Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1878-01-30

              4mrti s-mi m m ix Ei ra n n 11 11 VOL. XXXIX. COLUMBUS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1878. NO. 25. S1EBERT & LILLEY. ML ANK BOOK V, A N I 'FAIT0REK8. frluiers.lliiitlcrs, Mtatlonera and ln.nl lllntsk I'nbllBherM. BOOK BINDING 0 every Description, by the Edition of single volvmf. Opera House Building (Up Stairs), ap4 COLUMBUS. FULL AO WINTER WOOLENS. GEO. T. DUVALL, Merchant Tailor! 197 MOUTH UIOH NT. aula ly HOODIE, HUBBARD k CO. BANKERS, 61 SOUTH HIGH STREET. jy9 tf lp EORGE W. LEASON, Bookseller, Stationer & Newsdealer, CO SOUTH HIGH ST., (Opposite Stale House) The best It I A I K BODKN. The best H RiriXO I'Al'UB. The best kinds or INK. The best MUCILAGE. The best GOLD PENS. The best of EYCrythlng,Htthe lowest prices. Diaries, Almanacs, Fireside CJjiuies, Etc, Etc. oil, r : II Pcnrl nnd ( Impel Sin. J. U. 10MI.Y. A. W. FRANCISCO, COMLY & FRANCISCO, PCUI.ISUF.KS AND rBOpnlETUUS. A. W. FBASCI8C0, Central Manager. LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. Congress. Jam. 29. Senate Bill introduced : Making the 22d of February a legal holiday...... Resolutions: Accepting Carpenter's painting of Lincoln aud his Cabinet adopted; inquiring as to whether any persons had been ftp-pointed to the army contrary to section 28, act of 1866, or section 1218, Revised Statutes agreed to The Bland Silver bill was takn mi and discussed, but without definite action. Amendments were proposed to rauki) the dollar consist of 420 grains and legal tender for sums over $500. Souse Bills introduced: Making appropriations for detecting trespass oil public: lands; making importers use tlie melric system of weights and measures Bill passed: Recognizing the Woodruff scientific expedition around the world A resolution was adopted rieidly enforcing tho rule in reference to admissions to the floor of the House, and that the issuing ot passes be discontinued. General Assembly. Jix. 29. Senate The t-'enate met at three o'clock, and adjourned without doing any House Bills introduced: Repealing the compulsory education law; providing for courts to settle controversies growing out of strikes; authorizing tho furniBuing of witter free of charge to the public institutions of Cincinnati; authorizing trustees of homes for widows to erect uew buildings; creating a special school district in Browu couuty; authorizing Mechauicsburg to levy a tax Resolutions : Authorizing the city of Cleve-lu.d to receive into the infirmary, tho in-curahly insane ordered printed; authorizing the Adjutant General to loan Hags lor mo at the Marietta soldiers' reunion in 1878 ordered printed. Indications for the Tennessee and Ohio Valley Partly cloudy and clearing weather with rain areas, northeast to northwest winds, stationary or higher temperature, falling, followed by rising barometer. Gold olosed in New York yesterday at 102J. Tub Columbus correspondent of the Cincin nati Commercial (B. J. L ) makes the yery just observations: The attention of this Legislature has been 'called by an unusual number of petitions, from nearly half the counties of the Hiate, to the inadequacy of salaries allowed by present laws to? the Judges of the Supreme Court. Tbey are paid but $3000 a year, while being required to be absent from borne on official duty at their own expense a great portion of the time. To increase the salaries ol Judges of our State Court of last resort to a living rate, and a figure more nearly approximating that which by very general consent in other States has been conceded in similar canes, would not operate to increase the tax levy a particle, nor, under the circumstances, is there any other office under the State Government to which such an increase could be applied as a precedent. The Governor receives a third more than a Judge of the Supreme Court, and mere offices of administration quite as much. It would be good economy for the State to abolish some of the useless bureaus created in flush times, and with the amounts thus SBved from useless expenditures, do justice to the eminent gentlemen on whom her citizens rely for justice. Bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday, 100,000. BY TELEGRAPH TO TBS OHIO STATS JOURNAL FOREIGN. Cause of Delay in Signing Peace Conditions. The Porte Objects to the Occu pation of Constantinople. Rumored Alliance of Germany, Rus sia and Austria, Lord Derby's Position on British , Interference. Terrible State ot Affairs In Turkey. Appalling Misery from the Bospho- rus to the Gulf. Russia Concentrating Her Forces at Adrianople. Probability Ikiit no Regular Arm- l.llce will be Concluded. London, Jan. 29. A correspondent at Vienna telegraphs: Among the rumors current is one that no regular armistice will be conoluded, but immediately after the arrival ot the lirand JJuke .Nicholas with the Turkish plenipotentiariea and General IgnatieS' in Adrianople, definite peace negotiations will be entered into on a basis of the preliminaries accepted by the Porte. There is nothing irnprob-able in this. The preliminary questions are so general and elastic that they will only receive their real significance by their definition in the final pence instrument. They may be made infinitely harder than they are already, orelr-e softened clown so as to leave to Turkey the semblance of existence as an European power. He would be a bold man who would now venture to affirm what will ultimately beat suit the purposes of Kussia, whether she will aim at a radical solution or merely prepare the way for it. Much will doubtless depend on the course of pour partem with the individual powers, which seem to be going on simultaneously with the negotiations with Turkey; whether