Morning journal (Columbus, Ohio), 1867-11-22

              JOURNAL. VOL. XXX. COLUMBUS, OHIO: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2-2, lSCi NO. 120. THE MOMNIWG UEtlllXJ MATTER OX EVERY PAGE TELEGRAPHIC REPORTED FOR THE JOURNAL. TORTIETH CONGRESS. SPECIAL SESSION. Washington, Nov. SI.- The Senate met at noon, and was opened with prayer by the Chaplain. The following Senators were present : The President, Messrs. Anthony, Cameron, Cat-tell, Chandler, Couness, Cole, Corbett, Conk-ling, Cragin, Davis, Dixon, Doollttle, Drake, Edmunds, Fessendcn, Fowler, Frellnghuy-seu, Grimes, Harlan, Johnson, Jordan, Morrill, o!"Vt.; Morrill, of Maine; Morton, Norton, Nye, Patterson, of N. II.; Patterson, of Teun.; Pomeroy, Ramsay, Ross, Sherman, Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Trumbull, Van Winkle, Wiley, Williams, Wilson and Yates. Mr. SUMNER asked unanimous consent to iutroduce a bill for the further security of equal rlgkts in the District of Columbia. IJi.' stated what was an exact copy of the i)lll passed at the last session, but was not .returned by the President. It therefore became necessary agaiu to pass it. The bill reads us follows : lit it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-reseuuUives of the United States of America, in Conyrese assembled, That the word white wherever it occurs in laws relating to the District of Columbia, or in any charter, or onliuanuc of the cities of Washington and Georgetown, and operates as a limitation on said cities to hold any ofllce, or to be selected and to serve as jurors, be and the same is hereby repealed, and it shall be unlawful for any person or officer to enforce or attempt to enforce said limitation after the passage of this act. Mr. DAVIS objecting, the bill was laid over. Mr. WILLIAMS Introduced a joint resolution amendatory of the joint resolution approved January 27, 18G0, authorizing the Court of CJaiuis to re-open aud examine for adjudication the claims of Richard W. Mead, ' deceased. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. EDMUNDS offered the following joint resolution, which was read, laid on the table, aud ordered to be printed. He said he would fall it up at an early day, and hoped It would be passed with entire unanimity: VVuEiiKAS, The public debt of the United states was, except where specially otherwise provided, contracted and incurred upon the faith and credit of the United States, that the same would lie paid or redeemed in coin or Its equivalent; therefore, ItexPiVed by the Senate ami House of llepre-urataliWH of the United Suites of America in Cvnymis assembled, That the public debt of the United States, except in the" cases wherein the law authorizing some other provision was expressly made, is owing iu coin or its equivalent, aud the United Slates is hereby pledged In payment accordingly. Mr. WILSON offered the following resolution, which was agreed to: llrwteed, That the Secretary of the Treasury bo directed to communicate, for the iu-Ibrmii'ion of the Senate, any facts or reports in possession of the Department relating to the repeal tax on cotton. Mr. GRIMES moved that wheu the Senate adjourn it be till Monday. Carried. On rootion of Mr. MORGAN, it was ordered that the Seuate meet at 12 M. dally. On motion of Mr. WILSON, the bill for calllug out volunteers to suppress hostilities, and the bill vacating certain municipal offices in Alexandria, were Indefinitely postponed.The Senate then adjourned. HOUSE. The Mouse assembled at noon. The attendance of members was unusually large. The galleries were crowded before 11 o'clock. Many ladies were accommodated In the gentlemen's gallery. Mr. Stevens, of Pa., was In Ids seat apparently In as good physical condition us last session. The proceedings were opened with prayer by Chaplain lioyutou. Messrs. Wood wan I of Pa., aud Cary of Ohio, ju"mbers elect, took the oath prescribed by law. The eight members elect from Tennessee having been called by thu Speaker to take the oath, Mr. ELDRIDGE objected to administering the oath to Mr. Stokes, und moved that his credentials be referred to the Committee on Credentials. Mr. JAMES BROOKS, r N. Y., objected to administering the oath to any ot the Tennessee '. - legates, on the ground, llrst, that two, if not more of them, have been guilty of treu.