Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1873, Page 4

! 4 i TIE CITICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1873. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE, TERMA OF IUIRCRIDTION (PAYADIY TN ADVANCEY, Dty by mail e § 12,60 1 Bund Fri-Wook G001 Wosyroaemrs Partaofn b tha #amo rat ‘o provont dlelay and mistakes, ho sura and give Post Ottico nddess [n full, Including Btnto and Connty, Tlemitinnces may o mady olthor by draft, oxprass, Post Ofice ordor, or i vogistored fotlors, ot our rlak, TEHMS T0 CITY BUBSURINERE, nily, dollsora uday excepted, 23 conts por wook, Dotk detteer nilay Tnciided, W0 conts "o wook: Addro THE TRIDUNK COMUANY, GoTor Madleon aid Doncborhuata Ontoasay Tit, Tniuexs Reanoh Ofco, No. 460 Wabasheny., fn the Toakstoro of Messrs, Gubb, Andrews & Co.y whor advertizements snd subscriptions will bo recolved, and il bave tho samo attoution os it loft at tho Bluln Ofleo, s P e — CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TR‘IBUNE. FIRST PAGE—Washington, Now York, and Miscellano- ons Tolegraphio Nows, BECOND PAGE-Tllinola: Tho Twonts-Eighth Goneral Arsomlly; What Govornor Ialmer Will Probably Bayin His Mossngo: Oflcors nnd Cununitteos in tho Two Housos; Work To Bo Dono—Tho Lato Oburch Acoldont: Account by an Eyo-Witness—Wisconsin: Charitable, Ponal, aud Reformotory Tustitutions— Gengral Nuws Iema, SIHIRD PAGE.-Our Theatros: A Tour of Inspeotion Among tho P'lacos of Amussmont—Ttalirond Nows— Law Gourta~Tribuno Prospectus—Advortisomont FOURTIL PAG toriala: Mr, Scammon ns A Trus- tea; The Propored Now Hyndieato; Jobbing tho Tino Arts; Carrent Nows Ttems; Notes and Oplnton, FIFTH PAGE—Washington Lottor: Massachisotts Pull- tics; Butlor Versus Dawos—Tho Suwday Liquor tun: Tiwo Compromises Bugrosted—Porsonal—s Olty in Brlef—Markets by Lolograph—Advortiso. ments, SIXTIL PAGE--Monotary and Commoreial—Rallcond “Thno Tublo, BEVENTI PAGE-Mrs, Bam. Jonos' Lottor~Tho Utaly Avntancho—Fratricide: A Young Man Saju fn n Qunrrol with Hia Brothor—A Now Brunawlok Iior- ror--Small Advertisoments: Real Estato, For Balo, To Ront, Wantod, Boarding, Lodging, Jito, FIGHTH PAQE—Foreign Nows by Tolegrapl—Discol- lancous Telograms—Advortlsonon| TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. ATKEN'S THEATRE—Wabash avonue, carnor of Qon- grews stroot, **Don Uwsor do Bazaw." Afteruoon aud orealvg. MVIOKER'S THEATRI—Madieon ntroot, botweon Stato and Denrborn. Fngagomont of Misa Charloto Oushwan, **Moory VIILY Afternoon and ovoning, ACADEMY OF MUSIO- Halstod stroct, mouth of Madlzon, Tngageniont of Robort MoWade, **Rip Van Winklo." Aftornoun and ovoning, ' HOOLEY'S OPERA IIOUSE~Randolph stroet, bo- tweon Olark and JasSalle, | Now Comedly Company, *“Peep O'Day." Afternoon and evening. AMYERS' OPERA HOUSE—Monroo streot, Lotween Stato aud Dearborn. Arlington, Cotton & Komble's ‘Minstrel aud Burlesquo Troupe. GLOBE THEATRE-Desplrincs streot, hotwoen Madl £on and Vashington, Tho Loon Brothors. ** Dick Tur. pin' Alternovn and oveniug, NIXON'S AMPIIITHREATRE~Clintonstreot, botwean Wanhiogton and Randolph. Hngagoment of Zoo. | .4 Unoly'Tom's Oabin." Aftornoon and evenlng. BUSINESS NOTICES. AND3 AND FAGEGQURED IIY USING HE I TR A A & Co., TROYAL HA;VX'SMVI I vory’ 17 dnga {-x')xfi,ul!:n)kuu 0 Wall-st. R TRLIN ENGT, BETTH S thon ll‘im‘l\lmnl n Houso, Horton, nd ity oxcol. ont repatation {a but a just tribufo to (o Tong-tried bl B e etormn lords, LEWIS RICE e ~ FORDYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, DEPRESSION of iz f) Jallenyn Bark (Callsa; v A osk Tomlo. "RiNdD by Caawetl Tazard &G0 , Now Yorks mnd gold by Drugyists. THST AND OLDEST FAMILY MEDIOTNES, —SAR- Sord’s Lisor Invlgorator.—A purcly vegotublo outhartio nnd tonle-lor dyepemis, consiipation, debility. sik Dcadaclio, billous sttacks, and all dorangoments of lver, tomach, and bowels, Atk your drugglst for it. Bowaro of imitations, WS TIAIR DVE. —THIS SPLENDID ic beat {n the world: Tho only {ruo and per- ateore i Tl dso s Foct dyo. Hanntosw: rolinbie, and Instantaugouss noAIsp- Tointmonts noridicatos it or unplcasant odor. Homo- &inn tho Hil oMot of b dsos And whatiow. - Draducos fie Eicdintoly & supord bisck of ntayl hrowi, and leaves (ho Wair cloan, raft, and boautiful, Eho onuine, e \Wo St o by e _arsCila, RIS LAY 2] 'ro| PUTAONARY MUTION—BY DR, J. H. SCHENCK.—Dnlmounry Consumpiion arises froma coid woftling on the subxtanco of tho lungs, which Is attanded ot congh and witglt expoctaration, and which, 16-nog- Hutod, will torminata i this form of Consumtiin. Thu commencoment of thy diseaso ix marked by slight ith a nonso ot tightness in some parts of tort, dey cougl, which i rondily oxcited jon.” The breathing in shorrer aud nioro tiun ) aiwcolerated throughont tho wholo day. A [t of coup! wsaelly ocenre In tho worning, and tho patient. rizes out o! Jadin n rolaxed nnd foobio coudition. oo 18 an ot wmo Nabillty 1o 1ako cold on_ tho slighteat, bapasurd, ca tly b Decomes Trequent ulnrly in tho ovening whon aswakeniug from slecp. the ekin, lips, tongno and fances o dry fn the affernnn, siight Chills' regulatly ocour fowurd oventng, followed by fovar, during whicli ono or uth checkn bogomo sutlased with & clreuusoribed flush s o dry, burniug leat ds felt tn tho palme of tho handn &nd olon of tho oot tie breathing 18 vory anick and short, gd” i pules very frequent, small quick and tenso. Uhese febrilo puroryemn Continue il toward midnight; ' (erininta fn moro or lors profuse porapirat] inuen until mornini, 1 wuld und- depros or at w0 advances, dod with o wenl: and hoarso voice, difeulty and somatiinos ulceratod soro thront, until tho soitee: 3, ANI \;"\'fi.’)’}ék‘m R 10, AND MAN c PILES, hise e tha on dgs that will curo PULMONARY CONSUSME. SCIHENCK bas hoen In constant practico over ¥ , congstantly examining Illnl:!