Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 22, 1873, Page 2

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1873 Y | Whird Day of the Caso of Tucker vss The Relief Societys More Evidence Introduced for the Defence. Bishop Whitebonse and Ladrd Col- lior on the Stand, IList of Artioles Obtained from Various Sources by Mrs, Tucker, | Mend of the Trinl Probably To- Duay. The case of Mrs, Tucker va, Tho Rollef Boota- y was resumed yostorday morningboforo Judgo ‘tao, and tho prosentation of testimony tor tho ofendanta was rosumed. . TESTIMONY OF DISHOP WIITENOUSE, The Arat witncss called was Bishop Whitohouso, who estificd that ho lad ot Ais, Tuckor thrco times, tor the fizo Lo gave hier some clothes—on the 1t of ccember, Theso Wero two or threo warm cotton hirts, soma solled necktics, and o black Jackot with rafd on it Theso wero givon ‘at_tho Cathedral chool-room, whera tho things were doposited, Sho nlled at bfa ‘honsn tho socond timo, nnd apoko in Ye- gurd 1o aselatanco in her great troubles, It wss cold, d sbo was ill-clad, Ho ssked why she did notap- Dly 10 tho Rellct, that they had not much loft at tha {ehiureh, but tbat slio was “welcomo to what they bad, il weutioned the Jacket, - o took her to tho churoh, wod lohé her o In\m, what o urcful, g’\;: ook tho shirts, sinco hor pon o \Toring from homarrhago, Shosid that shohsd ap-, lied to tho Rallof Commiftee nnd been trented with Hudoness, Thero was 80 much delay, partiniity, oto, Hu thelr sction that sho could not sndura it. TESTIMONY OF LAIRD COLLIER. Tho Rer. R, L. -Collor testifod thnt Lig hnd been IS g rellef sfter tho firo. Ife w e mial elfar Gomoniiites, loadquarterm of Cliurel Jof Nrceafa, und nfterwards ot Standard Jall, - Ho Lind gt Alra. Tucker ouce, cortainly, when eho applled for ellor, Fo ddontifod throo orders for dry gdodg, furbi- aro, and a cooking-stovo, oll. datod Nove 29.; 1o bo- igved thnt Mrs, Tucker presonted a lotter from Dr. [Powers, and that tho order for relicfvas glven ntonce, He know of 1o dolay {1 this case, and liad tio knowl- adgo of tho rejeation of suy of borapplicationn, Croen_ezaniination : In tho coeo of ono of tho orders somo of tho things were not.on hand, but tho storo. ‘Leopor gave others, This donation was s liboral one, Rellef as lasued somotimes ob-ditloront occasions to {tho anmio paraon, ‘Tho intention of tho Bpocial Heliet Committeg was {o mako thoso whom it holped asif-sus. aluing, o Al not romembor thot M, Tucker Liad tenid shio wos refused reltef on thie ground that- she had nsurance. - Not ong ordor fn 6 bundred was 2 well $llod o hiors, Appileantn for reliaf wero required to, jstata whctlief thoy lind Lind any, boforg.. ‘Then thore a8 on fuvestigntion to reo whiat thoy hud Tecelved and “ow tlioy wero off, 1fo did not remember anythin ‘about Mra, Tucker'a application, If his Committes hac {nown My, Tucker had gotten from the Masonio Re- {Hof tho urticles slio did L would not huve granted her {austhiug, nor wauld any mewber of (he Comunittee, undor thio regulations, S TESTIMONY OF OFFICER BRUNNAN. *OfMcer James Brennan testified that. afier the fire lio twas detadled for duty with tho Relief Socloty, nt tho | Weat Sido Burracks, Ho was thore to form applicants 10 lino, nud sco thoy got waited ou, Ho wont to Mra, Tucker's houso for the goods, 1i6 was present when Jedio tailed witls Lambort st th barracks, but bo suid “nothing, nnd aid nofhing, 1o did not' recollect tha seonvorsation. After the talk sho wont into Williams? {room + ho did not go with Lor, 1fu went for the goods {ith the expressman st Mr, Drulinor's request, to se Lio did not tako any goods, _1fe liimeclf remained ont- sido most o tho Line, sud did Dot ielp carey the thinge fout of tho Louso,' Ho saw Mre, Tuckor and somo young ladics, but did not hicar the former say slo waa undor arrost, Ho faw o new Atovo fn thy ballway, t dld ot hont Mr. Druliner suy to ra, Tucker sho ad bottor Jot bitm tako tho coal stove, and keop the ono 3 uso, f Cross-czamination: o woro Lis uniform, and was imply under polico orders, and not Druliner's, To ed Bim to ga to Brs, Tuckor's, Aince It wua (hought the oxpreseman was not {o bo trusted, Ho wos uway Ytbrec-quuzlors of an hiour, staply to Gk Lrulicr. 1He did not go in the kitchen at the house. % TEBTIMONY OF MR, VRULINER, \, Mr. Druliner testifled that, after the fire, ho was in Yo employ of tho Rolief and Ald Bociety, as Visitor, {from Nov, 27 to March, Ho saw Birs, Tucker at (he jusrracks, bofore guing for tho goods, 1fe bind gcen her lonce before in the bsrracks, in Mr, Willlams' room, Ho {gntroduced hor to Mr. Lambert, and told her tha Soclety {thought shia had got {oo much, and shonld return somo, i8ho donied any Masoolo rellef, aud called God to wit- “ness she had not, Then sho wont and brought Mr, 1Duval, who told ber slio had Masoniy rolief, and alio iQuad Lellor TOWFM youOn to iy Noler Socicts, Walch igha ngroed to, Thuy talked twonty minutes 'buforo uval camo, ‘Tho witness werely introduced Mr, mbert, and_end e was tho attorney to investigate ‘thio mattér. Bho asked if shoshould consider horaelf inder orrcat, ond Loth sadd no. Thoy fold her if. sho i ot givoup 1o goods (hoy woud soplovin thom, 0 was_prosent whon Lambert drow up tho ordors, mbort. oxplnined thelr menning, and ko ssld sha uld sign tho ono for tho goods ot Lier own house, o went to Mr. \Willoms' roomn to ask bis snd rolurnod alono ould’ sign tho paper, The Wi Iato, ond they musé get tho thing uckor up ther, Ono of tho young dtea openad the door, aud thoy went into tho baso- ent, whero Ars, Tuckor polnted out soveral articles, eré wera four mattrossen and’ other things up taira; Misa Dlancho havded him tho ekirt, whon own ‘n the basemont. Ho did not know ebo was aring it and_did not soo hor tako it off, io took fonly ths thlngs Mrs, Tucker pointcd outto him, Bho falgiied fhio papordn Lo kitehen, aftor the list of goods fiid boon mado out, Tho stovo bo t0ok Ws in uso in ho kitchen, Thoro was another cook Atovo {n tho Lall, now ono, and & Leatingslove up slairs, . Mre, Tucker "Wwanted him to {ake tho stove in use, sinco her brother- n-law guvo Lor tho otler. Tho vwiiness would have ofersed to bove faken tho cold ono, which ot up, Holioard ono of tho girls say that sho ‘would ziot Iot any(hiug bo taken from tlio house, Then Sirs. Tuckor suid sho would havo o golo il That Tho yritnoss deolod, and atatod to. her thoro was 10 guch intention, but’ ouly to get back a gurplus, Mra,- Sucker wont back to tho barruoks with him fu big bugg. s, Tucker wp xlted, bt not unplsatant o bt manners, lohad nover boon nt. tho Lious bo- foro, and knew nothiug of the condition of tho family. Fhio'son was fu tho basoment, ra, Tuckor sald nothe Jagattho barracks about hoe family. Altar returalng o tho barrscks ho Lunded hr tho ordor for tho Nor- wood goods, aud old her to sigm it If sho choso, Bho et futo Xr. Williams' privato oflice, and tho latter advized her {0 elgn it. Br. Harvoy told hor obo had things cuough to ial houso 18 Targp o8 the Bhor- yusn House, Then sho signed it, 1o wont ngoin to Afrp, Tucker's with Mr, Lumbert, to sce whether there svns anything moro in tho house belonging 1o tho So- ‘viety, “They went down in the basemout sud told Ler they had come to look over thohouse, Sho flually consented, but asked them to wait till some friends cumo, - F, Tucker told Lor story to thom, and fual- 3 euld sho owld prefor to have the house investigate ved, The witnues dld not go over 1ilo house, but took ‘nway threo shawls, I henrd nothing about the name of Yowsy. Ho.had heard Blakeman'a tcstimony fu fregard to _cortain alicgod conversations of his o the Tucker matter, oand’ was _unablo Ho remember that anything of tho fkind had bappened, Ho lad nover told any ono that e threatened Mys, Tucker, Tho conversation, when Lawbort and Pago were present, was on o totally ‘differ- ‘ent matter from that stated by Blakeman, He deulod 1 Blakeman's statemont rulutive to Mrs, Lyons, He know Thlio would bo a witness, but did 1ot givo lier rlict to in- .ducd her toswesr, Ll witness slated why reliof was wiven to Alrs, L, . TESTIMONY OF N, 8, BOUTON. Aftar s brief recess the Qourt reassorabled and AMr, *N. B, Bouton testitled that he had chargo of tho A, T, Htowart fund, for widows snd singlo women depons ident on thomuclves, Ilo