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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
SPANISH AFFAIRS.
RnME. Metlnn-alaY. j

ROME, "Wednesday. Jan 20. 1876.
In consequence of the political tendencies
evinced in Spain regard TO tho Forthcoming "u"'
for the Cortes Cardinal Antoncll has instructed tie
Nuneio At Madrid obtain "a clear definition OF tho GOV
crnmenrs intended line OF conduct In Ms relations with
the Papacy -, "a 49,.
Tho Reichan.etger that IN cons' quence Oh
Germanys representations the spanish Government has
nv telegraph ordered the Governor OF the Phlliphe
Islands to release the German schooner hinna, when
was seized by spanish glnboat last october.
MApEID, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1876.
THE following IL official: The Carist leader II.stany
vcsterday Informed the Spanish Consul at Bayonne,
France Of his unrcaery ed submission to KING Alfonso
GEN Martinez Campos's army is concentrated la the
ne ghl orhOod of PampelUna.
Five hundred and fifteen packages viii be shipped from
Cadz on tho 3lst inst Tor the Centennial LAhibltoh Al
Philadelphia
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. LONDON AND BERLIN MONEY MARKETS.

LONDON, NtuNthudy, jan ~ I''''
Ii has been generally supposed during tue
week that the bank OF discount would he reduced 10
morrow To-day however, the impression prevails that
INV reduction from tho present rate of yer cent IS i-
probable.
The T,,ns hi, morning In Its financial article says tho
demand for money is syery quiet at the Bank of Eng ami
and there il but little doing outside. All the suitable
gold arriving the country s taken for export, anu
there s little probability Of any Of the expected ar'do
going the bank, all foreign excanS are ad''Ho
and bills n demand.
BERLIN. Wednesday, Jan. 49, 1876.
The minimum rate OF discount ut the bank has Leen
fixed at per cent.
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widely published as having named his child John wilkes
Booth authorizes denial that he has now or ever had
a child to which he gave that name. Tho accusation
which an old one he says ia bascless SANDER lie du
have child named John wilkes as he has brother ana
an uncle bearing the Of the great English COM
moner This son born in 1866, died III loI2 anu
was sometimes called Booth because neighbor hnd
child called Abraham Lincoln. The Clerk OF the commit
tee on Ways aud Means although this report has long
been current and has recently been very widely prsu'
says nc before thought an explanation neccsa'
as he did not think tho puDc interested in his pi
yuf stln affairs.
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nARAMA pERr FIxED Ar Ten MuLIoNs.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. 19.-Gov. Houston,
Levi w. Iawler and b. Bether, Commissioners adjust
and settle the debt OF Alabama Will make their report to
the Legislature In few days The result Of their labors
will be- II confirmed by the Legislature, to fix tho entire
indebtedness Of the State Of Alabama at the sum OF
about SIO,OOOOOO Mr.. John r. Dos Passos OF New
York been In this city for several weeks counsel
large number f the direct American bondholders,
and after making a thorough examination OF the re-
sources and condition OF the State has accepted
the proposition OF the Commissioners with debt nxed
at the above figures.
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DARTMOUTH ALUMNI
TWELFTH ANNUAL DINNER.
SPEECHES BY R. d. -DBALL, PRESIDENT sMIrr

SPEECHES BY R. h. -MBALL, PRESIDENT SMITH, H
W. sTOUGHToN, and oTHERs-THE BUsINEa
MEETING.
The twelfth ANNA, dinner Of the New-York Assoc
citation Of Dartmouth College Alumni took place last
evening at Delmonico's. Speeches were made by
r. B. Kimball, President Asa ID. Smith, tho Hon
II. p. Perkins, f. W. Stouglton, the Rev. DR.. J. IL
Tucker and others. Officers for the ensuing yeai
were elected, and report submitted from the trus4
tees of the college relative to the alumni voting in
the election of trustees.
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COL. SCOTT ON THE GROUND.

