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A Commission to Consider the Transfer
of the Indian Bureau.
THE GENERAL DEFICIENCY BILL.
Indebtedness ofthe Navy Depart
nnent To Be Paid.
/. THE SUNDRY CIVIL SERVICE BILL.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON, juno Z, 1878.
THE NEW CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY BUILDING
CRYING NECESSITY FOR MORE ROOM.
II Is pretty well determined that the new building
for the Congressional Library shall be placed in Judi
ciary square. The government owns there capa-
cous site for It.; while II II were placed on Capitol
Hill, as has been proposed, land would have TO be
bought at OF several hundred thousand dollara
II is st hoped that Congress will, before tadourns
settle the site and make appropriation TO begin the
building.
Z The present library accommodations are entirely
Inadequate. Three hundred and my thousand vol
umes are crowded into space which gives shelf room
for only $50 900. books piled up In heaps on
the floor everywhere. These books injured BY
being piled upon another IL is difficult 10 keep
order among them, and there 10 space at all for
the disposal OF thousands OF other thingspamphie
engfavings, musical predictions, charts, photo
graphs-ali OF which. we'll as books, pour in q
constant stream into library under the Copyright
law, and must DO deposited there.
Al present. from sheer want OF space show them,
there are piled up in the library many thousand
enRravings and other objects OF art which, properly
arranged and displayed. would constitute most In
tsrcsng gallery, showing the progress OF tho arts Of
design In America Thon there are thousands upon
thousands OF maps, illustrating every part OF the
sountry, which rendered almost valueless Tor the
limo being from want OF room where they
be CLASSIFIED and consulted rho library
Uf Congress is exceedingly rich in news
papers and periodicals, having over i've thousand
bound volumes OF newspapers alone, and complete
sets of nearly every literary and scientific periodical
published in the United States Great Britain, bo-
sides very large selection OF those published on the
Continent OF Europe
\ II has boon proposed to select from the library
nfry or sixty thousand volumes OF Law books and
works OF reference keeping them in tho present
library necessary ndJunct to the everyday wants
OF Congress, and remove the remainder. together
with the copyright department, to a building TO DO
constructed especially TOR perm anent library
Whatever Is to be decided thore Is doubt that
Congress ought at once to determine, and an apDro-
priation should be made At this session TO begin
the building, which viii at the best take several
years to complete
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FREEHOLD, N. j.. Juhe Z, 1s7a.
The second trial OF Charles Kavanaga, Of Long
Branch, charged with nring corn rcks on
January 2, 1873, and tho barn and stock
Of Charles Chamberlain. adjoining John Hoyss',
Hollywood PARK, at West End, on February
IL 1878, was continued to-day In tho Court OF
Quarter Sessions, before Judges Mclean, Remssn,
Herbert and Wheeler and Jury. The evidence. which
has already been published ia substance, has occupied
the attention Of the Court tor days The State 10
represented BY John Lanning Prosecutor OF the Psa1
Robr Allen, Charles hagnt and Henry N. Nevns; thi
defence by Cbillion Robbins and George @. Beck man
Don, bat the counsel were not through summing up
hslpist four o'clock, when tho Court adjourned "a
Tomorrow morning.
Ksvanaeh aud Julia, his wife, who were Jointly in
dicted tor selling liquor without license at Lon6
Branch, yesterday Withdrew THAR plea OF not guilty.
and pleaded guilty. Sentence reserved until M
end or the trial tor arson. - fhR
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THE YONKERS MYSTERY.

INQUEST ON TEE BODY OF THE BURGLAR,
HowARD-vRRDIor OF THE coRoNEA's
JURY.
At Yonkors Yesterday Coroner Hughes held an In
quest the body Of the man who was found dead on
Dr. MOTIFS farm, near that place. on last Tuesday
morning. and has since been identified ~ George
l.. Howard, alias George L. Lsstor, noted burglar.
The FIRST witness examined Paroiman Joseph e.
johnson, who discovered the body OF the deceased.
His testimony, however, did not disclose any facts
which have not already appeared In the HERALD.
Detective Richard King, OF the New York Central
once the next Witness I'll icen.iiy the de-
ceased as George L. Howard; believe his right name
Is George l. Lester, but no goes by the name OF
Howard: have known him Tor two years; his busi-
ncss was that OF professional burglar; he mas been
arrested In New YORK Tor burglary, also knew him
In Brooklyn and had followed him there to nnd out
where his home was; no originally came from phils-
delphia.
