Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 25, 1873, Page 4

- ik Vb L e BB i 1 | | o P PPN L ... .o B S bt Bl L P i B ol O THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1873. RS TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TEENE OF STBECRIPTION (PATABLE I¥ Ax:\'n(é'n, i1, trraail.e . S12.00 | BEDdT.rversrese. . B35 Rl S1E00| ey 368 ‘Pertaol & yenr at the same rate. ; To peveni delay £nd mistakes, be suro and give Post Ofen eddress In full, including Steto and Coanty. Zemittaaces mey be made cither by draft, axpreas, Poat QEcoarcer, or fa registered letters, at our risk. TERNS TO CITY SUDSCRINERS. 5, delivered; Stoday excepted, 25 ccnts per week. L%, Getivered, Sunday includod, 50 cents per weck. Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, ‘Comner Madtson and Deartiorz-sts., Chicago, 1tk GONTENTS OF TODAY'S TRIBUNE, FIRST PAGE—Washington News: Tho Credit Mobillor Investigation; Procoedings in Congress—3iscolla- ncous Telegrams. .3 SECOND 'PAGE—Washington Letter: Interviow with Henry S. M'Comb—Josio Mans6ield in Parls—3r. Stawart’s Marblo Palaco~Hurd's Revison. ‘THIRD P4GE—Tho Polico Doard Troubles—Tha Tucker Suit—Tho Minnetota Storm—Personal — Graavillo Kirabail :* Tho Michigau Central Tairty Yoars Ago —Bresking a Water Spoat—Advartisemozta. FOURTIL PAGE—Editorials : The Policoof ths City ; Tho Wyoming Coal Company : Tho Coal Combina- tium ot tho Fast—Ourrent Nows ltems—Notes 2zd Opinion. % FIFTH PAGE-Horllcultaro: Northern Tlinols Horti- cultural Soclety—Our Iron Interests: The Luke Superior Mining Reglon—Aarkots by Telegmph— Adrertisoments. SIXTH PAGE—Monetery and Commercial—Raflroad ‘Time Tablo—Adrertisements. BEVENTH PAGE—Tho Law Courta—Seward and Napo- leon— Bbay Farmlng fa Naplos—Miscellanoons Xaws Itoms—Small Advertisemonts: Real Estate, For Sals, To Rent, Wanted, Doarding, Lodglag, Ete. : KIGHTH PAGE—The Great Storm—Stato Legislatares —Fareign News—Miscellancons Telegrams—Anc- tion Advertisoments. S & e —— - TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. JIREN'S THEATRE—Wabash avenue, corner of Qon- iots strect. Aimoo Opcrs Uoufle Troupe. After- "I Grazds Duchesse.” Eventng, ** Lex Cont Zerges.” $ ¥ MVICKER'S THEATRE-Madlron strect, be 250 and Dosrborn. Engagoment of Dion Bot uad wife. **Korrys or Night and Morning." ** Arrah 23 Poguo.” Aftornoon and ovenlng. . ACADEXMY OF MUSIC— Ifaletod strect, south of jscn. Engagemcht of Joseph Murphy. **Help.’ rmoon and ovening. 5 OOLEY'S OPERA IIOUSE—Randolph streat, be- tyeen Clark ond LaSallo. New Comody Company. “(Fate." Alternoon aud evoning. : IYERS' OPERA HOUSE—Monroe strect, betwoen. Stete and Doarborn. Arlington, Colton & Kemble's Misstrol zad Barlesque Troupe. Ethiopian Comicalitics, Aftornoon and ovening- GLOBE THEATRE—Desplaines straet, betwoen Medi- scnand Washington, Dramatic and Muulcal Variatics. Adteraoon sud cveniog. NISON'S AXPHITHEATRE—Clinton, botwoen Wash- tagon and Rendolph strocia. Bacallister. Afternoon, wxd eveniog.> - i BUSINESS NOTICES. THE IMPROVEMENTS IN HANOVER STREET, ‘o0, ronder 1ho Amorican House ono of tho most de- 2/ae 1t has long been one of the best stopping places ‘izher for business mes oz plessuro seokezs. - ELORS HAIR DYE. THIS SPLENDID rnc‘l!s thn_bost in tha world. Tho only trae and per- ronicss, rllsbls, a0d fnstantensous; nodieap- o x)dlu'nm tints nr:nul?;anzflacifim- z 7o and washes. i oot ke o mutufal brow, and oavos tho . b uine, signod W. i _i’dm.x:?‘nu. CHARLES Tie Chigsgs Tilbume,, Sgturdsy Morning, January 25, 1873. Toster, tho car-hook murderér, is to bo nepged March 3 _Spainkas sent ereinforcemont of 1,000 eoldiers to Caba. - f | 4, murderer was ung in D e hiad baen Lwice tried and convicted, and be- toro his execution mad full confession. . "A resolution ‘was introduced into the New York Senate, yesterdsy, providing that a reduc- tion in canal tolls bo made of not more than 50 per cont below rates established in 1652. s iy - A project for a pnoumatic’ tubo road batween New York and Chicago-aweits tho suthoriza- tioa 6t Congress: ' |’ 5 L s Powen and DeLarge, the colored: contestants f:om South Carolina for a seat in the Honse of Repirsentatives, have both been sent back to, {ueir constitucnis by the Committee on Elec- tions, which réports thit fraud was so rifoin both parties that neither is really elocted. Tinancial nowa from New York states that the’ © per cent bonds, which wero placed on the mar- Let by tho Syndicaté of 1871, liave advanced to sbéut per in gold, below which price the bonds iptrusted to themow ‘Syndicate caninot: be “sold. “It eeems tobe s rather.superfluousand ab- ¢urd proceeding for the Count de Chambord and the Count de Paris, o squabble over the family _question of the white flag vs, the tri-color. It would bo-more becoming and-snitable-to wait uatil the Bourbon family Have s jroepect of | gain Tequiring - flag” before they exercise’ thémeclves as to what it shall bo. s uestioned Mr. Ames, yestordey, ng any fact to his sdvantoge. That money was paid-by Ames to Kelley, ‘the’ Intter does not defiy; but, while Ames asgerts it tobe the balsnce of-dividends duo Kelley after the cost of. bis stock had been deducted, Kelley tupeats that ho considered it only as a Joan) BIr. Telley. finally-accepted owrership of ihe stock,™ which he has hitherto protested he did niot znd, ot Lis Togugst, it was given to Chai ¥oland, to be held eubect to his orders. " In the Benats, an ‘amendment 'to the” Appro- yriation Lill was presented, yesterday, . directing’ Eocretary Boutwell. to withhold " from ‘any rail ‘youd company in arreara for {nterest on ‘United; “Siafes bonds isstied to it all-its earnings fro te Goyernment. -In‘the debate which " arose ‘it iwis statsd; by Senstor’ Truxibull, thiat “the act; *of 1863 enncted & provision similar to the amend “ment under discussion, and ‘as a result mo-one- faras found who yould undertsko to brld the P, 66 Raifrosds; This Ted 0. the ack-of - 1864, ‘which providéd tlist only oné-hilf of earnings \¢rom the Government should be withheld.” Un+'| Lser this act the railroads were buil,.and now to lold 2 rripge would ;15 hb thonghl;’ Tiolate the faith of the United States. , ‘Tast October, Mr. Fich wrote a letter to Mr. itles, Lo e proserited to the Spanish Govern- cit, urging tho exdcution of the previously an- s.ounced policy of abolishing slavery in Caba. :fier it was sent, (he Becretary, by cable, in- ?,;rn‘;ted r: Sickles not to. present it.