Kussia may think it more advantageous to crush Turkey or protect her. An armistice with a fixed date would certainly be more in the way than that sort of tacit suspension of hostilities, which seems for the moment to exist, but which Bussia may put an end to any moment she likes. Buuiorcd Alliance of Russia, Germany and Anslrla. London, Jan. 295:80 r. M In the House nf Commons this afternoon, the Under Foreign Secretary aaid : Crete is not in a state of insurrection, but is much disturbed. Sir Stafford Northcote said lie had no knowledge of an alliance between Kussia, Germany and Austria for the partition of Turkey. Kegarding one of these powers, he has strong reason to doubt that it has entered into any alliance. A few weeks or months would probably prove this. The Chancellor, in his statement last night in the Houee, declared Austria coincided with Great Britain. William EJward Forster, Liberal, gave notice of an amendment to the vote of credit Thursday. It is doubtless a hostile amendment agreed upon by the Liberal leaders. A Terrible Stale of AIT.ilm la Tar. key. London, Jan. 29 The Turkish Government hi having difficulty to maintain order in the Capita1. Among the tens of thousands of refugees from Komelia, are many armed Circassians. These have already plundered Lulch, Bourgas, Chorlu and Kodasts and other towns, and are now flocking into Constantinople laden with booty. The Government wishes to disarm them and send them into Asia, but it is doubtful whether they will be able to do so. Appalling misery prevails from the Bosphorus to the Gulf of Salonica. The whole coast is crowded with terrified Mohammedans, seeking transportation acroBS the straits. Hundreds are perishing from cold, hunger and exhanatation, and no Buccor iB possible until the pnnic and oonfUBion in the Capital has abated. Tlie Silver Quesilau In Ihe French Senate. Paris, Jan. 29. The Senate on Monday unanimously approved the bill renewing the temporary suspension of the obligation of the French mint to coin any silver taksn thither during discussion. Leon Say, Minister of Finance, said the measure waB made necessary by the American situation, the international commerce with India, and the condition of the German money market, and that the Latin monetary standard would have to be discussed and settled hereafter. In this view M. de Parien, an eminent statesman and Senator from Cartal, agreed while urging the speedy adoption of the gold standard, Civil War Threatened In Greece Athkns, Jan. 29. Horrible threats are made againBt the ex-Ministers, "traitors" they are called on all sides, and scarcely less violent against the King. The people of the country are furiously exasperated. Saturday's movement waB a genuine expression of popular frenzy, but since then it has become a political maneuvre. It is said Graivas, ex-Minister, is organizing a revolution or civil war, and it is feared there may be mucli bloodshed. The Chamber has passed almost a unanimous vote approving repressive measures of the Government, Tricoupis made a speech which had a good effect, pointing out the evil impression the conduct of rioters would produce in Europe. Lord Derby on Ihe Occupation of Constantinople. London, Jan. 29. A vote of supplementary estimate has become purely a party question, and the Liberals will contest it as such and accept the result of the division as decisive. Lord Derby last night, in opposing Lord Stratheden's resolution, that opposition to any occupation of Constantinople would not be a breach of neutrality, very strongly intimated his personal conviction that the temporary Bussian cccupation of Constantinople would furnish no ground for .British interference.Rnssla on Ibe PosinKe or file Dar. dandle, and Boapnorns. London, Jan. 29. Additional corre- spndence relative, to the JiiBtern question iB published which contains the following : Lord JJebry telegraphing to Lord Loftua, British Ambassador at St, Petersburg, Jan. 28, states that Count SchowalofT that afternoon communicated a telegram from Prince Gortschakoff, authorizing him to affirm categorically that the Russian Gov ernment considers ihe passage ol men-of. war through the .Dardanelles and bos. phorus, a European question which they did not intend to settle by themselves, The Reported nivlalon of the I.lb erals Denied. London, Jan. 29. The PreBs Associa tion authoritatively contradicts the ru mora originating in the lobbies of Parliament of dissensions in the Liberal party, To-day's meeting was thoroughly unanimous. Mr. Forster moves his amendment so that Lord Hartington may wind up the debate. Urgent whips are out and it is expected that the division will call out the largest vote known for years. The Liberal Ameudment to Ihe Snp ply Vote. London, Jan. 29. The following is the text of Forster'a amendment to the supply vote : Having been informed in the Queen's speech that the conditions on which Her Majesty's neutrality is basedhave not been infringed by either belligerent, and having since received no information sufficient to justify a depart ure Irom the policy ot neutrality and peace, the Mouse sees no reason lor add, ing to the people's burthens by voting additional supplies. The Pope Prcpurlup; an Alliicutlou. London, Jan. 29. A Rome dispatch says the Pope is preparing an allocution against Kussia for persecution of the Church in roland, and against iung .Humbert on his accession to the throne, for the assumption of the title of King ot Italy. The Queen of Portugal, daughter of the late King Victor Emmanuel, and the Pope's goddaughter, is refused admission to the Pope because she is residing at the l-Jmrinal. miliary movements. London, Jan. 29. The concentration of the Russians at Adrianople continues. Scouts