Show ader ff ajla 9 american washington NaToN 31 following Is message sent to the bonato 16 day relative to the combinations nominations bi I nations of collector arthur and naval navai officer cornell 1 transmit herewith the letter ietter of the secretary of the treasury in regard to the suspension of the late collector and naval officer of tile 0 port of new now York with accompanying documents in addition there to I 1 respectfully submit the following observations the custom house in new york collects more than than two thirds of all the customs of the govern government ment mont its administration ia Is a matter lotof not of local interest merely but ia IS of great importance to the people of the counley coun liy yora eor sot A long iong period of time it had bad been used to manago manage and control political affairs the officers suspended by me are and for several years have been edgag e bedin eli ell in the active personal management of the party politic politics of the olty city and blate elate of new york the duties of the offices held by them nare been regarded aa as pf af subordinate importance to their partisan work their offices have been ca con cop U ducted as a part of the political machinery under their control they have made the custom bouse boube the centre of partisan political management the custom louse house should be a business be conducted on business is t ples plea col james postmaster at new york city writing on this thib thi subject subjects bays the fies ia a 2 antl and should ba bd trun i run as sueh such such guch it is mydell my deliberate berate judgement jud gement that 1 I and my subordinates di nates can do more for the party of our choice by giving the people of this city a good and enni effi clen elen apps ipps ps tal tat service than by primaries maries ordle ordie or dictating tating nominations s the ghe new now york custom house should bei bo placed ou on the same footling with the new postoffice post office but under the suspended officers the ae custom libuse house would be s one ono af pf p tho tuo principal political ollai ll 11 cal cai agencies in the BL alato of 0 new now new now york to chande change thy th ply y IT p r feba fesa to bellove believe would be jn the language of cornell in his response to tto surrender def dei their pei pai personal bodai and political rights convinced that the people of new york and of the country generally wish the new york custom house to be administered solely with a view to public interest it is my purpose to do all in my power to introduce in this great office tho the reform which the country deltres de des tres aTres with my information of the facts in the case and with a sense of the responsible obligation imposed upon me we bythe constitution to take care that lile the laws be faithfully executed I 1 regard 9 i adit it as my plain duty to suspend the officers in question gue que tion ariato arid and to make the nominations now before the 8 enate in order that this tilli important office maybe mayhe may DO honestly and ef administered signed K R B haye executive mansion january 31 IS 79 A R polls sergeant at arms bt 0 the subcommittee aub sub committee sent to new orleans stated that bt st martig deputy sergeant at arms arma of th that wirt committee from the 10 th till the of july whatever subpoenas st martin had he received from the witness he received no instructions with regard to them except to serve them the chairman examined blackburn who testified that he had never lep lip lipchen iken ihen to bt st martin in h his s life except A perhaps to say zo goodday good od day be he hau had never seen ulm him mm wk talking ingrith with stenger and had nevet never heard that a large number of witnesses were kept in close quarters by him and weber sten ger testified that the first time he saw weber was in the committee room at new orleans never saw st martin until he was appointed believed he was at the suggestion of weber who recommended him as one who knew where to find witnesses never had any conversation with maddox and did not speak to carter until the committee returned to washington the chairman observed that the ahe alleged allege conversation between Sten gerand and bt st martin could not nob have taken place on ou the tha date given hiscock asked if the inquiry was closed the chairman answered in the negative and asked for a short secret session to cons consider lder ider the resolution offered by stenger and to the tho details connected with tite the appointment ot of a committee subcommittee sub to proceed to now york j the sub committed will leave washington on sunday night and ano anc commence taking testimony mony MODY OB on monday afternoon their meetings will behold be hold beld in the tho ce buil bull building dink among the first witnesses n to be called are marble pelton conand and weed mr tilden will also be bewailed called upon to testify at A present the committee seem to have no inclination to pass a special resolution that 10 ho lo be allowed to have counsel present to advise with upon his testimony vh the a resolution in favor of bringing back anderson And ereon to the stand is indefinitely ly fabled tabled u d is not likely to be heard of again tha subcommittee committee sub will be away about ten or fifteen days it is understood