~ But, in- ézmking ‘his annual report to Congress of the cor~ % dependence of his Depirtment, Mr. Fith, by o< . active and 6@10cper 100 1bs higher, at §7.55° | tlie farmors of tlie Northiwest are likewiso great- in'Chicago, and it is “imposeible for a Board not resident here to give that personcl attention to the matter which ita importance deserves. The ‘Warehouse Commission would not add anything to the expense of the State, as”tho whole cost might be limited to the' receipts ‘of inspection fees. The -report that Mr. James Gordon Bonnett contewplates the establishment of s great Lon- don daily on the American plen, msy or msy not be truo., We mcé no reason, however, why America ehould have a monopoly of good news- pepers, and we beliove that the project would Lo succesaful ultimately, though it might require time and monoy to mako the English public ap- preciate the extent of the enterprise. Mr. Ben- not is young enough and has money enough to go at it, and, if ho hasalso tho pluck and per- goverance that Lis father hed, hio would be sure to make it a success. The element of nows would assist iteelf in epite of ‘tho conservative ability of the London press, and it seoms to Lo particularly sppropriste that America, which has Ied all other nations in great entorprise of news:' gathering, should extend its field of useful- nesa. There ia & beliof in Wasbington that Seuator Morton has dotermined to make a bettor use of bis new loase of powor than he has mado of the past two years in the Senate. We hope that tho prophecy may prove true. There are certainly some. indications of his ‘depsrture from tho mere dictatorship of party caucus, Tho Cald- well investigation, which has been under his leadership, as Chairman of tho Committos on Elections, has boen condicted with vigor and fairness. His speoch on Electoral Reform, though the plan was not such as td meat general approval, indicated a disposition to abandon tho ides that everything in the way of election must be made subservient to the interests of party. His reference to the Louisiana troubles was more. liberal than could have been expocted from bis pastcareer. Senator Morton could be more of 8 powor as a fair statesman than as & ‘mere politician, if he can rise to the dignity of the position. . . Vice President Colfasand Jr. Amos cross- examined cach other, yosterdsy, and broughs tho |, differonces botween them down to & naked issue ‘of perjury. ‘Amos swears point-blank that Col- fax does own Credit Mobilier stock, snd that he was paid £1,200 dividends; Colfax, under oath, sgaiu and again protests that e owns none’ of it, and that ho nover received the $1,200. Tho Sargeant-at-Arms finds among his accounts & check dravm by Oskes Ames to the order of 8. C. for §1,200; still Colfax declares he never got acent of it. Ames has dropped the ewaggering good humor with which he bogan his evidence, and bas grown savage. He turned upon the Vico President, yosterdsy, with words like theso: “I gave you the check, and here is the proof of it on the books. What ia tho uso of trying to get’ around it, oroverit?” When “Colfex called at- tontion to discrepancios in his evidence, he re- torted that he kad refreshed his memory, and that Colfax conld not Gwear hard enough to got outof it. Itis significant that Ames refused to produce his private memorandum-book at Col- fax's request, and would give the Committee only extracts from ita records. " The Chicago produca markets were very quict, and generally firm yesterdsy; the snow storm having seriously interrupted the movement of produce. Mess pork was inactive, and 5¢ per brllower, at @1L95@12.00 cash, and $12.25@ 12.30 soller March. Lard was active and firm, 2t $7.40 per 100 Ibs cash, snd S7.621{@7.05 seller March. Groen hamis were 3¢o. highor, af 8¢ per 1b for 16 Ib averages. Other meats were steady, at 4c for shoulders, 534@6c for short 1ibs, and G}{e for short clear. Drassed hoga wero for heavy, and $7.80@7.85 for light. Highwines were quiet and firm, at 88c per gallon. Flour was quiet ‘end- firm. - Wheat was moderately active, . and sveraged - & shade bigher, closing weak nt $1.243¢ cash, and $1.25% seller February. .-Oom was moderately sctive ond weal, closing at 30%¢@31c cash, and 8134c seller February. Oats were losa active and unchanged, closing st 25} @25%c cash, and 258{c seller February. Rye was more sctive and steady at 68@683c. Barley was quioty No. 2 was 1@2 higher, closing at 77¢; No. 3 was weak af 60c.’ The live hog market was ective and firm at vestorday's ‘advande, of at §3.75@4.10. There was littls doing in tho cattle and sheep markets, ond veldes remais nominally urichanged. ' It is reportod from Washington that Repre- sentative Hanks, of Arkansas, mado & good fin- pression in a speech which Lo recently delivered in favor of admitting, freo of .duty, the iron to Lo used in the eonstruction of tho Iron Moun- tain & Helens Railrosd. ' His line of argument wad, that the Company is tod poor, .and the "people of his ecction too much impovorished by ‘the predent” high duies,” to ‘completo the Tond. We fear ‘that the. conslitutional prolibition of specicl privileges will interfero with Represonta- tive Hanks' demand, If hosucceeded in making " good . impression.: with this line of argu-' ment, however,’ there is a chance for some other gentlemen in Congress to mako s aimilar- Iy good impreasion by referring to the fact thet .lyimpoveiished by thio high froights which they afe'Poying on railrosd traneportation to the At Iantic; that these exorbitunt freights aro lirgely’ !due to the incroase of tho_cost of the railroad ifon 4nd minchinery .rendered woccssary under the tarill;and that the farmera would bo groatly ‘relieved by & rapeal ‘of tho iron duties. There would be no constitutional objection to this ‘projcct of general relief, and we apprehend tliat snch proposition would mako a more “favor- blo impression " among the people at large than id Mr. Manke' speech for tho reliet of the Iron Mountain & Holens Rsilrosd. f The horror.of a catastrophe in which 400 hu- man Jives are.lost is not equal to that which ‘o8t peoplo must éxporiénce at the alleged con- duct of the officers of tho unknown stesmship which ran dovn the emigrant vessel, Northfleat. The Northfleet was iying at anchor, two miles from ehore, and it'ia not probable that thero was any neglect on the part of her crow by which tho catastropho was rendered possible. In {his con- yn'8he was run into and cutto {he water's edge; the emigrant passengers wero -{errified and demotalized, snd it is probeble that the loss Ya.ident, included this lettor, which haa been pub- £i.shed in this country and Europe, though it has Y3.verbeen delivered to the Spanish Govern- “zaent. Tho affair is moro awkward than serious. . Thero is = strong feeling in favor of & division “cf the dutien of the Bailroad and Warehouss tx omunissioners, and the creation of & hew Board,- 740 hava &u Official Tesidence-in Chicigo;totake charge of . the warehouse business. Thers are (grievous complaints a5 o the fnapection of rain of life exceodod that of any recent accident on land or o8, | Tet tho ship which caused it did 'not pause in its course, offered no assistance ; did not even inquire