‘, and knows his it properly taken, will'curo Congumption. n]‘:\ KL PILES ‘eloanso tho liver und stom. AWEED TONIO dlenvlves the food, stimu- e of tho stomnch, and alds digestion: his PULMONIC SYIRUP ripena thu matter, and naturg xh[""‘v“ it ud" W{‘Ilfmllt nlny‘umxflun, Foparod and for ale b 4 "3, 11, SCHENCI & SON, Piiadolpliln, Hin MAd el his S i‘:nrs!lu- Northeast cornoe of Sixth and Arob And by draggists nnid dealors gone 170 o canthnied, The Chtsgys Tibune, Baturday Morning, January 4, 1873. The Now York Chamber of Commerce asks that Congress, as woll as the Btate of Now York, asill move in the matter of cnlarging tho Erie snd Oswego Canals, Tno cffect of tho dislocation of Louisiana af- fairs hns beon to go delay tho tax collections 4hnt notico s Loen given to the Bunk of Amer- icn, of Now York, that payments due on tho Stato intoreat cennot bo mot, nnd must be post- youed until further notice. o Btatistics of murder in New Youl show o prog- perous dovelopment of that occupation. Yonr Yoforo lnst thero were forty murders ; forty-fivo 4ho noxt year ; and in 1872 thero were fifty-six, No statistics of hanging accompany these fgures. Washington corrospondents state confidontly 4hat tho fivst business Lo como Lefore tho Credit Pobilier Committeo, when it meots ngain, will bo n resolution to throw the doors open, nnd thoy count upon Meesra, Nillack, McCreery, ond Morrick to vote in favor of that course, Btate Treasuror Bates roports for the {wo waars ouding Nov. 90, 1872, that {ho recoipts of tho Ilinois Treasury Lave beon $15,2562,055.42 ; Lho disbursomentn, ¥13,201,279.14, Tho balance o £2,050,776.28, Tho outstanding debt, Jan, 1r awas $1,781,445.90. IIo has disbursed intorest to tho nmount of &1,664,438.85 on the local debls crented undor tho greb Jaw of 1869, and hay paid §3,080,695.08 of tho publio debt durlng the Tuet two years. Yaonsego, 6 Lill hay hoen introduced iuto the Dhio Bennlo to ropeal tho Doosol law, under wvhich loeal communitios wore allowed to voto thomsolven into deLt In aid of tho rallroads of gho Btate, As In other Btates, the people of Dhio, with oasy gouorosity, have beon led by fhis law into very burdousome ~obligations, swhich, according to the Governor, amount to £4,000,000, 1 tho vonding bill in passed, i will lenve undistnrbed the nction provious) undor tho gtatnte, e All tho ovidonco of both kides in tho Btokos cnco hins heen mubmitted. An usual, tho fuots nworn lo yesterday aro in flat contradictlon of thoeo mwern to tho day beforo, For inatance, tho proof that Fiek earried n pistol rosted partly on the doposition of o witness who snifl sho was the washerwoman of Fisk's frionds—tho Mornos —at the Grand Central Hotol, but ono of theso Indicn now testiflos that they did not omploy wagherwoman, Coungel havo begun thelr argu- mont for tho dofenco. Their plea in, that ns thero fa no proof that Btokea plannod the mur- dor, or st Fisk premoditatedly, = vordict of wilful murder cannol bo justly rendered, taken Tho namo of 1lon, W. B. Allison, Senator-elect from Jowa, has hoon coupled with Crodit Mobil- for by somo of tho Washington lottor-writern, It the investigation {s a thorough one, it will prob- ably bo shown that Oredit Mobilior stock was offored to Mr. Allison at tho timo tho plate was pnased .around, and was not nceopted by him, Wo donot beliove that Mr. Wilson, of Iown, over bnd any, although some of tho Eastern papora eny thatholind, Wo nro confldent that M. Allison nover had n dollar's intorost in it, or do- rived o dollar’s proflt from it. ‘Tho Inte Sonator Grlmos wns an original holdor of botl Credit Mobilior and Unfon Pacifio stock to n largo amount, and ho nover mado any concealmont of it. — The Springfiold Republican publishos a Iargo numboer of complimentary notices of itself from its contemporarics, of all eorts of politics, Theso complimonts aro woll desorved. Conside oring tho monns at its command, tho Republican Istho Dest dally in tho United States, It fur- nishos moro mattor suitablo to bo * cribbed by other journals than any othor papor in this coun- try, and nono is moro genorously proyed upon by its conlomporarien. It in withal original, sagacious, and decorous in its aditiorial discus- sions, and fearloss in declaring what it concelves to bothe Lrath, whether palatablo or unpalata- blo for the time being. When Mr. Brisbanc's puoumatic tuben aro laid down all ovor the coun- try, by which ho expocts to dolivor morning nows- papers to subscribers o thousand milea distant at brenkfast time, no Journal will profit moro large- Iy by that Invontion than the Springfleld Repud- lican, ‘When tho investigation of tho Crodit Mobilior ahall have drawn to a closo, {t will thon ba the duty of Congress, whatover ivsue that investi- gation may have, to commence a goncral inveu- tigation of tho Union DPacific Rnilroad. 'Tho Crodit Mobilier was but n side-show to thoe gen- oral circur, and the investigation is only partin} and suporfleial vo long ns it embraces only & branch of the largorginstitution, 'Thus far tho investigation is only on tho murface. It should go to the bottom, and diecovor whother tho United Blates Government, nfter spending 23,000,000 in bonds, and giving away 10,000,000 acres of land, has gob o first-class rond, as tho contract ealled for, or only & poor road aftor all, Tt muet discover whether this road has boon certifiod to as o first-class xond by bribory and corruption, and whethor mouney was drawn {from the Wreasury in advance to pay fcr i, by thouse of influencos even moro corrupt and seandalous than thoso which wore ueed In the Credit Mobiler operations, Tho Chicago produco markels were gonerally casior yesterday, and most of them wero less active, Mess pork was nominnlly stendy at S1LI5@11.8734 casly, and $11.70@11.80 soller March. Lard wasin moderate demand, end ehudo engler ot £6,95 per 100 s cash, nnd 7,50 celler March. Alents wero more aclive, and firm ol 83¢o shoulders, bI{@6se vhort ribs, 5@ B36c eliort clear, and TH@7%{c green hams, Dressed bogs were moro zetive, and fic higher, closing strong ut £4.90 por 100 ibs for heavy, and $4.95 forlight. Ilighwines wero moro nelivo, and 34e lowor, elosing with 89 por gallon asked. Flour was more active, nud fltm. Whont was active, and weal, ciosing 1c lowor than yostorday, ol $1.193¢ cash, and €1.22% scllor February. Corn was less activo, and 3 @ife lawer, closing 8¢ 30%0 cash, 313(@313¢c sollor Tebruary, snd 863{c smoller May, Oats woro quict and un- changed, closing at 24}go cash, and 253¢e noller Tobruary. Ryo was dull at yesterduy's insido prices, at 60¢@G67c. Barloy was dull and un- changed, closing at 64}4e for No. 2, and B2@52}¢e for No. 8. TLivo hogs woro active and highor than at the close of trade yestorday, sales making ot $3.60@8.90 for good to oxtra. Tho cattlo aud shoep markets woro modoratoly active at un- chinnged pricos, Tho Rock Island Tnion, in secking to get its Tlinois nnd Alissiesippi Canal included in tho genoral schome of improvemonts to bo undor- taken by the Govornmont, is distressed that Tre Curcaco TRIBUNE placos itsolf in oppoeition, not to this movomont in particular, but to such movements generally, and theroupon declares that it (Tue Trinuse) occupics the Demoeratio ground of opposition to intornal improvoments, ond that the Ropublioan party is fully committed to tho policy of making such improvements. Wo are not awaro that the Republican purty has committed itsolf to any such policy, or mado it o port of itw croad, At thio samo timo, wo are awaro that whon measures of this kind have boon passed, they have commanded