Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 27, 1873, Page 3

S ; e e——— THE CHICAGO . DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1873. "THE RAILROADS. Gecaston of the Recent Serions De- i lays of TEE!ES. Something About the Canada South~ *" ~ ern Railway. Early History -of the Projeci---W. A - Thompson and His Associates. Progress of Construction---Pres- ent Stage of the Enterprise. The immense smount of freight accumulated on nearly all of the railroads running to and from- this city, and the inability of the companies‘to handle it properly and promptly, are the chief catises of tho groat delay at present experieaced by passenger traina. Tho managers of the roads aftribute this annoying irregolarity to overy cause but the true one._ - Singulazly enongh, all of them agree in blaming tho clements.. Belated passengers, however, state that the obstacles en- countered on the roads were not natural ones. ZLong strings of loaded Ireight cars, for which no ‘convenient side-track coull be found, and which ook hours to move, wero almost the only im- pediments met with. It waa learned at various ntels and railroad offices, yesterday, that East- esrn aud. Western trains which- should have been at. the depot early on tho preceding evening, did mot arrive for soveral bours, thus- setting down & number of stradgers o s strangs city at the dead hour: of ‘night. - Of yesterday's trsins, tho only one that - made anything like decent time a5 the afternoon express on the -Milwaukeo Rosd. Dissatisfaction, grumbling, and swear~ ing are some of the direct results of this serious Snterraption of the plans . of the traveling and commarcial public, and there is no lack of either at any of the city hotels. . E . THE CANADA SOUTHERY. When William A. Thompson quit tho Cana- ‘dian Parlinment and asked his fellow-subjects’ -help to build a railway from Baffalo to Detroit, they thought him little better than & fool, and frankly fold him so. That was in 1866; and, so 18t5 85 *70, the projectors of the enterprise wers rockoned in the same category. By every effort, wise and otherwise, espocially the other, its opponents sought to ridicule and decry the =cheme. And it was not until the suggestivo Thomgisen gave place to Milton Courtwright & - Co., that tho changeful public, ceasing to be- dittle, began to sharo in the enterprise. Meantime, the irrepressible Thompson hed waged s stubburn struggle for its life. Strong efforts were made to strangle it. Parlisment waa- importuned not to give the charter, The Great Western tried hard to crowd it out. They claimed the field was limited "even for one, and that ‘theirroad barely peid 4 per cent dividend. ‘Besing 2 majority favored the weaker party, re- eort was had fo national prejudice, and thusa war of gauges was inaugurated. The Canadisn £olong ‘réfused to charter . & narrow-gauge road, becagse that would Americanize it. They deter~ mined .o perpetuste the English gauge. The Grand Trunk, Great Wostern, and other Provin- il railways had brosd-gaugs tracks, and every new railway must have the same. Fierce and long was the contest. Finally, & compromise we2g'effected. Theroad was chartered on the broad-gange plan, with the privilege of laying & third rail, making the track both broad aud pamrow-gauge. Equipped with this authority, in he fall'of 1869, Mr. Thompson crossed the bor- der;and laid his schome before the Detroit Board of Trade. He toid tho assembled merchants bow easy it would bo to link Buifalo with De- troit over Canadion ground. Nature, he said, $3d made the road-bed, ond all that was needed was to shovel away for the ties and lay the iron. 1 they would indorse the plan, ho promiised ihem en excursion over the line withm two years, This the merchants - promptly gave, in resolu- tions strongly framed. Armed with which, to Chicago he came, and fared the ‘same. Doubly supplied, to New York he hied, and tried to place bis bonds. But the market was too. tight im:: The Great Western. affirmed that a irie could not, pay theinterest onits bonds; that their own local traiflc did not meot cxpenses, .and that,_ through business. was their only salvation. Theso statemonts had somo effect. Reference to the map showed - there wa8: only oneé important town on. the zoute, ‘- rendering ~ through ' business a Decessity ‘of existence. Whon prossed, Mr. Thompeon claimed that tho roads running east iuto Deiroit, and west into Buffalo, would be to supply the neceseary connections. In e sbeence of a specific contraot, however, the experienced railrond men mew that another live would only receive what the other could not take.’, To insure success,. independent connec- dions ‘must be provided. This. Mr. Thompson tried o secure. To Chicago he returned and in- terviewed the executive officers.of the soveral trunk-lines for the purpose.of gaining their pledge to interchange traftic. He was onlr{ par- tially guccessfal, and the enterprise would have gwccumbed bad not John F. Tracy, Milton ight, Daniel Drew, and others of like persuasion, come to ‘the rescue. Recognizing merit in “the plan,—thougn it scarce went ‘balf-way,—they resolved to perfect it. With this " intent, _three companies were or- —the Canads Southorn, Toledo, Canads. uthern & Dotroit, aud Chicago & Canads Zonthern. . The line of the first named extends #rom Buffalo. across the international bridge fres the Niagara River, along the Cadadian *hore of. Lake Erie to Trenton, on thie Detroit River. From St. Thomns 2 line was also pro- {ectad to St. Clair, on the river of that nime. & Trenton -branches diverge southward to Toledo, and northwerd to Detroit, forming the line of the second corporation. That-of the 0 & Oanads Southern Railrond extends. #rom Trenton in o direct line to Chicago. It is * congolidation of the Michigan Air Line Rail- 1oad Company of linois, the Chicago & Canada Bouthern” Railway Company. of Indians,.the Yorthwestern Ohio Railroad Company of Ohio, and tho: Southeastern HMichigan Raeay Com: Py of Michigan. Its route intersects the seyoral States of Illinois, Indian, Ohio, and Michigsn. Commencing in the City of Chicago, it runs through Cook County %o this Indiaoe State lins, on tho western town- &ip of Worth, in Lake County, Indians, thence Lirough the Counties of Lake, Porter, Laporto, t. Joseph, Elkhart, La Grange, snd Steuben, i0the Ohio Stato line, and upon the township ® of- Florence Township, Williams County, “)f thence through Lawrence, Monroo, and e Counties, Mich., to Trenton, on the Detrit River—a fotal distance of 250 miles, and Snearly a straight line as attainable between objective pownts,” From o _station- on’ the' Chicsgo, & branch i distance be main line 190 miles east of 2iles, Clcago & Canads Bouthern and Canada project had assumed defi- eliaps, tho original Thompson rotired, and Wm‘h ight, of Erio, Pa.,—a successful denfof Contractor and operator,—bceame Presi- ,_um:ha three compsnies. They. were sub- ono nndertaking under the game man- 2360t and control. . The combination was & E,‘N‘ one. Tha reputation of its Directora Embgy g, BUbIC. confidence. and- diseipated all g 2lo ity uitimate