Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 3, 1873, Page 4

TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE, TERMA OF SUDSCRIPTION (PAYADLE IR ADVANGR), Ially, by mail..... 812, Bunda g Pty S1E85) ey kit Parta of a soat at tha samo rto, To provent doley and nistakes, be suro and give Post Ofico nddross In full, including State and Connty, . Temittancos may Lo madg elther by draft, expross, Post Offico order, or in reglatered lottors, at cur sk, TEAME TO OITY AUDACRINERA. Datly, deltvorod, Hunday excoptod, 25 conte por wook, Daily, dolivared, Sunday includod, 30 conts for wooks Addrass COMPANY, Coruer Ohloago, Il CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. FIRST PAGE~Waslington Nows: Olosing Proceodings ot Congross—Forolyn Nows—Miscellanoons Tolo- rams. LCOND PAGE-Haturday Nlght's Tolograms, . THIRD PAGE—Tho Law Courts—Porsonal—~Tho Forth. coming Exposition--Stanloy's Looture—Ths Olty in Brlof—Hydo Park Mattors—Rallroad Time-Tablo— Advortlsemonts, FOULTH_ PAGE—Editorlals: A Maddlod Oongross; “I'io Railronds and tho Farmors; Bills Boforo tho Logislaturo; The Agrioultural Collogo Subsidy— Curront Nows Itoms, FIFTH PAGR-Tcgisiativo Mattors at Springfiold— omo Miscollany~Foroign Itoms—Local and Xor- pign Markpta—Advortisomonts, 1 BIXTI PAGE—3onotary and Commorotal. SEVENTH PAGE-Wasbington Lettor—The Gresloy Monument—Nows Paragraphs—The Northorn Pa. ciflo Railroad—Bmall Advortisomonts: Roal Estate, For Balo, To Ront, Wanted, Boarding, Lodging, oto, BIGHTH PAGE-Tho Railroad Question—The Farm and Garden—Philadelplis Lottor—Auction Advyor- tisomonts, . e——— TO'DAY'S AMUSEMENTS, I'VIOKER'S THEATRE-Madison streot, botwoon !:l(l and Doarborn, Fugagomont of Hdwin Booth. * Riohetiou,” - : A ' AGADEMY -OF MUSIO- fIAlstod streot, sonth of Madlson, **Tho Threo Guardsmon.* - HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE—Tandolph stroot, bo- twoon Clark and Lasallo,. ‘*Lalso Shamo.' MYRRS' OPERA HOUSE—Monroo streot, botwoon Stato and Doarborn. Arlinglon, Colton & Komblo's Minstrel and ‘Burlosquo Troupe. .GLOBR THEATRE-Dosplainos atroot, botweon Madl 1llddon Han aou and Washln y MATICTL d, I¥73 mont of Polico Commissionors was changed from an oloction by the pooplo to0 an appointmont by tho Mayor. Any titlo to the ofiico claimed by Klokka and Reno, undor an olootion in 1872, ho hold to be invalld, ns the Inw provided for no suoh olootion. This digponos of tho caso, o far a8 Judgo Gary I concornod. The Commission- ors may, howevor, apply to any othior of tho oight Judgos, auy one of whom mey grant the rulo which Judge Gary haa rofused. 'Tho stato- mont of tho enso by Judge Gary is vory cloar, aud his roasoning seoms to ba Irrosistiblo. E————— 3 Tho decision of Judgo Blatchford, in New: Yorlr, granting an injunction ngainet tho disso- lution of the Orodit Mobilior Company,.is of mora gonoral importanco than ‘merely giving Mre. Fisk tho right to prosecuts tho claim of her doconsed husband against this corporation, Tho only possiblo usofnlness that the Oredit Mobilior tould over develop ia to be found in its oxiatonco from this timo on, Horotofore, it has simply boen n mosus by which certaln unserupu- lons capitallsts and logislators woro onabled to appropriato Govornmont funds. Now it may heoomo a moans whoreby the Government can rocovor somo of those funds. For tho first timo sinco it was founded, thoro is & nocessity for the maintonance of tho Orodit Mobilier, and Judge Blatohford'a deoision is timely and useful, - Tue Tainunz of yosterdsy contalnod a privato, ! dispatch from Mr, Jamos T'. Tucker, of Now Or~ \loans, which statod that soveral hundrod famis Mos havoboon rondored homeless, and that ‘much sufforing has onsued, from the recont fire in that city. - Tho Mayor of Now Orleans nsks for pid. It should bo forthcoming promptly, and from Chicago first of all, Xt is not improb- ablo that tho porsonal sufforing from tho Now Qrleans firois greator than that which rosultod BUSINESS NOTICES. ROVAL HAVANA LOTTRRY—WIIOLE TICKET, Clect + tnformstion givon, . 1. MAIL ARk U Banidors, 10 Wall-st.s B O. fox diss, Now Yotk The Chivage ibune. Monday Moming;;; Maroh 8, 1873. Tho Toxas Paolflo Railway bill kas passed the Henste, The appropriation for: the Illinois River wes Incronsed by the House - from 860,000 to $100,- 200, and hias boen approyod by, the Benato. . S ——— Suean B. Anthony's potition. for tho constitu- Htional recognition of woman's right to voto haa been reported advorsely by tho Sonate Commit- toe to which it was roportod. The nlacrity with which' Senator Oarpenter sbandoned his Louisiana bill whon tho voting commenoed, was only oqualed by tho brillisncy with which ho dofended it in dobnto. Benators rhould be mado of storner stuf?. ~Bonator Bumner reappearcd in the Sonmato Chambor on Saturday, but ;did not take part in the proceodings; 1e.hopus that his heslth will, pormit him to resumo his dutios i time for the oxtra sosslon. - » Gov, Warmoth prodicts that if an attempt is made to forco the Kellogg Govornment upon tho pooplo of Louisiana, revolution is inovitablo. On the other hand, United Btates oMicers tele- graph from Now Orleans that no collision is likoly to occur. A Senator Chaudlersald that if the Senato should reopen ‘tho debato on tho Lonisisoa caso, ho would abandon the River and Harbor bill for this session, To which Senator Edmunds replied that that would be & good thing, as it wonld save soveral million dollars. Mr, Edmunds' head is level. Next to Orodit Mobilier and the’ Protec- tivo tariff, the River and Harbor bill is the most. profligate sud domoralizing thing going. Although Gon. Banka at first opposed any roc- ogaition of the Bpanish Republic on the ground that the United States would theroby tacitly sanction slavery in the Weat Indies, ho hasre- portad to tho House & resolution congratulating Spain upon her recent offorts to consolidate the principles of universal. liberty jn & Republican form of government, a8 ho oxpresses i, Tho vesolution was passod. Sonator Pattorson’s caso has beon recalled to tho attention of the Senate by Benator Morrill, who, in asking that the Sonate Credit Mobilier Committes bo discharged, pointedly remarked that its roport was on tho tablo of tho Bomate, snd awaited action by that body. A motion was made for o special Sunday sossion, but Senators Tipton, Schurz, and Trumbull statod thoir un- willingness to form any opinion on. such insuf- ficlent