that little will be done by the committee at washington benore before lin fore their return rett frn irn louisville 31 the louisville nima alma house situated five miles south of the el city ty was this morning destroyed by fire the origin of which is unknown at the time persons were in the place near ay y all of whom escaped james ridley an imbecile was burned fatally a tally fred meyer in escaping broke his neck henry K ehler perished in the flames thos dixon was killed by a fall nathan caldwell was seriously hurt and mrs johnson wag waa severely burned mad and will probably pro babIy bably die the scene is described as horrible in the ex reme but the most marvelous fe feature ia Is the small smail loss of life attending it nearly nearis all nil the inmates were aged invalids imbecile 3 and cripi pies the ages ranging from years pears to 50 60 the building cose coat SL and was insured ai 21 the morning session of the subcommittee sub committee ee from washington was occupied in he hear aring ng the evidence of durby and shoop members of the late federal irand grand jury their testimony was in n effect that an indictment had been found by that jury against the register in bankruptcy nib bard for perjury and making a false report but that district attorney bangs after promising to adlaw up an indictment against hibbard had failed to do so giving as a reabon reason ahat judge had I 1 instructed I 1 at fused tofile to nile file an indictment ed by the jury themselves A careful examination of the testimony of assignee shows that the witness i ess ebs last night contradicted several points made by hessing hassing in his evidence in the afternoon session today the same line of evidence was taken as in the tho morning the witnesses being all members of the grand jury last fall the testimony was that the indictment against hibbard for false returns was found made out and returned but that an indictment against hibbard for per perjury although found and reported to judge bangs banga was wag not framed bangs bangs Bings informing the jury that with the concurrence of judge Blodgett biodgett Blod gett gelt he should refuse to frame it and that biodgett blodgett had said to him that he blodgett was responsible for the of the law under which hibbard made his return returns and aM affidavits davits several witnesses testified to remarks by judge biodgett or from him to the effect that the jury were gr angers loafing here at governments expense and should be dismissed also that judge bangs had seemed reluctant to bring aring before the jury other than minor matters ROBINSON neb web 31 at noon today to day it was discovered by the sentinel guarding the building wherein wild hog the cheyenne chief chie fIs ia confined and ud heavily tron iron on ed ad that the desperate indian was lying on the ground in his prison room covered with blood ha haying having ying ving stabbed himself in four places in the region of the heart hourt with the intention of putting an end to his life a rather nather than be taken south th the post surgeon pronounces the wounds very dangerous it not fatal I 1 thirty three and 22 children left here this morning for pine ridge bidge agency mid arid will be turned over to the sioux k at that agency as their natural protectors SAN BAN FRANCISCO 31 for some days past a conflict between the manager of the sutro butro tunnel and comstock mines has created much interest on thet thel street tho the min mines es have been threatening to send water through what is known as the lightning drift recently completed connecting the tunnel with the co combination shaft of the hale norcross and savage and run it off through the tunnel butro sutro has provided against tills this by effect effecting inga a connection between the tunnel and the winzo go ing down to the lower levels of the savage and building a partial bulkhead in ili the tunnel by which means any waton pumped into the tunnel win wih be returned to the ravage A unlimber of conferences conference 4 lave have been beeh hoid hold between the Sut But roand the nonan Bonan bonanza wi people with ibe the view of finally arranging difficulties but no conclusion hayet been reached though it la Is the general I 1 impression that thit a compromise will be effected miss mary marshall the chicago trienne at 11 oclo ocio ek tonight completed 1007 1087 quarter miles I 1 I 1 columbus alexander appeared before the grand jury for far tile the purpose of having the hon eppa hunton of Virgin virginia li indicted for sending him it a chal chai challenge leng ieng a to fight a duel last su summer intner Alex aiex alexander andenas anderas wab was examined at bamo some len Ien length fth after which suriner consideration on of th the q oase case dasef was postponed until monday nug NEW YORK 1 talmage at aft the brooklyn tar tabernacle last night denounced the anti chinese law he said come the chinese had hadj come they would and come they should G god od lik ilk liked ed the chinese eo so wail well that he had made four hundred millions no of them mom while be lie had made ou iyone only one kearney tima tims taimage talmage go liked the paganism which endured insult uncomplainingly better than the christianity that mattied and tand stoned them the natian that got the inside track with ohina china would