Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 28, 1873, Page 4

THE CEHICAGO DAILY RIBUNE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1873 TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION (PATABLE XN ADVANCE). S2. 288 el To provest delay and mistakes, ba surw and gire Post Offcs addresa in full, including State and Couaty. Ttemittances may be mado either by draft, express, Post Oca order, or n registared lotters, at our risk. TERMS TO CITY SURSCRIRERS. aily, deliversd, Sunday excepted. 25 cents per week. Billy: dolivered, Bandny Inciaded; 3 cens ber weok ‘Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearbo Chicage, L. CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. FIBST PAGE—Washington News ; Action of the Honss an tho Expulrion Resolutions ; Other Gongreseional Procosdings—Advertisoments. - SECOND 'PAGE—The Ralirosd Question: Conven- tion of Farmers at Cestralts, Tll—Lady Practition- ars—California Lettor—The Low Price of Com: Ozs’ Canse Thereof—The Growth of Chicago— Beocher On Going West—The Recent Tin Discovery. 2 THIRD PAGE-The Law Courts—City in Briel—Rail- roed NewsSuburban Notes—Tho Fire Department T Raflerty Obtains & Stay of Procoedings—Adror- tsements. FOURTH PAGE—Edlitorials: A Lame and Impotent Conclusion; A Spectal Session of Congress; Cur- Frerd SO Lovhlaro Mattars at Springfield— “The Site for Oar Public Library Butlding—Markots by Telegraph-—Advertisemonts. SIXTH PAGE—Monotary and Commerclsl. SEVENTI PAGE—The Chicago Exposition—Personal TeomsNews Paragraphs—Small Advortisements: Ret] Estate, For Bale, To Rent, Wantsd, Boarding, Lodging, etc. . EIGETH PAGE—Forelgn News—New York Dispatches— BMiscellaneous Telegrams. st A TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. M'VICKER'S THEATRE—Msditon street, betwes: Stae and Dearborn. Engogement of Edwin Booth. ** Fools Rovengo.” ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Hzlsted strest, south of sdiron. ** Counterfeit.” ® HOOLEY'S OPRRA HOUSE—Randolph street, be- tween Clark 2nd LsSalle, *“False Shame.” AYERS' OPERA HOUSE—Monros strect, betweon Btato and Dearborn. Arlington, Cotton & Kemble's Minstrel and. Burlesque Troupe. Ethfoplan Comjcalities. GLOBE THEATRE—Dospltines street, botweenadi- son sad Washington. ck and Neok.™ - BUSINESS NOTICES. 2NA LOTTERY-WHOLE TICKET, A A orastion sivan, . B, MAR: PR T T 0T Hinkers, 10 Wall-at., P. 0. Box 4685, New York. The Chigags Titbune, Friday Morning, February 28, 1873. The Senate of Virginia has passed & bill to psy the interest on some of the State bonds. [ ————— A ner line of ten first-class propellers is to bo engaged this year in the lake-tr affic between ontreal and Chicago. ‘ York and Pomeroy ure both in disfavor with the Enusas Legislature. The former iscensured by the Lower House for making charges which he cannot prove, and Senator Pomeroy is de- clared anvorthy the respect of the people of his State. The Senate contents itself with refusing. to pass o resolution Pniulng York and con- demeing Pomeroy. ———— Castelar, the Spanish Minister of Foreign JAf- fairs, agks all nations which have not yet recog- nize# the Spanish Republic to do soatonce. The Cortes has ot yet passed any of the bills abolish- ing slavery in Portd Rico and tho other colonies, or beginning any of the reforms which Castelar end his colleagues so warmly demsnded when they were the powerless mmnority. The insur- reotions of the Carlists are spreading. —en The Senate Appropristion Committes did well in voting against the addition of eny subsidy smendmenta, but they might bave given a better reason for-their action. They rojected the amendments because they were not germane to any portion of the bill. They ought to have objected to them on the broad ground that Con- gress shonld grant no more subsidies.of any Xind, st any time or in any plsce. —e Six women received their diplomas, yesterday, a5 graduates of the Woman's Hospital Medical College. During the year thirty students have .. sttended the lectures. The first class, which was X tad two years ago, was thres in number. he fire destroyed the building of the college, »~ but s donstion made them by the Belief Society has ensbled them to obtain Isnd on which they bave built s hospital, which, with the lot on which it is sitnated, is worth $35,000. The Supreme Court, yesterdsy, issued & supersedeas in the case of Rafferty, and Judge MeAllister, under the circumstances, was forced to give tho reasons why the Court could not refuse it. It appears that, in Rafferty's case, the eame blunder was made as in the Perteet case, and the District Attorney, without having any record of the judgment of the Supreme Court in tae previous case filad, proceeded tothe- second trial, upon a mere ramor, or hearssy, that the Supreme Court had reversed the previons judgment. Nearly all tho_inferferencés by tho Supreme Court are compelled by the careless aud rockless way in which the Btate's Attornoys perform their daty. The decision of the Supreme Court in the Al- ton case] haa led 10 the introduction of & bill in the Legislature to amend the Isw which was thereby declared unconstitutionsl. This meas- ure prohibits the charging of unjust or unrea- songble rates by.railroads. To charge more then 8 cents & mile for passengers; to.vary freight charges disproportionately -to: dis: tance,. end, in the case of the transporta- tion of lumber, coal, grain, and some other articles, to exceed certain maximum rates tobe fixed by law, arospecified nscases of unjust discrimination. The first offense is punishiéd by a fine of $2,000;-a second forfeita the charter. The Fairbury (TIL) Jadependent wants to know “Who i6 runningour Governinent " The ques- tion is addressed to Tex CricaGo Tarsuse, and the immediate occasion of asking it is found in tho imbroglio concerning the appointment of three Railread and Warehouso Commissioners of Illinois. We answer cheerfully that-John L. Beveridge is running our Government in the Executiyo Dopartment ; the General Assemblyin the Legislative Departmont ; and the Judges in the Judicial Department. . It has becn sought to override and submerga both the Executive and theJudicial Departments by a volunteer depart- ent, but with o little success that the attempt seems to haveoen for the most part abandoned. Peruvian nows tellsibe same story of axarchy, sseassination, sud political incapacity thatpeo-. ple learned years ago to expect from the South American Democracies. -Two revolutionary leaders, abont to.leavo Lims, having been shot by some unknown pereons, an armed mob, in- furiated by the charge that the Government had, procured their murder, broks into the hall of the Peravian Congrass, snd demsnded that the Ministry be at once changed. They threaten. Tevolation if they are not at once obeyed. Such &cenes have been common in all the Republics which the Spaniards of Bouth America have at- tempted to found, and their continuance is of more than ordinary interest, now that the Span- iards in Earope have ‘e ed the Republic. The Farmers' Convention at Bloomington hes formed a permanent organization to meot once ayear.’ It adopted resolutions declaring that the railroad laws should be amended so that they may be enforcod; officials who sttempt to eject from their trains passengers offering the legal fare of threo cents amile should be pun- ished ; the Union Stock Yards at Chicago are extortionate in their charges, and should be subjected to regulation by law ss well as the railroads and warehouses; Governor Beveridgeis censured for not reappointing Mr. Morgan as one of the Railroad Commissioners, and is recom- mended to neme Messrs. John P. Reynolds, B. P. Morgan, and W. C. Flagg s membors of that Board. Mr. Whitthorne, of Tennesseo, is at least de- serving of the credit of reminding Congress that another of its members, who has not figured in the Credit Mobilier 1mvestigation, was culpable 10 the extent of enjoying Credit Mobilier divi- dends while serving the public in the House of Representatives. This was Mr. Samuel Hooper, of Massachusetts., He is in overy way worthy of & eulogy from Gen. Butler, after the Iatter's oratorical apology for Oskes Ames. Hooper was ono of the organizers, and one of the largest stockholders, of the Credit Mobilier Company. He was entirely familiar with the scheme for ap- propriating the public funds, if not one ofits originators. - He went into the business of de- franding the Government while he was holding 2 seat in Congress along with the trust attached toit. To this extent he was equally guilty with Ames, Alley, Dodge, Brooks, and the others, It is stated that a memorial from {South Car- olins, signed by many members of the Legisla- ture of that Btate, has been forwarded to tho United States Senate, praying that Patterson be not allowed to take his seat, becausehe obtained his election by bribery and fraud. Here is another subject for Congressional investigation. With clear proof of the guilt of Ames and Brooks, the House of Representutives has" not dared to expel them ; the Clay- ton investigation :has resulted in white- washing ; -the Caldwell conviction is postponed from day to day with the evident purpose of de- feating it by adjournment. If we are to have no convictions and no punishment for Congress- men who ‘are proved to be guilty of gross of- fenses against public decency and morality, the public have - the satisfaction, anyhov, that the corrupt have been exposéd. The Committee of Thirty sppointed by the French Assembly to draft ascheme of constitu- tonal government for Francehave made theirre- port. Thiers has shovn his mastery of the situa- tion in nothing more clearly than his manage- ment of this Committee. It was appointed in op- position o “his ‘wishes, and showed from the first an intention o oppose every prorogative which the President desired to obtain. Batin the consuitations between him and the Committee the wily Thiers has won from them nearly overy concossion for his power o veto and right to participate in debate which he originally claimed. Wheén the report, from which 8o much of disturbance to the order of Franco had been feared, was presented to the Assembly, Minister Dufsurc snnounced that the Government unreservedly accepted its recom- mendations. There ia.one editor in Tennessee who has ehown rare pluck and common sense;—Ar. Will- iam Rule, of the Knoxville Chronicle. He was recently challenged by Maj. Moses J. Wicks, Iate President of the Memphis Savings Bank, for mentioning some financial transactions not creditable to Mr. Wicks, but which Mr. Rule be- lieved to be true. In reply to the challenge, Mr. Rule stated that be recognized no such code aa the “heathenish so-called rule of honor ;" that he should avoid personal difficulties, but if sttacked, should not hesitate to defend himself promptly and effectually. In conclusion, Mr. Rule says: ‘“Words cannot express my con- tempt for such- folly. It is nobt proof of coursge, but ‘of cowardice! It is not €vidence of manlinoss, but of a weak concession to a hesthenish and brutal custom. It is not the way to defend a gentleman’s honor, but a practical confossion of his inability to defend it in the manner prescribed by an en- lightened Christian public sentiment ond the laws of civilized people.” In view of such a courageous utterance s this in the South, the editor of the Enoxville Chronicle is an excellent Rule to follow. The Chicago produce markets wers moderately active yesterdsy. Moess pork was ashado firmer, closing at 813.15 cazh, and $13.40 seller April. Lard was inactive and & shade easier, at $7.55 per 100 1bs cash, and $7.80 seller April. Moats “were quiet and steady at45§@43{c forshoulders ; 64@65%c for short ribs; 63;@6%c for short cloar ; and 834@85/o per Ib for 18-1b grecnhams: Dressed hogs were quiet and essier, at $5.60@ b5.65 por 100 lbs. Highwines were quiet and steedy at 863c per gallon. Lake freights wore quiet and firm at 13}4¢ for corn to Buffalo. Flour wesdullandsteady, Wheat wasactiveand3golow- er, closingat 81.198¢ cash ; $1.1934 seller March; and $1.223¢ seller April. Corn was active and steady, closing at 8134c cash ; 8136 for freah re: ceipts, and 31570 seller April. Oats were quiet and steady at 253{c cash, and 26}4@265¢c secllor April. Rye was quifet and 340 higher, at 6ic. Barley wes dull and 3§@1Ic lower, at GI@E934c for regular No. 2. Live hogs werain good ro- quest st £4.00@5,10 for poor ‘to ‘extra. The cattlomarket was active for the better grades, and firm. Common descriptions were quict, .Bheep were in large supply, and eold slowly at 3{c decline. — . Theburden'of the dofense of tho Credit3lo- bilier Congressmen scems to have boen a gen- erel tirade against thenewspapers. Gen. Butler and Mr. Bingham both introduced this clement into their speeches. The argument is, presum- _sbly, “that the Credit Mobilier Congressmen ehould not bo punished or censured becauss' the corruption was first exposed by the press. To &dmit tho truth of this exposure in open Congress would bé to admit that the nowspa- pers do the. state some service by ventilating Congressional thioving, and