Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1875-01-22

              i 1 1 ; r r . a? i i .ri tl VOL. XXXVI. .; S1CSERT & LILLEY, Blank BookManufacturers. Printers, Binder, Stationer! " ' ' And Legal Blank Publishers. I BOOK BINDING Of every description, by the Kditioa or ,' 1 i slug's Volauie. i i OPEHA HOUSE BUILUWO, " " ' (Cp Stain.) mr20 J'OLKMIll'S. :ljioStateourniiL Ultk-el Hifh, Pearl and t Impel SI". . J... OO.IV. ' '' a, W. rBMOSWO. VOULV A KBANCI8CO, FI'iMSHFSS AND PBOPR1KTOB. J tHCH as. 'M1.V. Editor. LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. . .,, , , '--,' ; j roiir. Jas.JI. &i A message m received from the Presideut in relation to strengthening the coast defenses Bill abolishing mileage was indefinite!? postponed Mr. Morton's resolutions propoting to amend the Constitution with reference to the election ' of President and Vice President were railed up and discussed by Messrs. Morton, Thur-man and ('oakling. Houu The vote by which the Indian Appropriation bill was lost yesterday was reconsidered and tho bill again put upon its passage and lost. The vote was again reconsidered at.d the bill referred to committee of the Whole The release of the recusant witness, Wetmore, was ordered Conference report on the Little Tariff bill was agreed to, and the bill now goes to the President for signature. . General Assembly. Jan. 21.-Srao(f-Petition9: For reduction of fees; for retaining the liquor laws as ' they- are Bills Introduced: Authorizing Stark and Columbiana counties to isme bonds and build a Children's Home; repealing amendments of last session to the civil code; giving a mechanics' lien to those whose business it is to raise, lower or build houses; making the gambling law applicable to (ramblers who use marked cards or trick boxes Bills passed: Authoring sale of the Franklin County InOrmary grounds; prohibiting riding or driving upon track or gronuds of any railroad. youe-Peliiions: For reduction of fees ; against changing the liquor laws. .....Bills introduced: tlolding owners of dogs responsible for damanes they may commit; providing that no stny of execution shall he allowed on judgment rendered on claims for Uhnr. Hills nasseri: Authorizing directors of the Penitentiary to construct additional , buildings and cell-; providing that the earnings of a debtor, as now provided, shall at no timJuaiiL500n)rovidiog far-appaala. in civil notions in mayors' courts; allowing superintendents of inlirmaiics to work transient inmates: allowing county commissioners to locate school houses in jointsub-districts lying in different townships. Under her new Constitution Pennsylvania now has a Lieutenant Governor, fur the first time. Isaac P. Christiancy waa yesterday elected United States Senator from Mich igan to succeed Chandler. This Tribune Almanac for 1875 con tains the usual quantity of valuable sta tistics. It contains considerably more pages than usual. - The small pox is prevailing extensive ly in the poor quarters of Cincinnati, due largely to the unwholesome life ot hundreds of tramping men this winter."; ( We do not Bee anything in Col. For ney's last letter about that Pacific Mail check for $25,000. Perhaps Forney don't see why he had n't as much right to the $25,000 as the Mail Company had to its millions. Tu tell the truth, wc don't sec it, any better than Forney. If Congresi has a right to appropriate a million dol lara of the public money to a private company or corporation, we don't see wbv a virtuous journalist Bhould be blamed for taking a small part of such holiest earnings. Didn't Forney do more "American labor1' and ?' American Commerce" by this able arguments, than the l'acific Mail Company did by taking the subsidy? Marry, go to. ,'.' , "The Nursery," (Boston: John L. Shorey,) a magazine for youngest readers, is a publication no family with young children iu it can afford to do without. - The little ones look for it as anxiously as any man looks for his morning paper, and are just as much at loss without it, . It contains just such matter as is best calculated to amuse and instruct little children, and draw out their infant faculties. The Illustrations are made a special feature, as they should be. They are prepared by some of the beet artists in that line that are now living in either hemis pherethe beat, to our liking, being by German artists, who seem to have a nat ural faculty for domestic scenes. It is a great point to have these engravings so well done, instead of assuming that any sort of monstrosity might "pass" with Ahe children. JiciCK county, Minnesota, one of the frontier connties in the southwestern corner of the State, was one of the sections swept by the grasshopper scourge, both last summer and the summer previous. The grain was just ripening last season when the scourge came and destroyed it utterly, together with the corn oats and vegetables, leaving the settlers, who had mortgaged their teams and land in order to tide over until the expected harvest, in a most pitiable condition. The winter is now upon them, and they are scant of fuel, food, clothing, bedding, indeed nearly every household necessity or comfort. Of T90 families in the coun-tj, more than half are in pressing need of assistance, end without it must pertafc, The case is an urgent one and appeals directly to those who enjoy the abundance Af this great, prosperous Stale, There aetd be ao delay it helping that au tier ing people Contributions of food, clothing, boots and show, fuel, corn, oats, etc, may be directed to P. J. Knits, Chairman of Rock county Relief committee, La-Verne, Minn.; Tie Worthingaos).