Show BY TELEGRAPH ALPE giom giam lors 1 AMERICAN 17 tho the united states steamers T and swing ewing and the steamboat george leares zeary today to day conveyed members of of the army bf the po toma tom cand caAd a number of invited guesta guests to mount blount vemon vernone tonight to night a grand banquet will wili be given the 4 socie bocie society tk at the banquet the following toast was given the army of the potomac lyl syl to which gen mcclellan was to tore spona ncr As AB the name of their thein commander was wag announced andee and he ro rose a to address them the veterans sprang on chairs and broke into cheer after cheer for eor two or three esthe clamor was dw deafening men pounded the tables stamped with their fee feeland tand shouted themselves hoarse and the space from the gallery to tho banqueting room was waa a surging bea ben of heads and arms napkins and hats hatsy and even crutches with which the owners gesticulated in tb their eln ein enthusiasm and excitement gen mcclellan stood calmly bowing during the tumult and when it showed signs of lessening stilled it entirely with a wave of his hla hand in a voice voica of deep feel ppe hpe speaking aking in a measured tone he began his greeting to his old command every voice was waa hushed he eald bald in days long past and gone forever when we were young and strone strong full of life and hope with the future all before us there were such relations between us that it seems to me too cold and formal to address you simply as her mr chair man or Gentlemen 2 your chairman often brought to me intelligence that I 1 needed up from the jaws of death deaths and when assigned to the command of a division of now new troops he hurried hurtled by forced marches to the assistance of hla his commander on the tho bloody field of antietam Antle antie tam there can be no form or ceremony between him and myself very many perhaps moat of you yon were with mo me when in this very city 1 I assumed the command of that mass of brave men unorganized and uninstructed who composed the nucleus of what afterwards became the army ot of the potomac those of you who vere with me then were more than brothers in arms you were my very children this was mcclellan s opening and in this strain ho he proceeded to the close he spoke of the ctr trying strying times in which you and I 1 did our best for our country and recalled the well loved and familiar faces which all missed from their ranks he baid said 1 I bee see now this city the capital of this nation as it was when I 1 came here from western virginia full of disorganized troops in imminent danger of attack I 1 I 1 bee see order and quiet restored as if by maglo when you at once responded to my appeal and seconded my endeavor I 1 remember well weli the mabs mass of raw troops pouring in badly armed and improperly equipped but composed of the best beat men that ever responded to an appeal to arma actuated aci aoi I 1 by the highest and finest motives of patriotism discussing no partisan questions knowing but one thing that the country was in danger and that they were ready to give their lives to savo bavo it I 1 paw faw an army come out of that mass I 1 saw it acquiring requiring order discipline and instructions then followed that tedious and 9 unnecessary work of fortifications on the capital a work which bet set the army free to strike where its alowa blows would bo be felt feit sand and which more tha than u one once saved the ca capital capitala I 1 saw that army become capable of being handled in march and under fire and leave the camps in hach which it had been beell created and go to te the the peninsula there you stood ly lay me and I 1 stood by you and I 1 do not forget how nobly you passed pawed through your first experience of battle he sketched at this point bonns bome of the principal battles and alluded to the seven days fight as made in obedi ence to orders from washington to cover the advance of reinforcements which never came though the enemy came in bight sight fortunately r he het continued el this had been foreseen and days before transports with supplies had been senh sent to the jamea james to await the army he then spoke of the gallantry with which the army fought when whon removed from his command and the glad welcome with which it welcomed his return at the battle of antietam of his withdrawal from the army of the potomac Poto roto macs macy on what ho he then believed and still believes wa was s the eve of a decisive battle never to meet that army again as commander continuing he baid said the althe army which lt it was my fortune to organize and creat ethe esthe army that became the army of veterans I 1 as aa its itei earliest and only living commander am glad to know was maa unsurpassed by any of the historic armies of the world in efficiency valor or achievement the remaining rem hining toasts were responded to as follows the loyal noyal legion legions s gen robt 0 schenck Bc henck henek grand army of the republic gen wa W W dudley sweethearts and wives chas dudley warner the volunteers gen fraeli A walker ker the presa 31 capt brom ley of the new york tribune the 0 speaking was not concluded until arter aften ter ten I 1 am judge mcfarland commissioner of the general land office will leave washington tomorrow to morrow for beatrice