watching Congres- sional jobs.. This is.what Mr. Bingham char- acterizes 28 invading ‘The Palladium of the Liberties of the People.” He virtually ssked Congress to send back word to the news- ‘papers that the investigation miscarriod because the newspapars hed demsndad it, The spirit of this Congressional opposition to the newspaper press was similarly expressed by Mr. Hoar, the other dsy,-when he jusisted that-stale publio documents should be printed and distributed throughout-ilie country to counteract the influ- enco of the grost journals. Thoe moral of all {his is not particularly croditable to the Congross-~ ‘men who advance these views, but it is & cheor- ing indication that the power of the independ- ent prees is asserting itself to some purpose. The bill establishing & maximam charge of 8% cents per mile for the transportation of passen- gors in Towa will soon become & law. Tho rail- ways are not disposed to veaist it. The trunk lines are mairly land-grant rosds ; and, in ac- cepting the grants, they acceded to the provision inserted in their charters, thatthe Legislataro should have the right to regulate their tariffs. Tho first land-grant containing this provision authorized the construction of the roads now known aa the Barlington & Missouri River, Chi- cago, 'Mock Island & Pacific, Des Moines Valley, and Tllinois Central (Tows Division) Rail- roads. Still another railway, which subsequont- 1y gavoplace tothe Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad, which forms the Chicago & Northwestern Company's line from Cedar Rapids to Counail Plufls, was embraced. In confirming tho charter upon the Cedst Rapids Company, it was ex- pressly stipulated that the Legislatare should ‘retain the right to regulate the Company's freight and passenger tariffs. The Illinois Cen- tral line, from Dubuque to Jowa Falls, and the Northwestern, from Clinton to Cedar Rapids: are not land-grant roads; but the fact that two parallel lines—the Rock Island and Burlington— will have to lower their tariffs to the required standard, will suggest to the others the ex- pediency of coming down to the same competing rate. The details of the testimonyin the Pomeroy investigation show some raro instances of the manner in which the Devil maybe whipped round the stump. Asa Low, one of Pomercy's witnesses, swore that ho did not intimate to O'Driscoll, a8 has been stated before, that $2,000 would not break him (Low) if he voted for Pomeoroy. .O'Driscoll replied that if he voted for Pomeroy his constituents would go back on him, and that would ruin him, where~ upon the witness said that if his constituents went back on him, he would stand by bim, if it cost him a farm ora thousand or two thousand dollars! After this plump statement, it is ro- freshing to read the declaration of the witness that he gave O'Driscoll no intimation that he would pay for his vote. W. M. Matheny, & member of the Kansas Senate, also swore that D. 8. Kelly, a friend of Pomeroy’s, called upon him and asked him what ho thought a piece of property in the town where Matheny resides, belonging to Kelly, was worth. Kelly replied that he thomght it was worth about 81,500, wherenpon Kelly said, “If you will vote for Pomeroy, youcan have that piece of property for $25." Another of Pomeroy'simmaculate witnesses testified that O'Driscoll was approached with a bribo ¢ to find out whether he was mercenary;” if he was mercenary, he was not for Pomeroy! And yet upon Pomeroy’s honor a8 & Senator there was no attempt at bribery to securo his election to the United States Sonate! Thebill to carry into effect the provisions of the Treaty of Washington, relative to the fish- eries, passed the House by & vote of 145 to 80, on Monday last, with but & single amendment, which fixes the 1st of July next as the date whon Canadian fish shall be admitted to our ports free of duty. This amendment was edopted in justice to New England fish-mer- chants, who have Jargo stocks of fish on hand. The bill provides for the admission of fish oil and fieh free of duty from Canads, Prince Edward's Jsland, and Newfoundlend, except fish of thein- land Inkes and of the rivers falling into them, and fish preserved in ol being the pro- duce of the fisheries above mentionod. Tho third soction provides for the custom-houso entry and conveyance in transit of all goods, wares, and. merchandise, free: of duty, arriving at the ports of New York, Boston, and Portland, sand such other ports a3 the President may desig- nate, and destined for Her Majesty's possessions in North America. The fourth provides for similar transportation of goods, fres of duty, from one port in the United States to another, via the St Lawrouce Riverand the great Iakes, the use of the canals in the Canadian Dominion ‘on terms of oquality with the people of the Do- ‘minion, and the right to float lumber, free of dnty, cut oxi that portion of the American terri- tory in the Btate of Maino watered by the River St.John and its fributaries, down that river to the sea, when the lumberis shipped to, the United Btates from New Brunarwick. The news of the psssage, by both Houses of Congress, of the bill for the exchange of the Bridewell lot in this city for the old Poat-Office eite, will be received with pleasent congratula- tions by all our citizens. The respective pieces of property have yet to be sppraised, in order thet the difference in value may bo ascertained, and entered to the credit of the proper party in the transaction ; but it is now definitely settled thatthe Chicago Public Library will havea home of its own, and & permanent one, and will soon be released from ita confinement in the old water-tank.. The new location is in every way 2n auspicious one. The substantial walls of the old Post-Office, which £o nobly withstood the .terriblo ordeal of fire, after being suitably | ropsired, and at & comparstively slight cost, will inclose a structure of ample room to meot the growth of the library for years to come, while, in respect to pablic convenionce, the location could not be bettered. It is cantrally situated, and easy of access from every division of the city by horse-railroads and omnibusca. dtis in the very beart of the city, where a public library should be. 