succees. Quietly, su- W28 obtained to meke the Canadian por- £ St theling 4 feet 53¢ inchos gauga. Tho- mflm mmu:ew)g its- opp! gflzison, and, i $he vriser course of recognizing the in- e, propared to unocess(nllysmlnficslpnéa'n. gf{“"‘"mmad t0. gecuro tha best possible Zonte ; and, with this intention, undercook- Syt oo lze o Ol t Of t—to Fol e, opposite Eo13 mior " This ok bas besh posem: - 3t o3 and the line jaid with steel raile. When siem end—80 miles—is supplied with a ., the Great Western will be a superb s double-track road, with smple Esstern connec- tions at Suspension Bridge and BufTalo. Tho Leke Bhore & Michigan Southern Railway also Tecopnized the. neceskity of increasing ity facilities, and commenced the construction of a | second track betweon Toledo and Buffalo, which is about completed, and will econ be in full operation. Trom the date-of their receiving control of the Caneda Bouthorn, Milton Courtwright and his assacintes bave not rolaxed their vigorous efforts to insure its early completion. The fact that the heaviest stockholders were Direotors of the Chieago & No:’.h\rea:nrn', Chicay <) Rock Island & Pacific, and Toledo, Wabach & Wostorn Railroads, gave n value to tha. bonds that ron- docod them readily salablo. The Company had the obility and the disposition to build s first- class railroad. No bettorroute could bo sclected. ‘The meximum grade botween Chicago and Buf- falois 15 feet to the mile, with an alignmeut equally favorablo. These superior advantnges cannot readily bo estimated, because thoyinvolve the questions of safety, spced, and operating ex- penses.” It is an adraitted rulo that & grade of 20 feot to tho mile leseens the cargo tonnago of & locomotive one-half of what it will haul upon alevol. The controlling grados on the Michi- gan Central and Michigan Southern are from 85 0 45 feet to the mils, and on the Great Western (hoop linc) 25 to 85 feet. The Canada Southern basthus an advantage overits competitorsof40 to 55 per cont inthematter of grades. Entering into this question of cconomy is one still more ap- arent. Upon aline with grades not oxceeding 15 eot to tho mile, a train of ity loaded freight- cara can bo run through from Chicago to Butfalo without dividing the train. These awkward ‘braaks aro usavoidable upon & road of much heavier grades. Obsorvant engineers afirm that it is possible to secure an extension of the route from Buifalo to the Hudson River, with grades not exceeding 15 feet to the mile. When & con- tinaous line, with such uneurpassed advantages, sball have boen atiained, its cifect upon the im- portant question of through transportation will form an epoch in the history of our commercial interesta. s One other singular advantagoe this line will ossess. It is to be laid - entirely with the best nglish steel rail, 60 Iba to the yard. In Canada this wes not a very expensive luxary, becauso -gtesl rails are not-thore subject to zn import duty of 281 por ton. This cxemption rendered their use cheaper than iron, To ensure unifor- .mity, and s continuons smooth track, the por- tion between the Detroit River and Chicago is also to bo laid with steel, most of which was pur- chased carly last year. * Should nothing inter- vene to prevent the complete equipment of tho line, 88 projected, it ought certainly to surpass auy existing line running out of Chicago in the essentinl considerations of safety, speod, and ca~ pacity. The last rail in ths rosd betwoen Buflalo and the Detroit River was laid on Feb. 20. Con- struction gangs are still engaged in_ballasting and surfacing the line. This work will consume soveral weeks. In tho meantime the bridge over 'tho American chanmel, st Trenton, is being pushed toward completion. A car-forry will be required for the remainder of the Dotroit River transfer until arrangemonts are made for the en- tire crossing by bridge. This, however, will not be vital necessity before the complotion of Chicago connectious. Tho branch lines between Toledo sud Dotroit are now being located. 3lr. Joy bos made very favorablo propositions to the Gompany for th joint occupancy of the Michigan Central depot grounds in Detroit. If accepted— as is moro robable—it will afford the numerons “Joy runga" an available outlet, the ‘ressing need of which was disastrously experi- enced during the recent freight blockado at -De- troit. It is simply absurd for the mauagement of the single-track Great Western Railway to strive 50 long and violently to shat out compet~ ing lines when their road cannot promptly move one-half the froight offered during tho busy sea- son, The Michigan Central -ystem of Toads centering at Detroit can, at well-nigh ang busy season, glut the Great Western with freight, ex- clusive of tho through traffic derived west of Chicago. The recont conversion of the Grand Trunk Eailway gauge, between Port Sarnia and Bufalo, to our standzrd, and the construction of the Great Western loop cessions which the vigorous prosecution of the rival Canada Southern created for us. The officers who are to-operate .the Canadian ortion havo lately been appointed. Br. N. E. E‘inuuy, formorly of the Erie & Pittsburgh Rail- Tond, who superintended and engincered tho construction of the line through Canads, has been appointed ‘Genernl Suporinténdent. For tant he hag Afr. J. H. Sbeldon, lately Gen- eral Superintendent of the Gilman, Clinton & sm::g&sld Railrond, and formerly of the In- An dlanapolis & Junction Reilrosd. Mr. W. H. Perry, of the American Dispatch Freight Line, at Detrclt, has beon appoinied General Freight Agent.~ When the wholo system is ready for oporation, it 18 probablo£hat similar officers will Do appointed for the American portion of the Tine, with a General Manager, stationod at Chi- eagd; who will bave control of the entire Toad and branches. At Buffalo, and eastward therefrom, stupen- dous efforts are being made to meot the increas. ing demands of transportstion. Tho magnificent Infornational Bridge is in & forward state of completion, Tt will be jointly used by the New York Conpral, Erio, Now York & Oswego Midland, Grand Trunk, Great Weatern, snd Can- sda Southern Railronds. The throngh lino from Porlénd, Me., now being constructed from:Port- land across New Hampshire and Vermont, through Rutland, and skirting thosonthern banlk of Lakie George, thence in a direct line to Og- wogo, and along the Lako Ontario shoreto Low- iston, where it will cross the Nisgara River on a less" pretentions bridge, is intended to in torsect, the- Groat Western ailway at St. Catherines. The other ambitions project— the “-New * York & Oswego idlapd— will . start from . Buffalo, run to Roch- ester, thence diverge through Auburn, Norwich, a0d Bidney Plaing to Jersey City, andin this way establish an additional outlet to the sea for the incoming. Western lines. With all possiblo dispatch the third rail will be laid in the Erie .Bailway to ensble it to exchange and- transport thmnil:!nmw—gnuge ‘ronds, 3 In this lively competition Vanderbilt proposes to participate, and_distance every rival. His completed four-track system will enable him to do it. His intention is to 8o increase the