knew Mrs, Tucker, und had given hor $100, for which she gave o Teceipt, ' Slio pre- rented to bim lotters from Bcesrs, Olatlin, of New York, and Farwell, of Chicago, Ehe appiled Nov, 27 tor rellef, Hho * eald mhio was burned out, vad four' children, oud a mlck son, &nd uad bired a Louso on” Leavitt atreet at §40 a montl,- bhe had s stove and unime bedilin Bhe wanted writs i3 o othier work, sud reforred (to Dr, -Powers and dco, Camypbell, her brother-in-law, Hhe snid she had secuived u lovo and vory Mttlo bedding, His impres. ‘plon was tho former camo fram tho Rellef Society, Ihe mouoy was pald Deo, 0, Bhe theu eaid gho hud ot recalved austhing, B DIDLINER CROSS-EXAMINED. * Mr, Drnliner was thou crogs-oxaminod, and safd ho ‘egan (e _investigations into tho Tucker caae sbout tou dnya bofora {ho goods wara reatored, ho having teard o conversation’ which msde him huspoct that somuihlug was wroug, Mrs, Tuckor wou uok ssked (o rign tho paper ot tho burracks, &ince 1t was nob known whot artlcles wero to be'takon, The papor werved u8 hfs zoloaeo, Ho toid hiorabo was not ablig- “ed to givo up tho goods unless Rbo choso to, und i not toll her aho wag undor arrest. Yo mup. posed slio 80 undurstood him then, Mrs, Tucker asked i to e taken back to tha harracks, Ho heard hor Jrotost opalnst aigning tho lasl papers, but did nob ro- “member in what words, e did ot fiear Lier #ay tho ‘papor was o o, aud culi an Gad o bear witnons sho J¥igued i bo eachpo golng to Jafl, e camein Justattcr o bud sgned tho yapor, sud thoy wora ull” talking, ‘Bl did not kofuso 1o algs tho paper at rat, bt went off to const Bir, Williame, Mrs, Lyous wus helped 3n Jannary, after tho sult hogan, 1o fouud bor at Nra, Aforsa's, where ko Lnd gono 1 gearch of evidouco, and “went her to Mr, Rockwell, Lo dld not romember lur Aing on Lim at tho barracks, My, Motre told ‘him “Mrs, Lyons knew sbout the case, e did uut fhink he had talked with D, Paga ubout what was douo ab s, Tucker's louse, or that Harvoy had told him ho would Lack him up. Norlad o talked with ¥age or Blakeman fn Aard to Mru, Lyons, Jlo had nover told suy ono ke ended o 1ake AOmG wmoney out of the cuso, and wvould Ls on the side which pald boat, Ifo did not tell JMohn Grabam ho would not appear unless paid for it, le had mot Dra, Bavaye and Loverin, who wera juvea- iigating tho Naliet Boclety, and told themn If thoro wau sy fraud in the Tucker eiso it sould Lo Jooked fato, e told Dr, Savugo about the Lucker cuse, but ot thut yho had been charged with goods sho did not get, #link lio was scared o sigulus & puvar, and theoat: )24 with chioking, 1o kuow Bafliff Keod, but did not yemeraber talksug of the Tuckor caso, sud of scaring Ny, o took Breuuan simoly becausethe othery were buy, and some ono wan ndaded lo fook aftor tho dowman, 1o did not tntenil todlatress the family, Rl fonk whint ra, Tutkor oRorod bim. TIow, mon atro hiad sutit againut tho Relicf Bociuty for a atove, B 'lfi-mn + Mr, smith asked it mmfln Makomon & Tage i proponil to Bl 1o Uirow i it aud ot & slikre of the sum glyon, ¥ Objectod to. Alr, Smlth said thoso two mon had beon run- ning bnek and forth on that businces hotweon the witneen and King, and had tricd 1o make an appolntment. WHAT MRS, TGCKEN OOT. Tho list of articles jonued Lo iles, Tuckor by tho varlons sociotics was thon prosented, im- oluding fiftoon yards of muslin, thirty of alpaca, thirty-oight of delaino, thyea quilts, threo poir blankets, threo mattrosees, four flannol skirts, four gray shawls, one pair Jadies’ ahoos, No. 41 one pair Indics’ boots, No. 7 ono suit olothos, fiftoon yards groy fisunel, ton yards whito flannol, twalvo yards Oanton fiaunel, for- ty-four yarda bloachied cotton, twelve pair Indics" Liose, two bod-apreads, oo kitclion tnblo, four ohairs, ton yarda oslico,'ton yards Oanton flan- nol, throo pair alioon, two conts, one No. 7'cook- Ing stova and utonsils, two vosts, two pair boots, two overcoats, four pair drawors, four pair' socka, two haudkerohlofs, two ehixts and towels, throo’ mattressos, six blankets, two comforts, ono wash-tub, ono ton hard coal, tsvo bed-sproads sud mattrossos, ono tablo, six chalrs, ono wash- stand, two pair pillows, ono heating etove, &4 worth of crockery, a barrol of four, two and a alf bushels of potatocs, one pound of ton and two of coffeo, six of sugar, five of chacese, four of butter, twolve of hnm, peck ot onlons) two quarta of boons, aix pounds of cod- finh, and three of goap ; ono washitub and bonrd, ono pail, two pair blankets, twenty-four ysrde of ootton, six knivos and forks, six ton and ttreo table spoons, and $100 in monoy. TESTIMONY OF MRl HARVEY, ‘Mr, Harvoy testificd that hio had been on tho Shelter Gormmitteo of tho Ralief and Ald Bocioty after th fire, About §,000 fsmilios woro furnishod with homes, rep- resenting about 40,000 people, llo bad acen 'Mrs, Tucker in Mr, Will{ame’ privata office, aud was introw ducad to icr, and thoy taiked for a whilo. Bbo anid they wauted bor to afgn & paper for soms things at Notwood, but sho had mothing there, Tho witness zopliod thoy belloved sho bad 1 1f not, It would do no horm to slgn Jt, Prior to that tme, ho know thot hor caso was undor investigation, Ono day a lat wia shown him, Mo ' showel "t 1o Mr, Toxtor, who gaid i she ~ had bad aft thoso things to try to got thom back voluntari- 14qa0 1F not, 10 soplevin, LT nwteuetionn, s 1o Ve MR T bad hoard bir, nll_bo kuew of tho case, Kinnoy's lestmony, All ho remombered was, that ho saw him and Olark Geib talking to Mr, Avery, bul ko @1d nut romembor anything that was sald, nor did Lo remomber discussing: the Tucker'mattor with thew, nor Iaghing and oxulting over it. Mr, Bmith stated that Mr. K(nnnfl wanted to oxplain that point, fearful that ho had madoa 1alao improsaion whon ho tostilod. Cross-czamination: o was still ontho Exccutive Committeo of the sm«({. Mo and Mr. Avery consti- tutod tho Shelter Commltiee, and bought lumber for thoerectfon of houses, Both hoaud Mr, Avary werolum- Vor dealers, 'Choy bad ordorn on thelr ows yards, though not many on ' AV , It was for A timo very difioult to get lumber, and deaicra could not supply all that woa wants £l a ed. Ho Ltmaclf Lind eold ffty or sixty tiousand dollara worth of luubor (o tho Boclety, which bad,usod in all sbout thirty-three mifllion feot, at times ovoi a million feet day, ~ Tho witness sold lumber fora timo below tho mintket prico, and_ furnishod it Dimeelf sinco, 1 could ot b obahicd I suvlent quantity elsowhero, TESTIMONY OF MRS. TALDOTT. . Nira, Talbott was thon eworn for the proaccution. Slio toatified (hat sho lived at No, 628 Wost Adnme, Bhe Jnow Mrs, Tucker and saw hor at tho barracks (hio day tho gooda wora given up, Eho pow Mrs, Tucker sig tho Norwood paper, and handed hot tho pon, aud shio oalled on Her God to witness sho was slgning o Ne, and called on tho witnoss to rememibor it. 8l sofd but for her obildren sho would not do it, but o did not wani togo to jull, Mra, Thoker wao vory much ngitated, nd_protosted Bho lud mothlug b Norwood, 0 sad that novor cineo Obwist wan crutliiod ind thero boon such poreceution, Mre, Tuckor sald Lot son was plck, and Jer children would suifor 3¢ sho went to Jall, o left thoimprassion that tho family would bo destituto f tho things were fakon away. 8ho could not 51y who waa present whon Mra, Tuckior eaid all thedo thigs, or that any of the dofoudants wore prosont. Dr. Smith sald ho was not ablo fo toll just thion whothor thoy wantod to call any mora Wit~ nessos, and would bo glad of » little delny. Tho Court adjournad ill 10 this morning. —_— MR. WHEELER'S ISSUANCE OF TAX-DEEDS, Tothe Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Bin: The article in Twe TripuNE of 1ast Sun- day, hoaded * Gonorous Whoelor,” is well cal- culated to injure thorgputation of a vory worthy citizon who, for the lnst twolvo years, has dis- charged tho arduous and responsible dutios of County Olerk, and ouo whoso ability, honeety, and intogrity have nevor boon questioned by any ano np n thia {imo y and it io woll-kuowa (hiat o discharged tho dutics of that ofiice for tho lnst {broo County Clarks, ot tho low salary of n com- mon clork, and that, too, in » manner that gave entiro satisfaction to all with whom Lo did busl- nosa. I cannot beliovothat you would intention~ ally do