'Everything thus far connect- ed with the Library movement, from its very in- ception, has worked harmoniously and happily, ond in this respect there is cause- for sincere congratulation, When the Libraryis removed to-the new quarters and the old tank is loft once more to its iron meditations—a day which we trust is not far off—it will at once enter upon its unrestricted career of uscfulnoss. . Bpeeches ‘werp listoned to impatiently in the House yesterday. That body was anxious to get to voting, and to closo forever the scenes of the tragical farce of tho Oredit Mobilier inves- tigation. MMr. Farnsworth began business by a motion to lay the Tepart ou the table. This was lost by a vote of 164 to 59, Byavoteof 115 t0 110, it was decided to con- sider Mr. Sargent's substitute for the resolutions of the Poland Commuttee. The first of these, “ab- solutely condemning " Ames, was then carried by the overwhelming vote of 181 to 36. Brooks was one of the 3§ who voted in Ames’ favor. Then, 174 to 82, Braoks wes “ sbsolutely con- demned.”. At this pomt an attempt was made in behslf of the otber membors implicated to ;closo the matter by discharging the -Committoo ; this failed by the close voto of 104 to114. When the preamble of Sargent’s resolu- tion came up, a second sttempt to reach the same result was made by moving to Iay it on the table. This would have stopped any further action; it was defeated by 131 to 78. The - preamble was theén rejected, 98to 118. A resolution to censure Hooper, Davwes, Kelley, Scofiold, Garfield, and Binghsm was ruled out by the Speaker, on the ground that only one member conld be censured at a time. The douse consented to consider a reso- lution censuring Kelley, and laid it on the table by 117 to 75. By this time-the brosd character of the comedy was apparent to all, and a motion to censuro Hooper was received with laughter, and good-humoredly rejocted by 108 votes to 75. By 114 votes to 75, the Committee were then dis- charged. As the Speaker stated, this closed the matter ; and, at halt-past 10 o'clock, the usual hour for closing such performances, the curtain foll, —— A LAME AND IMPOTENT CORCLUSION. The ‘House of Representatives, after threo days’ debate on the report of the Cradit Mobilier Investigating Committes, has passed resolu- tions censuring Onkes Ames and James Brooks by nzme, and making no montion of the othar implicated partios, The report of the Commut- tee recommended the expulsion of. Ames and Brooks, but took no other action, although it mildly. chided the members who took stock or dividends from Ames. It appears, then, that the temper of the House was not 80 Severe as that of the Committee. The vofe censuring Ames was passed by 181 to 36, and that censur- ing Brooks by 174 to 32. This feeble conclusion of the whole mattor must be attributed masinly to tho fact that the accused members of Congrees, including Ames, sacrificed their veracity, last Beptember, in the heat of the Presidential campaign, tothe Repub- lican party, and the party was therefors bound to Bustain them, or at least to let them of easy. The commotion and consternation which result- ed from the publication of the Ames letters and list of names was a serious eiement in the then approeching October elections. The accused members, including Ames, waited a long time before answering the charge against them. If they alone had been concerned, it is not proba- ble that any of them would have answered. But the party was put in jeopardy, by the charges, and still more by their failure to snswer. When it was no longer possible to maintain silence, they began to dony, some with one form of speech, and gome with snother. Ames chimed in with his joint and several false- hood. Thus theyafforded the party organsand speakers the opportunity to pronounce the whole “story & Greeloy lic and 2 campaign slander. Thoy Iaid themaelves on the altar of tho party; and, in the low view which politicians generally take of such matters, it was incumbent on the party to atand by them as it has. It does not follow that this is the end of the Credit Mobilier controversy. Wo exprossed tho opinion; whon the investigation began, that, if anything short of complete justice should be done, the battle would rage on, but before a dif- ferent and much larger tribunal ; that the peo- plo would take it up whore Congress should drop it, and that it would be more an element of the mext elections than it was of-the last. That we are not mistaken in this view is. apparent from the changed and changing tone of the Republi- can party-organs, many of which have censured the Poland Committes for its leniency, and will be compelled logically to censure the House still more strongly from its failure to come up to the standard which the Committee sought to erect. The Albany Evening Journal, in its issue of Feb. 24, holds this language : And ‘now; i€ to the retirement of thess (Pomeroy, ‘Patterson, Harlan, and Colfax), Congress will append the expulaion of Ames and Brooks, and possibly the" censure of some others, how tho atmosphero will be cleared! The murky darkness gathered in an hour. et the thunder-peal and the bursting storm follow With equal rapidity, ' The tempest will purify the air, There i3 to be & great change anywsy. Congress after ihe 4th of March will wear a different aspect. Colfax will be out of the Vice-President’s chair, Patterson, and Harln, and Pomeroy will be out of the Senate, Caldwell, we trust, will follow them, Oakes Ames will 1o longer eitin the House, even if not expelled, Buthe ought to bo expelled, and Brooks with him. Let the nife bo unhesitatingly applied to' cut off these false members. The Republican party has already done much to cleanss tho foulness, A bold stroke in the' Credit Mobiller will prove it title to the undiminished confidencs of the people. Its own heart i sound, and it only needs to show that it will not tolerate any un- wortby leaders, 1 the action of the House is too lame and im- potent for 8o pronounced a partisan as the Al- ‘bany Journdl, it will, indeed, come far short of satisfying the country. A SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS, The official life of the present Congress will end on Monday, March 4, at noon. By s fiction, the third dsy of March has been construed as extend- ing to noon on the day following,' The ordinary legislation of Congress has been much neglected this session, and the number and tho importance of the vusious investigations has brought busi- pess to that state that in the few hours that re- 'main there can boe but little intelligent logisla- tion. All the crimes of legislation which bave cost this Government 80 ‘much money, and in- volved it in 5o mnch confusion, have been en- actod during the last hours of Congress, when bribery, corruption, and even forgery, have been resorted towith success. Bosides