--Con-trtbntionsof money shoald bescntdect to him t LaVarne 1 draft, f-'O. taontJ order or registered tetter; end they will be thankfully, received, promptly acknowledged, and faithfully distributed. The New York Tribune seems to have an idiot in charge of ita news eoninienU. Jn Wednesday's, paper lie any : . . I The PresiJent rarely niinses au opportunity for rapping Hit South over the knuckles. ' Now a committee of Southern Congressmen, presenting the claims of the levee improvement in Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi, have brought upon their section an ill-tempered reprimand. Who but Ueoeral Urant would think of punishing a people for political disorders, by refusing to assist them iu guarding against the destruction of their lives and property by Hood ? The Tribune's own Associated Press teport of the Preside nt'e remarks, which we publish in our account of the interview, show thai the President expressly disclaim that which he is charged with editorially in the same issue. . Levee lor llsc MJaslealpiil. A committee appointed by the Senators and Representatives from Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana called npon the President, Tuesday, to ask his support in procuring an appropriation in accordance with the recommendation of the Commission of Engineers, Senator Alcorn presented the subject by' describing the condition of the districta liable to overflow, and the utter inability of the people to protect, themselves by repairing the broken levee, and by showing the value ol this alluvial section to the nation at large. , , The President said he had always de-Bired to aid in promoting the happiness and prosperity of all the people of the South, but at the same time he felt that the acts of violence, so constantly occurring, would preclude aid from the General Government. ' Mr. Sheldon suggested that it was Impossible for the people of the Stale of Louisiana to repair the leeves broken by the flood of last year, that the section of country along the river had always been peaceable; that the colored people largely preponderated, and that the people who were disposed to commit acts of violence constituted a very small minority, and that the whole should not be held responsible and made to suffer for the acts of a small portion.' lie said further that the impoverished condition of the people was one cause of bad feeling and violent action, and that if the vigorous use of power was required to preserve order and protect life, to do acts of beneficence would have a mollifying effect. The President said his remarks were not intended so much to iodicale his own feelings as to suggeBt what the committee might have to .meet iu the, feelings of Congress. He had not seen the report, but when it came he would consider the subject and decide what he would do. Court-Room Incident la Ihe Brook lyn Trim. New York Tribune. 1 The Court room presented the same crowded appearance yesterday as on the preceding days ot the trial, very lew who enter in the morning leave the room before tho hour of adjournment arrives. Many of the spectators come provided with lunches, notably those who occupy seates iu the gallery. Between 1 and 2 o'clock in the afternoon, ham sandwiches and mince pies are in great demand, and when the supply or these articles ot ln-dicestion fails, the hungry spectator is obliged to satisfy his appetite with a measure of roasted peanuts.' After the principal characters in the great suit, the ancient vender of pies, who haunts the Court House, ranks next in importance. He, too, appreciates his power, and bestows his favors accordingly. And his demeanor has grown cold, and haughty, and stately. This high-strung pieman has become a part of the trial now, and he brooks no familiarity. He administered yesterday to a prominent member of Plymouth Church a crushing rebuke. "These mince pies are very bad," remarked the church meuiberin question. "Wer-ry bad, idr," replied the pieman; "but they're not half as bad as the langwidge as you've been a listunin' to all day." This pieman on the first day of the trial was the meekest man in the court room. There were ten ladies in court yester-dav. Mrs. Beecher, as usual, sat beside her husband, and on her left was the wife of Colonel Beecher. Mrs. Iilton ovcu-nied her old seat bv Mrs. Shearman, Mrs. Field, and Mrs. Ovington. In the rear of the court room were Iwo elegantly-attired ladieB, who attracted considerable attention, owing to the fact that their names could not be ascertained by the other spectators. In the gallery were two ladies, nr,o -ilk a voting and rather pretty lace, ii.onihomn elder v person, lasmonauiy dressed. Thev did uot seem in the least embarrassed. On each side and behind ll, am were red shuted men who expector ated tobacco juice, and during the recess crunched peanuts and commented OP the trial in coarse language. The ladies were evidently animated by feelings of curios ity quite at strong as tuose oi meir ueign-bors, and so they sat in their Beats without leaving them once from 11 o'clock in tho morning until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Their powera of endurance must have been sadly taxed, for the air in the gallery was freighted with Impurity, and hesiden. the ladies partook of no refresh ments, despite the reproachful glances of the ancient pieman. Franklin Woodruff during the exami nation in the morning, Bat Wide Mr. Tilton. He entered the court room with Mr. Moulton. In the afternoon Mayor Hunter occupied a seat beside Judge Nsilsnn. Scattered around the court room were several prominent residents of Brooklyn, among the number, the ftey. ju!in P. Fujlon, who sat next to Mr. Beecher, the Key. Mr. Hodge, Judge Beynolds, General Daltin.GeneralCatljn, Colonel Keeney, Eositer Raymond, Charity Commissioner JJorrie, and the Kev. Mr. Halliday. ImpnrlRiil Hallwny Suit. Philadelphia Leder. . . ' The latest phase in the affairs of the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railroad companv consists in an action commenced in the Supreme Court in the name of Charles W. Hssslcr, chairman of the committee on behalf of the stockholders, aeainst the Pennsylvania railroad, The complainant sets forth the lca?e of 1800 and the alleged circumstances oi tne modified lease, end demands a judgment that the Pennsylvania Itauro&fl company C-e aecreeu IU piiy iiig inuichiuu miinei.' and as well as the first mortgage bonds, and that an account of the revenues of the CoTurobus, Chicago and Indiana Central railroad "be rendered, in order that they may be properly applied by the lessee in payment ot the iulerest and dividends on IU securities. It bwalao aought to enjoin the Pennsylvania liailruad company from foreclosing upon any securities of the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Ceutral Railroad compauy held by it- It is difficult to anderatand why the holder of the $15,000,000 of first mortgage aud $321,-000 second mortgage bunds, oa which the interest is guarauleed by the terms of both leases, shoulj allow themselves ta be mixed up with stockholders or second bondholders whose claims sgainst the Pennsylvania railroad are wholly denied and assumed to have been