what extent of damage it had done. -This action *is undoubtedly to be regardod 28 = confesion of cul pable . neglect - on the part ‘of tho stéamship's officera. They felt that thoy could not etand any investigation of the affair, sud boped that they might escape recogmition. To it ought this end they pushed forward, and sacrificed ‘hundreds of human lives which they might have gaved. It may bo that these officers can escape detection ; but, if they do, it should be from no failureof the Consular suthorities thronghont the world to find thom. If they can be found, it is impossible to conceive of any punishment that would be too severe to mect their case. If the facty, prove as they are now represented, dis- grace will aitach Lo any nation that neglects to' instituto & proper inquiry toseo whether tha steamship waa eailing under itsflag. Forut- terly inhuman and cowardly conduct the sction of his steamship’s officars has no- parallel, ex~" cept in the case of the Britieh steamer thas Tan | down an American veesel-of-war in the Japan soza, and loft the officers and crow of the latter to perish with their shi 1 = THE POLICE OF THE CITY. | Tho Board of Police Commissioners of this city are again involved in anunseomly quarrel with tho Superintendent. Itis a question of suthority upon the reorganization of tho force. The fact is, the Police Department of Chicago hasbeen eolong rune3 an asylum for Alder- manic and other political stipendiarics that it Liad become utterly inefficiont. The men and of- ficers recognize a political allegiance, and . de- mand political protection. Tho Board of Police kas beon no better than the force,—both had de- generstod together. Tho Superintendent, or any other person who would undertake to reform this. condition of . things, must expect hostility. © His notions of what is necessary to make en eflicient police force arc certainly opposed to all precedent in the hitherto looso wey in which affirs have been managed. Tho Board won't make the nec- osgary orders, and won't do anything to clovate the charactor of tho Department; and, whon tha Buperintendont undertakes to do so, thereisan outery that he is usurping powers belonging to the Board. Men who' are on the police claim| that they have & veated right to have things go on just 2 they havo been; the Superintendent docides that they must do and perform whatever ho requires of thom, and _the Commissioners' hold semi-weekly secret sessions over the con~| duct of the Superintendent becanse ho presurios to act withont their provious authority. & The polico forco of Chicago ought " tobe a5 thoroughly organizéd, as completcly disciplinod, and under s sbsolute control of a responsible officor &8 is o military organization. Thero cen be no hope that it will ever be effective without chenging its charactor from a scmi-political in- stitution into o real police forco. Instcsd of being an asylum for pensioned political strilers, it should bo a brigado of strong, athletic men, £it for active duty, and thoroughly disciplined to obedionco to the orders of their superiors. Tho Captains and Sergeants should be brought tos conscionsness that they aro also subordinates, owing implicit obedienco to their supatiors. The discipline of tho force ehould be, 5o far as posible, 2 strict o5 that of the armyj this, of conrse, would end in the' dischargo of a largo number of tho present forco, and just_thore is the difficnlty with the Commissioners. Thoy owa a political duty, and they object to anything which requires the dismissal of the host of iri- efficient men who represent every ward in the city on the forco. Considerstions of a public character are ell postponed for those of a per- sonal and political kind. . If the Commissioners will issue en order au- thorizing the Superintendent to report every ‘man on the force who is not fit- for service, and then, by the proper course, dismiss them when reported, it will give the public soma of that confidence in the Board which is now-wholly wanting. If they would authorize the Suporin- tendent tonominate men for appointment whom he, afterthorough trial and examination, shall think proper for policemen, and appoint such ‘men, ther thero will be some hope that in tino the police force will be what it ought to be. The Comniissioners must learn the fect, unpleasant 88 it may be to them, and mortifying as to be, that they are un- fitted in every respect to exorciso - the power of gelection and appointment. ' This is notorions to everybody outside the Board, and the sooner the Board accept the situstion the betterit will be for tho public intercts. Another thing, equally evident to the public, is that the Board is utterly incompetont to man- age the details of the Police Department, The: Commiseiond?s are public eervants, appointed to ‘compel the polico force to exocuto the laws, &nd yet the whole time of the Board is occupied 1n senseloss persocution of ‘tha Superintendent for enforcing’ tho. law. Instead of being s guarantea to the public that the police foree Wil porform their duty faithfally, this Board, under an allegiance to'its political masters, arrests tho cxecution of the law, and encourages .insabor- dination throughott the forco. They nctos o peralyeis,. not only-upon tho intogrity and efficiency of the polico forco, but upon tho popular respeet for, and obsdience to, law. The Superintendent finds the police force, in the matter of orgasization for patrol dity, ina most doplorablo and inefiicient condition. - Ho has undertaken o reform this by a rearrange- mont of the houts on consécutive duty and the division of tho patrols, by which ho places on watch from 8 to. 4 o'clok b night a doubls force;. ho lua slto mede omo stop toward responsibility by pntting these patrolmen into ~ distinet squads, . esch squad’ under the personnl supervision of. an officer who 18 on duty with them, = Responsibility is thus «established, and each patrolman..is under tho special obsorvation of a euperior, by day and by night, -All this s innovation; it looks to en improvement of the fofco; it promotes strict - discipling;- it puts ad ond ..t0 favoritism'; ‘it offers’ increasod - eecurity to the public, especially’ . during’ the dnngerons hours of the might. In fact, itis sdapting the polics foreo to,the public protec- | tion, all of which is, of coursd, distasteful toa Board' whose 'principal “busineas is to provide places at the public expenso for political bum- miers, and to sce that tho polico execute no “fanatical” lawe. The public havo borne with the Polica Commiesioners: with grost patienco. This Stiperintondent givea- promise that, for the first time in many years, the police force is to bo made efficient, end if the choice is forced upon” tho community, of choosing between tn efiicient Police Department end tho sbolition of the Tolice