injustice to tho most bonest and upright man that has over discharged the duties of tho oftico that ho haa just vacated, and I trust that Mr. Pollak, his succossor, mny provo himself the right man in the plnce of his very worthy predo- cossgor, than whom a better man is hard to find. Now, with regard to tho fssuing of tax-deods, it is plain that tho writor of the articlo in quos- tion is olther wholly ignorant of tho facts in the cago, or wilfully intended to injure 3r. Wheoler, a4 tho statoments mado by him are not truo, and not coneiatont with tho statoments made in tho article itsolf. Tho writer admits that, since July 1, the law gives authority to the Connty Clork to issuo all tax-doeds, whethor for city or Stato and County taxes, and thon goes on to blame him for doing that which the law clearly points ont ao his duty, and makes tho bold statemont that he has lesucd two or three thonsand tax- doods to poople’s lrrnfmr!y, and intimates that Lo did 8o contrary to Iaw, and without consult- ing with_the city nuthorlties, in regard to the isening tho deeds. Now, tho fact ig, that the wholo numbor of deeds’ fssied by Mr. Wheolor will not exceod ono hundred aud twonty-five, and not threo thousand ay stated in the arlicle. X trust that tho publio presawill not bo mado the medium throngh which privato partios will bo allowed to vent their sxylcon and injure the ropu- tation of a worthy citizon, with imll\unuy. 1 cannot boliove that Cue Tuinune would lond ita ald for such a purposo, and, thereforo, nsk it to ublish the statements which I know to bo truo, in justice to Mr. Wheolor. 0w, 88 Lo donsulting with the city antbori- Hos, ot us geo what that amounts to, Tho fira of October 9, 1871, wipod out every vestigo of tho publio rocords of the Gity of Chiengo, except tho hooka of tho City Assossor, which wero in the old vaulty in tho old Court Houso, and loft the city without any rocord of tux-sules, This shows tho bad man- ‘agomont of tho oity officora in tsls rogard, With the county authorities It is different. Tho tax- rocords aro kept by them in duxlicnta, and n copy of thom i8 kept in the Btate Auditor's oflico atBpringtiold, from which a copy cun bo obtain- ed at short notice, In this way tho County Clork was enabled to roplaco all the records of tax- snlos whioh had boen destroyed by the fire, The city authorities knew thia fact; o also did Mr, "Tuley, tho Corporation Countol, and bo docided that tho City of Chicago could not jgsuo tax- doods, becauso thoy hnd vo records of tax-sales on which they coufd bo recorded when {ssued ; aud Mr. Burloy, tho Oity Comptrollor, chimed in, and ordered that 110 tax-deods should bo is- suod by tho City of Chicago for tho roason above given. Tho Htato Logislnture amw tho dificulty, and changed tho lnw ko as to apply at loast & partiol romody for the - ovil, and do justice to thoso who had invested their money, and como to tho roscuo of the State aud county, as well na the City of Clucago,in furnish- Ing money with which to earry on tho machinory ~ of _clty, county, end Stato OGovornment; and did not seotn 10 hayo no much sympathy as tha writor of tho articlo in quostion with those who neglect or rofuso to contributo their fair sharo of taxation, ~Buch mon uro not entitled to the nympntl\il that thay recuive at our bonds; thoy are truly the real shinrks of socloty, who acols to recelve nll the bLenefits of Govern= mout, without contributing} tholr fair sharo of tho public burdon of tuxation. ‘The wiilor intiniaton that somo of the lots on which deeds were fiseucd might have been re- daemed, and thoretoro none nhould hinvo boon fu- aned at all. Tho fact Is, that no tax-decd was fssucd by Mr, Wheelor unlil moro than six monthy ftor tho time of redomption had expir- od; and ho roquired tho applicant, i all chxos, to file au aflidavit that tho lot on which tho dusd was asliod for hiad not boon redeeusd, and that tho Jw bad beon fully complied with ; ‘aud it ia o remarknblo fact that, up to this time, ' no inatanco has occurred wnero IL has “been found that o lot has been redeomed on which a tax-docd had beon issued by 3ir, Whoolor. ‘The now Rovonune law nowhere ro- quires tho County Clork Lo confer with the elty suthorities in tho S]ulu duty pointed out to him under the law ; and, in view of the fact that the oity had no vecord of tax-gales, it 1u plain jhat it would be useloss in him to do so. “The faot that W, J. Onalian bad isaued duplicato tax-cor- titicated ia not & good reason for withholding n tax-deed from tho holder of & gonuine tux-cer- tificato, who Lad complied with the (ato, ‘Hoping thatyou il do fustice to Alr, Whoeler Lodatends worc iefs ho did not know, - Mr, Reed” and his felonds by giving tho foregothy & 'place In your valuable’ papor, 1* romain, + youra -truly, in tho enuse of common boneaty, i Ouicauo, Jan. 20, 1870, Yot Wikson. THE FIELD AND STABLE. Iolateln Cuttle, of the Onttlo of tho Altuvinl Divtricts of the Duchy of Ioolstoin, £19m Our Owon Correnpondent, MaNItATTAN, Kan,, Jan, 17, 1673, TIOLSTEIN OATTLE. . Wo ennnot epoak of ** ITolatoiu onttle " ne a dia- tinct broed ; on tho contrary, tho cattle of tho Duchy of Holstoln may bo divided into at loaat olglit difforont kinda or varloties, neithor of which can Lo considored, at tho present timo, a8 a dofinito and distinot broed, for all those varle- tios bavo boon mixed moro or loss. Four of them bavo their erlginal homo on the alluvial soil noar tho son-conet,and fouron the sandy soll in tho In~ torior and castorn partsof the Duchy of Holstolns in the Duchy of Bloowig, and In-the Danlsh Provinco of Jutland. Tho former aro the cattle of Eldoratodt, of Dithmarachon, of Broltenburg, and of tho Wilstermarach, Yho lattor four va- rlotios nro also namod aftor thosa places in which thoy have yot moro or lcss prosorved thelr origle nal charnotoriatics, and aro known as tho cattle of Angeln, of Tondorn, of Hndorslobon,and of Jut- Jand. Dut, as those lattor are inferior animals,agd probably never will be Imported into this coun- try, thoy aro of much loss Intorest to us thao thoso raised on tho alluvial portions of tho Ducby ot Holstoln. Henco, 1 will confine my- | solf to n briof deseription of the four fifat- named varlotioa; for theso wo muat conslder as boing of apecial Intorest for two rensons. ‘At firat, tho namo ‘* Holatoin cattle" fa somotimos, though very erroneously, given, {n this conntry, {o tho Inrgo blaok-snd-white Lowland cattle of Holland, Ostfricsland, and Oldenburg; and, second, a ' Holstoin Cattlo Broodors' Associn- tion,” somewhere in Massachusetts, protonds to import cattlo from the Duchy of Holstoln, ana s publishing a Matatoln Cattle Hand-Took, 1. THE OATTLE OF KIDERSTEDT, aro found on both sides of tho mouth of tho River Eidor. Fuorstonborg sud.Rohdo, In thelr oxoollont work on Europoan cattlo, deserjbo theso cattla as follows : *Tho cattle existing at prosont nt the mouth of tho Rivor Eidor aro olnimod to Do produats of ropeatod crossings of tho nntive nnimals with Shorthorns. Tho hoad i somotwhat dlfforent from that of the Lowland broed; it s shorter, and broader in the foro- hond; tho horns, however, bave tho form and dircction or thoso of tho Lowland animals; the nock is of medium longth, broad bolow, end proyided with a moderately large dowlnp; tho breast s Lrond and strong; tho shouldora aro floshy; tho riba aro woll arched, but the body i somewhat shorter than that of tho Low- Jand cattlo of Holland; the hind quartors aro broad and fleshy, Tho color is gonerally binck spotted. Tho calves are woll raleed, and rocoive during the firat two wecks the swoat milk of tholr dams, but, after that, have to subsist on skimmed and warmed milk (dilutod with warm wator). At a1 ago of ono or 4170 months, the same . aro turned ont to posture, Tho stoors are fattened in tho pasture whon threo or four yenrs old, according to their development, and obtain not wolgiit of 600 to 1,000 pouids of bof, and 160 to 200 pounds of tallow, A groat many sieors ave imported overy year from the sandy uplands, espocially from Tondern and Jutland. 