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f- K; P- te'-"" •»v .'V It'•»,•. fc- THE NEWS CONDENSED. QOKGRESSIOXAL PROCEEDIYGS. IK the House of Representatives, on the 13th, favorable reporta were made on bills to permit fruit-grower* to manufacture brandy vritttotat the payment of tax, granting letter- --Wait a month's leave of absence each year. Mid tor the aooeptaace of the Illinois and Michi- fpM Canal. Eulogiss on the late Representative Verndon of Alabama, were delivered by nine Member*. The Senate was not in session. TUB naval appropriation bill, with amend- meats for the construction of cruisers and for the preparation of plans and estimates for an armored vessel of 8,500 tons displacement^ passed the Senate on the 14th inst. A petition •was received from Mrs. James A. Garfield and five hundred other citizens of Cleveland, praying that the Nez Ferces be returned to thetr home. A favorable report was made on the resolution grantiug certain publi­ cations to the Cincinnati' LawrLihrary. Hills were introduced to place General Fremont on the retired list and to forfeit the unearned lands of the Northern Pacific Road. SevcraCsections of the bankruptcy bill were considered. In the House, Mr. Reed offered a res­ olution, which was adopted, directing the Committee on Agriculture to inquire into the introduction of the foot-and-mouth disease In Maine through the oversight of Federal offi­ cials, and to report a bill to reimburse citizens for expenses in suppressing the disease. Mr. Turner introduced a bill for a tax of 3 per cent, on Incomos of $:*,ooo -and of 10 per cent, on $100,000 or more. Measures were also presented to bridge the Ohio River at Cincinnati; to place on the free list agricultural Implements and all machinery used in the manufacture of farm products; to retire John C. Fremont with the rank of Major General, and to establish a signal station at Houston, Texas. A bill to bridge the Potomac near Georgetown was defeated in committee of the whole. A JOINT resolution to furnish certain books to tbe law library of Cincinnati passed the Sen­ ate on the 15th inst. Bills were formally re­ ported to create a commission on the alcoholic liquor traffic, for the relief of the N'ez Perce Indians in Idaho, and to provide for coinage at the branch mint in Denver. A resolution ~ was offered directing the Judiciary Committee to re­ port whether Paul Strobach is now discharging the duties of United States Marshal of Alabama, after his nomination was rejected. The bank­ ruptcy bill was taken up, and it was agreed that any person owing in excess of J300 may petition for discharge. By a vote of 140 yeas to 138 nays the House of Representatives decided to take up the Morrison tariff bill. The vote by which the considera­ tion of the bill was secured was made up of 1S5 Democrats and five Republicans. The opposing vote consisted of ninety-nine Republicans and thirty-eight Democrats, and one Independent, Finerty, of Chicago. The Democratic opposition vote consisted of one vote each from Alabama, Connecticut, In­ diana, Louisiana, Maryland, four from Cali­ fornia, three from New Jersey, live from Ohio, ten from Pennsylvania, and nine from New York. Mr. Morrison opened the debate on the measure. He declared that to fail to reduce tax­ ation and thus relieve the people would be a flagrant disregard of public duty. A horizontal reduction might not be the best, but none other was practicable at present. To the list of articles now imported free of duty it was pro­ posed to add salt, coal, wood, and lumber. Bait was already free for fishermen and meat exporters, coal was untaxed for use on coast trading vessels, and the revenue from wood and lumber was in the past ten years not over $10,- 000,000, while the domestic wooden products ex­ ceeded $500,000,000 per annum in value. Iu t!ie estimates, as caretully prepared, the bill would leave in cottons but two articles dutiable above 40 per cent, in woolens but one above CO per cent., and in iron and steel but few above 50 per cent. As at present arranged many of these ar­ ticles were taxed above loo per cent, throneh hid­ den enormities in classification and rates of dutv. The above limits were intended to remedy these enormities. The insufficient character of the late revision forbade its permanency. The only security from agitation and change would be to confine the taxing power to obtaining a revenue limited to the necessities of the Gov­ ernment, The cry of the protectionists that lower rates would ruin manufactures was used when the industries were young, and would continue to be used to the end. He Instanced tile placing of quinine on the free list, and declared that as had been the case in that in- 4usfaT so it would be in all other industries. Mr. Kelley made the opening speech for the opposition. He drew pictures of the fearful condition of the laboring classes of Europe, and raid that the proposition now was that the United States should enter the race with the " 1 tor the cheapness which had led to such !#'• • terrible results. He denied that any of the arti- CMM called raw materials by the Democrats were, tt reality, raw materials. In the rase for cheap- -kM production left the prosperous countries and found its way to the most oppressed. After a spirited passage between Messrs. Kelley and Hewitt retarding the dutv on wire rods, Mr. Kelley repeated his assertion that production bad outrun consumption, and this evil oould net be mitigated by a reduction in the tariff. The only means by wnich the markets oould be increased would be to •top tbe importation of cheap labor, send back all who had signed contracts in foreign lands to .. work at low wages, see that laborers were paid 'so much that the public schools might be well sustained and the children educated, and protect American motherhood against becoming orndges in foundries. He advocated complete Isolation of the country, which could lie sus­ tained in freedom and purity only so lone as it did not besrin the r.nholy race for the "cheap and nasty underteachings of dismal science." Mr. Mills, of Texas, followed Mr. Kelley In a speech supporting the bill. THE bill to authorise the States of Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee to make laws to secure from waste lands granted for achool purposes, was favorably reported to the Senate, Anril 16. The measure to divide into homesteads a portion of the Sioux Reservation in Dakota was passed. Several amendments were made to the bankruptcy bill. In executive session Charles E. Coon was confirmed as As­ sistant Secretary of the Treasury. The tariff bill was debated throughout the entire session Of the Hou-e. Mr. Runnel! deprecated the re­ opening of the agitation, but said the Republi­ cans accepted tbe challenge. Mr. Blount thought legislation should be such than a revenue stand­ ard would ultimately be reached, and said the reduction by the bill under discussion would be about $30,009,000. Mr. Chacc predicted that a cut o: 20 per cent, on wool would stop most of the mills in the country. Mr. Jones, of Ar­ kansas, spoke of the imperative demand for a redaction ot the tariff, and said the passage of the bill would place the Democratic partv on the side of reformation. ®*. M: _ ooeatM asaa*» and killing the pro- ill Aintfliter Km mil iai a hoarier named' Mofcael Murphy-- MM. A. B. Green, mother of Congressman j. Wharton Green, of North Carolina, died at the home ot her niece, Mrs. Senator David Davis, at Btoominfton, 111. She was 83 years o.d. California I®: IB£ KA8Z. A run fight between rival factions ©f Hungarian miners occurred at a place called Ross Hill, near Wilkesbarre, Pa., dur­ ing the celebration of the Easter festivities. Wie affair grew out of an attempt at robbery by one Hungarian of another. Stones, knives, and clubs were freely used. Several men were injured, some, it is thought, fatal­ ly... .An explosion of fire-damp in the coal inlne of J. A. Wood & bona, near Elizabeth, Pa., killed two men and severely injured two others. AT a. meeting at New York for the preservation of the Irish language, Moore's melodies were played upon an ancient Irish harp. THE WEST. News comes from the Idaho gold regions of the discovery of quartz leads on Eagle Creek, Bald to be as rich In paying ore as the Leadville carbonate. The •'first dis­ covery was made by a boy. The prospectors are greatly elated, and anticipate a splendid harvest. Many claims have been already bought by capitalists. One vein is from six to ten feet in width, and assays 520 per ton. The snow is fast disappearing, and the prospectors will soon be able to enter fully on the work of mining The train-load of corn contributed by the people of Butler County, Kansas, to the Ohio XUver sufferers was sold at auction In Cincinnati at from two to three cents per bushel above market rates, realizing $7,t;00. ....Victor W. Clough, of Geneseo, 111., made 100 miles on roller-skates in five minutes less than ten hours. When he left the track the muscles of his legs were swollen and nuinb...