-on to the bovermncnt and taken the oath of allegiance to the Confederate Government and Jeff. Davis, and second, there docs not now exist In the State of Tennessee a republican form of government. Luiiglr.er on the Republican side. Mr. BROOKS argued that the electoral law ot Tennessee disfranchised a majority of the while citizens. The whole vote of thu Stale was 140,000, ami yet 100,000 voters had controlled the election, .m,ooo of whom were negroes, controlling the. 43,000 white voters, who were not disfranchised. An oligarchy now exists and reins in Tennessee, aud the franchise law there was a disgrace to any five government, a dishonor to civilization, and a reproach to republican government,, Mr. Brooks then staled his special objections V'i the swearing In of Mr. Butler, because, a? a member of the Tennessee Legislature, hciore and during the war, lie had Introduced supporters, and voted for resolutions and measures, proving his disloyalty to the United States Government. 'Among these were resolutions to reject the confirmation of rd,v man to ofllce who endorsed the Helper book, and condemning the appointment of Seward In Lincoln's' cabinet as an act of hostility towards the South, and for calling a convention to lake Tennessee out of the Union. Mr. Brooks quoted the precedent established by the Republican side of the House last July In regard to the Kentucky members, and urged that they were now Irrevocably bound by it. Mr. Hrooks then objected to swearing lu of Mr. Mullln on the ground that he had given aid and comfort to the rebels, he had made speeches iu behalf of the rebellion, had lent his aid aud support to it, had attempted to raise troops for it, had made speeches In Bedford county In 1861 in which he urged the young men to enlist in the rebel Confederacy and defend their homes and firesides. Mr. Brooks also obected to swearing in of Mr Conell on the ground that he had established In Lawrence county, Penn1 a tannery which was devoted to supplying shoes to rebel soldiers. Mr. Brooks also objected to the swearing in of Mr. Trimble, saying that his information was that if he had voted at all on the question of secession, he would have voted for taking Tennessee out of the Union. Mr. TRIMBLE, iu his seat, assured Mr. Brooks that he had not done so. Mr. BROOKS accepted the denial, aud withdrew all special objection to swearing im Mr. Trimble. Mr. ELDRIDGE then stated to the House the ground on which he objected to swearing Jn Mr. Stokes. It was that Mr. Stokes had admitted in the House on the 27th of July, 1800, having written a letter to Jno. Duncan on the 10th of May, 18IJ1, stating that he understood that some gross misrepresentations which were going the rounds of his section, in reference to his position, which he states he wished to correct ; that lie had been a zealous advocate of the Union up to the time Lincoln had called for 75,000 troops, in violation of law, for the subjugation of the South ; that he commended Gov. Harris, of Teunessee, for his course and for arming the State and resisting Lincoln at the point of the bayonet, and he had enrolled his name as a volunteer to resist Lincoln's usurpation. Mr. LOGAN expressed satisfaction at seeing members on the Democratic side coming up to the work. He was willing to have the matter of Butler referred ; but as to Stokes, he thought if any man could wipe out a wrong, that noble man (Stokes) had wiped out the wrong of that letter in fighting for the Union, while some gentlemen were publishing treasonable articles. Mr. DAWES, of Mass., moved, as a substitute for the pending motion, that the credentials of Butler be referred to the Committee on Elections, and that pending the discussion of the question, he be not sworn In. He (Dawes) understood the gentleman from New York to make his motion in good faith, and he assumed that the gentleman had made wonderful progress since last session, when he put himself on the ground that no charge of disloyalty, however flagrant or palpable, was