| Show i M i L AS isral ispan TO tue TUB D wr us ss f aak co xvi A i ia iw zook i X 51 ba HOUSE washington 29 logan from the military committee reported adversely tow toa bill permitting retired army and navy officers to hold civil offices various private bills were passed when the house proceeded to the business on the speakers table and disposed of a large number of unimportant bills the senate bill granting lands to aid the construction of a railroad and telegraph from portland to astoria mcminnville me oregon excited a long debate holman said gald this bill appropriated nine hundred and forty thousand acres of the public land he had stated on a former occasion that there were ninety bills pending appropriating over a hundred million acres but he had bad since learned that this estimate was far below the reality and that the number of was over a hundred and seventy g over two hundred and nifty fifty millions of acres since the establishment of the government had been i giveaway given give awny away for purposes of f education seventy i millions of of acles acres of public langsand land lands band baud sand and one hundred and twenty nive five millions of acres to build buildup dp the fortunes of unscrupulous men haa baa had noles noless than one brie hundred and nifty fifty millions mill lons ions of acres had been granted to corpo corporations atrops within the last ien len ten years yearn u g that policy were continued it would not be a long atme till there were nonpublic no public lands left for homestead and pre pro purposes for which purposes ten fen millions of acred acrea were weid taken yar holman continued to au bength against ian jan d gra grants I 1 nt a sargent aind and fitch tp tv roh ron man mccormick spoke briefly in favor javor of railroad land grants I 1 smith of oregon ar argued guedin in support of the bill as in the int interest erbst of settlers present and prospective 11 1 at the tha close of the discussion holman moved to refer the bill te to the committee on public lands which was 75 to 93 the bill then passed 97 to 69 A large number of senate bills were appropriately referred garfield from the committee on banking and currency reported a bill to increase banking facilities which was re committed on motion of schenck it was agreed to adjourn from thursday next to monday the business on the speaker Speak erra erfa table was taken up the senate Benat eill elli hill to fix the point othe unton dinou and central pacific railroads was wab I 1 as bed eed schenck rose to move a committee of the ther whole on the tariff bill judd offered a resolution that all hil s special p ecial orders in a committee of tiie the whole wh 61 e be postponed till after the consideration of the general calender lu to committee he said his big purpose was to pass over the tariff bill and reach the bill introduced by himself which only consisted of three sections and which reduced the tariff and Int internal ernal ernul maxs after an kin animated discussion judels resolution was rejected GENERAL IS NEW EW yore YORK the court room during I 1 charlands cF arlands trial was more crowded in e tomy today to day than it has been for many days dayi greeley was again placed on the stand and testified i in substance that during his la last st interview with mcfarland the latter related the incidents connected with the first shooting up town on being cross examined by graham he said that richardson was never regularly connected with the tribune he was not personally interested in the cabe case graham then asked a question relative to the aster house marriage and said he proposed to show the bias of the witness and that he was implicated in this affair greeley said he remembered writing an article on the subject of revenge having this case in his mind he never wrote or caused to be written any editorial in reference to the case in any paper but the tribune witness was interviewed by a reporter of the sun but did not know who he was at the t time me of being interviewed and did not suppose it would be published u dished graham read the account of t the e interview greeley denied several en shedid notary mcfan i land had relinquished all claims to his wife he did not bay aay the testimony would go against mcfarland or that he was a bad man he did not say that helkaa asas an inebriate inetri taie laie a and nd a vi du jd rascal he did not threat threaten e n mcfarland mcfarlin na I 1 and did not 31 ot consider it sufficient for forth rh mailato manto had relinquished ail ali all claim elium to his wife to be competent for a divorce he did believe be he had given up his wife but never said BO so to richardson he never encouraged mrs mcfarland in her attachment he did speak of it to mrs sinclair but never ever he did tild not remember the prisoner calling upon him biro for a letter of recommendation to the office of register of bankruptcy graham showed two letters of Gree greeleys greelegs Greeley leys sto to mcfarland one addressed my friend the other dear sir 11 these letters were as truthful as letters of recommendations generally are witness gave mrs calhoun a letter af introduction to henry ward beecher when richardson chardson Ei was wag on his death bed BALTIMORE altimore the work has commenced on the great tunnel connecting the baltimore and potomac