carry- ing capacity of the New York Central, durin the ensuing sesson, that Western' roads learly see it to be their interest o avail them- gclves of “his offercd facilities. And, ss trans- tion companies seldom recognizeany highor w than that of self-interest, the jold Commo- dore's “quadruple track will ‘tnquestionably be certain of all it can carry. b For these ‘splendid prospective achievements we are mainly indebted to the promoters of- the Caaada Southern. - While the conservative Grand Trank and Great Western Bailways pursued their uneven, .cumbrous course, there was no prossing meed of _increased facilities eastward from the Niagara River, for the Central and Erie were certainly able to handle all their Canadian connections yielded: But when a much shorter and better line_was projected by representative Americans, with little or no regard to local busi- ness—the prime object being to provide quick through' transit—the New York railroad man- sgers realized the_situation’ and began to pre- pare for it. & The ronte by which the Canada Southern wilt enter Chicago is still unde‘ermined. - The Com- pany csn offord to swait timely develop- ments, becauso their relations with the Rock Tsland . and ~ the . Northwestern —Companies are so .intimate and identioal, that the ‘tracks and depot sccommodations of either road will, if desired, be placed at the new-comer's dis- posal. This harmony of working Arrangements 18 an advantage posscssed to s greater degree than by sny rival ronte. The'Rock Island & Northwestern can throw into its lap sufficient traffic to ensure the road a paying busincss from tlpstart. Btill another feeder will bo supplied in the Decatur & 8tate Line Railroad, which is also under Mr. Tracy’s Presidential control. This, road Wuc{né'h?iqh the shori::i lm]; hat:;‘_eun tS; ZLouis an icago, using, from Decal soul tho Toledo, Wabash & Weatorn track. Tho Tracy interest having secured control of the Wa- bash Company, the immense volume of trafic sccruing on its 950 miles of road will also be di- verted into the Canada Southern at Toledo. Some conception of ' the strength of this .enterpriso may be inferred from a glauco at the sabjoined names -of its lesding~ promoters: Juo.’ F. Tracy, M. L. tkes, Jr., Milton Courtwright, H. M. Porter, %Yem-y’ Fatnham, William L. geolt, David Dows, John™ M. Burke, -and B. A. Forsyth, all Dirsc- tora in either the’ Northwestorn or Rock Island Compsnios ; Goorgo Opdske, of the Midland Road, Sidney Dillon, SamuelJ. Tilden, Danicl Drow, David Stewart, John Ross, and Kenyon Cox, all famons in railroad circles. The right of way to Chicago has been mostly obtained on the line already indicated. Nearly 700 miles-of thorosd west from the Detroit River are m\:glleted_ ng g,nbm?hx:gxp:fi;; bing vigoro osecuted, an D e ba so for_adransed, Uhat frack laying, can bo rornmed, and the sork be uninter- ruptedly pusted fo complotion. As rapidly 23 completed - the road will bo brought into daily ute in connection with the Canadisn portion. And it is the resolutepurpose.of the Compans to 80 push the work that the entiro line from Chi- g0 to Baffalo will bo in full, successful opera~ jon in time to share in the early fall movement of - East-bound- freight that continuously rolls into onr city from tho Western harvest-flolds. JOAD CHANGE. RATLR! o r. 0. Beardslee, who has hod charge of the o, aro valusble con- Madison and Kenosha Divisions of tho Chicago & Northwestern Railwsy for the past two years, bes resigned, to engage in other business’ aftor tho Ief prox. Mr. Beardslee was formerly agent of tho Company at Escanaba, and, in each capacity, has' displayed zeal aud “abjlity. His successor will bo JLr. J. H. Stewact; the Sup intondent of the Northwestern Company's nona’ & St. Poter Line. As Mr. Stowart will remain in’ charge of the lattér line, he will, tbereforn, havo supervision of ' the road from Harvard, I, through ladi- son, Elroy, and Winons, to New Ulm, zud as far beyond g8 the new line shall be opened for busi- ness. . Mr. Stewart's oftico will Le at Madison, He is ono of the Company’s most competont and conrteous ofticers, and has proved himself, both in the service of tho Northwestern, and formerly in that of tho Wabash Compény, at Lafayette, a very valusblo man. ; @ jurisdiction of tholine of road botween Rockford, 11l., and Kenosha, Wis., has been se- arcd from the Madison Divigion, and transferred to tho Wisconsin Division, of which Alr. A. A. Hobart -is_Superintondent, offico at Chicago.’ The Milwaukeo Division is in charge of the samo _ ofticial. "THE RAILROAD QUESTION. Mecting of Farmers at Earlville, Illinois. Speech of Mr. . tioas. Eantvriee, T0,, Feb, 23, 1872, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : . Sm: The farmers’ meeting at Earlville, on Saturday last, notwithstanding the severity of the weather, was well attended. Delegates were present from Paw Paw, Moridan, and other towns. The Hon. E. R. Wicks, of Meridan, was chosen to preside. Mr, Wicks, on taking tho Chair, stated that the object of the meeting was well | kuown, and noeded not to be formally stated. The call, signed by seventy:five farmers, was then read, to the effect that the meeting was called to devise means of enforcing obedience to the laws on the part of the railrond companies, - A. 7. GEOVER, ESQ., 8ATD: ‘We have met to devize methods by which the laws of the State can be enforced, and our pock- ets protected from lawless invasion by the rail- rond companies, We propése to obey the laws. The manegers of. the railroads refuse to obey the laws. We insist that they shall obey the laws. The railroad companies virtually claim that laws enacted in their. offices are superior to 1aws made in the Stats-House at Springfield. We think otherwise. The issue between the farmers and the railrosds is, Which is euperior, State anthority or railroad authority? We have mut for the purposo of organizing, a3 a preparatory step in contesting this issue. Mr. Grover said Le had read ‘an argument made to & roporter of the Clicago Post by Mr. Robort Harris, Superintendent of tho CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY BATLEOAD and its branches, in which it was stated that the dividends of that road were only 10 per cent; and that the freight charges on that rosd wero 25 low a8 they can possibly bo made and keep up the market value of the stock at par. This statement, Mr. G. said, cannot be true, for the Chicago, Buslington & Quincy stock has always been about 50 per cent above par, while the Company has bnilt, and leased for 99 yoars, which is equivalent to = purchase, more miles of road than it orj Iy owned, out of tho profits of its bnuine;‘si.n"flé Lhed’ Btock pbeun watered, it would mot - lisve been worth 150, unless the profits " are enormous. Tho expenditures required for the new roads could never havo been made out of -10 per cent profits. Therefore, I say, Mr. Harris' state- ment cannot be truo. Itis never the truth to say that tho Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road has earned what has been oxpended for rolling stock and new ronds, in addition to paying 10 per cent on