Board, thers Will be but little hositation 28 to which is t0 be preferred. THE WYOMING COAL COMPARY. The Chesenne ZLeader recently publishod the foll text of the contract between the Usiion Pacific Railroad . Company and’ tho Tyoming Conl Company, which opens-up another chppter of the mismanagement and reckless expenditara which has characterized the operation of thia Toad from the oateet. The evil in this partica- lar instance has wssumed proportions of such magnitude that thore Ts now & determined éffort upon the part of the people of Wyoming to shake’ off this monopoly, which is hanging like an in- cubus upon, tho growth and prosperity.of the Territory, Tle contract runs for fiftcen years, and its tefms are substantially as follows : The TRailroad Company ‘2zrees to purchase of the Coil Company sll' coal' mined along.: tho line of its rond st .the e of eix dollars per ton for two years ; at five dollars per ‘ton for the next threo years; at four dollars per ton for the next four yoars; and for the six | yeats remaining.at the rate of three dollara’pér ton. The Railroad Company furthermore agrees to facilitate the business of the Coal Company in evory possible way; to put in switches and side tracks; to pay the cobt of improvemeénts neces- | sary tobe made by tho.Company; to give it the right to transport coal over the road for gen- eral consumption at the same rates of freight charged to- others, with o drawback of 25 por cent on all suma charged for transportation ; and t0 lease tho coal lands owned by the Railrosd Company to the Coal Company for fifteen years, the lntter paying for tho first nine - years s - royalty® of -twenty-five cents por ton for each ton of cosl taken from their Inds, the royalty for the last six years of tho lease being frec, provided the price of coal to the Railrosd Company is reduced to three dollars per ton. ) By the operation of this contract, both the Union Pacific Railroad Company ‘and the Terri- tory of Wyomingare suffering under a constant and Leavy exaction, Which is not “only robbing the Treasury of the Company, but seriously re- tarding tho growth of “this young Territory, which is one of . the . great: coal re- gions of the world. - By the- article of the contract, the Union Pacific Railrosd Company is now paying €5 per ton'for coal, delivered -on the cars, st tho mines owned by the Railroad Company. The cost of ‘mining coal does not oxceed §1.75 por ton, and s responsible Com- pany bsa offored to furnish the railrosd 400 tons daily & £2.50 per ton, which at this rate ‘would save tho Company 81,000 per day. Aside from this Joss by overcharge, tho road loses an aver- age of 85 per ton for the transporiation of.400 tons daily, which this one Company might dis- pose of, did not tho monopoly of $he Wyoming Coal Company prevent the ehipment, making ‘& dauly losa of $3,000.” Thé Zeader adda: = - 1f wo would go farther, snd ealculsto thototalloss the Railroad Company suffers on sccount'of this mo- ‘nopoly, We would be able to connt up millions ; enough 10 nstonieh Congress, the' people, and even the Di- ractors of the Railroad Company themselves, For does not the term of the’ lease prevent capitalists from opening mines on Government or nnsprvesed lands for fifteen years? Does mot this mongpoly prevent the crection of smelting works in our Territory ? Does it not prevent ahipmenta of coal o adfacent States and, Territories, which are daficlent in fuel either above or Lelow the surface? And does not this monopoly,pre- ‘vent the Raflrood Company from earning thov sands of dollars daily for transportation of this cor’, ovex their thousand miles of road? =R ) _Besides the exactions of this Lacnopoly wpon the Railroad Company, its exectionsregult in the virtual suppression of & great material industry, ‘upon which thegrowthsad prosperity of the Ter- ritorylargely depend. The Leader furnishes some interesting ststistics concerning the coal capac-’ ity of Wyoming which illustrate this point. It. sa58: 5 . We ask membors of Cangress to conafder the fact that a third of Wyoming isa vast coal bed, embracing over 50,000 squaro milss, This is at present only accessible dlong the line of the Union Pacific Bailroad, from Rock Creek to Evanston, s distance of 834 milee, The coal from our mines is in demand in Netrazio, Colorado, Ttah, Nevada, and California; and if pri- vata coal companies had tho ssmo facilitlewand privi- legea extended to thef 23 this Wyoming CoziiCompany haa enjoyed for several Fears, we should bo able to ex- port thousands of tons of coal daily, - There is now but one Company in Wyoming which lias been able. to, exist in the face of this | monopoly, and this Gompany cannot’ fil its or- ders from Gtah and_ Colorado, tho domand ex- ceeding the supply abont 400 tons dally. Itis furthermore ropresented that tho mansger of this ming cannot even -eupply tho demands of the people of Wyoming in the vicinity of this mine, owing to the powerful inflaenco of the Cosl Company which is exerted againat them, and the people -of Laramio, within fifty miles of the largest coal-bed in the world, have been com- pelled to resort to wood for fuel. ; " The facts published by the Zeader, the editor of which is the Terzitorial Secrotary, furnish s enfficiont basis for an immodiate investigation of this monopoly of the Wyoming Cosl Company's Ring of ofiicers. of tho Union Pac#ic Railroad. - As long a5 the Government has commenced the investigation of tho affairs of this road, let the investigation bo thorough. Lot it be lmioim now whotbor .there is &' Credit Mobilier. in cosl a5 well as in construction, and ‘whko are the parties - operating it. The facts, as they are . exhibited sbove, ehow an ontrageous swindle, which ghould baexposed atonce. It is dueto the Government, to the Union Pacific Road, and to the people of Wy- oming, who are suffering ‘alike at the hands of this grinding monopoly, that it should be speedily checked. Such & contract as this has 1o bivding force. i THE GOAL COMBINATION. The* proposod -combination: of railroad and coal companies in Pennsylvania, to increase the price of coal; threatens to become very serious. Thore is already an advance in each cargo of 50 centa por ton over last yeai'a rates, and the far-. thor proposed advance begins to cresto alarm. Thé corporations’ which have gone into this combination are-the Philadelphis & Reading TRailrond Company, the. Delaware & Hndson Canal Company, the Delaware, Lackawanns & Western Railroad “Company, the Wilkiesbarre Conl Compsny, the Lichigh Coal and Navigation Company, sad the New Jersey Central Railroad Company. ThoPhiladelphis & Resding Tiailroad | Compeny insugurated this _movement, ' by procuring tho passage’ of an act, at tho {last session of {be Pennsylvania Legislature, giving it the right to own and work coal mines. During