have arrived near Charlu, about seventy miles west of Constantinople. Suleiman rasha is at boulair. Ale- hemet Ali is at Constantinople, but returns to Chalaja immediately. Ihere are ten lirilish iron-clads at Has- ika Bay. Ihe Egyptian garrison has evacuated Bizird and returned to Varna. The tiatUa Rebellion Nprendluur. London, Jan. 29 In the House of Commons to-day, Lowther, Under Secretary of the Colonial Department, read a dispatch dated Capetown, January 8, Rtating tht the Gaika rebellion is spread ing, and that its suppression is improb able before the arrival of reinforcements. Colonial levies are going forward slowly. Probable Rnpfnrn ol' the Liberal Party. London, Jan. 29. It is rumored in the lobby of the House of Commons that the Marquis of Hartington, the Liberal lead er, refused to move an amendment to the credit vote, and tbe duty devolved on forster. This is likely to oocasion a split in the Liberal party. The Insnrrccllou in Thessaly. Athens, Jan. 29. The Turks attacked band of Thessalonian insurgents, at Mount Pilieon, and were repulsed with a lost of sixty. The loss of tbe insurgents is trifling. An insurrection has begun in the dis trict of Arniyros, in Thcssaly. An Autograph Letter from Ihe Cxar. Bucharest, Jan. 29. General Igna- tieff has arrived here with an autograph letter from the Czar to Prince Charles of Roumania. it is feared that the Cssjr refuses to abaudon his claim to Roumanian Bessarabia. Greece Still Anxluns tar Wur. London, Jan. 29. Advises from Ath ens up to last night say order has been re-established, but tbe exasperation ot the people is increasing, Their disposition iB very warlike. Many volunteers are crossing the frontier. Why the Conditions of Peace are Sol lirued. Vienna, Jan. 29. A special from Constantinople says the delay in signing the conditions of peace is attributed to the Porte's opposition to the temporary occupation of Constantinople. United NtalCH Bonds Falilnir. London, Jan. 29. United states bonds have fallen f to 1 percent, as follows: 4h, It per cent ; 67a, i; 10 40, 1, and new fives 1J. Ashlirituieut. Havana, Jan. 29 Nicouof, Troncoso & Co., general commission house, have failed. Liabilities unknown, and said to be very heavy. No News Irnm the Pence Plenipotentiaries.London, Jan. 29 Advices from Con stantinople up to 7:30 last night, says there is no news yet from tbe lurkisn peace plenipotentiaries. Captnre or Two or Ihe F.scaped Prisoners rrtim Ihe Franklin Conuty Jail. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Gkovepobt, Jan. 29 J. R. Qlick, town Marshall of this place, caught two of the men who escaped from the county jail yesterday morning, about five miles south of here. They pasaed through here about ten o'clock this morning and were tracked nearly all the way. They grve their names as Greely and McCormick. McCor-mick is a tough looking customer. Both of them are pretty well worn out by their hard tramp. Marshall Glick was assisted by Frank S. Karey, of this place. The prisoners will be taken up to Columbus to-morrow morning. Iftestriictlve Fire at Hnasillou, Ohio. Cleveland, Jan. 29. A speeial to the Herald, from Massillon, Ohio, states that a fire early thin morning totally destroyed L. Baumerlin's Urge malt house, John Snyder's boiler shop, John Taylor's paint shop, Julius Beckel'a saloon and Hartel's billiard room, besides damaging adjoining property, owned by Jas. Jacoby, to the amount of three thouaaud dollars, which is fully insured. Loss on the malt house and din tents, $37,000;: nsured for $3000 in the following companies : Lycoming, $3000; Western, $3000; Richland, $2000; Knox, $2000, The origin of the fire is unknown. The Louisiana Hemming; Board Cases. New Orleans, Jan. 29. The hiding place of Wells is not yet discovered. The Anderson case ie progressing. In regard to the rule for contempt against United States Commissioner Lane, Deputy Collector Tomlinson and Deputy Marshalls Wursenberger and Steele, on motion it was ordered that the matter should go over until after the termination of the Anderson case. Return of IZxcnrslonlst. Savanah. Jan. 29. The San Jacinto, with a portion of the Western excursionists, arrived this morning. Twentysix of the party remained in Havana, and twenty stopped at St. Augustine. Creditors' Meetlnir. Cincinnati, Jan. 29. At a meeting of - I!. n.M ttti- o. l - . I. a mo creuiturs ui xune, xiouou at vif, "uu recently failed, a proposition to pay thirtyfive cents on the dollar was made by the attorney for the company. The net assets will reach $155,000. WASHINGTON. Proposed Amendments to the Silver Bill. A Ratio of Value of Gold and Silver to be Fixed. The Treasury and the Trade Dollar Coinage. Depredations of Contractors on Government Timber. Remission of Taxes on Insolvent National Banks. Visitors to be Excluded from the Floor of the House. AMENDMENT TO THE SILVER BILL. Washington, Jan. 29 The Senate Finance committee to-day authorized Senator Allison to offer, with its sanction, as an amendment to the Silver bill, his provision for an international money con ference, to fix a common ratio of value of gold and silver. The determination of this ratio is not, however, a condition precedent to the provisions of the bill. On the contrary, the bill, if enacted, is to go into ettect immediately and the con- lerence, it agreed to, will be held subse quently. TRADE DOLLAR COINAGE. The Treasury Department is embar- raased as to the proper course to be pursued in relation to the coinage of trade dollars. The demand for these coinB at San Francisco for export to China is quite active, sou is expected to continue to the last of April. Tbe law requires this demand to be met, but at the present Drice of silver and the gold value of the greenback