AN ARGUMENT IN BEHALF OF THR TEXAS PACIFIC
THE COLONEL MAKES LONG sPEECH-REMARKs
ny vICE-PREsIDENT BOND AND Mr.. HUNTINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The Pacific Railroad
Committee Of the House met this evening to hear the
statements Of the Texas Pacific Railway Company on
the one hand and the Central Pacific and Southern Pa
eho Companies California the other in relation
the bills before the Committee providing for the COM
peton Of the thirty second parallel line to the Pacific
Col. Thomas A. Scott, Major Frank A. Bond aud
ExGOy. John c. Brown Of Tennessee appeared for the
Texas Pacific lne and @. P. Huntington and c. H. sher
nil for the Central and Southern Pacific Railroad COmpa
nes Col Scott presented the advantages Of competing
transcontnentai line TO the Government and the
people He declared that not only s Il the in
terest Of tho Government 10 have the Texas
and Pacific line promptly constructed, BY rea-
son Of the great economies 10 would secure
In its military Indian and postal transportation, and by
the ability would possess TO solve humanely and ef
GENTLY the Indian question: but 1t Is also the duty OF the
United States 10 construct the same IN order to comply
Mitn It's treaty obligations, assumed when Arizona and
NewMexieo were purchased. He also called attention
INC iact That the constant border troubles with Mexico
A~Ae imperative that the Government should have
pV"p' facilities for moving troops and supplies aud that
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ITALY AND TIE CHURCH.

LONDON. Thursday, Jan 90 1876.
A special dispatch to The Standard from
Rome says the Italian Government has closed the Epls
copal seminary ut Como for Its rcfuaa to admit Gov
ernment inspector This Ia important act being tie
strongest stop yet taken la the States dealing with the
Church and viii doubtless produce great results.
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AN OLD STORY TOLD ANEW.

MR.. MORTON HAS DIFFICULTY GETTING THE
EAR OF THE sESATE-HIs ANGRY EXCITEMENT
REPEATS HIS REGULATION oUTRAGEs
SPEECH.
lBY TELEGRAPH THE TRIDUSE.l
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The resolution of Senator
Davis TO appoint Special Committee to investigate
the Treasury Department, was again laid over in
the Senate and there is an evident disposition to
put it aside from time TO time, 10 amend 1T and
take away it's strength by referring to the Finance
Committee. Mr.. Morton seeing that the temper OF
the Senate was against Mr.. Davis moved to lay the
question aside and proceed with the consideration
of his Mississippi investigating resolutions. This,
however was worse to the Senate than Mr.. Dayls's
resolution, and Mr.. Morton beaten by vote of
% TO 80 Among those voting against the postpone
ment Of other business were such stanch radicals
as Messrs. COnkling. Edmunds, Boutwell,, Hamlin,
and Morrill, of Vermont. Mr. Morton was in a state
Of angry excitement. He crossed the aisle to where
Mr. Conkling and Others sat, and in angry manner
shook his head and seemed TO protest against their
action He then returned to his seat rolled up his
papers, and seemed sullen and angry. Subsequently,
however, the Senate exercised something more of
its ordinary forttude, and permitted Mr.. Morton to
proceed.
As for his speech, or that portion Of it which he
delivered to-day, it has the old familiar ring that
has been sounding in the ears of his auditors ever
since its author has been in the Senate 1t has been
delivered in the Senate again and again, has found
its way into the campaign in NewEngland last Fall,
and has not been unheard by the citizens Of Indian
apols. 1t was simply the speech of Senator Morton,
pitched on the same old key, and abounding in the
same sharps and fats that have characterized all his
speeches for the past ten years.
He has the floor tomorrow, when he will probably
produce such documentary evidence he has, and
close by shaking the bloody garment again in the
face Of the Senate. Some of the Democrats say that
the best way beat such speeches is to say nothing
In reply but such is hardly possible in the
present case, and probably long political debate
will follow, with the ultimate passage Of the resou
ton.
Senator Chrstiancy viii take the floor tomorrow
after Mr. Morton completes his speech, and will offer
substitute for the resolution introduced by the
latter. Mr.. Christiancy is opposed to Mr.. Mortons
resolution and holds it to be too wide in its scope
Should it pass, and the policy which it is based
be carried out it might result not only in removing
from their seats Representatives in Congress, but
also members of the Legislature and State officers in
Mississippi who were chosen at the late election.
Benator Chrstiancy believes that his amendment
will be approved by Republican Senators, and 1t is
possible that it may be accepted by Mr.. Morton him
self, and that the debate will not long be continued.
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A CONFERENCE ON TRAMPs.

