Show B by y i ele graph graphs congressional SE SENATE NATE washl washington INGTON 7 Freling huysen moved that the house joint resolution proposing the sixteenth constitutional amendment prohibiting the appropriation of or any school funds for the support of sectarian schools be referred to the judiciary committee sargent and christiancy submitted substitutes and moved their reference to the same committee the house amendment and all the he substitutes were referred to the committee on judiciary washington 8 the chair laid before the senate a communication from the secretary of war enclosing va 9 1 a 1 letter from the chief of the engineer 9 1 aleer corps demonet demonstrating rating against tho the proposed amendment to the river and harbor appropriation bill 1 limiting the tha availability of appropriations for the improvement of the southwest south west pass pasa of the mississippi bis sis sippi river he expresses the opinion that if ff the amendment should be finally adopted it will stop all dredging dred gine and interfere with the commerce of new orleans ordered to be printed and laid on the table hitchcock called up the senate bill to esta ests establish blish bligh the territory of pembina and to provide a temporary government it is proposed that the new territory consist of the northern portion of the tile territory of dakota passed paned yeas 31 nays days 19 bogy entered a motion to reconsider tile the vote by which the bill to establish the territory of pembina was passed and gave notice that he would move to change the name to algonquin the senate then considered the subjects on the calendar not objected to in the senate sanate sargent reported favorably on the tho house bill hill to relinquish liti the title of the united states to certain property in the city and county of san francisco california to be used as a sailors ilora sa home passed washington 9 during the morning hour a number of bills on the calendar not objected to were passed among them the house bill to allow homestead settlers to make proof of their settlement before the court as well as before the receiver the amendments of the house to the senate bill to provide for the sale of the reservation of the con federated otoe and diisso Blisso missouri uri url indians in kansas kausas and nebraska were to and tho the bill passed HOUSE washington S throckmorton offered a resolution direct directing irig the clerk of the house to pay L A fitzhugh late doorkeeper the amount equal to his salary from the 2nd and of may to the of aug referred garfield made a motion to grant leave of absence to members some twenty in number who desired it which was agreed to introduced a bill to print copies of the report of the committee of agriculture for 1874 and copies of the report for 1875 and appropriating passed the house resumed consideration of the bland silver bill lill whereupon dilatory motions were set on foot by odell and pierce to consume the morning hour washington T 9 crounse from the committee on public lands reported back the bill appropriating for publishing the history of the surveys and expeditions ions by the united states during the present century passed AME AMERICAN rican 7 whiteman and blacking works were burned loss CHICAGO 7 tho the posts st louls louis special says mckee is breaking down under his confinement and the hot weather the jail Is hardly habitable on account of the heat beat the entire force of the internal bevenue revenue department was wag today to day bury busy seizing crooked kentucky whiskey and up to noon barrels had been seized affairs seem to indicate that there is a large jarge whiskey ring in kentucky which causes some excitement ALBANY N Y 7 A mortgage for at seven severt per cent and at six eix per cent given by the central hudson biver kiver railway ballway company to cornelius vanderbilt jr and AV H vanderbilt der bilt blit was recorded in the county clerks office here today to day FAIRPORT N Y 7 com cora A brown of pennsylvania and carrie carrle of ohio were drowned while bathing today to day ST PAUL blinn minn 7 A bismarck special of today to day to the pioneer press and tribune says the steamer carrol arrived this morning from general terrys camp having on board general forsyth and twenty sick and wounded soldiers the carrol carrot on her way up and when near the mouth of powder river biver found indians on both sides of the river and for two and a half hours they kept up a running fire upon the boat boaty only wounding howe however ver one soldier slightly the steamer far west after leaving buford for terrys camp found her load too heavy and discharged part of her cargo principally grain about sev ty miles on her return for the balance of her cargo the indians were found to have destroyed most of the grain and at this point the indians attacked the tho far west she had on board col moore with three companies of soldiers the indians stood OH on both banks of the river and with oaths dared the colonel with his troops to leave the boat and land A few shells were fired from a twelve which scattered the indians and they disappeared from the south bank dave dive campbell pilot of the far west with two scouts then landed and went out to reconnoitre but found that the indians were endeavoring deavo ring to cut them off from the boat they