Valentine Brown, Hcal,h oicer or the city OF on
kcrs, testified :iave seen the body OF deceased aud
made post-mortem examination; on examining the
brain found q fragment oil u bullet aud portion OF
tho bone OF tho skull, which had evidently been
driven by the force Of Ihs bullets found evidence
OF hcmorrhaRo within tho substance OF tho
brain; also the brain seemed 10 DO In a
high state OF congestion; that vas tho only
back OF tho left car, ABOUT the junction oil the occp
tai orbat and cerebral bones, and seemed 10 lodge
within tho substance OF the cerebrum andeavorcd 70
the Of the ball and looked Tor an outlet
but did not lind any that was tho only wound us
covered IN tho brain, which was Sufficient 10 cause
doa,n the other wound was IN the right cheek,
flesh wound; the wound IN tbs flesh would necessarily
cause hcmorrhage, but not after death the sur
roundings OF the wound IN the face showed that tho
pistol was close 10 tue flesh when II was dischargcd
the light have been dead from three 70 SIX days
Otner Witnesses testified IN corroboraton OF Tho
foregoing
The Jury, after celebrating ABOUT Ave minutes
found Tue following verdict :-"Ihat George Howard
to his death Ny injuries received ny pistol shot
wound IN tho oack oil the head, the bullet catering
MS brain, aud that tho said shot nrsd by some
person or persons unknown TO the jury"
The body will remain at tine oficc OF Yonkers un-
dertaker until this afternoon, when, not GAINED Dy
friends, ~ viii be buried Al the expense oil the Guy.
II Understood that man called a. the Central ONCE
In this city yesterday morning and stated mat DO was
making preparations to give tho remains = decsnt
burial.
rne prevailing opinion among the police Ia that
Howard became In vovcd Ia trouble Of some Kind with
his associates and that for reasons AT present known
only 10 the latter he was put out oil the way Among
thedctecve force Of this CITY Howard bore the repu
tstion OF being without equal IN THIS country as
burglar. |, 10 Understood tuat tho detectives have
found Glow TO the mystery and are already 10 iai'
] way 70 trace the crime homo 10 The psrpsLrAiorA
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JOE COBURN'S HLALTH.
[pY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALp.l

AUBURN, N Y, June 7, 1874
In order 10 set all apprshensions at rest In New
York concerning the rumored dying condition Of Joe
Coburp, the expugiiis HERALD representative In
tsrv,swed Major Boyle principal Keeper OF Auburn
Prison, to-day, IRON whom the following particulars
were obtained Joe was not enjoying the best Of
health. but there nothing serious 10 DO apprs-
brick laying on an extension TO ntract shop now
erecting. ioftnip nj ago he was In the hospital for
two or shgee days, sick with rheumatism and Iung
difficulty, ejecting blood. Like all persons OF hts
cass he feels certain death is staring him the lace
at the least Illness JUo remarked the other day that
his best days over. aud Is impressed with the
beuef that he viii not his term Of imprison.
menL lie Is considerably reduced in flesh and u Is
plain to be that the rgors Of prison life do not
nurc "a
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THE FRANCo-AMERICAN TREATY.

ADDRESS or THE NATIONAL AMERICAN COM
MIrTEE-CLosxR COMMERCIAL RELATIONS
DESIRED.
WAsnISGrox, Juno Z, 1875
The Nstionai American Committse, organized
to aid In securing Franco-American treaty
OF commerce. have adopted IN answer 10 N.
Msnior. president OF the committee organised
at Paris for tho purpose OF Inviting n popular move.
ment In behalf OF the object The American commit
tee say the diversity Of the natural products and
manufactures OF the two countries 10 such that they
cannot be rivals Each PRODUCES, In a very largo
measure, what the other wants, and
conceive that any political theory should ior-
bid tho closest commercial relations between nations
thus situated. The United states 10 tecming with
products which should md market In France. aud
II We sell TO you II is natural and inevitable
result that shall buy from you. We are
therefore, prepared TO cordially cooperate IN direct
ing the patriotc sentiment OF France and the United
States TO the great advantage which must accrue
equally TO each country by such adjustment OF m
port dutics through q conventional tarin, Will IN
crease ~ trade ana develop Its resources.
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NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
SUMNER CRUISE OF THE SARATOGA.

SUMNER CRUISE OF THE SARATOGA
WAsHIsGroN, Juno I, 1878.