as many Democratio votes as Rtopublican, in propor- tion to numbers, on tho tloor of Congrosn. Tho Union furthor says: *'The point which ''ne TrisuNe mukon, *that sinco the tnxes imposed upon the whole peoplo are employed to pay for them, overy locality i entitled to and will do- mand its shuro of Improvoment,’ in not well taken, since no improvement that is of nationul importance should bo undertekon, and thon enly when thore it a reasonablo nesuvanca of its pay- ing its own wny, the money ueed in its construc- tion thus assuming tho clractor of o loan, an invostmeont, rather than of an expendituye.” Well; who is todecide upon ihe question of national importanea? It Ilinois han the right to ask tho Gonoral Govermmont to build its canul, then every othor lucality Liny, and there is probably not « county iu tho United Biatos which could mot bring forward ments av oativfectory to itself a3 1 nols can ghow that ils canal would bo of nalional importanco, aud that the Governmont ought to build it. 'Fhero s no selfleh or Tocal feoling in the opposition of 1'ug ‘I'nmuxe to thiy attempt to load down the Uen- oral Qovornment with canal jobs all over the country. If {ho rect of the country can stand it, Chicago can, ospecially an wo should come in for our shiwro, und, perhaps, somothing more than ow shure, and Tur Ciresao Pumuse will dorive ns much bonefit wy unybody, vxeopt, pos- slbly, tho contrictors, Ila opponition in bazed upon the fast thet no Treasuy could bear the expenuo whick would faevitably Lo loaded upen g it, ovon in the ono item of canaln, which 1t will tnko yenrs to build, If theso fmprovonionts aro tobomade by the Governmont, railronds aro proferable, both fn the matter of timo and ox- ponso. Railronds are elienpor nud castor to con- struet, and whon onee huilt wo havo tho uso of them twelve months in tho yonr instend of wovon, * ————r— Tho text of tho manifosto rocontly lsaned by tho Republican membors of tho Fronch Assom- bly has come to hand through iho mails, It is notable for tho spirit of moderation and concllin- tion which it contains, nnd will do much to re- meyo an improasion that the Fronch Ropubli- cans of to-dny aro as erratic and hot-headed ay thiolr predocessora. In roviowing ho ngitation of tho pooplo of Franco ovor tho lato dissensions in tho Assombly, the Republicans roeall tho fact that in Anguat, 1871, at the vorymitting in which tho Assembly assumod constituont powors, tho Ropublican Union maintained that o dissolution of the Assorbly and a now appenl to tho pPoo- plo provided the only menns for dotormining what Lind of n Constitutionn! Government the people of Franco desiro to havo. Tho Ro- publicans claim that tho troubles which have besot M. Thiors' Adwinistration might havo boen largoly nvoided had this course beon adopted. Itis only fair, in considoring tho jus- tobo familinr), ho must suffor ull tho conno- quoncea of theillegality. Tho presumption is all tho strongor bocnuse Mr. Scammon was not only a Diroctor, but n momber of tho Exeoutive Committeo and & mombor of tho Invontmont Commlttco, Inthe Iatler enpacity, lio had ro- portod to the Divectorn that * thoe eapital stock of tho Company was invested and proporly acoured.” 0. Diroctors of corporations are Trusteon, and'any contracls thoy may ontor into with the corporation must Do rogarded with suspiclon and disfavor. Tho fairnoss and justico of the contract must bo oloatly shown. Mr, Beammon wa cssontially an agent and Trustoo of the Compnny on nccount of the number of promi- nont and responsiblo positions which ho hold in the corporation. As nmattor of fact, ho man- aged tho affairs of tho Company protty much s ho plonged, 'Tho monoy which ho hold was ro- portod to tho stockliolders and published to the world ag “‘ cash on hand " or “cash in bank." It was chargod on the books to the Troasuror. o wae Prosidont of tho Mechanics' Nationnl Baulk, where the funds woro doponited. The money was not paid to bim, but placed in the banlk, and drawn out over the counter of the bnnk. 8o far from showing tho fairnosa and justico of the alloged contract, theso tco of this claim, to romembor that tho prosont Assombly was choson at o timo whon when tho people of I'rance woro not in a condition to ox- press their proforoncos of Govornment, or to olect mon who would roproaent their idens most faithfully, Tho Ropublicens of the Fronch As- naembly, therofore, roturn to their original prop- osition, and again domand tho infogral disso- lution of the Assombly, in order that all partios may again go bofore tho olectors, who shall now undorstand that- thoy are voting upon tho form of Govornment, ond who shall havo an amplo opportunity for an oxprension of thoir viown. Thoy aleo insist upon the right of potition as an inviolublo right guarantoed by the lnwa of tho country. This right was practically donied whon tho Assembly voted to consure tho Minlutry for recolving potitions from tho pro- vinclal cities in favor of o diseolution of the Asgembly. Asido from this, tho Republican membors ansuro tho peoplo that they contom- plato no other than penceablo moans for the so- lution of tho present difficulty; that thoy nro the onemica ‘of disorder; and that they will re- pudiate foreo from whatover sido it may come, Thoy remind TFranco that thoy have united about Pronident "Thiers whonovor his Govern- mont hos beon throntoned, and thet thoy only sl an exprossion of the popular will, e HR. MON A8 A TRUSTEE, The position of Mr. J. Y. Scatamon in with- Lolding £40,000 of the Mutual Sceurity Tnsur- ance Company’s funds from tho ereditors of ihat institution cannot Lo Lotter defined, per- lieps, than by giving a summary of the nrgu- mont made beforo Judge Drmnmond by Messra, Williams and Thompron,, the attorneys for tho Company. "T'ho issue joiued was Mr. Beammon's claim that tho Company was indebted to him in . the sum of 260,000 for losnes upon policies of in- surance, and that he held the £40,000 ns & hor- rower eud not intho capueity of Treasuror of the Company. Whero was n furthor question about tho payment of cortain stock notes which Br. Bcammon lad given, Lut, =as the Cowrt bad alrondy decided that losses upon policies could wot be wused as e.8ob-oft ngainst stock notos, Messrs, Williams and Thompson did nob discuss it, Tho real quention, then, was, whether Mr. Scemmon held "the 240,000 as "Lronsurer of tho Company or as a borrower. Tho history of the Company, an shiown by the evidoneo, was aifollows: It was organized intho year 1864, undar o special charter pessed in 1853, Ar. Seammon was ono of the original incorpora- tors; was always electod n Dircctor; had always been n member of the Finauco or Investment Committee; was