Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 11, 1873, Page 2

THIE -CITICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1873, WASHINGTON. ‘The Credit Mobilier Scandal--- Entertaining Letters. Mr., Jamos Brooks Did Buy 100 Shares of Mobilier----Lottor from ho Seero. tavy of tho Company. M’ComW’s Recerd ns o Contractor ==<IIis Fairness ng a Railrond Man, The Attorney General's Impecuni= osity. From Our Own Correspondent. WasnixaToN, Jan, 6, 1873, Tho donials of tho many gontlemen in Con- gross who took, elept with, growled over, warm- od, and flnally threw up, in ono virtuous and sbaolutely emotio reaction, the Oredit Mobilier stock, nro now all in. Thoy douled prematuroly, snd now they explain their doninls, Mr. James Brooks, in particular, ealled upon IMgh Huwvun Lo Witness that ho had never bought, sold, owned, or transforred a singlo shnvo, How docs this lotter refute him ! LETTER FROM THE BEORETARY OF THE CREDIT MODILIER. No. 20 Nawsav Brnerr, New Yons, tre, Witmbngton, Dot 7, . 3'Comb, Eog., Trustee, Filmington, Del.: T St S o thi a7t funk sacerted, and cone fenta noted, Iu relation to the Credit Alobilfcr atock transactlon” to which you refer, I fud, by roforeuco auado Dec, 20, 1857, that I recotved James Brooks' check for £7,000, nud o draft for £3,000 tho 224 January, 18635 nndtitat I transferred, gy "Mir, Iirooks® direction, to his e9u-n-law, Cliatles 1. Netlson, 100 shares stock of {ha Credit Mobiler of America, and 200 sbares stock of the Union Pacific Rallroad Cumpun{ and 5 firat-mort- frago bonds of tho Union Pacifio Railrond Compatiy,— making, in addition to the 100 Credit Mobilier stoclr, ,060 {n Union Pncific Rallroad sccuritics, for the £10,000 padd. I nlso find, by memarands, thatthodratt Joferred fo nbove was ‘paid by Mr, Brooks, Jan, 20 1808, —thus confirming my recollection as .ku tho facl thatthe tranaaction waswith Mr, Brooks, Yours truly, A1, O, CRaNF, Assistant Scerelary Credit Mobilior, Secretary of tho Tructoes, H. 0. Crano's testimony in the above rospoct 18 confirmed by the books of tho Credit Mobilior, excerpls from which liave boen mado and will be proeonted. Judge Poland's tardy movemonts seem to indicate that ho is indispozed to havo tho books in qnestion produced in Conrt, The following letter shows that Brooke' chargo, that M'Comb was o swindling contractor, is o Tibel of very basoless material and cowardly in- coption: LETTER FROM THE CHNTEF QUARTERMASIER WITI WHOX M'COMD'S DEALINGS WERE, T 128 TREMONT BTRELT, BOsTON, Jan, 3, 1873, Colonél 11, S. WComb, Wilmington, Del.: DeAn Sin : T observe, froni kome Teports of tho Creait Mobiller iuveaigation proccodings ot Wshing- ton, thiat derogatory nllustons have been publicly nindo «to your trauenciions ns o contractor for army-sup- licn. P ATihough T linvo no desiro to intrudo upon any con- {roversy pending boforo tho Congressionsl Commit- 1o whore you appear na o promiucnt witness,—whoso affairs would be of little intoiest to mo under ordinary circumstunces,—still I feol that it fa my privilego to offer my tcutisony i refutation of churges T know to bo untruc. T was stutioned at Pliladelphia by tho Sccrofary of War n Ohief Quurtermastor, from Fobruaty, 1865, tll long aftor tho war ouded sud (ho contiacts woro claeed. Tu nddition to n general superintendency of all bnat- nees transactiona at that post, I wae epocinlly chargod with tio poruonal caro of ho dotails apperiainiug to covtracts for clathing snd equipage, under which ‘Drauch of tho operations you wora furtiehing supplics, ‘Among the contractors’ wora many of the moko in- fluential ond respected meorchants of the country, but 70 one was wore honorable or reliable in thelr dealings awith that depol than youraelf. You furnished property in strict accordanco with tho Ecrnu of {ho coutracts, and, somolimes, at & pocunfary Ioss to yoursolf, and under circumatancen such as wera often nvafled of by ofliers a8 an cxcuse for postponing deliverics, Tho record of tho business operations of {hio Quar- terinaster's Dopartment, fncluding tho sfatus of con- tractors, haa heon kopt ‘very completo at the Philadel- plia ofifes, and oxtends back throtgh many years pro- yious to my taking chargo; but I fonnd notbiug {liere {laot was in ouy way discceditablo lo you, or that su- thorlzcs any persol to impugn your reputation, During the progress of tho Hobellion, frequent as- saults were mndo upon ftho roputations of many of ho most respoctablo - contractora, fustigated gomelimes by cuvious or unsucs ceseftl competitors, and ofton traced to tho hatred of persons—who, belngs unfelondiy {o the Administration, not ouly refused fo contribute in any manner toald in suppressing tho Rebellion, but appeared to despiso and pursuo {hore who woro assisting tho Government, I am surprised, however, to fiud any ono williug to re- sort to suck mncanures at tho present time. Many wmillions of dollars were furnished tho Govern- ment {n {ha form of army-supplies whou tho nocessi- ties of tho country wero of the most pressing and al- most deaporato niture; nnd, when the public credit avas n Jeopsrdy, and we were destituto of funds to pay for the nocessaty purchnses, tho loyal merchanta diil a0t hesitata to respond to thoextent of thelrresources; end tho records show that, at such times, you werd among the most prominent and ready. If that support liad been withheld or refused, wa stiould probabiy hiuvo beon a ruinud fustead of o wled natlon, Knowing theso facts, and feoling that tho conntry owen a debt of gratitudo to 1 ‘merchan-swhoso Tucuns wora thus freely placed st the disposal of tha Government, T cannot liesitato i profiering my ovie denco when nd them unjustly assailed, 1am, very xespectfully, your obediont gorvant, War, W, MoK, Tho abovo letter was entirely of a volunteor onture, and was o cheerful surpriso to M'Comb. ‘The aliueion in it to disloyal people refers to the moro robellious Delawarcans to whom M'- Comb's Republicanism, aud Lia vigor in aiding tho Government, were offensive, Some such probably wrote scurvy loiters about MoComb, znd they wore pitched nside ns worthy of no man’n consideration, until Brooks undertook {o put M’Comb, aud the Almighty to whom ho ap- poaled, Lolwdon himeelf and o startled public sontiment. Fero is still o part of another lottor, addressed 40 Colonel M'Comb Ly A. M. West, Lisq., Presi- dont of the Mississippi Contral Railroad,—tho zond which Brooks aitompted to show that M- Comb had eoized by unworlhy procosscs. Mr. “Wost resides ot Holly Sorings, Miss,, and was fuartormuster Genoral of the Blato in the Re- bellion ¢ LEITER FROM A, M. WEST. TIOLLY SeniNar, Miss., Jun, My Dean COLONEL: * * 1 wak awara uf your testimony in tha case of Brooks, nud of his slandor- ous attack: oninn speech in Congress, You wey you will glvo him #1tail Golumbla” yat, - If you will keepmo posted, T will_keop you, I kond yoran artele I'wrotoan an cditorlal for the Zidependent South, whero I quots » pleco i tho Washington Capital : (Extract,) #3'Comb' privato chavacter comparea fayorably «lth thot of any member of Congress, Wo cun sume mou fo the stamd such dead o8 Lincoln and Btanton, and, amoug tho liviuy, soma of tho purest sud best anen of the country, 1is life L been, 8o far no it hus Teon knowil 2o bis frlends and nelghbors, i honorable Uife, with no stain or tarnish that can bo subsatantiated, b £ our wituess, 5o fa tho witnoas of tho poo- 2, 1873, ple” T'he abovo lottors will glvo oue gentloman, ab leaat, tho graon-applo Lolly-achio, and look very menty and sonthing in his obituary notico, o manage the Domooratio ido " in not Mr, Brook’s forto. WABTEFULNESS IN THR UNITED STATES COUNTS. Tho Attorney Cionoral of tho United Btatos hes expended tho wholo of tho cnormous ap- propristion of above threo million dollars ($8,200,000),—the largest appropriation hithorto mrdo for his Buroau,—and ho now aske for 300,000 oxtra approprintion, and hints that ho would vory much like to have $660,000, which hocalls an ““unexponded balance,”—otherwiso, £oma money not used up in 1871, He ssys that tho oxponditures hiave boen largely augmentod Ly “puyments to Bupervisors of Iilection and Ueputy Murshals, ns provided for by tha pet of Tob, 2%, 1871, and by the smendment theroto,” Now, tho umendment atipuluted that the Bupor- visors whould not receive any pay; so how could o much monoy have bden spont to pay plo entitlod to “nothiug? o Attor- v (ioneral wantg tho monoy ab oneo, beewuso he says that ho in nearly exhausted. 