abrogated under the amended Jesse, and whose bonds received the famous indorsement without any similar authority to that under which the $15,821,000 were indorsed. HI Inaaarlemlloti for Bis t'aels. Special Dispatch to th Key Yoi k Tiutes.J Washington, Jan. 19. The Pacific Mail investigation to-day waa far more humoroua than importaut. In the first place it developed a heroic martyr in the person of Mr. Charles A. Wetmore, corre spondent of several papers on the racihc Coast, who seems to have written dispatches in which ha made some slander ous assertions about members of the com mittee, coined out of current rumor and a rather lively imagination, lie waa summoned by the committee ostensibly to put in their possession the information on which he based his dispstches, but really, no doubt, with the expectation of proving what was proved that he had no information at all, Ue stated that two members of the committee-Mr. Dawes and Mr. Beck had become aiugularly silent and slow in the pursuit of news. It was discovered that he kuew nothing at ail about what either of the gentlemen had done or had not dene to justify this assertion. In regard to Mr. Dawes he could make no explanation of it. but that Mr. Beck had become silent and slow because Mr. Schumaker was a Democrat. Being further pressed, he volunteered the statement that souie-eody had told hint that Mr. Beck received a check through Fant, who waa recently exposed by Mr. Abert, Mr. Beck was greatly annoyed at this statement, and very properly sought to find out who was the author of it. Wetmore refused to tell unless he could have till to-morrow, and Mr. Beck said he would not give him a moment, whereupon Mr. Wetmore was turned over to the House and adjudged to be in contempt. Mr. Ordway gave his prisoner time to write a little speech, which he took great pride in de livering to the House, and then he was marched off to Wormley's, under guard of two deputies, where he had a better dinner to-night than he has probably seen for many a long year. It is certain that it the committee proposes to summon ail tiie correspondents who derive the facts iu their dispatches from their imagination they will fill Mr. Wormley's hotel with guests, and since Mr. Wet-more's experience the number of candi dates for incarceration will doubtless be increased. Wetmore was not on the stand two minutes before it was demonstrated to the satisfaction of everybody that he had no information, and it seems a pity the committee should have wasted time upon him inBtead of proceeding with' the examination of Commodore Garrison, who was waiting to be sworn. Sontliern Ohio Iron Market,. tronton Commercial 1 There are a great many inquiries now made here for iron, as many during the past four weeks as for many times that period before. One firm is reported to us as having bought 1000 tons of foundry iron lately, at $25. One firm of producers has had calls for 3000 tons in the aggregate, but at prices which they refused to touch. We hear of one lot of mill iron being sold for $22, the lowest that has come to our knowledge, another sale being reported at $23. Those who must sell can now dispose of some of their surplus product at buyer's prices. Those not pushed will hold on either till they are worse off or the price reaches the cost of production. The cause for the increase of inquiries seems owing to the belief on the part of some that iron has touched bottom, in tensified by the knowledge that the char coal turnaces or this section will very largely curtail their production for next year. While r-ustern furnace owners met Btnclave and "resolved" to curtail pro duction, our furnace men, tacitly, hut earnestly, decided on the same course of aclion. Their wisdom is already ap-pareut.We do not imagine the preseut inquiry rueans anything very dclinile. It can hardly he the crest of the wave of upward prices, but as an indication that the right policy is being pursued, If furnace-men were to regard a rise in prices to remunerative figures as settled to come soon, and reBUine full production, they would shortly see their mistake. With the knowledge that shortened production will be the rule for a year to come, both West and East, consumers will not be long in making up their minds that it is their time to buy and a regular upward tendency will prevail till the trade is righted once more. Nallounl Grange. Missouri Fanner. The National Grange will meet in Charleston, February 3, 1S75, and will be one of the most interesting occasions in Grange history. Millions are looking on with eager anxiety. Tho large amount of money in the treasury will, if rightly handled, be tho great cohesive principle, head or nucleus, around which will clus ter our ordsr, East, West, North and South; or if mistakes are made it may nrovo the shoal upon wnicn win strana the grand old veBsel. Our delegates muBt go there to represent a people, and not to learn what people may or may not oo. From the manner in which it was originated it was necessarily patriarchial in its nature, but now its character must change, All honor to the noble minds that conceived the plan and put in operation the great work; but while we honor and venerate them, if they are sincere in working for the good of a common people thev will not stand in the way of the only plan upon which American institutions can prosper represeniBiiuu tuiu leiBi- tion oy tnose wno pay me uui. A voir.H in Iowa, who has a practical turn for joking, recently tfied tq impose upon an nonesi inger peer vernier Mjr icnu-ing a mule into his saloon, and leading him him up to the bar as if for a drink. Mynherr looked steadily at the pair for a few minutes, as if collecting his stray wits, and then broke out as follows: ''See hsre, Vynoc, f know yat rlia is here your owp brudder but he js yon you call a minor. He U too much young to drink his glasa lagerj it is not for de law in no place, nor wit my saloon. He look like vou: vou may be one family, ss you call "it; but if efl'eryou bring dot young brudder here again, I vill tell your old fader chackass or you both. JNow you yust go mil yourself." "For heaven's sake, lend me $5," said aJf jtitnte man to his friend; "I have bad nouiing 1.9 eat. m my iiuupb lur four days hut rice." "Eicel" said the other; "If I had known you had rice I would have come round to dinner," The $5 were not forthcoming. COLUMBUS; FHIDAY, JANUARY 22, BY TELEGRAPH TO TUB OHIO SIATS JOURNAL Night Dispatches. BROOKLYN SOAHOAL. ailll tha WIIHMa aiaaa Haw Beaala Tararr Siat Her HehMllasr aaal Haw sjlltaa waa Helix la aiarllHC she Ualtlea AST. ICuDlluuwl from tleeoad Past 1 Mr. Tracy asked witness if he hsd ' in Lis possession any document relating to Bessie Turner, and before a reply waa given counsel asked the lawyers on the other side to produce them. Ex-Judge Morris stated that he had aBked counsel on the other side to furnish htm with a list of the documents they required on the dsy before, ss it would take a long time to find them. While counsel were engaged in the search, the cross-exsmina- tiou was continued. Handing two letters to witness the Istter said :' "1 saw these two letters before I gave them to Judge Morris. They came into my possession shortly after their writing, Jan. 10 and Jan. 12, 1871. Ihavehad them ever since. 