nebraska where he will represent the government at the sale of the otoe indian reservation i the secretary of the interior delivered an opinion upon the question tion submitted by the commissioner of the general land office regarding the propriety of withdrawing from entry and settlement odd sections of land within the andem indemnity anity limits of the northern pacific railroad the commissioner was of the opinion that recent decisions by the secre tary had tended to reverse the usual practice of the land office in such cases casena namely to withdraw the lands land a comprised within the granted and indemnity limits upon the bling filing of the maps of definite location the secretary saye bays gri 1 I cannot shut my eyes to the fact that vast areas of land landy public but for the right of selection lying within indemnity limits are we barred to settlement and that the area of arable lands open to settlement is lii not great when compared with the increasing demandy demand and is rapidly diminishing if the company neglects to make its selections donsi and takes advantage of withdrawals heretofore madej or that may be made hereafter to withhold lands within the indemnity limit from the operation of the settlement laws jaws not actually actu faly need ed to make mae good losses they have sustained it will be the duty of the department to revoke such buch order of withdrawal in reply repty to your ereg whether the withdrawal of the indemnity limits of this grant wab was to stand so eo farag faras far as nade made s I 1 have to bay esy that I 1 am of the opinion that upon nil nii ingma of approved definite location withdrawals of lands within the indemnity limits limiti should be made by you to the extent of the tho first indemnity limits such huch action will bo be in accordance with the practice heretofore pursued by your office in reference to withdrawals owing llanesa illness of Juror juron Geo B D sheriff no progress was made in the star route trial today to day henena HELENA M MT T 17 northern pacific railroad company have purchased over acre acres bof bot of jand and at helena for depot grounds A large amount of land will bo be ret apart agett for bide side trl tri tracks depots machine shops lumberyards lumber yards warehouses etc ete et cand etland ennd and and the remainder will be divided into town lots among other improvements prove ments proposed by the railroad company is a hotel the location selected for the depot la Is very satisfactory to this thia community and has given renewed impetus to building operations many expensive business bu siness biness houses housos aro are bedink being erected the end of the track is today to day 37 miles east of helena and ia Isad advancing vane vanc it at the rate of nearly two miles per er day immigration to montana Is s very large and it is probable that the increase of population for the year will vill aggregate to the now new settlers sett bett iera lera are coming in by the northern pacific both from the east and the pacific coast helena which is the commercial financial and political centre of the territory will probably double her heir population within the next year JERSEY jensey CITY 17 the bodies of john hurburt and michael curry carny two of the men killed at the recent oil fire were found in the bay blown into the water by the explosion a pl oslon denver col 17 the harrison reduction works at a branch of the st louis Sm smelling smelting elting eiting and refining company burned this thia morning loss to baltimore 17 the tugboat WU mil son hence for rappahannock Rappa hannock river is sunk the crew of 0 six men were rescued from the rigging rigg ings except engineer holeton Wo iston leton who endeavored to reach the shore bhore in a leaky boat and has not since been been peen denver 17 stockbridge enwell brewers at colorado Colo coio rado radd city were closed on mortgage detroit 17 the private bank of eugene angel at landing lansing closed its doors yesterday there being a run upon it amid considerable excitement it is stated that the late city treasurer treasur br 0 B wood 19 is ia 19 short in hig hla accounts account ss and that the troubles of the bank have some connection with him growing out of an endeavor to tide him over his troubles the exact facts faeta to be yet unknown many rumors are afloat concerning both bank and treasurer new now york 17 alice allce zimmerman the young and cultured wine wina of frank zimmerman Zini erman ermaD artist killed her twelve days old daughter laughter and attempted to kill her mother some days before confinement she took an aversion to her husband mother and friends and when the baby was bom she declared she hated it today da she induced her mother to leave the room and then plunged the into the infants neck she immediately attacked her mother mothers but was overpowered bhe she will be sent bent to an asylum CHICAGO CHICAUD IS 18 the citizens cici cill zem irish organ in a column and a half editorial headed boycott the pope J says saye giot of all the productions of papal interference in the affairs of ireland that have marked the policy of the vati vatican from the days of adrian IV to those of jno sno jn 0 alland from the reign of that pontiff to the present time the last lost circular addressed by keo leo XIII to the irish bishops