1o hing spent 880,000 in ox- cein OF tho appropriation of 3820,000, Append- cd to thiy is nvery cunning tablo, which givon the oxpenditurons of United Btates Courts for tho fiveal yoar ending Juno 80, 1873, The Preai- duntial dleotlon hind not takon plaoo st that time, and did not take place for more than four wmonths ; 60 tho Attornoy Genoral could nob have spont _his money for Buporvisors and Mar- abials ag eutly ey that, o thon prosouts a tablo of nllogod oxponses hotwoon July 1, 1873, and date} and thoro wo have vory small figurea in- doed. Yor instanco, tho Woalorn Districh of Arkangny is put down for ouly 8718, Dut, turn- Ing back to the fivat tablo, We find tho eitor- mona oxpondituro of £2066,000 for tho Wentern District of Arkansns priog to- tho Inst of June, How did this : ENONMOUH QUTLAY OF MONEY rench that figura? Tor, in the same porlod of timo, all tlio oxponscs of tho United Statos Courts for Ilinols—both Northorn and Houth- orn Dintricls—woro logs than 841,000, Tho two dlatricts of Arkausns, ndded togoihor, cost for United Statos Courts, in the same time, nenrly €308,000, which, I undortake to sny, saltogathor unprecodonted.’ 'No wondor thnt #omo Soiintors talk nbout an investigation] Tho probabilitics woro, that the Courts of tho Btato of Arknusas npun[ in ono yoar twolvo times tho Prosident’s sulary in order to nbot the eleotion-dodges of Cluytoo & Company. Iowoll Clayton and his Jjunto ought to linve n wholo Indian_resorvation and an annuity, so asto reliovo tho United Btates and tho Btato of Arkangas from the mutual ox- penso of thom. Judgo Willinms atlempts to_show that, be- causg the Indian Torritory is added to Wostern Arkahoas, and makos but'ono Judicial Distrlet, thoroforo’ tho osponson nre enormous. Lut ‘Pexag, with all its vastness, has only two dis- triots, and the cost of tho Weatern District of Toxas was, for tho samo year, only 845,000, and, of tho Enstorn District of Toxne, only £30,000. All tho Territorica ndded = togothor cost for their Courts Icos by £50,000 than the Western Dis- trict of Arkansas; that is to eny, Arizonn, Col- orado, Dakols, Ilalo, Montann, New AMoxico, Utah, Washington, and \Wyoming. Aftor Arkannoe, tho most flngrant instanco of oxtravagant oxpoundituro is tho 8tate of Norih Caroling, whero tho United Siatos Court has jn- volved the exponditure of 184,000, On this hiond tho Attofhoy Goneral addresses a lotter of TROTESTATION to tho Marshal, Bayingé “Idonot understand hoy it is that the oxponsos of your district aro rantor, with ono exceplion, than any othor, I 50 hopo that, in the fulure, you will oxercise mora oconomy."” But, in tho_caso of tho oxcoption,—which is thio Wostoru Distriot of Arkansas,—no_ lotter of otost at all appears to have boon nddrossed by ho Attornoy Goneral. Why is thia thua? Who io ‘the Judgoe in Wostorn Arkeusas, and who is tho Marshal, thit thoy roquite no_overhauling? It looks monstrous that Now York State, with threo Judicial Districts, and with moro than ton timea tha population of Arknnsns and tho Indian Territory pub together, should have exceaded by ouly 240,000 the cost of the Courtoxponses of the Woestorn District of Arknnun: TIIE COURT OF BULLIES. A gontloman just returned from Littlo Rock says that, at o rcont prize-fight botween Collior and somo othor bruisor in that State, the Chief Justico of the Stato was present in his carriago, looking on approvingly, as if it accorded Lo hig tasto, “This 4 the snmo man who said ho would cut off my enva if I camo baok to Arkansus | Judgo Wright, tho woll-guarded and_orthodox Beugtor from fawu, told mo, a fow days ago, that, when tho Stato Constitution of Arkansng wne about to bo adopted, n gentloman snid to Bowen, President of tho State Constitutional Conyontion : “You have put five Judgoes on the State Bonch, That ia o terriblo burden to the neady poople of this State, Tho most populous State in tho Union scarcely noeds five Judges.” *Oh! that bo d—d!" unid tho President of tho Constitutional Convention, *I have got to hevo an offico’ in this State, and I em going on that Bonch;” IIo did go on tho Bonch, until it was thought advienblo to lure Lim away with the oftico of Governor_of Idalio, which was duly obtuinod from tho Prosidont, What wo aro lrying to got at {s the rolation bolwoon the morals of the State of Arkansas aud tho United States Court for tho Western Dis- trict, whoro thoy spend $256,000 por annum for such justico as Buch Courts give nbout clection- times. Qari. RUDE AND SWIFT JUSTICE. A Cold-Blooded fEurderer 'falen from Jail by Citlzens in Californin, and Hung from @ Street Bridge. Visalia (Dec, 24) Correspondence of the San Francisoo Chronicle, James BMcCrory, o noted dosperado, who- Led killed and assnssiusted four or © five porsons in this vicinily, without' auy ap- parent causo, to-day shot Charles Allen, o warm poraonal friond. ' Five shots wore fired, entor- ing tho brain, chost, and abdomen, cither of which was fatal. No words had passed botween them at all, and no causo is nssigned for tho bloody deed. McCrory, upon firing the last shot at Allen a8 ho lny prostrate on tho floor, ran out of the back door to the alley., Ilo was pursued and brought to bay in an outhouse, whore ho held anavy revoiverin each hand. Doputy Bheriff Roynolds advanced on him, and, nided by citizons, succeoded in disarming tho flond. o was marched back throngh tho suloon in which the shooting ocourrod, where tho ofii~ cors wore mot by an excitod crowd, who took the murderer from {hom smid cries of ** Haug him!" {*Bhoot him " “* Kill tho dog!” &e. A ropo was brought, but the officors rallied, and, aided by tho City Marshal and o fow citizens, retool their risonor and marched toward the jail, followed the oxcited dpuuplo. At Main and Church streots tho crowd received reinforcoments, aud againcaptured McCrory, but the oflicors, Lnu'tly by !mcunnddp:\rtl by permiseion, rescued limonco more, and finally lodzed him in jail. Tho crowd beforo tho_jnil rapidly incroased, amid crien of ¢ Bring him out 1" “Broak tho Jail in!" &o, Bhorifl Glasscoclk waa overpowered and searched for tho keys, but nnsuccessfully, Deputy Shorift Reynolds was noxt captured and searched, but the Xoya wero not found on him, though secroted on lis porson, A crowbar was noxt prooured and the outer door brokon in. Tho mob rushed in with implemonts to break the wrought-iron door communicating with the colls, Shoriff Glasscock and Doputies Reynolds and Parker being roleased, succeeded in golting in with tho crowd, and medo nnother desporato attempt to provent the jnil being Lrokon, hut thoy wero ovarpowered instantly by still larger "nmm- bors, end carried outsido and placed undar guard, 'Tho keys wore found, and the deors swung opon, 'The nameu of the other occupants of tho Jail wora catled, and answored to by thom until Mqu’orrn coll ‘was idontified, ‘o door was unlockod, and dozons of hauds hastoned to put tho ropo around hisneck, - Ile showod fight, aud syore ho would reuist Lill death, but he was dragged to the corridor and fold to walk to hia denth. Rofuaing to move, ho was draggod by tho nock and yartly carvied to tha door, whero fiféy willing hauds soized the rope and assistod to pull him into the strcet. Ilo was dragged to thoe Conrt strect bridge, and witlout time to nny o word, flung over the railing, the ond.of tho ropo having boon tied fo tho bridgo, ‘ho fall was sbout four. or five foot. No motion of tho Dbody was porcoptiblo alter tho fll. At this writing, 8 o'clock, tho Dbody still bangs from tho bridge in almost & nudo stato, with the rain puunml; over itin torronts. Tho' crowd has nenrly all dis- peraed, but o wateh iy t on tho body to make Auro of no rosouo until deathis cortain. Allen died sbout tho samo minute that Lin wmurdoror was swuang ovor tho brld‘gu. The unanimous vordict of the poople is, ‘“woll done.” Shorift (Hanscock and Deputios Reynolds and Parleor dld gli that could pu.