President at ono timo; was chosen Treasurer ot tho Iast two annual olac- tions ; was tho largeat stocklioldor at nll times ; tho principat promotor of the Company, and e most potent in tho menagemont of its affaira, Tho capital atock was §300,000, 10 por cont of which was paid in 2t first. AMr. Scam- mon claims that he had n contract to tako this suw of €30,000 of paid-up capital on call and pay 10 por cout intorest on it, s long 88 ho should reiain it. Tho ovidouce eim- ply ehowa that Mr. Scammon nmdo an offor to pry 10 per cent intorest on tho fund until p bot~ tor investmeont could be found, This offernover enmo bofore (ke Board of Directors as & proposi- tion, nnd was nover voted upon, Mr. Scammon kept tho fund, as all tho stockholders had paid intheir 10 por cont to him. At thooud of the year hopaid 10 per cent intorest on it, and this was indoreed on tho otock notes of tho stock- liolders. For some time after, tho affairs of the Company woro not prosperous, and {his ortginnl fund of 50,000 was oxhaustod by ity loases to within 1,000 of the ontiro amount, ‘Then, in 1868, n call wus made on tho stock notes, and tho money which was recoived was doposited in the Mechanics' National Dank, and thero passed to Mr. Scammon's credit, ho using it ag Lis own, ‘Pho manner of keeping tho Mutual Becurity Compauy's hooks was to charge all 1moneys received to tho Treasurer, and crodit him with whatover mouoy was puid out for lossos, facts placo Scammon unquestionably in tho position of Trusteo, making uso of tho money without giving sccurity, without & contract (which would have boon illogal if made in the way ho claims), and clearly accountablo to tho Company when solvent, or to its croditors ns o bankrupt. A numboer of cages in law wora clted in proof of the principlo that tho agent or Trus- too of n corporation cannot thus avail himsolf of any offdet or bonefit which ho may scquire in an ofticial capacity. 4. Mr. Beammon abrogatod any agreoment or errangoment of loan when he ncecpted tho offico of Tressuror. Ho thon became custodian of thoso funds, which ho might formorly have claimed tohold as a borrowor. Afr. Beammeu sots up (1) that the offico of I'ronsurer was o nominal one; and (2) that ho had borrowed tho enrront balances bofore his clection, and his position in roference to them was nob changed. In rogard to the first point, the books of the Compnny ehow that all the T'reasurors (including Mr. Scammon) had Tept strict ne- counts of alt monojs. It was also proved that Mr. Scammon himself bed signod a check ag renturor. Tho lnw dofinos o Iroasurer ns “an ofticor intrusted with the tronsures or mouoy, oithior of o privato individual, o corporation, a company, or & State.” This iy no nominal posi- tion. Inregardto the second point, tho books of the Company show that tho annual business of tho Compnny oxcooded $20,000 ayenr, Mr. Scammon was twico olocted 'Wronsuror. - Thore- foro, tho monoy in his hands at tho timo of the baukruptey wan money which came to him after, and not boforo, hie clection as Treasurer, Tho ““arrangemont,” under which Seammon claimod tho monoy s a loan, was concerning the $80,000 oviginally pald in, which sum had boou fully oxhausted long bofore ho becamo T'reasurer of tho Company. Messrs. Willisma and Thompson concludo their argument as followa : 1t 48 too clear (o requiro oither argument or o refor- enca to casos thal 1o get-off can bo allowed n this crso nless thiera hus been eatablished n positivo contrnct of lonto the complaiuant ; ono which mado this moncy ab- solutely hig, and with which tho corporation had nothing whiatover Lo doexcept o collcct a dobt, and which re- Iieved bim from all fiductary obligations arlsing from tho numerous ofticea ho Lold, Cuses might be cltod {u ubundanco, but it fs wnnccessary, Itin agaiust v, agofust justico, agatust all reason, that th cash funds ¢f & cozporation should bo diverted from tholr leyiti- zaafo 1rposo of paying tho creditors thotr too pitiful yerecatogo aud opplied to tho payment in fuli of ho claims of omo who of all hue man Lelngs bos tho lwast resson Lo complin of loss nceruing to hitm by tho failura of tho Cumpany which he founded, fostered, nnd coutr.lled, Wouro contidout, however, {hat 10 such contract was mado, Wao Lellovo tho ovidenco will bo found far too scanty to provo it, aud that if establishied tholaw would not countenanco i, ‘Thoro nover was o cuso in which any pemon nesumed greater obligations to the creditors of o Company tham tho come plainant has to thoso reprosented by thin defondont, o has boen President, alwags o Director, alwnya a member of tho Exccutlvo Commit- tee, and alvays o mombor of tho Financo Com- mittee, Tho dutfes of {ho Finsnco Committco included, of course, 8 supervislon of tho fnances, ond ¢ consfsted of threo porsoms, Tho Exccutlve Committeo consioted of five, Tho stockliolders fuveated tho Dircctors with a trust for tho benoft of erodifors, Tho Directors delogted that trust to the Fxcouttve Committee; it wus again hne posed upon tho Financo Committeo, and thon tho {m- medisto caro ond cuatody of the funds dovolved upon tho Treazurer, {ho complatuant. Undor these etroum- stuncos, s proposnl to rotain thia fuud for the Hquida- Lon of hin iudividual claims fs not unwortiy of ad- miration for its novelty us well as the asaurance it jn- dicates ; wo aro coufident that tho consviousnesa of this will bo lils ouly roward for tho institalion of theso Dproceedings. Bucli is the logel statomont of Mr. Scammon's attempt to withhold £40,000 from tho policy- bLoldors of tho Mutual Security for his own boneflt. 'JODBING THE FINE ARTS, Tho latost instanco of jobbery of tho flne arts is the awnrd of tho contract for tho construc- tion of tho statue in memory of the lato Gionoral Rawling. It is now settled that the Governmont will have tho statuo, to Lo doposited with the otherremarkably fino arts in Washington, and it may Do takon for grantod, with porfact safoty, that tho Goyornment will havo o romarkably bad atatue also. The menner of the appropristion which Congross voted, and supposed would call out tho compotition of the best artists, vory oxpongon, or invostmonts. No credit appoars upon this account of any monoy loaned on call to J. Y, Sennunon. This was tho history of the Compauy prior to ita hankruptey, as shown by tho ovidenco. Mr. Seammon was Tronsuror of tho Company at the dato of bankruptey, and the Looks of the Company had Lim charged, ss Trencurer, with §39,180. Deesrs, Williams and “Thompoon {hen procced to mako tho following points in Inw; 1, Tho ovidenco of the “arrangament™ cluimed Ly Mr. Benmmon did not establish a contrael for a loan, Divoctors, when nssom- blod, must wct as