examination of tho testimony as the in- tervening time would give them, Spanish nows continuoes tho recital of Carlist insurrections; snd sltornating victories and do- foats. In old Castilo the adheronts of Don Oar- 1o have boon utterly disporsed, but in Catalonis and other provinces they aro gnining numbers and boldnoss. That those simultaneous and widospread movements of tha Oarlists area sorious matter is shown by the roquost of tho Government for authority to raiso an army of 45,000 mon and an appropriation of 100,000,000 pesetas, for their supprossion. As a substitute for the franking privilege, it was proposed, by an amendment to the Deficion- cy bill before Congress, that ‘* special atamping- machines” should be provided for franking pub- lic documents. through tho post-offica for tha members of the Honse and Scnato. Franking by hand was bad emough, and, fortunately, this 2lan for franking by machinery was not adopted. Another goM rosult of the abolition of franking sras geen in tho bill which passed for the printing of 50,000 coples of the Agrioultural Report, which are not to be given away, but are to be £0ld ot 50 cents cach ‘The March statement of the Trossury shows o decreaso of $5,277,800 in tho publio debt in February, The interest paid Ify tho Govern- ment on the bonde issued fo tha Pacific Rail- roads now amounts to $18,509,280 ; of which the Companies hiave repaid, by transporting Govern- mant malls aud ‘supplies, $4,185,863. This Ioaves thom jn debt to the Government fo the from the Boston fire, whord tho losses were chiefly commorcial. . Tho appeal of tho Mayor of Now Orloans §s in bohalf of those poor wlho have beon renderod homeless snd dostituto, and it should bo answored by & liberal subscription by our citizens to-day, In the moantime, whilethia is progrossing, tho Chieago Roliof and Ald So- cloty might forward somothing to meet imme- dinto wanta. . That Socloty is itsolf o monumont of tho liberality of oyr countrymen in other Stated and citios, and should hasten to respond and @lbnmlly to any case of distross and sufforing : by firo of tho magnitudo of this calamity in Now Oslonna, The Chicago produco markets were moder- ately active on Soturdsy, and gonorally firm. Pork was in good demand, and 10c por brl highor, closing ot $18,80@18,35 cash, and $13.60 @18,05 sollor April, Lard was quiot and 2lgo por 100 1bs highor, at 87.57%4@7.60 cash, and 87.75@7.80 soller April. Moats woro quiot and. firm at 4560 for shoulders, 63¢c for short ribs, and 634 for short cloar. Tho packing of ‘hogs to dato, tho closo of the regular soason, is 1,819,686 hoad, ngainst 1,326,236 & yoar ago. Drossod hogs ero dull and bo por 100 lbs Jower, st §6.45@0.60. Highwines wore quiet and steady at 86c por gallon, Lake freights wero inactive and firm ot 12%@1% for corn ‘to Bufalo, 'Flonr was dull and cosior. Whoat was activo and 4o lowor, clos- ing fixm at $1.1934 cash, snd $1.215¢ sellér April, Corn was active and s shade firmer, oclosing nt 810 for regular No. 2, and 31J¢o seller April. Oats woro more active and o shado oasler, clos- ing at 25%o for xogular, and 263¢o sellor April, Ryo was quiot but 3o highor, at 643¢@GC50. Bar- 1oy was dull and easior, at 700 for regular No. 2, and 71c sellor April. Live hogs were quict, and common grades woro shade lowor.. Bales were made ot 94.40@5,00. The cattle and sheep markets woro dull at unochanged pricos. o —— e Tho 8pecial Committee of the Common Coun- cll; who wore appointed to make an inveslige tion of the garbage which has boen accnmulating in tho Eighth Ward singe the fire, ns well aa tho ‘officials of tho Board of Health and tho Mayor, goem to.be in an inoxtricablo' mpddlo, The Board of Health are cortain they cannot remove it. Tho Committoo of tho Council aro equally cortain they ought not to touch it Tho Mayor don't lmow what to do with it, and is doubtful whother any ono ean meddlo with it. Tho scay- enger won't carry it off because his contract pro- vides that'ho shnll nop carry off ashes, and tho pooplo of that ward indulge in the practice of dumping ashes and’ garbagoe togother, mixed in oqual parts, Moanwhile, the strects and alloya are filled with it to the amount of hundreds, if ot thounands, .of cart-londs. Tho other wards are algo in's bad condition. Mild weather is ap- . proaching, whilo tho city officials nro consulting how not to do it, and soon these mountsins of filth will be festering with rottonness and pols~ oning the air, Ono thing is evident—if somoono doos not romove tho garbage, the garbage will romove the people of that ward by tho timo sum- mer comos. ) An authoritativ statoment. s mado by Post- mastor-General Creawoll of tho facts of tho Vico- . Prosidont’s intorcession with his Dopartmont in ‘behalf of Neabitt, who gave Mr. Colfax an allow- ance of ©1,000 & quarter. The Post-Office De- partment had, up:{n the instructions of the to Nesbitt by Mr. Oroswell's prodocossor with- out the preliminary advertising roquired by law to secure compotition. Theroupon, the ques- tion arozo by whom the Dopartmont should be furniehed with stationory in tho intorval that muat elapso beforo anow contract could be medo, It was thon Mr. Colfax appeared bo- fore thoe Postmastor-Gonmoral and pload- ed that, " until o new contract was nogotiated, Noabitt, who Lnd forfoited his con- tract through tho fauit of tho Departmont, not through his pwn malfensanco, should continuo the supplios, Mr, Colfax’s argumont was suc- cessful, and Nosbitt's supplies woro recoived, but at roduced ratos. Witk this explanation people may form their own opinion as to whothor Mr, COolfax was an attornoy or lobbyist, which the Postmaster donlos. One quostion Mr. Crenwoll passes in sllonco : By what influence did Nosbitt obtain from tho Postmaster-Goneral, in dlreot violation of tho Jaw, pn oxtenaion of his contract without advertising for competing bids ? The Benate has agroed to the ITouso provisipn in the Appropriation bill for tha cost of ‘o suit inequity against tho Unlon Paciflc Railrond Company, and all othorsa who havo derivod amount of 814,328,927, which, if tho Appropris- tion billbecomes alaw as amonded, they must re- fand boforo they can claim any further payment for carrying the malls or troops of tho United Btatos, % » Judgo Gary, on Saturdsy, denied the applica- -tiop of Messrs, Klokke and Reno, the ex-Folica Commissioners, for & quo warranto dirested .sgalnat their succeasors.” The Judge