the last year, the Company expended over £60,000,000in_ buying the controlling in- terest in collieries, producing 2,700,000 tons of* coal annually, and now they have made a prop- osition to the ownérs of the remaining col- Tiorios, producing 8,242,000 tons, to combine with them, At last accounts, the proprietors of col- lieries not under the control of the Company were determined to resist the combination, and regulate prices for themselves. The Reading Compeny, by means of their domble rail- road, now -thresten to raisa the cost of trans- portation, and throw other obstacles in the way of the recaléitrant colliors. : : The importance of this movement grows out of the fact that it affects about 18,000,000 tons of anthracite cosl. The Compsny own over 80,000 acres of anthracite coal felds, and ninety- eight collieries are situated npan their property. Tho tonnage of the lands last year was 8,030,880 tons, and $946,774 were derived from rents, but this vear the Comoany will work many of ‘them. of theReading: Company, who is the originator of tho scheme, offers, as his dofence for the combination to riise the price, that the demand for 1878 will greatly exceed, that of las!; year; oming fo {llo increaso. of blast furmaces, the | opening of ~‘mew’ marketa by railroad ‘oxtensions where.. wood..has boon used berelofore, end orders from England growing ot of ‘the high' price of :coal in that- country." The, @pology is a ‘very plausible one, but the privlic will bo very slow to sccept it. They will regard this combination? in tho same light 2 the recent oil combination® m Pennsyl- vanis;. the :wheat corpers of “this-city, and- the: stock corners in New York,—nothing more nor loss than an attempt on the prrt of wealthy cor- porations to etill farther ersich themsolves, by monopolizing a certain product, ‘and théh fisitig the price of it, without rrference to the law of supply and demand. 1t is doubtful whetker any such combination can sériously disturb,he coal trade or ' keep prices permanently: above o price which yields a fair rate of profi's, If this combination shonld succeed in makin g anthracite coal too cxpensive, then people can wod will use bituminous coal, of which this corintry* produces about 88,000,000 tons annuall’y. The preseut production, it is stated;’ is ¢ frendy largely in excess of the do~ mand, and as new minesare coustantly being de~ veloped, ‘the over-product promises to be very large. This would bb & checl upon'the combis nationa to controk anthracite coal, acd it is proba~ bly me which.wanld bo brought into immediate use, ° But ‘there is a more effectual check than |this, and ope which & will ‘not only break the present combination, . ‘but prevent-all sussh combination in fature. Let Congress removeythe daty_on coal, and the well- Iaid schemes af tho extortionists will collspse,at once, and the cosll trade will resume and retain a healthy canditipn. Nova Beotin exports coal to thia country. § Repeal the duty,and all Now England can get."its coal of Nova Scotia at & ‘Teasonsble prrice. - The combinations of Pennsyl- vanis mongpolists will be made impossible, the poople canT'ave chieap coal, and dealers Who are not proprie tary will not be left at. fhe mercy of the great *raflraad. and’ coal corporations. Tho: nocessity for suck action is made all the more urgent b g the present action of tho Reading Com- pany, vrhich, by the free nse of money where itis of nveil, and of coercion whero it is not, Is secking; to-abmorb the cosl product, of Pennsyl- vania,,andhold the consumors at its'mercy. In doirig this, thess'combining Companies’ are at~ torapting to work-a National hardship, and there i8, overy remson, thereforo, why the National Pogislatura ahould interfero to provent it. This ‘can bo dane by the repeal of tho duty, which, under awy circamstances, is but an act of simplo relief. -Any measurs which cheapens prices and makos-monopolies imposaible would bo hailéd with Qelight by the people. * s NOTES AND OPINION. . . The Supreme Court of Louisians, which Pinch- ‘back took care to reorganize by force of arma, aud which, 23 reorganized, the Kellogg Legisla- ture legalized, has now decreed the logality of the Kellogg State Government nnd Legislature. So Judge Daurell, of the United States District Coutt, is ndorsed. —Rankin, the late Btate Treasurcr of Iowa, *who stole 233,000 from the Agricultural College fund, declines to give testimony before the Legis- Iative Investigating Committee, lest such testi- ‘mony be used against him in a criminal prosecu- tion. Rankin further says he will go to jail rather then divulge the whole history of tho steal. Heo had hoped the people of Towa would accept bis regrets, and Jet him off for the sake of his family. —The Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention ‘has practically done so much as this: State clections in November, municipal elections in TFebruary; Governor elected for four yoars, in- stead of threo; office of - Lieutenant Governor created ; Secrotary of the Commonwealth, Troas- urer, and Attorney General elective by tha peo- ple;" Senators, 33, elected in bionnial classes for four years; Representatives, 100, elected for two years; legislative pay, S1,200 each man for the iwo years, and 810 & day for special sessions; an iron-clad oath that members have not been clected . by the use of monoy, and will resist bribery. The correspondent of the Pittsburgh Gazette says : 1t 18 the general opinion, T find, of the members, that tho following propositions, at least, and poasibly others, will be submitzed to # reparate voie: + 1. Prohibiting the Legislature from granting licensea for the sale of intoxicating liquors zs beverage. 2. Minority representation, or the cumnlative vote, 3. Tne right of women fo vote. 1t will bo a surpriso to most people tolearn that the Iatter proposition has developed a great dealof strengin in the Convention, and that it is ighly probable it will g0 Lo the voters for ratificatlon or rejection. It is even {belioved that the women of the Stato will be invited to ivote upon it, o that their sentiments may be learned. Tho proposition'is that thére be Aeparate ballot boxes for the two sexes, and, if tho amendment s indorsed Ty 8 majority of both, it will become part of the Con- stitution. 