1I. THE CATTLE OF DITHMARSCHEN, That part of the Duchy of Holstein which ox- tonds along tho canat from Lidorstedt southward to tho month of tho Rivor Elbo Is known by tho namo of Dithmarschen, According to Fuoraton- borg ond Robds, tho cattle of Ditbmarschon Lave & black spotted or dark brown spotted color, aro eomowhat smallor tban tho cattle of Eiderstedt, ond givo about ono-third ot milk loas than tho Jattor. Thoir tondency to fatten, howovor, is just a8 good, and animala that bovo e live woiglit of 2,000 pounds when woll fattonad are not rare, Tho calves, also, aro all raisod without rogard to sox, for breeding for th shamblos i at tho prosont day almost tho solo object of tho farmer in the westorn part of Holstoin, IlI. THE CATTLE OF DREITENDURG AND OF THE WILSTERMANSCH. Thesa two varictios of cattle aro nunfl{ relat- ail, and tholr difforoncen ara bul very slight, sud thiéy can, thorofore, bo described togethor, Dotk aro at homo in one and the samo distriot (or, na o would sy, county), calied Btotnburg. The Wontorn part of thid digtriok in knoun ax the ‘Wilstormarsch, and tho eastorn part is the Crom- gurmnuh, which containa tho city of Broiten- urg, Tho former joins Dithmargchen toward the north, and tho Iattor joins the'sandy up- lands, Tho cattlo of tho Wilstormnarach are tho largor and moro valuablo opes ; tho animals ex- hibit, more or loss, tho fine and good forms of the Lowland breod, havo a long and narrow hord, with fine horns, o' middling long neol, growing broad toward the body, a wide broas and fleshy shouldors, & well-roindod and deep body, strong but rather short logs, broad and floshy hind-quartors, sod s good milkemitror. Tho color ia brown spotted, aud tho skin fine nod Boft, Femslo animnls are asblo to reach & Jive woight of 1,200 pounds and over, and throo or four yoar old hoifors, that have beon well fattened inthe rich pastures of thatalluvial country, roach fre- quontly & not weight of 800 pounds of beof and 1200t tallow, Thocattloof \Wilatormarech are con- sidered tho beat dairy cattle of tha wostorn part of Holstoin, and _possoss, at the samo timo, an much tondency to fatton as is probably consiat- out with good milking qualities. Tho cattlo of Broitonburg arc nearly as large, and aro good milkors too, bt have not tho graco- ful snd fleshy forms; tho head is somowhad shorter and heavier ; tha horns are thickor ; the nock is longer, bronder toward tho body, and not as tapering toward tho head ; tho broast is woll developed ; tho body rathor long, but well rounded ; tho hind quartors compara Yoly light, and not a8 brond and floshy as thot of tho cattle of the Wilstormarsch., ‘The position of feot and lege iu faultlows, and the whole animal hag strong bonos and powerful musclos ; honce may bo looked npon as & connecting link botwesn this much mora fominine-locking dairy cattle of the Lowlands znd tho moro vigorous and bony cat- tlo of tho billy and mountainous countrics of Middle Xurope. Among nlltho cattle in the Duchy of Holsteln, those of tho Wilstornarsch hava tho mont similarity with the Shorthoras, ay well in regard to oxtornal forma as to tho color of the borns snd of the muzzle, Tho Broiton- burgor caftlo Lavo gonorally biadl muzzles. To all thoso renders of *Tho Fold and Bta- blo” who aro acquainted with tho larga binck- and-white cattlo of tho Lowlands of Holland, Ostfriesland, and Oldonburg, tho differencos ho- twoon tho last-namod cattlo uud the cattlo of tho alluvial districts of Holstein must ut onco he- como appnront, 1will, thoraforo, only remerk that a pact of the descriptions given ia & liberul translation from Fueretenborg'a aud Rohdes' re- contly published work on cattle, and that othor purt iu uluo In trict accordanco with th statomonts, 1 will furthier romark that tho hij out yivld of milk givon by o Holuteln cow, in ono'year, 18, accordivg to'the samo authority, not dxceoding 8,000 quurts, whilo a Lowland cow of Hollimd hina given 6,140 guarly in ono year, notwithstunding that the Inttor was fod In the stablo. 1f tho &amo hod beon tosted on tho rich aud luxuriant pastures of thoeo Lowlands, thie yield, undoubtedly, would linve beon atill larjer. % VEREMNABIAN, B An Engtish Louls Bonard. A will cano, having gomoe points of resomblance to the recent hllm'fllifil!lf one following tho death of Louis Honardin New York, is now bLeing heard in a London Court of Probate. Thomag Tlolmo, n wholosalo rag-merchaut, recontly diod thoro, worth ovor 500,000, 1o foft §50,000 Lo thae Hoclety for the Provention of Cmoll{ to Ani- aly, and $25,000 to thirteon other charitable ingtilutions, 3liu rolativon, not gotting auything, of coursio adjudgod him ingano, and aro digputing bis will on tho gronnd of mental Incapacity, Tor somo reason or other, ho hated his u&mclua with o cordial dotostation, Il landlady at Tamegute gavo fome oxprovatons of ill-will that lio used to indulgo in whilo pho know bhim, 1iin designation for children was * Davil's cubs,” and fat old ladien wore his especinl avoraion, When g packet came into tho harbor, he would wish that it raight sink with all on board, and lio avon was gonorous enongh in_his misantlropy to aunounco that it would give him Ineffublo sutisfaction to seo Ramsgsto -aud overything human it contained engulfed by somo great con- vulsion of nature, 1lis London landludy gavo confirmatory testimony, ¥lo used to throw good meat to hisdog * Blult" ratlior than to givo It to old nand suffering womon. [Iulington he wantod Rorved as badly as Ramsgato, and con- mdored himself ill-uscd bocsuse thore wero nol moro railroad smauh-ips and omuibus dissstors for Linbonofit, Lho lust hostous consldered hot- wolf so scandalized that she doubled hor tenaut's ront, hut he nover noticod tho chango, and woent on a8 beforo il Lo dlsd, A vein of kindness seomed to run through him, howovor, a8 is ind{- oated by tho final dispocition of his vroportv. “WANT TO WIN ’l‘lle‘(‘r(‘edflt‘)rg of tho Nallonal - ance -Company Trylag to ‘Get Their Pay, D .LP, ‘They Ask the -Appointment :---of ‘a Receiver to Settle - Its Affairs,. .. Charges of Dishonesty Preferred Against the . Officers. An insurance case, {ovolving 'some important Iaw points, togsther with agrious roflections upon the aonduct of partios to tha suit, came up, botore Judgo Willisme, on the' Chancory side of the Olrouit Coury, yesterdsy morning.” A bill {a filod by Isasa P. Contos against'the Stook and’ Mutual Insurance Company, aod tho Cbamber of Oommorce and others-agafnat the Nationsl Ipsurance Company, praying the Court to ap- point & Recotver to wind up the sffairs of ‘those dofunct corporations. The plaintiffa wore ropre- nonted by W.'O; Goudy and Goorge A, Shufoldt, and tho defondants by E. W. Evans, as connsol. " AFFIDAVITA, 5 From the afldavits of Isaso P. Coates, Qoorgo H, Rozet, Charlés L. Woodman, and W. O. Goudy, it appears thab the' Btook and Mutual Insnranos Uomaany was organized in 1805, with & capital atock of 8500,000; that, in January, 1870, it'oonacd to exist as a corpora+ tion, morging its aesots, and its businoss, snd ita outstanding policien”into the National In- puranco Compnny, which continued to do busi- noss until May, 1870, whon 1t stopped !dsuing policios, and: roinsured'its riske in tho Btate In- surnnco Gompany. Tho aflants named hold, in tho Stock. pnd. Mutual and National Insurance Compantos, pollcles-ot insurance, 'as yot unpaid, upon property destroyed by the fire of Octobor 8 and 9, 1871, and it 1 for tho purpose of collock- ing tho amounts of .theso policiea out of tho remnining assots that they move for the appointmont. .0f n - Receiver. - In' ono or moro of {ho aflidavits it Is sot forth that, soon after tho National discontinued fssuing policies, and reinsurod its risks in tho Btato, Mr. J. N. Barker was sppointed Becrotary of tho National’ andTrusteo of its aescts ; that whon proofa of loss wero filod, and application was made for ‘the payment of the policies out of the funds romain~ ing in the hands of Barker, that gontloman rgreed that tho claims should bo pald at once, and goveral times ot duys when ho would pay thom, but invariably put {t off on some protoxt or other, until tho. claimants beesmo convinced that he did not intond to gettle with them. Ono of thom (l\lr.'woudmrm? ropeatedly went to the Prostdent of tho Nationat, Chiaunoy I, Bowen, who alao gava nesuranco that tho policios sbiould bo nid in full and at once, but ho, tao, failed to op bis promiso, and finally rofused altogether to consider the olaims, denying his responsi- bility a8 Prosident. . Itia