‘mlbl{ bo dono by three mon egainst py many hundied. ‘Choy arc entitlod to gront oredit for the bravery fllufl:lnyefl in tho fllnchnrgo of thelr L]ntil. ‘Lwo_other prisoners worp in fnll charged with murder, but wera not moleslod, Nine o'clook p, m.~Tho excitoment has all subslded. MeCrory's body has boen romoyed. Tha crowd soparated with threo cheera for Visa- lin justiso, S S A DBnrning T in Ohjo. dvon the ille (OMo) Herald, Threo milos from Bainbridge, Ross County, is located o hill of comsidorablo altitude, knowi s * Copperas Mouutain, Out of the top of this mouutaln issucyn constant atrenm of smoko, whilo on ity summit ond goenorrl surface the vogotation has withered and died, until tho whole hill progonts a barron, sterile, and deso- late nspeot, blosted ns if by & whirlwind of flro, It 1is boliovod that the ontive intorior of tho hill is a mnss of iguited com- bustible mattor, and that the fire Is aud hay boon sproading witl considorable rapidity. Tho thoo- ry prosonted to kceount for it s thaton or about ([‘;u 1at of lnst Octohor, ‘1o party to whom tho land LipJongs was burnfug brdan oy tho hillsido, nud that tho flames communicated to infflgmma- blo matter, probally erudo oil, conl, or other compystible substances, pontained in the goo- logical forypation of the hill, 'I')je quenching of tho fire iy, of sojrso, imposeiblo trom its situa- tlon, and how soon, if ovor, tho five will resch o oint whera It cau bo contrdlled can only bo con- ootured, At present thore {u no danger to bo apprehended to proporty in the viclnity, —In 8t, T,oula, Bunday, a gontJeman sitting in o barbor’s chur, 'Whilo Uelug lathored, obsorved tho knight of the rpzor: qvor{ now and thon throw sumo soap suds out of tho n\u%' upon the floor and sol his foot in thom, Tho barbor ox- plained to Lim that thero wero n lut of liitle snalies n tho niug, and tiat ey kopt eravling up on the brush, but tho gontluman theught ho would go out and got o morning papor Lefore boing shiaved, and ho wenp, " via Duluth and Lako Buporior, and ST. PAUL. Growth and Statistics of the City. Tho Railrond System of Minnesotn, Spectal Correapondence of Tho Chicago Tribune, > 81, Pavr, Jan, 7, 1873, oun crry, In the year 1818, .tho population of this clty way searcoly 600; in 1805, but 18,000 ; now it ox~ cooda 83,000, Building statistics show 032 build- ings orocted during tho Inst year, at an avorngo cost of $1,769,—tho totnl Loing $2,346,487,—an amount groator than Milwaukeo oxpended for tho samo purpose. Tho population of the Blato, by tho Inst consus, was 537,800 ; that of Bt. Pgul, 83,000. Bearing in mind the vast aren of tho Btato, tho ratio botwaon tho figures givon clonrly show tho importanco of this young me- tropolis, ““Our specinl correspondonts,” tourlsts, and plonsure-scekors have too ofton extolled tho bonuty of Bt Paul's surroundings to mnka it neeossary in this arliclo to desonnt upon it atill, it I8 hard for any lover of] Naturo to ro- prees hin glowing foelings and rapture at quaint old “Bnolling,” Mtnnohaha, the lnkes nostling in the arms of tho groon- robed hiils, and tho ondless placos of rosort and natural boauty that onviron the Capital Olty. ‘Ton milea from Bt. Paul, on either bank of thio Misslssippl,—whicl, at this polnt, goos boil- ing over n lodgo of rock, makinga fall of 12 foot,—tha possessor of one of tho finost and most avallablo water-powers in the world, stands tho OITY OF MINNEAPOLTS, with a population of 25,000 inhabitents, It is o boautiful and enterprising city, doing n manu- facturing businesa of rapidly incroasing propor- tions, i Cho torritory botweon theso two not rival cities is a lovel and besutiful country, admirably adapted for broad svenues and extonsivo parks. Tho Btate Fair Grounds, Driving Park, and threo Liotels aro now located on this intorvening tract ; nud tho Trusteos of Hamlino University, formorly located nt Red Wing, iave recently docided to accept 80 acros of land offerod to thom noro for colloge-grounds, aud will, in tho coming summor, eroct & building for the use of tho institution, nta cost of $100,000. Tho Chicago, Milwaukeo & SE. Paul and tho Bt. Poul & Pacific Railronds now connect thoso two citios, over which xonds ton traius are run daily each way, A chiartor Lias boon obtainod and a corporation formod under tho name of the 8t. Paul & Min- nonpolis Air Line Rnilroad, which will connect with tho stroot-railway systoms of both clties, and afford tho ntmost facility for Intercommuui- cation, The scors of bolh ‘citios predict that, in losa than fivo years, tho two corporationa will Tiave met and tho cuo absorbed t{m other, and 8t. Paul, with one mighty loap, have becomo o cify of 100,000 inhabitants, to tho surprise sud np&oulshmnnb of tho more congervativo Eastorn cities, BT. PATUL in the distributing point for Minnenots, West Wisconsin, and Dakota Territory. Itnover will, neither doos it aspire to, become tho rival of Chicago. It is too far removed from the Qavden City to feel its influence; too Lighly favorod in location and naturaladvantages to bo- come tributary and dependout upon nufiy city. Almost as noar to tho Enst by water ag Chicago, 0BHOBBIL) the advantnge of clmaP transportation to al points Soulh on the Miesissippi, thoe 8t. Paul morchant is ablo to choose his market, and avail himself of all fluctuations in prico that muy ex- ist over o vast aren of sountry. All tho bonefits of transportation by wator, which for hoavy freights must Lo preforred to rail, this cite/ noesessos in the Mississippi and tho Minnesoks Rivers,—tho lator t.'\pEiu(;, ns it dooe, tho great wheat-gardon of Bouthorn Min- nokots. THE TATLROADS controing in_8t. P'aul arc ton in numbor, and all in successful operation, The Chicago, Milwaukee & 8t. Paul Railrond has now two linos in operation,—the one, tho Rivor Road, through to Chicago by the way of tho Winons Cut-Off ; and the othor through tho contra of the Btato and whent-growing coun~ ry to MoGrogor, Iowa, thenco to Milwaukeo and Chicago. Tho West Wisconsin Railrond, now complated, having formed connectious with the Chicago & Northwestorn Railrond, not only glves Bt. Puul the benefit of a compeling line to Chicago, but opens tho mineral and lumber region to 8t. Paul entorprige. Two doily treins aro now being rn oach way from Chicago to 8t Paul, without change of cars, . The 8t. Paul & Stillwater Railrond brings 8¢, Paul into communicalion_with the lumboer dis- trict lying iu Chisago aud Piuo Countics. _ Tho’Lake Suporior & Mississippi Railroad, connecting with the Grent Lakos, gives St. Pau a cheap routo for the oxportation of grain, and over whieli, in turn, it receives its slow frofghts from Eastorn points, and the ores of tho Lake Buperior mines, ‘I'ho St, Paul & Pacifio Railrond, complated to Brockinridgo, on tho Red River of tlio North, rung through a magnificent agricultural region, to which thia city wholesales a large amount of zoods and morchandiso yonrly, During tho com- !’ng summer, tho rond will bo pushed through to Pembina, making direct communieation with Hor Majosty's posscssions, Thia road is the oldest in the Stato. ‘The Nortliern Pacifio iailrond, which has pure chased the Buporior & Mississippl und the 8, Paul & Pacifie finih‘on(lfl, has mude St. Paul the cestern tormiual point, Tho importance of this rond o gonoral commerco, and to this city, can hardly bo overostimatad, 'Tho routo being north of tho line of honvy snows, it.is thought that no inconyeniencoe or delay will bo eansed by tho wintor-snows, and that on this rond trains can be run on timo at all sonsons of tho year. This rond will opon to tho world o magnificent furming nnd geazing country, und Wlrondy srall villages aro springlug into’'lifo with smazing rapidity on this line, and, in a fow yoars, millious of bushols of whoat will bo oxposted from this country nnmmll{. Tho 5t. Paul & Sloux City Railrond was lnst yoar completed to Bloux City, Iown, a distance of 278 miles, and is now doing o thriving busi- noss, The Burlington, Codnr Rapids & Minnesota Railrond is completed from Bt. Paul to Bt. Louis, via Burlington. Coming north from Burlington, this rond vonches Austin, Minn., via Cednr Rapidn, It unitos with tho 8t, Punl & Milwau- kee Railroad at Austin, whence, using tho lattor's track, it runsits ears diroctly through to this clt;’ without change of froight or Ipmsmmgom, in 26 honra' thmo from 8t. Louis. 