The Saratoga, now al shc Washington Navy Yard,
will SAL, about the 10th Of this month for her summer
cruise. she 10 . training ship and has . number Of
boys aboard her for instruction the duties OF tho
sea man, aud 10 daily eniissing others. Lieutenant
Com maudsr Robiey d. Evans minands her and has
for hrs cruise what called q rowing ommission.
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CoUNTLkFEITER ARRESTED.
LEWISTON. Nc. June 7, Is

Lewiston, Ne. June 7, 1873
l.. @. washburn, hailiug IRON Byron, In this state,
arrested for attempting TO pass counterfeit halt
dollar. On searching his room 81 100 In spurious
halves aud quarters discovered anu tho materials
for uiaoturlnu thasa cakns.
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bs made during the present session Of Congress-. NJ
Muller will endeavor 70 obtain thu UNANIMOUS consent
Of tho House hear tho report In question read. In
order that the bill may DO disposed Of before adjourn
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quoted the WORDS "as posse ccnitatss. " and Mr..
Teller submitted an amendment strike out be
words "ior tho purpose Of executing the laws so Tho
section, IL amended, should rsad:-"From and alter
passage OF this act shall not Do lawful 10 employ
any part OF the army Of the United States except IN
such and under such circumstances Al such en-
ploymen. Of said force may De expressly authorised,
&c.
Pending discussion Mr.. DAVIS submitted an amend
prating x275 600 Tor the rchase Of the Freedan's
Savings Bank building In this city for the use OF he
government Referred 70 tho Committcs on Appro-
prations.
The Senate then, at six O'Clock p. NJ on motion OF
Mr. MORRILL,, adjourned until eleven O'Clock to-
morrow
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MURDER IN The FIRST DEGREE.


PHILADELPHIA, June T. 1873
The fury In tho case OF Alexander b. Sayrss
charged with having shot and killed MS vile In
November last. this morning rendered verdict 81
murder In the nrst degree. WNA t#t s@FM@&
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aud in seeking The aid OF tue army the forms Of Law
must be strictly observed rms section, should IT DO
amended proposed, would not prevent the proper
use vi the army. During his remarks Mr.. Mcrrimon
said u was much the duty of every officer In
every state TO enforce Uned states Law well AS the
law OF the state 10 winch no might live.
Mr.. EDarsDs said he wished that had been done
during the last niteen years.
Mr. MKHRiMo4 SAID had had the calamity OF q
civil war but the Senator IRON Vermont need not be
constantly talking about That was no way 10 argue
a question. He (Mr Merrimonl could not imagine
what sor. OF feelings people had 10 be forever talking
about ing which had passed by.
Mr. EpxUSps asked II human experience proved
nothing. Did not history prove that what had &C.
cured once might occur againf
Mr.. NEgRinoS said should II occur again tho hon.
oraDls senator tMr. Edmunds) might hnd himself on
tue opposite side that winch he had been. should
Vermont seccde IN the iuturs Though he hoped moth
ana no (Mr. Merrmon) went 10 make Vermont behave
herself ne would not DC constantly casting IN the
teeth Of trend ME Edmundsj nitecn years alter
ward that they haa sDleGte down tnoro which was
not right
army had been used and prostttuted time and time
again to control elections Tue object oi this section
trusted that the President would mot use the army
Tor such purpose; but no trusted before the Pfss-
dent would not, aud he did use -.
The discussion ~ 10 the lawful use o. the army was
continued at some length ny Messrs. Eumunds HILL
Wallace, Merrimon and othera
CIviL AND MILITARY AUTHORITY
Mr. HILL argued that II was timv this country
should soc the distinction between eivii authority
and military authority. He regretted that anybody
under any pretence should nave sara II was lawful 10
use the army us posse comitatus. Whenever tho
Idea prevailed that needed the military arm TO
govern the great body OF our people then The uBda-
mental principle oi our government would DO aDan-
donsd. When " was conceded ny this governments
that u right 10 the army to govern The ctizen
u would DO no longer u government OF the people,
bat government force lie iet out l,e In efest ~
this section. there Tor troops in his state
He thought there was less probability OF tho army
any other portion OF the Union. He subm,lted mn
Amendments 10 strike out oil The section AZ above
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from ear to ear, ),nd he was as dead
, as mackerel. No useless coffin en-
shrOuded his breast. He was dressed
IN an ordinary suit of clothes, had
| two gold studs in his shirt, and pair
of buckles on his shoes. A pass-book
with his name upon it indicated who
he was. Capt. Hood detailed detec-
tives Shea and Heating to work up
the ''stiff,'' and they did il. They
f0und out that he had been employed
on piece work in the wagon establish
inent of Peter chuttler. at the cor.