bolds that, .nndor the ¢ Msyor's Dbill,” the mode of sppointe profits from dividonds and contracts that in oquity belongod to tho United Btates Govern- ment. . The success of this moasuro promiges fmportant results. The nature of tho.sction contemplated will onable the Govornment, por- haps, to reach {n tho courts tho men whom Con- gross s pormittod to oscapo withont punfsli- ment. Thero will be an additions]l ndvantage in tho possibls racovery of a portion of the funds !x,éndnlonuy obtained from the Unlon Pacific Bailropd by the Oredit Mobilior concorn, ond n practical rostitution of that proteation of the Governmont's intorosta which was forfelted Ly the aot of logislation making the United Btatos loan & second morlgngo, Tho dotafls of this bill have already beon prosontod in Tie TniouNe, It cstablishes tho prinolplo that tho Union Pacifle Company waa ncting na trustoo of the Govornmont primarlly, and that, thoroforo, its monngers wore guilty of a branch of trustin granting thomsolves construotion contracts ne n moans for obtaining tho Govornment subsidlon. Tho law furthor nffords nn opportunity for ronching all men who havo obtained, by gift or by dividend, any stock In tho Union Pacifio Company which they aAid not pay for, and spacial tacilition aro oxtended forrecovoring tlie amount thus fraudulontly obtained in the Unitod Statos Circuit Courts. ——— g Thore havo boen many objectionn urgod, of Iate, in England, against compotitive examinn- tion for tho Civil Borvice Byatom, which tho Na- tion suma up to mean : 1, Competitive oxamina- tlons rogult in tho soloction of men who aro too good for the pluces ; 2. They result in tho woloc- tion of mon not good onough for tholr placos. Tho firat objoction means that mon aceapt places in tho olvil sorvice who aro fitted for - highor ordor of work, Tho anawor to this is, that gov- ornmeont has n domand oqual to evory othor upon tho bost talonts and highest attainmonts of its oltizens ; that the men fittod for other callings need not npply for tho positions if thoy do not . want thom ; and, finally, that they do apply for tho positions bocause’ they aro convinced that, undor an impartial systom of promotion, uncon.' trolled by outside influcnces, thoy will finally at- tain positions oqual to thoir qualifica- tons. The socond objoction,—that ‘com~ potitive oxaminations froquently. rosult in tho cholco of mon not good enough for thoir places,—monus that tho examinations ato successfully passed in many cages by foram- ming" processos, and that tho moral charactor and habita of tho npplicauts are not takon iato nccount. . Tho answor to this s, firat, that it Las been found impossible toavoid the *cramming " ovil in dny systom, that this' is no reason why oxaminations should be abandoned in edueation, Inw, modicino, and all other systoms, and that ovon “cramming™ s better than no kiowledgo at all; socond, that tho habits of the Civil Sorvice omployes can bo botter controlled by strict dls- cipline after they are accopted than by cortifi- catos of good conduct ‘when' thoy apply, Civil *Borvico Reform in England meant to take tho control out of tho hands of the aristooracy;’ Civil Borvice Roform in Amorica means to tako tho control out of tho hauds of- the politicians. ‘Whatoyor may bo the presont doflcioncios of the competitivo cxaminations, it will scarcely be de- nied by intelligent mon that thoy aro loss objoc- tionablo thin the gbusos incldont to the formor English or the provailing Amorican practice. A MUDDLED CONGRESS, Congress commencod ita prosent sssion with Atwmoy-ennornl, sonulled & contract awarded’ an eclognent promigo to chock corruptions, to .inaugurato reforms, and to adopt logislntion Which would bo of value to the wholo' country, and of gpecial . sorvice in' rostoring pnncn,‘ and; decency to tho Southorn Btates. No Congress las over boon more abundant in promises or fortunate in opportunities to secure solid bene- fits to thocountry at largo. Tho Ropublican party | wont into power triumphantly, after a siccoss- ful Presidentinl election, Its political organi- zation was atrang enough to sccuro the possago -of whatover loglslation it doomod proper, and it was euficlently acquainted with tho wishes of ' tho peoplo to onter at once, with firm. noss aud dignity, upon- the work of eom- bodying those - dosires in practical results. But whit has boon tho outcome? Day. by day, and weok by weok, it has grown more and moro rockless and inefficiont, ~ The promises have boen brokon., The roforms which wera to' be institutod havo nqt ovon bgen touched. Tho corruptions which have peen exposed and proven by iucontrovertible tostimony atill re- main unrebuked, and their promoters are al- Iowed to go unpunished, and virtually unre- proved, Dad as tho failuro or rofusal to sc- complish any roslly importsnt legislation may bo, even this might bo tolerated ; but, in addi~ tion to all, as the sossion draws to & closs, Con- grees sooma to have-lapsed into o stato of utter confusion and cross purposos; It tracea and rotraces its own tracks, logialatos without purposo, votes without knowlodge, voluntarily criminatos itself, and wandors about in its work ® o8 aimlossly a8 snow-flakes in a March storm. The very demon of inoflicienoy and folly scems to have entored tho Capitol and taken possctsion of mombers as offectuaily as the devil took pos~ sosgion of tho ewine, driving thom down a stoop placo.into the son. The Louisioun investigation is a cas In point, This was devolyed upon the Senato Committeo on Priviloges and Blections. It summoned its witnesses and hoard thoir testimony. Tho ma- JJority of the Committeo, including all the moem- bors excopt Morton, mado & roport, in which thoy condommned, in the scverest torms, tho' high-handed usurpations of Judge Durell; and advoeated the holding of a new cleotion, as both govornments wero based upon fraud, of which,- howaver, in their opinion, the McEnory Govern- ment was tho loast vicious. Mr. Morton differad from lis associatos on tho Committse. While lio condemuod the usurpations of Duroll,. his opinion was, that as tho Stato Bupromo Court hed indorsed the Lynch Bonrd, that sottled the question in favor of the validity of tho Kellogg QGavernment, Tho McEnery party, according to .his views, was but a small and unimportant fac-' tion, and as thoso few maloontents alono stgod in the way of tho poaco aud good govern- ment of Louisiana,-tho only polioy