| Show BY TELEGRAPH wenkun limb liml AMERICAN washington 3 on the occa sion of the presentation to president Jent dent garfield ry ny the secretary of state of the i newly appointed envoy extraordinary tra nary and minister plenipotentiary of spain don francisco barca minister barca in the course of his address said to congratulate youma you mr president in my rings king name upon your elevation to the chief magistracy of this republic to maintain active friendly and cordial relations which have long united the two peoples of two governments to draw them closer bloser and to consolidate them still anore snore if it be possible reaping for athe the good of ac lath th nations th the tho a moral and material benefits which ever blossom in the bosom of peace and grow with concord and good faith in the intercourse of the people and governments to do these Is the mission I 1 bear this is the charge and this Is mr president the personal and most ardent wish of spain for the first time this thi s splendid and fortunate land of america which was vas dreamed of for the service of good and human progress before others conceived of it by the greatest est of all a spanish woman the president in reply spoke as follows mr minister it is with exceeding gratification that I 1 receive from your hands the letter by which his catholic majesty appoints you as his envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to washington I 1 have alave no doubt of your disposition and ability to conduct the abraim of the kings legation in this city in a manner that will tend to confirm the ancient friendship of the two governments and can assure you that the government of the united states lacks no inclination to do all within its power to draw more firmly if possible the bonds which have 0 dylong so o long iong united our great nations in sentiments of mutual esteem in pursuit of the closely linked commercial cial kial interests in welcoming you as the representative of a sovereign who by common consent of the nations has adorned adornel the throne of his ancestors by conspicuous ability I 1 ain nin arn am conscious I 1 I 1 give ex expression sion slon to the general sentiment ones oges of the people of the united states it is with much felicity sir air that you have made ade allu aliu allusion slen slun to that queen of memory whose lofty spirit has never failed to receive the admiration of american citizens in all generations erat ions lons and I 1 can assure you sir air in the reception here so cordially given you that the expressions of your address will receive the warmest appreciation of the american people all the prominent republicans attended the caucus this morning they desire to determine what is contested and and what is uncontested nominations the administration ad minis mints senators maintained the adverse report of a committee should constitute a contested nomination conkling and friends held the objection of one senator from the state in which the nomination belongs made it contested this point was not settled and this the caucus will pursue the question conkling was conspicuously pleasant today to day which many regard as proof that he was satisfied with the situation i the democrats discussed informally today to day how they had bad better vote ij in the approaching executive session some democrats are working hard for conkling ande and laim claim fifteen dembe democrats rats will vote tote against robertson there is however a report that some republicans are dropping away from conkling because he wont push their fight to the disadvantage of the republican party executive sessions will certainly be held this week the report of til the eo committee M cittee outlined yesterday was today to day amended so as to make doubtful features clear and was adopted with unanimity in the shape of a resolution which provides in substance that executive sessions shall be held heid forthwith the first one tomorrow to morrow for ford the transaction of accumulated business id la the following order iu First reference of nominations 8 now ilow on the table to their appropriate committees second consideration of pending S treaties third consideration of all nomi 9 nations heretofore or hereafter re ported from the senate committees s which respectively are not object objected pd to by bv a republican bubli m senator from the at to which the pi whit ap an af pf to 1 t i 8 S s t territorial appointment the nominee is to be appointed it was further expressly provided that as soon aa as uncontested cases shall have been of the caucus shall again assemble for the pur easiness Eu pose of dete what additional business siness should then be considered by the senate and although in the meantime mean time contested con tested cases as above defined shall not be allowed to impede the transaction of other business the caucus is left wholly as to its future action in regard to them no specific allusion was made today to day to judge F oris oils nomination or any other individual nor was any action taken or ok proposed with regard to the change of the caucus candidates for senate officers gen sherman Bherman gen sheridan and the secretary ot of war had a long conference with the president today to day relative to the re rearrangement arrangement of the military departments gen sheridan