Show BY TE LE GRAPH AMERICAN BALTIMORE 15 1 in a a match trotting race between the stallions jay gould Goul and bashaw jr for live thousand dollars I 1 I 1 bashaw lI broke down very soon after startling starting and was pulled up at theand the end of the first heat very lame iame e whereupon the judges lied lidd allowed hu to be withdrawn jay gould gouid was ariter wards brought out and trotted a mile mlle full weight against time making the quarter in 34 the half in yin los ios and ahe he mile in 2 igl springfield ills nib 15 at atter alter ter appropriate prop music from the bands ex governor oglesby was vas introduced and rand delivered an oration which ch was an eloquent tribute to the pres pies president ident at its conclusion the choir sang issing bea neat remt t spirit aest and two sisters of charity seabed seated sea W don on either side of the statue rose and removed the dr drapery pery of red white and blue which covered it the bands again played and amid enthusiastic applause president grant stepped forward and read the following address mr chairmen chairman ladies and gentlemen on an ve occasion caslon like the present I 1 feel it a duty on maypart my part pant to bear testimony to the great and good qualities of the patriotic man whose earthly remains remains now rest beneath this dedicated monument it was not my fortune to make the personal acquaint acquaintance aLce of mr lincoln till the beginning of the last year of the great struggle for our national exi exl existence tence during those years of doubting and despondency it gnong the many patriotic men of tho the country abraham lincoln j for a moment doubted that the thermal final result would be in favor of peace union and freedom to every rac rae I 1 eil eit IL thim this broad land his ilai falth faith thin in an all wise providence directing i our arms to this final result was iwas as tho the faith of the christian that his redeemer liveth amidst i obloquy personal abuse and hate bate undisguised andA and which was given way to without restraint through the press and the stump and mid in private circles he remained the same staunch unyielding servant of the j people never exhibiting a revenge lul lui feeling toward his traducers traduce rs but i rather pitied them and hoped for altheir own sake bake and the good name of lof their posterity that they might resist for a single moment it did nut not occur to the man lincoln he was wai being leing assailed but that a treasonable spirit one willing to destroy the best government the sun ever shone on was giving vent to itself on him as the culer calef executive of the nation only As a law yet he would have avoided all this slander for his life was a pure and simple one and no doubt he would have been a much happler happier man but who can tell what would have been the fate of the nation but for the pure unselfish and wise ad on of a linc lincoln in from march 1861 1864 to the day when the hand of an assassin opened a grave for mr lincoln then president of the U 8 lay my personal relations with him were as close and int mate as the nature of our re respective duties would permit to know him personally was to love and respect him for his great qualities of heart and head and for his patience and patriotism with all his disappointments appoint menta ments from failures on the part of those to whom he had bad in trusted commands and treachery on the part of those who had gained his confidence but to betray it I 1 never heard him utter a complaint nor cast cht a censure for bad conduct or bad faith it cashis was his nature to find an excuse for his adversary ver sary in his death the nation lost her gi eanest and the south lost its most just friend 1 I ex vice president colfax who was discovered on the platform by the crowd was loudly called for and finally spoke and in very eloquent and feeling remarks paid his tribute of love and respect to the lio ilo honored nored dead remarks were also made by general sherman shermman vice president wilson and gen U V linden after which the doxology was sung sang the benediction pronounced and the vast assemblage sem blage quietly dispersed QUEBEC 15 an attempt was made yesterday to fire the government emigrant shed here but the fire was waa discovered before any damage was done a number of emigrants were sleeping in the building at the time CHICAGO 16 A washington dispatch says that some very unjust statements have been made in regard to the reform which secre la tary B bristow isow has inaugurated since he assumed u ed the treasury portfolio portfolios and there is a disposition in some quarter quarters sto to question the bince sincerity rity of his actions that the secretary Is both earnest and determined la is well known bere here and his prompt action in the organization of the several divisions of his own office by discharging quite a num number berof of the highest salaried clerks was only y the forerunner of the policy which he be has since faithfully carried out in the v various arious branches of the treasury all over the country it is his bis purpose to continue this tilis worl work until the federal service is purged of all treasury om officials Is who may be disho dishonest nests incompetent or corrupt and he be expects the cooperation of the president to successfully cess