for Congress was to adjourn without dolng anything, and let the mattor be rogulated at tho next olection, two years from now, until which time thero would bo no farthor tronble. Agalnat this view of tho caso tho majority contonded, thatas tho Btato Court was itself of Durell's oron- tion, that faot vitiated its deoisions. The Committeo opposed Mr, Morton in tho most stronuous manner, aud Mr, Carpentor, in what was perhaps tho great speoch of tho ses- slon, sot forth the facts of thia gigantic fraud and usurpation in tho most emphatic manner, Tho report of the msjority and Mr, Carpontor's speoch afforded o ray of hope that at last justico would be dones to Loulslana, the de faclo Gov- ornment of whioh, overy ono admits, got into power by the most flagrant and tyrannical usur- pation, and that this vexed question would bo romoved from tho politieal arons. Bat, In the twinkling of an eyo, the scono changos, The Trosidont sends In & roquost to Congrosa that 3t shall tako some nction rolative to Loulsiaus, sud oxprosson indivoctly s opinion that tho Kollogg Goverument should bosustalned. Undor this application of thoe lash, oll tho Committeo, oxcopt Hill, of Goorgla, and Mr, Trumbyll, who are not in good standing In the vasty (even M +horonco to law, Carponter, who had go oloquently donounced tho Kellogg Govornmont.and advocatod & now clao- tion), turned thoir backs upon tholr own roport, and voted for the amondmont to continuo tho Kollogg Governmont in powor until & now oloo- tlon sliould tako placo, knowing thnt this wonld kil tho bill. « Buch gross inconalstonoy aud Aor~ vilo submission to Txooutivo powoer was nover witnessod bofore in Congrass, oxcopt, perhaps, whon Bumnor was doposod. In lisappeal for tho majority roport, Mr. Carpontor sald; * My friond Is an origiual and nstute Ropublican, but lot mo toll him thnt wo Ropublicans havo ronched & polnt whoro wo must bo honest, whothor wo aro inclined to bo 80 or not. I would lke to seo anybody stump through ‘Wisconsin in tho noxt canvass if we stand by this Kollogg Govornment. I don't want to faco tho honost poople of Wiscousin with sucha rocord." Iy Bonntor Carpontor's final action to Lo taken e o standard of Ropublican honosty ? Will it bo any enster to faco tho poople of Wis- cousin on thostump with this grossly inconsistent rooord, which stultifies both himself and his spooch 7 o) Tho Houso prosontsa speotaclonot moro grati- fjing than that of tho Sonate, With indocont and sordid hasto, In the closing hours of tho ses- sion, thoy rueh through a bill incronsing tholr own ealarion to §6,600 por annum, dating them two yoars back, and, to secure tho President’s ap- proval to the bill, increaso his salary to $60,000. This follows closoly upon tho logislation which has loft Amos and Brooks unpunished, and vir- tually acquittod tho other mombers concorned in the Crodlt Mobilior corruption, DBoyond those votes to exculpate bribery and to -incronse tholr own ealnrics, what haa been accomplished ? What reforms bave beon soourod? What procedont_of oxomplary punishmont has boon afforded to chock corruption in thefuture? The Louislana case remains in statu quo, and tho usurping Govornmont must still bo supportod - by Foderal buyonots. Crbdit Mobilier, and tho othor corruptiona which grow out of- it, havo beon unrebuked, and tho frauds and corruptions by which the Union Pacifio Road was built re- main as it thoy had nover beon discussed. - The country will accopt the ndjournmont of Congross with a fecling of ‘reliof. It has shown' itaclf oither, nnwilling or incompotont to deal with corruptions,.to inaugunrate reforms, or. to por- form tho logislation which the country noods. Thore i8 canae for thankfulness in tho fact that tho next one can bo no worse. THE RAILROADS AND THE FARMERS. ‘RouerTs, Ford Jo,, 1L, Feb, 28, 1878, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Bm: In your reply to my letter of the 20thult,,. you say Trc TRIMUNE has takon o stand for rigl ade 1 havo oxamined Tug TRIDUNE (wookly edition) for seversl months past, but fail to find o single lino domanding of railroad companios obodionce to tho law of tho Btato regulating froight and passonger faro, Xou say, Whilo ovory man in It- linols is nt liberty to havo his own opinion, &c,, wo quostion whothor any man, or body of men, can a5 atimo nuthority to decide tho caso for tho Court, None *but railroad companies have assumed suthority to de- cido the valldity ot tho law in advance of tho Bu- preme Court of tho State, Tho people have thus far otood. upon the statuto of tho Btate, Yot Tur ToIouxE calls the people & mob, and rafirond companios lay-abiding citizons, .If wo Lave roached apoint whererallrond companies are no longoer subjoct to the law, then indoed havo tho peopln lost thelr Iiberties, You aay tho law to which theso railroad companies object 18 & now onc, Is it any tho less bind- ing bocause it 18 mew? Aroalllaws to bo dofled bo- causo thoy aranew? Most certainly not, You say.tho 1aw of the Blate proposcs to rovolutionize tho Litherto accoptod Iaw on thot subject, Undoubtedly, the hithers to accopted Iaw on that subject has been, and is, op- pressive, Yet, nccording to the roasoning of Tmx ‘Tninywz, the people. haye' no rodress, I tho poople wera o follow tho' teaching of Tue TRIDUNE nud practico of raitroad compantes, thoy would ect at do- flanco all Iaws tho peoplo conceivo to bo unjust, Dut tho peoplo do not proposo to set at deflance the laws of tho Stato; nolther do’tho’ peopla propose to tear up railroads ; but they do proposo that railroad companies slll obey tholaw as well 88 ihe poople, Respectfully yours, 0, B, PrEnos, 3 ANGWER. Tho general tone of Mr, Piorce’s letter shows that ho has not read Tue TRIBURE a8 carefully 8 ho should; but, to oxplain more fully for his information, snd that of any others who labor under the samo misapprohensions, we will an+ _awer tho points o sdvances, And first o wish t0 say that wo aro in ontire sympathy with tho fgrmors in their offorts to obtain lower froights, and {u thelr war agoninat unjust dlacrlm(nntlons‘ ‘Wo know perfectly woll that they aro the vie- tims of numorous monopolies, of which rail- rond mouopolics and tariff monopolies aro the most vicious and grinding.” We lpok upon tho organization of farmeis’ clubs, granges, unions, otc.,—howover wido of the mark wo may think gomo of their movemonts to bo,—as one of .tho moat hopoful signs of the. times, .sinco