by the northwestern section of this city RICHMOND the supreme court of appeals of virginia decided that the enabling act passed by by the legislature was constitutional and that El ellison ligon and not cahoon caboon is the lawful mayor of the city and that all the acts of ellison elifson in accordance with mith the state law are legal leal leral al and binding cyd Cli caboon cahoon hoon under his formal agreement will retire from the field and ellison remain Mayor the court in this opinion which voluminous ann ari arto ario covers baigis e vry dry point dint raised lau lae NC gen oen roberte lee arrived d an on the southern last evening even ipg log h bis I 1 9 h health hith bith has been improved by his sout bout southern bouthern h ern trip but fears feats are ar i e entertained by his friends tha he will never recover his former vigor the excitement created by the newspapers from riehmond richmond yesterday has noflet subsided many of the friends and relative sor the killed and wounded reside in this city 1 CHICAGO 1 A nire lire fire at no nd 0 0 state street at ht midnight destro destroyed jed property of the value of badr several persons narrowly escaped perishing in the thel lf lames flames the times washington special shag he has learned from official sources that thov thol statements the ants sentience sen thence relative iel lel atle atie to the indian troubles in the northwest north west are sire exaggerated and are ard not official the information that 2000 20 6 0 sioux S were on the gai gal wr path the agent of the tribe denies emphatically the military committee has agreed to report a bill giving the city of st louis the arsenal grounds for a h public park providing only ground enough for a building for storage purposes purpose the second comptroller of the treasury rules that the decision of the supreme court relative to bounties only applies to the thirty nine nino regi regiments mentEL of infantry and one of or cavalry called palled for by the proclamation 0 may mi may y 3rd ard 1861 which regiments regime tits lits only are entitled to the bounties the house in a committee of the whole today to daybed day reduce uce I 1 te ti eta ta alff on railroad iron froh from sixty cents the tribune tribunes s despatch says a bill has passed parsed the house for far tie tio the tle establishment of a department of justice and is designed to reduce the expenses now incurred by extra legal services it appears that the amount paid in 1867 exclusive of the trial was in the aggregate nearly a hundred thousand dollars during he the period from 1861 to 1867 the amount paid wm M U evarts alone was over forty seven thousand dollars NEW YORK the protestant episcopal mission society held its annual meeting last evening rev bev dr potter was elected president the missions were reported to be in a prosperous condition among the appropriations authorized by the new tax levy are half a million dollars foran increased supply of water a hundred thousand for a foundling hospital six hundred thousand more for the new court house job three millions for new docks four thousand for a relapsing fever hospital the mayor and comptroller are to have fixed galai ries the civil justices of the city are to have a new college commodore vanderbilt alderman barker and several others othera were arrested for fast last driving yesterday and taken to the manhattan station house from which after two hours detention they were rele nele released aked abed by the justice I 1 I 1 dispatches Des patches from elch Aich richmond mond up to midnight give further details of the appalling calamity and of the condition of the wounded nelson and judge merdith are improving and will ree recover over oven rush bush burgess successor of gen mumford as internal revenue collector is woree and in agony indescribable the following members of the legislature gare tire fire i sall sail kelly keily af of Spott sylvania vania who iwho was ii hurt and hurd hug senator lator from Spott sylvania A messenger from arom go v Well weil sat half past he is more comfortable A large number of funerals took place this morning the weather being warm the bodies could be kept no longer Rici RICHMOND iMOND twelve funerals of the victims of the recent disaster took place to those of schofield and captain charles chie chief of the fire department all of which were very largely attended governor walker hag haa written a letter to general canby thanking him for his kindness in furnishing a surgeon and other attentions tent ions to the wounded this afternoon all the city property in the possession of mayor cahoon was transferred to mayor ellison Ell eli lson W C dunham agent of the B S 8 line Ii neone yone jone of the victims of the recent disaster died today to day ex state treasurer J B S cavert is believed to be dying offers of aid have been received from new york philadelphia baltimore and other places canby has issued ord orders drs relinquish i ing the command of the depar department ament of virginia I 1 general canby and stair staff left ton tonight to n ight night for washington 1 READING BEADING PA samuel may ers era for thirty years the publisher publish erand and proprietor 1 of the ha berks county press annd arid the oldest printer in this city died yesterday bater aged 78 NEW ayrer Cummings 1 car