o body, and convorsation aumong thom is no avidonco of thelr action; the rocord iy the bout ovidence, Tho offer to tako monoy at u certain ratoof interest, nusonted to by somo Diroctors who may have heard it, can- not conatituto o contract fora loan. Iho ovi douco fails to show that o maority of tho Di- rectors aueontod, ovon in an informal way. "There was no opportunily to dissont as a body, Thoe Directorn nevor had any authority conferred upon thom to nct for the Company in {holr Indi- vidual eapneity. Thoreforo, thoro novor wes a contract, such oy Beammon claims, 2. By tho chartor of tho Company, its capital stock caunot ho loaned oxcopt upon soeurity, Ko scowrdty was given in {his cawo, and tho ailoged contract s, thereforo, forbiddon by law, and void. ho object of tho prohibition was ovidently to rostrict the power of {he Diroctors in investing tho enpital stock, Whon a Diroc- tor, then, takes monsy bulonging to the Com- pany, without complying with tho requirements of the chartor (with which ho must'ba nresumed naturally drove away and disgusted thom, and excited tho attontion and cupidity of & crowd of workers in clyy modoels, unknown outside thoir mativo villagoes, with tho oxcoption of Clerk Milla, ‘Tho Committeo to award tho commission was composed of a Governor, a Librarian, an Architoot, and » Commissionor of, Public Build- ings, and, nu far as artistic discrimination is concorned, might as well have boon noiuposnd of & butcher, a tailor, n cirous-rider, and o milliner, As tho whole mattor is o job, howover, this Committeo was compotent to award it, and Mills, Fisko, Btono, Ostner, Nouning, Hoss, Rickotts, Drischlor, Bailly, and ono or twe other mantol-picco makors and mortuary chorub- cuttors entorad tho clreus in compotition,—tho accomplished lobbyist Viunio Roam, by somo strango fortuity, Loing loft out. "The dward was wado to Dailly, aud the only gloam of comfort iy in the fact that it was not awarded to Mills, Thero s this much of nogative satisfaction at least: Wo eball undoubtedly have a bad statue, but it will bo of & difforont kind of badnees from what now oxiste. Mills' badness was growing todions, The curions rorder, in looldng ovor this list of applicants, will wonder who thoy aro, for their names havo about as much significanco as Brown, Jonos, Bmith, ‘Chompeon, and Johnson would bavo, ortunatoly, tho interost of tho ourlous roader fo now narrowed down to Ballly, and, if Lo disgovors who Bailly {u, ho will doubtless in- form tho onrious public. Mills hag publishod a eard in which ho says that Bailly's modol ropro- sonts & svindlo-ehanked man, eoven fook In ‘in his dofenco, holght, with & cont-tall which his’ postoriora hardly rocognizo, standing in an awkward attitude on duty na o privato, and looking for all the world 1iko 5 Robol Goneral. ''liis may all bo truo, In fact, wo havo scarcoly any doubt of it, although it was ungracious of Mills to say It, and ought to subjoct him to oxpulsion from tho nobla pro- fosslon of artints, Tho curlous roadoer will also wondor why such artlats ns Powors, Story, Launt ‘Thompson, and Harriet Iosmor wors not ropro- sonted among tho compotitors., ‘Uho roason for it In, that thoy are artista who look upon thelr profession ns ono of tho highest and noblest, and thelr work ns somotbing dignified and al- most srored, and doatined to stand for ol . timo. They nro working for pos- tority. They have a rospeot for tholr art and a rospoct for thomsolves, sud not onoof them would over subject himsol! to tho mortification and indignity ot Aubmitting his worlk to tho sorutiny and doclslon of n Con- grosalonally-appointod Committoo, having about ag much critical knowlodge of art as they havo of Banserit. Tho aversgo Congrossman dooms bimsol? o firét-class art-connoissour, although but two men in Congross,—Sonators Schurz and Sumner,—havo yot shown that they know any- thing about the subjoct, That tho averago Con- gressman, however; {8 not an art-connolssour, {8 ovident from the very proposition mado to tho artists, which, both in mattor and man- nor, was of such n charactor that no real artist could nccopt it without the loss of his solf- rospoct, Tho rosult has boon that tho tinkers have falrly swarmed about the #10,000 prizo, and another atrocity throatens to bo addod t« our national wotks of art. 2 Congroes has tho right to docide that works of art may bo acoumulatod at tho Natlonal Copl- tal, but Congress is not compotent to award commissions, That has boon shown to bo true, ovor and ovor again, Exports alono aro com- potent, and to thom should bo ontrusted tho do- talls of national art, Tho art-charncter of o country is moro clewly ostablished by national works of art, oxacutqd by tho sanction and undor the patronage of the Govornment, than in any other way. If the capitol of o country ia filled with poor specimons of urt, foroignors judgo that the art-charactor of tho poople I8 atslowobb. Tho capitals of all nations have furaished tho critorion bywhich tho artistio character of tho poople have been judged, and, of all capitnls of all nations who mako any protentions to art, Washington probably siands tho lowest. Tho reason for this Is not becauso wo have no seulptors, for Powors, Btory, and Thompson sro smong the leading artists of tho world, but becauso tho natioual art commissions nro awardod by com- | mitteos who are not compotent for this purpose, and the awards sro mado & matter of lobbying and jobbery . THE PROPOSED NEW SYNDICATE, Mr. Socrotary Boutwell bas heen bofore the Committeo of Ways and Monns of the House of Reprosontatives explaining his colobrated Syndi- cato operation, and asking Congress for authority toropent tho operation on o largor sealo, Mr. Boutwell, in his testimony, frankly acknowledged the illognlity of his proceeding, and as frankly stated that it had cost tho country $1,950,000. The procecding was substantially as follows : Ho was authorized by law to issue now 6§ per conts, which ko might sl for cash or cxchango at par for outstanding 6 por confs. To facili- tato tho oxchange, hio was allowed to give notico to tho holdorn of any spocified 6 por cent honds that, in ninoty daya from such notico, intorost thereon would coaso, and seid bouds would bhe poid on presentation. Ilo was prohibited, bowevor, from in any way incrossing tho smount of tho publie dobt, and tho wholo allowance for printing, advor- tising, and othor expenses was limited to 34 of 1per cont, or abont £200,000, e firat mado tho National Banks agents for the ox- chango of tho now bonds, allowing them f of 1percent commission. The banks took $60,- 000,000 of the loan on their own account. Ho thon resorted to his colebrated Syndicato. This