'This rond sup- plics thiy city with Illinois coal, and finds a now outlet for lumbor, ‘Iho 8t. Paul & 'aylor's Falls Railroad, though vory limited in oxtont, is one of the most im- poriant to 8t, Paul of any In the State. At ITud- sou, Wis,, it unilos with tho "Wout Wisconsin Railway, which runs o ‘fomal, and thero con- nects with tha trains for Milwaukes and Ohica- go. It connects also at Hudson with tho Northk- wostern Railway, L The Northern Wisconsin Railroad, connoot- ing Bt. Paul with Dayflold, i alraady partially cume)lckml, and in anothor year It will wmost likoly soo its torminug, Troights and Pununngurn nro dnll{ pouring inlo thiy eity in tho cars of tho Wost Wisconniu Company, from points on this line, ‘Fhero” aro now throo projected railroads aim- inF to locato (heir torminus at Bt, Paul. Tho 8t. Peul and Dubuque Railrond, starting from St. Paul, will run via Gannon Falls, Mantor- villo, aud Austin, 1o tho Blato lino, whero it will moof rosdsnow in operation, oyer whose trucksit will yun to Dubnguo, This rond hus heen locat- od and survoyed, and about $300,000 veted hy tho towas ulong thio lino T aid of tho outer- priso. Tho Chicago & Northwestorn Railrosd~—that mammoth corporation—wan cuk off from 8t Tanl by tho purchaso of the Bt. Paul & Chicago Railroad by the Chluago, Milwaukoo & 8t. Panl Itailropd. 'Thougl lmvin‘?' porfooted m'rnughn- monts with the Wost Wisconsin Rallroad by which communication to this city by tho way of tho Chicago & Northwestern is ngalii roalprod, tho OamHI\uy i youolved to have n rond of ilu Gwn, and, during tho past summior, uur\'nyluF partios hyo boan In the fleld, and a lino hus Leon located froms Winona up to Bt. Laul, through Wabasha, Goodhue, aud Dakotn L'om_nuulu, crossing tho river & fow miles below wul, i ‘I'hio Davenport & Bt. Paul Ruilroad I8 ono of the mont imsorlnul roads Eocking o torminis at this un{ end one which {s ru‘)ldl‘v approaching complotion, 1t tuns throvgh tho wonlthioat countles und most dcnuo]{)pn‘»u!n:ud portions of tho Btnte, and thevo aro bright proapeots that tho voad will bo comploted beforo tho fall of 1873 It will connoct with sll the lines con- trolled by tho Iilinoln Contral MR, REED'S CRIMINAL BILL. To the Iiditor of The Chicaga 5'ribune Bin: Tho subsoriber hna soon the proponod bill drafted by Chnrles . Reod, State's Attor- noy, as ot amondmont to our Illinois Criminal Codlo, and obsorved that tho bill was presonted to tho publio In an unflnished condition, 'Thoro aro two moro soctions, which I attach horato, "Tho oxplauation of this omission from tho orig- innl dralt is, that, as Mr. Reod stopped out of his study for n momont {o sign potitiona for tho pardon of thirtoon of Hugh Garrity's frionds wha have fallen into misfortuno at Joliot, & ro- orter for & mornin Jravor stopped iu and solzad ho unfinished “ bitl," and gave n copy to overy papor fu tho olly for publication, Tho Stalo’s ttornoy hnu not yat sufliclontly recovered from 'Cho follow- his surprise to **rise to oxplain.” ing aro tho omittod sactions : B850, 10, Whenaver, in any county having & }sop\lh- Hon of ovor 250,000, tho Stato's Attornoy tliorcof shall, by uegligonce, lgnoranco, mishals, ot intoation, causd error to bo dnfroduced into tho retord of tho {rial of any criminal cauao which ho shall proscouto, the St- promo Court shnll not regard auch error na causo for anl(nu o now trial or fsauing o aupersedeas, but shall, i nil respocty, permit the Judgment of tho lowor Cour! to tako its course, tha same na if tho acensed had heon (rll.'ull and convicted inaccordance with the laws of the ud, 810, 11, Tho first nino sections of thisact shall ap- ply only fo tho teial of ull viclous poraonn, Tiard enses, hocinl outlaws, and those who havono friends ; dut, whenover tho Btnto’s Attorney, or any other reapectably citizen, shall be triod foralleged crimo, lio stall bo tried nccordfug _to the lawa herotoforo in forco, it being tho intention of this act to fiud a spocdy mothod of reifoy- ing socloly “of o large number of villains whom it is dlilicult to punish by law, and not in any manner to doprive good citizons of tho benefit of any of tho shickda that the law, which fs thoreault of tlio expo- rienco of agen, L thrown around thom, Caxoado, Jan. 9, 1873, 3, A 0. . —_—— GENERAL NEWS ITEMS, Kanens bonats of her ico orop. —Tho Univorsity at Lincoln, Nob., has 150 studonts, —Tho banks of Boston never had o Iarge do- posits as tho flrat weok in January, —Govornor Washburn, of Massachusetts, pac- doned 60 criminals last yoar, —Judge Culting adjousncd court, nt Bangor, Me., beeauao of emall-pox in town. 'ho 8t. Louis Council, by vote of 18 to 3, adhoros to the social-ovil liconso system, —Tho City of Dubuquo must provide for £38,~ 48152 falling due in Februnry. —Clovelaud wants Uncle8am to build a million- dollar stone wall in front of her, in the lake, to koop tho cold Canada winds froi blowing dust in the Bank stroet hack-drivors' oycs, —The store of Henry J. Otk & Co., of Greon Day, Wis., was robliod of valuables to tho amount of 1,000 during the night of Thuraday last, —All the Catholic churchos of Baltimoro aro malking n concorted offort in the temporanco enuse, which promises groat good. —W. g. Nowton, “late Mauagor of the Chort- soy Brauch of the London and County Bank," Thas beon senteuced to five yoars Hm“l aorvitudo for the embezzlement of only 37001 —Tho Austin Slale Gazclic says that tho drouth of Inst season, succeodod as it {s by ono of tho sovercst wintors ever oxporioncod in Toxas, will rosult In{ho dostruction of a. largo Eorconlum of prairio stock. Immense numbors nve boon lost in Wost Toxas, —The plans for tho new Lunntic Hospital at Worceator, Mans., have beon spproved by the Uovernor and Council, and the Trustees author- ized to proceed with tho work without dolny. Grading will probably bo commenced at onco. ‘Tho catimnatod cost is $560,000. —A church, to cost $7,000, bullding at Mol- lond City, Mich., was blown down and so badly injured by tho gale of Inst IFriday night that nono of tho material can bo used sgain, —James Dayideon, lato Adjutant Goneral of Texns, hus absconded, leaving n deficit in his accounts, ag near ag can bo ascertained, of about £30,000. —The caso of tho Commonivonlth of Ponnayl- ~vanin s, Goorge O, Evanato recover 800,000, which was marked for trial at tho January torm of Court, nt IHarrisburg, has boon displaced zran_\l tho docket, and'canuot now como up before pril, —A skunk-skin opera cloal graced tho dross circlo of Tootle’s Opora Houso, st 8t Joo, tho othior night, It was worn by o’ rural bolle, who was accompanied by tho malo companion who Lind slnin tho fragrant littlo nimals whoso hides woro thus ancrificod for his bolovad. —Tho trial of Daniol D, I. Warner, of Canan- dni(tr‘na indictod for incandiarism in sotting flro to the Clifton Springs Hotel, N. Y., torminatod on Bamrdn{' Inst with s acquittal by the jury. Tho trial lasted eomo days, aud was of an unusually oxciting character. " Mr, Warner was one of tho owners of the presmr!y burned, —Bo many pno{: oin Harlford, Ct., koop their wator running all night long, this cold weathor, to kaop it from freozing, that tho papers givo warning thers will bo n water famino unlosa n roform is inatituted. ‘Tho peoplo read; and tlose who did not lot it run befors, now com- menco, thinking the others will shut off, and so thio old thing works lu tho Nutmog Stato. —J, M. Snydor, o private in tho late war, now rosiding mnear Ogdon, Boono County, fmvn, camoe into posscasion of o sob of army buttons. Ho woro thom until ho rotwned from” the war, whon they