began an exciting race for the boat the horse of one of the scouts lagged and was shot as was his rider soon after by the same sioux who shot the horse dave campbell and a companion turned to rescue him from the scalping knife which they did by killing the indian finally grant marsh captain of the far west with fifteen soldiers despite the orders of col moore assisted tha the party moore bloore threatened to these men not do so his conduct is denounced as cowardly general terry has fallen back eighty miles from his camp on big horn and is now near the mouth of odthe athe rosebud ros Eos ebud prairie fires envelope the surrounding country for miles and terry finds grazing scarce A scout from gen Crook got there on august 2nd and in a destitute condition crook was seventy five miles away then and the indians were harassing him as he attempted to reach terry the india indians 3 picked off his men stole his sto stock c T and kept his march marcil down to abo about ut six miles per day the men in both commands are reported as much disheartened heartened dis the tho yellowstone is falling rapidly gen crook from his camp on goose creek july wrote to general terry as follows general I 1 have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letteron lette letter of julyeth july ath brought into this camp on the instant by corporal stewart and party of the seventh cavalry I 1 had determined to attack thein the indians immediately after the arrival of my supply y train but about that time I 1 I 1 learned that the hostiles ho stiles had received reinforcements and also learned that I 1 could get eight companies deato of the fifth cavalry so I 1 conclude dlo defer the movement until the arrival of these companies which have now been ordered her here L I 1 expect to be joined by them about the last of the present month on the dinst I 1 sent out a party of mounted troops under licul sibley of the second cavalry to escort one of my guides who was to t reconnoitre the country in our front when they reached the point near where the little big horn de bouches from the mountains they came upon a large party of ho hostile stiles and were convinced that a village of the main body of the hostiles ho stiles is in that vicinity since then I 1 have had bad nothing definite more than seeing large largo smoke down the powder and tongue rivers but am of the opinion they are still in tho the locality before indicated by the sance I 1 am rationed to the end of september angwill and will share with you and yours everything I 1 have as long as it lasts should the two commands come together whether the indians shall bo be found in this or in your department if you think interest of service will be advanced by a combination I 1 will most cheerfully serve under you when the h fifth arrives here I 1 expect to have about 1600 fighting men bedes sonie shome friendly Ind iud indians lans laus and it is M my intention to move without fu further r tz er delay it ia Is also my intention to leave the wagon train on tongue river near here it comes out from the big horn range so should you not meet any large of indians going down the river or not sot receive any further information it probably would be best for you to move for my supply camp we broke camp on south gootie creek this morning and are going gradually nione alone the foot hills towards tongue river and anticipate getting about as far as the north fork of goose goos creek about the same time my reinforcements come up washington 7 the sanate senate confirmed H F french of massachusetts achu assistant secretary of the treasury vice burnham resigned charles 0 tompkins vr U S marshal for colorado ns proposition also submitted as a substitute is in the following terms alno no state shall make any law respecting an establishment lish ment of religion or permitting the free exercise thereof no public property and no money raised by taxation in any state or territory or district or derived from public lands or other publia public sources shall be appropriated to any school educational cat ional or other institution that hat is under the control of any religious sector sect er denomination and no such appropriation shall be made to any religious sect or denomination or to promote its interests nor shall any public money land or property be divided between religious sects or denominations the substitute proposed by senator christiancy is as follows no state shall make any law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibit prohibiting Dg the free exercise thereof nor shall congress nor any state raise by taxation donate or appropriate any money or property for the support of any church or religious society nor for the support or aid of any theological school or seminary or of any school or seminary teaching peculiar religious doctrines er or subject in any respect to the control or direction of arry any church religious ifo clety sect or denomination and no special or denominational system of religion or religious belief shall in any state or territory or in the he district of columbia constitute any part or course of the study or instruction in any aty school or institution of learn in wholly or in part by taxation or by donation of any money or property by any state or by the united states NEW YORK S the thermometer yesterday