fully accomplish the great reform NEW rew YORK 9 16 A london despatch says the compensation paid to E england by the madrid government amounts to seventy five thousand dollars forty thousand of which is paid on account of the virginius butchery the remainder covers outstanding claims england would not recognize the present government until all the claims were admitted the french consul general at this vort port Is ia calling on all male persons of bis bia ira ria nationality tiona tlona lity 1 l under twe twenty n y years i to register at the general consulate la in conformity W with ith the circular cf the french ministry lu in regard retard to military service v the board of trustees of the peabody educational fund nto are in session the board will consider the necessities of each state an and dis tribute the money in their charge in such a manner as they judge will best meet the wishes tf of the late george peabody A stage tage with four men went overboard at the asteria ferry last evening the tho men and horses were drowned the bulletin says that a commit tee of the creditors of peake opdyke co who suspended some time ago report that they have promptly taid paid eighty per cent of their inde indebtedness with hi interest terest that there was not a surplus to pay the additional twenty percent and whether that amount could be realized from the remaining assets would depend greatly upon the formation of a strong firm to succeed to the business A proposition from for of the affairs of the firm has been adopted the bases of which are that all the the debts incurred in 1874 shall be paid promptly that wm 0 peake shall place the entire assets assuta of the firm in the new firm beyond to be applied to secure the release of the special and general partners and that the entire estate of wm 0 peake real and personal shall at his death after the payment of to his widow be devoted to the payment of the remaining per cent and interest with the privilege of cancelling conc elling tiie the whole indebtedness at any time during his life time or at cents and interest at any time before 1880 writs of issue were served today to day da y on the counsel of henry ward beecher in the tilton allton libel suit the case is to be placed on the november calendar chicago IG 16 in the womans comans congress this morning interesting papers apers were read by mrs ellen eilen vitchell mitchell hell heJl of this city on fallen women and by mrs julia ward howe on the I 1 effect of education on crime thu the sessions of the congress are ate largely attended and the proceedings are very interesting eile rhe the posts washid washington ton tou special says that a dispatch received at the attorney generals generans Gener genen aes ars office this am from the U ti a m marshal marshai i arshal at montgomery ant ala states that forty two more arrests of persons guilty of outrages upon republicans and of stor stop stopping ping the U S malis maliq have been made AUGUSTA alex aiex 11 made a two and a hah hau hours speech here last evening repaid herald he sald raid the passage of the civil rights bill would work great evil and destroy the public school system of the south president grant he would do hirthe him the j justice uis tice to say had done his duty he stephens lad had no objection to a third term personally he saw no reason why a president who executed the I 1 ts faithfully laith fully should not be eitz elu ted aed for a third term if the people debliek desy dess lied it he 1116 had bad looked into the louisiana question and saw no sense kense in a hubing president grant he f spoke hopefully of odthe the future of the republic advised 4 to jib eythe the laws to suppress lawlessness and to be true truo to the constitution and union as established by our fathers he proclaimed himself a jefferson erson democrat and said that he had bad great faith in the triumph of those principles A few days since the employed emp loyes the in patent office got up a su subscription to purchase a silver bit bet t for presentation to geni leggett tho the retiring commissioner and arid the matter coming 0 to the know knowledge edga edge of assistant secretary of the interior cowen he addressed a note to gen geni leggett requesting him to furnish the names of the contributors the action of the clerks in presenting this service bervice to leggett and the acceptance of it are in direct violation of a law which congress passed a few years ago and which also provi provide dei dai that persons thus violating ag the law shall be summarily discharged there is great excitement among ahe the the clerks and today to day a lady clerk in the patent office in an interview with assistant secretary Cowen assumed the entire responsibility lity of gathering the subscriptions from the clerks and others in that thab office to purchase sethe the tea ten set bet for presentation to the retiring commissioner leggett she was informed that her admission could concern only hers elland eiland would not exempt other contributors the law requiring the summary discharge of those who contribute contributed i for such purposes sas bas FRANCISCO 16 stanford manford says that he cannot disclose business secrets relative to the reported line of screw steamers between here and china and japan he says the central pacific