bocame playthings for his childron, A fow doys gince ono of thom dropped to tho floor and burst, when_there foll out a now, crisp, nontly-folded five dollar groonback, —DMr. Smith, of Ottorvillo, Mo, 13 o nico gon- tlomau to have around in caso of siclkness in tho family, Ho attacked a young man and tknocked him down with o shovel. When told "that ho Iind killed him, he remarked that *he didn't care o dam if Lo had,” and belioved ho would 8ot him up in g chair and see how ho looked. IIo proceoded to sot him in the chair, and after accomplishing which he gave him 'two moro tapa with tho shovel ovor tho head, aguin piling him ou tho floor, New York nceds that man. —Tho_sontonco of Daniol Gleason, of North Adams, Mass,, condemned to doath for killing lis wifo, has' hoon commuted on the ground that ho was ““laboring undor tho impression that his honor was at stake, and that the com- mur'\.lly would applaud rathor than condemn tho act," ‘alifornis ought.to bo by far tho richest Stato in tho Union, provided Ler incm‘romtcd companies roprosont in reality ono-fourth of tha valug which thoy do upon paper. In tho ‘last fow duys Joint stack compauies havo hoen organ- ized in this Btate, which ropresent probubly forty or fifty millions of dollars, How many poopla will thoso now incorporations help im- poverish? would bo a question of interest, pro- vided it conld bo auswered correctly.—San Fran- cisco Call. ~The strango suggostion of the Boston Poat that Michigan snusago is intoxieating, has given rigo to considornble spaculation and sowme eeion- tiflo rosonrch, Profossor Ilonry las had large quantitios sont him to be analyzed—not oaton— and he finds o solution of the mf'utory in tho fact that tho swino are fed on wwill from distil- lerios and thoir fiesh i thorofors imprognated with tho liquor, A maliclous porson would sug- eusb that if Sonator Chandlor were cut up, ail Washinglon could got on n glorious and therough “bonder,"” —~Mu, Lapico, ono of the oldest sugar plantora in Louisinng, has just returned from tho East Indioy, whithor Lio was_commissioned to go by n number of planters in June last, for tho purpose of procuring a fresh supply of scod cane, to roplnco the ~ dogenerato spocies now culti- vated in tho South, He proewred in Java somo 11,000 cuttings, which will ar- rive In Now Orlenns in a fow days of o varioty grown to great perfection in thal island, end obtalned morcover many new idess nsto the improved oulturo of eane, which ho noon proposes to communicate lo tho planting intorests” in pamphlot form., Ho recommends that tho Goneral Government make an appro- priation to secure furthor supplios, nndis of opinion that under amew systom, Louisiana, Texns, Lloridn and Mississippi can produco al tho sugar consumed in the United Statos, Charitable Bequests In England. Tho onormous amonnt of money left for ehnr- itablo purposos in - Bugland {a foreibly exhiblted by tho following stntemont of boquosts, an- nounced within s singlo wook ¢ Tho will of Georgo Muarley, sworn undor £170,000, leaves £1,000 to oach'of the following four hokpitals, viz,t tho Middlosox 1 ospital, 8t, Mur{"fl ospital, the Consum tho Univorsify douu{;u Houpitnl, Tiiamas Nor. rin loaves .£4,000 to the Church of England schools ab Oroston, £4,000 {o tho Bury Dispons sary, and largo sums to othor charitable and edu- catlona] inetitutions, the total sum boquonthed boing £10,450. A sum of £65,000 hus boon loft lo the lioyal Borks Hospital by My, Palmor, for- morly M, P, for Borke, - ‘o following sums have Loon loft by Tady Wholor: Cluroh Missiounry Hooiety, £5,000; Church Pautoral Ald Socioty, £5,000; J3ritish and Forelgn Bibla Soclely, .£6,000; endowmont of Heworth Church, £5,000; endowmont of Drax _Viearago,’ £6,000; Liondon Gity Mission, £4,000 ¢ 'tho Toliglous Tract Bacloty, £2,000 tha Trinhy Bocloty, £2,000; ho'Jows' Socioty, £1,000; i o Colubtat Ol Bouloty, £1,005, “Kotal, L2100, 3 The T.ondon chnritlos are computod at 95+ 000,000 b yoa, ption Hospital, and- MRS. SAM. JONES. She Qontinuos to Write for ‘Mhe Chie engo Wribune, and Discourdes About Plaoning Too Mach Worly, nnd Shows that ¥t In tho Grent Stunis bling=Block of the Farmer, and thit 1o Makes Xlmeclf o Drudge in Connequonces-Souo Things thnt o E'arn s Wiko Ilns o RRight to Ene Joy=-T'here Aro Other Good Places for Momon==Socinbitity=="The ERighty of Women from thoe Lubor Stande point. From Our Orn Correapondent, Hoxe, Jan, 0, 1873, Wo Lear & gront donl sald nbout tho hard work aud oxposuro of the farmor: ‘*Sixtoon houra & day, raln or shine,” But lot mo nsk, Who ig to blamo for all of thin? I will toll you; IT I8 THE FARMER HINSELF; and who but tho farmer's wifo Inventa so much of oxtra toil, so many working hours? Lot mo tell you that, in most cnros, it is hor own fault, I think I know romothing sbout this mysolf, for, gitl and woman, I have soon considerablo of farm life. I know thore ars times whon wo aro put to our wits’ end to got nlong, and bavo to put in exira howrs of labor; but thin {8 also tho common lot of all other in- dustries and professions. One groat troublo about this matter Is, THEY PLAN TOO MUOI WORK ihat I8, thoy Iny their plans for all good wenthor nud for favorablo seasons, and, when a rainy spoll occurs, or.the weods como along right smart, they got behind with tho work and are swampod. And, os thoir noighbors aro mainly in the anmo fix, thoy canuot got any holp to tako thiom ovor tho troublo. Yousao that such sort of plauning.is not profitable, Old Eaquire Jonos—thit is, Bam.'s father—was almost always drove with work in this way, and ho gave no ono nny rost, forho kept alittle behind with his work, which drove him,.Instoad of bis driving tho work. His wifo was a good, industrious, aubmissivo woman, and thought that whatovor the 'Squire dono was all right, if sho did not have to worlt hor fingors oft to kaop things to rights. ‘When wa wore marriod, and moved on to our new farm, Sam. said to mo, “ Polly, wo have got a great denl of hard work before us, to put this now farm in shapo, and to makoa living from it. Wo will not try tc got rich, but to live comfort- ablo, aud wo will plan tho work eo that wo WILL NOT BE DROVE WITI! IT, but will do a good day’s worl, and that must suf- fico ; wo must have a little timo to visit, and to go to market, and to roceivo calls ; how doyou liko tho plan?* Well, I anid, that suita mo, but I do not menn to shirk my share of tho worle ; but it doos appear to mo that Fathor Jonos al- ways had moro work on his hands than was profitable. ‘That is true,” said Sem,, “and I am not going to bo tho slave of my work, but rather its master.” That yoor wo got along right well ; the weather was good and tho crops good, and there was no gront nmount of woeds. Tho next spring was very nico weatlior, and Sam. put in a largo crop. Tirat ho broke up & Iargo picco of sod land for flax, thon ho put in oats, and aftor that a largo field of corn, About tho 1st of Juuo it sot in rainy, and tho weeds mado o wondorful growth in tho corn-fleld, and the oats_and tho flax also mada & wonderful growth, and, when it como timo to harvest, Sam, had only half of his corn cultivated; for thon wo had no riding culti- vators, and it was slow cultivating corn, for tho Torso had to go twico in the samo row to do tho work, and that mado double tho work that is no required. Ono ovoning, Sam. camo in awful tired, and, an bo sat down on tho porch, he snid, 1 DON'T KNOW WIIAT TO DO, the corn is not half cultivated, sud the onts and {lax aro ready to out, and I cannot find o man to Tiolp mo, for n\'oryhodya 08 much bobind with thoir work as I am,” Did you not plan a littla too much work last spring ¢ *‘ Woll, na;to that, not too much for a good senson, but too much for this season, on nccount of tho wot weathoer that hr3 npsot things o trifle.” Wall, supposo YOU LET THE CORN GO that ianot cullivated, and sccure the flax and tho oata; and noxt spring, if the weathor is over 80 fair, don’t plant 8o much corn. You can worlt that part of the corn that has boen cultivated, Aud then Iet tho cattlo have tho rost of it. “Bo I