ALTOONA, Penn, Jan. ia convention OF
Poor Directors Of Pennsylvania has been IN session mere
all day considering the tramp question IL Organized
this morning by eectns Mr.. Ii. Hays OF flusourg
Chairman Committees then appointed. ahere arc
10 Ieiegates here rcsenting 80 counties Ihe Con-
yention will meet again tomorrow.
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Post-Onice Department:

The last item includes the postage by both The
Globe and Democrat before consolidation, and of the
new paper since.
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Tile REY. HENRY YARLEY RECOVERING.

TIE REV. HENRY VARLEY RECOVERING.
LONDON, Wednesday, Jan. 49, 1876.
The Rev. Henry Varley, the noted revival
preacher had Of rheumatism Of the heart last
week and his recovery for time despaired Of Tho
disease however yielded and II Ia now believed e IA out
Of danger lie taken to brighton for the benefit Of
the air yesterday
A press telegram announced last Friday that the
Rev. Henry Varley was hopclessly III. This was fol
lowed by private dispatch Tuesday saying that he
was dead. Tho received at the same time in
Philadelphia and announced by Mr. Moody at the noon
day meeting In that city.
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TIE AMERICAN OVERLAND ROUTE.

LONDON, wedno sday, Jan 49, 1870
The new mail steamship Australia sailed
from Plymouth for Melbourne to-day Che Is intended to
py regularly between San Franclsco and Australia.
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THE WAR IN CENTRAL ASIA.

LoNDoS Wednesday, Jan. 10, lS70.
A Berlin telegram to TIE DditV 1eieJfdph
SAYS that disturbances have occurred III The n'lshpor
hood Of samarcand. The Insurgents arc advancing
toward khOkand.
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WAX BEGUN ON bIEClhb bh"S'
wn SPRINGER SUGGESTS CONSTITUTIONAL ANhNi-
NENT-HOw ILLINOIS HAS PURIFIED HEX Lh"lo
1Ar1oN THE SWARM OF PRIVATE BILLS IN
CONGRESS.
fBr rRLEGRArH TO THE rRfprFR'I
WASHINGTON Jan 19-Representatlve Spnngers
resolution proposng an amendment to the Constitu-
tion TO prevent special legislation by Congress- Is in
line Of an important reform already adopted by sew
eral of the States. The last Constitutional Coh'en
tion of Illinois adopted an article OF TINS Klhd ana
a. r.snIt has been the raising of the standard OF
leoislatiye morality very perceptibly. Inc session
laws of Illinois, which formerly filled large volumes,
are now reduced in bulk at least 20 per cent ana
the LEGISLATURE instead of spending its time in the
consideration of private bills and special measures,
is able to devote its whole attention to general egis-
lation.
The evil of special legislation in Congress is even
oreater than in the State Legislatures Since the
oneninq of the present session there have already
been introduced in the House alone more than ZOO
bills and a very large majority of these are private
or specal in their character. In the consideration
of these bills, committees are obliged to act on
er parte evidence produced by persons interested III
theI passage and IT is very rare that any spcclai
investigation on the part of the Government can be
made The result is, that numerous bills. appro-
priatipC money which the Government docs not
owe pass during every session of Congress.
In the last Congress 2000 bills, representing
claims amounting to $27,OO0,00o, were referred to
q single committee of the House, that on war CLAIMS
There was probably not Of these claims which
could not better have been dealt with by court
having competent jurisdiction. The removal o.
private business from Congress to some judicial tn
bunal would probably do more to elevate the Con
eressional standard than almost anything eise
which has been suggested, and it is TO accomplish
tins that Mr.. Springer has introduced his resolution
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POSTAGE PAID BY LEADING PAPERS.