the soveral branches of the Credit Mobilier case in the House, .the Scnate has a half-dozen like matters of almost equal im- portance, There are tho cases of Patterson, Pomeroy, Caldwell, Clayton, Harlan, and, possi- bly, Colfax._ Thero is the whole casp af the TLouisiana election, and behind it are:the con- testod clections in Alabama, South Carotine, and Nevada, In all those cases tho Benate has to deal with fraud and corruption, and the judg- ments of the body are to become precedants for the futuro, In the mesntime there are several hundrgd bills pending beforo the two Hogsas, ‘upon which acticn is important. There should be an act passed relating to Louisiana ; the bills providing for the distribution of the Geneva sward and to exodute that part of tho_ Treaty of ‘Washingtonrelatingto Canadashouldbe actedon, We think it is ovident that Congresa ‘should pro- vide without dolay for the meeting of tho new Congross on the 4th of March. There never were questions more vital tq the National chare actor pending befoze that body than now, The whole matter of the capacity af the peapls for self-government iy involved, The question whether tho representatives chosen by the pao~ Plp bave the courage and the honesty to inveati- gate the frends 2nd comuptions of their as- sociates has to be detamined. It is notorious . aud eelf-evidont that. the Polwnd Commit- teo nor the Wilson Committee ever did more than gkim the surface of the Credlt Mobilier corraption.. It is- noiarious that Durant “placed” twico, s much of the tock &8 Ame did, and yet there is mot 3 word-as to the person to whom he gaveif, Evea with Ames, the only persons he confessed O Were those named by him some years sgo in his letter to M’Comb. Halrof these declined the stock, but Ames did not tell, nor was ho asked, what be did with the rest of the stock. Where did the $35,000,000 profits of tho Credit Mobiliar Company go, and who shared the profits besides Ames, Brooks, Scofield, Kelley, Dawes, Coltax, Bingham, and J. F. Wilson? Tho profits re- ceived by these, except Brooks and Ames, do not exceed $50,000, and it would bo interesting to know who got the restof it. Thers could bo no more profitable inquiry, to be prose- cuted during the summer months, than to have & sgelect committeo take up this business where these old committees left off, and explore the whole thing to tho bottom. Osakes Ames will no longer bo a member of Congress, and in no fear of expulsion. He can then be induced to open the hitherto sealed pages of his memo- randum-book, and tell us how many other pob- lic men, Democrats and Republicans, he has re- corded as recipienta of his stock and dividends. Ho will then be able posaibly to producs, from his papers, tho receipts for dividends from the several gentlemen to whom, 18 he confesses, he has been endeavoring to meke things as easy as possible. Then, too, the Committeo may be asble to find Gen. Granville M. Dodge, the gentleman who drew 10,000 a year salary as Chief Engineer of the road while s ‘member of Congress, and who claimed that he could better earn his galary in the Houso than out on the road. Then, too, the Committes will be able to find out who received the $600,- 000 8aid to havo been distributed, in 1864, to have passed the act of Congress changing the first mortgage of the Governmant into s second mortgage. There is, in fact, an entire summer's work for an industrious committee {o dig up the past history of the Union Pacific Railroad legis- 1ation, and expose to the country the many men of public life who have been dishonest and cor- rupt, and who have been the stipendiaries of the thieves into whose hands those roads were com- mitted. ' The House has passed judgment npon those of its own members who have been guilty; but that judgment was based upon only a partial disclosure of the facts. There are a great many men who were, perhaps, as gnilty a8 Bingham and Ames, against whom not & word has-yet been made public. Some of these will be turn- ing up hereaftor as candidates for President or Vice-Pregident, or for places in the Cabinet, or for sesta in the two Houses of Congress. - Why not have the whole story at once, and all who were guilty punished alike 2 The two Houaes of Congress have been inform- od by the President that, unless they act upon the Louisiana case, he will continue to employ the Federal troops to maintain the greatestact of political villainy that has ever received officia] recognition ; that he will continue to place the troops at the disposal of Judge Durell, whose proceedings as & Foderal Judge have astounded the whole country. The two Houses have also to decide which, if cither, set of Benators and Rep- resentatives are to be admitted from tbat State. This business requires calm and careful deliber- ation ; it cannot be acted on in the 1ast hours of an expinng session, and Congreas should there- fore meet next week, and, unembarrassed by or- dinary legislation, shonld dispose of all these questions. ‘We have no question that many men in Con- gress and out of it will breathe freer when tho present session shallclose, assuming that that is the end of all investigation. But there ought to be virtue enough in Congresa to pro- vide the means for continuing these investiga. tions. They cannot be stopped. ~ Congress will have to choose between having them go on in the summer, or beginning them next winter. ‘The fact that Ar. Harlan will be out of the Sen- ate is no reason why his conduct in receiving 810,000, or £30,000, while Secretary of the In- terior, from the Pacific Railroad Company, should not be inveatigated. What one Secretary haa done another may do, and there should be some legislation to punish tho repetition of such an indeceficy not merely by impeachment but other- ‘wige. There is just at this time no party-divisions in Oongress nor out of it. There i3 no Presidential or other genoral election pending, and now is the most auspicions and convenient time for all parties to hunt up their black sheep, and get rid of them. Now is the fimo to unmask the cor- ruptionists who, under the cloak of special virtue, are robbing the public. Now is the time to explain why an honest man will pay $60,000 to be elected to an office the lawful emoluments of which are barely. snfficient to afford him a living. It is time also to define by law whatis s Jawfal and legitimate expense in procuring an clection to the United States Senate, and now 1s the time o make it & crime o receive or to_ pay money, directly or indirectly, fora vote far that