returns to chicago tomorrow to morrow it is believed all the departments will be merged into the departments Depar ments of the east and west and be commanded by generals sheridan and hancock with other generals to be bie assigned ed to duty wherever more available ble additional articles of agreement were concluded between the united states and canada for the purpose of affording increased facilities for the exchange of letter correspondence and also preventing evasion by pu publishers b of the po postal starlaN ia a and regulations of cf the united states A reporter of the western associated press visited the white house to night and obtained a true version of the presidents president letter to senator dawes the president did not retain a copy but the note was short in the first place the president wrote that he was in favor of a free ballot and a fair count not only in virginia but in every state and would encourage he would not assist in elevating a man who astae editor of a daily paper is constantly attacking and defaming him and his he referred to gorham editor of the national republican and the nominee of the republicans for secretary of the senate the above is substantially bubs tanti ally aily all the letter to dawes contained in it the president said nothing about the nominations in the senate on this subject however he maintains the same bame i position that he took before the caucus committee if the senate sees fit to pass some of the nominations over that is the business of the senate but the president cannot countenance any movement for selecting certain nominations for consideration and leaving others d i upon i pon As to what the senate shall do he be has nothing to say or suggest that is for the senate to determine tor mine the president has been invited to accompany the yorktown centen nial co to visit the site of the battle ot of yorktown on the steamer dispatch on next thursday last week a southern democratic senator when going anav asked a stalwart republican senator to pair with him in the confirmation of chandler as solicitor general the democrat wanting to vote for chandler the republican senator who is a prominent grant man replied that he could not pair because he intends to vote against chandler this is supposed to show the grant republicans are against chandler and as all the democrats oppose him that would surely defeat him internal revenue agent tracy operating in franklin county virginia writes the commissioners a detailed account of an attempt to capture the notorious dave gillispie the officer offered 1000 reward to the person who will lodge gillispie spie in jail but few have been acx anxious IOUs lous to undertake the capture of this notorious character the report siss biss since the raid in Rumel bog on the 20 ih gillispie and his crowd have committed outrages upon innocent colored people in the neighborhood whon they charge with giving information in to revenue officers they went in disguise and whipped men and women robbed one or two of money y destroyed their property drove them from their homes some of them half naked and formed 13 of them into one party on therond to west virginia and ordered them to leave eab 0 on penalty of death if they returned this revival reviva lof of ku xu klux 1 is by illich distillers and their friends in the mountains of franklin he has terrorized good citizens to such an extent that they are afraid to even of the ou outrages trape d much less condemn them there is is e no sueh such thing in franlkin frau Fran phlin idin lUin county a on the part pirt pert af aa azona 3 byn syr gubi p fp ft agi fri syi sit 9 af pf laws regarding the making or selling of spirits either state or national NEW YORK 4 the members of de do Beau plans french opera were thrown into a state of wild excitement to night by the announcement that toumie To urnie tenor of the company had eloped with madam ambre soprano and wife of tile the manager Beau plan also disappeared tonight to night and it was believed by many members of the troupe that the elopement was only part of a plan to rob the other singers of their salaries laries ea several meders members of the company among them the tiie wife of To urnie le visited tied the police headquarters and sol sought the aid of the police in securing the missing singers the tribunes washington 8 special 1 on the deadlock s ii i i i t IF rmel t I 1 that six or seven fe e will vote against robert Bobert sons bons confirmation including g parley farley and slater with fair in doubt the correspondent continues it is understood that conkling has made considerable impression upon republican senators by causing it to be believed that robertson is personally inimical te to him and has done clone certain things to render it impossible for any future friendly relations between them it is believed however that this impression has been considerably weakened by Con klings course during the last few days which it Is said aid has been such as to produce considerable resentment among republican senators who I 1 lieve he be has taken advantage of the tho presidents situation for his own ends another cause of discontent has been the course pursued by gorham so discontented have the republican senators become with gorham that it is more than doubtful if lie he could now receive