-. Theodora A- Hurd, of Leavenworth, h&fi been appointed Attociate Justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas, to suc ceed D. J. Biewer who was called to the Federal Bench... An unsuccessful attempt to bieak jail at Mil­ waukee by fifteen prisoners, was prevented by the ,'ailer s wife, who, hearing the disturb­ ance. notified the police. Jailer Walsh re­ ceived severe injuries. ALEXANDER L. LEE took a DOSES, of Morphine in the presence of his family, at Jackson, Mich., and ran out of his house, pursued by bis children and his neighbors! •Che dose took fatal effect before he was •aught. Tbe suicide grows directly out of the Crouch massacre. AT Tucson, Arizona, Joseph Casey Was hanged fcr the murder of Jailer Hol- ferook last spring, in attempting to break Jail He refused to reveal bis right name or Jltetory. 4 THE brick wall of Hubbard's store, J 4brand Haven, Mich., which burped a sbart «*<ywBre Mown dove the other day, THK Secretary of the Agricultural Society estimates the growing crop of wheat at 80 per cent, more than last year, the only thing to be feared being the north winds in the valleys. • LATE advices from the Cceur d' Alene gold fields report discoveries of gold in the district known as Dream Gulch, so called be" cause of its discovery on account of the al­ leged dream of a Frenchman. Four men sluiced out five pouuds two ounces of coarse gold there in two days. The result of the discovery hud the eilect of advancing the price of claims all along the creek. The first fatal shooting occurred at Murrayville the 13th of April, when a fiddler named Richards, known in the region as "Tommy the Masher," was killed by a gambler named McDonald. THE SOUTH. DISPATCHES from Atlanta, Ga., give meager accounts of the destruction wrought by another cyclone which passed over a sec­ tion of that State last week. It was first heard from in Harris County, and moved from southwest to northeast. Forty-six bouses were completely blown away, eight persons killed, and many injured, striking into Merriwether County, wholesale destruc­ tion of property took place, the damage be­ ing fully $200,000. The Powell place, one of the most noted in the State, was utterly swept away, and Mr. Powell, Sr., his grand­ son, Ben Johnson, and lour negroes were killed outright, while five other persons are so mangled that some of them will die. Several negro children had been blown away and have not since been heard from. Farther on, it struck the house of Fete Tol- son, destroying everything, killing mules and breaking the thigh of a negro man. A negro girl was killed. On Dr. Beasley's farm, near Sandtown, terrible wreck was made. Six colored people are known to have been killed on one plantation and four on another. Many persons were fatally injured in the country adjacent to Logansville, several bouses destroyed, and barns burnt up. GREAT distress is reported to prevail in Marion County, South Carolina. A local paper says that '-'in no year since the war have provisions been so scarce. There are perhaps hundreds who cannot get bread enough to eat." WASHINGTON. A COMMTTEE of stockholders of the wrecked Pacific National Bank ot Boston has forwarded to Washington a series of four­ teen charges against Comptroller Knox, sup­ ported by evidence, and threatens to insti­ tute criminal proceedings. Knox says he will not resign until these charges are thor­ oughly investigated. THE Supreme Court of the District of Columbia has decided that there is no ap­ peal from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents to the Secretary of the Interior. THE House Committee on Coinage has voted to report favorably the Lacey bill to prohibit the issue of treasury notes for less than $5, and to provide for the issue of silver certificates in dent minations of #1, $2, and £5 A banking-house at Washington has filed with the Secretary of War charges of fraud and conduct unbecoming an officer against Gen. Swaim. THERE is considerable gossip among Democrats, says a Washington dispatch to the Chicago Tribune, as to the prospects of the tariff bill. If the desires of members are gratified, at least 100 more long speeches will be placed on the overburdened pages of the Reand, to deliver which will require at least six weeks, and then only will the real business of considering the bill begin. Theprogrammeof the Republicans and of those Democrats who are opposed to tariff agitation is to try to carry a motion to strike out. the enacting clause as soon as the bill is open for amendment. Mr. Morrison may, however, be able to counteract this before tbe crisis arrives through promises to aocept and support various amendments which will make the bill less objectionable to the Bep- rescntatives from certain States. POLITICAL. NEARLY 1,300 citizens of New Jersey expressed their Presidential preferences at the request of a Trenton journal. The, Democrats proved to*be about equally ai- vided between Ti!den and Kandall. Two- thirds of the Republicans favored Blaine and Lincoln, most of the remainder support­ ing Edmunds and Lincoln. THE Arthur men controlled the Ala­ bama Republican State Convention at Mont­ gomery. All the district delegates but the two from the Fifth and the delegates-atrlarge will vote for Arthur in the Chicago Conven­ tion, at least in the early ballots... .The Re­ publicans of Idaho have elected D. P. B. Pride and W. N. Shilling as delegates to the Chicago Convention. They are unprejudiced. THE Illinois Republican State Con­ vention met at Peoria and nominated the fol­ lowing State ticket: For Governor, Richard J. Oglesby, of Macon; for Lieutenant Gov­ ernor, John C. Smith, of Cook; for Secretary of State, Henry D. Dement, of Lee; for Treasurer, Jacob Gross, of Cook; for Audit­ or, Charles P. Swigert, of Kankakee; for Attorney General, George Hunt, of Edgar. Resolutions were adopted strongly favoring tbe nomination of Gen. Logan for the Presi­ dency by the national convention. Senator Cullom, Gov. Hamilton. Col. Clark E. Carr, of Galesburg, and the Hon. Burton C. Cook, of Chicago, were appointed delegates-at-large to the national convention, with instructions to vote for Logan as long as he should re­ main in the field. THE South Carolina Republican Con­ vention elected Arthur delegates to the na­ tional convention. A resolution of sympa­ thy with Gen. Grant on account of his recent accident was adopted. The district delegates will be for Arthur, on the early ballots at least Pennsylvania, through its Repub­ lican State Convention, pronounced emphati­ cally lor Blaine and Lincoln. A resolution indorsing them, and instructing the dele­ gates-atrlarge to vote for them at the Chicago Convention, was adopted by a vote of 200 to 37....The twenty delegates to Chicago se­ lected by the Alabama Republicans are for Arthur for first choice and Logan second. THE New Jersey Republican Conven­ tion was held at Trenton. Tbe resolutions indorse President Arthur's administration, call for protection of tbe nation's industries, ask for the suspension of the coinage of the silver dollar, and approve the reform of the civil service act. The delegates to the national convention received no instruc­ tions. Ex-Congressman Robeson was defeated for delegate-atrlarge The Dela­ ware Republican Convention passed resolu­ tions indorsing Blaine as the choice of tbe State lor President, but the delegates were not instructed. Of the four delegates-at- large three aie for Blaine and one for Ar­ thur.The Republican State Convention of