also deposed thatin 1870° Mr. Bowen, oa President, and Martin Thatolier, a8 Bacretary, of the National, sub- mitted to the Auditor of Btata at. Bpringficld a sworn statomont_that the Company had on de- posit in the Bauk of Oharlos Follansbeo & Son, cash to tho mmount of 234,000; and that, sub- soquently, Mr. Follansbee, the Troasurer of tho Company, . testificd on oath that tho National had uot that amount, or sny amouuf, on do- posit in his bonk, and had never kept anac- count there, Claims are ontstauding against tho National upon poliviea smounting to £22,500, no_part of which bas been paid, and, upon the beliof that the present roprosentative of the Company is endeavoring to avoid tho payment of theso Just claims, tho plaintiffs pray for the ap- pointment of a Receiver by the Court, THE OTIER SIDE of the controversy ia set forth in various afiida- vits, in which it is deposed that J. N. Barlker wag elocted Beerotary of the Stock and Mutual and National Insuranco Compunics iu May, 1870, o notico of which oleotion wea duly publistied; that Inano P. Contes i not the orlginal party in- surcd, but has purchnsed, at a large diaconnt and for opoculativo purpdscs, the- policies now hold by bim, many of which ho has .admittod cant hima bus 13 conts on the dollar ; that the Becrotary, J, N. Barker, holds in trust assots suiligiont to meot all legal claims, whenover the amount of those claims ghall bo ascortained,” and that it is the purposo of.tho Directora to malko an assessment upon tho stock notes ahd pay all olaims in full. . ARGUNENIS OF COUNBEL. * Mr, Bhufeldt, in opening tho argument for tho plaintifls, reforred to tho position taken by the other side, that a bill in chancery could not bo obtained without first obtaining judgment, and rmcundud to cito various authoritios to show hat this rulo did not apply to creditors of an in- corporation holding a trust fund.. r. Evans took the ground that no cause. had beon shown why a Recoiver should bo ngPnlnl:od, ¢ n whoso bocauso the defendants sliow whers ang hands the nagots aro. The money roferred to had been used in the legitimato business of tho Compunfl. but onough of assots remained to render the plaintiffs perfectly coertain of ulti- matoly collecting their claims, It was not pre- tonded that tho trust fund was in danger, or that tho holder was insolvont, and thorefors no und had boon ostablished for the appolnt- mont of & Recoiver. Thero had not boen shown aquitablo grounds sufliciont to warrant the in- terference of the Coust. d ANQUMENT OF MR. GOUDY, - " M, Goudy, in reply, clainied that nothing was Jott of the agnets with whioks ta pay tho dobts ‘of tho 8tock aud-Mutusl Insurance Compeny. Ilo hied heard it said that some men ware Wlfiinu to do, au corporate officors, that which they would bo ashnimed to do as individunls, nud this 0asa was on iltustration of it, Both the Btock and Mutu- al and the National had lunF sinco censed to do Lusinees, and the poltoy-holdegs must look to the stuckholdors for their claims, In January, 1870, the Natioual was sworn to hoye assots of over £400,000 outside of its stock mnotos. Tsnrkor, the Secretary, in whose handa the asrots wore placed in trust to pay the Company's dobts, in his nflidavit states that ko has in his hands stock notes amounting to $102,60, given by stookbolders of tho fitock and Mutual Compnany and othor notes amounting to $10,250, the National stock notos, Barker states that there are $148,850 in hly hundu, wherons it appemrs that, slx months before, thers wore stock notes umounting to $860,000. Barkor swears that, outsido of tha stock notes, the nsaots aro §21,000, He Jad §436,000 ; Lie has 21,000 loft. Whoro is the batanco 7 Who has used it? Stock notes amountig to §200,000 have, accordiug to Lurker's statemont, boou sunk tv some fayorito, or cancelled, or given up, Mr. Goudy pracoeded to eay that disroputablo and_dishionest practices were being resortod to Dby thoie mansging tha affai-u «f e r.‘....,....{, Tor the paipode of doefeating the uttompts to oottect tho houcat dobts, Iiwas bard to find tho officers of tho Campany, or ‘any respousible Jartien. In fact, Barkorsoemed tobe tho Corapan e 'ho dofensoy to Woodman'y claim were not only not moritorions ; they wero grossly dishonost. Thore was mo_escaplug: this ’thluf(. Counsol spokio of it with earncetnoss and Indignation, bevauso fraud and doegeit had boen practicod upon him porsonally, The parties on the othor sido wara procosding in this caso s if thoy ro- cognized no moral obligation to lmy & juat dobt until a Court passod upon the claim, found Judgmont, aud fssucd an oxecution, Ha would bay to them that much practiceu would not ro- colve approvul, either in the business or tho roligious world. Comlug to tha question as to the sufficioncy of the grounds for tha appointment of & Nocolver, Mr, Goudy said it would not bo deniod that tho companied had committed acts which would sub- {nol them Lo & forfoiture of their charters; and ind disgolved, loaving debts unpaid. Indood, thoy had done nothing to wind up thoir affairs, oxcopting to sink $700,000 in somo unaccount- ablo manner in somobody's pockoet. Nobody reemud Lo bo managing tho affairs, and, thero- fore, it was prayed that a Itocelver bo nypolnlsd, and that the way bo oponod for the collction of louost dobts, Thoso debts woro honekt, The Company did not intond to pay them, and were resoiting to all poasible means to escapo tho payment of their ereditors. Thers was amplo ground under the law of 1872 for tho uppoiut~ ment of a Recolver, and thoro was groal noed that tlie appointment be made, ‘I'ho Uourt took tho case under advisemont, — ow an Eccentrlc Vermonter way « nurieds ' From the Springald Mote) Republian, An oxceedingly eccontrlo man haa just died at.| Tiuesburg, Vi, In the person of Augustus Mc- Ewou, nged 84, 1o hadlis gravo 5,20 yonr ago, aud stoned up and flled with es that it might be In nerlect condition whenever noeded, N Last fall he 1d fiio earth dug ont of If hie sxpostod 10 bo lald thora“boford winter way || overi Hincoflin wanin readinchs sovon yeard ago, And 8o'arranged that ;Lo icould! Iny on’ bis alde withhls kneea.drawn up, aslio ;maid he slopt in . this condition in:life aud’ wanted .to! aldep so'in dontlt, Al Lis plans for tho ‘funeral yore made ‘in- advance, and among the rest Tio solcctod four colored buys who had worked for him _moro or leas, a8 find -thoeir-father -before them;- as pall-boarers, Thay wore to carry the hody to the grave, which was on hias own Iarm, lower it to its Inat rosting placo, fill the gravo with cartl, . and then walk-back - to tho house,” whero thoy .wore to.find cach a lettor,-sealed and dirccted to them, in which wastho moriby to pay for this Iast sorvico which he had . required of, thom. His frlends took" good care’to ocarry dut hig ‘peoulinr wishes, 3 e A gl D 'GOVERNMENT AND THE TELEGRAPH. y Baylng % : Correspondence Between M. ‘Wiliiam Orton nand May- or Medill, Tho following correspondence had Ita erigin durlng the conforénco botweon Mr. Orton and tho Board ‘of Dircctora of tho Westorn Asso- clatod Press, in thin oity, laat October. Tho meoting wan called to roctify cortaln overcharges of tho- ‘Telograph ~Compsny for special dospatchos. After the business had beon eatis- factorlly -adjusted, Mr. Orton gave tho editora ‘s dionor. at tho Tremont, and, after the oloth was removed, ' mpeechcs wore- in order. . Whon Mr. Orton was calllod on to respond to tho tosat of *Tho Telegraph,” ho mado an claborate argument againat tho Governmont nsing the telegraph ns n part of tho postal syatom of tho country. In. some subsoquent converantion with membors of | tho Prass Association, and with Goneral Btager, Mr., Medill oxpressed himeolf uncouvinced by Mr, Orton's arguments; which coming to tho latter's oars, ho addressed Mr. Medill tho fol- lowing lettors . < ., AN, ORTON TO WR. MEDILL. ‘Exccurive O1 Fics WesTEnn USION TELEGRAPI l:anfluv,} NEw Youx, Nov. 0, 1672, © Hon, Joseph Medill, Chicago, Tl : oy My Dean 8tn ;T found i {miposelble to keap the promise made you to call at your oflice, on account- of tho pressuro of busincss-mattors which T could not postpone, and_which occupiod gvory moment of my time. My dosiro to havos further confercnco with you was incrensed by nformation roceived on tho morning