it foroshadows an omencipation of the public mind from the tyranny of . old party trammels, and tho concentration of idens upon now questions rolating to tho im- medinte wants of society, Wo. have contributed gomothing, wo think, to this emancipation. ‘What wo object to, and oppose, is that pocies of rocldoss logislation and rovolutionary procoed- ing whicl bogins by trampling down tho rights of tho minority, and onds in losing tho objoct songht to ba gained. With this much for pre- faco, wo prde to sauswer AMr, Pierco's criticidm : : 1. Tue Tripuyg has novor advieed anything but obedience to tho luws of tho Btate, but obedienco does not inhibit any person from con-, testing the constitutionslity of any law.which tho Logislaturo ‘may pass, To this extent havo tho railronds meroly enjoyed the samo right that is given to othor persons or corporations in tho Stato, and to this oxtont only has Tuys Tninuse defondod them, @, Tho Btato of Illinois is made up of & varle- ty of olasses andintorests, Among theso, tho agricultural class is tho most numerous and in- flyontial ; tho transportation intercat comes noxt in point of numbers ; then follow othor in- toroats which nood not be now enumorated,—all togothor making up a solid body called a Btate Government, The agrioultural intorost hLas usod its power to ennct logislation fixing tho ratos which shall bo charged for tho sorvices rondered by tho transportation intevost. Bup- 'poso tho order had boon roversod, and tho tranas portationclsss hind boon the moat powerful, Bup- poao it had usod _lts.- powor to fix the maximum prico of corn at 25 conts a bushol, and of wheat at 81 por bushol,—providing, by an mot of ‘tho Logislature, that no farmer should soll a bushel of corn nbovo that figure, though tho markgt-price should rango much higher,—wonld not tho farmers bo justified, at loast, in sppenling to the courts againet such a 1aw? We nsk Mr. Plerco it ho belioves that the farmers would submit to such a law without & contest? ~Tne TriUNE would not, in such caso, advise tho farmerd to discboy the laws of tho Bato; but it would ndviso thom to tost the validity of this partioulat law at onco, and would ‘uphold them in tho exercisg of tholr former “rights untl} tho valldity of the new law should Do eatablighed. This js proclsoly what the rail: ronds havo dono, and all that Tne Trinuse hos ovor sanctlonad, i 8. It is usoless to maintain thnt thero haa boon no tost caso ae to the validity of tho Inw fixing tho ratos of passongor travel. Tho enso was brought in the Kankakeo Ofroult, hofore Judgo Wood, wan decided in favor of tha rail- rond, and has been appoaled to tho Supromo Qourt, whore it now nwaits flnal nction, This rallrond, at all ovents, fs ncting undor Judloial construation of tho Inw when it rofusos to accopt tho lower rato of faro which tho Logislature ins fixed, It is not.roslsting tho lnw, for it has boon doolarod by compotont suthority that thoro is no such law, The Judgo hold that the common law principle roquiring ronsonablo charges would apply, though not exprossly stipulated in the chartor, But this was not the fssuo. Tho ques- tion was whother tho Logislaturo lind nuthority to fix arbltrary ratos of travel, and it was doold- ol in tho nogativo. 4. Tue TrinuNe hos not called the paoplo, nor tho farmors, nor any other clags, & “mob." It s callod no porsons o mob, oxcopt those who have porformed tho nacts of o mob, No principlo con bo cstablishod in. this country by unlawfal violenco. Such ncts always defoat ' tho ond sought to bo attained, by srraying tho largo body of noutrals agalnst tho class who ro- sort to them, 5. It is meroly bogging tho question for Mr. Plorce to ask what wo are coming to whon laws can bo rosidted by railroad companies. As yot, thoro has beon no evidenco that tho railroad companies’ot this State intend to rosist tho law wheon thoy shall have exhausted thoir right of appeal,—a right which apportains to overy por- son or corporation, high or low. Whon they do, it will bo time onough to apply moro stronuous romodies, and Tne Trnue will urgo that they shall bo stronuous enough for the purpose. —e BILLS BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE, Bonator Willinmson has introduced a bill to eatablish a now court in Chicago, which will ba known as Ashton's ** Court of Common Plens.” Theo trouble is, that Mr. Ashton has sorved tho Ropublican party long onough in petty officos, whoro tho compensation, however much cked out by coustructive sorvico on committees, dacs not pay, and hio now expects recognition by having a judiciol office; This bill proposcs to creato an oftico for him ospecially. To place it Yoyond all doubt or nccident, ho should bo named in the bill. “Wo have now, in addition to the United Btatos Courts, tho County Court, and eight othor +| Judges in this county, There is the Buperior Court with throe Judgoes, and the Cirouit Jourt with fivo Judges. Theso all have con- current juriediction. The Constitution pro- vidos for an’ incronso: of the ' Qircuit Judges when the population of this county shall oxcoed 400,000 by snothor Circuit Judgo for esch 50,000 population over that num- bor. It is possiblo that the Legialature, in order to givo rolief, might incrosso tho number of Judges of the ‘Superior Court at least tompo- rarlly, until, under the consus of 1876, tho num- ber of Judgoes of the Oircuit Court may be con- stitutionally “incrensed. Wo do not want any moro courts. If Ashton’s court Is to bo concur- ront with the othor courts, lot it bo mado part of ono of them; if itis to bo an inferior court, thon it will bo o nuinanco, becauso all the eases will go up on appeal. It has beon proposed, and tho suggostion is o wiso ono, that in casea of Rront urgoncy Judges from tho adjolning cir- cuits whoro there is comparativoly little busi- ness’ could bo invited to hold torms in Cook County, recéiving from thia countya compensa- tion therofor. This measure, which the Legisla- turo can anthorizo,will answer all necossity until an increnso of the number of Circuit Judges can behad, - Thero is o very ominous bill bofora the Logis- Iatiro providing for an incroase in the number of wards in this city. When it is romembered that tho Aldermen are expecting to be paid sal- arics, o ptéposltlnn to double the number of wards has much significanco. Tho wards im- mediately to be cut up into two or throo wards oach aro Wards G, 8, 9, 15, 