Syndicate, consisting of Jay Cooke & Co., Honry Clews & Co., andothers, subscribod for $130,000,~ 000 of tho now loan, giving their own checka on themselves for the full sum. The Socrotary thoroupon doposited with these bankers their own checks, and issucd to thom now bonds boaritg G per cont intorest, giving thom 90 daya in which to deliver at tho Treasury the 6 per cont bonds to an cqual nmount, At the end of the 90 days tho exchange was complotod, tho Syndicato drawing throo months' intor- est onh thol por conts, and fhreo months' intorost on the 6 por conts,or at tho rate of 11 por cent Tor three months, Tho oxcoss of in- torost thus paid was £1,950,000 in nddition to the §200,000 sllowed by law for the expenso of nego- tinting tho loan. This transaction las evoral facos. In tho one caso, it was an inoreaso of the public dobt to tho amount of 130,000,000 for threo monthn, without any coneidaration ; or, it was tho paymont of 11 per cont intorest on the samo amount for tho same time; or, it wasn loan of tho samo amount to tho Syndicato with- out intorest ; or, it was an additional componsa- tion to tho brokors for making the oxchango. In whatover aspoct it may be regarded, it was not only without authority of law, but was posi- tively prohibited by Ilaw. Mr Doutwell, claims that ho was not ablo to make tho oxchange in any othor way. If thia woro true, and if thoro was any law ro- quiring him to make tho exchango, thia plea would bo ontitled to moro respect; but thoro 'was no Iaw roquiriug him to make the oxchango atall; tho law of 1870 morcly authorized him to mako tho oxchange if the condition of the money market ahoulc\ onablo him to dosoat par,or with no groator oxpense than 34 of 1porcont. o, howovor, claims that his viola- tion of the exprossed prohibitions of tho law wasg justified by tho rosult~—that tho ond sanc- tiflod the moany, ITo shows that the saving of 1 por cont & yoar In thoe differonco of intorest will, in n your uud o half, balanco tho illegal bonus of $1,060,000 given to tho Syndicate, This specios of defouco, if tolorated at ull, 1a capable of being carriod much furthor. If instoad of glving thom 144 por cont gratuity ho had given thom 8 por cout, tho eaving in intorest would make It good in throo yoars; and if iustoad of giving themn $1,050,000 ho had given them §10,600,000, the difforonce botwoon 6 and 6 per cont would offsot thnt sum in fiftcen yenrs. Ilad Mr, Boutwell given thom oven 20 por cont or §20,000,000 commission for oxchanging $180,000,000, tho differonco in tho interoat would pay tho commission in twenty yoars, and, to uso Mr, Boutwell's phrase, “the country ‘would make monoy by the operation,” Mr. Boutwell now proposes to make somo moro money for the country through the Syndicato, 3, Clows and Mr, Cooko and tho othor mem- borg of the Byndicato aro provared to furnish thoir chooln on themnolves for 90 or any otlior nunbor of days, and recolvo interost-on thom.: Among tho early land-owners of Olilengo was old Mark Bonublon, who, wlion ho rold o Iot on timo, alwaysdoposited thonotes with tho drawer, in ordor, ng hio'snid, that the Iattor might kuow whon they camo due. Tho simpliolty of this procooding was oqualled by Mr. Boutwoll, who insued Natlonal bonds to the brolkers, recelving thoir chocks for tho aamo, and thon doposited tho cheeka with tho drawers, the Iatter drawing 11 por cont interout on the sum of monoy repro- sontod by the chocks. This procoss of making monoy for tho Gov- ornmont can hardly win publio favor, If the Qovernmont had money on hand nnd idlo, 1t might bo justifiod in purchasing its outstanding indobtodness, oven at & promium; our Govorne mont has in timos past dono this, when it had a surplus in tho Tronsury, But whon tho Govorn- mont haa to borrow money, it is hardly good policy to do g0 In ordor to purchase at n pro- mium an obligation not yst due. It will bo seon that tho tranenctions of tho Scorotary with the Byndicnto never employed . cont of moncy. Tho Boorotary loaned them $180,000,000 of National socurition, with which to purchase au oqual amount of othor securities, paying for this servico at tho rato of 11 por cont por snnum, The quostion whother the country mado any monoy by tho procesa in nnswored by the fact that this $1,950,000 was collooted from the pooplo by tax, and that sum, if Joft in tho hands of tho poople, would, with its continuod uso and compounded profits, ox- cood oven Mr. Boutwoll's fanciod savings, That the gontlomon who composed the Syndicato,—all of whom havo tho highest opinion of Mr, Bout- woll's sagacity ns o financier,—mado monoy by the transaction Ia unquostionablo; they got £1,950,000 for using cortain Government securi- tica to purchaso otthors, binving no occasion to 180 & cont of their own monoy, Congross is now asked by Mr. Doutwall to grant him authority to ropeat this piece of bual- noss. That ho aske the authority is an admis- sfon that he had none before, and is a confossion that ho dare not agaln attompt it. Wo trust that Congrogs will not altor the act of 1870, but that, in viow of tho past conduct of tho Becrotary, it will make tho prohibitions against an increase of tho dobt oven stronger, and that thoy will strip tho Secrotary and his successord in offlco of all powor to loan the public monoy, or to pay onormous commissions to any bankor or corpo- ratlon, If tho Bocrotary thinks he eannot nego- tiato his G por cont lodn nt par, but must give it the Byndicato at 08, or 97, or any other figuro, why confino tho loan at such rates to a fow Lankors? Why not offer to deliver, to sny por- son who will pay 98 cents into the Treasury, a 5 por cont bond? If tho Government is going to make monoy by solling its bonds bolow par, lot tho wholo country havo an equal chaneo to pur- chnso thom dircetly, and net through a Byndi- cato of brokora. Thero {8 & proposition to set apart o gortion of the Uonnecticut Valloy, now dovoted to tho cul- tivation of tobaceo, to the raising of tho eugar- beot, and many facts are cited in ovidenco that this industry would bo the moro profitablo. ‘Pobaceo, it is said, fu ab bost an uncortnin crop, and drains the eoil without making it any re- turn, Tho sugnr-boet, on the othor hand, is & crop which rather contributes to the valuo of tho land than oxhausis it. Profesror Stock- bridge, of Amberst, ®ays that an npers of boots will furnish, ofter tho saccharine mattor has been oxtractod, as much stook food agan acre of Lay. In this way, of courso, it koepa o largo amount of stock and furnishes manure for the lunds,—two elements thet aro entiroly Incking in tobacco culturo. The culti- vation of tho sugar-boot is & growing industry, 40 por cont of all tho sugar used in