1'on't know how I received them. They may have come by messenger or mail, Bessie Turner was then residing wilh Tilton. When I got them I put them away. 1 talked with Tilton after getting these letters. Don't know if he gave them to me. These are all the papers I recollect nowhaving received from Bessie. Arrangements were made for her going away before I received the letters. 1 don't remember when she went away. Think I have got bills that will show when she entered school. Counsel offered letters in evidence to show the girl had been sent away because he had heard stories against niton, and not because she had heard stories against Beecher. The court ruled out these letters. Counsel offered to read the letters. Objected to. Counsel then received permission from the Court to read a letter of Janu ary 12th, addressed to Mrs, Tilton by Bessie Turner, stating that the story ot Tilton carrying her from bed was a wicked lie, and the letter of January 10th, telling Mrs. Tilton that Mrs. Morse had offered inducements to her to tell stories about her husband, which she did not think would be right alter the kindness she had received at both their hands. These two letters were admitted in evi dence and the Court took a recess, after which the cross examination of Moulton was resumed. He was handed the envel ope containing Bessie Turner's letter ex hibited, ana recognized the handwriting sb Mr. Tilton's. The envelope was placed in evidence. . Witness continued : The first money I received from Bpecher was June 28, 1871, in a check for $155 85. Received it en closed in an envelope. Told him the bill for Bessie Turner s schooling expenses was due, and in reply I received that check. This was the first bill I received or knew of for Bessie's schooling. Think the bill was from C. C. Betty, Principal of the school. On getting the bill I communicated wilh Beecher. The next money was- received November 14, 1 8.7 1 , when I got $150 by check from Beecher, Mrs. Tilton saving it was required for Bessie Turner. The next was got May 29, 1872, a check for $294.76. I received a request from Mrs. Tilton in August, 1871, for $150, which I gave her, and the $150 given me in November, 1871, was to reimburse me for my advance to her. The next was February 18, 1873, $500; $245 of it was paid Mr. Betty, and the balance was given to MrB. Tilton in currency. Do not know how the fact of Mrs. Tilton requiring money was conveyed to me. A letter was produced and handed to witness.! The note is in my handwriting. I sent it to Mr. Beecher. I received the amount asked for ill a letter from Beecher. The letter was read, dated New York, Oct. 21, 1872, requesting the sum of $281 76. Dj nut remember what this money was for. I paid the first bill of Bessie Turret's by aclieck lor $tio. Counsel here read various items of bills paid for the maintenance of Bessie Turn er at the Seminary at Steubenville, Ohio. The letters of the 7th of February, 1871, are within my recollection. One was from Tilton to me, and the other two were from Beecher to Mrs. Tilton. They were all written for purposes of reconciliation. This was before the starting of the Golden Age newspaper. Tilton in. vested some $1000 or $5000 in it. Mr. Mason investsd $3000, Mr. Woodruff subscribed $3000, 1 subscribed $3000, and Mr.Robinson subscribed $1000. The terms of these subscriptions were that they should be paid by Tilton, I believe, and Tilton gave them his notes for the amounts. The subscriptions were paid in as they were wanted. After the 2d of March all of Tilton's time was absorbed with the paper. During this time I saw Beecher, but not often. Tilton might have been present on one or two occasions. I was at Tilton's house shortly after the Golden Age was started, when Beecher and Mrs. Woodhull were there. This was in 1871, before the publication of the Woodhull statement, I think in February. I was looking for Beecher, and found him in the office of the Golden Age with Tilton. ' Mr. Beecher, Tilton, Oliver Johnson and myself were together at a yacht race in October, 1871. We were together then about three or four hourB. I invited Beecher and Tilton there. I don't remember if he visited the ware house that dsy. I do not know if Beecher and Tilton dined at my house after the yacht race. The publication of the Wood- hull uiograpny was in eeptemoer, ia1. I don't remember if it was published in the Golden Age. It waa published in the form of a small pamphlet I read it all through. Her "Life" was issued in a tract form, but I do not know if it was one of the Golden Age publica tions, woodrutt about this time surren dered his note to Tilton, and was released from payment of half of his subscription, which he had paid. I do not recollect the date of publication of "Sir Marma duke's Musings." Tilton never told me that hiB publication of the life of Victoria Woodhull in the Golden Age was dis astrous to hira and his newspaper enterprise. ' Tilton said to me that he did it as a friendly act, and in the interests of repression of stories against Beepher, I told him that I thought its effect would he djsastrous to the paper. I cannot fix the date of my going out of the paper, but think it was the same lirpe as (he others. Woodruff said that it would be better for Tilton to he sole proprietor of the paper. I did not want them to consider that Tilton was sole proprietor of the paper. The notes were given by Tilton, to be payable on success nf the Golden Age in nepiemuer, in. Mrs. woonnuii visited my house. She may have dined there once