did,"” gaid Sam., and he saved n good crop of flax and oats by wttonding to them in timo. Our nost uulfihbur, Bon, Smith, kept on working his corn, aud lostnll of his spring whont and oats by not takiug cure of thom in time,- And then ho frotted and stowed, and ovarworked himnself, so thet he wey sick when corn-husking camo. That i just thoway that too many farmers man« age; thoy gob too much work on hand, and thion comos the loss, They put mo in mind of n 8-yoar-old boy who can hold oua applo in oach hand, Lut, in attompting to hold azfm-d, drops thom all. ' Thera is A HORT OF GRASPING DESIRE among our small farmers that keeps them in coutinued hot wator, and provents thoir mnkinF money. \When the neighbors drop in aud tallc ovor thoir businoss, I can hoar euough (o con- vince me that this is their bosetling sin, and tho great stumbling-black in their way. N’ow, Sam. and mo havo not got rich, but wo havo soldom Doon drove with our worlk, and vory scldom mnde a loss, in _consoquence, on our crops, and our homo haa always beou pleasant, and wo havo had timo to visit our neighbors, to attend church, nud the like. Sam. hes not been obliged to work out of doors during stormy wenther, and the housowork hns novor boon romarkebly hard to do, for wo linve not kept au army of lired men to eat up all tho profits of tho farm, and to mako tho family thoir slaves. Thore i our neighbor, James Bowen, who has carried on _a large farm, raising thonsauds of Lushels of grein ovory yoar, working almost day aud night, and over- working his wifo and throo dauglitora, which havo becomo more kitchen-drudges ; and ho told Hnm., st week, that he had not made_a cont in graiu-ralsiug in’tho fast ton years, and that ho was going to quit the buainess and seed his land to grass, - 1 kuow this will rejoico 119 POOR WIFE AND DAUGHTERS; poor girls! thoy have not had half o chaneo for school, and nover got timo lo_visit & neighbor, Now, all of the hard work aud drudgory of that family came of Mr. Bowen himsolf. - If ko had dono loss worl himself, and planned better, ho would Lave mnds more monoy; for Bum, says the ronson of hia not making money was in Is bad nmisnagiment, alwayn having too much to do; thia mado him piy oxtra pricos iu_harvest-timo, and then ho was not ready to haul his grain to market until the woathor was bad and-tho ronds in o poor coundition. Sotno mn{ thiuk that a-women has no right to complain of Lhoso things, but it in A RIONT THAY I CLAIN— o woman's right, if you plenso—to protest against these things, and this kind of menago- mout ; for I know that, on the wholo, farming is ono of {ho best and most dosirable pursnits that oan bo followed, and to Lavo it belittled and dograded is_boyond enduranca, And thon we aro the sufforexs, for overwork nud drudgory is soon to follow, Tlero was Mra. Potors, whoso husband sold hiy fann and moved to Kansas, She told the noighbors that Mr, Sam, Jonau was tho worst Lien- pecled man that sho over saw, for ha nover did & thing that ho did not consult his wile in rogard tougt.i ¥Lhat is true ay gospel," said Sam.;" ny wifa is A PART OF THE FINM of Mr, Bam, Jones, and has o right to bo con- sulted, for she doos half of tho work, and has a right toa shave ju tho profit or loss of the os- tablishment.” Andsoit is, whon a woman is not consulted, but becomes a drudge, becauso hor husband makes dradgo of himeelf, things go wronlg, and tho childron see 1t, and for that they will iave to bo ground through the sama wmill, and thus dvift off into somo other business, often to thoir disndvaningo, I have lived long onough to know that it ia not the businoss itsolf that makes farming distastoful to many pntl‘{flo, but the mannor in which it is ofton prosonted, T IITY THE PARMER'S WIFE who hag mo time to leavo tho Litchon whon the Dlue birds, and tho robins, the Wrons, tho ‘orioles, and the mocking-birds, harbinger the spring ; whon tho erocns, and daffodils, und violots sprig up nlong tho borders of the watks ; whon the gardon ia to bo planted ; when tho orohurd puts forth ity loatlats, and {4 rodolont with bloom, pink, and white, naud purple. Aud then, when tho old forout {5 xobed for summer, and when the groat troon canopy out the sun, she may drive throul'h its nilont, grand old areliw, and gather tho wild flowors, and listen to tho music of tho Dbirds, Blio it not to ho kapt out of tho orchard whon Nature is loylog on the colors that make our fruits po bonutinil, YLEAHONES OF 0ITY AND COUNTRY WIVES, Did it ovor oceur to you that tho ety wifo had but two foasts aut of a beautitul pensli un applo, orapoar? Ona fonst of tho ove on itd bonuti- ful ponelllingn, and one in ontlng the frult, Why, in the orchard, whon fho Ludu be- gin" to feel tho first pnlsatlons of spring, wo Lavs a graud orchestre to herald the coming of tho lonvon;. thon wo feast tho eyo on tho profusion of bloom; nud thon the trogs, day by dny, are boing robed for summor; mnd thon come tho frult, first amall and gropn. but soon nu invisible power In shadlng l;.‘ with honuty; that is another feast of tho oye, And, whon™ the farmor and his wite \vnl’k through tho archard, and tho littlo ones climb into tho treos aud throw down the flrat ripo applos, and #ny, ' That is for Pa, nud this iy for I\Bl," 18 not that another fonst? And thon tho fruit goes into tho bnskot and Is sont to market,—that lo, tho snrplug ; snd tho monoy comos back to pry for things of use or luxury. Aud thon out to tho firnln-flumu tosco the” shadows pass ovor tha old; to nco the gontlo undulationn of this son of graon as tho summor zephyrs play over ity surfaco, Aud tlion, when ono feols thatshe in o l;nrl ownor and dircetor of all this, that sho and or husbaud had wnoqual intorast, thera comes n homo feoling of satiafaction that pays louder f,h"“ words, A farm is & good placo for a omo, THERE ART, OTHER GOOD PLACES FOR HOMES, I do not wikh to bo undoratood that tho farm is tho onl{ ylncu for a good homo, but I wish to say that Itis o bottor placo than many pooplo: suppose, and might bo made betlor than many fiudit. Ican imagine n plonsant homein tho villago or the clt( but thoso homes must bo moro or-logs artitlcia], full s oxacting on tho wifo s that of tho farm, and wo gain little in lonving tho farm for sucl & home ; and yot thora {8 ono thing that Ifind in o city homo that T should liko to seo moro fully doveloped in our country homes and that in BOCIADILITY, But I am happy in saying that the spirit of the press {8 moking Mgelf folt in that direc- tion, and wo may hopo for progross, Tho farmor or: mochanic who_habitually overworks himsolf is thoreby unfitted for mocial lifo, as ho 48 #o abrorbed in'his business that he takes no intorost boyond it. And thus, whon ho comos from tho fleld, almost tired out, nud takes up n papor to rond, or ontors into conversation on other subjects, o bocomes sleopy and listless. 1 know thiat was tho caso with our noighbor, Mr. Towon, for he was alwas nodding in his chaiy in & fow minuten after ho would sit down. . TILERE I8 NO NLED of a farmor working more hours inn day than a mechauic,—that is, if he would go at it with the Bamo persoveranco; but, nu o gonoral thing, ho has rosting spalls durlug the working hours, es- peclally it ho is drivlnt; tonm, and, in such a caso, his work m fiht be oxtended . over more timo, though, In fact, doiug no more work, This much concodod, what ronson i thoro [n soking o wifoof tho farmor, or the daughtlers,-to do more work than the fathor or tho sons Now, I hoar you say, And ot thoy aro tho firat to go about tholr daily abor, und the lnst to clogo it at night ; and horo i the solf-imposed task, or a task imposod by others. It is this thatmakes farm-lifoso dis- tasteful to TIIE FEMALES OF TIIE FARM, § Wo connot put them on tho cight or -ton hour systom, eay the political economist, for tho roa- #on that our breakfasts must be proparod for us, and the suppor-dishos must be washed ; but they mny have o rost in the forenoon aud one in the i\tfiemnon, 80 as to curtail the nctual hours of abar, Wo hear a Fruut doal nbout the right of suf- frago, and tho right to do men's work ot mon's wagos; but thore is no remedy pro- osed for woman's work and woman's sufferings, ny what you will; put young women into the composing-room, tho papor-mill, tho cotton~ factory, tho bool-bindory, bohiud tho counter, or in auy other occupation, and she comes back to the houschold and resumes hor legitimate placo among tho kitchon utonsils, tho chamber, and tho nursery. It will over bo hors to caro for tho littlo ones, and to eeo that the house is kept in ordor. 