its stock, and running expenses. If heavy debts had been contracted, the stock could ot liave been kept up, and out of market, 2 it ‘has been—this would e impossible. Mr. Har- ris also makes- an ill-concealed threat in s sclf- sufficient spirit, that ho sball fight out the battle with the_people without compromise; that he shall enforco tho rules of his Compan, State law . to tho. contraty notwithstauding. If this is his determination. . it is to To~ gretted, for bhitherto Mr, Harris' mon- sgement has boen popular with the people, und the people have been proud of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road. Mutual good foel- ing bas prevailed. If tho continuation”of this sbutual good will is of no value to Mr. Harris or his Company, in his estimation, then the pooplo have given him more credit for good “senso than ho doserves. Bat, if it is his dotermination to continuo to defy the Iaws of tho State, then tho people must ivoke_the judicial and oxecutive Powers of the State in supportof the Legislature, and see which is the strongest,—Mr. Harris anc his Company, or the Soveroign People. 3fr. Grover then to’ the - discussion of the law involyed, taking the same viow that Gov. Ealmer sad Judgo Tigion have hold. Ho read . POLNTS MADE IN TIIE DRIEF. e inthe case against tho Chicago & Alton Rail- road Company, just filed in tho Supreme’ Court i ggfld, ?Hesat& J. H. Rowell, Hamil- ton Spencer, and R. ML Benjamin, the attorneys for the State, which, 3r. G. said, no doubt would be the view which the Court would sus- tain. The points made in the brief are ag fol- lows, to wit = " First—Corporations are subject to Govorn- ‘ment, and subordinate to logislation, precisely tho eame ns individusl or natural persons. Second—Logislative anthority i a trust, which the Logisturo' cannot irfevocably delegate ‘or abandon. It may authorizo its exercise through agents of the public, but such_agents must, of necessity, remain subject to public control. Third—This legislative authority, which can- not be delegated or abandoned,—which is a trust confided by tho people to the Legislature,—has the same oxtent, and is the eame unlimitod pow- er, in rogard to logislation, as resides in. the British Parlisment, except where restrairied by written constitutions. Fourth—The prevention of unjust diecrimina— tion and extortion comes within the legitimate exercise of the police powers of a State. Fifth—It cannot be presumed that the Legis- lature intended irrovocably to’ part with the power of preventing, b unjust discrimination individuals. h o Sizth—Railways are improved public highways, and, therefore, can be constructed by the aid of the right of eminent domain. Railroad com- panies are public agonts, oreated for the practi- cal administration of the public property right of way) put into their hands 88 such sgents, to bo administered to subserve public interssts, and, therefore, must remain subject to public control. s Seventh—Tn exercising the essontial functions of appropriating private property for the right eof way, and taking tolls for transportation over the right of way,” ruilroads aro public corpora- tions, actingas trustees of the political power. Fijth~Ts s only npon tho groand that rail- roads are public institutions, that counties and towns can impose taxes it aid of their construc- tion. Ninth—The provision of the charter under which the Clicago, Alton & St. Louis Railroad Company claims the right that its Directors “may fix, establish, take, and Teceive such rates of foll for all passengers and property transported upon tho same,as the said Direc- tors sl from time to time- establish,” accord- ing to its terms, is absolutely void. TR COURTS, for three h“:l!drh‘:i Fears, in ‘I':nglyu% and A.uymrl- have held that a corporation is only usny in Sridoats made !cg;\lly:pnfi, and that = chiarter is not irrevocable ; mor can the Legislature bind futuro Logislatures any . further than the pro- visions of a charter are in the pature of & con- tween communities or tract for which n_considerntion has been paid. A corporation, Like a_natural person, is under the control of the legislativo power. ~ A charter for a railroad, with power, under tho right of “emiront domaiu, to condemn the right of way, s based upon piblie policy. The, “Legialeture is _tho sole judge of the requirements of public policy, 1f, in its discrelion, it can condemn, and_take from the farmer, bis farm, his garden, his catiis, hisncestral trecs, an even tho suhes of his dead, that a rilroad com- pany may have the right of way, can it not, when public policy requires it, regulato the charges of auch railroad company in its dealings with the public? The railrond3 are common CArriors; tho law bas almays fixed the rules by which common carriers aro goverped. Railroads have been -bold' by the courts to bo improved public highwoys; the law bas always regulated public highweys. But now THE NOVEL DOCTRISE is set up by the railrods, that they ate a law into themsolves; that they are superior to k , and fit Y tan newapapers, which or money, they will have to work on, giving the |, A. J. Grover---Resolu- -asgots legislativo enactmient, * ’s:-yar—meeung to-day. the law of this Btate;. that public policy requires that thoy themselves shonld exerciso supreme legislativo powers ss_botween them- selves and the.public. This claim is as gronnd- less as it is audscious;. it is revolutionary and mobocratic. 1t has been fostered by success in bribery, and success in controlling legislation througis tho lobby. It i now true that the laws aro not "niade at Springficld, Albapy, and Washington, and othor supposed seata of ' legis- tion, but in the offices of ‘Scott, Gould, Vander- bilt, Joy, Joy Cooke, and other railrond kings, The law-making power at the fountain-heads of legislation must be purifled. The Augesn sta- bles of corruption must be cleansed. The pao- ple alone can do it. You must throttla” this pre- tension of - T i VESTED RIGHTS . 5 in railroad corporations, It is a baseless preten- siop, and a fiction unknown to thelaw. New York Las regulatod passcuger fares, and the va- Tidity of such legislation hagnot been quostioned. Mickigan has- dono 8o, and thelaw has been |* obeycd. Iows and, Indians havo just passed sucl, Jaws. Wo shall sce if tho united efforts of the railroads will override this legislation. If tho farmers of the Great Wast unite, tho people will cortainly rule. 1f thoy euffer themaclves to be divided by petty politicians in the intorest of the railroads; ty local or grent metropoli- are bribod by free passes bulk of their earnings to the railroad companies, 48 they have done and are doing. . MY ADVICE 18: unite; organize; work together: stand by each othor,. Let suits bo brought for avary extortion, 1intil the ruilrosds obey the laws. Mr. Hildrup's bill, now béfore the Legislature, isa good one. 1t strikes home, It compels tickot-agents and ‘conductors to obey the laws of the State, or dis~ obey at their peril. If thisbill becomes a law, ticket-agents and conductors may find out that tho State is stronger ‘than a railroad company, and that it is more healthy