dollar, trade dollars can be placed in domestic circulation at a profit of from 3 to 4 per cent, to the owners of silver bullion. A portion of the San Francisco coinage of trade dollars is coming east, and bullion dealers in New York and elsewhere in the East demand that the Philadelphia mint shall be opened for the same coinage. It is possible that the decision will be to allow deposits of silver to be made at the Philadelphia Mint for returns in trade dollars. If this is done, the coinage will he continued at San Francisco and Car son City, and all three Mintn will have work sufficient u keep them fully employed until Congress acts definitely on the silver question. The Director of tbe Mint considers it important to retain the present skilled force of workmen at the Mints, in view of the pending legislation in relation to silver coinage. TIMBER THIEVES. The Secretary of the Interior has re ceived a letter from prominent citizen of Utah giving an account of the depredations of contractors for furniahing timber of all kinds to the Union Pacific Railroad company, who states that these depredations are committed all along the liue,and that hundreds of thousands of railroad ties, stores for snow sheds, cord wood, logs and timber, all taken from Government timber lands, line the Union Pacific railroad track all the way from Tie siding to Ogden, and that theae depredations amount to millions of dollars annually. The correspondent also states the contractors have established a syBtem of peonage similar to that in Mexico, in which scores of honest, hard-working, sober and faithful men are being op pressed in the violation of everv rieht be. longing to freo men in the United States. VENEZUELAN CLAIMS. William Pile, formerly United States Minister to Venezuela, appeared to-day before the Senate committee on Foreign Affairs as counsel for the Venezuelan Government and other parties interested, and was heard in advocacy of Senator Eaton's bill providing for the annulment of the awards of the mixed commission of 1863, and for a new commission to rehear the claims passed upon by the mixed commission, and BUch other claims'as may be presented. Mr. Pile charged that the acts of the mixed commission were tainted with fraud from its creation. The ootumittee signified its intention to hear counterargument on behalf of the hold- era ot cemheates before final aoiion on the bill was taken. A TEMPERANCE PETITION. A committee of the Women's National Christian Temperance Union, consisting of Mrs. Annie Wittingmyer. MisB Francis E. Willsrd, Mrs. Mary C. Johnston and Mrs. R. Denman, are here with a temperance petition, representing twentythree States and including more than 30,000 names. THE TEXAS PACino. The House committee to-day heard Frank 8. Bond, Vice President of the Texas Pacific railroad, in favor of that measure, and J. M. Crawford, representing San Diego and Los Angeles in advocacy of the same road. CONTESTED ELECTION CASE. The sub committee of the House committee on Elections to-day heard further argument in the South Carolina contested case of Richardson v. Rainey. The subcommittee will probably report there was no election. ADVERSE REPORTS. The House Naval Affairs committee have decided to report adversely upon the claims of Secor & Co, and Nathaniel McKay & Perine, for extra compensation for building certain steam rams, etc. REMISSION OF TAXES, The Comptroller of the Treasury today advocated a proposition to extend to all insolvent National Banks remission of taxes, proposed by the bill of Senator Davis of Illinois. TWENTY CENT PIECES. The House committee on Banking and Currency, have agreed to recommend the passage of the bill discontinuing the coinage of twenty cent pieces, CONFIRMED. The Senate has confirmed the following nomination for postmaster : Robert Cow-den, Galion, Ohio. CABINET DECISION. The Cabinet decided to-day that the coinage of the trade dollar should be resumed at the Philadelphia mint, Xl.Vlb congress First Session. SSSATI. Mr. Edmunds introduced a bill to make the 22d of February a legal holiday in the uininci or ioiuniDia. neierrea. Air. Howe, Irom tbe committee on Library, reported favorably on the HouEe joint resolution accepting Carpenter's painting of Lincoln and his Cabinet. Mr. Edmunds said while grateful to the giver, be did not think the picture was of that art character to place in the Capital. After some debate, tbe resolution was agreed to jeas 43, nays 7. Mr. Edmunds submitted a resolution instructing the committee on Military Affairs to inquire and report whether, at any time since July 28, 1866, any person has been appointed to the army contrary to section 28 of the act of that dtte, or contrary to section 1218 of the Revised Statutes. Agreed to. Daring the morning hour Mr. Beck called up tbe resolution submitted by him, declar ing it unnecessary to impose taxes lor the purpose ot a general sinking tund. Mr. Beck said he introduced the resolution for the purpose of obtaining an expression of the sense of the two Houses of Congress upon what he considered to be tbe most portant question now before Congress, and that was, how could taxation best be re duced so a9 to relieve tbe people from the oppression under which tbey labor, and at the same time meet 'he requirements of the Govsroment. He read from a late report of the Secretary of the Treasury, showing that there would be a deficiency at the end of the next nscal year amounting to $71,438,000 in tne receipts ot toe uovernrnent as compared with its expenditures upon the present basi?; and continuing bis argumeut, Mr Beck said his object was to satisfy the Senate . that Gongresi was not under obligation to maintain or Impose taxes tor tne purchase ot bonds tore sinking