or twice. I may have urged my wife to make her acquaintance. I think the last time I saw her was in the autumn of 1872. I do not remember that Tilton and I had any difficulty with Mrs, Woodhull when I last saw her. I never heard from Tilton that Mrs. Woodhull was threatening to publish an article caiiea l u lor isi, reuecung un severs ladies. The Court adjourned. AVALANCHE. Another Fatal Bios Hilda la flak -Dead Usdlea Exhumed frasa Ihe Teeaekeraas iftrllls Terrar la Ike Mlalaf C'aiMps. Salt Like, Jan. 21. Another enow slide occurred iu Big Cottonwood cauon yesterday afternoon, near the Richmond mine. A party of men, with teams, engaged in Busking down ore iu raw hides, were caught by Ihe slide. Six men named Thomas Broderh'k, Win. Hitler, Charles Uabule, James Breete, Uenry Auiusaud Reuben Moore, were carried away and their bodies are not yet reeeversd. lieorge McCaulin and-Thomss Vt hue were carried awa and covered with snow, but were dug out afterward, and their lives saved. The slide extended for a distance of about one mile and was about two hundred yards wide. Yesterday Ihe bodies of six persons. killed by tha snow slide in lb city of Alia, were recovered. Many snore are supposed to hava perished, but their bodies are covered to a great depth by snow, and will probably not be found for sometime. In one demolished house was found the body of Mrs. Corry, sitting in a rocking chair with an inraut clasped in her arms, and near them the husband and a Utile girl. All had beeu suffocated by the snow. At another house was dug out one man alive. Another man who had been sleeping beside him in bed was dead. Slill another body was found in the vicinity. There is terror in these mining camps, and most of those who can get away will probably leave, but this is a diflicult and dangerous undertaking, as parties will have to walk and ruu the gauntlet ot snow slides on their way out of the canons. PACIFIC MAIL. A. Bfnn Without a Mrmorrfos. irreSHinan Svlinnittker'a Defective KreollcclloaSlnirulnr Forget ftil- ' ness nnd Absence of Inroruialloii. Washington, Jan. 21. In his testi mony before the Pacific Mail investigation to-day, John G. Schumaker, Congressman from Brooklyn, read a statement Irom which the following is extracted : 1 Know the position 111 which my testi mony stands here. My signatures to these certiucates of deposit have embar rassed me and troubled me very much. 1 had not then, and have not now, the slightest recollection of these certificates of deposit, or I would not have sworn that I had 110 knowledge of these $250,000 checks, knowing that these certificates were, or might be, in existence; it was a perfect blank in my mem ory. 1 knew nothing about it. I know how very unfortunate it is for me to have these signatures facing me, but I have for gotten and cannot recall anything about thesa certificates of deposit, or about the uianuer in which they were procured, they were procured, but how I don't know. I did not know I had in dorsed the certificates of deposit, or that tney nau ever been issued, until they were produced before the committee. The transaction is of several years Btanding, and passed entirely out of mind. In re gard (04ltf California draft of $25,000, I have not the slightest recollection. Mr. Irwin, I suppose, sent me Ihe draft, but I have no recollection of it. He did it wilh directions, I suppose, and I passed away according to those directions. That I kept a dollar of it, or had the benefit of a dollar of it, I had not the slightest recollection. I know that I did not have any personal interest in it, professionally or otherwise. This is very embarrassing, gentlemen. I know very well the remarks that am made iu regard to my signature to those certificates, but I am telling you God's truth, according to my recollection.More C hiengo Itniiks In lleep Water. CniCAGO, Jan. 21. Rumors are said to be in circulation in New York of trouble wilh the Fourth National Bank, and two other National Banks of this city, have very slight foundation. In fact, it is true that a small drait ol the Fourth JNational waB thrown out in New York yesterday, but moro than sufficient funds to meet not only that draft bat others outstand ing, were on the way to New York, and yesterday an additional sum, more than sufficient to cover any possible contingency, waa sent to its New York corre spondent. So far nB reports of troubles with any other hanks are concerned, the closest inquiry in the best informed quarters allows them to be without foundation. Andy Jobnson'i l,at Kltcht. Nashville, Jan. 21. Both Houses met in Convention at noon, and proceeded at once to ballot for United States Senator. After the third ballot to-day Mr. Savage was withdrawn. Fifth ballot, Johnson 33, Brown 11, Stephens 17, Bate 17, Ewing 8, Quarles 8, Kennedy I. Sixth ballot, Johnson 33. Seventh, Johnson 34. Eighth, Johnson 32, Brown 13, Stephens 17, Bate 19, Ewing 8, Quarles 8. niiincsotn Scnalorlal Contest. St. Paul, Jan. 21. In the vole for Senator to day Ramsey received 58, losing 8, and Donnelly 52, gaining 1. Davie holds his 24. The explanation of Petlit. Chairman of the Republican Central committee, upon bolting Ramsey, created a profound sensation. There is a prospect of a gen eral scattering to-msrrow. XLilld CONGRESS SECOND SESSION, "' Washington, Jan. 21. . ' SENATE. Tho Vico PreBidontlaid before the Senate a tneasago of the President in regard to strengthening the coast dfenses, similar to mai read 111 uio House ot representatives jeaterday. Referred. Mr. Wright, from the committee on Civil Service and Rotrem!hraeut,reported adverse ly on tne nut to auoiisu the aystora ot mile age. anu it was maoiioitely postponed. Mr Cragin reported back a petition of the widow of the late Commander Win. B. Cush-ing for a pension, with a recommendation that it be referred to the committee on Pensions. So ordered. Mr. Morrill introduced a bill for the relief of certain creditors of the District of Colum bia. Referred. - - Mr. Dennis introduced n bill to incorno- rata the Washington Uty and St. Louis Railroad company. 