ear factory an and d an extensive foundry adjacent au in jersey city were burned to ta tonight night ahe he loss is estimated at A hon wm montgomery merk merj an ex mem berda ber beb of Con congress griss died a at if his hib residence at washington last night 1 11 I 1 eva daugh daughter teb tei of admiral da dahlgren dahigren died today to day the official vote of fhe dominicans shows rs for and land against annexation to G the 17 41 S lattie LITTLE E IT Y 29 chas smith an old man of bf sixty killed his wife with an axe in a quarrel yesterday NEW YORK deputy naval officer cornell tomell franklin presented his resignation today to day after thirty years of honorable service contributions are being received for the richmond riehmond rich Bich mond sufferers the chamber of commerce will hold a meet meeting ingon on monday to take steps to raise funds the fenian raid on canada is indefinitely postponed the funeral of judge A D russell bussell took place yesterday at grace church the body was interred in greenwood cemetery hon john bigelow late B S minister to france sails with his family on the city ody of brooklyn for a three years absence in germany the accounts of bailey have not yet been settled by the internal revenue depart department ment went but it is understood der stood that as soon as the actual in indebtedness is ascertained baileys sureties will make good the amount commissioner delano has ordered the officers to ascertain if the report be correct that bailey is now living on the farm of ex dollci solicitor tor ton jordan bosto BOSTON N beerah colburn Colbur ni an english engineer formerly editor of the london enque ren suicide d at belmont on monday BALTIMORE near assa virginia a woman named ellen bunting killed an idiot with whom she had been drinking in her husbands four companies of the infantry en route from north carolina to dakota passed through here today to day CHICAGO A heavy frost wa reported last night in central illinois the Tribune tribunes 18 washington special says bays the bribery investigation case opens larger fields and the inquiry may not be concluded for two or three weeks cincinnati the chamber of commerce has unanimously passed resolutions of sympathy with the citizens of richmond and virginia and paying a special tribute to the great worth of henry ablett washington the supreme court adjourned today to day to the lat monday in october SARATOGA A fire today to day destroyed een Zen benedicts edicts steam maliand mill and the freight depot of the Rens ellear and saratoga railroad and its contents together with three cars the aggregate loss amounted to NEW W vor yok the tribune tomor to mor row will contain acard a card from horace greeley giving givin g the facts with regard to the employment of private counsel in the prosecution on of mcfarland the card bf iss very vary lengthy and amounts simply to statements that richardson was a friend whom he highly esteemed and he believed him guiltless of wrong in the tro matter w which hicl brought brab abou about his death and thit khattat tat the we suggestion su glesti on of other friends frienda of diio had an interview with the district attorney and secured the service of judge davik davie to assist in the prosecution am S A fire this afternoon destroyed the large building no 81 centre st occupied by the new york printing co loss G W alexander book binder also lost all insured ii the loss of the building vas was evansville IND A large mill and bash sash and door factory was vas burned last night loss no in su burance rance five dwellings were also destroyed st total loss not half insured FOREIGN PATHS many political meetings were held throughout the country yesterday they were excited and turbulent those who assembled in this eity elty shouted vivela la the prime minister was violently attacked by the Bp speakers eakers isho who styled him a renegade and trai trat traitor torand fand find on the breaking up odthe of the meeting the cries for a republic were repeated and in many cases the people eople separated sing ilg ing the marseillaise Marseil marsell laise 1 PARIS the meetings held yesterday to discuss matters relative to the ft altum tur turbulent blint than ever one held by the opponents of th enle enie bisel turn in this city was dissolved by the au authorities on the accusation of he Emperor it jhc was proposed that the p without t rioting though they expressed their disapproval by cheering for the republic and A singing the he marseillaise Marseil laise many other meetings were yvere held heid in this city which however were generally orderly at some of these it was resolved thad thac all those in avor favor of h republic would vote no about thirty nive five refugees bes who llave bave henf henn serf seir compromised promised fir fit the late lafe troubles in spain arrived in france yesterday further demonstrations on the lank pant part jart of the students are expected on oil the oper ing of the thel medical college next monday 1 LONDON lonbon the project of a ship canal from liverpool to manchester hlis hits again been revived the condition of the archbishop of tyr canterbury Canter bur is less alarming than reported MADRID the journals deny the rumored withdrawal of serrano to make way for the 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