tund. He thought he could show where thirtv millions of dollars could be saved from the customs service, internal revenue and the management of Indian affairs, but at the present, he would confine himself to the sinking fund Be again quoted from the. re port ot the aecretarv ot tho Treasury to show that the sinking fund now contained two hundred and twenty million dollars in excess of the amount required by law for mat tuno at the present tune, lie nrgued that all pledges and obligations the Government had to make provision for the sinking fund had been practically carried out, He asked why we Bhould be so anxious to pay the bonds in advance of our pledges and obligations? Our bonds were hitrb enoucrh now. Tbe public creditors were not suffering, neither was tneir security aiminisuing. The property of the United States was increasing in value and the public debt was a mortgage upon the whole of it. Thesinkingfund was amply provided for at least five years to conie, sna it seemed to mm clear that it was tho right and duiy of Congress now to reduce taxation. He next referred to tho passage of the act of March 3, 1875, to further protect the sinking fund and argued that if the stme information had been before Congress men in regard to the sinking fund as now, that act, imposing the taxation it did, would never have been passed, lie ciuoti'd from the debates on that bill nnd said Mr. Dawes, who had charge of the bill in the House of Representatives, had been grossly deceived by the Treasury officials. He (Beck) now had faith that the committees of the two Houses of Congress would reduc e taxution in tbe interest ol the people. All that any country could do. and what this country nau none, was to apply its surplus revenues to the payment of its debts. Mr. Merrill and Mr, Dawes gave uotice that they would have something to say about this resolution hereafter. Upon the conclusion of Mr. Beck's remarks the resolution was laid over and consideration resumed of unfinished businers, being tho Silver bill, and Mr. Wallace spoke in favor thereof. Ho was followed by Mr. Bayard, opposing the bill. Mr. Gordon presented the resolutions of a public meeting held at Rome, Georgia, in favor of the remonetization of silver and for the repeal of the Specie Resumption act. Referred.Mr. Dawes then spoke in opposition to the Silver bill. . Mr. White spoke against the bill. His position on the silver question has been plainly indicated heretofore. Mr. Cameron of Wisconsin submitted an amendment to the Silver bill, so as to provide that a dollar shll consist of 420 grains of standard silver, instead of 412sf grains. Ordered printed. Mr. Burnside submitted an amendment to the clause declaring that said dollar shall be a legal tender for all debts, public and private, amounting to sums over $500, Ordered printed. The Vice President iail before tho Senate a message from the President, enclosing copies of the report of ths Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the General Land Office, in answer to a Senate resolution of the ten'.h ultimo, in regards to payments to Indians. Referred. Mr. Christianey then took the floor to speak upon the Silver bill, but yielded to Mr Hamlin, on whose motion the Senate went into Executive session, and when the doorsjwere reopened, adjourned. HODSH. Mr. Durham, from the C3mmittes on Appropriations, reported a bill making appropriations for detecting trespiss on tho public lands. Referred. Mr. Stephens introduced a bill to make importers use the metric Bystem of weights and measures. Referred. Mr. Butler presented tho memorial of the Norfolk conference of Unitsriau and other Christian churches, and of Walpole, Massachusetts, declaring that honesty was tbe vital part of religion, and'protesling against the passtge of Ibe Blaud Silver bill. Referred.Mr. Butler Mr. Sneaker, will vou b3 kiud enough to send me tbe Biblo from your desk ? Laughter After searching for the passage he desired, amid great laughter, Mr. Butler sent to the Clerk's desk aud had read a passage from the second chapter of St, John, which describes Christ driving the money changers from the temple and saying to them, "Make noj my father's house a houssof merchandise."Mr. Butler After that reproof I have no further word to say. Great laughter 1 After a romewhat amusing discusion of tne subject ot admissions to tne tloor, a resolution was adopted directing that the rule be rigidly onforned, and that the issuing of passeB bo discontinued. The Speaker stated that after to-dav he would revoke all passes; that ex-members of congress desiring admission to tho tloor should file a declaration lhat they are not interested in pending legislation, and that the execution of the rule would exclude employes, clerks to committees and private secretaries.Mr. Kenns, from tho committee on Commerce, reported back the bill to recognize the Woodruff ecientific expedition around the world. The bill grants for the purpose of the expedition an American register to a foreign built vessel. After discussiou, the bill was passed yeas iui, nays luu. Adjourned. . Texan Greasers Raiding; in Mexico. Galveston, Texas, Jan. 20. The News' Laredo special Bays : Reports have reached here that a party of hfty Mexicans, mostly from Texas, under command of Colonel T. Salinas, an adherent of iiaredo, attacked the towns of Uandela, Sevinas and Hidalgo, in the State of Tamaulipas, on the 22d inst. They seized the principal men of these towns and forced them to pay six thousand dollars. So rapid were their movements that the inhabitants thought there were three separate parlies. The cavalry started in pursuit of them from different points. upon which they separated and twenty of the band crossed into Texas below