office. Nomore appropriate or convenicnt time for all this legistation than in o spocial gession, begin- ning at the close of the present one, and Con- gress can hardly do better than to pass the necessary law at once. QUINCY. Arrest of an Absconding Nefaunlter and Bigamist, Special Dispateh to The Chieagn Tribune, Qurxoy, I, Feb. 27,~Geo, L. Wedgewod, Into Bchool Superintendent of LaSalle County, 1L, who ebsconded Iast November, with £8,000 of tho school funds, deserting his wife and taking with him another womsn, was arrested hore to-day on board & Chicago, Burlingion & Quincy train, while on hia way west, %3 had been living in Toronto since hia flight, but, be- coming tired of the climate, yeso] Fannas, and reachod Ghidegs ‘;wo f-fi;“:g: whero he puzchased a through ticket for Empor ria, Kan. ~ Ha waa aqnmittea 10 prison here, and the autharities of LaSalle notified of his arrest. Emportant Decision in Favor of Nia- . coupin County Bondholdcrs. BeriNormELp, Iil, Feb. 27.—A judgment for $150,000 in favor of the holdersof the AMa- coupin County bonds, that were issued to build the celebrated couri-house, wss obtained to-day in the Unitod GtatesDistrict Court, The connty is fighting every inch of the ground, and steadily rofuses to pay interest on the bonds. The officors, whoso duty it is to assess th tax neces- #ary, to raise the money, refaseto do so, and it iasupposed that in the end a Marshal will have to bo appointed to do tho work, It loaks now aa, it the payment of tho bonds is a good way L3 . A Murderer Sextenced. Specicl Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune. Durcque, Feb, 27.—At Charles City, Iowa, some fow weeks since, Marshal 8. 0. Page,n. attempting ta quell a drunken row, received a ‘wound in the head from 2 young German, named F. Biebert, whom he triod to arrest. The blade of the knife with which the wound was infict- ed "broke off imbedded in the brain, causin, Page'n doath yestoraay. After weeks of trials the jm:{ convicted Siebert of murder in the eecond degree, tnd to-day Ju Ruddick sen- tenced him to eighteen yoarsin the Penitentiary. The “prisoner received "his sentence with the ;‘;;;tfi: no! 8, geemingly caring nothing STATE LEGISLATURES. WISCONSIN, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, BENATE. ndlhm!os,f \Xm.,l;‘ab. h.Kn’nu storm and in- lequacy of the tele; ines ted - in éfi. atchos It af s Erpienield Bn e Benate, yestorday, passed bills reducin the prioe of uhiversity 1ands in oortain cases: for the education of county poor children ; for the botter organization of the militia, and con- curred in the Assembly bills raising fhe age af commitment to the Reform School. lo:rhe ;sumbly hiv:lcg :_o m«ghm all committacs roport everytl efors them by Saturdsy. A bill pu:axs o tf 25 raising the oftheS: Cn:rzi Jnulirgea l:o 35,0(%. sy HReeRs r three hours debate, bills appropriaty; 81,000 each fo eight Alilwaukes - hospjr o asylums, homes, &e., and 8500 to ome in - itowoc, wero indefinitely postponed. The ' Railroad Committeos bave reparted the Land Grant bills in both Houses, witbont reo- ommendation. Tho Milwaukee & St. Paul bill, however, has amendments which propose ‘making Prescott the initial roint, Tequiring sixty miles yearly to be built between the St. Croix River and Superior, and providing for bailding & roed from Monroe to Mineral Point. The Senate has made the Land Grant billa the special order for Tuesdsy, and until disposed of. bflflm ALanemIfly has not reached its Land Grant el 5 In the Benate, to-day, the Commitise on Tinance presented s bill for a Biate ix of $321,110 for expenditures for 1874. Resolutions were ndopted thanking Gov. Washburn for his satiafactory settloment of tho Duluth and Superior harbor dispute; submit- ting the question of a Constitutional Conven- tion to the State, the latter 21 o 8. A score of Assembly bills were concurred in, imzlnding bills to authorize & railroad bridgo acrogs tho Mississippi at Red Wing; to prevent frauds in the sale of personal property; to pre- vent n multiplicity of actions upon the same cause; to @ a cortificato offi evidence of Bervico of papers in civil actions, Beveral bills in régard to the sssessment of taxes wore postponed till to-morrow, and thers secmed to be & general disposition to postpono almost every bill which elicited debate, of which there was 2 good deal. In the Assembly there was an unprecedented- ly large number of remonstrances presented against the repeal of the Temperance Iaw. “Resolutions were offered for instituting an in- quiry 23 to the propriety of memorializing Con- ross for tho improvement of tbe St. Croix iver; a8 to whother the West Wisconsin Rail- way Company has gold or mortgaged lands with intent to decieve. Resolutions were adopted directing the State Superintendent to prosecute inquiries and make report as to the best means of promoting education, whether by compulsory inamreu t:’ og:;rwiu; in iuor of two-‘_geé;: etter-postage, carringe of newspapers with- in States where published, and no ing ; that no leaves of absence be granted except for cause. A resolution was tabled protesting againat the charges for &ost-omca boxes and drawers, a8 an obstacle to cheap postage. An amendment to the bill a mprllflng 2,000 to the Btate Agricultural BSociety an prohibiting the holding of its faira over two years in one place was rejected, and the bill or- dered to a third reading. Bills passed to deciare certain atreams and rivers pavigable, and anthorize the erection of flooding dams thereon; to amend the laws of 1871 anthorizing Town Bupervisors to construct drains in certain cases. There was quite s debato and some set speechea on the bill to compel children batween 8 and 14 to attend school twelve weeks in the year. It wasadvocated by Mesars. Szyne and Cheever, and opposed by Mesars. Doyle and Clark. It was indefinitely postponed—54 to 89, ‘The general surfeit of long speeches was shown at the conclusion of this debate, when it was voted that no member be allowed ta speak more than twico on one subject or mare tBen minutes at one time, without consent of the ouse, Both honses hold session this evening, Yhe Assembly has a large general file. S ¢ OHIO. Covruxsus, Fob, 27.—In the House t¥/is morn- ing, the Sanate bill to pravide for tha dmigsion of pupils to the Blind Asylum betwae,n tho 2ges of 6and 21 years, was passed. . A communica- tion was read from the Board of Xublic Works, giving reasons wh& in their op¥nion, the aban- loned portion of the Pennsylvar/ia & Ohio Canal should be appropristed by the State for water purpoges. In the House a bill was introduced to change the name of the lunatic asytums of the State, so 3 to have them known as insane asylums. CoLumnus, O., Feb. 27.