17, and perhaps- others, Tho preaout number of wards is twonty, with two Aldormen onch. If this numbor of wards be increased to thirty or forty, and each Aldorman is paid from §1,000 to §2,000 cach, the city can form an eostimate of what will be tho futuro character of tho QCity Council. We do not believe any respectablo citizon refusos to sorvo in tho Council becauso thero is no salary; alargo number of thoso now sorving would not rosign . their places evon if to hold them thoy had to pay 8500 enoh per asunum. If the office without any salary has attractions for men of this olass, what will bo the result of giving each of them £100 o month, and doubling tho number of wards ? Anothor reason why tho wards should not he doublod is, that whatover nocossity once oxisted for it, oxista no longer. The division of a city into numorous ‘wards was originally rosorted to that conveniont placos of voting might bo furnisked, aud not to micet any supposod antagonism in interest bo- tweon tho various parts of tho city. As popula- tion was incrensod, the numbor of wards was onlarged. But a remedy for this waa soon found by dividing wards into numerous voting pro- cinots, thus securing to the votors all that could be accompliched by an incrense of wards, In’ Now York City, with 1,000,000 population, thero aro but twenty wards, and in Philadelphia, whoso aron is fer greator than Chieago, and whoso population ia doublo ours, there are but twonty-two warde, Wo havo onough wards, A Common Council of forty membors is far moro useful then ouno of oighty can evor be, and wo lhopo tho Legis- lature will not inflict this calamity up- on Chicago. At all ovents, lot tho Logislature postpono any action until the pooplo, and not the expoctant Aldormen; ask for the change, " Mr. Sonator Kehoe, who is opposed to abolish- ing the Board of Polico Commissionors, hns a bill to reabolish and reconstruct tho Board of County Commissioners. Ilo proposos to have theso Commissloners all elocted over agaiu next fell, those from tho cily to bo olooted from dis- tricts, Tho proposod bill is blind as to whether tho Commissionors shall ba electod by the whole vote of tho county, or by tho voters of the ro- speotive districts ; it allowa cumulative voting, onch votor to voto for five, or nuy lesa numbor of oandldates. As an original proposition, tha bill has some merits, but Bonator Kehoo is just two yoars too Iate. BHll, if tho Legislature in- slats upon o now deal in County.Commissioners, let it go ahoad. . Thore ara soveral bitla ponding on tho trouble- somo quostion of jurors, The last Logislature, with & view to bLresk up professional jurors, provided that thoso rogutarly drawn should hiave 81,60 par day, but in Coolc County talosmon should havo ng pay, excopt that they should Liave miloago to aud from homo, at ten cents por milo onch way. As thero aro eix courts alwave going in this county, nud ab the ragular panol is raroly over componod of porsons willing or ablo to sorve, the romoto towns-of tho county have eont in their wholo able-bodied malo population to porvo na islosmen. Theso draw six dollaran day for milengo, fivo dollars of whioh In profit.”| The courts, hawover, linve now decided that this allowance of milengo can only be countad on the firat aud Inst doy of the mervico, and now tho supply of talonmon {8 withdrawn, Judgo Dorter sgaorled tho truo dootrino, that any man compe- tont to sorve on o jury at il should ot least bo pald Inborer's wagon. The Loglslaturo should thorofora nmond tho law, 5o 0ato pay somothing for jury orvico in this county. THE AGRIOULTURAL COLLEGE SUBSIDY. Bovoral days ngo, the Houso passed an Agri- cultural Collogo bill ag o substitute for tho Mor- Till bilt which pnssod tho Bonato ourly {n tho sosalon, A lnrge .portion of *theso last days of tho sosslon has boon occupied by the Bonato in tho discussion of tho Honso bill, and it has final- 1y been roforrad to a conferonco committeo, with tho prospect of adjusting the slight difforoncos ond posulng it through both Houses, Tho bill mortgagos tho public lands for tho bonofit of Agricultural Gollogos aftor tho followlng fashion: Tho procooda of ail salos of publiclands are to bo ot naido for tho oudowment of Agricultural Ool- loges, onch Stato to recolve an oqual proportion .of tho subsidy, One-balf of thoso proceeds is ta bo invested in 5 por cont Government bonds, to bobeldas & pormanont fund, tho interest on which is to bo paid to tho moveral Statos wuntil cach Btato shall bo in roceipt of 50,000 por an- num. The principal will thon amount to 81,000,000 for each Stato, or £87,000,000 in all. ‘The othor half of the proceeds from the sale of public lands is to bo paid over to tho Trusteos of tho various institutions in cash, without any re- strictions upon tho manner in which they shall disposo of it. This will amount to $87,000,000 more, 80 that tho full subsidy will bo 74,000,000 now, and will incronso with the admis- slon of now Statos, This bill has boen openly charactorized by its opponents in tho Bonate as o hugoe job, and the circumstancos atlonding its introduction and prossure indicato sgmuch. Tho Prosidents, Truatees, and Profes- 80rs of tho various Agricultural Golleges through- out. tho country havo boon in constant attond- anco upon Congresa during the whole sossion, working for thoir bill ‘with tho porsistonco of mon who oxpect a prolit. Its pausssgo by both Houses, in the faco of tho sorlona objoctions to’ tho schemo, wounld imply that it had boon ge- cired by burgsing; and trades, and the ugudl dovices of o succossful Iobby. That tho project is 2n outrage upon tho peoplo will be rendily understood by & consideration of the fol- lowing points: 1. Tt will =dd $8,000,000 n yoar to tho taxes of tho Amorican peoplo for the mext twenty-soven yoors, It is ostlmatod that tho sum of $8,000,- 000 is about the aunual procoeds from the galos of tho public lands. This sum is now devoted to tho payment of tho intorost on tho publio debt. It will bo impossiblo to tako away §3,000, 000 of amnual revenue without adding $8,000,~ 000 to the annual taxes in some shapo or other. If thoro wero no other objoction than this, it shonld bo sufficient to defeat tho athemo, 2. One-half of tho gross subsidy, or $87,000,~ 000, wiHl bo intrustod to tho hands of the Agri~ caltural Colloge managers, to bo used by them a8 they may ace fit, and without any restraint other than such a8 they provide. It {s out- ragoous that ao large & sum of tho public money should be disposed of in this loose and recklosa way. It is inevitablo that groat portfons of it will bo misapplicd, and probable that much of it will be stolon. 