sullMcut ground for the exclusion of a mcm-oer who held a certificate of election. He congratulated the country on this wonderful conversion. He trusted Brooks would continue his journey until he saw more clearly even than the members on the Republican side, what did constitute loyalty and disloyalty. The gentleman had also taken the ground that it was proper for the House to look into the constitution of a State and decide whether It is Republican or uot. He was happy for once to be able to stand with the gentleman from New York and vote with him. He welcomed him as a new convert, and expected him, like all Representatives, to take the lead and do works meet for repentance.Mr. DAWES' amendment, to refer the credentials of Mr. Butler to the Committee on Elections, was agreed to. This was a substitute for the'orlginal motion ofMr.Eldridge, the effect of it being to refer Mr. Butler's case, not that of Mr. Stokes. The Democrats generally voted nay on agreeing to the resolution as amended. The negative vote of Mr. Brooks was received with laughter and remarks that he would have to be converted again. .Messrs. Illgbce, Axtell, and Johnston, of Cal., aud Washburue, of 111., appeared and were sworn in. Mr. ELDRIDGE then renewed his motion that the credentials of Mr. Stokes be referred to the Cominittco on Elections. Mr. SCHENCK said he wanted no more of this sort of thing. The member from New York, by his vole, had been trilling with the House proving his object to be to set some political trap, which, however, had sprung, and caught himself Instead of for the purpose of grave Inquiry Into the right. lie was giao the House, In the cose of Mr M iillins, had carried out the precedent settled In Ky. case of giving credit to the statement of a member (IJrooks) to which his own con duct showed him not entitled, as he had voted against his own proposition. He was opposed to the reference of Air. Stokes's ere. dentlals, as that gentleman has shown his loyalty by lighting under our flag. Mr. MORGAN inquired If the fact that Mr. Stokes had fought vallcutly under our nag entitled mm to take the testoatn. Mr. SCHENCK replied Unit he was not the conscience keeper of Mr. Stokes, that the matter was entirely with himself. Mr. RANDALL contrasted the action of Republican members Jn the Kentucky case wit h their present action, and asked how they coum reconcile tneir practical inconsistency. Mr. KELLOGG, of Pennsylvania, opposed all motions looking to the exclusion of any Tennessee members and eulogized the char acter and services of Mr. Stokes. He wish ed members of the South to know that It was ihe party on the floor which did not tic knowledge any place or time for repentaiico which could not relieve them of disfran chisement, uot for rebellion, but for the hold ing of opinions In which they held to-day on the subject of State rights and the degradation of the colored people. After some further remarks by Messrs Dawes and Chanlcr, of New York," Mr. MARSHAL, of III., expressed his conviction that Ihe qualifications prescribed lu the Constitution were the onl) test that could rightfully apply to members, but since the House has established a different law for Its own act, It should be governed bv It. He described the State Government ot Tennessee us a disgrace to the country and to civilization, and said It was a notorious lact that Union soldiers in Tennessee had been disfranchised under Biownlow's government simply because they would not put their hauds to their mouths and their mouths In the dust, and kneel suppliant to the negro government there, which was lording It over white American freemen. .Mr. DAWES closed the debate by moving the previous question, which was seconded, and the resolution ol Mr. hldrldge was rejected. Sn Mr. Stokes's credentials were referred.Mr. BROOKS then submitted resolution to refer the credentials of Mr. Mullln to the Committee on Elections, and sent to flic Clerk's desk n letter Irom a Lieutenant lu the 18th U. 8. lafantry supporting the statement made In respect to that case. Referring to the remarks of Mr. Logan, he said the only difference between Mr. Logan and Wmself was, that at