JOURNALS.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE1
WAsHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Below is given state
ment of the amount of postage paid by few of the
leading newspapers of tho country on their mail
circulations during the calendar year 1875.
In n few instances the amount paid during
the last quarter of the year estimated, but in
the case of each of the NcwYork papers the account
for the whole year has been made up and the figures
given are actually as they stand the books of the
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MR.. MORTON HAS DIFFICULTY IN GETTING THE
EAR OF THE sENATE-IIIS ANGRY EXCITEMENT
HE REPEATS HIS REGULATION oUTRAGEs
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WASHINGTON.
VAR BEGIJN ON SPECIAL LAWS.

A WAR BEGUN On bPECIAL Lh"o'
m. SPRINGER SUGGESTS CONSTITUTIONAL AMhNp-
NEST-HOw ILLINOIS HAS PURIFIED HER Luis
IAT1oN THE SWARM OF PRIVATE BILLS IN
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pI gYN IIDRU,S
Islands.

"plain words are best said Mr.. Curtis i'll
his sensible and earnest speech before the
Convention. The friends of Mr.. Conklinc
seem TO have agreed with hlm. Nobody doubts
what Mr.. Conkling represents nobody tries to
conceal or lessen his responsibility for policy
of administration which he has always de
Tended and sought to perpetuatc; but the
Chairman of the Convention was even more
outspoken than any of us thought he would
dare to be- and defined the connection between
"our great Senator" and Grantsm with Il
frauLness which must have made some Of the
delegates open their eyes. We have only TO
ACCEPT Mr.. Conkling for President. said Chair
man Dawson, and We shall have "a worthy
"slccrssor OF the present incumbent OF the
coffee. who has proved himself as wise and
"patrlotic in peace "a he was brave and IN
vulnerable on the field OF battle"
So Gen. Grant has been wise in peace 1t
was wise TO make an intimate friend Of Shcp-
herd. IL WIS wise to trust Mcdonald and
Babcock. II was wise to hold mp the District
Ring. the Whisky Ring, the Real Estate Ring
tbe Suffers Ring. the Naval Ring. 1t wa'
wise to overlook BelkDap's bribery when 1t
was divulgcd in 1872. Ii was wise to ostra-
cize Summer and make an ally OF Butler. 1t
was wise TO undertake the SantO Domingo job.
It was wise to appoint Cramcr, and Casey, ana
Packard. II was wise to upset tho Govern
ment of Louisiana. IL was wise to dlspersc
tbe Legislature at New Orleans. 1t was wise
TO back Kellogg and Spencer 1t was wise to
retain Williams a. Attorney General ana
Schepck as an ambassador. 1t was wise to Doml-
nate Williams as Chief-Justicc, and to put
Billings in the place Of Durell. 1t was wise to
let Orvl Grant make o shabby living by the sale
of appointments. 1t was vie to take the Govern
ment funds away from the Barngs and trust
them TO Clews. IL was wise to put the Treas
urv INTO the hands Of Richardson. and to en-
courage the operations of Jayne and Sanborn,
and 10 sustain DelaDo under fire, and to ac-
cent the resignation OF Belllnap with regret.
II was wise to take the increase of one hun
dred per cent in his salary and to sign the
back-pay BILL And finally it was wise to
enter into the great Third Term conspiracy,
and prostitute the civil service to prolOng his
own lease of power. All these actions, and a
hundred like them, were wise, patriotic and
beneficent. And Mr.. Conkhng promises, If
elected, to 20 on in Elc same course.
Well that is inst what Mr.. Conkling would
do There is not one Of Gen. Grants most
fragrant blunders which COnkling has not ap-
Proved not one Of his outrages upon the
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forms, and the receipts to 4,258,349 forms. Thu
entire loss on the Exhibition would therefore in
round numbers, amount to S7,500.0OO.
PERSONAL.