8ha comes baclk to that ns surely as tho spring comes back to take the placo of winter, I A AN ADVOCATE OF WOMAN'S RIGHTY,— that is, that portion of them in the rural dls- triola; that tlioy sholl Do consulted as regards tho goneral plans of tho family, and that thoy bo not mrde tho drudgos,willing or unwilling, of any porson or poreons. ‘Tho_ wifo should alvaya bo frocly posted as regards hor husband’s business | fuavcially, forthon sho is tho bottor able to plan for tho ncods or bargains of the family, In tho country, the wifo nots a vory important part in the fortunes of tho family. It is to tho prudent, industrious wifo that many of our farmers owe thoir snccoss in life. Thoir sbarp cyos and ready intuition ofton point to dangor that tho more plodding fl{mnr would not seo in timo to avert the dis- astor. In all agos, women have been tho drudges in the rural districts ; but now, when tho suburban Liomo connocts the country with city life, aud shndos and modifios its stern demands, wo may claim that A BITTER DAY 18 DAWNING, and that tho wifo of tho farmor ulall bs placed 8% lenst on an oquality with tho wiro of the mo- cliwnic, tho professional man, or tho truder, Of courgo, wo muet lerve out tho idla rich, for they ore, to a great extont, but aimple agents to scat~ ter tho hoards that greed has acenmulatod. At the Wost, the umxgi}sln has boen to maken now home. Thoro oy beon so many naw con- ditions to contond with, 6o many new things to learn, thut ths progross Lns boon more slow than tho most of us anticipated ; but wa are gradually oulirmviu thewe, cud to the things of uso we aro boginuing to think of adding the usual lux- uries of lice, and one of these 18 to bo relioved of that ovorwork that our pioneer-life appenrod to necossitato. Wo have schools and churclhies, libearios oud societios for improvomont and pleasure, and therae is no reason why the farmor's wifo or daughier would not be contonted with Lorlot. Ifsho profors the city or tha viliage, tho shop or tha counting-room, lot it be for othor causo thun the anticlpation 'of an exemption Irom lnbor and ease. Respectfully youra, B Mra. Badr, JoNEs, IMPORTANT FROM BOLIVIA, Progsident Mornles Shot by Iis Nepli= ow, Commander La Faye, of the Army. Lima (Dec, 18) Correspondence of the New York Hevald, Goneral Agustin Morales, * the Prosident of Bolivia, was murderod iv Lin Paz, on the 27th of Inst month, in o private ¢aarrel which he pro- voked whilo intoxicated. ~'lio agsnssin_ was his own nophew, Commander Lu Fayo, of the Boliv- ian army. To fully comprohond the partioulars of this shocking affair it ls noccossary to Lriefly rolato tho oxciting occurronces which took plice four days. immodintoly preceding tho catnse tropho, and tho offcct which they pro- duced toward bunatoning the end, Morales for somo wecke Lad beon on bad torma with Con){ruus the misundorsirnding growing out of tho docided opposition on tho part of the Logislatiwo Lo the desigus of Moralos Tospoating the Aullagas silver mites, This im- mousoly valuablo }uopnrty, bolonging to tho rich fomilyof tho Artichi, hadlong beow coveted by t*o Preaidont, and ho improved tho snp{osml oxikt- onco of o brench of the mining Iaws by tho own- ors to proposo that Congress should conflucate tho catato for tho bLenofit of tho mation, Tho Ansombly, howover, rofusod to liston to the projact of tho Excdutive, clearly percelving tho ultorior designs of Goneral Mornlos. ¥rom this circumstanco an open rapturo was foared bo- twaon the iwo partios. On the 2ith of Novemboer {ho Prosident was banqueting in tho palace, ‘colebrating with his followors aud Oaptains the sccond nniversary of the ovorthrow of Melgarejo, his deadly foo. ‘The furious chiaractor of tho man was oxeitod to slmost madness by the recollection of his vie- tory, nnd by the copious libetions ho offoered in memory of tho event. ising from the tablo, he staggorod to tho building cceupied by Con- gress, nt that moment in sousion, ‘and, mooting uomao of the Bonators aud Doputios in tho lobby, | commoncol aseailing them with threats and vilo nbuno for their porsiatency in thwarting his plans, TFortunatoly, ho wan persuaded, on some prefoxt or othor, to withdraw from tho scone, and ho rotired, still broathing oaths of future vengorneo, Ino mombors of Congross wore naturally enough nlaimed nt the aspect of affuirs, the nes- slon way nuslmndad and a gonernl consultation was held to decido npon tho courss to Lo fol- lowod, Tu the midst of tho conferonce Colonel Daza, ono of Moralo’s crontures, apposvod at the door of the hall, Mmm‘m\lod by n fow troopors and & military band, 'Tho guard on duty en- deavorod to provont the outranco of the intru- dors, but waa obliged to yield to mporior forco, Advaneing towards tho contro of tho chambor, Duza (row his sabre, nn action [nstantly imi- tatod by his companions, and broke forth into n most indecont and profane tirsdo against the roprosontatives, Wheu his vocabulary of abuso was oxhausted, ho twrned to his musi- cians and ordered them to play funeral marches as s prelude to o coming trag- ody. 'I'he Congrossmen woro oshorted by the Progidont of {ho Bunato to remnin tranquil in tholr seats, nud to calmly await the fate which sppourad to hang ovor thom, With coy- ored hoads the mombors oboyed their leader; tho people In tho gallorlos groaning and hooling ot Llio oldiory, but unabio to take o dooidad stand, Daza wavored—his objock possibly was only to intimidato—and@nfter ‘n nmoment of ir- resolution retived from tho sconsi .ITe fmme- diately roported progress to the Prenident; who wubtlees hod Imagined that the vory appearanca i an rvmed forco would have beon Hulticient to :rify the Bonate and tho Ilouso of Roprosonta- tives fnto mbjeot wubmlasion, or would bavo forcod thomn to incontinontly raiso tho session. Tho rago end dosperal s [ury of Morles roes lo fover hicat, but no furthor stopa conld_bo talen ihat ovoning, save placing gnarda at tho outlots of tho cily to provent tho crcapo of tho Congressmen and to conconl tho news from tho conntry nb h\r;{u. Tho night wen pawsed fn fonr sud anxlety by the eitizons of Ln DPnzj ominous fumors wora hoard ont ovory sido that the Prosident infonded acoup delal,” nlthough (hoso mont Intimately aequainted with Moralen srouted the {don, rincs, aftor the Lorriblo leeson given in Lima In July, fow aspiranta to powor in’ South Amerios would vonturo on an undertaking so fraught with ap- pntling momoricn, Tho peoplo remained porfect- y quiot, and tho only slgn given of tho vnivaresl agitation was by fhe prescnco of groups of lm‘rlghmd mon throughout thoe stroots of tha own, Moraloa was Invisiblo, Tho following doy had been fixod for the formal dissolutfon of Congress, Early in tha morning Corral, the Primo Minlator of ) loralos, invited "the mombors of the Loglulature to A conforence, in which lio ondenvored to patch up o poaco, But tho wiles and diplomaoy of tho Ministor wore as nnught boforo” tho dignified bonring -and do- tormined position of tho outragod roprosonta~ tives, Thoy mwlntel{ doolined l.l(‘) untm!1 into an nogotintions with the Ixccutive until l-lmK' woundod honor was eatisfled, flrst by an oxplieit apology from Morales, and n guaranteo of future froodom from inault; the immedinto dismissal of Daza from tho sorvice, and tho promotion of the ofticor who 8o bravely lind strugglod to de~ fond bin chargo ngainst {udignity, Corral would nobasyent to thewo domands, and tho condition of uffaira wan ovon moro difficult than boforo; tho bronch was widoned, tho clond of dangor in: crensed, aud 1o one know when tho storm wonld Dburst over the unhappy Republic. 