1 lie unair called the committees tor business on the calendar, and Mr. Hamlin, from the committee on Civil Seivicenad Retrench ment, reported adversely on the bill to re duce me salary 01 (tie president ot the united Stales, wilh a request that it be placed on the calendar with the adverse report. So ordered. Unfinished business, being the resolution from the committee on Privileges and Elections proposing nr. amendment tothe Constitution in regard to the election of President and Vice President, was called up. Mr. Morton addressed the Senate in cxnla- mtion of tho proposed amendment to the Constitution. The subject was further discussed by Messrj. Thurman and Conkliug. Pending uie uiseussion nr. iiiurma-i moved mat lur-ther consideration of the resolution he nost. noned until the first Monday in February. but as the Senator from Indiana (Morton) was not into in n 19 seat aid not ask a vote. 1875. I Mr. Dsvii presented a resolation dirertingjaod W. H. Hart of Cadis - " - j - -. . .... ... .mn a detailed statement of the amounts appropriated since I B70 for improvement 01 the Mississippi river, i oil Jackson, and tort til. Phillip, giving the names of and amount paid to each person, date of payment, etc. Afrreed to. Mr. (.'rutin, from the committee oa Nival Affairs, reported adversely on the resolution of Air. lliiuilin to appoint a joint aomu.ittee to inquire into the coodiliun of the narv of the I cited Slates, sud the committee wss discharged from rarthsr consideration. After an Executive secsioa. the Stoats ad journed. HOUSB. After presentation of a lare number of memorials and resolutions of little public in terest, the question came up of reconsidering tho vol bv which the ludiaa Anurounaiiou bill wis rejected yesterday. The vote was reconsidered yeas 160, nays 81. air. Hale of Maine moved to recommit the bill to the committee on .Appropriations. with instructions to report it back wilh the Choctaw amendment struck, out. The mo- Uunwas rejected yens 120, navs 130. 41 r. Huhnau moved to lay the bill ou the table. Not agreed to yeas 114, nays 132. toe bill was agaia rejected veas 120, navs lii. 1 Of vole rejecting the bill waa again reconsidered without the veas and navs. and finally the bill was referred to committee of Ilia Whole on the Stale of the Union veas Ml, nays 10J. J he Speaker said that the bill went to the committee of the Whole ss an entirely new bill, subject to amendment. Mr. Uawes p esented a letter from Charles A. Wetmore, the witness who was yesterday committed for contempt, and intimated lb it the apology therein contained was satisfactory. He moved his discharge, aud the mo-lion was agwd to and the discharge of Wetmore ordered. Mr. Smith of New York, from the committee on Elections, made a report la tho case of the Delegate fro-n Utah, with a resolution to exclude him fr,m his eeat oa the ground ot pol vganiv. Tdered printed. Mr. Maynard presented the report of the conference committee on what is known as the Little Tariff bill, Mr. Mavnard proceeded to explaiu the report and" the modifications which it proposes to make in existiug customs duties. Atter deb-iln the conference renort was agreed to yeas 130, nays 99. The motion to reconsider was made and bud 011 the tab'o. The hill now goes to the rieMMeni lor signature. Adjourned. Weallier Prolmblllllea. Washington, Jan. 21. In the West Gulf States, Tennessee, Ohio Valley and Upper Lake region, falline temperature. northerly to westerly winds, clear or partly cloudy weather, and in Texas a norther." In Upper Mississippi and Lower Mis souri Valley Bnd the Northwest, higher barometer, decidedly lower temperature, nor 111 or west winds, and generally clear weather. In the Middle States and Lower Lake region to-night, falling barometer, rising temperature.soulheast to south west winds. cloudy weather and light rains, except snow for tho northern portion of this area, but followed during Friday by west or north winds and clearing weather, except partly ciouoy weallier in the latter dis trict. FOREIGN. FRANCE. AN 1ICITINO DISCISSION. Pahis, Jan. 21. In the Assembly to day the debate on the constitutional hills were opened by M. De Vetitavons., The bill was the first taken up. It confirms President MacMahon's powers, establishes ministerial responsibility, creatcfra second Chamber, invests the President with power to di.-solve the Assembly", and provides that on lapse of the Presidential power a Congress of the two Chambers shall decide upon the future government of France. M. De Ventavon urccd that as a pro visional government alone was possible, it was necessary that it should ba immediately organized. The members of the Lelt objected to the exclusion of Republican principles from the measure, when Republican was the existing form of government. M. De Caroyon La Tour, Legitimist, opposed all constitutional bills. He attacked the Republic and Empire, urged the restoration of the monarchy, and declared his party would vote in favor of granting Marshal MacMahon. only the means necessary to preserve or der. He tried to read a letter of Prince Bismarck, published during the Arnlm trial, in which the Prinee stated that a monarchy would strengthen public credit and enable 1' ranee to lorm alliances, This created great excitement in the Chamber. The rend i no- was interrupted, and the speaker'svoicedrowned by shouts Irom all parties. 1 he sitting closed without a vote, ENULANIt. TIIE MONTENEGRIN DIFFICULTY. ' London, Jan. 21. The Globe Bays all the Powers are striving to insure a pacific arrangement of the difficulty between iurKcy gnd Montenegro, TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION. By a boiler explosion in a factory at ioumaruen, lorkshire, to-rlay tive per. sons were killed and fifty injured. SWITZEULANV. RELIBIOUS DISTUBRANCE9. , Geneva, Jan. 21. Disturbances have occurred over the baptism of children by the Old Catholics in two villages of this Canton, and the presence of troops is neceEsary to preserve order. SPAIN. ANOTHER CARLIST CAVED. Madrid, Jan. 21. The Carlist Gen eral Palacios has petitioned for amnesty BY MAIL AND TELEGRAPH. The Salinas Valley, California, is under water. Great loss of property is reported.A snow slide near Genoa, Nevada, trnrieu torty unnanian woodcutters, Twentyeight were killed. The Georgia Legislature yesterday passed a resolution denouncing the use of military in Louisiana. Governor Randolph, of New Jersey, has been nominated by the Democratic caucus for the Senate. He will Bucceed Senator Slockton. The strength of paper barrels is said to be greater by four titneB than wooden barrels, while they are of only half the weight and cost 20 per cent. less. The vote on United States Senator in the Nebraska Legislature