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Show GEXKItAL Hlieclnl Senate BeSHlon. Washington, 19: The Senato met, with no more thau twenty-four members mem-bers present at the opening of proceedings. proceed-ings. Harlan remarked that it appeared ap-peared from tho decision of yesterday and the day before, that certain advance ad-vance copies of what purported to be the Treaty of Washington were communicated communi-cated to the members of tho Senate, before the official document was communicated com-municated to this body on the 10th inst. Tho Vice-President reminded the Senator that the Senato hd not yet promulgated the fact that any such treaty had been communicated to the Senate. Harlan begged pardon, but thought the Senate had, by its recent proceedings, so declared. Sumner said the resolutions adopted yesterday, in special Senate, advertised to the world that tho Senate had in its pos-sesson pos-sesson an official copy of tho treaty. Harlan offered tho opinion that it would be proper to call each Senator who was supposed to have had an advance ad-vance copy of the paper, that he might be examined before the eommittee. He made the suggestion in order to relieve the delicacy of any Senator in the matter. The members of that committee, so far as he had conferred with them, regarded this as tho thing proper to he dene. Morrill, of Maine, suggested that there were several other copies furnished furnish-ed outside of those placed in the hands of members of the committee on foreign relations; therefore the examination exam-ination should be extended to all Senators Sena-tors who had obtained advance copies. Several voices: "certainly, that should be done." Fcnton said, "I am glad my friend from Iowa, Mr. Harlan, has made the request that those Senators who were furnished with advance copies of the Treaty of Washington, should be examined ex-amined by the investigating committee, with a view to their vindication, as it affords me an opportunity to make a statement, and suggest for myself, and, so far as I have a right, for others, that every member of the Senate may appear before tho committee for the same purpose. I read from the Patriot, Patri-ot, of this city, in an article referring to this investigation, as follows: 'During 'Du-ring the last two days, Carpenter and Conkling have been bold in declaring that if the Senate would insist upon its rights, and exert itseif, the committee would fasten the responsibility upon a Senator, and they have not hesitated, in a semi-public manner, almost to point to Fenton, saying, in thelanguage of Nathan to David, 'Thou art the man.' If the Senator from New York, or the Senator from Wisconsin, were present, I should ask them to state to the Senate whether in an official, semiofficial, semi-official, or any other manner they had made statements or insinuations that would warrant such a publication. publica-tion. But although they are out of their Eeats at this moment, I cannot allow the occasion to pass without saying say-ing a word. I will simply state facts. I arrived here on Wednesday, the 10th instant. I was not favored with an advanced copy, except as it was read at the Secretary's desk, until Thursday afternoon, about three o'clock, when the Senate copy was placed in my hands, full ten hours after it appeared in the Tribune. Therefore the thought by any one having far more information informa-tion than the members of the committee com-mittee had, that I had anything to do with, or knowledge of its disclosure to the Tribune, would have been entirely unwarranted by the circumstances, and most-unkind. Insinuations without the least shadow of justified suspicion, that I had anything to do with it, would have been as cowardly as base. The position of the charge would have been no less 'infamous than wanton and ridiculous. ri-diculous. I am free to say that I should not thus characterize the matter, mat-ter, had it not come to me from other sources than the Patriot, that an attempt at-tempt had been made to connect me in some way with this transaction. In conclusion, I beg to ask that every Senater have the opportunity to appear ap-pear before the committee and vindicate vindi-cate himself under such forms and solemnities so-lemnities as the committee may pre-cribe." pre-cribe." Harlan moved that the Senate proceed pro-ceed to the consideration of executive business. Morton said he desired to make a statement. He had.been informed of an attempt to connect his name with the violation of secrecy. Trumbull said he was sorry that the chairman of the investigating committee com-mittee was not present, but as a member mem-ber of that committee, he desired to say that so far as the examination had proceeded, there was no information from any source pointing to or indicating indi-cating that any Senator had furnished the copy of the treaty. No one had said or intimated before the committee that either the Senator from New York, or the Senator from Indiana, or any other Senator, had given to any outside party a copy of the treaty. Sumner, as a member of the select committee confirmed Trumbull's statement. state-ment. Morton remarked that the Senator from Wisconsin, Carpenter, chairman of the committee, had stated in the most pointed and significant manner that objection had been made to the examination apparently from fear of exposure, and that if it be allowed to go on the Senator would certainly be implicated. Trumbull repeated that nothing of the kind appeared before the committee. commit-tee. The Senate subsequently went into executive session on the Treaty. Steamboat Explosion. New Orleans, 19. The Times' Galveston Gal-veston special reports an explosion on the new steamer Stonewall, from Galveston, for Lake Charles, near High Island. Five men were killed, and several others injured. Desperate Fight With Indians, Helena, M. T., 19. Three mail carriers car-riers between Muscle Schell and Fort Benton, Montana, were attacked on the 10th inst by a band of Indians, numbering about forty-five, ten Hides from Fort Hawley, and a desperate fight ensued. The men, who were armed with Spencer and Winchester rifles, retreated into a thicket of willows, wil-lows, and maintained a rapid fire with telling effect upon the Indians. One man, named Joe Lee, was kuled and the other two, named Williams and Denton, were wounded, but succeeded in crossing the river on a log, and reaching a place of safety. One of the men visited the field a few days after, and found and buried Lee. The bodies of five Indians were found, and there were signs that many more dead had been carried off, besides the wounded who numbered at least twenty. It is believed they belonged to the Teton band of the Sioux, which band numbers num-bers about 600 lodees, and is regarded as being extremely hostile, even including in-cluding in their vengeance any Sioux who trades with the whites. San Francisco News. San Francisco, 19. George Dougherty, Dough-erty, the contractor who let off a blast at West Point without giving notice, whereby a man vras fatally injured, was examined in the police court to-day, and held for trial at the county court, notwithstanding the verdict of "nobody "no-body to blame," returned by tho coroner's coro-ner's jury Avery King, who ran down and killed a small boy while riding furiously furi-ously through tho streets on horseback, horse-back, will bo examined on Tuesday next, on a chargo of manslaughter, the coroner having issued a warrant against him. Clara Dodge, alias "Moon," Wm. McGrath, alias the "Billy Goat," and William Bell were arrested to day, charged with going through a soldier on the Barbary coast for f 1 SO, and thon pi'ching him out into the street. Fred Hendricks was locked up as insane. in-sane. The woman's rights convention has done nothing of special interest to-day. This is tho l!'Hh anniversary of the organization of the U. S. courts in this city. Monetary and Stocks. New York, 19. Sterling, steady. Long, lot. Govts, steady. Sixes of 81, 17; 5-20's, 02, 61-05, 113; new, 67 and 68, 14; 10-40's, 10J. Currencies, Curren-cies, 15i. Stocks firmer. W. U. T., 59. Pacific mail. 4a,-. Wells, Fargo, 46. N. Y. O., 99i. Erie, 31 1 |