the beginning of the war Mr. Logan was a terrible Copperhead aud himself Union, while now Mr. Logan was a terrible disunion niaa and Jacobin, and hiraself still a Union man. As to the remarks of Mr. Schenck, that gentleman was not a very amiable person. Ifo had not that suavity of manner which, as a student of. Chesterfield, he ought to have. He was the rejnilar scoM of the House. Mr. BROOKS defended his course in re gard to the subject before the House. Mr. SHELLABARGER said lie would uot discuss the proposition, whethci the House might disregard the rcaulrements of the Test Oath law. The House woild' be doing a most dangerous tiling If it et down the high and Important requiromens of the Test Oath, for members of either she. It should! hold up, in thentmost good' fath, the-stand ard to where the law had ixid it, and require that vigilance shall be brought to bear, to sec that no one shall be swo'n who could uot properly take it. lie would not consent to his colleague's (Kr. Schenck) proposition that Mr. Stokes shoild Judge for himself whether he could take tie test oath. Mr. SCHENCK explained andiustified his remark, and having referred to the case of Senator Patterson, he said he n'ould have permitted him to take the oath but would have the next moment moved to expel him for manifest perjury. ,lr. MlJLLAliAKGhK resulting, argued that the resolution to refer Mr. Mullen's credentials should be adopted. Mr. BUTLER, of Mass., oppowd the reso lution on the ground, principally, that the charge against Mr. Mullins wa made sim ply on an unsworn statement contained in a letter of a person unvouehed for. Mr. DAWES, on behclf of Mr. Mullins, en tered a full and complete denial by that gentleman of all matters alleged In the lettsr submitted to the Hous. The resolution was rejected unanimously. The Tennessee members, except Mr. But ler, were called In tout of the Speaker's chair, aud had the tes: oath solemnly administered to them. The SPEAKER Wd before the House a letter from the Secretary of the Territory of .New Mexico, stating that he was forced to sign a certificate of eection of Cleaver a-a delegate, but his apparent majority was made up by frauds. Cleav?r was apparently elected by a majority of 1,103 votes. 1 The papers were nferred to the committee ou Elections, and neither of the claimants were sworn in as deligates. The report gives a number of einploycos employed as special agents or detectives with compensation, locality, vc. On motion of Mr. BLilNE, the Commit tee on Ways and Means was directed to inquire into the expedient- of repealing the tax ou cotton. Mr. COBB asked leaveto offer resolutions instructing the joint comnlttee on Retrenchment to inquire into the New Y'ork whisky frauds, &c. Mr. SPALDING obieced, saying the resolutions were too long. Mr. FARNSWORTH asked leave to offer a resolution for taking the census In the rebellion States. Mr. CIIANLER objtutcd. Mr. LOGAN asked ind was excused from further service on tie Committee on Retrenchment.Mr. MULLINS, of Teun., made some re marks iu denial of tin; letter which had been read against him. The House, at 4 o'clock, adjourned till Monday. Baltimore and Ohio Itouu Ordering: .More Car for the Transportation of ( onl oil the Central It. It. (Speciul Dispatch to the Ohio State Journal. Camden Station, B. & O. R. R., Nov. 21. J. M. Comi.v, Editor Columbus,Journal: We were not aware, until a few days ago, of the pressing demand for Coal In Colum bus. We have ordered additional cars into this business, besides Wcarc building new coal cars very rapidly, which will be sent to Central Ohio Division as soon as completed. John Kino, Jr., Vice President. CINCINNATI, 't errible Accident on lhe(in-imiuti.Duv ion A lluinilton llullroud -I'lve Per hoiis lluriicd to Dcitth. Cincinnati, Nov. 21. A terrible accident occurred on tho Cln c! mint I, Hamilton & Daytou Railroad this morning. The broad-gunge express, due here at 0 o'clock A. M., was detained at I.ocklnnl by an extra freight train, coming south, and while waiting for the freight train t take the side track, another freight train that was following, ran Into the rear of the express before a man