the nomination no minata minati I 1 on which was rendered him by the republican pub ican lean caucus six weeks ago one republican senator bluntly said in the caucus today to day he is very much opposed to the election of or gorham and it is known that at least a dozen senators entertain the same anti ments although they refrained from expressing themselves in the caucus the times inan in an editorial says that Post postmaster maste r general james having gone to washington with the fixed impression that the contract division of the post office department part lart ment was a nest of corruption and with a fixed determination to lay jay bare its secrets the postmaster general selected mr woodward as one man whom he knew could be thoroughly trusted with the work in hand the ring have already found out that lie made an excellent choice A tribune tribunes washington special says dorsey with bob ingersoll as visited james today to day dayon on star route business J demanding an investigation which of course james could not accede to dorsey will publish another card on the subject su I 1 j act soon the sun says the ship load of american emigrants who were recently reported to be preparing to join the proposed amerian amerlan ameri amerl an colony in the mexican state of sonora will be interested in hearing that the land grant on which they propose to settle are occupied by indians of a powerful physical build brave and warlike temper and resolute disposition to bold their domain by force ot of arms if it necessary against all comers the mexican government in granting 50 leagues of fruitful territory to two residents of california saml brannan and manuel castro partly in liquidation of a claim and partly for the purpose of founding a colony did not grant poss posse eion elon sion slon of tiie tile terri tory as well for the very good reason that it never had it and is not likely to get it for some time to come sonora is a beautiful rich and fertile territory but whoever proposes propos es to settle it must night fight for ex existence stence and is pretty sure to have his hands full indianapolis Ts 4 judge gresham of the united states court this morning in the case of fargo against the louisville new albany and chicago railway overruled the motion of defendant to dismiss the tiie suit for want of jurisdiction jurl juri diction the court holding that tha while the american express co represented in the suit by fargo was not a corporation it had nevertheless a right to sue through its ito president inthe in the federal court of 0 f tho the state this is an important suit as afflec affecting ting the tile right of the american express co to do business over the line of the Louls albany and chicago Rall Ball railroad road cincinnati 0 C 4 the tiie commercials merci alg als warren 0 special lays rays A niro firo destroyed douglas machine dia Afa chine ioas loss w 60 00 rivwa mil mii ba lq it fy owe ome fa also the warehouse and building buildings making a total loss of washington 4 As an offset to the declaration by theare the president ident jast last week that he had llad resolved to remove brady before ho he left mentor because of his offer to raise money from horn the hilar filar route contractors which he refused to permit a grant leader from the west well known throughout the country declares that congressman hubbell called on brady last august and asked that he be raise raie from the pot po t office department and that brady absolutely refused to do so unless hayes would give his consent but the latter proved very indifferent hubbell then asked brady if ho he would secure the money on the request of garfield and consented on condition that garfield should give his approval in writing hubbell senta detailed statement of therit the situation to mentar and the return mail brought the following answer a copy of which was shown hero here today i private MENTOR ohio aug 1880 1990 my afy dear hub Nub hubbell bell yours of the dinst received and a nd contents noted please pleam say to brady that I 1 hope he be will give us all the assistance possible I 1 think lie he can help effectively please tell me how the departments generally are doing As ever youn your signed J A GARFIELD i to hon J A hubbell washing ton 1 the senate has lust gone into ex j session A motion was made by dawes who in making it repudiates the idea that by so doing he and his associates were giving up the fight over the senate offices which he lie considers in its scope and character as presenting a question of great importance to the future welfare of the govern men mew involving the right of the majority to rule the president nominated elliott 0 jewett assayer in charge of or the assay office in bt louis tile tiie president s attention having been called to the letter published this morning alleged to bo be written by him to hon J A hub bell from mentor says there was not a line in the letter he would have the slightest objection to giving inato to the public that the star route contractors were neither mentioned nor reported that it was simsy Y an expression and hope that rad rady Y a citizen of indi Indiana ana who was waa reputed pt ed to have lave made an immense fortune in tel tei telephone stock would respond from his hi ample 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