2 —It must be unpleasantly suggestive to' the Hon. John P. Joues, of San Francisco, en roule East with his Novada certificate, to encounter nevwspapers bearing these headlines over Wash-. ington despatches: “ KANSAS SENATORTAL BRIBERY. “ MORE DISGRACEFUL DISCLOSURES—THE PRICES PAID ¥ES OF THE LEGISLATURE ASD Fonm Nrewspapers — Taz Kavsas Pacirio 4D Heres CaLpweLL Bux His SEAT—A SHAMEFUL Sronz oF CoRRUPTION. —The Chairman of the House Committee on Teritories (the Hon John Tafle, of Nebraska) is understood to express the -opinion that, even if Colorado had the quota of 130,000 inhabitants, Congress is in no mood for the admission of new Statos just now. 7 i —Thus early, the Republicans of Bangor have put forward Noah Woods, of that city, for the next Governor of Maine. . —People of ‘Wyoming Territory are clamoring for the reoccupation of Forts Phil. Kearney and C..F. Bmith by United Statca troops ; where- upon the Omaha Herald remarks : ¥ The people of Wyoming are s very impatient sét of ‘beings, 'They canmot wait upon 5 proper order to get Bold of the Big Horn country. With more grass-. growing and ilver-lined land tban they can utilizein & hund: ed years,and with security for {heir cecupation : and - development _throughout all Wyoming, they m tobo pining to get hold of Bed Cloud’s posses- sions_before their time. Why not wait until they can be peacesbly and prosperously occupled? Do our Wyoming nelghbors want o reopen an Indian war to Dreak up the soitlements, and t render fmpoazible the development of tha stock-growing and fron and silver dovelopment of the Territorsy ? In claraoring for the reoccupation of Kearny.and Smith, do they under- stand what they aza about? , —Caldwell, United States Senafor from Kan- | £as, is sick—too mawell to crosa-examine wit- nesses. Rameoy, United States Senator from Minnesots, is” weoll—so well a to be sable to ehove elong steamship subsidy and poatal telo- graph_jobs. Caldwell's election cost £60,000, while Ramsey’s has always beon set down at half | that e. Pernaps when Ramsey’sturn comes ho will bo sbout balf #s sick as Caldwell.—St Paul Dispalch. h : i —An act pending in the Georgis Legislature, and likely to pass, calls for the election, Apri 2, 0of a Constitutional Convention, and its as- sembling in May. ~The election of George W. Martin as State Priter of Eansas, by the Legislature, last Tuesday, is claimed a8 an anti-Pomeroy trinmph. The vote stood, 63 for Martin, 58 for 8.8. Prouty, the old incumbent ; and Prouty got 18 anti-Pomeroy votes. . —Of $837,884 which the Legislature of Towa sppropriated to last for two years, 2578,232 was drawn out of tho Tressury in one year. —The Waterloo (Iowa) Courier—3. 0. Wood- ruff, editor—takes the stand, snd says of the Harlan £10,000: As we nappen to know that motiey was offered toat least ome member of the Towa Legi¢lature for his vots in the Senatortal contest in 1853, the presumption is 3. Franklin B. McGowen, the President | forced up that lixa “infiuence” was used upas oth-" ers, with what success we need nok stop-to inguire. Tho editor of the - Courier was probably that *‘member.” Now, will thoeditors of the Daven- port Gazetle aud the Burlington Hawk-Eye band in their-testimony? - p H ~The Dubuque Herald is zot thesonly psper in Towa that says: 3 We trust the Legislature of the S'ate offTows, now in {seasion at DexMofues, will have suiicis ot' reapect for Itself, au well a8 for the people whom it represents, to at onca pass 3 resolution requesticg Jar aea to ‘zeagn'bis seat in the United States Sena de. f -—We refrain froni extended comur rent upon any (of the features of this Dursnt .rev-2lation. Itis ‘by no means imposgible that tho money was ‘honestly used. Mr. Harlan, it is allogod, did not appear at'the Capital to conducts the fight in Emun. Tut the fact remains’ thrit ho’ solicited clp from the head of 8 grast ctsrporation, and ot it to'the liberal figura of 310,000, which sum was nsed‘,nmmding to, the discretion of his friends, {n re-electing him to t'ac Scnate. This is enough Lo justify all that hifsopponertsin the contest would care to allege n's the expisuation of his trinmph. The reflectic)n is not grutifying to the Republicans of Tows.- —Darenport Gazelle. —Tha DesMoines Regis'er has its withers vrung every day by some ¢ £ the Juwa papars in- sisting than Rankin is an ‘embezzler, and should snffor tho pepalty of tho. luw provided for such crime. The Reister i3 opposad to tho puiisi- ment of Rankin, declarilyg it an ontrago to pun- ith one raccal while a"aother and a greated ove fmeaning Harlan?] is :sllowed to go scott frae.— Council Bluffs Noipar eil. —Tom Durant sy tiat Mr, Harlanls_eloction in 1866 cost the Unior: Pucific Railroad Camfi:\x 210,000. Now, if we, could only indiico ELj: Sells to ec?ne forwad, and toll Liow miach of ihe 8500,000 voted to tdazving Indians wis spent in the same couse, ve shonlil have a p:jotiy clear idea how much monay it cost o cldct 1 Larfan and cheat Govornor Kirkwopd out of. his tieat in the United States Sanate. Let Elijah 'bo g ent for.— Dubugue Times. i —One day, about. four yoars ago, Mir. Oskea Ames, recognizing #ho presence on tkp door of the House of a ggatleman whom he T rrsonaily disliked, rose in hiis seat and said : ““Nir. Bpeak- er, thers ara loblyyists on the. floor. 1 call for tho enforcement, of the Tules.” The' Speaker directed the Ses:geant-at-Arms to clear the floor of all but menv/ours, but in the meantirw the ob- jectionablo go atlewan had lipped oat. It is im- possiblo to read the Credit Mobilier {jestimony and not belitsve that theroworo ofher lobbyista on tho floor just then besides tho ind: hidual dl- Iuded to by Mr. Ames ; and if they hal all beén ut out ¥he constituentsof Mr. Ames wuynid have Boon loft, without o zoprasentative o tho Lower House of Congress.—St% Louis Demoerak. —David and Joncthan, Damon and Pyihias, Palamon and Arcite, and the rost of thoso old- world fellows, may as well put up-their slrttcrs and retire from business. an havo dono duty now for & long time as exemplars of friondship; but they cannot hold a eandle, if we moy pormitted tho cxprossion, to the presentmembar of Congress from the Second District of Massa- chusefts. Mr. Ames’ theory and practice of tlis besutiful virtue—os illustrated m his distribu< tion of etock-among his pcrorer assodiates in the Houso—foreibly. recall tho .words which Shaka- poare puts in themouth of Timon: **O no dotbt, my good friends, but the gods themselyes have rovided that I shall havemuch help from you; ow had yon been my fritmis elso? Why have you that “charitablo titly from thoussnds, did Dot you belong chiofly to koy heart? O you'gods, think I, what need we have any friends, if we shonld ne'or have nced of ’em ? thoy ‘wero the most needless creatures fiving, should we no'er bave use for 'em, mud womld most resemblo sweet instruments hupg-ap in cases, that keep their sound to taomselvos. Wo aro born to do bepefts; and what belter of propercr cas wa our own than the riches-of our friends?. 0 what a precious comfort it is fo hate so mazy like brothers, commanding one anolher's for- tunes."—Springfield Republican. _—TheSt. Paul Dispatch explains that there was # g clerical error” in tho official count mada by the Minnesote Legislature, and that the truo vote for State Aunditor was: Whitcomb, 51,100 ; Schoffer, 84,517. Tho © clerical error” gave Whitcomb, 50,037 ; Schoffar, 44,473 AMUSEMENTS, OPERA BOUFFE.’ s Aiken's Theatre was thoronghly crowded, last ovening, upon the occasion of the performance of “La Perichole,” which was given for the benefit of Aimee, Tho audience, both in point of numbars znd character, wes a very handsomo testimonial to her popularity, and the satisfac- tion sbe and her troupe have given during the present season. The opera of * La Perichole is one which. is peculiarly identified with Aimee, ' a8 - she fimt introduced it in this country, in New York, snd ia the only one who hs performed the charscter in Chicago. It is her best part, and her most grateful and gracefal part. It is less offensive in choracter than any other which she plays, and it.gives her an opportunity for some very neat action, and puta her vocal sbilities to se- vero test. ' Both as the street singer of Lima, and 85 the attache of that remarkablo court of Don Andres de Ribiers, the Viceroy, she has ex- cellont . opportunities for dramatic effect, and these she improves to the utmost of her ability. Tho -opera_itself wall hardly evor prove a great favorite. It is too --falky, and the tualk js tedious. The vocal numbers are fow.and far apart, soparated.from each other by dreary convereational platitudes, which aro all the more dreary_for being in a foreign text, which it-is well nigh' impossible to foltow even with s libretto.” Somo of these numbaers have all of Offenbach’s quaint flavor, .but many. of them ave serious, and whon Offenbach be- comes serions he is Kimply a borrower, and also Isbora undor the diadvantage of an nncertalnty in the mind of tho lisiener whether he 'is really “serious or not. Tho paucity of vocal numbers imposes s heavy dramatip burden upon Aimee, but it is a burden wnich she bears very cefully and very easily. Inthe cyatumiug of the charzeter, both as tho street singerand in’ the palace, sho was simply superb. In her me- tion, there was nothing to offend one who was not over-fastidious, and yet there was enough of freedom to suit it to the Ofenbachian idex. The coarseness was refined even in the drunken &cene, which wos given with a naturaloess in detail' which made 8 very eflectivo picturs, 2nd in fact wag noarer tolife han many repre- eontations on tha dramatic stage by actors pute. In tho latter song, ehe displayed consid- crable pathetic power and good expression. I her vocalizetion, indeed, were equal fo her con- caption of thio song and her drignatic ability, tho performance would bevo been a very remarkable one. Thers ig, however, such a Iack of culturo in ber singing, that the 'purely musical features of her sorious ginging are very unmetnodical and strained. As & atic rep- recontation, Lowever, hor Pericole -is. very fascinating and_beatifal, all the more 50 that it contains nothing of grossness or valgari- ty. Jutean's Piquillo waa an admirablo counter- part to Aimeo’s Perichole. He has thus far done overything well. Ho iz an excellent comic actor, full "of drollery, and *remarkably .vivacious, ‘prompt, and unliesitating. . His- voice, which, in kerious opers, would be very mediocre one, is specially suited to. Offenbaci's music, both in quality sod volume. In tho second act he gained a woll-deserved_ ‘encore for _Lis - sing- ing of the “Ecoute,” O Boi,” in which ho mado the demunciation of Perichole very effective. The remaining characters wero but_indifferently taken, oxcepting, perhaps, Duchesne, whoso prescntation of the Viceroy was very droll. This afternoon “The Grand Duchess” will be given, and this_evening Lecacq’s opera of “Les Cent Vierges™ for the firat time in Chicago. 'We ate glad to notice that the announcen:ent of. opera bouffe for Sun- doy night has been withdrawn. This evening will witness the last performance of the season. _THECITY IN BRIEF. _ The organ concert to have been held in the Eighth Prosbytezian Church, Thuraday evening, i4 postponed until the 28th inat., when tickets for the 23d will be good.” " A meea meeting of Irish citizens will be held this evening, in Victory Hall, southwest corner of Blue Island avenue and Mitchell stroet. Thomas P. 0'Connor, of Tipperary; a1d other distinguiehed speakers, will address the meeting. A meeting of the Chicago Scciety of Physi- cizns and Surgeons will be held in the parlor of the Orphsn Asylum, on Michigan avenue, near Twonty-second street, next Monday evening. Dr. Dexter will exhibit the anatomical apparatus recently imported from Germang. The Firat Congregational Church will hold rogular service to-morrow and hereafter, in the Second Baptist Church, cornor of Morgan and Aonroe streets, at 3 o'clock p. m. Dr. Goodwin will preach. The Sunday-school will meet in the first story of the church at half-past 12 o'clock. The Register is the pame of & new monthly insursnce fournal designod to circulate among 6 per cents.” business men, with the arowed purpose of far- nishing completo information concerning the practice of insurance and the condition of, com- panies. The initial namber, issned this months conteins matter which will be of valuo to insur- ers, and it only remaing for tho proprictors to malntain a position ot indepondenco, Thers ig abundant room for such an cnterprise. - The Corones held aa inguest yestordsy on the Body of Frod. Koellor, 1ate & rendental No. sop er averuo, who died under circumstances that created thio suspicion that he was poisoned. A postmorfem examination was made by the Connty Phyeician, but no traces of fatal drugs could bo found. It was discovered, however, that decensod” n “aflicted with a rhen. matic affection of the heart, and a verdict that death was the result of that disease was rex. derod by the jury. : It seems there are to be two Tom Foley's in the field of billiards.. The base-ball Tom, xl old Rockford third baseman, and then of the White Stockings of mnfi’m purchased the ela- egent billiard hall on tho northwest corner of adison and Cartis streets, and will be ©ag home” to his many friends for the first time in the new place this evening, whea the grand opening occurs. Riines, Bossunger, Snyder, and other famous knights of the cue will ks on ’hand with exhibitions of ekill, and the proprie- tor extonds a cordial invitation to- all his base- bail friends £6 bo present. Thoe cougregation of the Third Presbytorian Chureh mat in their chapol, corner of Washing- ton and Carpenter streetz, 15t evening, o listen to an address by the Hov. Mr. Jessup. -This gentloman has becn a missionary in Syria -for twelve years past, and gave an accouut of the educationel institutions in that country. These, he 8aid, wero ustablished by Christiaus in the new vorld and England, and were wedges which would opon the way for the Gospel. The children there were wrongly trained from birth by their parents, and it was very difiicult to instruct them. ' Tho schools, howover, wers well at~ tended, and the people ware becoming slowly ac~ quainted with Christianity. Many young ladies Dad made such progress 88 - £o bacome qualified to teach othera, and had established themselves in differont parts of the country, in localities se- Jected by the missionaries. Tliir infinonco and tidiness had a bonoficial effect upon others, and now cleanlineas and bappincsa were observabla whero before aquallor and_wrotchedness pre- vailed. The discourse was very diffuxive, too encral, in fact, to bo_satisfactonly abstracted. s intoresting, and was appreciated by thosa present. Mr. Jesaup exhibited eeveral photo~ graphs of pupils and teachers, which were much admired by the ladi p WALL STREET. Review of the Jomney, &old, Stock, nnd Produce Markots, Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. - New Yonm, Jan. 24.