Indiana^to choose delegates at-large to Chi- cago, mtet at Indianapolis and selected ex* Secretary R- W. Thompson, Senator Harri­ son, the Hon. John H. Baker, and Morris McDonald. The delegation go uninstructed. . . The First New York Congressional District Republican Convention elected George Will­ iam Curtis and Johu M. Crane delegates to tbe national convention It is be 1 level they favor Edmunds. The Indiana Democratic Association of Washington has placed Joseph E. McDonald in the fie d for the Presidency by the passage of laudatory resolutions. THE Republicans of Tennessee met In convention at Nashville and nominated Judge Frank T. lteid, who served in the Confederate army, for Governor. The dele­ gates to tbe national convention at Chicago are nearly solid for Arthur. GENERAL. AGUERO and his followers in Cuba are marching toward Bazamo, the seat of former insurrections, and are balled with joy by the villagers on the route. His band has been largely augmented. Seme plantations have been burned, and tax collectors de spoiled of their funds A floating paragraph ubout the sa!e of relics from the scaffold on on which Osawatomie Brown wus hanged calls out a statement that the original struct­ ure was demolished and cameo off piece­ meal by Gen. Patterson's command in the latter part of July, 1861. A MEETING of the Executive Com- miJtM--of the Irish National League of America, at which thirteen members, barely a quorum, and Mr. Patrick Egan, e*-Treaa- urer of tbo Irish Land League, attended, was held in Chicago last week. It was de­ cided to oaU the next Convention ot the SSS1IP9 :i%rVin ia sbduli A twwltuion ttfoniintr Mr. ParsfeU'aa&rtc* to the tr sb farmfcrs to re­ fuse to pfty the polteo tax imposed under the crime* act waa passed. YELLOW FXVKR is raging at V«N Crus, Mexico. Thirteen deaths occurred there one day last week. On« victim was an American named C. E. Powers, formerly con­ nected with the Mexican Central Railroad. THE Peruvian city of Junin was re­ cently attacked by one thousand rebels, wh<f. were repulsod. The Prefect seized two citi» zens and shot them for intrigues with the a»- sailants. FOKKIOH. STANLEY, the African explorer, pro­ poses to attempt to travel frcm the Congo through the Soudan and Nubias to Egypt. This was a task contemplated by Gen. Gor­ don before he undertook the expedition to Khartoum Patrick Joyce, Secretary of the Fenian Brotherhood, has issued a circu­ lar addressed to all Irishmen calling upon them to continue the dynamite policy. THE activity of tho Irish dynamiters In France continues. The English police have made additional discoveries in regard to the suspected plot in which Daly and Egan were implicated...,Mile. Colombicr has been committed at Paris on the charge of outrag­ ing public morals in having "Sarah Barnum" pnUiaM. ADDITIONAL NEWS. IT is reported that 2,000 Indians have surrounded the village of Battleford, on the Saskatchewan River, tn^the Northwest Terri­ tory. It is feared that they have massa­ cred the inhabitants, numlering t, 300. The Indians, it. is stated, have been half starved during the winter, and they are des­ perate Theodore Hotlman was hanged for murder at While plu;ns, N. Y.: Willie Hodges (colored/ suffered the extreme penalty at Eastman, Ga.; and Gabe Turner (colored) was swung otf at Greenvide, Ga. . COLORADO mining towns are greatly excited o.-cr the alleged discovered of gold near Pike's Peak. Hundreds are Booking to the scene, and freight and passenger lines have been established... . John G. Telford, on route to Ireland, was robbed on a train near Poplar Bluff, Mo., of $17,000, by ('. M', Dennett, said tol e an Eastern crook. Secret- service men ol' the Gould system trapped tho robber and recovered the money. GEORGE COATES, a colored man, went to the house of Jere Green, near Gadsden, Ala., while Green and his wife were at church. Coates deliberately set lire to the house, and fo ir of Green's children sleepiug there perished in the flames." ACCORDING to information gathered over the wires by tho Chicago Timet, winter wheat in Illinois, Ohio, Iowa, and Indiana is in excellent condition, injury ,by frost having been confined exclusively to scattered points in tne two former States. The plant in Missouri has evidently teen badly dam­ aged by cold weather. Wisconsin reports a falling o 1' iu the acreage of spring wheat, as the farmers are giving greater attention to the dairy. Dakota and Minnesota have a •larger acreage than last year, and there is a prospect ot' the largest yield for years, no damage from insects being reported at any point. THE memorial services of the late Wendell Phillips were hel<fc In Tremont Temple, Boston, last week, hundreds being unable to gain admission. The Governor and Council, Federal and State Judges, municipal officers, and literary and other distinguished persons were present in great numbers, among ihcm being Julia Ward Howe, William Lloyd Garrison, John G. Whittier, Edward Everett Hale, W. D. Howells, T. B. Aldrich, T. W. Higginson, Oiver Wendell Holmes, the Rev. James Freeman Clarke, and President Eliot, of Harvard. George William Curtis delivered tho oration Annie Wagner was "fatally shot by her aunt at Harrisburg, Pa. The aunt was playfully prajtL-ing with a pistol that was loaded 'Ihe Excise Commissioners of New York havo refused new licenses to Harry Hill and Billy Madden, notwithstanding strong political in­ fluence. CONGRESSMAN LACEY, a member of the Coinage Committee of the House, thinks that nothing will be done this sopsiot) to re­ strict sifver coinage. H« thinks, however, that the tendency is in that direction The House Postoffice Committee has adopted a resolution declaring it expedient to make contracts with ex.sting lines for a postal telegraph system. A DISPATCH from Gen. Gordon states that the Tegeba tribes had twice defeated El Mahdi, which places the False Prophet in pre. cisely the same position as Gen. Gordon is, completely hemmed in. Zebehr Pasha is willing to go to Kharto.im and act under the authority of the Khedive, but not under Gen. Gordon... .Sir Stafford Northeote, tho En­ glish Tory leader, who is also rector of Edin­ burgh University, in an address to the students, referred to the Hon. James Russell Lowell as a statesman "known throughout the world as one of the greatest literary or­ naments." This sentiment was loudly cheered... .There are said to have been --J7 deaths from cho era at Calcutta last week, and the disease is spreading The Mahdi's proclamations have reached India. Tho An­ glo-Indian police at Simla have seized them. THE poftolTice appropriation bill was com­ pleted and passed by the Senate on the 18th inst. Prpvision was made for more expeditious ocean mail and steamboat servics. It is esti­ mated that $1,70(1,000 more than the revenue of the department will be required. Adverse re­ ports were made on the newspaper copyright bill and on the resolution for the er :ct ion o£ a bronze equestrian statue to Simon Bolivar. Mr. Plumb announced that at no extra cost the time between the oceans had b jen diTiinish' d one day. After tributes to the memory of Rep­ resentative Herndon, the Senate adjourned to th3 21st. The House of Representatives passed bills to permit the bridging of the Missouri Illver at Sibley, and to limit to two years the time within which internal revenue offenders may be prose­ cuted. A favorable report was made on the bill to relieve from the charge of desertion such sol­ diers a*, wop Id have received an honorable dis­ charge haotkey bc'-n jiresent at the must Bring out of their cbmmands. Politicians at Work In the Common- . ipg: weAlths. , ' ' TH h Iff A"R.K - --- NEW YORK. Beeves | 8.60 Sio.so Uoos ; 6.00 & MO PLOUB--Western 3.00 @ 6.5:3 WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago. 05?£.<S .97 No. 2 Red. LOO SOBX--No. 2... ,57 @ .59 3ATS--White .42 @8 .46 PORK--Mess..... 16.90 <gl7.oo Liau 08.0854 CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. 6.25 C.75 Fair to Good 6.50 fi.OO Common to Medium.... 5.00 @ 6.7; HOGS, 6.00 <& 6. SO Flxyuii--Fancy White Winter Ex 6.80 & 5.73 Good to Choice Boring... 4.50 («< 5.i"> WHEAT--No. 2 Spring S3 No. 2 Winter #7 COBN--No. 2 .47 DATS--No. 2. 33 RYE--NO 2 !G BARLEY--NO. 2 74 BUTTER--Choice Creamery. .