I the public. Of course it takes the form, thus far of raising money from Irish­ men, Bo«& haa gone to California to» agilate, and the Irish World, which has| 4 ® circulation throughout the»- United States, weekly calls for eontribu-* *' tions for what is described as "a miahingfund." The professed wtentionv is to use the money in secret operation® agarnat England. " By skirmishing," says one appeal, " those connected mth and controlling the movement mean war. T>„4. A_ T... , , „ •"«** VA W JMUHUJ WW in acoom- ance with the plans and designs besfc calculated to effect their purpose. Their purpose is England's overthrow and Ireland's liberation. To accomplish thia they intend to harrass England py every means within their reach ; to strike her in every vulnerable point; to use every available means to bring about her de­ cadence and ruin. These blows will b» dealt by bodies of men, by single indi~ " viduals, or in any other way that ore- cnmfltances or occasion may command. As Dr. Barrow says, it makes no differ* ence whether you strike your enemy straight down or slantingly, provided, yon kill. This the skirmishers thor- onghly understand. Blow shall follow blow in various "ways,, and without cessa­ tion ; where least expected, and where- they cannot be met; and each attack will be so planned and directed as to preclude the possibility of failure, It is. a species of movement* local in. its ac­ tion, swift, sudden and almost personal in its manifestations." Then follow two columns of language calculated to incito Irish hearts, and a sketoh of Bossa, who is to handle the fund. The acknowledg­ ments in the same paper of receipts- show that persons are to be found who have confidence in the enterprise.--JWrnir York Sun. A Wordy War Between Blaine ind Knott. • There was am exciting scene in the room of the House Judiciary Committee, at Washington ̂ on the 7th inst. Mr. Blaine went before the committee and deiiian&ssl % jsaasfcslica of the siroun?-- stances connected with the iMdwolI tele­ gram. feosa London. Knots stated a sap- position case about a telegram from Cald- wtell which might have said that Blaine was guilty. Blaine calmly interrupted Knott, and said: " You will permit me to believe that it would have pone out very soon." Knott, approaching Blaine in a threatening manner, raid, " What do you mean sir? What do you say? Do you insinuate that I would do you injustice in that manner f" Blaine re­ marked, "I men to say that I don't think you would keep rack a dispatch that would hurt me." The friends of Mr. Blaine unconsciously gathered around him, and had Chairman Knott made another step toward Blaine there would have been a per­ sonal encounter. Gen. Hun ton, who is a man of remarkable composure, suc­ ceeded in enforcing order. Knott had been terribly excited by the assaults of Blaine upon him in the House. That exasperation was increased by the fact that Blaine openly to hip face, in the committee room, raised an issue of veraci­ ty, and had charged Knott with sup­ pressing the Caldwell dispatoh. Knott became greatly excited. His white mus­ tache grew a shade paler; his fiery cheeks took on a deeper glew. He clutched his oaken stick with a firmer grasp, and advanced threateningly tow­ ard Blaine, who sat in a chair three feet from him watching eve­ ry movement with ̂ unflinching eye. ' Knott raised his diminutive form, and you could hear in the silence of that committee room the exasperated inquiry which, being interpreted, meant " Who does this pair of boots displace, Must meet Bombastes face to face." When the sub-committee adjourned, Knott, approaching Frye, a member of the committee, and who has been in at­ tendance as advisory friend of Blaine, said to him: "Mr. Frye, your friend Blaine is the god-damnedest scoundrel in America." This remark, or its equiv­ alent, having already found its way into print, it should be added that Frye re­ plied : " You forget yourself, Mr. Knott." " Yes," said Knott, "I do," and he thereupon withdrew the remark, and apologized for having made it. THB estate of Charlotte Cuahman ID much scattered in thia oountrv and England. How to Pat Down Chinamen. The extreme measures resorted to by the anti-Chinese element of the Pacific coast is likely to create a reFolaioil throughout the oountryin the interest of the Mongolians. The anti-oooli# clubs of Ban, Francisco are doing all that- in their power lies to bring on a riot- which could only result in the wholeaalo butchery of the inoffensive A^ î, One plan--adopted by the South Sax}. Francisco club-- is to starve oat theof*> femdve pig-tails. The way tbiw jfe to bfi' accomplished is as follows: A special committee was appointed to keep up an espionage and report the names of all persons who patronized the Chinese, and an immense blackboard was erected in a conspicuous place, on which the name* of all persons who deal with the Chinese is posted. The young men pledged themselves not to act as the escort of any young lady who patronizes Ih# Chinese washermen, and the young ladies in turn offer to eleanae gratis the dirtrr linen of gentlemen friends irbo wiflt cease to take it to the " washee house * of detested John. The plan seems to work satisfactorily, as at latest report* the earnings of the Chinese in South San. Francisoo had been reduced to an aver­ age of twenty-five cents a week. Silver Declining, , - \ Silver continues to decline in XJON&ONI and the lowest price ever known (52A , per ounce) has been reached. Thi* makes the silver tokens now coming oui * of the Treasury worth 82£ oents to tha dollar, and the proposed dollar of 412 8-10 grains worth 88 cents gold. The value in gold of a United State* ^ note (legal-tender) for one dollar ranged during the week between 88| and 89* cents. Silver tokens are coming out oi the sub Treasury here at the rate of $60Y- 000 to $75,000 per day. The SILVER halves are taken at 2 to 2| per cent, pre­ mium by bullion-dealers, to send to Cal­ ifornia, where they can be used at 95 to 96 cents gold ; they are issued from tho Treasury here at less than 89 gold. TH%^ premium on other small change rangea, from J to 1| per cent.--Mew York N a t i o n . ^ _ WHAT Alletl MSM« . ' . A little Georgia shaver reoently took HIS first ride in a Millcdgcville TRAIN , When the cars moved off he NETIIIECI close to his mother, and as its speed increased he began to show some sign* of consternation. Tears stood in hi* eyes, and when he saw that Ms weak­ ness was observed he blubbered aleud, "I ain't afraid, but I wish I had my ghoto^rapli taken before 1 got on ^ THE MARKETS. MEW YORK. BREVES # GJF® 10 Hoes--Dressed 6 B0 0 6 78 COTTON 12 9 12% FLOUB--Superfine Western.... .... 4 00 % 4 25 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago. 1 17 % 1 18 V COSH--Western Mixed 69 0 ®0 ? ' OATS--No. 2 Chicago 40 A 41 RTK--Western 86 A 87 PORK--New Mess .19 00 $19 12# LAKD--Steam 10i£<A 11 CHICAGO. Bmvss--ChoiceOnkled Steen.... 6 00 <J| 8 95 Choice Natives. 4 60 9 4 75 ' Cows AND Heifers......... 8 25 ® 3 75 ,J:' Ooed Second-dans 8tela.. 4 40 @ 4 60 "7- Medium to Fair 4 00 @ 4 25 ^ HOGS--Live......... 5 50 @6 FLOCB--Fancy White Winter 7 00 @7 Good to Choice Spring Ex.. 5 CO #6 WHXAT--NO. 2 Spring 1 04FC& 1 MO. 8 SPRING 92^9 COBK--NO. 2. 44 @ OATS--NO. 2. 29 BY»T-H©„ 2................ 70XE BABLJEY--NO. 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