the world boing mado from it, and tho sugar being de- cidodly tho bost in many rospects. If it s truo that the climato and soil of the Connecticut Val- loy are well adapted to its cultivation, there is cortainly profit in making it take tho place of poor tobacco crops, —_— Tho closing of tho American schools in Romo Dby tho Government was recently made the sub- Ject of oflicial inquiry, and tho result shows that thoy wero not closed for political or religious reasons, Tho Minister of Public Instruction informod the Chamber that tho existing school rogulutions Liad notbeen complied with, that the schools were damp nnd ovorerowded, that boys and girls wore mixed togother, and that tho schools had beon openod without authority. The partis having thom in chargo ovidontly wont to worl as they would have dono in the United Btatos, and supposed that they could do in Italy what thoy were allowed to doin this country, instoad of doing ns the Romans do when youare in Rome. From this standpoint, the action of tho Roman authorities was not only eminently propor, but, at the samo timo, eminently sensi- ble. If our own educational officials had a little of the epirit of the Roman Minister, it might bo botter for tho hoalth of our school-children. —_— In tho absonco of exciting topics durlng the holiday weels, tho Louisville and 8t, Louis pa- pors have boon *running” cach other for cor- tain pooulinritios alleged to bo characteristic of the twocities. 'Tho Courier-Journal of the for- mer city thinks that big feot constitute the most noticeablo fonturo of an inhabitant of 8t. Louis, It actributos tho high price of leathor to tho inordinate consumption of the nrticle in Bt. Louis, It suggests, also, that one of tho editora of the 8t. Louls Globe, who has been lamenting tho want of facilitios for navigation, should put somo boilers and an engino in ono of his own brogans and sot sail upon the Father of Wators, taking a couple of barges intow to curry his foot in. —— e NOTES AND OPINION, There is now no prospeot of a divorsion of Democratio votos, in tho Missourt Logislaturo, for a trado with Republicanson tho United Statos Bonatorship, Mr, Btillson Hutchins, who on- tored tho raco for Bpeakor, in the Liboral-Demo- oratic caucus, to sco how many votes he could poésibly control, had only 22 ; and, as 84 would boncedful for the oporation intended, wo aro not likely to hoar any more about it. Tho ma- Jority will nominnto the mnoxt Sonator by a twe- thirda voto in caucus, giving overy candidato a fair show, and tho election should bo mnde on Tucedsy, Jan, 14, Alroady candidatos are count. ing thoir support, au followa:. Johu 8, Pholps, 80; QGonoral Marmaduke, 27; Lowls V. Dogy, 20, QGonoral Trank DBlair has not yot porsonally appenred, bolng too illy and wohave scon no ostimate of his strongth. Tho Logisluturo divides: Liborals and Demo- orats, 114 ; Ropublicans, 47, —In tho orgnnization of the Massachusotts Loglalaturo, on Wednesday, William 8, Robinson, tho * Warrington" of tho Springfiold Republi- can, was dofoated for Clerk of tho llouso by o largo majority,—Cbarles I, Taylor, of Somer- villo, boing olooted, Mr, lobinkon was ono of tho Becrotaries of the Constitutional Conveution in 1863, and has boon Olerk of the House sinco 18062, DM, Stophon N. Gifford,-the Socrotary of tho Bonato ainco 1858, was ro-olectod, —Tho rotirement from tho Cabinet of tho Hon, Qoeorgo B. Doutwoll 1ay cortain ay his can- didaoy for Senator, of which he saya in o lotter to mombers of the Massachusotts Logislaturo @ GenzLemEs ;T have had the honor to recelve your letter u{tho 19th inst,, nuklug mo whether I futend to Do w candidate for the United States Sonato fu_place of Menry Wilson, Vieo Presidont oloct, In tho franknors whini vous Toftor inviion T say i ouly thaf 1 sbal atofully accopt tho »upum of thoro gontlemon of' lio Leglalntura who fhink mo qualified to roprosent tho Biato of Masanclunotts in tho Sonato of tho United Btates, T linve tho honor {0 be, gontlomon, your monf obediont acrvant, X Gro, B, HOUTYTLL, —Governor Rteed, of Florida, whoso offenco fs that Lo throw upon agonty of the Federal Adminy Istration tho direcl responuilility of fixing the olaction returns to sorvoe o Republican victory, declining to do the work himself, is thus hand- somoly noticod in tho organs: It would nluvcnr that Qovernor Reed, of Florldn, 1a emulotts of tho famo of Warmotly, of Loutsiana, ' 1fo is Aeetised of baving nttempted to give the State to the Dotmocrats, by tampering with tho election Totens n cexchange for au election to tho Uniled States Snnato. Tor this ho wan expelled from tho Grant aud Wilson Olub, and hia clinnces of renching (ho Hento are said to ho vory remoto, Govornor Reed wan formorlyan oditor in Wis- consin, and always a Ropublican, ~—Alouzo B, Cornell, tho faithful friend of Conkling, is to ho Speaker nt Albany, this winter, —The Baitimoro American quite agroos with us in regard to tho Toton Bioux, IL onys “Thoy do oxiat, and a Inrgo dolegation of them woro in Washungton Inst wintor on a visit to the Grent Father.” And wo may add, if thore's likely to bo any hitch nbout tho appropriation, a larger dologntion will go down this winter. ~Tho Louisville Commercial s, wo believe, tho only organ of tho Administration in Ken- tucky. Itsays: The Bennto of the United Btaten owes 1t to ftaelf and to tho country to {nvestigato promptly and fally tho gharges proferred ngaingt Johu J. Lattorson, tho Bona~ tor-clect from South Carolinn, Tho clinrges of corrupe tion ond bribory in tho securing of Lis oloction aro Bupported by teatimony which cannot bo dfsregarded or fgnored, If either ono of tho kpecifications of cor. ruption made ngatnst bim ehall turn ont to ho true, ha sbiould not ho permitted {o take bis placa in the Bonata of tho United Htaies—Indeed, bo §a unfitted to bo the nssoctato of gentlomen anywhere, Potition reforred to o Solect Committoo, viz. s Cnmoron, Pomeroy, Chandler, Windom, Hitch- cock, Nyo, aud Kollogg ; all of whom know how it is thomeolves. —Wo, yostorday, quoted from ox-Sonator Iowell's papor, the Kookuk Gnte-City, sbout * the pornicious and hatotul ways" thoy havo at ‘Washington to influenco logislntion, -Tho Her- risburg (Pn.) Stale Jowrnal, credited with roflect~ ing tho views of Simeon Camoron, Bayu: Femalo lobbylats nt Waskington now form onoof tho most degrading and Lateful jufincnces used by corrupt o to Lisura tho aticcess of fraud, A yory Iarge pro- portion of theso women aro rcmlfl to gointonny prosti- tution to secure tha succces of tho measuro fn whoso Debalf thoy nro employed to labor, and thus the cor- ridors of tho Cupitol aro actunlly made the seeno of aasfgnation aud tho thentro of