for them to obey the statute than the printed " instructions of their Buperinteridents. : 3 uel Wiloy made ‘ some rémarks indorsiig the farmers’ movemont. s Charles Wallade, o farmer, thought thera was a surplus of corn, and.tho best way to get rid of the surplus wsa to give two bushels to the rail- roads for carrying throe to maket. i ‘BESOLUTIONS. The following resolutions, offered by A. J. Grover, were unanimonsly adopted: . iced, That this mass-meoting uunnimously in- dorses tho bill now pending before tho Legislature at Springfield, introduced by Mr. Hildrup; and that wo urge our Representatives to do-all in their power to secure its passage. Resolved, That we indorse the courso of our Repre- aentative, Mr. Hart, in oppouing the confirmation of Radircad and Warehouse Commisioners lately nom- tho I inated by the Goveruor, who were, in the bellef of this ‘meeting, men selected by b Resolred, That the laws must and shall be enforced. A _COMMITTEE. The Hon. E. B. Wicks, A. J. Grover, §. H. Kosler, James ood, and Jacob Eply wero ap- point ort s constitution and_by-laws, at a meoting to bo held at Earlville, on Saturday, March 1, at 2 o'clock p. m. The meeting then adjourned: - THE COMMERCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY. ‘Wehave before us the *last issne” of B. H. Campbell, Esq., United States Marshal, iu tho shepe of a list of the creditors of the Commer- cial Insurasice Company. The names includo very large number of our citizens, and the losses ' foot up into the millions. *In order tomake.| them “fgfal " beyond a peradventure, some do-y| cidedly sbarp practico was had by the very re-g spectable mansgers of this Company saung after the firo. Those who had not policies) enough fo balance their stock-notes, and fother- indebtedness to the Company, bonght policios & mere nominal figure. They then got tuge:hex;s each one took his notes, tore them up, and,when™ questioned as to the affairs of the Company, snowed the most porfoct absence of mind in Tegard to. this . whole. business. All the of .the Company wero . con- burned up in the firs, and tho knowl- the honesty of the managers as well. Thoy had all 'Scammonized—all was gone.- By some legerdermain one of our sharp Iawyers, : under somo State law, doubtless made to order,” ot hold of the Jot on which the Commercial: ailding stood, and that too is gone. Mr. Scam- 1mon, of course, got his share of tha plunder. It 18 to be hoped that the United States Courts will find some way to reach the rascality which the managers of the Commarcial bave practised. Bome of them claim & standing among our most worthy and reputable citizons,.and others be- long to the Scammon t; of fallen humanity. Thoy are wealthy, and_should ‘be made to dis- gorge. -The policy-holders are equitably enti- ¢ Hflod to their shara of the assets, whateger they woro worth, and this it is to be hoped the courts i will give thiem. _Are not its Directors personally” responsible for the mismansgement of its affairs 2} Lot the courts decido. ‘yenient]; edgo -n! WENDELL PHILLIPS' LECTURE. 7o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sim: Mr. Phillips, in his lecturs, says, allud- ing to tho strugglo between France and Prussia, “ France knew it was & doath-grapplo.” Then, -had moved in thia matter here, but the ‘project ‘failed of accomplishment. Thers was now an THE "EXPOSITION. The West Side Meeting Last Evening. y S A Representative Citizens’ Committee of Avrangements Chosen. Hayor Medill Forecasts the Great Fire Anniversary of 1873, A called meeting of citizens on the matter of an Industrial Exposition in Chicago, the preseut year, was held at Rice and Jeckson's Hall, on West Randolph street, lnst evening. In despite the unfavorable , charactor of the weather the gathering, both in spirit and- numbers, was rep- resentative of the already fixed sentiment that the Exposition bé made one of the year's avents. The moeting was callod tojorder by B. T. Crane, on whose motion Mr. Bradley, of the firm of Furst & Bradlej, wos called to the chair, and Mr. Nolan was chosen Secrotary, gt Mr. Nolan stated that the Wool Growers' As- sociation was to meet to-day. The object of the present meeting was for the manufacturing in- terest of Chicego to unite with them in holding an exposition, similar to what had been done in Cincinnati and other cities. These entérprises had proved - profitable’ to all parties, whorever they biad been held. Tenyears ago, Afr. Bradley opportunity to get up a good Exposition and build a permanent bilding. - Mr. George 8. Bowen said the woolen manu- facturera had an cxposition in Ciucinnati, and, the precading year, one in Chicsgo. - The Cincin- nati one drew over 60,000 people, and was a great suceoss, Tho city appropristed $3,000 for an en- tortainment, and had never before received such »an advertigoment. .1t led to the organization of an Industrial Exposition, and_the next year tho. stockholdors got back all they invesfed. Ho thought dhut o, Chicago being rebuilt and being the wonder of the world, wo should (3 & Fair on Oct. 9, whick would bring a miil- ion of people and many millions of dollars, and sdvertise the manufactures of the city, which were not lnown even to as old a manufacturer 28 the Chairman. We want to make Chicago the grand distributing point, and the Exposition Svould bo 3 grand stars, off. The Mayor said it was not too soon to begin ag- Itating the question of having a Fire Anniversa- 1y, Fair, and Festival next fall. If gentlemen meant to Liold one about October, it would take all the intervening time to - make the prepara- tions. Buch & jubiles demonstration was dus to themselvos and -their friends over the world. The basis of it could be of an industrial character, with a variety of mseful and enter- taining adjuncts: Theyconld have a popular demonstration on one or moro days. It was not necessary that it should begin.on the day of tha fire ; it might end on_it, and begin in ‘the last - week of September. Thoy must avoid the season of bud. weather. 1f Chicsgo people put their bearts in ‘it, they conld have the grandest demonstration ever seen. There was au Un¥ted States Fair Lore, fifteen years ago, the Tinest ever held here. Tho city was then in its in- fancy, but in one day 60,000tickets woy7, sold, and there’ was._the largest collection ‘of men he ever saw. Yot the railrond systen, was then in its infancy. By September, the. city would bo substantially rebuilt, the etreets clerred, and better botel sccommodation than any-other cite - at once had the doors shnt o' prevent -just Snlehed their dovilish work, not having yot and tried by all means in their power to make the head of the - desist from taking a sec- ond apprentice. He, howeyer, on the strengil of the magistrate's decision, would have Eia own way, and, a8 he was threstened by the wark- man, asked nssistance from the Yamen_to_pro- tn:fi.