'Tho peopla bohavod excoodingly ¥ell, rofusing all counscla tonding toward opon revolt, 'The conduck of the Presidont waa condomned in the most energotio torma, 'Tho msults honped upon thelr roprosen- tatlyos were rogardod as personal injurios to themaolvos, Corral hnstoned to Mornles and communicated tho fruitless result of his mission. Moralos, again brovoked to blind fury, throat- ond to oxacuto his omissary on the #pot, and Corral, flying for his lifo, found safoty and ro- fugo In “the Logation of the Unitod States, whero Colonel Marlkbreit, the Amorican Minle- tor, recoived the fugitive with tho utmost kind- nesg. In tho afternoon Morales, at the hoad of his_army, prococded to tho halls of Congross, which he discovered untenanted, the Benators and Doputies fearing to risk thoir lives in the Lands of thoe desporate Prosidont, Ilore, be« fore his troops and the fow poople gatlierod to- gother through euriosity, Morelos rend an abusive nddross, calling the mombors traitora to tholr country and their trust, aud declaring tho sos- sions of Congross at an ond. On learning this now and arbitrary potion, tho Oabinot resigued, loaving only Genoral Sanginoz to continue as tha advicor of the Executive, and for his fidelity, Banginoz rcceived the appoint- ment of Primo Minister, Morales, now roducad to abrolute fronzy, gave himaolf \IY‘ to unbound- ed dobauchory, and soon bocamo hapelorsly in~ toxicated, Desorted by his formor frionds, ro- ardod with hatred by the poople, his prostigo fost with tho army, tiio unbappy chioftain Jnow not whoro to place his confidenco, or how to shapo his courro. The natural violenco of his character carried awny tho remnant of intolli- gonce which Lo possessed, and the monomania~ cal torror he oxperionced as to his porsonal safo- ty ndded to tho horrors of his situation. Braudy became his sole comforter. The movning of the 27th dawned over tho city—n day fixed by Hoaven for what is called n necossary Bacrifico for the disappenrance af o creaturo only caleulatod, in his present stato, ‘to work ovil to his country and his fellov-mon. Morales was somewhat quiotor in the morning ; those near him, however, perceived that ho wag laboring under exirnordinary excitomont, per- haps the prolude to dolirium” tremens, Ifo vis- itod tho differont barracks, but wus rocoived with matked colduess, At times his uncontrolla- Dblo tempor would mastor him, aud he broke out in curses and impreeations ; at other momonts he was silent and comparatively culm. Tho same perfect quict continued throughout tho - city. dbo people wero anxiously awaiting tho ond of the s %nlur dramn being enacted boforo them, and tho last act wag drawing to aclose. At 9 o'clocls ot might, Morsles was in his ow apartmonts, pacing up and down, and overy in- stant applying to tho bottle for reliof. Ouno of hiu aides-de-camp ontered with a sealod letter, Moralos snatched it from him, read it, o rushed furiously to the guard-room, where the ofticers on _duty woro stationed, The lettor had informed the Urosident that that very niglt his nidea proposod binding him and placing lum ju a wecuro prison. Although no signature was at- tachod to tho document, the Prosidont looked upon it a8 o warning, and, oxcitod by liquor, mad with passion, and totally oblivious’ to con- soquencos, assaulted his aidos with iusults and blowa. 'I'wo of tho oficers received the bufots and oaths of Gonersl Morales without maldng reply. His nophow and nide, Commander La Tayo, romonstrated with him, pointing out tha fact that he was raaltreating the only frionds re- maining to Lim. Upon Ln Feye Morales then turnad, and, striking Lim twico, accused him of tronchery and decoit, . La Fayo foll buck o fow paces, drow his re- volver, and, frug eix times, shot Mornles, wounding Lim once in the face, thrice in the heed, and twice in tho breast, The wounded man romainod standing for & moment, thon gradually suuk on nn adjacont sofa, where, in & short hour afterwards, in tho arms of hig daughier, he breathed his last, Lu Faye in- stautly proceoded to his bLarracks, turned over tho command to his Adjulant, and boforoe the story of the murder was made public had fled from tho city. Until the next morning tho fate of the Presi- dont wan not known, and thon Congress hastily assombled, elootod tho Council of Stat, with Dot Tomus Fring a8 the chicf, naming this gontle- man &8 ruler of the destinios of Bolivia, accord- ing to tho stipulations of the Constitution, The people eagerly gave iu their adhesion to the now ordor of things; the only shota discharged dut- ing tho erisis of four dys woro thoso which put anond to thae lifo of an unworthy Prosident. 'The body of Morales, Iny In stato for the cus- tomary period, and was ihon burled with the hounors due to his xank. TFrins, the now Chiof Magistrate, is & species of olivian Thiors, Ad- vanced in yoers, ho has always beon noted for Lis coneorvative idons, and throughout his long 1ifo has mauifosted great ability in the differont publie positions o has honorably fillod. Tho rospoct ontortained for him by the country is universsl a.d profound, Irom violouce and fer~ rorium procood, in this instance, poace and con- {fidence. E Tho_ biography of Moralea is common with that of many mulitary men in South America, Itaised to his 1[lxmi'.lm.x by thie force of arms, om- Klayin;; all the acty of treachory and decoit ut incommand, aad staining his record with foar~ ful acts of cruelty, ho fell a victim to his own unbridled tomyer. Durving tho fiest por- tion of his administralion his offorts towards forwarding tho interosts of tho Repub- lio rocoived duo praise, bul at last his own por- sonal projects Lanished tho public good from biy mind, and eventually led to his tragic death. Tt will bo soen from ihe foregoing marration that tho murder of tho Bolivian President pro- ceeded from ovonts of w purely porsonal charace tor; no political motivos militated In tho afair, Within ten yoars threo of the rulors of Bolivia have mot thieir deaths by ihe pistol—Bolzu, slain within twenty foot from the spot whore Morales gasped out i lifo by tho favorlte, Melgarojo; Molgarojo shot fu Limn by hin_son-in-luw, and Morales, tho dethronor of Melgarajo, assnssi- unfod by his nophew, Thero rcoms to Lo a falalily hanging ovor those oficors, Balta, tou, ouly in July Inat, killed in hisbad by his brothers in-lnw, Whon will the maasaore ond? e Cure of Cuancer, Bince tho failuro of cundurango as o specifio for the vure of eancor, and tho consoquent wreck of Beeretary Fish'a ru\mmflun as a mod- ieal man, pooplo have louked with incredulity upon auy reported cuves of this terriblo diseaso Ly unusual mothods, But the Kaneaw City T¥mes givos an uccount of a enra performed in thnt place which is worthy the attontion of physi- ciang, Mr, A, O, Chaco, . woll-known rosident of Kansas City, discoverad, sbout six yoara ago, a small red uan growing upon his loft cheal, immedintely below tho oyo, which soon dovels opad inito nn undoubted cancor, For two years past Mr. Chace hag had the boat madical advico, and tried overy romedy suggosted by his physis cious, without gaining any bonefit, the cancer continually incrensiug in sizo until it throntenod to oat nway his face, “Finally a council of physl- cinns recoinmendod tho use of tl.o knifo us_tho only means of reliof, but thia rosort involved s muoh danger that it was not omployed. At this Ynim tho En'aprincor of tho Turkish baths in Knneas Oily deelnred that ko coutd curo the cancor in fiftoon days, and Mr, Chines dotormined to try tho offeot of his trontment, Ho wasplucad in tho Turkish bath for two hours cach day for savon days, with a tomporaturo at 170, when it wad fonnd that the cancor wan loosoning. A poultice was thon npiflim!, und in n fow duys the ugl‘y protuboranco dropped out, Toots, fungs, Bital, lenving notisling SSeope th Mot tstione e the fuce whore tha cancor had Loow.:. 'Yho curq, wis pronounced comploto. AR g S e —Unclo Bam has fuvested nenrly fivo milliona in shops, burracks, avenuos, Lridgos, and otbor fuo things at Kook Island,