—In the House this afternoonsresolution was offered reciting tho im- portance ta the commoercial interests of Ohio and other Btates of & ship-canal to connect tne Ohio River with the James River in Virginis, and ro- §uafltmg the Laflnlat\_‘u’a of Wes! Virginia and entucky to confer with the Goneral Assembly of Ohio with reference to the best means of se- curing such canal. The resolution was roferred to the Federal Relations Committee. Inthe Senate, this aftarnoon, the Senate billto amend tko Insurance law o a to authorize firo insurance companies of Qhlo to do business on SR b et it odoce fo ol 'was introdug regulate contracts on be%nu of th: Et:.ib. a o 'wo contractors and an archit to-da) testified before the legislative [nestc':llgxtinyé Committee that, in their opinion, the rear walls of the splendid new Blind Asylum Buailding, resting on piors or arches with & heavy wall above it, is unsafe and dangerons. plerics g e speciat D o T o Special D Tribune. Laxsrxc, Mich., Feb. 27.—A joint resolution g to the Chicago & Northwesters Rail- way Company their land-grant for building a road between Menomineo River and Negaunee, in the Upper Peninsula, passed both Houses. The Benate also paseed bills punishing adul- teration of milk, aud requiring the Land Com- ‘missionerata give public notice of the reators- tion of reserved or forfeited lands to market. matter is so; carefuily concealed by thoes who ara ‘aware of thi exact facts that what should justly - *be the prop erty of tie public, 28 being connected with the idterests of A public institution, is, sa far, reservixd to those parties alona. Even tha <ity papers here are nnable o procure relisble information 1, although their -ous for the whole truth. WALL STREET. Review .of the Money, Gold, Bond, Stock , and’ Produce Maricets. Specici ! Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. New Yonra -, Feb. 27.—The Wall-street fever of excitement | 1aa apparently subsided, and & more quiot feeling ; provailod at the close. The lively scenes, how yver, attendant upon the closing of <’ the Stock E: :change on Monday night broughy together & large'. number of brokera ang speculators at sn early hour this mom. ing, and the opeming of the Stock Room was awaited with feverish mnxiety, - Notking new, had transpired durifig the interim by whrich the o ourse of the market could be pre-: dicted, and thc se generally besi informed werq as ig:'mxmt 0.t the situation as the merest novice iax the st rest. At the commencementof ; ‘business this un settled feelirg was reflected in the sudd v chan zes in tha prices of tho leading shares, and, \rb.\.le‘ there was at mo time any incfeation of a panic, yet tha Ensatic 68 of {he morning wers Iaiger than ever recor ded, except in periods of groat excite~ mont. P ices baving beon well sustained, how~ ever, durit g the first quarter of an hour, in a sharply cor tested fight over Pacific Mail, West~ omrflninn, New York Central, Lake 8hore, Unien Pacific, and Ohios, a better fecling became ap~ arent, and with renewed assurances that My Btockwell w, Jia prompily meet hia ligstiv . to-day, confi dence was gradually rextored, 'y, g sharp upwa: d turn in the final dealings, eral marke | rising from 2 to § pertant, ang closing at t] 18 best figures of th,a day. The fo- ture does 1 aot, however, lc,k altcgether rose- : colored, no ¢ iB it 638y ty oatimate the lossey necessarily incurred i% the genaral ehaking-up of the matl iet, and i is probable that some darg will elapse before these figures can be deter - min Th e * boars” may take couragefromths - weaknees ¢ £ the piat tW0 days, sud organize another & o ccsssful raid. Western Union was . "?s“mp &, and sdvanced to £9%¢ after salling - 8t 863, w i = was heavi Iy purchased, to-day, for tho account, itissaid, ofthe Commodore. It is not forgot- ten that. ,in 1864, Harlem advanced to or | ‘b""a:l' v thile the remainder of the list de. - clined f rom 20 to 80 per cent, nnd, if Commod pre Vanderbilt is as Iargely interested in Weste m Union as currentiy reported, hist msy g& in repeat itself in Wall street. Pacifia Mail sho wed s recovery from 58 this morning to 633, the )ugh in the final dealings droppirg to Elgfin.N ew York Central was run up to 103, sgainst (0137 exrHer in the day, and Lake Shora on lar ge trxmsactions - rallied to 933§ from ¢1. Ohjos were very active dur. ing the :sarly trade, fluctusting between 4435 and 4537 , with 11 ite sales at 453. Wabash rosa 1 per ce at to 784 g, and Union Pacific rallled from 1 to 3536, thar agh selling later at 345 Eris Was st zong 1n th ) afternoon business, and closed stromgg at’ 65%, aaagainst 643¢ in the morning. The rsovements: in the remainder of the list wera unioiportant. p ‘The total nurd ber of shares dealt in were 359,« 7, gen 140, of which Western Union represenied 74.500; Pacific | \[ail,77,930 ; Lake Shore, 49« 550; N. Y. Cen tral, 35600: Obios, 23,800 Harie, 20,200 ; Bc rston. Hartford & Erie, 19,8007 Tnion_ B C. & 1.C., 8500} Taland, 6,000 ; St Pav £,700 ; Hannibal 900 ; Atlsntio &~ , preferi 1, Paul, preferred, _ GOLD. - ) . The gold spews ilation bas been very quiet. Attor selling: stT 153 sesterday, the price gava - W2y to 1143, at-wt 1ich sales this morning wvers ‘| reported at the: 4 ormal opening, from whichif . declined to 114 , partly because the London money market was c3sy, and securities quiet and. firm, and partivto catch the Tressury gold at a lower basjs Of Prices. After middsy the prita_was pretty ) Tenerally stationary unal the - Sward was ina de, Wl 1on it ssttled down fto 1143¢, and ranged aft ‘ofwan | af 1143@11437, closing a& 11455, ho uz. ‘orta ae to the market, howevar, - bas lost a littlo of it 3 strength. uo.\'a.f the stocks yestere Despite the s] 1skit g up of st day, ;Pd the tre; nend ous shrinkage in valdes, the mone! stri- ngent:y i3 still very severs, a8 & t;x.r‘{_h ma oy loans were distarbed,and must bo chan ged _ The opening rate Wag 1-16 and intere &%, amd steadily advancad to 3-33 and interest, tt ough before midday the estabe lished quotation was 3+16 and interest. Inthe afternoon tho p wessure continued, and befora the close of the » banks borrowers had paid as much as 3 and i - sbereat, from which it gite way » to 6@7 carrency. ‘The closing quotation was 7 per cent. Merca wffle paper is nominal. Thera . 