transactions approache ing mucl tbat of vilencas and sl which stlll renders the histéry of the rulo of tho Cresars a story of horror. —It i nfinl" assorted from Washington that Genoral Belknnp's handsomo bend is murked for thobasket, Tho reason assigued is two-fuld, In tho first placo, hodidu’t ** work” duriug the éan- vass. In the wecond place, ho is on friendly torms with an oditor who says things in his pn- Eor about the Donts, and hence the. family are own upon him, —T'wo sorious charges are brought in tho pub- lio prints ngninst Senator Pattorson, of New Hampshire, “Tho firat i, thaf, whilo canvaseing for » ronomination to the Sonato, last spring, hn obtainod moun{’ under falye protenses from a number of New York Liberals,—Mr. Groeloy him- solf subkcribing 3250, The second is, that, hny- infi had in his posscssion 80 shares of Credit 3o~ bilior stock, Lo publicly ud ropoatedly doclared that bo had never owned any of that stock, pro- vouncing nll nesortions to fho contrary *false and slaudorous. ‘The Republican is very loth to beliove thoso things of o man of whom it hes thought aud apoken #o highly 8s Jamen W. Dst- torson, It bogo him, as it has tho right to “do, to logo no timo in putting himeelf right and confounding s accunors, Under soma cireum- stancos, silenco iy undoubtedly good policy; un- der others, it is suicidal, bocause it {8 tanin- mount to conloasiun‘—\'prinfljkld Republican. —Ono of the geutlemon who haye dosigns on Bubsidy Pomeroy's sont in the Senato is Dr. Cornelius A. Logan, of Leavenworth. Ho ia Olive's brother, a Harvard M, A., un_suthority on Kansns geology, speaks Fronch and Gorman, and has doclinod & nomination to Congress. —In overlooking tho wishes of Wyomiug tho Colorado pooplo bhava projudiced ‘their case, Thoy have evory rith to strive for tho elevation of c{mir Torritory into n 8tate, _Thet is n noble ambition, and itd attainment will e productiva of bonofit not only to itsclf, but to tho conntry at lnrgo. It must, however, bo accomplished in o logitimtoway. Had tho peoplo of tha particu- lar portion of Wyoming heou consulted, and hnd thoir voico beon “in fuvor of aunexution, tha Oolorado agitatorn would havo beon justified in disregarding the wishes of the rest of the leri- tory. Not mlli havo thoy not beon nslked to mnke n choico, but thoy have exprossod thom- golves vohomontly ageinst tho proposal. It in diffenlt, thorofore, to seo how Congress can cne tortain tho admission of Colorado on tho terms uuggosted. Either eho must win over hor neigh- bors of Wyoming, or sho must wait patiently until her groat natural advantnges have attracted tho necessnry population within hoer own bor- dors,—Philadelphia_Telegraph. —Wa notico that the Acker Post of tho G, A.R., at o o recont moatlufi passed a resolution which it being circulatod all over tho country among G. A, It,, in favor of tho Holman Land Bounty bill. As'the effect of tho Holman Bounty bill svould bo, in n singlo month aflor its passago, to throw every acro of unoccupicd pub< lic land in Minncsota into the hands of abeenteo ownors, and make n desort solitudo, for many years, of Inrgo portions of tho State, now open to froe sottlomont by ull who choose to select n farm or n homeatead, with special and valuable privilogos accorded tonll soldiers; as the offect of the Holwan bill would ho thus an immons- urable calamity to this Stato, shutting out imumi- gration, and arresting its devolopoment, it is not onsy to'soo on what grounds auy intolligont Min- nosotn soldier could desire to promoto tho con~ summation of a calamity whick would fall with crushing weight on this” Stato,—St. Paul Press. o s A LITTLE MORE “STATE.” The hearing of evideiico in the Slato Insur. aneo case, in relation to tho right of the Na- tionel Loan and T'rust Companyto tho allowanco of cortain claims against the Company, was ro- sumed bofore Rogister Iibbard yosterday morn- ing. Honry Groenobsum was tho firet wilness called, Mo testified that ho and Honry 8. Groenohaum joluu{ hold a poliey in the Stato for €5,000; it' was issued within twelve montha prior to the fire; T do not hold it now; tho loss was proved, and I delivored tha policy o Mr, Me- Mullon about tho 8d of Novembor, 1871; he gavo mo u chock for $500 for 1t ; 1 canunot stato whothor it was a salo or settlomont} MoMullen 8aid tho Compnny would bo thrown into bank~ ruptey, and that tho oxtremo limit of & dividend would not Lo moro than 10 por cont; he oxprossod great kindnosa for me, and I ho}lel bis statomeont. I can't toll whothor ho snid anything about tho nseota of tho Cowmpany. I thought at tho timo that tlic money wan going to tho Company. Tho policy was not dolivored until & wook after I received the money. Tho nno of J, B, Smith was written in tho blank spaca subsoquently, William Bpraguo tostiffed that his flrm, Pago & Spraguo, held three policies in the Stafo, ng- grogating £0,500, Tho property thoy covercl was destroyed. Wo have thio policies still. I havo hiad no conversation with the oflicers of tho Company rogarding thom. Our 1ight to tho loss Iins not not been transforred to any ono to my knowledge. 25 Tho oxamination was then adjourncd until this worning at 10 o'clock, C ——— A YOUNG HEPHDBA?E. Jacob Millor, lately sont to tho Penitontiary for one yonr, i ouo of tho *‘mpryest” lads or raseals botween four walla. It hna long boon suspectod that o had been, provious to incar- ceration, in constant communieation with a .number of othors to form a mob, and tho follow- Infi}nnor, found on his poruon, would seem to indicato such to o tho fact: Tuesn Tox: I would like to havo your sneaks tos night, 1 huvo got u bl Job on hand, L'viant a doublos barreflod Jemaniy, ono S-cornered pait of Longs nud the outnido cases of your watel to_earry the S nway? fn, Wo Liavo got a mab madeup, But if you want Lo coma along to #atall " you can e, Bring ulong tho verows {M:k, and don't torgot tho doubleedgo kuy-lolo saw, iring a conply of horee-blaukots to throw over wi in caso wo got 0 tumblo, 50 tho cellers won't know ug, Youru, w10 Triend “Jim " roplied as follows : All right, old man, I've got all tho tools ready, but I think wo hud botter earry the # peter” off, and do tha Job ufter—in regard to tho ¢ uwag," Il gollar that 3 T am death on swag thoy eay, Jud sl i S A Lottery Swindlos Oarany, Jan, 8.—The ofticors of tho Masanio lodgon of thin oity publish a enrd, ropudiating tho i1t concort iehenio ndvortisod in this ity to nidin fiuil\llng i Magonio Templo. 'Thoy utato that the Masonio fratornity hera huve no kuowledgo of the sohemo, and douot sunction it, lottories ho- ing contyary to thio pricilos of Mesonry, Itis evidently a swindlo. aud tha nublic ava cantinned aceordingly,