\imv The worlumen at Iast invited him to come to their public hall to -talk matters over. o went, accompanied by 5ome_Yamen runners to protect him. Having arrived at the Em!d-)nll., some 120 men were found'assembled there. who, after having pushed the ‘Yamen runnersout, . closed the doors. - All efforts on the part of the Yamen people to gain an entrance were useless; they were tald by the workmen inside that.no one but the magistrate himself would be ad- mitted. The Yamen runners hearing tho crg of “urder!” by the master gold-beater whom: they had accompanied to the hall, and being unsable to effect an entrance, ran_to the trate,” This officer” at once "hurried to the hall, and readily gained admittance. -- But what st hove bets ‘Lis. setoniskment. when o e tered! A horrible ‘sight met bhim. A man naked and already - dead -was bound to a pillar, covered from head to foot,. with wounds ca Dy the teeth of human beings. The ma ‘al:c:t‘a 0 cul- prits from escaping, and.now called s child of the doorkeeper of bo had witnessed the horriblo scene, . to tell how it hlppeng% sndto point out the ringlesders. - The-chil then, after pointing out the ringleaders, gave the following acoount :. After the workmen had assembled in Lge hall u}:gdthe n‘uS’ter rold-bezter arrived, they first pual out the : Yamon run- ners,mll'a n!.re’ady tatod above. Having shat tho door, they stripped their victim'and bound him tos pillar. Ho waa now informed by tha crowd that {heytld determined to. kill him' for break-. ing the customs of the craft, and that each per- son there would bite him until dead. Any per- eon refusing to join in thia horrible scens would Do killed in the same way. They now all st upon the unfortunate porson bound tothe pillar, biting him over his wholo body until- dead. When the magistrates arrived, theso saveges had ad time to wash the blood off their mont Four of the. ringleadors were secured, and are | now awaiting their trisl. Most Chinese think they will not be ‘convicted for murder, as the ment for biting » porson to_desth. _Horrible aa Thia adfair in, tho secount of ic 18 told in Soochow {rom ono to another, with & gusto and grin over tho whole face, as if it had been a capital joko that Lad beon played. Thero scems to be no fecling in them ; ' they are hardencd, having got Tved to such scenes, thanks to their -paternal Government. Old-Fashioned Xdeas of official Duty. The following lotter, written nearly ninety-five vears ago by Gen. Greene, has s spcial interest at this time, and might be read to advantage b some of the public office-holders in this city an clsamtisent Caxee, Octob, 13, 1778, Desr S : 1 wrote to you some litile- time ast by a relation of mine, Mlr. Grifin Groene, From tho State of Rhode Tiand, in which I re- quested you to give Mr. Greena such letters of recommendation sod erédit ss he might atznd i need of to execute his business to the bost ad- vantage. I also desired you to give him all the assistance in your power, and that- I would be. responsible. For fear you shounid mis- tako my intentions, 1 have thonght. proper to write you this loiter ‘to mcquaint you- that it was Dot my intention that you should give Mr. Groene any aid-or assistance in business s ) Stdo 8tar depois and &t Fiston Chinese lIaws do not provide any death punish- |~ - AMUSEMENTS. TO-NIGHT, TUNION PARK CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. . G-IRANID Then. Thomas' Unrivaled Orehestra, Asxisted by MISS MEHLIG d_GEO. N 4 WAGNER. :gc:url;v?:sg?gr:n T ot g v b s repeaiio ol g gt . 2.2 rope 1n Now York (beforo the Iacgest. audienss cves saocaored % hear Thomas' O 5 rohestra), and which th B opori vl o o potffohd ; 220 efa 2y R ‘Thomas il alio ropoat, THIS AFTER: RER 3. 38 NOOR, §o'clock, the ular programme of (o 4 Gl ight of ast Welnosday, asa grand | o T MEMORIAL MATINEE, At Michlgan s Baptist Church. Resorvod seats for Mas. ke ool 31, forsalo ot Sontsiae Stacdopote, Reservad its for Wagmer night, 21.50 and 82, for ssle 3¢ West 936 Wabash-av. South Side buyers ash-av., tickets for con- ) & b Tl sogive, 3t 555 Wal te for oo Yeance o ang from Voguar Bight 13 busos. * STAR LECTURE COURSE, HENRY WARD BEECHER, ‘The Greatest Li: TLecturer and Most- - Prominent Divine in America, 2 ‘WILL DELIVER TWO LECTURES, Appeasing (or the first in this clty In twelvo sears, spesk- FIRST LECTURE. UNION PARK CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Ne=xt Friday. SKCOSD LECTURE, Michigsa-av, Dapiist Ghazch NEET MONDAY o of “Tiekets bazisa THIY REDNESDAY SopNi¥al o, .00, red t, 8100 extra. A lim- n.d:fl“mm o8 CNGTEEST R RSV ol T O axtea: 3 ST SIDE- Carpenter & Sheldon's, 388 Wabash.ar., and Buck ¥ Rayner's, cor. Aladison and Btate-sts. WEST SIDE—Dyche & Co.’s, cor. json and Fal- . (stod-sia., and Bol', £33 Woat Madisoa-ate, cor. Sheldon. Y. M. C. A, LECTURES. =~ . JOHN B.GOUGH. Thuredsy Evonlng, Feb, 2, CENTENARY M. E. OHURCH. pod oLidag Kventog, Feb. %, MIOHIGAN-AY. BAPT! | fampae e e TR AN, sale of : Resory AT V. 1L Savelle Pubtistlog Regms: 114 Eest iia%st. " Dyches Drug Stors, carner Weat Madison 204 TAstsd-sta, nad Bl 3 Sharp's Drug Stare, oor Der Twantr-second st. and Wabaah av. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. SUNDAY “fifl;“,; unco 2 f ork Herald Expe- T e B A Frica: DEWRY 30 ST ANTLTEY "Will deliver his famoas Leoture, entitled s HOW IFOUND DR, LIVINF<™ o - The African Boy, KALULU, whow ™~ ) 'w“u‘n& 5 s Whdeof 45 e Chaler brvagts ‘atago. 4 Roilssion, 0 ota., T ¢t~ o) el Hocurs. » £nd 81, sccording to location, Blia commense <t T o ot 1he Acadeny of Ras o commanse t of Masto: e _ stiiraday moraing, Fob. 7. that he may undortake which will interfero in thia Toaat dagres with the duties of your office 0~ affect ita reputstion. Neither must youlor” ', - Groeno any public moneys. It be ¢ o3, pg and you cannot supply hit 0y oning nse of the publio money, 17, gomand must not bo complied with. % tnake it a standing rule never to make 0Z¢ of the %Jblio money for any rivate puXpodo whatever. But if yon can oblige Ir. Greene in your private capacity or fumnish h;'nithh money out of your own private stocks without injury to yourselt, I shall be much obliged to you to do it. I am, with great respect excopt New York. @ ‘places of amusement would all be open_to receive visitors. The busi- ness eesson would beal its height; the harvest Would be over, and tho weather would - be pleas- ant, and thoy would show their friends the most sutifol city in America. . Tho people were Teady to take hold of it in .a body, and make faiture impossible. Ervery indnstry would take ite, . It womld ‘'be a good time ~to have s grand . musical “estival. They could have ac elsborate popular \demonstration on tho day of the firo. Thoy o amembered the German pageant of two years g0, and which showed & remarksble versstility -of talent. Some who were concorned in that ;demonstration had said to him that the cunniog * designers who planned that pageant wero at the sorvice of the city. They could have a succas sion of remarkable® events from day to day. They shonid send invitations to all their friends. Tens of thousands had contributed to 2id Chi- cago, and they would like to see how it looked. If " gystomatically managed, thev could have the finest diplay in the country. The of Trade " had tsiked of havin amfianml convontion of all the commercial bodies. They could have men of