was 96 98 in the shade the weather this morning is very warm with the prospects of a scorching day oleary the pedestrian was overcome by the heat but after resting and taking medicine which caused him to vomit he proceeded again taking a sleep about midnight after accomplishing something like eighty hours in the suit in equity begun a some time ago by the st louis and alton and terre haute railroad company against chas butler butter and others in which samuel J tilden is one of the defendants a partial answer has been bied filed by counsel for gov tilden the defendants deny that any of the bonds or stocks mentioned in the bill of complaint have been unlawfully retained by or divided among de fenda alts Aits or r issued or disposed of by them in violation of their duty as members of any purchasing committee or as members of the abard of directors or in violation of any trust or confidence reposed in them or in any manner whatsoever and they also deny that hat by any action or failure on their heir part the liabilities or burdens odthe of the tho complainant have been un justly or unnecessarily increased to be the amount of more than or to any amount whatever the answer also aiso shows that the company was immensely bene fitted by the accession access ion ioa of Til tilden denand and his friends to its control the transactions in stock were individual acts and not those of trustees and the amounts paid tilden for legal services were for specific work done washington ois OIN S the jr secretary of the treasury will probably sell about in gold early next week the proceeds of the new 5 per cents which he wil will sell on saturday for account of the geneva aw award ard he will award as for gold in sums not nob less than ST 8 it is reported from sweetwater sweet water texas that some gome andini iod lod sais Saia z camped on the north fork ork oj al I 1 hta nta 4 river elver near fort el liott i we are preparing aring for the war and the c citizens t ize of that vicinity fear a general mas massacre sacre as the troops have been sent to reinforce crook orders have been given that the indians returning to fort reno for rations shall be disarmed MAYSVILLE N Y 8 james spicer and daughter and john filmore were drowned by the capsizing of a boat in chautauqua Chatau qua lake last evening CHICAGO B the murder of francis hanford principal of the north side bide schools by alex ales sun Suf sullivan nivan livan secretary of the board of public works for traducing his sullivans wife in a letter to the board of education created the profoundest excitement here the letter charged that mrs sullivan who is a catholic had used improper influence with mayor colvin to get the appointment of her husband and to get duane doty of detroit also a catholic appointed to the office of superintendent of pf public schools and that there wa was a cornot ring in this city working for the expulsion of the tho bible from the schools of which mrs sullivan was the ringleader the charges were broad and uncompromising and sullivan while attempting to get a retraction last night became engaged in a scuffle which resulted in his shooting ag hanford in the stomach causing almost instant death sullivan formerly held a government office in santa fe N M and latter ly was connected with the chicago times where he haa baa been known as an unoffending and respectable gentleman mrs sullivan is a writer of much merit and has been connected with several papers here hanford was a gentleman highly connected and respected by everybody who knew him CHICAGO 8 the crisis will commence tomorrow to morrow as the limit ed supply bill will expire on thursday at 12 and it will then be known whether bether yv there will be an adjournment this week or not till september the president has stated that he will not net sign any more temporary supply bills having already signed four and thinking if the two houses cannot agree in forty days they ne never can cao both botti houses bouses are debating politics 0 cities for the want of bom 1 1 thing g better to do I the amount proposed to pay fitzhugh Is soo the tribuna tribunes 78 special from the big horn expedition on goose creek via fort fetterman says fays general merritt with his force joined general crook yesterday and they are now ready for aggressive action this united column has over 2100 fighting men under the new sew organization merritt ranks as officer of the cavalry and and col chambers as commander of the infantry the entire column with pack train will move at onte once towards tongue river with its pack mules rounds of ammunition rations aud no forage this thia is the lightest marching condition men blen and horses are in the finest possible trim scouting parties have discovered large fresh trails of sioux leading towards the lower tongue and powder rivers it t is believed the savages are in need of victuals as picked carcasses of dogs are found around their camps they have fired the prairies to ruin pasturage and render renaer the cavalry useless general terry lias has not been heard from rom for a month he is believed to have nearly 2000 men crook made a speech to his hia men yesterday representing the necessity of each man doing his besl best the tribunes st paul special says a wild report has haa gained credit today to te day that terry has |