ner of Clinton and Monroe streets;
that he had been Il frequent tippler,
often neglectlng his work Il ID his
family; that he was down at the heel
financially, and an object of very
much solicitude on the part Of sever
al gentlemen who had given him
credit. One of these was his grocer,
who finally resorted to the means of
garnisheeing his wages. That was on
last Sunday. This act, with others
which he dreaded would come, caused
him t. leave home on Monday. On
the day previous he told his wife he
''O'''NA MIL HAtuOClA W CSC0RC tuC
RAISING of his creditors, but he had
said this so often that she did not be-
lieve it. On Monday night he did not
return and his wife mt note to
Schuttler asking about him. When
she received the information that he
had not been to work, she began to
fear that he had settled one account
at least.
On yesterday when the BODY was
found, and had been taken by the de-
tectives to the mOrgue. they took
Mrs. Trein there and she identified
1T as that of her husband. Trein for
merly lived in Dixon. ILL.,, where he
worked in mill, and when he came
to Chicago he was possessed of some
means. But he had Il weakness for
the cup of red and then there insert
the usual temperance lecture.) Peo.
pie who are in debt will probably re-
fer this mans fate to their creditors
and thus discourage the idea of gar
nishment.
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AS will be seen by the reports of
the proceedings of conventions, given
elsewhere, we are on the track for
congress in the Third District of
Minnesota. We were first nomina-
ted, some weeks since, by the Work.
ingmen of st. Paul in their council:
and on the 5th of September we were
placed in nomination by the Green.
back National party, assembled in
convention in Minneapolis; and on
the 9th inst. we were likewise nomi-
mated by the Democrats of the Dis.
trict in their convention ut st. Paul.
These unsOught and unexpected en-
dorsements we do not regard as in
any sense compliment to ourself:-
we have gone through 100 rough an
experience of life to indulge in any
such sanities;-they simply signify
that we are identified with principles
of government which in the fullness
of time are meeting with almost uni.
versal acceptance; and that we are
now put forward rs the representa-
tive of those principles by all the ele-
ments of opposition to John Sher-
mans policy and William d. Wash
burns candidacy.
We will do our best to achieve sue.
cess. and il elected to deserve it.
We cannot refrain. however from
thanking the many kind friends who
have contributed by their influence
to our nomination. Their generous
support is very grateful to the feel
ings of one who for years has met
little save obloquy and misrepre-
sentation.
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ticket is about seventeen thousand
and they have lost one congressional
district. The friends of Bradley Bar.
low, the Greenbact candidate in the
third district, are confident that
when the official returns are in he
will have majority over the Republi.
can and Democratic candidates com.
bined. He lacks but few votes of
this on the returns now in. But if a
new election in November is neces.
sary Barlow will sweep the district.
This is remarkable opening for the
Greenbackers. The most sang gaine
of the new party leaders never con-
templated the election of a congress.
man from Vermont, where the
movement did not have fOothold
until this year. This is evidence of
the wonderful progress of the new
party.
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The Pioneer Press is in a state of
terrible distress. 1t lifts up it's voice
and sweeps over the growth of the
Greenback party as follows:
The fools. unfortunately, ,are not all
outside the Republican party; but it
would simplify matters very mater.
tally if, when man adopts loose
principles of financial integrity, he
would at once take his proper place in
the ranks of the Nationals or join the
''absOlute' Democrats. However,
detection seems to the order of the
day, and there is little gained by
pointing out special instances when
almost every State in the Union is
just now exhibiting extraordinary
feats of political contortion and
ground-and-lofty tumbling. The two
great parties that have heretofore
stood squarely facing each other, now
present spectacle of disorganization
and confusion never before witnessed
in this country. In every State, ma
tiOnal Democrats and national Re-
publicans and Nationals who refuse
to affiliate with either party, Demo-
Gratis with sound Republican none
tary opinions and Republicans with
rotten Democratic principles. We
are called to judgment; let the process
of disintegration go on--if we can
only reform the lines and make a
square fight between those who be-
lleve in honest money and honest
government, and the myrm;dons of
reputation and national disgrace.