be the richest nation of tile the globe new yore YOKE I 1 the potter committees mit tees teeb genuine work will begin next week when a tilden pelton pel pei ton smith and weeds examinations will take place here the subcommittee la ia ednol considered dereu dered very weak for aggressive silie skive work ast aft springer alone lis its expected to conduct that examination later developments s confirm the impression telegraphed a week ago that all ail efforts effort 4 to prove that the cipher elpher tele telegrams grains were a ih of fraudulent p purpose u 00 hayo haye a been abandoned T tue T su substantial bar bat anteal accuracy of their translation seems admitted Til tilden deru derr will rl repudiate them nephew pelton is to be the chief aca 2 mahy mahi many owa voa regarding the next presidential campaign thus sets forth the views and purposes of that section the people of tho the south have no opinions on finance which they will not surrender for the sake of success we are opposed to the national banking systems and desire established reestablished re state banks we want a currency that has neither wings nor legs and that will stay where it is issued admitting that this platform would lose new york and New Jersey 11 he said we could afford that if we could carry ohio indiana illinois and perhaps pennsylvania the western states are aro as aluch much opposed to the national banking system sy stomas as we of the south our people in ohio will make the anti national bank platform in the state convention tills this year and go 90 to the people on that issue with sherman as standard bearer if we win win thero there the presidential election of the next year is isas as good as ours for we shall put plit ideas into the national platform if we lose we havea have a year ahead to perfect new arrange arrangements mefi meil to if yur lar our oar crusade eru cru fiade fails falls in antho the west we shall become the hardest of hard bard money motley form alliances with the eastern democracy and make a strike for new york and new jersey the one thing for which our people care more than any anything thin tobe gOse elbe else Is ia the preservation of what we call our out autonomy we propose to manage our local affairs in our own way and without the interference of the general government we ean can rally our voters j just as well under bayard asunder as under Tb thurman urman if we fali fall in our western alliance we still have a chance to unite with the eastern democracy and make ft A race with them the south bouth is solid and will remain so we shall have the machinery of the elections in isso 1880 1 the republican line is along one extending from the atlantic to the pacific ocean actlis and is pretty sure to be broken we eik elk point we have two lines and the tho best part of eneli each AM pa I 1 the train which le left ft south bethlee Beth neth ieh leh em I 1 on the north pennsylvania rail Rall roid roin au last evening was wrecked at iron hill station the entire train which was well filled with pa passengers asen returning from dr linder mana funeral was thrown from the track no one was killed the accident was caused by a displaced switch the loek lock of which appears to have been broh brok brolien enand and aad theia theja witch opened with the intention of throwing the train from the track BALTIMORE 1 the oyster schooner adamantine adam antine has been found sunk in the bay her hr captain caplain horace baker of philadelphia lashed lo 10 the topmast top tod mast and the bodies of nine men composing pa the crew were lashed to the be deck which was several feet under waler water the tho inhabitants island saw the wreck on the morning 0 january ad but owing to the rough weather were vere unable to ta go out to it although tho captain wab was W ab seen signalling sign alling from the we topmast where he lid was lashed BOSTON 1 7 several beveral coupons from bonds of the union pacific railroad presen presented for redemption hei hel here re have been bean identified as stolen from the northampton bauk nank bank in iti 1876 they probably came from some keo ria european rop ea n banking house and will be turned over to owner chief joseph and the tire interior department part ment have arranged for the cession by the nez perces af about square miles in idaho the terms are sil sll six sie townships in indian territory and in money to ba placed in the tren trea treasury kury kuny and to draw t four lour our per ber percent cent interest the tho guests of willards 1 botel hotel were greatly excited this evening owing to a tire in chelop the top floor T tha the prin principal pipal loss losa was by water prof washington finished hla hia mils walk to tonight wight night I 1 in hours at mary ary nry marshall arshall Ar at midnight he wah waa walking her quarter mile NEW yo YORK I 1 the melq telegram griam this evening prints the ayes antt wad nays of the new york york d dolega tel til egitton tlona tiona a vote on the chinese bill for kor pi purposes of reference ce when th they ey reap re ap L pear rear ear ean before the people and com corn pares the spirit of the recent legislation against chinese with the puni puri puritan taif legislation against quakers and catholics the graphics cartoon represents in an ocean covered with chinese junks crowd |