Laredo last night. It is said the raid was planned at this place. Rnllroad Conference. New York. Jan. 29. Colonel Scott. William H. Vanderbilt, Messrs. Jewatt, Garrett, Catsatt, Blanchard and Commissioner Fink, met to-day in reference to the ireignt question. Ihev remained in session for some time, but owing to the absence ot xJIisb, of tbe Boston and Albany, and Hickson, of the Grand Trunk, no uennue action was taken, with the exception of settling and equalizing freights between New York and Boston. They have approximated to a settlement, and hope at their meeting to-morrow to settle matters harmoniously, to which time they adiourned. Messrs. Bliss and Hickson, now on their way, are expected to De present. CRIME AND CASUALTY. Arrest or a Mnrderer Abont to Com mil Holclde. Pittsburg, Jan. 29. Frank Lynch would-be-suicide, waB arrested on the b ort Wayne railroad bridge, over the Allegheny, last night, tbe officer coming upon him while he was preparing to jump. While he was being taken to tbe station house Lynch confessed to having murder ed his little child, a boy two years and a halt old, by throwing him into the river on the night of the 3th of December. At that time Mrs. Lynch was living at Glee field, a few miles down the river, she naving separated irom her husband and retaining the child. She came to tbiscity bringing the child with her; was met at the station by her husband, and on her way over the river tbey quarreled. Lynch knocked the woman down, and seiz ing the child, lied. He secreted himself until dark and then started over the river. On bis way over, he says, the thought struck him that now was the time to end the little one's troubles, and lifting mm on his arms, dropped him into the stream. He got work on a steamboat next day and went down the river, but his conscience troubled him, and when he came home a few days ago, he went to bis wite and confessed the deed, and while she was overcome with the tidings, he again made his escape. An intorination for murder was made against him, and the officer following him to this city was just in time to prevent sell-murder. Lynch has been committed for trial. Another Treasurer in Trouble. Boston, Jan. 29. Beniamin E. Batesi was the late Treasurer of the Lewistoni Massachusetts, mills. It is found upon examination of the books that he has averted to bis own use two hundred thousand dollars, borrowed for the company, giving his own obligations therefor. Mr. Bates is reported very wealthy, and it may be his estate will meet all his obligations. F.sploslou Averted. Montreal, Jan. 29. The attempt an night to blow up the Institute Cana dian building was averted by the timely discovery of the explosion package in the main. This is the institute "O.ui- bard," excommunicated for belonging to Donovan. Fatal Accident. Pittsburg, Jan. 29 William Man- son, of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, was instantly killed at Altoona, to-day, while trying to board a moving train. He was caught in one of the pillars supporting tho roof of the depot and terribly mangled. THE INDIANS. Nittlug Bnll Huh Not Crossed the Line and lines Not Intend To He nnd Ills People Tired or War-Other Reports from fllo Indian Country. Helena, Mont.. Jan. 29. The Inde pendent publishes the following: Major Walsh, of the Northwest mounted police. commandant of Fort Walsh, Canada. near which Sitting Bull and other hostile ndians are now located, arrived in Helena to-day, eight davs out from Fort Walsh. When Major Walsh left, Sitting Bull, Little Knife and thirtyfive lodges were at the east end of the police post, Cypress mountains, where they intend to remain during the winter. The night before leaving, Major Walsh received a message from Sitting Bull. saying that he heard the Americans were coming to fight him and hia people; that they were tired of blood, and would move nearer the police stations. He desired Maior Walsh to speak to the White Moth er for him. Spotted Eagle sent him a message at the same time, Baying that he was awaiting the arrival of one hundred and Bixty lodges of his people, who were coming from Spotted Tail agency. That if they would obey the requirements of Major Walsh they could remain with him, and if not, they must go by, and he, too, would move to the Cypress mountains. It is not improbable these latter are the Indians reported to General Miles. Major Walsh says that at no time Bince his arrival has Sitting Bull's camp crossed the line to American soil, He has re ceived daily messages from him since the lerry Commission returned. 1 heir movement across the line, without his knowledge, would be impossible, and ho would promptly advise General Gibbon in that event. The Sioux camp is not situated. Spotted E'igle, with onehundredjodges, is at Piuto Butte, and others are scattered along the White Mud river and in the Wood mountains, where the Buffalo are plenty. His condition is irreconcilable with warlike intentions. Colonel McLeod, the commander of the mounted police, is here and corroborates the above. No credence has been attached here to the rumors of Sitting Bull having crossed the line, Msjor Walsh's statements are deemed in the highest degree trustworthy. Grocers1 Meet Ins; In Favor or a Free Oil Pipe Law. Pittsburg, Jan. 29 The Board of Wholesale Grocers held a special meeting this afternoon, to ascertain the feelings of the members in regard to the action of the Chamber ol Commerce in passing resolutions adverse to the Free Pipe bill now pending in the Legislature The meeting was largely attended. After a preamble setting forth that the action of tbe Chamber of Commerce misrepresents the merchants of this city and placeB them in a false light before the residents and tradesmen of