-27 Fine I)»irv 24 POTATOES--Peachblows. 36 Eoos--Fresh 14 PosK-Mess 16.50 LABD .ot) MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 .85 CORN--No. 2 .63 OATH--No. 2 .31 BARLEY-- No. 2. 69 PORK--Mess 17.60 8.00 @ 1.09 .34 .W» ($17.60 (Ui .0Hl4 <3 1.07 & .625* & .36 )*T 16.00 @16.50 .08 & .08M 1.05 .61 .35 & LAJO>..... ST. LOUIS WHEATS-NO. 2 Red 1.08 CORN--Mixed 45 OATS--No. 2 32 <$ RYE .55 & PORK--Mess 17.00 LAKD - 08 CINCINNATL WHEAT--No. 2 Red OATS --Mixed. PORK--Mess LARD TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Red 94 CORN--Not 2 48 OATS--No. 2 86 DETROIT. FI/wb 8.80 WHEAT--No 1 White...... 97 CORN--Mixed .61 OATS--No. 2 White .37 PORK--Mesa 19.00 INDIAN APOLia •WHEAT--No. 2 Red .98 CORN--Mixed 48 OATS--Mixed EAST LIBERTY. CATXUC--Best.....1 4.76 Fair 4.26 Common 4.25 poos. a.......... 6.26 9.1S ® .87 « .65 & .a an .71 C$18.00 & 8.50 Meeting of Republican and Dem- trpcratic State Con* ventions. 8» J. Tllden on "The Federal Constitu­ tion' -Ex-Senator McDonald Air Pres ident , i t , .85 .98'4 .49 .35 .60 .76 .29 .26 .40 .15 6917.0<> ® .OiSti it***?-* • .94)* & .60 & .37 <9 6.2S ® .99 & .52 N .40 @20.03 © 1.00 & .60 & .83 0 6.75 & e.oo & 4.60 & 6.75 0 0,2* CONVENTIONS. Illinois Republican. Jainea A. Connolly, of Coles County^tireeided ever the Illinois Republican Convention; which met at Peoria, Daniel Bhepard, of Chicago, dis­ charging the functions of Secretary. The business in hand was disposed of smoothly and rapidly, and, notwithstanding several long speeches were sandwiched among the proceeding*, within less than eight hours after the convention had been called to order, the larger portion of the delegates were en route for home. THE STATE TICKET. Gen. Richard J. Oglesby, of Logan County, who has already served one terra as Governor and a six years' term in the Senate of the United Btates, was nominated by acclamation as Chief Magistrate of the State. Gen. J. C. Smith, of Cook County, was placed in nom­ ination for Lieutenant Governor, receiv­ ing 511 votes, against 2.16 for John L Rinaker, and 43 for John C. Fairbanks. For Secretary of State Henry C. Dement and Louis P. Wolf were named, the first-named re­ ceiving the nomination by a large majority. Charles P. Swigert was nominated by acclama­ tion for Auditor. For State Treasurer, Jacob Gross, of Cook County, was made the nominee on the first ballot, Charles Becker, David T. Littler, and Frederick Reaman being hie com­ petitors. For Attorney General, George Hunt received 493 votes and James McCartney 962, and Hunt was declared the nominee. THE PT^ATFORM. The following resolutions were reported and adopted without a dissenting voice : W HEREAH, The Republican party has for a quar­ ter of a century had the political thought of this nation; and. WHEREAS, This great party has succeeded by being augressive and fearless in support of right, We, the Republicans of Illinois, in convention assembled, mindful of glories which cluster around its past history, renew our pledges of fidelity to the doctrines which have repeatedly received the indorsement of the people, and the carying out ot which by a long line of Govern- orsj from liinseli to Hamilton, has shed such renown upon the commonwealth, make this declaration of principles upon vital questions of the hour, and with these principles we march to victory. Jtenolved, That this convention is justly prond of the record made by the Republican party of Illinois in the administration of the State affairs during the twenty-seven years that the executive department of the State Govern­ ment has been intrusted to it. The State debt, with its heavy burden upon the tax-payers, has been wiped out, and all details of administra­ tive duty discharged with a faithful. Intelligent regard to public interest. Jtesolred, That the debt of this State having been paid off, it is the sense of this convention that the present revenue law of Illinois can be and should be so readjusted as to be adapted to the present financial condition of the State and the several counties and other municipalities within its borders. Resolved, That the criminal laws of this State should be so revised and simplified as to render punishment of crime more certain and speedy, to th6 end that life and property be more effectual­ ly protected. Hen a/red. That the labor of the people consti­ tutes the foundation ot the wealth of the coun­ try, and only when labor receives such remun­ eration as will give to the industrious and economical a surplus beyond the necessaries of life, can prosperity and happiness prevail. Itis, therefore, the duty of the legislators, both State and national, to enact laws in the interest and for the protection of labor, and to that end we demand that in levying taxes and duties such discrimination shall be made as will encourage the development of the res-ources of eur own country, and secure our own people a juBt and reasonable compensation for their toil, and in this system of legislation all interests are con­ cerned. Jirsolved, That all citizens of this nation are entitled to the full, unrestricted exercise of their civil and political rights as guaranteed by the Constitution and laws, and that it is the duty of the General Government, which it cannot vacate, or fail to enforce, or remand to a State, to secure these rights by the t ntorcement of laws now ex­ isting; and if such laws be found insufficient to secure to every citizen every political and civil right, that it is tho solemn duty of Congress to speedily enaet such laws as will protect every citizen in such rights. Hesolre.d, Tha^uder the Constitution and law* every eleotoaJHfee nation has the right to the free, untrammeled exercise of the lranchise, and we denounce with unmeasured condemna­ tion, as one of the most heinous and un; Ameri­ can of crimes,the political, terrorizing, bull-doz­ ing murder and frauds resorted to as a means of (controlling elections. lie.solved. That the Republicans of Illinois Spprove all legislation which tends to promote delitv and efficiency in the civil service of the fjountry, and they recognize the fact that a great [safeguard against unfaithfulness and inefficiency Is Me perpetuation in power of the party which haP»hown itself through a long term of years Kvorthy of the confidence of the American people. , hf solved. That we Indorse the administration of Gov. John M. Hamilton as able and pure, and which has placed the party in tins State in splendid array for the great battle of 1884. Jiexotved, That the wise and statesmanlike cour'j' pursued by the Hon. Shelby M. Cullom in the ISiited States Senate meets our most cordial approval and tives him new claims upon our gratitude and respect, which he long since earned by distinguished services in behalf of the people of Illinois. He.solved. That this convention cordially in­ dorses the administiationof President Arthur, whose broad statesmanship and cood judgment in the details of administrative duty have won for him the approval of the entire country. /tesolved. That, as in times past, the Repub­ lican party has been largely composed ot work- ingmen, it should be continued as the guardian of their interests; we do, therefore, earnestly re­ quest the Republican members of onrState Leg­ islature to protect their interests by wine legis­ lation, and our Republican members iu Congress to put forth all honorable eflbrtsto secure the passage o; laws conducive to their best interests, and such as are best calculated todignify Amer­ ican labor and elevate the condition of the work- in gman. lie solved. That, taking a just pride in the in­ tegrity and patriotism, purity of character and political sagacity of the soldier-statesman of Ill­ inois, Gen. Johu A. Logan, whose record, both in peace and in war, lias reflected honor and dignity upon the State, promoted the welfare and prosperity ot the nation, and illuminated our history, whose glorious services In crunhing armed treason and rebellion gains added luster from his recent ringing denunciation of most cowaraly and skulking treason in the army of the Union, we present his name to the Nation­ al Convention of the Republican party, to as­ semble at Chicago on the ad dav of June next, as that of a person to receive the nom­ ination of the Republican party for Pres­ ident, and to receive the suft'rages of the people of the United States in November next, and that we instruct the delegates appointed by this con­ vention from the State at large, and request those from the several districts, to give him their individual and earnest support. Relying upon the consistency, fidelity, and patriotism of the Republican party of Illinois, and while desiring the advancement of its chosen leader to the po­ sition rendered illustrioun by a Lincoln and a Grant, we pledge to the Republicans Ot the na­ tion a hearty, earnest, and triumphant support to the nominee at Chicago, whoever he may bo. DELEGATES AND ELECTORS AT I.AROE. * The following delegates at large to tbe Na­ tional Convention at Chicago were elected: Senator Shelby M. Cullom, of Sangnmon County; Gov. John M. Hamilton, of McLean County; Burton C. Cook-, ot Cook County; Clark E. Carr, of Knox County. Andrew Slum an and Isaac Lesom were chosen as Presidential Electors for tbe State at large. STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. A. M. Jones, of Chicago, was re-elected Chair­ man of the State Central Committee, which is composed as follows: At Large--John W. Bnnn, of Sangamon; J. R. Tanner, ot Clay: N. A. Parker, of Cook; George K.'White, of Cook; E. A. Wilcox, of Woodford: P. S, Post, of Knox; K. B. Fletcher, of Grundy. Fb Bt District. Jesse Spalding, Chicago; Sec­ ond. Pliillp Mans, Chicago; Third, Bartholomew Quirk, Chicago; I'ourtb, John J. Healy,Chicago; Fifth, C. A. Patricige, Lake; Sixth, A. 51. Jones, Chicago; Seventh, J. W. Templeton, Bureau; Eigh'h, J. C. Cor bus, Mondvta; Ninth, Honor 1). Sh'-rihan, Kankakt e; Tenth, t rank Hitchcock, Ptoria; Kleventri, Peyton Roberts, Monmouth; Twelfth. Oman l eirson. Carrollton;Thirteenth, N. W. Pranrwn. Petersburg; Fourteenth, C, 1'. Davis, Montieello; Fifteenth, J. 11. (Mark, Mat- toon; Sixteenth, '1 hcm^H W. Scott, Fairfield; Seventeenth, G<-or«e D. Cbaflee. Shelbyville; Eighteenth, Thomas B. Needles: Nineteenth, General Jam's S. Martin; Twentieth, Ed Mitchell, Marion. OULESKY'S ACCEPTANCE. During the session of the convention Gov. Oglesby appeared on the platform and wan re­ ceived with cheers, the members rising and waving their hats. The nominee made a speech accepting the nomination. skto:"Kf. P. L. JDmbwty. Mover; fpSl.Jewmp,Bnsquahanna;and J. W. Lee, Venango. The Committee on Reso­ lutions reported the following, which were adopted: „ First, congratulating Republicans upon the re- establishment of unity and harmony in the party which has restored Pennsylvania to her place in the Republican column, frecond, ap­ proving the present protective tariff and de­ manding its continuance. Third, demanding a free ballot and an honest count. Fourth, urges such such legislation as will suspend the coin­ age of the standard silver dollar until united action regarding a bimetallic stand­ ard with other nations can be had. Fifth, recommends the retirement of the trade dollar iu exchange for standard dollars without In­ creasing the monthly issue of the latter. Sixth, savs that by the integrity and wisdom of his administration President Arthur has deservedly won the respect, confidence, and commendation ot the whole people. Seventh, commends evtry effort to sustain and promote civil-service re­ form in the National and State Governments. Eighth, declares that James G. Blaine is the choice of the Republicans of Pennsylvania for President, and Instructs the delegates-at-large to vote for him t-o long as his name shall be be­ fore the convention, and to use all honorable means to secure his nomination. South Carolina Republican. Robert Smalls, the colored Congressman. wielded the gavel in the f-onth Carolina Repub­ lican Convention, which sat at Columbia. Mil­ ler, a colored ex-Senator, made a speech, in which he said: "We should put a ticket in the field in every election and make the fight, and, even if martyrs, seal our cause with our blood. The following delegates to the national convention from the State at large were selected: E. M. Brayton, Internal Revenue Collector of the district of South Carolina; W. N. Taft, Postmaster at Charleston; Congressman Robert Smalls and Samuel Lee (colored). They are all pronounced Arthur men. The several Congres­ sional conventions having failed, as required by the rules of the national convention, to meet in their respective districts and elect delegates to the national convention fifteen days before the meeting of the State convention, the latter body, when it adjourned sine die, subdivided and formed Congressional conventions and elected district dele­ gates without instructions. The entire delegation are solid for Arthur. The following resolution was adopted by acclamation: "liesolved. That, in view of the embarrassing circumstances growing out of the assassination of the late lamented President Jas. A. Garfield, and the extremely delicate position in which the present incuml>ent--President Chester A. Ar­ thur--was placed, we, the Republicans of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do heartily indorse the administration of President Arthur as wise, economical, and just, without reproach or stain, and perfectly harmonious in all its de­ partments." A resolution was also adopted condoling with Gen. U. S. Grant in his recent accident, and ex­ pressing appreciation of his soldierly qualities and eminent statesmanship. J Pennsylvania Republican. The Republican State Convention of Penn­ sylvania. at Hiirrisliurg, \va* presided over by ex-Congressman Gahisha A. Orow, who, in his Vemarke, stionidy advocated a high protective tariff. A motion was made by a delegate that the Committee on Resolutions be instructed to bring in a resolution naming James G. Blaine for President, and Robert T. Lincoln for Vico President. An amendment wan moved and ac- oepted to make the tesolut on include instruc­ tions to the delegates-at-large to vote for Blaine. The motion and amendment were carried by a vote of'200 to 37; nearly all the negative votes Mm* from the Philadelphia delegation. Gsn.0. Tennessee Republicans. The Republican State Convention of Tennes­ see, which met at Nashville, nominated Judge Frank T. Reid, of the Circuit Court of that city, for Governor; and A. M. Hughes, W. W. Murray, and John B. Rogers Railroad Commissioners. The nominee for Governor was a Confederate soldier, serving through the late war as a private in Forrest's cavalry. The platform' indorses the Administration of Arthur; arraigns the Democratic party of Ten­ nessee for the repudiation of the bonds of the State, and selling the railroads of the State at low prices for bonds they had previously brand­ ed as fraudulent; charges the Democratic party with pretending to favor low taxes and fewer officeholders, and yet making taxes higher and offices more numerous; denounces the lease of penitentiary labor so as to bring it into com­ petition with free skilled labor, and condemns the Democratic tariff policy as calculated to bring American labor in damaging conflict with the convict and pauper labor of Europe and all the world. The delegates chosen to the National Conven­ tion were uninstructed, and are as lollows: State at Large--L. C. Houk, of Knoxville; J. C. Napier, of Nashville; T. F. Cassells, of Mem­ phis; W. P. Browulow, of Jonesboro. Congressional Districts--A. H. Pettlbone, John W. Brown, W. C. Chandler, W. C. Chumla, H. F. Griscom, F. V. Brown, B. W. Burford, John Pruett, W. T. Elliott, William Ekin, H. L. W. Cheatham, B. I. Hadley, A. M. Hughes, Jr., Richard Harris, S. W. Hawkins, L C. Watson, Carter Harris, J. H. Smith. According to the most authentic Information attainable the choice of the delegation stands 17 for Arthur, 3 for Blaine, 1 for Logan, 1 for Edmunds, 2 doubtful. New Jersey Republican. ' State Senator Griggs called the New Jersey Republican State Convention to order at Tren­ ton. In a short address he said the industries of the State looked to the Republican i arty for safety, and hoped the delegation to Chicago would not be instructed. Congressman Horr, of Michigan, then addressed the convention, com­ mittees were appointed, and a recess was taken. On rt assembling the temporary organization was made permanent and a plat­ form adopted. The first resolution cordially ap­ proves President Arthur's administration, and the platform continues by saying that, while the Republican party has always supported the protective system upon which the prosperity of our country depends, the Democratic party is pledged to a financial policy which would prove ruinous to all our nation 1 indus­ tries, and that any revision of the tariff should be left to the friends of protec­ tion. The resolutions also approve the civil- service reform act, and ask the repeal of the law requiring the superfluous coinage of silver. The ballot for delegates-at-large to the Chicago convention resulted in the choice of Congressman Phelps, John J. Gardner, Senator Sewell, and ex-Judge Fort, 323 votes being necessary to a choice. Ex-Congressman Robeson, who was a candidate, received 135 votes. The delegates were not instructed. Alabama Republican. George Turner, Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee of Alabama, in calling the State Convention to order, at Montgomery, announced himself a pronounced Arthur man and eulogized the present administration to the fullest extent, and stated that one of his reasons for supporting President Arthur was on account of the latter's conservative, patriotic, and able administration, and because of his Southern policy being superior to any previous adminis­ tration. His remarks were loudly cheered by the delegates. The following delegates-at- large to Chicago were chosen: George Turner, C. C. Sheets, G. W. Braxdell, anil J. C. Duke. The Montgomery district elected Paul Strobach and George Washington. J. W. Jones and Ar­ thur Bingham were chosen electors-at-large. Just before adjournment a banner was hung on a stand, inscribed: "Our choice--Chester A. Arthur. Second choice--Jchn A. Logan." The banner will be taken to Chicago. The platform affirms the platform of 1880, indorses the educa­ tional bill and protective taritf. denounces the convict system of the State, and says the extra­ ordinary condition of the business of the conn- try is mainly due to Arthur's successful admin­ istration. Arthur, on tbe first ballot, will get nineteen out of the twenty Alabama votes. Indiana Republican. Gen. Thos. M. Browne was made Chairman of the Indiana Republican Convention, at Indian­ apolis, called for the purpose of selecting dele- gates-at-large to the Chicago Convention. The delegates selected are ex-Secretary of the Navy Richard W. Thonyjson, Sen­ ator Benjamin Harrison, ex-Congressman J. H. Baker, and Morris McDonald, a wealthy merchant of New Al)>any. The alternated are E. F. Horn (colored', editor of the Colored World; John H. Roelker, of Kvansville; Moses Fowler, Lafayette; and G. B. Ward, of White County. It is understood that Thompson will be the Chairman of the delegation. Three of the delegates arc said to be for Blaine and one for John Sherman. No effort was made to instruct the delegation. Out of the thirty representa­ tives that Indiana will have in the convention, a closo estimate gives Blaine 16 or 17, Arthur 4, John Sherman 2, W. Y. Sherman 3, and Logan probably 4. If an Indiana man is a candidate, he of course will receive the solid support. After the adjournment of the convention the Republican State Central Committee met and discussed the outlook. The present organiza­ tion. John Overmeyer a< Chairman and W. H. H. Terrell as Secretary, was continued until after the Chicago Convention. Delaware Republican. When the Delaware Republican Convention met at Dover Richard Harrington, who called the meeting to order, attempted to maks a speech in reference to the State Central Commit­ tee. his cour*e as Chairman of that body having been subjected to criticism. The convent on would not listen to the speech, and considera­ ble confusi. n < xi*U'd tor a time. The temporary < r^anbat on, with Job H. Jack­ son, a prominent Maine man, as Chair­ man, was made permanent. When the convention resembled atter recess the Committee on Resolutions made a retxirt, which was adopte 1. It related to the organization and government of the Republican party in the State. The fourth and concluding section de­ clares Blaine peculiatly Delaware's favorite for the Presidency, but favors sending delegates to Chicago uninstructed. except* as to how tar the recognized opinion of t'icir constituents ought to guide them. The following delegates to the National Convention were chosen: Washington Hastings, John l"tling, Ceorgc V. Massey John H. Hottecker. William J Steward, and Daniel J Layton. Hastings is an administration man. West Virginia Democratic. ^Ex-United States Senator Hereford was made Chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Convention, which assembled at Charleston Over 400 delegates were present. The conven­ tion adopted the following resolution: Jiesolr-ed, That Samuel J. Tilden is our first choice for the Democratic nomination for Presi­ dent. . The following delegates-at-large were chosen to the Chicago Convention: First District, Le« is Baker; Second. ex-State Senator Joe Van Metre; Third, B. F Harlow- Fourth. 1). H. Leonard. * ' District Delegates--FtaUW. E. Lively and Ed McDonald; Beooad, H. O. Davis and C. E. Wells; The Democratic met at Dallas and __. in favor of the fortwture of misai nwl land grants, the regulation St lntwrstate oommeroe. and a tariff for revenue limited to the necessi­ ties of the Government. The deentes to the national convention are: L. L. McArthur, W. C. Cook, P. F. Hogan, V. F„ Strode, A. E. Waite, T. L. Porter. The Presidential Electors are L. B. Ison, W. D. Fenton, A. C. Jones. Ex-Gov. W. W. Thayer, of Portland, was nominated for Supreme Judge, and John Myers, of Clackamas County, for Congress. Resoluth ns were adopted favoring Tilden and Hendricks as the choice of the Democrats oi' Oregon for Presi­ dent and Vice President, respectively. District of Columbia Democratic. At the Democratic Convention held in Wash­ ington City, to select delegates to the Democrat­ ic National Convention at Chicago, William Dickson and Edward D. Wright were chosen on the first ballot as delegates, and Thomas J. Lut- trell and Lawrence Gardner as alternates. Neither of the delegates expressed any preference for candidates, and they go uninstructcd, but Dlcksou's personal choice Is said to be Tiden. Resolutions were adopted in favor of revenne reform and home rule for the District to the ex­ tent of giving the important District offices to residents. THK IROQUOIS CLUB. Letter from Samuel J. Tlld&l. The Iroquois Clab of Chicago, composed of gentlemen prominent in the Democratic *>arty, recently gave its third annual banquet at the Palmer House, in that city. The local attend­ ance was very large, in addition to which there was a gathering of distinguished Democrats trom all parts of the country. Among the speakers were ex-Senator James R. Doolittle, of Wisconsin; Senator George H. Pendleton, of Otsio; Col. ,W. C. P. Breckin­ ridge, of Kentucky; Hon. J. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska; and Judge David Turpie and Hon. Bayliss W. Hanua, of Indiana. Let­ ters of regret were read from Gov. Tilden, Sena- tors Bayard, Vance, and Hampton, David A. Wells, Abram S. Hewitt. S. S. Cox, Gov. Glick, of Kansas, Speaker Carlisle, Gen. McClellan, ex- Senator Thuriuan, and many other Democrats of equal prominence. TEXT OF GOV. TILDEN 8 LETTER. GENTLEMEN : I have had the honor to receive your invitation to the third annual banquet of the Iroquois Club, to respond to the sentiment, "The Federal Constitution. I have also received private letters asking a written response to the sentiment, in case I am prevented from attending. I have been for some time and am still except tionally engrossed with business which I have no power to defer or abandon; I must, there­ fore, communicate w th you in wilting, and my answer must be brief. On the formation of the Federal Constitution, Gouvi rneur Morris, who had been a conspicuous member of the convention, being asked what he thought of the Constitution, replied: "That de­ pends upon how it is construed." The Democratic party originated in a resist­ ance by the more advanced patriots of the revo­ lution to the efforts which were made to change the character of our Government by false con­ structions of the Constitution, impressing on the new system