yesterday, in joint convention, stood : Thayer 21, uundy is, faddoek (J, Mason 3, scatter ing 2. The Universalist Conference of the Northwest resumed its session in Chicsgo yesterday. Resolutions were adopted that a scries ot Htate conference meetings should be inaugurated. Ohio. Ohio has now 1052 Granges. The banks in Cadic, Harrison county, have individual deposits to the amount of $424,011.29. Mrs.Angie EnmonsFailli died at Ober-lin Monday evening from an overdose of hydro chloral. The Steubenville Evening Gazelle has been sold to Mser; , H. McFaddep It will eon- tinua as Democratic paper. The Globe Iron company, of Jacksoa has aobsrribed $5000 to' the Narrow Oaugw railway. Mary Arnold, aged 84, a pioneer of Mosigouwry county, died aear Air Hill, mil county, January 13. The subscription books of Ihe Spring SelJ, Jackson and Pomeroy railroad are to De aliened oa the 24th iust. Tte passenger cars 00 the Pittsburg, . u.. ni.in mu micigo railway each carry an ax. sw. slcdee and water hnlr. ets, to be used in case of lire or other accident. . Ur. J. t. Hasti w-m u. Mirsi, uieu at ins residence in that place Tuesday morning, of rheuma tism 01 l lie I.tjrL ll . ... i..i. Tha YoSDntnvn tv.,,.;.!,,.. ... . Ti. .. I . . ; - ft ' v - iik ..,.. cr,un ln u,e coal trade is owing largely to that of the iron business. In this city all the mills am in o...iin t i.iuwd, oonneu a uo.'s. Our foundry and machine shops are hivino a . vere tussle to keep in operation, but w are iniornieo oy one of our best machin- isis mat mere Is a hoe prospect for a busi ness revival in the snrinir. The Cincinnati Chamber of Cn yesterday adopted a resolution favoring the appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars hyCongress for improvement of the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; also the report nf a committee favoring the location of a branch mint at I in. cinnati, and asking Ohio members of congress to urge the passage of tha bill or mm purpose now oeiore the House, WastilnKlon, The Senate committee on Territories will report in favor nf f,,rmi,, Territory out of the northern half of uakota, to ba called Pemb na. with ita capital at xsismsrck. LOOKING FOR THE LEGISLATURE. A Pic I ore that Mar Interval tlnr fcinbryo Statesmen. Detroit Free Press Yesterday noon a man about aixtvfive years of age came up stairs into the local room of this paper, and inquired : -is mis wnar tne Legislaehur is?" "No. sir." reolied the rennrter. "tli Legislature is in session at Lansing." "Way off there, eh !" continued the man, as he sat down, laid his cane across the table, and took off his mittens. les: trains run twice a day. Pretty good crowd out there bv this time." "1 don t care about the crowd." said the old man, "I want a law a new law 1" "lih ?" "Yes, sir, I want 0 new law sunthin' to purtect old men like me." "What's the matter how do you want to be protected ?" My name's Horner," replied the man, he slowly fumbled inside his coat. "My name's Hortfer, and I'm an old fool I What do you think I did three montliB ago? Went and married a girl nineteen years old, and red heBded at that I Yes, went and deeded her a farm, and I'm her six hundred dollars cash and married her I" "And you do not live happy ?" "Happy I Young man, let me show you sunthin here, look at that I" And he unrolled a niece of brown paper and displayed a handful of gray hairs, some of which were bloodstained. "Pulled right out of my scalp only three dnys ago i" he went on. "And see this 'ere leg I" He pulled up his pants and exhibited a black and blue spot just above the shin. citriiCK mere with a tlatiron 1" he explained; "meant to hit me in the chist and kill me to once, but I dodged. And see here 1" He opened his coat and vest and re vealed the fact that he had no shirt on, and consequently nothing on which to Dtitton a collar. - . Tore it off'n me two weeks aso I" he whispered, "and Bhe burned up ray other one. I've biir around this way for a fortnight, almost dying by inches I" "Well, Bhe must be a regular wildcat," said the reporter. "loung man, if 1 war to sit here and tell ye how that woman conducts herself ye'd have to hold yer ha'r down I" ex- Lclaimed the old man, striking his leg. lOjln nnn tnnwe l.mv ahiD liaqvarl fl.liwin. at me, hit me with clubs, throwed water over me in bed, pulled hair, jawed around and brought my gray hairs in sorrow to Hip grave I Why. what do you think Bhe called me this very morning?" A cundurango, perhaps. "Wuss'n that, boy far. far wuss: Bhe called me an Apollo!" "fosaiblef "Yes, Bhe did ! Think of that, will ye think of a man of my age, who has always paid his debts and been honest, bein' set down with pirates ! "It's bad!' sighed the reporter, as a long pause ensued, "it's awful the awfnlest kind of aw fill I" replied Horner. "I've got to stand it, but I want a law to protect other old men. I want a law to furbid any man over sixty from marryin' a girl who isn't over twenty." r "That might be a wise law." "I can't go to Lansin'," he went on, "but you kin help me. Put it in your paper- git up an excitement about it. Will you do this? Look at me, boy look me all over! See how I've suffered ! See how hot my head is I" "I'll help you all I can." "Do I Write to him I Write to him five times a day i I'm goin' hum to meet her, and be pounded around and sassed and jawed, but if I know you're gettin' a law through, I'll go to the grave feelin' good I" And he put on his mittens, took up his cane, and was gone. What n Habblt Did. A. writer in the San Francisco Golden Era says : While my friend Clyde and myself were out in the hills back of Golden Gate, last week, a jack rabbit came along and s'opped to look at us. If 1 had thought to bring my revolver along we would have jack on toast for breaklast to-morrow, I remarked. "Not with my consent," he replied. "What reason can you give for not con senting t" "A rabbit paved my life, and I have not killed one since, and never will kill one again." "How did he manage to save your life ? "Three years ago I was living in Montana. A smelter had just been built, and it created a demand lor silver rock, I owned an interest in a lead mine that had been sunk on thirty feet. Thinking the time had come to make it available, I concluded to go there and get some ore and have it tested. 