and clergy in regard to the Parnell fund js is the most intolerable it if the irish people submit cravenly to this latest italian whip being furnished by the popes worthy ally victoria by the grace of god and so BO forth queen of great britain and ireland and empress of india they abey will forfeit the respect of the large but what are they going to doi do about its it may be asked we reply let lot them hold public meetings throughout eveny every diocese of ireland and pasa pub resolutions sternly denouncing any more of hla his holiness unholy intervention tion in ia irish trish politics and tell him once and far all altime lis its 1 firmly and respectfully to mind hla his own business bus bub biess pheao head of the catholic church they might supplement this action by resolving not to contribute a single cent of piteous pence while leo XIII occupies th the papal chair or at least until he be quits quite his palpable and scandalous political alliance with the archenemy arch enemy of the arlah nation and race in a word we advise our countrymen if they have any respect for themselves or for ireland to boycott the pope and teach him a lesson lesbon that will be serviceable vi at least to his successor cutoff cut off some of the monetary sup rup piles of leo XIII and teach him without being misunderstood that the irish race cannot be bulldozed into slavery by the bayonets of england or by the thunders of rome romme we hope irish bishops bishope and clergymen have backbone enough to resent this thia roman outrage on their patriotism jr ireland will stand by teem them against pope leo also and every other foreign husy huby body bo the he saxon or italian hartford hantford m 18 it Is ia reported here that the steamer franice granite fr anite state hence last night for new york was burned at goodspeed landing hartford 11 am special to the courant from Goole peed landing saye baye the steamer bramle state was burned to the waters edge at 4 o this morning she stin had a large freight and is a total loeb loea she bhe iles lies sunk bunk on lords island islands first above the landing five persons are missing the body of the beo ond cook colored named jackson has been bean recovered the steamer was des deA destroyed troyed this morning while approaching the dock at goodspeed landing 41 miles below the city the flames spread so BO rapidly that nothing was saved five lives are known to be josty noar four by burning and one by drowning the person drowned was mrs dr G C L maine oi of new haven who with her husband hubband lumped jumped into the liver ilver the husband reached the dock an effort tras irlas made to reach the dock but the fire spread with guch tuch rapidity that it was found impracticable her stem was swung in however and most moal of the passengers nd crew jumped from the burning steamer to the wharf white while bome some jumped in to the riv river erand and swam ashore it is not known how the fire originated the bodies of the persons buried cannot be identified aee body already identified is that of the heo beo ond end cook named jackson two bodies are supposed to be those of emigrant passengers nine horses horbes were the cargo was mostly freight billed to this city which Is a total loss the steamer hull has floated down the river about half a mile below the landing there is a nothing visible above the water but her galley frame and walking beam the steamer was valued at BUT BUTTE mont sis ss the minera miners peer deer lodge special bays says six prisoners made a desperate attempt to escape from tho the penitentiary at jeer lode 0 this thib afternoon oneff one of the guards entered the prison when he was seized overpowered and dis dia armed by prisoners one of whom drew a revolver on him the guard called loudly for heip help and the outside guards rushed ja and bred fired two shots at the prisoners who nned ned to their cells no one was wab shot this lathe is the second attempt of the kind within a week there are 88 prisoners confined in the penitentiary with only five guards guarde washington ism iselt it itic b stated at the white house today to day that the president will appoint a commissioner of internal revenue tomor to mor row referring to the land grant and indemnity limits of the Nor northern Chern pacific secretary teller says under the grant in question questions I 1 must decline to comply with the request of the company to cause the thedith with drewal of lands within the second indemnity limits in territories near est eat the lines or fifty miles or farthest sixty miles distant from the line of road As 1 am at present advised edy eds I 1 dont think it probable the company will ever be obliged to resort to these limits for the selection of lien lands but should such be the thu case there will doubtless be sufficient chent land left lett within such limits to e oabie enable the company to secure the full fuli amount of its grant the treasury department today to day purchased ounces of fine silver for the united states mints at philadelphia new now orleans and careon city at award contracts for indian supplies today to day N crane of chlo chio go got the contract tor for stove pipe joints and that for stoves the comptroller of the currency ha has s authorized the mechanics 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