8. Tho project iteolf is unfair, because it diyides tho subsidy equally among all the Statos without roforence to their size, popnlation, or needs. The “borough " States of Rhodo Island, Dolaware, Florids, and Nevada will oach receive as much of this moncy ss Pennsylvanis, Ilii- nois, Ohio, or Indiana. The Now England Statcs will securo six times asmuch monoy =s tho Btato of Now York, though the population of the latter ia groator than that of tho six New Eng- land Btates combined. Whilo this is one of tho roasons why the bill should not pass, it is also ono of the reasons why it has boen so strong in tho Bonato, whore the emall Statos are apt to combine for their own special intorests, © 4. Anothor objection to tho schemo is, that the object is of questionable prapriety. At tho very hbeat, tho uscfulness of Agricultural Colloges haa never yot boon domonstrated, and the appropris ation of £74,000,000 to nn unpromising expori- mont ought not to bo possiblo in' any govern- ment, If tho workings of those institutions, so' far, aro to bo accopted =an final test of their ‘morit, tho country would perhaps bo as well off without thom, Thero has never Yyet licon a Btate Agricultursl College which did not open up n new opportunity for political wire-pulling, for dissonsion, and for wasto of time. Many of thom are, perhaps, con- voriont rofugds for mon who have proved unsuccessful in other callings. In onoor two cases thoy have been used asa means for em- bezzling public monoy. Tho farmers have nover oxprossed any faith in the work which thoso ine stitutions have promised. Wo havo yot to hear of any groat improvement, or any useful inven- tion, or anypractical ald to agricultural pursuits, that emanated from an Agricultural Colloge. All tho labor-saving machines, and the improved implements, and tho superior agrioultural prac- tices, havo beon invented or discovered outside of tho colloges, and most of thom wore Lnown bofora Agricultural Collogos were thought of. The United Statos Governmont is not in condl- tion to givo away §74,000,000 to suy special fu- toroat, but least of all to ono which fails to com- ‘mand the confidoncs of the people, During tho past few days, tho Bonators who have opposed thig bill, among whom are Conk- ling, Bhorman, Morton, Windom, and Thur- man, bave boen in rooceipt of lettors from the ablost educators in tho ocountry, protosting sgainat the measure, Prosident Eliot, of Hor- vard, says that it is propostorous to ostablish thirty-soven Agricultural Colloges in this coun- try, while six or soven are sufilciont for 60,000,- 000 Germans; ho adds, also, that tho schools os- tablished undor the act of July 2, 1862, have done nothing fo justify the oxpendituro of auy more monoy upon them. Prosidout McCosh, of Princeton, makos tho point that & subsidy to Agricultural Collogos is an' injustice to othor collogod, Hosays that tho other colleges nsk nothing for thomsolves, but do not dosire to hnve Oongross discriminato agninat thom in this monnor. The Agrieultural College lobby has been working seorotly all wintor, and has given tho othor oducational intorosts no apportunity to contost their claim, It is to bo'hopodthat the sohomo muy misoarry for the prosent, and it 'is afo, to prodiot that it will not bo sanctioned by any futuro Congreos, NOTES AND OPINION, The Minnosotn Loglalaturo consures the Btale Treanurer for * frrogularity,” Involving £112,000, Tho arbitrary decreo of a Cauctts, aud tho arble irary miling of the Bpenleer, forbade a voto cn attioles of impenchmont.] Tha Bt. Paul Dispatch Bnya: | A Cavtenn of the domiunnt 1y wat hiold Tnat overs ing o dgtormning, not Siethccih Erommunoe nd o uilty of mnifesaine fn office, but what the fnferc 8 of tlio political Party towhiclh ho belangn demer « 8 #hall bo donc, It wan docided that a mild voto of ct) = sure, conpled with ansurnnicea of L honeaty, was {hio nocensnry fhing to do. This wna couplod with o Iittlo g::,l ;)L o dounty Trotsurer (4t fit, Paul, of tho oflier , nd duly p Do, du gz‘llmfl the Houso this morning, ts —Tho Wisconsin annual town-mooting will | o Lold on tho firat Tuonday of April, whon will | o olocted a Justica of tho Bupromo Court for {' o full torm of 6 yomts, vice Orunmus Qolo, wlo will probably ba tho only candidnto; and a Chi. £ Justico in placo of Luthor 8, Dixon, whose tam onds In 1875, if that gontlomon whall vesign, ta it i8 roported hio will, County Juges aro also to bo electod throughout the Btata; —Tho Rhode Island Ropublican Oonventicn _moeta in Providonco, March 18, and new namca Tor Govarnor are talked of by tho d - {ion, April 2, it —Kantucky olects, Aug. 4, n Btato Trensurer ond Legielaturo, *The Demoorntic CGonventicn in called to meot at Frankfort, May 1., ; —At a spocial eloction in Loutaville, Ky., ard somo adjoining countios, Baturday, I L. Hyatt was elected to] tho Stato Bonate, vice Btanditord, who goos to Congress ; Horatlo W, Bruco, Ohan~ collor, vice Cochran, deceased; and Willism Ly Jackeon, Oircuit Judge, wice Bruco, promoted. Bruco vnd Jackson havo beon tomporarily filling thmx;respwuvo offices somo weoks, by appoint= mont, ~The Democratio memberp of tho Wost Vir- ginin Leglslnturo have adopted rosolutions {o **hoal the bronch” caused by tho election, lnst August, of Governor Jacab, by aid of Ropubli« can votes, over tho rogular Demooratfe nominee. —Intho United States Sonmate to moot toe morrov, tho Lousiana contestants will bo Gen. W. L. ModMillon, olocted by tho MoEnery Logis- Iature, and P, B. 8. Pinchbaok (colored), olocted by tho Kellogg Logislature. McMillon has beon the contestant of John Ray (Kollogg), for the unexpired torm onding with this Congress. Ha is & brothor-In-law of. ox Gov. Donnison, of Ohio, and o Republican, but not of the Kollogg- Darell atripo. —Tho Albany Argus calls attention to the fact, thnt,hol tho Poland Committoo, four of the five members voted, in 1809, to provent judich inquiry into the Credit nl‘obuxuflnlquxcyf o Argus'say: . Oongress could h: ted [in 1809 Fisk tEomm tlogally ObDIAG 19 140 Fout ane Jet bave seoured n thorough investigation into notorious publig ‘Wrong, now established. li‘!ll'- In thwarting TFlek it chipso ais0 o suppress judicial {nquiry, And tha sups preaslon waa consummated through the activo infepe EolDoikets, Wik the Soperation s pepsens PE01ed mon:bers of tho Folend Committon, — TPr °f ~—Tho Conatitutional Convention at Albany, N. -¥., (s morely advisory body of the chlulatz}a),' has voted to rocommond a’ division of the Staie into nino Senatorinl districts, the city of Now York to bo a doublo district. ~ Undor the Conati~ tutfon which was supersoded in 1846, thero woro oight Senatorial districts. —The Providence Journal, Senator Anthony's papor, says of tho prosont situation, Tho developments of th t 1 ki 5 with l“'csp\\cl o Orudltvl\lnblillfi‘(n;v:n‘c'l'igu'l’, ‘.’:.’