after our intorviow, to tho .cffoct that you favored the taking of the tolograph \3’ the Government. I rogrot that nny feol imi of delicacy restrainad you from tho frank and full exprossion of your'opin-; fons [at tho dinnor] Jast Wedncedny evening, My opinlons on this subject have been formed aftor much study, and ns careful a considoration of all tho clomonts involved s 1 am capablo of iving. But1am alwaysbottor pleasad to listen o tho opinions of othors than to oxprees my own, nn‘; am quito sure that, with your ability and ‘your habit of roasoning your way to con- clusions, I ghonld have listened to your views with moroe than ordinary interest. Tho progresa of the American people s tho wondor of the world, Nationn] proaperity iu but tho aggrogata of individual success, Tho pros- arity of fim nyerage citizon of the United States Feniol o rosult of any aid which tho Govorn= ment bas contributed. Qur Government does moat and bost for its citizons when it leaves thom frop to embark in lawful enterprises whoso succoes doponda solely ugon tho zen, onergy, and fidelity with which thoy are prosccuted. American gonius, enterprise, and capital will ‘Provide for all the wanta of our people ; and the Qquestion of cost loses its importanco in'tlio pros- ouce of the conatantly-increasiug abilily to pay. 1t Lias not been considerod horetoforo ono of tho functions of our Governmont to mako any nacessnry cheap, On theother hand, 1t bns been tho nnifarm policy for thirty ?‘um to make many roducts artificially dear. 1f it bo right for our %ovnmment to requiro us {o pn{ 60 por cont d cont with- moro for telograpb-wiro than it woul b out Government interferonce, in order to insure a proft to American manufachurera of wiro, is it Tair to nsle us to porform folegraphio_service at the rates char, mrlvlmm wite and other material cost o third Jess, and lsbor logs than half? If tho policy of protocting tho shilled Jabor em- plosed_in - overy departmont of manufactures from the compotition of the chenper labor of Enra{m be correct, what ground [s there for com- Dlaint it tolographic orvico, whioh roquircs special oducation and tho grentost skill, costs more in thin country than in Xuropo ? ‘I'io capital invested in sho tolegraph bueincss in tho United Btatea during tho last ton years ban paid loss on the svorago than ihat invesied cithor in railroads, in mining, or in almost any Tind of manufacturen. Yot its dovelopmont hag faily kapt paco with tho growth of tho country, without having -cost the Government.n dollar;. whilo, in Buropo, undor Government control, the annual deficit, provided by taxation, has been from ono to two millions; - B I claim this proposition as fundamontal : - That, wheonovor our Govornmont undoriakes to su‘fialy any public want, moroly for-tho sake of makin the cost Jess than tho prico charged by individ- unls aud corporations, it should begin with what is moat escential to tho largost nnmbor. Ysit Just to Imposo taxes upon all the pnn‘)lu in order to reduco the cost of messages ta tho fow who havo occasion to send thom, until aftor provis- fon has been made for supplying food, and clothing, and ful, at tho lowost poasiblo ratos ? Again: Many moro peoplo travel on railways overy yoar than send mnmm‘;en by telegraph, 1f, thon, tho Government should take tho tolecraph, why not the railwa And, when it has takion those, why should {t not embark in mining_coal and metals, and in manufactures? In short, when the door is once opencd, and tho Gavern: ‘mont, Inatead of belng maroly a protecting power, beoomes an aggrossive onterprise, at what poink will it stop? Porsonally, I havo vory littlo ot stako, But T sincorely botlove thut it will bo an unfortunuto day for the country when our Government onters upon & compatition with the ecntorprisa of its citizons by emburling Inany dopartment of busi- noea, Patronago is always powor, and, iu tho judgment of many thoughtful men, thi Rourca of power in our Govornmont lsnlrcn\i{ too grot. ave you rofiocted carefully upon the control whiols our Govornment would have over tho rens, in the ovent of ity llkhlE the tolegraph ? o Tolograph Compuny scoks only to maka money. Tho pross aro smong its host cus- tomors. Thera is, thoreforn, small dangor that 16 Wit pureno o policy which. woull dlumatisfy thoso customers, ‘hio Govorument, on the other hand, takes no thought of profit. In an oxciting political contest, liko that throngh which wo have beon passing during tho last four months, if the tolegraph: holongod o tho Goy- srumout, would i ot be wicd by tho party in posacsaion for ita oxtensfon and tho alcclion of Its fricnda? Wounld not that portion of tho pross which supports the party in yowaer recolva valuable favors, at tho expouse of the portion opposed 2 4 submit thero fow auggostions for your can- sidoration. Thoy are hut a small portlon of the rousons which indnce ma to opposo the tuking nf tha talagranh hy tha Cavarnmant T am wnt 0 unronsonabla as to oxpeet you te tako time to discugs tho subject with mo, and I snbmit thom only becauso 0f my respect for your opinions, and wy conldence in your jndgmont, On tho occasion of ‘my uoxt visit to your city, I will ondeavor to redeen the promino made at tho last, aud then, perhaps, we may resume tho Bubject, 1 am, yours, very lvuly, Wirsax OnTon. N MEGILL TO MR, ORTON. Mav's Qreics, Citmaco, Dec, 17,1672, The Hon, Williwny Orton, New Vork: My Dean Bin: Dolisve mo that mfllongdnlny in answariug your fuvor of tho 1201 ult,, wust not bo seriboed to nogligonco or disroupect, bub sololy to want of timo, 1 have been trying to spare enough Lo mako such a lfli:]ynu the impor- tanco of the subjoct and my lugh respoct for yourself merita, ‘Whother what T havo to any will bo conneoted or disjointed will depoud upun the “ breaks " of tho cirouit of thought and interruptions during its compoition, I Liavo not tho aidof n atenog- raphor to rapidly jot down my viows, but must alowly long-Land’ thom between other ongago- monts sud dutios, With this preface I procsed Lo 1oply to your very lucid and ablo lettorargu- hx%t ho nogatlive of tho proposition, ‘our information that I favor the taking of tho telegraph by Governmont i8 correct to this xtont, that I deem it only o quostion of timo wben it muet agswwe that control If tho Govorument should take tho telograph why not tho railways 7" you ask. I roply, it wiil huve to dothntsoonor or later. ltmuybon goneration bofore that {s doue, but ovoutnall the patienoce and endurauco of tio people with rallway monopoly and extortion will wear out, and tho Gavarnment will ba ordored by them o rcinlnlu the. charges of thoso corporations, or to tako poesession of thom mnd operate tlow, But a8 the capital invested iu the railronds in 200 times greater than- that Invested in * control of imposition and plundor & long time bufcg .yor turiag (o purchags. thom ang Wndoriald thele managemont ; ahd, it’ may hot Dsa:‘ldub in your day or mino,’ Dut tho sedumiption bf" tho telo- grnrh would bLd-but & sriall matter In-point of cost, A month or- aix “wopls"enrpliia -rovenuo, now dovotod o the buying of. bonds, would pay tho oxpouso of bullding an many mflos of wiro 8% now exlats fn tho wholo Union—so that tho, quostion of cost ia not & vory'sorious maLLor; and thero are no legal obatructions in the way, a8 tho act of Congress pnssed In 1800, contem- (EJ]'“"“K the nequisition_ of. tho tolegraph . by-tho- ovornmont, n‘}wy a ptatod day, was accopitod by your"Company-as woll ag othera, Y s TUE TELEGTAPI COMPANED WITH MAILS, Tomy mind oll tho pointa_you mako agalnat Governinent control of tho telograph apply with equal or grentor forco against. tho Governmont F thé mails, It It {8 propor and oxpediént for the Government to maunge the latter; it 8 equally 8o to manago tho formor. Privato “on- torprise has mitch moro to complain of in tho cayo of tbo mails than of tho tolegraph, Tho exprosa companies can urfa all your m\mmuE nufi many in_ndditlon, agalnst tho Govornmon koeping tho postal businces out” of their handa. and depriving them of large profits. The encr- moua mail buinoss, which now costs tho pooplo loss than 28,000,000 por aunum, Juf to the uncontrolled dlscrotion of the. oxprosa .companios, would ~ bo ro- ducod throg-fourths in quaniity: by - high chargos, and the groan rdcolpts, tbnro(um‘ por- hape doubled. Tho smallost packago, welghing less then o nowapaper, sont by oxpreys, costs ite sonder fifty times an much a8 tho Government chiargoa for tho samo weight of newspaper, or othor mailablo mattor, for the same distance. 