a monarchical bias. Mr. Jeffer­ son's election in lnoo re-cued our free institu­ tions from the perils which surrounded them, and secured sixty years of administration main­ ly in harmony with their design and true char­ acter. When an attempt was made to break up the Union and to dismember the territorial integ­ rity of the country, the people were compelled to make a manly choice betwten these calami­ ties and the dangerous influences of civil war upon the character of the Government. They patriotically and wisely resolved to save the Union first, and to repair the damage which our political system might sustain when the more imminent dangers had been i)rovided against. The first work was successfully accomplished; but twenty years have since elaj sed, and the work of restoring the Government to its original character is not yet accomplished. Our wise ancestors had warned us that, if we fell into civil discords, our free system was liable to perish in the struggle by an insensible change of its char­ acter. Not only have the best traditions of tho patriots who won independence and established freedom lost their authority, but our cherished political system is slowly losing its hold upon life under the fungus growth of false constructions and corrupt practices. Government itself has become a menacing factor in the elections. As long ago as 187f> I expressed the opinion that the opposition must embrace at the beginning of the canvass two-thirds of the voters to maintain a majority at the election. In this, history re­ peats itself. In most countries the Government m intains itself by torce of fraud. Even in the comparatively jtopular system of England, the monarch has until lately controlled a majority of Parliament, and frequently decided the elec­ tions by court favors, jobs, and money taken from the public treasury. This is a hard saying, but recent publications of the papers of her deoeascd statesmen leave no doubt upon the subject. In our own country the Government, instead of standing as an impartial arbiter amid the conflicts of maturing opinion and contending Interests, has' Itself descended Into the arena, equipped with all the weapons of partisanship. Its myriads of office-holders; its vlliances with or against vast pecuniary interests; its unlim­ ited command of money levied from its de­ pendents and contractors have sufficed to de­ termine a majority in every case but one. In that case, it collected military forces around the Capitol, and by this and other menaoes intim­ idated the Congressional representatives of a majority of the peoi le to relinquish the fruits of their victory and to surrender the Govern­ ment to the control of a minority. No reform of the administration is possible as long as the Government is directed by a party which is under the dominion of false doctrines and animated by enormous )>ecuniary interests in the perpetuation of existing abuses. The first etlectual steps in the refo:m of our Government must be a fundamental change in the policy of its administration. The work of reform will be difficult enough with the whole power of the Government exerted in accom­ plishing it. I have such faith in the benignant providence which has presided over the destiny of our country in every grt at trial hitherto, that I do not despair of our ultimate deliverance. Though I can no longer aspire to be one of the leaders in this great work. I bid those upon whom tills au­ gust mission may fall, godspeed. New York, April 11, 18tU. A J. TILDEN. McDONALD. The Indiana Kx -Senator Announoed as a Candidate. • Ex-Senator McDonald has been announced as a candidate for the Presidency by the Indiana Democratic Association at Washington. At a recent meeting of the association Representa­ tive Cobb offered the following resolution: WHEKEAS, The name of the Hon. Joseph E. McDonald, ot Indiana, has been prominently mentioned as a fit and available candidate for the Presidency; therefore Itexotved, by the Indiana Democratic Associa­ tion at Washington, that we recognize in the Hon. Joseph E. McDonald the patriot, states­ man, and Democrat who has ever been faithful to his partv and ids country. That, in the judg­ ment of this association, the nomination of McDonald for the Presidency by the Democratic National Convention would establish harmony in the party throughout the country, and result In the succes* of Democratic principles at the approaching Presidential election. Senator Voorhees made a speech in support of the resolution, which was unanimously adopted. MISCKLLANEOUS. Dakota Prohibitionists. The Dakota Prohibition Alliance Convention met at Mitchell and adopted a platform of prin­ ciples urging the election of only temperance men to offices of honor and tri.st, and condemn­ ing the manufacture, sale, and use of intoxi­ cating liquors as a beverage, and ureing constitutional prohibition as the ultimation. The alliance represents all the temperance as­ sociations, and its strength will be seen at the coming election. Its memliersh p is divided between both the Republican and Democratic parties, and the members of the alliance will take part in the conventions of their respective parties, and see that temperance men are nomi­ nated and elected, and to boycott any candidate not a temperance man that may be nominated. It is confidently believed that in this way they will not only control the election of the next Legislature, but of the county and municipal officers also. „ As t-oon as the Prohibition Alliancc Conven­ tion adjourned the Territorial Convention of the Prohibition Home Protection Party of South Dakota convened. All the counties south of the forty-sixth parallel line were represented. It is organized for the purpose of pushing the issue of prohibition, and of procuring speedy and ulti­ mate constitutional prohibition for Dakota. Protectionists in Council. The State Convention of the Wool-Growers' Association ot Pennsylvania met at Pittsburgh, 'llie object of tho convention is the adoption of meanures to create HU increase of Hcntiment in favor of the protection of wool-growers. They want the tariff of K>7, 3 per cent. higher than the present rate, re-established. A resolution pro vicing for the selection of adelegation to the National tou- vention at Chicago, May n, was adopted. I his delegation will demand the iveojxuition oi the wool indus'rv from both political i»rties and the insertion 'of a pledge for I heir protection iu the platforms at the Presidential conventions. Seventy-two thousand wool-growers were rep­ resented in the convention. Indiana Politics. The Chicago Tribune says editorially: "In- dlna Democrrts, notwithstanding the total disappearance of the McDonald booni outside that State, remain faithful to the ex-Sentor. They will send a solid delegation to Chicago in "bis favor. Tne Hon. Isaac P. Gray will be the Democratic can didate for Governor of the State, and it may be that ex-Secretary Richard W. Thompson will be the Republican gubernatorial canal- date. It is understood that all the pres­ ent Democratic Congressmen will be renom­ inated without opposition, except Lamb, of the Eight.'i District, who may be opposed bv Gen. Manson, and Stocaalayer, of the IhlfO. who Is opposed by Howard." Text of Oie Measure Passed by the :5 r FWtftwtag is the text of the Blair edueatlot# * bill passed by the Senate, and now on tiie» Speaker's desk in the House: ^ Be it enacted, etc.. That for eight years next£r after the passage of this act there shall be an-2> nuallx appropriated from the money in the*-'. Treasury the following sums, to wit: The flrstj* ' J. year the sum of $7,000,000, the second vear th*w sum of 1)0,000,000, the third year the sum ot?r - - $19,000,000, the fourth vear the sum of $13,oO'.),oooJU.'.^Jl"- the fifth year the sum of $11,000,000, the sixth* • yeavthe sum of $9,ooo,oo<), the seventh year their sum of $7,000,000, the eighth year the sum of?'.