could get out to flag them. Four ladles and one man were burned to death; and nearly all the train was burnt to ashes. The rear cars were a Toledo train that the express takes 011 at Dayton, thu last car being a sleeping car from Toledo. Tho names or resiliences of those killed urc not yet ascertained. " NEW YORK. Officer Hiul Moil trying to Krcovor lri.e .Hone. MCW lOllK, iSOV. SI. About two hundred officer and men, who served In the ileets of Admiral Farragut and Porter at the fall of New Orleans, met last evening for tho purpose of devising measures lo recover eight millions of prl.e money, to which they conceive that they and their comrades arc entitled. An organization was completed, a contribution made to a fund to carry out the objects. Newly Appointed Collector. Wood, Ihe newly appointed Collector of the Third Internal Revenue District, took poscsloii of his ofllce Tuesday afternoon and made a clean sweep of deputies and clerks, and apiiolntcd as his deputy a lawyer who has defended many parties whose stills have been seized for being run In violation of tho Internal Revenue laws. CANADA. I . barer Leaving for the I lilted Niate. QtitnKC, Nov. 21. Large numbers of the luborlag classes arc leaving for the United States owing to the scarcity of employment. WASHINGTON SPECIALS, Speculations. New Yokk, Nov. 50. The Times special says : Some members are to-night talking about a caucus to-mor row night, bui it Is a foregone conclusion that the House will adjourn to-morrow till jwonaay; mat a intie business-' can be ini tlated this session, there does not seem to be any occasion Tor one. Some members, however, are anxious to forestall the action of the Honse on impeachment. More About the Durls Trial. District Attorney Chandler, of Virginia, who is still here, say a-that Jefferson-Davis is expected to reach Richmond to morrow night, and that he (Chandler) knows of no reason- why the trial "annot proceed next week. Grant's Iteports. Grant's- reports have beeu completed and submitted some days, and they urc the first of the department report ready for the President.IteraltfV Statement of Chief Jutltw" Opinions ou Finance. The Herald's special says : The ChiefJustice-gives considerable attention to financial matters. He thinks the time is uot fur dis tant when the Government will have return ed to specie payments, when he considers that all the United States bonds will be re deemed in specie. Ou the subject of a uni form currency the world over, he is at pres ent much InteresUd. He also-thinks the banking system of this country will be adopted by the rest of the world. He thinks the experiment hero has- proven Its practicability.. Prcner.ti Kennc ot Judiciary Committee' on Impeachment. The World's special savs : The Judiciary Committee last night resolved to report at once on the Impeachment question; A vote on the q jcstion iw to whether the suplcmen-tal taken- since the July session warranted lmpeachnent, the-Commlttee stood tour for to live against. Bill to 3uspeud Official while Be ill If Trier. The Tribune's- special says: Mr. Kelsey, one of the ablest lawyers lu the Ho jse, has prepared a- oill to introduce, the effect of which is to suspend officials while- being tried for impeachment. DENVER. EnthiistiUkm ver the Pacific Rai!kad. Denver, Nov. 20. The Denver & Pacific Railway Company was organiz.nl yesterday. One day's canvass only, in this city, was made, and $235,000 stock was taken. There was great enthusi asm, and an early connection with the U. P. K. R. determined on. PACIFIC COAST. (cni ot the Ocean, ou u Hock. San FitA:crsio, Nov. ?i.' The bark Gem of the Ocean struck a rock in Villinghum channel on the 18th Inst. The vessel run ashore in lour fathoms of water. The Golden Rule sailed to-day for Liver pool. inn. Cuuniujrkuui. Mrs. Cunningham, of Burdcll-Cuuningham gfew York) notoriety, is plaintiff before the istrict Court iu a divorce suit. The MurkeU. Flour quiet at $7 50fi8 00. Wheat quiet at 2 45(2 55. Legal tenders at 72. Urllish Columbia People- in favor of Annexation to the I'. S. New Yokk, Nov. 21. The Herald's British Columbia correspondent says everybody in the colony except the