art, capital, aud commercial pursuits from Earo The great Austrian, fair would be over, and the ro- turning .Americans would come to Chi Thero should ba a fortnight or more given to Lh;fim?m. Apything be could do would be gladly done. g why did she step into it? -Did not France draw the gword? Does & sane man dig his own gravo? Doos sane man defend tho act ? Fur- ther, hossys : France ig, the brain of Eu- rope ;" and he might have ‘added, “ Wendell Phillips that of America.” = He denounces the historical inacenracy of Froude, yet winds up, a peroration: *And to-day Iflahmoa with their flag o crucifix in the other, bid defiance to 30,000,000 of their foea!” He denies to Mr. Gladstone the laurels given him by Mr. Froude. Wonld Mr, Phillips have Irishmen placo them on his own . brow, becsuse 8 sdvocacy of impartiality? Alr. Phillips ridicules the gelf-conceit of Englishmen, and deservedly 8o; yet, with self-complacency, he allndes to his sfatemont, made seven years ago, that England was 8 second-class power, an proves it by nsserting that English journals are to-day showing why she is a second-clsss power. Mr. Phillips ovidently reads those journals | with a peculiar pir of 8pectacles. ' Not AN ENGLISEMAN. . THE CITY IN BRIEF. , yesterdsy, for ticketa There was a great to Gough's lecture. H. C. McCarty, tho alleged forgerer. wra yos- terday bound over to the Criminal Coart in bonds of 81,000, There will be s Biblo reading in the Thizkl Pres- byterian Church, West Sido, at 4 p. m. -day, D. L. Moody oficiating. i ’ .The Bev. T. R. Strobridge, of the Ads Street Mothodist Episcopal Church, will lead tbo noon - g ic Thé subjectiof the ad- 088 is, ' It is Finished.” The steamer James Howard will leave Cairo for New Orleans on Saturday morning on the arrival of the Illinois Central truin. which leaves this city at 8:15 this ovening, Ticko.s andinfor- mation can be had at the Nlifncis Central Depot. Beecher will lecturo on _¢Manhood and Mopey” noxt Friday on the West. Side, and on “ Compulsory Education” next Monday_on the Bouth Side, the only lectures’ he has given in twelve yoars in this city, and probsbly the only ones ie will ever deliver here. The eale of tickets for the Gongh lectures this evening and to-morrow evening is held at F. H. Revell's _book-rooms, No. 114 East Madison streot ; Dycho's drug store, cornerjof Madison and streets, and Bliss & B] 's drug dtore, corner of Wabash svenue and Twenty- second stroet. . The inmates of the gambling-house over the Royal Palm saloon, which was raided on Tues- 7, nighi, wero yestordsy moming fined 820 each by Jnstice Banyon.. It conld not be roven that John Lawlor was the keeper of the ouse, and his cage was therefore dismissed. The snniversary moetig of the Cambrian Benevolent Society will be held at Orpheus Hall, cornor of West Lako and Peoris_stroots, on Saturday mext. which is St David's Day. Addresses will bo delivered by the Revs. D, Williams, H. M. Pugh, Teasc Hughes, M. E. Davies, -and Moses Villiams, snd Alr. W. O. Bebb. 'The Cambrian Choral Society will farnish the singing. Thoee who favor the objects of the SociGty are invited to.attend. Tickets, in- cluding supper, $1. . : Tg:e bxonaol oftM[!.h )tl HaKnndlll ‘Was g::fi;:fl y burglars last night, an erty, consisting of jewelry and furs, to the value of G200, car: ried away. Entrance was obtained by forcing a window up with an old shovel, which the thieves left on the gronnd. A detective has commenced on the shovel, and with this he hopes to unearth tho robbers and recover the property. —_—— ‘Works of Art at Auction. This Afternoon, at 2 o'clock, Messrs, Wim. A. Butters & Co. will sell, without reserve, the beantiful collection of oil paintings belonging to Mr. H, McCann, the wel- Xnown srt connoisseur, of Philadelphis. The sale will be held in the Auction Rooms, Nos. 55 and 57 South Canal street. - Tho lake front, if it wero thonght -desirable, could be obtsined as a placoto hold the fair, and.could be levelled off by that time. It would bo tho most convenient place, for it would be 80 near hotels and railroads. Still it might be necessary to go further to get more room. Tho Council conld give the muse of the Iske frozt, as it had a right to, It would be well fo sppoint a comprehengive com- mittee, to report at.a sllhugucnt meeting. * He did not doubt they conld got all the money needed, and could make arrangements with rail. roads for cheap freight and passenger rates. It was not, improbable that "100, men would scome from abroad, and the matter swould be worth to the city far more than it cost. 1f thoy began, they must not fail,if it took all the money in the'banks. The buming was s great thing, Dut the commemoration must be s still greater ono. - 3 L On motion of Mr. Crane,the Chair was author- ized to appoint & Committee on Resolutions. It consisted “of Messra, Crane, Medill, and Bowen. 3 4 Mr. H. M. Smith seconded the suggestions of the Mayor. The city was cortainly ready for a grand £air, and he was confident that it conld be succeesfully carried out. The people wers every- where talling of it. ‘The Committee roported the following : Resoled, ThatMlr. O, W, Potter, Henry W. Eing, J. Hd}m%o?'mhml, ad E. V. Biaténtord, of tho o Bides N. S. Bouton, George W. Gage, W. F. Cool- Dbaugh, and 3. D, Wells, of the South Side, and C. H. McConnell, . W, Taylor, David Bradley, and I, T. Crane, of the Weat Side, be appointed a Committes 1o consider the holding & Grand Industrial Exposition in or near the city, on or about tho I day of October next, in connection with the Northwestern Woolen Manufacturers' Association, and said Commitice to Teport at a future mecting a to location, plan of oxposl- tion, amount of money required, und plan of raising tho same, with such ofher recommendations s they may deent of interest to the meeting, and also wads on the Woolen Manufacturers’ Association, who hold their an- nual meeting to-morrow, and assure them that the ‘people of Chicago will scc that they are well cared for chould they decido to hold their next anpual tion here. E Mr. Smith did not think the resolution fully ot the Mayor's Auggoations, Tho resolution was smended by adding the words “co-operating with other features of the annjvers: after the words **Manufacturers’ Association. The resolution was edopted. Ar. Bowen had the strongest assurances from tho mannfacturers of the West and Sonth that they would co-0) to in the proposed expoei- tion, and it would certainly be for the intereat of tho people to have them bere. The Committee above named is requested to meet with the Wool Manufacturers’ Aseociation, at tho Gardner House, at4 o'clock this after. noon. A Chinese Murder. A murder of the most horrible nature was per- ctrated at Soochow, o few days ago, ssyB & sbn.n hai paper. The wholoe affair givea usan insght into some of the customs prevalent smong this strange people, and shows us what Chinese guilds are capable of doing when they think their rights and time-honored customs bave becn outraged. It appears that the gold- beaters of Soochow have it, among otlier old- established customs, that & master gold-beater can