the oil regions, and admitting that the prosperity of this city is closely allied to theirs, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we are opposed to all monopolies in any branch of business. manufacturing, mining, producing or of railroads, and are opposed to all class or special legislation that wjll benefit a few to the detriment of the many. Resolved, That we are in favor of a general free pipe line, that will grant privileges alike to all our citizens, so that no individual or corporation can have any special privilege or advantage. Resolved, That what' we demand for ourselves we cheerfully concede to all, and we hereby extend our sympathy to the people of the oil region in their struggle with the monopoly that has been and is still destroying their nros perity, and that we will use our influence for the enactment of a general free pipe line law. Resolved, That we are alwayB in favor of a free, fair and equal competition with these rights and advantages. A city or community that can not retain its trade and commerce deserves to fail. A call is published this evening, Bigned by over two hundred of the best firms in the city, for a meeting of citizens and business men on Thursday afternoon to take action on this subject. Assignment of a commercial Note Dealer. New York, Jan. 29. The schedule of E. J. Kunning jr., a Wall street dealer in commercial paper, Who has made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors, was filed to-day. Liabilities $1,854,004. The assets consist mainly of notes. The nominal value of notes by others, given ELLIOTT, OPTICIAN, 7 south xiigoh: street, (A.T HOWARD'S) Treats all Optical Defects of the ners ills patrons may be assured ot skillful and laithlnl treat menU Very respcettully refers to any of the skill, nl physicians of Ihlscify. d.vit DIED. Haykb-Oo Tueflday, January 29. at 6:50 p. m. rs.HL, lumot aaugfUer ot J. Land aary a. Hayes. Funeral Thursday nfternnnn. at 2 nVlnrlr from tho residence of tho parents, No. 277 r.usi, rnena street. at New Advertisements. Important to all who Value Their Sight. NOTIOE TO THE PUBLIO-UPON THE urgent request of the citizens of Colum but. I have opened a nermanent branch in this city tor the sale of my I'utont Russian Pebble Mliectaclea, which have received the hiKhet Award, Medal and Diploma at tho Centennial Kxnoattinn. REMEMBER THE WIGHT 18 PRICELESS. It is therefore neceasnry that pernons in want of Spectacles Bhould go to a practical Optician and have them Dronarlv adapted to their vision. The Russian pebble opectaciea are warranted to strengthen aod improve the niyht, and should they ever fail in cane of siclinefjH.other glasses will be supplied iiee of elmrRo- J. DIAMOND, THE OPTICIAN, 11 and 13 E Blate 8t Al. Seltzer A Coa Music Store. A full line of Optical. Mathematieal anil Piiiloflonliical Instrument! always on hand and for sale at lowest rates. jaoO 6m 1 -lp NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY. SOUTHEHN DlflTItTCT OF OHIO. 1 At Coi-DJtEUS,the Ulith Pay of Jjiii.,A.1.W8 B8, THE UNDER3IGNED HEREBY GIVE'i NOTIOE of his appointment as assignee of uiii ciam ana Mar mi an u. biain. oi uo nim bus, in the county of Frunklin and State, of Ohio, within said iJ'ritrict, who have ben KJiiiflced Bankrupts upon thoir own pet lion. by tho District C jurt of mud District. F. F. D. ALBERT, Anaijmee of J. Gill Blaln nnd Marshall O. Bialn, Bankrupts. janJU febG1312 4p LAME BACK!! Four PbyfllcinuN, Of world-wide reputation, constituted tlie medical jury at the Centennial, who decided that the manufacturers of Beuson's Capcine Porous Plaster were entitled to the onlv award of mRrit given for porous planters. For Lame and Weak Back, Rheumatism and Kidney Com-plainta, the above articls ; is the best remedy ever invented or known. Iih superiority to the ordinary porous plaster in very marked. BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER Relieves Pain at Oiice. And cures quicker than any known plnster.lini-ment, or compound. II Moot ben. It t ntiieii?tniiN, IMinrH. I'millon Each genuine Benhon's Oancine Planter has the word Capaine cut through it, Take no other. Bold by all druggists. Pr.ce 25c. jau30 d w s 2p wtiin CENTRAL BANK, 'COLUH11US, OHIO. NICHOLAS SCHLEE HAS PURCHASED the eniro interest of N. Merion in this Bank; and said Merion'sestate is now in no wise connected with said liauk. MADKL1NK MERIUN, Kxtrr, FliANK MEItlON, Ex'or, Of N. Merion. N. SCHLEE. Columbus, January 20, 1818. Uu30 4t by the assignor as collateral for loans to him $481,104; actual nothing. Total nominal assets $618,843; actual $4847. Nllvcr Mass Meeiltio; Postponed. New York, Jan. 20. The mass meeting in favor of the remonetizing of silver, which was to have been held to-morrow night, has been postponed until Friday evening, in order to accommodate some Senators and Congressmen who could cot leave Washington to-morrow. Tho HlcbiRiifl Conuty Murder. A corrrespondent of the Cleveland Leader gives the following sketch of Edward Webb, now on trial in Mansfield for the murder of William S. Finney : At 11 o'clock the Sheriff brought Webb into the room and seated him beside his attorneys. He appeared cool and untroubled. From time to time he looked coinplacedly around the room, and a broad grin overspread his ebony visage whenevpr anything bordering on the ridic ulouB was brought out in the impannel-iug of the jury. On going out of the room at noon for his dinner with the Sheriff he was amused by a remark of a bystander and broke out into a hearty laugh, which reeounded throughout the court room. He evidently does not appreciate bis solemn situation. He iB a full-blooded negro of five feet nine inches, very heavy Bet, and somewhat stoop-Bhouldered. Hieebony-colored