ofllcials were openly advocating annexation to the United States. MEXICO. Tender of u. Mexican Eocort for the Hotly of MuxiiMlliau. New Youk, Nov. 21. The Herald's Havana special says: Admiral Teglioff had received a very polite letter from the Mexican minister,, tendering an escort of government troops for MaxlinMlnn's body to Vera Cruz, at the national expense. All public demonstration, howeverboth In Mexican society and within Mexican maritime jurisdiction, was forbidden. .Mexican Congress. Congress convened on the 20l li, when there was a quorum ol Kepresentauves present. Defence of Juarez. President Juarez was preparing a defence of the use which he made of the discretionary power. It had been stated that he asked for the forces belonging to Eseobedo's command, which arc to come to the capital. The reasons of this demand are left unexplained, but it Is surmised that It Is owing to the large force, said to lie about 14,000 men and ;)(( pieces of artillery, which Gen. Diaz has at command. A Cuban Foresee Another Mexican II ov ol iitlon. A Cuban, who has been some time a resident of Vera Cruz, says he foresees a revolution soon again In Mexico, probably about ni'xlJannary. (ton. Merino was assassinated on theOoal-c.iniune road. WEST INDIES. .More about the Hurricane. Xkw Youk, Nov. 21. Porto Rico papers of the th. contain full particulars of the great storm lu the West Indies. The hurricane Immolated multitudes of victims, destroved houses, desolated plau-tat Ions, s went mvnv lipids of gruln and de- prlvcd thousands of the xr. In one night or their means of llvclehood. At St. Thomas the damnirc was verv ureal. In the Island of Tortola the destruction was lamentable. Not a nlii!dc house Is It'll standing, ami huu- ilrmls nr live were lost. The same may be said of the Island of Vlqtics. In the Cldla 00 houses were destroyed and several lives lost. In Lolr.11 27 houses were destroyed and several lives lost. Everv house, with several lives, were destroyed in Aqulshunas. In Rio Grand 40 houses and 11 lives were destroyed, lu Curozn 45 housrs. JAPAN. i:ii)ih ailrt American lUiatetersi Prow pecting. San Fjuncxscc, Nov. 20. The Japan TTmes of October 15th says : Statazbashi has dually resigned. Shogouoti, Prince of Avarl, was nominated to tfce dignity by Mikado. The meve will result In practical uegotiutions between Iukios of Sotsuna and Awasinatosa and Statzabashi himself. The event was-hastened by a visit from Sir Harry Parks and' the Admiral to Otaka after the Hagasukl murders. The British Minister and a party of friends ascended the Fusigma. Genera3 Vanvallien-berg visited the ports west of ti.e coast of Shenandoah. The English Minister and the Admiral visited the same ports-, ami returned via llakadodo) NagnseJli and Osofca. The Yokohomo Gazette ad rises to avoid thesliipmcnt cf goods tt that market, except by direct advice from correspondents;'. At Y'okohomo on the 85th. including thesliipmcnt by thir Great Fpubllc,the esport of tea to New York, for the season, were 10,-000,000 pounds in-excess of last year, all of which- was shipped direst, except 100,000 pounds via San Francisco. The Carlcatlus took (12,400 pound, and the Pauline 650,200 pounds and sailed' for New York, leaving ' four vessels whose berths w til carry 2,100,000 pounds -to the same market. Quoations closing for common f2325; medium !72(9 ;t2:So ; choice 4044. Nova Stotia's Pnc.rEsT Against tub "Conkedkration." TUe "Local Assembly" of Nova Scotia rcamtly adopted, almost nnaulmourtly, the followingas-their-sentiments on- the subjc :ti of the Union of the Provinces-:: We, the reprcscntr.tiT ; of Nora Scotia, having assembled for tho purpose of con structing-an Admlnistmtinn, and having ef fected that? object, cannot iieparate without making known to our consfli tuents ourunan-hnous and' unalterable detcn nl nation to use every lawful and constftntiot tat means- to ex tricate this Province from the operation of tU British North Araoricau t Act, the passage of whiah, in the Lnpert al legislature, was obtained by falsehood,, fn mcl ana decep-tfon.We shall take the ca Aleut .opportunity of Informing the Queen and her P arliament that the