does not desire a combination of any kind hind with the pacific mail but he added the direct route from china to japan is ls overland and we intend to control it washington 16 the report of the union pacific railroad com eom mission ersk forth that the company compan y have more than com eom complied plied with a ajl aji the requIsItion requisitions A of previous commissions expending more for construction purposes than uhei thelA theia which the commission of 1869 estl esli estimated mated as necessary sary fary to complete the road the location of the inde machine hine shops at evanston is approved the report says the road has been ballasted ballested bal lasted throughout with sand gravel and rol roc rock k the cottonwood ties have be been replaced by pine and the road la Is effectually freed from the danger of snow show blockades A i mormon company have paid out large sums for construction and for additional facilities for handling economically the traffic of the road the books of the company show that the total cost of I 1 he completed road to oct 1874 was waa railway mall mail service was ordered today to day on the utah southern railroad from salt lake city to provo city a distance or of forty nine miles the supreme court today to day advanced the union pacific railroad tax cases on the docket and set them for argument arg dment on the 2nd and monday mondoy in december no raut motions ions lons to advance on other important cases pending but it is probable that such a motion will be made next friday in the wisconsin cases known as the grange orange cases involving the question of the right of states to regulate railroad tariff the writ of error in the case of the chinese women in california presenting the question of the power of ef the state to return improper characters brought here for vile purposes has not as yet reached this court but upon being filed it will doubtless be advanced together with the cases above named and the grant parish cases and the case involving the statutes of alexandria city will be beset set fon fan an early hearing the notice heretofore given by secretary bristow that it was his intention iu to remove one out of two of a family in the employ of the treasury was partially put into effect today to day by a notification sent kent to twenty five clerks that their services would be no longer lodger required after the the blow fell particularly heavy in tre treasurer asprer spinners Spin ners nera ea bureau at tho the adjourned meeting of the U S supreme court liel held heid today judge campbell presiding resolutions expressive of affection and respect for the late judge curtis and their grief and sense of loss that the court and the bar of the whole country sustained in his death were adopted and attorney general williams was requested to present them to the supreme court and move that they bo be entered upon its minutes reverdy johnson and others delivered eulo g cier cies I 1 es id 10 ahls ahli thia ahia th afternoon while workmen wera were filling rilling up a culvert ut at D and hansome sansome bis sis the banks fell in hf killing a boy named hugh and two tivo laborers frank rees bees and frank Gonigan mcgonigal Mc and seriously injuring samuel mink I 1 in n the episcopal convention this aate noon a report was received from the house of bishops that they had adopted the following canon of divorce to take taleb the place of canon 13 of title 3 which is hereby repealed the new canon to be numbered 13 of title 2 section 1 if any persons be joined together otherwise than as gods word doth allow their marriage Is ia not lawful section 2 no minister of this church shall solemnize matrimony in any case where there is a divorced wife or husband of either elther party still living and when the divorce was obtained for some cause arising after marriage but this canon shall not be held to apply to au an innocent party in divorce for the cause of adultery or to lu par parties ties once divorced seeking to be united again section 3 no minister of this church shall present for confirmation or administer the holy sacraments to any person divorced for any cause arising after marriage and married to another in violation of this canon during the lifetime liff life time lime or of such divorced wife wiro or husband but this prohibition shall not extend to an innocent party when divorce hasteen has been for the lecause cause of adultery nor to any penitent in exl ext extreme femi remi section 4 questions touching the facts of any case arising under this canon shall be referred to the bishop or of the diocese or missionary district or if there be a vacancy in the episcopate then to some bishop designated by the standing committee who shall thereupon make an inquiry by commissary or 0 otherwise and deliver his godly judgment in the premises section sections 5 this canon so BO far as it affixes penalties d does not a apply poly to cases ot corring unes abnes before fore it its ita taking lav n 9 effect accordi according rig tig to canon 4 title 4 11 TORONTO 16 A fort garry garry carry dispatch says that a declaration or of outlawry has been issued by the court of queens bench in manitoba against louis riel this thia settles the question as to whether riel biel is or is not a fugitive from justice and any claim that lie he |