face is covered with a short, curly brard. Bis forehead is low and receding. HiB nose is somewhat flattened and his lips thick and sensual. Add to euch features a head of the shape of a bullet, fastened by a ehort, thick neck to a heavy-set frame, dressed in a rough blue overcoat, a pair of brown overalls and a dirty-colored shirt, and you see Webb as he appears sitting in theEichlar.d county court room, not two feet from your reporter.His autobiography is as follows: He was born in South Tennessee; was reared near Huntsville, Alabama, where he lived until his nineteenth yearaB a slave. At this time he was liberated by some Yankees, and entered the First Ohio infantry. From here he enlisted in the Fifth United StateB colored regiment, and served in the Army of the Potomao under Oenerals Butler and Terry. He was in the army twentyeeven months, and took part in the battles of Petersburg, Richmond and Fort Fisher. After being discharged he came to Manfield, where he has been ever since. This is his story. Subsidies. A Washington special of the 28th to the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette says : The anti-subsidy resolution passed in the House to-day, by so large a majority, oceaBions no alarm amongst tbe friends of several important measures pending. The use of Baker, Republican, for the introduction of this resolution, was an adroit move by the Democrats, who did not wish to antagonise the important Southern interests involved. Out of the large vole in favor of thB resolution it is claimed there are at least fifty who will support the Mississippi levees, and who will aleo unite in the vote for the extension of time to the Northern Pacific railroad, and the bill for a Southern route to the Pacific. Several sessions since Mr. Holman introduced a resolution of a similar charaoter, and in the same session, just after, the credit Mo-biller bill was pasBed. Eye In the most scienti.e man I Loirs. Singing Setaoole, Societies SHOULD USB The Salutation $12.00 per doz Zion ?Z or The Encore 17.50 per doz Perkins's Singing School Johnson's Chorus Choir Instruction Book ?-Z The first two re firBt class Church music books, by L. O. Emerson and W. O 1'arkmn. and have full instructive ooursea. The last three are fi.ted especially for Singing Schools by the very best talent. How for a spirited Winter and Spring einging Class. Also, give now interest to the year's practice by getting up one ot our 40 t antalui (send for circulars.) Five of them are: Bcl.haiczar ...Butterfleld. 81 25 Don JHtnilo Dudley Buck. 150 Joseph's Bondage Chadwick. 1 25 Prodigal Hon Sullivan. 1 25 WalpurKlsNlgtat... Mendelssohon. 80 Belshrezar and Joseph's Bondage are dramatized and are splendid musical drunias. OLIVE K niTHOSi A CO., Boston. O. H. MTSON CO., J. B MTSON CO., 813 Broadway, 022 Chestnut Street, New York. Phlla. jn30 Jwswlj the Connecticut MUTUAL Life Insurance Company, Of H &BTFOB.U, CONN. OrganlBfd 1816. Charter Perpetual. Net Asscls.Joo. 1,1870, 8 11,102,0(15. 53 RECEIVED IN 1876. For Pre- liilnm... 80,725,120 67 larluter- et and Kent 8,893,903 46 80,019,114 13 51,081,179 60 DISBURSED IN 1870. To Policy nolders 86,018,758 08 ihis Company is purely mutual, not havins a dollar of stock. Us policy holders are the only members of the Corporation. It is therefore in effect, a simple partnership of persons for insuring each other's lives. There being no stock, there can be no Bale ol the Company from one set fif owners and manager to another; but its attnirs remain perpetually in the entire control of the members themselves, to elect a board of twelve directors each year. This board meets weekly, and directly supervises all the business of the Company. The Company issues whole life policies with either onnual premiums for life, which it' pro-fers end recommendB, or with a limited number of premiums: It will also Issue long-term endowments. Experience has shown that these are the most advantageous forms of policies, both to the individual and to the Company. We stall, therefore, restrict our-aelves to them. The surplus earned in any year is returned to the following year, onl by reduction of premium, thus limiting the payments to the actual current cost of the insurance. In thirty years, this association of men, united in Interests aud purposos, as a single feature in its history, has paid to the representatives of seven thousand five hundred and sixty members who have died, the va.t sum of twenty-five millions one himdred and twenty-nine thousa- d five hundred and thirty.six dollars - $aa,lBO,38G.OO - aa follows: Claims Paid In Each Yenr from Organization, December 15, 1816. 1810 ( 187 .'. 3,500 00 1S4S 17,751 00 1840 82,000 00 1850 103,716 27 1851 1116,887 0 180,417 00 18t3 186,152 73 1854 258, 1S2 tO 1895 28 900 03 1856 2U8 920 77 1357 238,825 00 1858 213,950 00 1869 ;-6J,919 58 8110 2-23.4O0 00 1801 254,440 28 1862. 339.59'J 00 180a 376,890 OO 1864 482,381 00 1865 768,137 IS I860 072,632 72 1867 1,193,87 68 1868 1,266,075 00 I860 1,428,787 00 1870. 1,762,369 28 1671 1, 792,268 83 1872 2,209 991 60 1873 2,372,360 17 1874 2,;,76,2U3 71 1876. 2,673,362 27 1870. 2,271,718 00 Total amount paid to Dec. 31, 1870 825,139,536 88 Facts and figures like these commend themselves to the intelligence aud )udgmeot of all men. They osrry uouviction upon bare presentation, and need no argument or illustration to demonstrate their significance. JAMES GOODWIN, President. JACOB Ij. UREEN1T, Kec'y. JOIISi M. TAYI.OB, ANs't fiec'y. .H. WELLS, ad Aaa't Sec'y.; K.D.DOUGLS,i,Snpt of Agencies GEO. W. FACKIEE.Gon'l Ag't, CINCINNATI, O. F. J. EMIEY, Special Agent, COLUMBB8, O. T The Jimo.lonrnal AnTrirHJlTIO J"" 'he Isruiint circula. n. ii 1111$, 1 tlon or any daily in Oea; llrW Ulus,