people of- Nova Scotia wi ire systemati cally aud perseveringly prerw nted from ex pressing their will 011 tBs-sab !Ct of Confed eration- until' after the Imperil 1 statute was. enacted, aud we shall respectful ly Insist that-the Act Is invalid as to -this-. Province, because it subjects her people, y vithout their consent and against their Will , to a Legislature on which it assumes-to co: nfer a power of taxation which the luiponul faruament itself docs uot constitutionally t ossess. We shall, In the name and on 1 icludf of the pesplc, firmly -reject Coufoderat Ion, and wc-i entertain no apprehension that 1 lie Imperial . authorities will attempt, or evi :n desire, to coerce tho loyal people of Nova S cot 'a into a political alliance to which they ihav manifested an Invincible repugnance. U. S. SENATOE. " . The Scioto Gazette sayst The State Journal prefers-llinriiiau to any other Democrat for Senator, because-he is a citizen or Columbus. Tho -fight vail be between Thurman and Vallaudighain ; none of the others named. It sems to us, having much strength: We think Thurman the ablest man named, and the leaders and most-of the newspapers of the- party are for him. But Vallaudighain lias the rabble- of the party at his back, and will try to overawe, by a show of force, the Legislature. It was said of Gen. Tom. llaine.va Democratic poll-tlclan'of Brown county, dead years ago, that "with the r:'Jblc at his heels he could storm the gates of hell !" Val'andigliam probably regards thin-as a similar thing, and Is marshaling his-rabble into a storming party. Our choice would be Hngh J. Jewctt,as we must have- a Doniocrat. He would, 'not do-the State discredit In the Senate, and his record Is very-good. We hope that the Val. and .. Thurman parties may get by the ears, anil .. Jcwett m.iy draw off enough Dsmocrntlc votes to elect him, wltU.the help c the Republicans.Tub Waiiash Accidkst. Th Chimin, a 1.8 ArujsTkd. We arc lnformod that an arrest has been made of tho persons who placed the obstructions on the truck, result'ng In the accident which caused the death of Mr. Dodge. Singular as It may seem, the mlsare-nnts are three boys, who acknowledge that they committed the crime. Horrible as the conscqiieiiscees were, and still more terrible as they might have been hint it not beeu Tor tho courage and devotion of the heroic Dodge, these Ifoys seem to have tukcu.no aero nut of" them at all, and give as their motive for putting the obstructions on the track, that they wiint(xl"'to see the engine jump." Six-h conduct is extremely puzzling. The lioys were old enough to know the consequences perfectly well, and they could not fall to haw-had them In mind when tbey were putting the obstructions on the cattle guard. It. shows an auiazliig carelessness as to the result of the crime. Indeed, so strange does It Hvcnuhut If we had not the Information from, several quarters, we should cast discredit on the whole story. But, it seems pretty well established, shut the report Is true, the report is that the boys were arrested uot Uir from the scene of the accident. 7'wM Illude. I'll ii New York Times savs: Mr. Conner's. star Is still In the ascendant, If we may Judge of tlu Ledger's success; but we doubt whether he 1ms yet played the best card In Ids hand. Should' his circulation ever droop from lack of a wnsation. let hlni spin a uvw sensntlon out of his own experience. Let him describe his own success Instead of that of others. How Mr. Homier made the Ledger, would be as interesting to his readers as how Mr. Beeeher made mid " earned his first 10;' and his own "Recollections of a Busy Life" would be its fruitful and entertaining as Mr. Greeley's. The proline Cobb could not concoct a" more lulcresllng Mellon than the facts which the adventurous Homier could gather out of his own newspaper experience. Let the busy Doom r think this over, reineiiiooring mai "tin tne great writers write tor It.', He conld nlso put himself on a ilrst rate salary and It would be something fbr fifteen or twenty people to say flft v or seventy years hence, that their great grami-lather got a thousand dollars a column foy his literary productions.