1 did so; and reached the place just in lime to take shelter in the mine Irom a terrible hail storm. l-chted my candle, went to the bottom and went to work. I had not been there more than live minutes when I'heard noise that Bounded like a cannon. Tb rocks over my head shook, and In a mo. ment the shaft behind meeaved. You can imagine my feelings belter than I can de scribe them, when I found myself buried alive. I tremble even at this distant day when I think of that moment, The roof of the shaft was rocks, and when they NO. 18. came down they did not pack ao turrit hat what the air came through. There was nothing that I could do to release myself. I knew that if relief did not come from the outside I must perish. No on knew 1 had gone there. A rosd ran past the mouth of the shaft; bnt it waa not traveled much, and I was aot likely to attract attention by callina- i.eve rueieas, 1 snouted at intervals all day. The following morning I commenced calling again; and all day, whenever I thought 1 hesid a sou ad, I shouted. "When night cime again all hopes of being released htd abandoned me. One thing added great bitterness to my sufferings. I owed quite a large amount of money, and should my fate remain unknown, my creditors would think I had tried to defraud them and my nau would be stigmatised. "I Will not dwell on tha aimniea f n. dured; I am sorry I cannot forget them. "The morning of the fourth day of my imprisonment I heard something crawl into my grave. I lighted my candle and saw a rabbit. There waa only one aperture large enough to admit him; I closed It to prevent his escape. I saw in him food to appease my hunger, and my hand was raised to kill him, when 1 thought occurred to me that prevented the blow from descending. I had two fish linet; their united length would reach to the road. 1 took ofl my shirt, tore It Into strings, tied them, together and on them the fish line. 1 wore a long gold watch chain; I tied it on Ihe part of the line that would cross the rosd. I then cut several leaves from niv diary, wrote on them my condition, and tied them on that part of the line that would be outside.: 1 then tied the end made of my shirt around jack's neck and let him out. He soon reached the end of the line, and I knew by the way he was pulling he was making desperate attempts to escape. Soon the tugging slopped, and. knowing gnawing to be jack's chief accomplish ment, 1 inongnt ne nan cut himself loose. About three hours afterward I felt the line pulled; then some one called. I tried to answer, but the hoarse noire I made died in the cavern. I then pulled the line to show I was not dead. 1 "All grew still again, and I knew tha man had gone for assistance. Then came the sound of voices: I nulled in the line and it brought me food. It took all the men who could work in the ahaft nine hours to reach me. "A very large pine tree that stood near the shaft had been the causa of my misfortune. It had been dead a number ef years, and the storm had blown it over. The terrible blow it struck the ground nau caused tne cave. Jack had wound the lina around a bush, and tied himself so short that he was imprisoned outside as securely as I nna oeen ineioe. ne wss tsken to town, put in a large cage, and supplied with all the rabbit delicacies the market afforded. Ho, however did not thrive, and the bovs believing that h'e'p'ned in thought' voted to set him free. He was taken back to his old girdling grounds and liberated. 1 Ohio Patents. ' The following patents, reported by Cnx & Cox, were issued to Ohio inventors dur ing the week ending Dec. 24, 1874: Center pinion for watches D. Green. Delaware. Grape mills W. McLucas, Waterford. Harvesting machines J.I F. Seiber- ling, A kron. Machine for cutting and slitting leai W. A. Kirk (3 patents), Hamilton. Spark extinguishers for enirines A. Smith and J. Helmkee, Bellevue. longne rings for neck yokes a. D. Bingham, Maumee. Baking ovens J. M. Case. Athens. ' Car ventilators F. N. Clarke. Wal. lington. iron fences B. A. Devoe and W. L. Walker, Kenton. ';, car couplings L. C. Eaton. Dovles- towa. Filters H. Halick and - H. Voeule. Mansfield. ':)..-; Paragraphs like the following, from the local column of a Detroit paper. how that hotel keepers are wakina un to the advantages of speaking out boldly tnrougn the great moral engine : "A man worth thirty thousand dollars is a board er at a hotel in this city, and his conduct at the table is so strange as to excite general comment. He is an extraordinary eater, and when shoving back from the table will till his overcoat pockets with biscuits, cookies, apples, or whatever he can get hold of." The following novel advertisement ap peared in a late number of the Washington Star : "Wanted, the front teeth of a girl fourteen years of age, Will pay lib erally, and replace arlihcially." The advertising dentist is the most eminent in the city. . DIED. HoRBABD Friday mnrninir. .Tamiarv Sit 1875, at 1 o'clock, HaaaAit 11. Bubbabd. , PlTLLIIICl M ARGABiT. wife nf JoSetkh Pulling, died January 20, 1875, agedseventy-six years. f - : (uneral Saturday, 23J, nt 1 o'clock, at Wesley Chanel. Friends and acauaintances are invited to attend without further notice. Ijaiis On the morninir of the' 21st. Geckos, infant son of Joseph A. and Annie v . 1 jams. The funeral will tale place from the residence, No. 38 Mt, Vernon avenue, to-day at 2 p. m. Friend! of the family will attend without further notice. New Advertisements. TEfETTcliARrir MACHINE SHOP COLVHuX'S, OHIO. MANUFACTURER OF ENGINES, ALL kinds of Machinery. Jail Work. Rail- ings and Gratings. All kinds of Brewers' Fixtures. Ord'rs solicited from all ports of the country. an22 6m lor4p Employment. XWANT 1000 AGENTS TO CANVASS for the COMPI.RTB HERBALIST, and Ths Uaowma Wosto. I will give nch terms and furnish such advertising facilities that no man need make less than $200 per month and all expenses no matter whether 119 ever canvsssed betore or not. Address Dr. O. PHELPS BUOWN, No. 21 Grand Street, Jersey City, N. J ,nnd full particulars will he sent ny return mail. jan22 2t IO PRINTERS. A OAMPBKLL CYLINDER PRINTING Press, now io uso iu the Ohio State Journal Job Rooms, suitable for job work or country newspaper wont, is onered for sale at a low price. The tied is itlUG inches, and the Prest is iu peirect running order, and is sold only to give place to a larger and faster machine. Address COMuY & FRANCISCO, decl5 dw tf Columbus. Ohio. (The Mtate Joarnad has tha largest circulation of an; daily in Central Ohio