—Monoy oponed at 7 per cont; but, undor Teports of largo apecie ship- ments to-morrow, closed dearer, lending as high 28 1-32 and intorest. Primo mercantile paper in domand at 8 to 9. The bulls were ditappoinied in the course of the stock market to-day, which waa irregular, and Ceclined under dear money and sales to- reslize. There are orders from ‘Weshington to scll Urion Pacific securities, in viow of hostile legislation in Congress. aoLD opened quict, but -cloged higher and more nctive, advancing from 11324 to 1143¢. The im- ports of dry goods for the week eoding to-dy are in_oxcess of thoso of last week, being 84,308,506 agninat £3,435,630. The imports of general ‘merchandize sre lighter, however, and will make {ho totsl’ about $10,350,000, againsz £11,282,162 Inat weok- The sunouncement of thig Jarge importation strengthened gold, and the upward movement way ' aesisted by tha engagement of ‘$2,000,000 gold for shipment to- morrow. - The imporla of the quarter promise -’ to excead ° by 5 per cent those of December, - which were £27,083,505. At this rato the imports for 1873 will be Iargely in exzess of those of 1873, which are $432.106,686; in 1671, £334,862,900, and 1870, 8915,200,022. The excoss is principally m gencial morchendise. Tho rovenue from cus- toms at this port during 1572 wes 3137,216,802; in 1871, $147,770,239; in 1870, 185,310,995, and in 1869, $125,019,718. Tle United States sy Ofice’ I8 doing a very luge Dusiness in refining bullion, prticularly silver. During December tho recaipts of silver bullion, ere over 8700,000, azainst 420,000 in Novem- ber. The December business in silver was tha, Inrgest on record for any longth since the estab~ lishment of tie New York ofiica, about, twenty years sinc. This reficets & constantly inerea. ing production of silver in the country, botF, ag the- Lake Superior mines znd in tho TETi¥ rias, Tho gold-business of-the Assny Office bs been about the averago. active an lvanced ; '67s_ecld frovly as high as 1365, and 10405 touched 1143, on Hane Byndicato seem to Liave gone t work a once to make s markot for the $300,000,000 5 of 1331, and aro appareatly bulling thoge spacial bonds in Wall strect, s well ain London and on tha, Continent. They are"certain . to make $5,250,~ 000 out of their bargain with Mr. Boutwell, and, ‘having ‘s monopoly "of the distribu~ tion, .can, regnlate their future. profit by the conduct of tho Continental markets, It is_presumed that tho new fives will bo resdy for distribution early in February, and the Sec- ™ retary will probably issue his call on the first proximo for the rederaption of an instalment of There is entire accord betwecn all the"membera of the Syndicale, both home and foreign. The United States 5 per cents, which wero placed by the Syndicate of 1871, have for the greater. part of the time since ruled be-. low the Eflca at which they wero marketed. But to-day these have advanced to about par in gold, Below ‘which. prico the romaining 5 per cents en- trusted to tho new Syndieate cannot be sold. ‘The geueral outlook in Europa is favorable for the new negotiation, money in London being easy at 3@33 per cent. = BREADSTUFPS.. Flour inactive, owing to the snow storm and high prices. The demand for future dalivery Lins abated, The markst closes dull and rather easior on demend for spring and winter wheat extras, Wheat closes essier for spring. Liver- pusl advices ere less favorable, Winter scarce an A i PROVISIONS. Pork more lively, and higher far future; nsles, 2,000 bris new mes$, city, at $14.00 for Jana and February, and $1.05 for March. Cul meats fim; sales, 2,000 pickled b 15 s ‘and under, at 10%c; 200 emoke hams, - 14 s, 113fc. ' Dry ealted shoulders quoted at 5i4c. Dacon, fair business; sales, 1,200 boxes at §c for short clear on ?o: and 816t for long and sbort for March. Lard firmer ; selea 100 tierces prima Weatern at S34c, and 500 tierces at 8 7-16¢ for February, and 83/0. for April. MATRICIDE. The Brothiers Wahrer Convictedofthe Murder of Their Mother, in fowa. Four Maprsox, Iows, Jan. 24.—The trial of Eugene Walirer and Meax Vahrer for the murder of tlieir motaer at West Point, Lee Connty, Towa, on Sunday, the 30th of June, 1672, was concluded to-day in the District Court of Des Moines County, at Burlington, Towa. At 9 o'clock the jury retarnod a verdict of mavelanghter. The case hos created an nnusual degreo of excite- ment, aud the Court House was denasly packed during the eutire trial, numbers of Iadies being resent. The State dismissed the case as'to [aurice. Wakrer and Baibara! Felter. D. N. Sprague and John H. Craig, -Pistrict Attorneys, appeared for the Btate, aril Joln Van Valken~ burg and D. F. Semplo for thoe defence. Politica in Sounihern Chlo. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tritune, CHLicoTRE, Jan. 2L—There i3 & genersl ‘movement amorg Republicans in Soathern Ohio to urge the name of tho Hon. Jno. T. Wilson, of Adams County, prosont member of Con from the Eleventh District, 08 tke next Republican candidato for Governor. 3 3 Accidentnl Shooting. ‘WasamyoToy, Jan. 24.—Dr. W, C. Tilden, Profeseor of Chemistry in Howard Uni- vereity, was acciCentally ehot in the National Hotel last night, by & ball from s pistol, which fell from the pocket of G. C. Wall. The ball entered the abdomen, making a very Serions wound. It is thought Mr. Tildea will recover. e — An Eaglish Mzil Burned. Torox10, Qut., Jan. 24.—A baggage carof & train on tho Grand Trunk Railway, going esat- ward from Toronto. this morning, t fire nauu %mt‘x:o% z:g‘ the English mal mstter, 5_- route to the Canadian steamer, wasall The Canadian mail was saved. e ‘Rescued from the Flood. HAvRE DE Gasce, Md., Jan. 24.—A family of mine persons have just beon rescued from Kenn's. Tsland, opposite this place, where thay hal besn driven from their home by the flood. They are nearly dead from exposure. The damage alreads. gaused by ths flood amonnts to $30,000. G e e S R W B R, i ¥ o wemamen.