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FILLMORE COUNTY ITEMS.

Dullness here pervades everything
in your locals ideas.
Over-prOduction has generally been
cited as the leading cause Of hard
times. With the hay crop ruined,
fully one-half of the wheat uncut, and
barley failure. Was there ever a
revival Of business more assured! No
doubt our cattle will switch their
tails in the highest degree of bovine
extasy, when they are gathering
the after wrath from the fields, "
during a Minnesota blizzard.
A most painful event occurred here
last week. Ex-senator DIR. r. III.
Evarts, gave bottle of ..iiguor
sfrichnine,' official strength, in place
Of one much more diluted. Hon.
Miles Carpenter for his sick wife,
Mrs. c. took one teaspoonful-half a
grain Of strychnine in solutiOn--and
in less than half an hour she died. 1t
is sad affair; yet the honorable doc
tor. in two column article in the
'sStar' calls it. "A part of divine
Providence which he can no more
escape than his victim" We have
heard of such ministrat:ons Of Provi-
dence on kittens, and just about such
an explanation to satisfy the credu-
lous minds of children. 1.-The only
question, says the doctor, ito
be decided is whether after
making such a bIunder one has any
right to remain in a calling 50 re-
sponsible.' This is great moral
question which the doctor proposes
to decide when he had time. As he
still continues to practice, we hope
Divine Providence will stay away
from here until his decision is rem
dered.
The MiIlers have fixed up fat
thing. They have graded the new
wheat crop - No. /, 2, 3 ard 4. 10. 4
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Here is a pitable story of human
love and suffering:
This poor, faithful man would, if
in the State of New Hampshire seek.
ing work, be arrested and punished as
a tramp
Hamilton (Ont J Spectator.
On the arrival of the I:5O New York
express at the Great Western railway
here. Tuesday morning. the men
engaged in testing the car wheels and
running-geer of the cars were sur
prised to see man slowed away upon
the trucks of one of the sleeping-cars
"a position in which it is as much as
ones life is worth to ride even the
shortest distance. The policeman
in charge of the station. Mr.. Farr,
was informed of the circumstance,
and at once arrested and searched
the man, finding only six cents in
money and some papers on his person.
On being questioned as to his motive
for placing himself in such a danger.
ous position. the man said his name
was Lenox and that he had been
working in Emmett, where he had
received telegram informing him
that his wife was lying at the point of
death in Buffalo. Monday morning
he left Emmett, paying his fare to
Lordon, beyond which point his
money ran out. Being determined
to reach Buffalo somehow, and not
knowing any means of doing the
journey so quickly except by rail, he
slowed himself away on the truck
under the car, and there he had re-
manned until discovered at Hamilton.
Let the reader. if it is possible. form
Il conception. the faintest idea of the
perils of such journey, and then it
may be possible to understand what
the poor. grief-stricken German must
have suffered. The distance between
London and Hamilton. by the Great
Western railway is eighty.five and a
quarter miles. and the slightest
change OF the position on LenOx's
part. or the least obstruction on the
tract. would have launched the poor
fellow into eternity at once. And
think of the agony he must have suf.
fered from the dust. sand and debris
thrown up by the swift flying train.
and the great tension on the nerves
and sinews by being compelled to
maintain his hold on the truck. The
policeman said he would not risk a
journey of one hundred yards in the
position Lenox was for the whole
Great Western railway. and where
IS there another who would do so for
what is commonly called ..mere love. =
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Our absence on the frontier has
heretofore prevented us from hottie
ing the castardly outrage. committed
at Austin. Minn.. in the destruction
of the type and presses of the Repub-
lican newspaper. by gang of rutfians
who are opposed to Judge Page.
Such acts always rebound on the
prosecutors; and the result of this out
rage will be to give the Republican
and its editor tenfold more influence
than they ever possessed before.
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Few things could more clearly eyi.
dence the heartlessness of our age and
the indifference to human misery,
than the folio wing from a recent
number of the Chicago Times. No
wonder that people who feel thus
should witness without remorse the
movement of events which threaten
to destroy liberty in the land.
Some of them rush into bankrupt.
cy, some of them tuck up their coat
tails and skip for Canada. and some
of them so to the parks and cut their
throats. Anything to beat a bill.
John Trein tried the latter and suc-
ceeded. He WAS found on yesterday
IN . puddle called lake in Douglas
xsGk. His throat was cut. aimoet