1t would be s Natfonal nnlnmll{ to lot tho postal servico fall into tho hands of “‘privato onter- ip0s,” {. e, oxprohs companied, who would D Atngo 1t with oy ovo singlo toslockholders! profit. Wo should then liavo as many. rates of postago; and ax exorhitant ones, 8a wo now have on exprees packages. e FEOPLE WOULD NOT TOLERATE AN LXPRESS POSTAL MONOPOLY. After thelr experienco of the blessings of cheap and uniform (?m'crnmunt postal servico, tho peoplo would not tolorate the oppression of private monopoly for & singlo month. You Teter to tho comparativoly. fow persons who uso tho wiron 08 a rouson agalnst faxing tho many in order to furnieh chonp tolegraphy to that fow, But 18 it enfo to assumo that, it tho Govarn- ‘mont phould greatly reduce existing tolls, terl- ous defleloncy wonld result, to be made good ont for all dlstancos In tho United Btates, with llboral discount for tho press—go liboral Lhiat thio daily papors could afford to take all the doupntchon thoir spaco would nccommodato, ns pursning this policy, benafita would bo conforro on the wholo pieaple to an oxtont *not drenint of in your philosoply.” 'rom theso o‘murvnuans lou porcaivo that 1 iold tho.telogsapl. propuorfy. belangs.to tho educas tional and postal aystem of. the, counlry, and thal ita misslon andt purposo’ aro tho diffnuion of thoughts, ileay, nnd Tnmnmum. among tho peo- - pla inatantancously ; honco; that & privale cor- poration should not be permilied fo” monopolize it for tho purposo of monoy-ranking and Atock- ‘gambling, " Instond of bolng & corporato mouop= Gly, it sliould lio ownod by the wholo pooplo, and managed for (helr groatoat honefit, and ita use mado rolativoly ny clioap au tho postal aorvico. GOVERNMENT ANUSE NOT YRODABLE, You spoak of tho possiblo sbuscs which tho Goyornment mlg)at, practica to promoto {mrty ends. 1 bave no fonrs of that, An Adminietra~ - tion which would make ubo of private informa- tion paasing on tho wircs should qulckl{ bo re« moved from power. Tho people aro in more dungor now, in that rogard, than thoy wonld ba if tho wires wore an a i\lllmt of the Post Ofic Departmont, I honr of no_complaints agalnet the British Governmont-on this scora, i, PPESY AULE TO TAKE CARE OF ITHELE, * You nsk me if 1 bavo roilogtod carofully upon the control which our Government would have ovar tho press, in tho ovont of its taking the tel~ agraph, Trmy oplalon, it s nothing €o.uppros lend. 'Tlo prons, of il ngoucios, s bost ablo to tnka caro of ituelf ; any discrimination ox fayor~ itlem would Lo suro to bo seen, snd a “howl” ramed about - it {natantor. Tho opposition politicians. would de- sire no better issue with which to go boforo tho poople, How long would a Postmastor Gonoral remain in office if found dealing larshly or un- Mrl{‘wnh tho pross! Congressmen woild cn~ not, tha very cheapest poseiblo rates to tho press, in_order o have the proceodings of Congress fully Toportad. Tho influonce of thio SEALe Liog- istature would bo in the same direction for the £0mO roRsoll. EXPERTS ONLY CAN DE EMPLOYED, Jou spoak of the incroass of patronago th tdlograph would give the Govermmont, which ;qu doom dangerous, I donot parlake of thesa eare, A sorvice which you admit *requires specinl oducation and the greatest of wkill™ could hardly Lo connecled ~with patronage. The® presont forco of operators nnd oxports would of necensity bo taken into the postal tolo- of tho National Tronsury? 1 think not. Tho [-graph mervice, with yoursolf, porki Di- incrensg of businoss would koop pneo with ro~ g.m?m.m.cmoi, cmméu., coul dpuo{fl;yi’onfm‘f,, duction of nhnrqoh, until exceodingly low rates waro reached. YWhoro ono man would pay a dol- lar for & ton-word despatoh, ten men would pay & cent a word for mossages of all longthis, somo of thom containing porhaps o hundrod words. Fow porsons now stud despatchoa un- less -thoy bLnvo wrgent busingss, ‘on account of - the high tariff imposed. But lower tho prico sufliclently, nnd the num- ‘ber of mesragoes and words offered would bo lims itod oul; br tho eapacity of thewiros to transmit thom. This is no raudom guesswork or mere oplnion of mine, but is proven by experienco in ront Britnin, whoro a moderate ‘decrerso of tolls caused an fmmengo expansion of business. OLD POSTAL RATES—EEFECT OF NEDUCTION. You and I remember when tho "Government chiargod 26 conts postago o a letter; and wo also remember how fow woro gont. When it waa proposed to reduco the postage to 10 cents, thero was & loud outery sgoiust it. It was claimod that the reduction would inuro cnly to tho benofit of merchants, baukers, and spoculators, and ¢auso a great deficioucy of revenus to boe made up taxin tho poor man's coffoo and clothing, Bul tho reductlon gctually incrossed the rovenue ‘and diminiched the annual doflcloncy, Again and n[f'n\n Congress cut down the postal tarifl until it was but threo cents on o lotter for any dietance, one ortwo contson o circular, ani ane-fourth of & cont on a_nowspaper {o & regu- Tar gubscriber; and still tho eervico is eelf-sup-~ porting; tho roported deficiency boing cauved by the frankoed and froo matter, and subsidies paid to ocean stoawaors, Like causcsd produce like effects, ag tho Govornmont would ool no proflt, ‘but merely recompensa; approximating to cost, it might “snfoly raze oxisting tolls to rates as comparatively chonp es postago on lettors, and thus popularize this’ lightning disseminator of thonght and intolligonco, and remove for- evor tho sneor - of thoughtless per- gons, that tho tolegrapli s pate ronized only bybankars, brokers, produce dual- ors, stock gamblors, dotectives, and politicians. 1 claim, ag s truth of political economy, that tho Cconsumption of whatévor i dosirablo 15 always in proportion t6 itg cost. Make n desirablo thing choap enough, and thero i8 no limit to tho do- maud for it. ' Tolegraphing. would furnish no " excoption to the rule.. WATERED TELEGRAPD BTOAK, ‘What you state concerning the ill-paying ehar- actor of telograph stook rathor surpriges mo, was laboring undor tho common' impresaion that not 10 per cout of the market price of the, Weat- o Union Telograph stock was avar subseribod and pald in cash by the stockholders;*but that 90 por cent: of ity presont stock and - valuo aro tho product of nudivided carnings, nnd issucs of “watored” phares; that, s o mattor of fact, tho public’ have' furnisliod nino-tonths of, the capitnl in addition to tho cash dividends and cost of malntonanco and operation. It I sm miss taken in this opinion, the: wholo public aro also’ ‘mistalen. .But as tho Company has. nover pub- lishad an ofticial. ‘statomout,, kotting, forth tho actual facts, the publl will he apt to adbore to its progent opinion until thoy da.' Yon say “it Las not beon coneidorad. haretafors ana - of the functions of vur Govornment to mako anyneces- sary nhon{:," 1 have just epecified n_miokt notns Dlo oxeoption ini thio postal eorvice. Youslso ros mark,:* on the other band,'it Lay been the uni- form policy for 80 §enm to muke many products artifioinily doar.” - In thoro not o mlight inac- curacy in thig_slatement? As I recollect, the policy of the Goverumont, from . 1846 to 1881, s 'I(’(m o ravereoof that making " broducts artiflcinlly doar; ond tho anunal teponl of Fedoral taxea sluco 1807 convinees we that it i ot tho prosent policy of the (overnmont to make products aitificially. dear by malutaining high taxos and imports, ~ You lay dowu a_propo= vition au fundamental, in regard to the duty of tho Govornment, in leaving tho supply of wants to private cempatition. I fully subscriba to tho genoral priviplo; but T regard the tolegraph gyatom a8 an oxcoption. You admit that *‘tho tolegraph com pauy sooks uulfy to make monoy," winch is the solo objoct of all pecuniury cor- porationy, TILE WESTERN TINTON COMPANY 16 A MONOPOLY. The prosont tolegraph system l6 practicully o monopoly. Competition, buch as Wil Lonafit tha pooplo, is out of ' tho quoation, Tho Went- ern Union hnu established iteclf boyond tho ronch of competition. It can orush out, absorl or control all rivels, and oxact its own terms from_ tho public; and thig it doos. Tho sup-~ fozod compottioa of tho otber compuios in ittlo more thau s wnyth, so far 8o chenpouing tolls is concornod. A monopoly of & businoss 1a similar in offect to o '*corner” on a stock or Ym:luut, and places tho Izubflu at tho morey of ho corporation enjoying it. 