.i Ty with reapect to thoe olection of soveral Scnntors of {ho Unitod Statos, oro fitted to creato universal alarm. Thoy tend to dostroy oll faith in tho logislators of {no country, -a_result which makes all lawa contemptible and weslons the suthority of all Govornment, —Tho nction of tho United States Sonato in sotting asido the Caldwell caso in order to con~ sider tho . Agricaltural College land-grabbin, bill, ia characteriatio, Corruption is pormitted: to go unpunished, while robbery procecds apace. Lot tho rovelers riot in their plundor, gix timo is short.—Albany Argus. ~~Public opinion has condomned Pomeroy, Galdwell, Haxlan, Pattorson, and Jonosy but tha Bonate will not condemn them, It daronot movo. ‘Moo mauy Sonators, are conscious of their own guilt to movo & band or say a word,— Cincinnati Qazelle. —The reeult of overy day's procoedings at Washington domonstrates that the corruotion and domoralization of membors of Congross are by no moanus confined to thobo implicatod in the Credit Mobilior and other scandals, = Indecd, it is greatly to be fonred that & majority of both branichios aro propared openly and boldly to dis~ rogard tho intoroats and wishos -of the people, ‘whenovor their own porsonal afi;mndlzam-nt 18 to be promoted.—Concord (N. .) Monitor (Ad~ ministration.) It the Scnato choose to stultify itself and insult tho people Ly rotaining Caldwell, it can do a0, but the public judgment is fixed,~In- d(anaflvlia Journal (Adminisiration.) —Tho Rov. Robort Laird Collier, of Ohleago, recently denonnced the Credit Mobilier thioves in Congross in very effectivo terms, partioularly Colfax, Pomeroy, and others' who mede great protensions to ploty. Those Bopublioan jonrnala Who were 80 brazen and shamoloss as to defend the conduct of tho hypocritical thieves, called Mr, Collior tho “ Bogua Collyer,” as if the other, or ‘*genuine Collyer,” did not entertain an oxpreas similar viows, ‘Lhe Wayno JDemocratic Press atatos that, when the other Mr, Collyer was in Lyons, rccontly, he denounced Colfax and Patterson in terma gimilar to thoro used by * ‘'his namesako.—Rochester (N. Y.) Union. ° . ~—It does moke us misorablo to think how Ohristian statesmanship has gono by tho board. ‘We nover loved Colfax, but we thought him ail simploness and grace. Wo despised Pomoroy ; bot wo_respected his apirituality. Tatterson, Garfleld, Dawes, and Kelloy wore the models an miracles of virtuo, Frobiby, and diligence which were hold up in o thousand schools befors tha cyes of & million of childron, Credit Mobilier comes lumbering along, and, presto! the scena shifts, tho screon falls, and Lehold our idols! It is, as Artomus Ward's friond said of his ruined houseliold, & loved wifo.and six doting babes burned to doath, and_uninsured,—* simply too ridiculous,"— Louisville Courter-Journal, ~ — Mr. Dutler's lino in defending Amos is, that there i8 no precedont for the House taking cog= nizaucoe of the particular offonses of which Ames is accused, Tlus argument will make no ime ression upon the minds of tho pooplo. If thera Fs no precedont for punishing & momber of Con~ 088 who has beon guilty of hribm(—)y, it is high imo that one should bo made. Oakes Amea acknowledgos that ho wiched to place tho Crodit Mobilior stack in quarters whero * it would ba usoful,” and for tho purposo of * making frionds.” There oannot be a doubt as to his motives, oven taling his_own version of it. If COangress rofuses to punish him, it will merely havo succeodod in sharing his disgrace.—New York Times. v ~—Thore is no spot in the United Statos whera tho old-fashioned politicnl parties aro moro die- tinotly dead than in Hamilton County, Party lines "have beon almost oblitorated, " The old arty machinory 15 preserved in_running condi= {’lun by the perions who got thelr living out of politics, and tho pooplo pro invited to answer to the old callsaud crios. Perhaps thoy will if they have nothing botter to do, ] orala ™ roprosont tho popular protost sgainat, artisan idiocy—they have ronl strength a8 pro- estants againat tho popery of partics, and it is. not unlikely that they may oxort a deoisiva influ~ onco in tho spring eloction.—Cincinnati Com- mercial, —T'ho time ia not far distant whon this matter of railway managoment will bocome & %uoution of natioual importance, It is one of tha groat questions of the near future.—Bugalo Commer- cial Advertiser, L, . ~—Thoso puo&flu who still think that Henry Wil sou Is o straightforward, high-minded, and hon ost man must rocoivo s shock when the raud what Gen. Hawloy anid in tho ITouse the other day. Another momber asked Gen. Hawloy how hocame to malo a statomontlast autumn declar- ing Benator Wilson_innocent of any complioa- tion, diroctly or indiroatly, with tho "Crodit Mo- biller. Gon. Ilawley roplied that ho mado that oautime tho ** Lib-.. atatoment aftor n balf-hour's convorsation with - Bonator Wilson, and, if the evidence sinca showed that Lo was mistaken, it was not his Jault. Wilson must have—oh ? A vacanoy in tho Alabama Stato Benate haying boen flllod by tha oleotion of o Domocrat, thab body is ngein Democratio, The porversenoss of the peoplo in electing a Domoorat whon & Re~ ubfionn was much noedod may bo rebuled by fiu Lioutonant-Governor of the Btate, if ho only aote ‘a8 ho has hitherto in vory eimilar coses, That worthy might rofuse to administor the oath to tho Sonator-olect. Ile, also, s Lo liss done before, ml?ht rofuso to allow an appesl to bo taken from his deciseion. What {s thouse of being Lioutonant-Govarnor in a Bouthorn Stato unloss you are somebody P—Detrojt Free Press ————— Fatal Boller-Explosion, OLEVELAND, O,, March 2,—A boilor exploded yosatorday in the Union Tron Works at Newburg, 0O, killing & man named Jones, and sovercly {njurlug & boy, Causo of the explosion uns knows,