- $5,000,000; which several sums shall be expended!, to secure the benefits of a common-school edu-- ' cation to all children of tbe school age men-* * tioned hereafter living in the United States. _ t 8EC. % That snch money shall annually best "V, divided among and paid out in the several States and Territories in that proportion which! : f the whole number of persons in each who, being*' ' of the age of 10 years and over, cannot write* bears to the whole number of snch persons ilk the United States. Such computation shall bo- made according to the census of 1880. SEC. 3. That no State or Territory shall re­ ceive any of the benefits of this aot nntil thet- Governor thereof shall file with the Secretary of the Interior a statement, certified by him, show­ ing the character of the common-school systems- in force in such St.te or Territory, t,he» amount of money expended therein during thee last preceding school year in the support off common schools, not including expeudituresi for the rent, repair, or erection of i-choo'- houses, whether any discrimination is made irs. tbe raising or distributing of the school revenue," or in the school facilities afforded between tlie- white and colored children therein, and. so far as is practicable, the sources from whicn such revenue were derived, the manner in which the* same were apportioned to the use of the com­ mon schools, the average attendance in eacbt class, and the length of the school term; and no money shall be paid out under- • this act to any State or Territory thafc- shall not havo provided bylaw a svstemC ; of free common schools for all ot its chil- , dren of school age, without distinction of race or color, either in tbe raising or dlstribut--. ' ingof school revenue, or in tbe school facilities; afforded; provided, that separate schools for white and colored children shall not be conoid- . ereda violation of this condition. The Secre­ tary of the Interior shall thereupon certity to the Secretary of the Treasuty the names of the* States and Terr.tones which he finds to be en­ titled to a share in the benefits of this act, and also the amount due to each. SEC. 4. That the amount so apportioned to each State and Territory shall be drawn from the Treasury by warrant of the Secretary of the* Treasury upon the monthly estimates and re­ quisitions of the Secretary of the Interior, asthe- same may be needed, and shall be paid over to- such officer as shall be authorized by the laws of the respective States and Territories to receive- the same. SEC. T. NO greater part of the amount appro­ priated under this act shall be paid out to any- State or Territory, in any one year, than the sunx expended out of its own revenues in the pre­ ceding year for the maintenance of common schools, not including the sums expended in the- erection of school buildings. SEC. 8. That a part of the money apportioned to each State or Territory, not exceeding one- tenth thereof, may yearly be applied to the edu- . cation of teachers for the common schools. therein, which sum may be exoended in main­ taining institutes or temporary training-schools*. ' or extending opportunity's for normal or other instruction to competent and suitable* persons of any color who are without necessary means to qualify themselves for teaching, wh<> • shall agree in writing to devote themselves ex­ clusively for at least one year after leaving suctw training-sohools to teach in the common schools for such compensation as shall be paid other" teachers therein. Sec. 11 provides that the Governo r of eacbt. State shall furnish all needed Information to enable tho bill to be carried out for his State,, and make full report as to the Use of money furnished. $ OBITUARY. . Charles Keacle. Charles Reade, the noted English novelist^ who died recently in London, was born in 1814, the son of an English country gentle­ man, m as enviable a social position as can well be conceived. His boyhood was both ro­ bust and studious, the right preparation for a life of astonishing Intellectual results. Ho- was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford. After graduation he read law, and gained a Vinerian fellowship at the Univer­ sity of Oxford in 1842. A year later he was called to the bar. While Mr. Beade's chief distinction has been in the fields of fancy, hip- voice has been not infrequently heurd 01). social and political questions. His novels,,: moreover, some more particularly tharfe others, have dealt with abuses and strongly" suggested the necessity of reform. Ir>. "It Is Never Too Late to Mend," for example, published in 1856t the atrocities of prison discipline^ as then administered, weie dealt with in a. most powerful manner. We may be par* doned for adding that purpose in a literary- work outside of the artistic intention, whilo- perhaps marring it as viewed from tbe stand­ point of mere art, is not regarded with dis­ favor by readers in the English-speaking countries. This is particularly remarkable* when a contrast is made between English and French writers on flct'on. Charles Reade began his long list of suc­ cesses as a novelist with "Peg Woffingrton," published in 1853, a work which evinced th» manly sympathy, independence, and liberal views of the author, while evidencing mas­ tery in style, construction, and imaginative- power. in the same year he produced "Christie Johnstone." "It Is Never Too Late to Mend" uppeared in 1856; " White- Lies " the next year afterward. Of his re­ maining works "Griffith Gaunt," published In IStif, is tho most talked about; but " Tb» Cloister and the Hearth," produced in 1861, is regarded by the best judged as his ablest production. Henry J. Byron. Henry J. Byron, dramatist anjl actor, whose- death was announoed by cable a few day» ago, was born in Manchester, and completed! his education in London. He was one of tho* most skillful and prolific writers of burlesque- extravaganzas. His earliest effort in this line, "Kra Diavolo," produced at the Strand Theater in 1858, was speedily followed by sev-- eral successful pieces, among which may be mentioned "The Ma.d and Magpie," "Alad­ din," "Esmeralda," "Xhe Lady of Lyons," "Grin Bushes," and a comedy entitled "The- Old Story." He wrote "Babes in the Wo d," "Ill-Treated II Trovatore," "Ma/.eppa Tra-- vestie," "Miss Eily O'Connor," "Dundreary Married and Done For," and original comedies^ "War to the Knife" and "A Hundred Thous­ and Pounds." Mr. Byron contributed ex­ tensively to periodical literature, was the- first editor of Pun, and was the author of a- three-volume novel, "Paid in Full," origin­ ally published in the Temple Bar magazine- He made his first appearance in London as- an actor at the Globe Theater in his owa drama of "Not Such a Fool as He Looks," Oct. 23, 1869. His latest pieces were "Ai*t American Lady," a comedy in three acts, produced in March, 1874; "Old Sailors," ». comedy brought out at the Strand later lit tho same year, and "Our Boys," which was Immediately popular on both sides of th» Atlantic a few years ago. SOUTHERN FOREST FIRES. The Most Widespread Destruction Ever Known in South Carolina Counties. [Columbia (S. C.) Telegram.] The forest fires kindled by the gale of last week swept over large areas of the counties^ of Richland, Lexington, Fairfield, Kershaw,. Chester, Sumter, Orangeburg, Clarendon, Williamsburg, Darlington, Lancaster, Marl­ boro, Colleton, Aiken, and Berkely^ Tho destruction of houses, valuable tim­ ber lands, fencing, growing crops, and live-stock was the most widespread ever Renown in the history of the State. It is im­ possible to estimate tbe amount of damage, but it will aggregate many hundred thousands of dollars. In Kershaw County the • fires- were especially terrific, sweeping over & thickly settled territory, and destroying- houses, timber, and fencing for many milesi . Jt was with great difficulty that the flourish­ ing town of Camden was saved, it being for\ twenty-four hours eurrou-nded on all sides- by the fiames. Large numbers of cattle and* bogs grazing in tho woods were roasted alive^ Three-quarters of the pine forests in tho county were destroyed, thus breaking up- the entire turpentine business In that sec­ tion. The damftge in Kershaw County will, amount to fully 5100,000. In Clarendon and Darlington counties the damage done to* turpentine farmers is irreparable. CHIPS. SKVSRAL young ladies In Detroit will starT » school for Journalism. '"COFFIN" is the rather suggestive name of die commander of the arctic steamer Alert. A NEW HAVEN goat crawled into his own- :|j? • open orra and roamd ItseU to dtath. • V - % x . - W t . . . . . ., . . . , <