'I'he rule of such a corporation is (o perform the . least... seroice JSor the wmost money,” bovause protit and not public good ia tho actuating motive of tho 6haro owners and managors. 1In the ordinary avocatious of lifa compotition rogulates rices, and roduces thom to tho propor rolativa | oval, and ~Uovernment intorferenco is uot neodod; but common carriors, willers, bukors, kotmen, and otbars, have o oo AR S a by 00 "0 vt iRl ardor to protact the public agalust their rapacity and oxtortion, Thero’ should bo mllowed no mmm\)uly or combinations of privalo partics to spoculute on education or the diffusion of in~ telligonco, 2 ONOPOLZ AN OTBTNTOTOR, Wuatevor makos education dear, -or structs tho gpread of kuowledge, Jxmmnlnn g norunco, and injures the moral und intellectual health of tho body politlo. Knowledgo is power, ob- and crontes wounlth, Ignoranco is wenk- noes, and its progeny are vico and pover- ty. Tho public- schools aro maintained at the exponne of the tax-payors, whether Lthoy have childron to sond to sebool or not, Wore eduen- tiou loft to private outorprise, tho rich man's childroa wonld monopolizo it. 'So, it o dilfu- wion of intolligonce by mail was surrendored Lo thio oxpros companios, it would soon become n luxury of tho rich and n burden even ou the Lbusiness classes, while tho commou &oo ple would Do oxoluded from its onjoyment. ‘Lho tolegraph io & quicker mothod of souding the maili—n method which anunibilatos time snd distanco, aud, with tho co-oporation of tho prows, * makios all mon kin," 1t is tho nobjest of sll human in- vontlons, and, while it is & common carrior, it eorvles nothing wmore malerial than thonght, The lightost of tolls should bo chargod for its labore, for it is ono of the groat oducational instrumontalitios of the uationaud world. Its sorvices should bo as nearly freo to the whole peoplo a8 possiblo. Tho groatast of all Govorument blundoxs is & tnx on information, which is liko obstructing the viston and hearing of the natural body, How cheap tho telogyaph could bo oparated by the Government cannot Lo known until tried, q "Ihe now * duplox bystem” of transmission on a wiro Loth ways at the swme lime, and other ro- mnrkable improvements, would enublo the Gov- ornment to {ranmit messsge without loss, at rates which would surprige tho country, and tho tolograph, it will bo proportionatoly mora 0ostly. urclicio and drfl!uult.m man- ge them therofore, the publio. will submit to spoodily multiply tho busingss muuifald, :III I were fixing .the tolla at the outset, thay would bo .put at 1. ceat per word, for cnuse, and appointments upon qualification. Party politics would cut but an ineignificant fig- uro in the mattor., Novicen conld not_bo placod in chargo of. fnstroments or wires. What took Elnca in England would bappen hero. Tho Civil orvico syatom { bound to be eatablished in thia country, Tho popular domand fa in that direes tion, and will nevor rest eatisfiod until merit and qualifications aro the tost of fitness for ndminis= rative office, and nat partizan * bumming” sud Dballot-box slufllnfi.‘ 1 have writton {hus frooly npon your invitas tion, and it is {ho firat timo I havo vontured to put any thoughis on tho ulllHect upon pnl)’mr. 1t 1¢ oot atrange that we should come to a dinmet- rienlly opporito conclusion, and yot each bs porfectly sincara {n hiu viows, whea our raapec- - tvo stand-points of obgervalion are considored. You remembor hiow the slaveholdors and aboli~ tionists differed in thoir ostimate of tho *pecu~ liny institution,” but you end I will avoid “their miutalko, and not quarrel over our difforenco ot opinion, It would give me grent plersuro to ennvass tho merits of tho question at jssuo with you somo ovouing ovor & rogrant Havana, 1 much profer tho disloguo stylo of argument, aud it is :1“““ possiblo that s froe exchango of viows would result in o yadical chango of my notions on the subjoct, and in a convorsion” fo your views. Very truly yours, . Joszpn MEeDILL. e L CHICAGO DRY GODOS MABKET. Tugspay EveNiNg, Jau, 21, Alihough tho mnrkot begins to show signs of returning activity, oxiromo quiet still vaily in oll depatbncnts, and the general upw: movement in pricen of cotton goods whic! for is still dolayed. Tho well known fact that iu- torior morchiants and local retnileys: ave carrying romarkably light, stocks leads our jobbers to look for an early oponing of tho spring trado, and to n ueason of groat activily, nnd despitd tho dulness now provalent thero is a lealthy undertonoe to tho merket, and among jobbors a foeling of confidenco, 'Btocks have rocoutly beon largely mugmontod, snd aro mow n exe collont condition both s rogards size and gen- oral attractivencys, and_our merchents are in evary way fully preparod to meet tho large de- mands that muet soon be madoupon them. Tho chenges in prices have bean fow, but theso fow bave been in gn upwerd dircction.. The envpot tiade continues dull, and the ™ market otill ex- Tiiits signs of weaknoss, thongli since our last roport thero bas beon no quotable- decline, De- Iuw aro the quotations BROWN COTTONS, Allantie A, &4 Atlantic 1, 4- Atlantic Dy 4~ “Athnatic 1} 4 | Indian Boda, 4 ¢| Indian Heud, 84, 43¢ [8hawmut, L Btark'A, 44 147 )SWiLRIvor, Nasnvitlo, 36 fu. S1vontor, Nnshvitle, 80 {n, Utica Q. RoWNSE, Nnobus E, 40-In, +0|D Neahua I, 80-1 Nusbua O, 33-lu. Pepporell'E, 40-in;, Vepparoll I, 6-in. Pepporell O, S, ... Yopperell N, 300, Morrimao W. Pink Dunuell Fagey. Lichmond Fancy. Amorican Fane; Ratlory ik Mallory Purpl IManchestér Noumkesg sattco Poyuol satteous, Wasbington . U3 |Manvillo Paper., Migh Golots, on éent axten, o BLEACHED COTTONE, Tonndals esmbric, Atdruacoggin, L Lymau, do.. . Dinckstong, AN, Now Yark Ail Cabiot. Wamsutta . . [Dwigut Pride of (ho Woi Laugston, Bl oies, Weslern Iroduc 9 |Hirrla,... A7 laold Bfedal Frultof the Looni, Lonadalo Loi10k (Soct, L, Hill.. 165 |Groe, o Aubura, I TIcKs, Minneliabin, 44,0000 85 ¢dothuen, AA, Minuokaua, 7 30 | Willow Draok, Awnakeag, ACK! Amonkeng, A, Avwskeay, 13, a Porthond, AAS I Su ) to. Amonkuag) D, wifL Iiiver. York Bl o Amoskuag Warren, 15 Colunbin Warcwu, CC. 7 Oty AXA. Workingiuau 7' Ottw, 1, Hnyaau 4 O, CO. 7 fjoton. 4 BTNV, c| Whiltenton, A. Whitteutor, Awmerican, 6-3. Amerleny, 31 walr, ¢ Continioutal .., Lico Lave, colorad Amorkeag, -3 Auoskeag, 33,0 Uncasvilly, A, Standard whito,, Itockford, UGG, Reupor Uiy, HREYINGS, Tapentry tinsseis, Drighta. ... $12” g, | ; Urossloys 145 |Rosbury . i} 'hree-Ply, Hartford, oxtra.,...$L63% (Lowell ............5140 Hartford, Tmp'l...00 145" [Smieas & Bafords. 1,60 Tugrains, Smith's tapestry,,.$1.: Lowall oxtra. $1.20 Hurtford uxtrs, Lowell super X Hartford tued..eoiy 105 Uommon wook Belgrado ., w80 |Onfon.... Hewp, Common phln...n}(@"iflt"l‘l'wlllu aud oz, pl'a...35% atting. English cocoa, best,.80 cfChina matting 4-4...30 o Amorfean, common, .85 (Chlnu mutting 6-4 Amoricay, best ....,.75 |China muttiug 6-4,..40 Rted undd Wh, el 4438 (Redd und wh. cb'k U405 Red and wh, o' 6-4.40 TERMS ¢ Spool (liread, grain bugs, atc,, 30 days, or 3 por cont off 20 days, » Donyestics, cottonsdes, Xentucky josus, eto,1 por cont oft 36, 4 per ceut uff 10 days, Tiegular dopurtmeut gouds, 4 put cent, off 60, 6 per cont, off 30, 6 por cent olf 10 duv, ——— —A curfous suit is now bofore tho Cowrts in Washington, the parties theroto being Clark Mills, tho sculptor, as dofondant, aud his chil- dren’ by hu first wita ne_plaiutitta, Tho mattor nt isuno {8 o8 follows: Tho act of Congreas au- thorizing the making of tho oquestrian statuo of QGonoral Jackson containod a olauss to the offact_that, whou Milla waa paid therofor, ha should ot nslde and_apply out of the fund the sum of &10,000 for the vxclusivo bonefit of his wito aud chitdren, s wito died and he married again, and the childron now complain that they bLavo not receivod tho benefits of the Jackson ntatuo fund, a8 provided for by Oongressional onactraont, ¥ tho past fortnight or more hnsseomed imminont, *