only engage one apprentice ot & time, and this in even Limited to Iargo shops only. An sp- prenticeof this craft is bound for three years, and only sfter the expiration of this time can the master employ auother ope. The object is to keep the number of craftemen within certain bonnds, and g0 to guard against a decrease of their present high Wages, aboat §7,300 cash per diem. A master gold-beater and head of the guild lately ventured to break this established custom by employing an apprentice before the time of the old apprentice hed expired. This ronsed the members of the cratt, and they op- sed. The master gold-beater carried his case Eifore the magistrate, who decided that, not- withetanding the old custom, more than one ap- ntice -could be employed; but advised, for the sake of pesce, and in consideration of the prejudice of the workmen against it, that thia and regard, your most obedient, humble servant, NaTH. GREESE, A. M. G. James Calhoun, Esq. 2 OCEAN NAVIGATION. White Star Line. . NEW YORK AND LIVERPOOL—New and full-powored #roamahire: the six Jargast in tho WOEld: o BORLTT, REPUBLIO, RIATIC, Live the Wiita Star Dock, Pavonia o, otty. Prasenger. ltwmmod-!lnnlJlnr al comfort. combining safety, speed an ns, rooms, smoking-room, and bath-rooms in wmidafip s tion, whero loast motion is folt. . Surgeon and stoward. Jersoy. P J. H.SPARKS, General A Orto tho White Star'Ling Oficor % Somth Saskets Chicago. A.- GEN, Agent. " NATIONAL LINE, Sailing from New York for Queens- town and Liverpool every Wednes- gay&u and for London direct every for . et : ght - - CABIN PASSAGE, $65 AND $15, Bropal i LT OE, S3. 8 coeney, Quoenstown, Loeconderry, Glasgom, Cardid, Briato or Londoz, 331,60 Passengers bookod o or from German and Scandina- e bigs of {3l line o the largostIn tho trads, Drafts on Great Britain, Ireland, and e Continont. WILLIAM MACALISTER, 53 Market-st.. Chicago. FOR EUROPE. INMAN LINE ROYAT MATL, STEAWERS, 1] sail from New York as follows: TY OF WASHING CITY OF BROOKLYN 1 Passnge, $75 and $90 Gold. 330.00 Carrency., 35.00 Currancy. - 32.00 Currency. Cab Stoerage to British Ports Stoorage: o German Por Bromen or for 2 low rates. FRANCIS C. BROWN, General Waster Ageat, 88 South Market-st., Chicago. ALLAN LINE. Montreal Ocean Steamship Co, Despatch first-class full.powered Mall Stesmera e L nrsaat s Baetre e tamasre i Eorand in wiator e bi-weekly, and Livorposl and Baliimoro year round ; also, a weokly stoamor between Glasgow Qifferent American ports. RATES OF PASSAGE: C.ABIN. To Great Britatn sod Irclsnd... 60 and 880 gold. STEERAGE. F: and Portland. 220 U. 8. c'ey.. 2 ::ufl' and Fron 5 issued hero from chisf pointa in Europe to any iroad tows in 1he Wester Btates, and vics versa. Erolght taril (s being arranged batween chlof porta fa Epr.ps and all points fest. “For othes laformation apply at the Company's office, 2 and 74 LaSalle-st. ALLAN & CO., Agents. CONERD MAIL LINE, ESTABLISHED 1840. Passengers carried during 1872 - - - - 72,36. From New York every Wednerday, From Boston every Baturday. Cabin Passage, $80 and $100 Gold. Stnapeg Saulon Thckats Boducod Titen, teera; "1a3e) buo'trd to and from Earope at low. o Diatia fo st Brtiote, 1roumd: and the Gon fia0mt." Through Billa of Ladiog for Seretiaadisa o 33 £ EOOR 1. DU VERKET, Gea'l West'a Agont. X, W, cor. Clark and Ragdolph'at., new Sherah Houso. WANTED. Wanted. Tribune of Jan. 16, 1872, for- which a liberal price will be should not be done too often.” The workmen of the craft were not satisfied with this decision, office, . cuumfl:m'nv:md, TIC, AD) OB p. each. Salling from New from_Liverpool on THULRS- calliog at Cark Harbor tho day followlng. From 3| NO PAY ! paid at Counting Room of this | Seite ‘MYERY OPERA HOUSE. Monroo-at., between Dearborn and Staf Aviington, Cofton & Kemble's Minsfrels A _Ne 1d Sparkll gramme. Reappearance of Abn-.flh? gnf«. o :A?.-lhsn of Ba a R e ATHS: with new and beantifol scensry. EVERY EVENING AND SATURDAY MATINEE. ACADEMY OF MUSIC. Immense Success of America's Great Sousation, COUNTERFEIT, Introducing tho great Ethiopian Gomodian, Mr. HARRY AMLAR, Every evoning and Wodnosday and Satarday Matinee. . McVICKER'S THEATRE. Engagement of tha Distingaished Actor, EDWIN BOOTH. Fioduotion of Tom Taslovs powarfol Drami—founded osal Socompany ticso sisarmers, tes—Saloon, gold; stoorage, carronoy. L E % BVEN Those wishing to send for fricnds from. ti?’om countey H,’},"Tuuu,(,:f'&? 9-::'.%‘&. LEDWIN guETk, Saz obtaia soorage prepald certiicaten. - etica, |.piStaihean be'socurod six days [n adianoe. Order car; Burl. Hambare, Norway, Sneden, Patia: Avevehn, | SFRa 00 oF Tyt liiage, last peformanco of Chioa, ete. Excursion tickets ted a: tho lowest | Beats can now bo secured. i e el gl No. 15 Hrosdway, Now Fopk. o LTS UNIVERSITY PLACE BAP'TCH'H, : Douglas-place, weat of Cottage Grove. I" COTTAGE GROVE LEOTURE COURBSE. MATILDA FLETCHER, . LECTURE ON 3 “Love and Its Evil Genius,” THIS EVENING, #ith inst., for the Benofit vl‘m!gg Charch. - Dummp trainwill Ioave Oakiand Tor Ke 2od Hvio Park sL10AS Do m. o o e HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, . THE, P. R HOME OF COMEDY.-" . 20T, SO ovatng sk Sacariay isiinas, T FAT.SE SELATI) Or, New Year’s Iove, Diroct from Daly's Fifth-av. Thestrs, and mow saeni B AT, o Vrovet EERFORAL ANCE. “Dae uotica of th barm, st apraaranco f o chara: ‘pearance of T, [N LLON. i SENTLESAV AGE, "snd * ALIXE PPERIL, o . GLOBE THEATRE. TO-NIGHT AND SATURDAY MATINEE, E. T. STETSON, 13 HIS IMMENSELY, SUCCHSFU} DRAMA OF . NECK AND NECK! & ‘Tl California sezention artists, * 2 COURTRIGHT - Chira~ oA TR G ondsy Next, {ho cola T S Bavosiio, HATRY LIBRR: STy Asah o pren, TIRPAY s TUURSOAY, | yTOETOOAN AT, BAPTINT CHUEL WENDELL PEILLIPS WILL Iscture mext Tuesday nigntin the Michigan- Bapilst Chureh, 'on ' STRFET LIFE IN HURODE ‘Admisslon, $5cta: Tesoryed Boats, 210, For s Btar Depots, South Sido. ‘CARPENTER & SHELDOX CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC. . Ou Saturday, March 1, at € p. m., will close, finally and definitely, tho salo of educational shares and balf sharcs 13100 a0d 375 0ach. Noshsrea will bo sold atior that day. . ROBERT GOLDBECK, 5 Indiana- A MEDICAL CARDS. DR. C.BIGELOW NFIDENTIAL PHYSICIAN, 464 State-st., Chicago It is well known by all readers of the ] X O Bliulow ls Sy sideet cegabitmhed un‘sfe‘xfi'fl- éfi?&fi fonca exparionce wado Dr. B. the most ro- nowned SPECIALIST of the ago, honored by the press, estoemed of tha bighost medical auaioments by o1l the medieal iestitntes of the day, baviog devoled TWENTY YEARS OF HIJ LIFE ta prfocrlog remedies that will g Positively all Gases of GIRONIC AND SPECIAL DISEASES in bath sazoy, CONSULTATION FREE. SEPARATE PARLORS CONVIBERTEL il tews, i siasops, 10 N reas i} Jotters, with atamps, Dr. 0. BIGELOW, No. 461 State-st. DR.J. H. CLARK, The able and well known specialist—at 101 East Harrlson: #t., botween Clark and Stato-sts.—can be consulted—day niag—on ll direases and difficaltics of & chronle, delicate, for contidential naturo—of both sexes. Special ftention to female dificulties. 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