18 some talk that € artificial preasure in monsy - is soon to be reliv ywed. % BOKDS. Business it G ovexument bonds under the foverish condition =of money and stocks i been light, but de. spite tne decline in gold, pricea * hcve been well sue €qined »'nder fifmnu. of London quotsations ', : © FRODU Flour was irregr (lar, bnga;mv'a active. No.2 and superfine wer » in fair demay 4 30d eo%xn- Hvely Brm. AT sorwaae Wash €8y eat - closes dullht:r 1o ts of spring to be , ad on easier : terms. ippe rs ‘are holding ba K. FOr was less. act ive; new mess OB LB spot is - quo’led ' st £15.00@16.95. , [OF prime mess 85 b :ls choice sold at $16.00™ PT¥ salted shoulders are quoted af go, and ditto, SEOT cut hams at 105 /@113(c. Buson'wasrather \ 10l - with sales of 22 0 boxes shor'y clear st 8%0_. 11 March, and 100 boxes do af, go spot. Longcla % 18 quoled at Thfe. Lard v ug rataor doll; West.t gm s quoted A% 8%@8 7 1g; for this month; B ferca'en e, doo e AL B 100 o 106 i fo R of 500 tierce for May o' ; 5 farasg, JeTeTs : AHE FARMERS. This afternoon a long and earnest discussion was had in the Houso on the project to bridge the Detroit River, and on the bill appropriatings tax ofone-twentieth of amill on 8tate property for ho beneft of tho Usiversity. Tiio plan tobrid-g, the river was strongly opposed by pmuan";ifa Howard, - 0f St. Clair, Who paneq that 80,000 vessels passed in'y" C poe Bt Ciair and Deiroit River daring o efilsnhl m?iu‘ud tfi&,fl,fl(}g buZnels of w) 037, are shipped from Milwaukeo a0 s mpgy fr Y water, to 327,06 . There was some oppoeition to tho s tion for the Universit, several meml zif:;ns the appropriation of & specifia Alonzo M. Zaynes, —_— KANSAS, Sr. Louts, Feb, 27.—Tbs lowe’. houso G the Kansas Legislature yezierdsy p assed a resolu- tion cuuunn‘f York for making charges against members and failing to declaring Pom unyorthy of the confidence and respeot of the people 0% Kansaa, fl?_ thg Senate a resoltd¥on eulogizing York Loy, —— i —— NEW JERSEY. New Yorg, Feb. 2%.—The Commissioners ap- pointed by the L progure statnes of Kearney and Stockton for the alls of Congross.appropristed $16,000 for the purpose. VIRGINIA. RicmaoxD, Va., Feb. 27,—In the State Senate, yosterday, "bill ‘was passed providin —_— NEW YORK. Feb. 27.—In the Asscmbly, to-dsy, Armixy. the New ‘York charter was passed. :BLOOMINGTON. Convictivu: oi* tho Tity Harshal for Compoundinga Felony—The Univer= ity Scandal. Special Dispateh to The Chicago, Tribune. * BrooMme10¥, Feb. 27.—In the County Court, to-day, in a trial by jury, George Bull, City Mar- ebal of this city, was convicted of cempounding a felony with one Cyrus Vandervoort, and sen- tenced to pay a fine of £600. It is understood. that Bull will appeal the case. “At the regular meeting of the City Council to-morrow right the matter will be: discusat and it is fair to presume that Bull willbe remor: PIO7 jris~ ¥ pre- ¥ am st 0! of Kalamazoo, *, appointed 5ifai 7 inngeton c?xfmc‘ atfcial stenographer of the f _ivingaton mustalr ; them; also one ning Pomeroy; #/as lost by & vote of slatre of New Jarsey to 1 3 for the B:.y!nalent Of interest on certain bonds of the Hes mtions sdopted at the Convend don at ¥ joomington on Wednesd - day. Broourxa] oy, Feb. 37.—The following resolu- ;éom veore df scussed and adopted at the Farmers’ “Convention, held in this city, yesterdsy: s Wixmzas, Thepowerof eminent domain has beed rightfully nssairted n the bullding of railroads ; ead Wrxaras, ‘The kindred power of tazation bas beed legally used £oT their construction ; and : WaEras, The public lands—the people’s heritage . ted in great profusion for the same ury poeea; therefore, - Resolred, That the railways are but improved publid ", ‘highways for the people, and that the corporators and . officers thereof re trustees of & public trust, and as- such ars propert subjects of legisistive control. ¢ Resolved, That we ask the Le; DoW in sesslon £0 pass a law fxing the maximum rates of {reights aa. our railrozds, and to make such smendments to the ; existing laws in relation to unjust discriminationt made by them 18 experience has shown fo be necests- Ty; and that they make ample provision for th ‘Trompt and vigorons enforcement of the same, 6ved 10 the extent, if necessary, of calling out every man in’ the Stato for that purpose, Resolved, That the existence of law, order, and dv 1ized socicty imperatively demand that we should re gard Tepealed or decided unconstitational. Resolved, That the rallway companies, being themé elves dependent on the law and the good-will of the poople for thelr existence and protection, aro setting .- Very dangerous examples in their continued, defancé of the lswa of the State, and wo earnestly ask them 18 ; seriously consider the inevitabls consequznces of suclf - unlawtal conduct, Resolved, That e are in the line of our duty whesr 1o the people and the dignity of “":;:h“g"?“m of the nlglu’cr dmrfm' and should punished by heavy fines and penalties. That Governor Boveridge in fgnoring ths- Resolved, socommentlation of the {srmers of the State in-faval the reappaintment of Col. R, P. Morgan a3 & -and Warehouse failed to mest 38 remind His Excellency that the time has pawsed Whed or 0] oblig=tions can be allowed 1o stzad- B e ot b il ands tcrests of 1o pecpie. o Resolzed, Thet o recommend the srpolntment G Jakn P. Reynolds, of Chicago; Richard P. Borgady M ad W, J. Flagg, of Madison County, 85 53 road and Warehouse Commissioners, - ; Resolved, Thet mg <% ths Tagisiatare, now I £ sium, to enlarge tho Jurisdiction of the Hailrosd sl Warelouse Commissioners o 28 to includs the VLK Slock Yards of Clicago ; and to givens a legal Temsdy the extorticnate charges of that cox | ralway- al g yrehiA kecping with tho relstiony Btate or the people, umflfiww place them under obligations to influences adversd those of their canptituents, .| sons who sympathize i from his position at the head of the police. expres The petita tion of President Knn.wg?], Of the. | _JResolved, That we, the farmers, will suppart 23 Wealeyan Methodist University, together with | Jan for ofico that i not o hes [t S S s B snageened | s i 6 ¢ S AE 08 of ‘late, 1 ‘we our which Lis name' is associated ‘somewhat too- flmm‘mu;:d'm]% ;mnmwm nru!‘m’ mwflmflohflfl*_ mum{:!iy with those’ ~ of several of foin the students of - that institution, A farniture factory is being built by s J =1 is a topie that oxcites the greatest curiosi 'k company at Grand Rapids, Mich., that ¥ 3 stoc! among the public here. Tha tie status of u:{, cost $250,000 and employ 600 workmen. lars are_clamore closing seles at 893 This stock _ B — R