Bishop Galberry, the newly consecratod
bishop of NewHaven was presented on Tuesday with
service OF silver plate valued 5000 by the pup, ~,
the st. Rose Parochial School at Merden. Conn. VI
Four Hampshire Governors and or.
Governors start next Monday for sx-weeks' trim to
California with their families, having chartered sneo
for the purpose They are Gov Cheney and Cows
| smythe, straw, ana Stearns.
Very great care is taken to deny the rumors
concerning tho III health Of Mr.. A. T. Stewart and Il
has doubtless been exaggerated But Mr. Stewart Ia an
old man. and Is bearing the cares OF an enormous bust
ness at a time when business s not always so proaaba
and satisfactory the flush days before the panic
| Mr.. Ellwood E. Thorne, the Grand Master
of Freemasons in this State, has peremptoy declined
to be candidate for third term, although already re-
qnested to by formal votes Of from
the office for years. and thinks II time for some
one else to assume them 10 Is understood TO DE almost
onr,oin tIat bia nresent deputy Sneaker Jamss W.
| Hustled will be his SUCCESSOR.
| Prince Bismarck's opinion of the French
elections is given in letter written by German d, 10.
matist, an extract from which IS published Rouen
paper 1.-THE Chancellor" says the German dplo
does not appeor TO affected in any particular way bv
the result Of the elections In CONVERSE on had with
him hours ago he remarked, doubt the French
hey viii begin eating the priests they tackle the
Germans; the task Ia SO mcn easier and have de-
sire to baulk their appetite In that direction"
The trustees of the James Lick trust of San
Francisco have made formal tender OF the fund to the
Regents of the University California and it has been
accepted The terms OF the trust that telescope su
p.rior to and powerful than any telescope eve,
made shall be constructed and provided with all The ma.
chnery and appurenances Necessary TO be placed in
suitable observatory Mount Hamilton, In sanla Clara
County, California If any portion Of tho fund of $780,.
900 remains after paying Tor the telescope aud building
devoted TO paying the expenses of the observatory.
The Pal MAJ Gazette says: "We are informed
that signor oss will make bis first appearance the
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~ IIIIID iInNIIN

Feel his pulse Hold the mirror close 10 his
face, Let us know whether "0ur noble Sena-
..torr stll has the breath of life III him, be
foro punishment bo mcted to the men who
have done him TO death. For If he
brcathcs. yet his wounds arc mortal, and We
know that no surgical skill will avail. When
the hour for vengeance comes, send for Cornell.
He did not mean to slaughter "Ncw- York y
"fayoritc son." but he did il, nevertheless.
With such machinery in his hands rs 10 secure
any form Of Endorsement desired, he SAW tit to
insult a body of Republicans so large and inilI-
cntial that every sane man realized from that
momcnt that the Senator could net be nomi-
mated. Then, with u twO-thirds majority in
Convention, this same Cornell caused Com
mittcc 10 be selected which stubbornly insisted
ON reporting resolutions eulOgizing our noble
Senator. presenting his name for the Pres-
dency "A the choice of New-York. and pledg-
ing the State to him III the event OF
hi, nomination. Concessions, where they
suffice to quell opposition, may be wise. But
in this case the only concession which would
have silcnced opposition was the percmptOry
withdrawal of the name of Conkling This
Mr.. Cornell should have known. lie had
backed the Convention, and thereby had given
offense which nothing less than the with
drawal of Conkling could remove. He had
insulted a powerful body of Republicans, and
thereby had rendered the nomination of Conk-
ling an impossibility. Absolute withdrawal
would have placed Mr.. COnkling in strong
position /; concession, which did not silence but
only encouraged hostility, was fatal sur
render. With votes enough to carry anything,
he did not dare to attempt absolute
instructions to vote as a unit for COnk-
ling. That was % confession that the
very opposition which he had already in
suited WAS too powerful to be iusuited with
impunity. Thus Conkling goes out of the