Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1873, Page 2

EXPOSITION. Meoting of Citizens at tho Sherman House. Disoussion of Various Plans for a Grand Fair, . Mr. Boyington’s $300,000 Crystal ¥Palace. An ndjourned meoting of the Committes ap- pointed at tho rocont cltizons' mooting Lo invos- tigato tho subject of an oxposition washold yos- terday attornoon at tho Shorman Houso. Thero woro prosont Mossra. IT. W. King, A, H, Taslor, R. T. Orano, . D, Douton, David Bradley, Geo. W. Gago. 3Ir. Crono took the Chair, nnd Mr. Nowlan nctod a8 Beerotnry. Mr. Crano atated tho objoct of tho mooting, nnd tho Boorotary road tho rog- olutions pasged at tho Jackeon Ilall meoting, Mr, H. M. 8mith submitted a plan for tho Ex- position, which was thot tho Doxter Park grounds bo securod for o long term of years, and that thoro should bo orected thoron granacrystal alaco costing from $2060,000 to $350,000. oxtor DPark was conveniontly . located, and was roachod by mearly overy rail- way line in Chiongo. Thoro should be a compauny formed, with n Prosldent and othor officors ; exhibitions to bo given continuously at suitable timos of tho year. QGrand concerts ouldl alen T giwees Tho quustluit uf LEANBPOTtR- Bfon Wan of grent Impuitwuce, s 10 TR T0- spect Doxtor Park would bo found the bost loca- ton. The Exposition should bo n univorsal ouo, and not confined to manufactures and the mechanical arto. It should be gotton up on the brondoot Lasis. Tho railrond compsnies wera all favorable to tho echome, A pinn for the Exposition 1Iall, drawn up by V. W. Boyington, was exhibited, and Mr, Doy- ington, who was present, was raquoestod {o ox- plain tho plan. Ho said it was designed with roferonco to being located on the southenst cornor of Halsted nnd Forty-soventh strools. Tho longth was Gi0 foot; brondib, 100 feet 1 tha main body, and 200 feet in tho cross sections; tholuterior wanld be ono atory, with galleries. It contained a dine ing-room nnd lcoture-room, each G0x100 feet, with a Inrgo number of smaller rooms. It was to bo built of glass and iron, and wna estimated to cost from 8250,000 to £300,000. Tho contre of the facado would bo surmounted by n dome 200 foot high, Tho main scction was a cloar story oxtending tho ontirolongth. Awple room \\OleYd bo loft in tho yard for such othor buildings asmight bo needed. In Lis opinjon, such & building should be of & permanent chars nctor, and so constructed as to sorve all possible purposos, - r. Lyon, of the firm of Lyon & Hoealy, thought the proposed sito too far off for tho purpoges of musical entortainmonts. . Gago said that tho fivo railroads lending to Doxter Park could. nnai‘lly cart fifl,flflglpenpln who could got thoro pe onsily ss thoy could to Union Park, Inafow years the.location would be al- moat in tho contre of the city. Tho ground could bo lensod for twonty or forty years for not moro than 25,000 per year. A_stock company should bo organized at once. 'Ho would tako 86,000 of stock, and plenty of othors would tsko a8 much. Buch nn oxposition could Lo made a a graud guccess,—a businoss mart for Chicago and the Northwest. Tho manufacturors wonld all_profor Chicago over St. Louis to exhibit their wares, Alr, Lyon eaid that the musical affair would o more Buccossful if nunmfitudou tho sealo of tho first Boston Jubileo—with a chorus of 5,000, and an orchestrn of 800, He thought thore would be no doubt a8 to tho profits of ench an undor- taking. About na much counld be realized nt Doxtor Park as at the Lake Front Park with six concorts and & grand ball. He bad ontiro faith in tho musical part of tho plan, if gotten up on the right scale. Mr, Louis Wahl ngreed that the chief interest In an oxposition would culminate in a grand concert, and he woa confident that the Germang would tnke hold of It with good wIlT, Hon. W. F. Coolbnugh, who Liad just arrived, ‘expreesed the opinion that the grand concert or ubileo would be an excellent thing as an auxil- ary, but hio wag opposed to_making it the chiof fonture of tho Exposition, Ilo did not beliove pooplo would go to tho Stock Yards to nttond concerts. Tho Exposition, nccording to his ides, was intended to ombraco the groat manufacturing and industrial intorests of tho Northwest. 1t was on such o basis that tho business men of the city would take bold of it. y Mr. Wohi thought that ihe location of the Crystal Palnce at Doxtor Park would be bad for tho musical part of it. Tho lnke front would be far proforablo. He ngreed 'with Mr. Coolbaugh thnglhu concorts should bo morely auxiliary, MMr, Boyington was askod whotler such a build- ing could bo put up in six months, and whother it could bo tnkon down ‘and romoved without material loss? Ho answered in the afirmative to both questions. Mr, Coolbaugh suggested that thore would be but littlo timo fo spare if it wns contemplated ta hold an oxposition this fall. If it was designed to construct & pormanent building for fairs, otc., it should be locatod outside the city limits, whero thoro was plonty of room, If, howaver, it was meroly contomplated to gob up a tempo- rary oxposition, tp commomorate the rebuildin of Chicago, then the building should bo loente: on tho Inke front, ide doubted wholber, with plenty of monoy, it would bo possible to got o Em’mnuunt building rordy for use next fall, and l° invorcd & tomporary building on the lake vont, _Megars, Bouton, Boyington, Smith, aud oth- ers, favored the permanont plan, and wero of the opinion that thero was amplo {ime, Mr. Nowlan said lo had talked with many business mon on tho subject, and that thoy were all desirous of having tho building located in- gide the ecity. Thoy would ouly subscribo to the schiome on thint condition. . Mr, Edwards thought that the doficiency in this direction would be more than made up by the subscriptions of tho railrond companios, Central Park wag urged by Mr. Jewcll as tho best location. Tho mooting adjourned until this ovening at tho Sherman House, — COMPENSATION OF THE STATE'S ATTORMEY. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Bm: In theso days, when tho omissions, ig- norance, and nogligenco® of tho Biate's Attor- ney of Cook County aro oponly rebuked by the Bupromo Court, it is natural that the peoplo should lose confidenco in his capncity. Lot thom remember, however, that, although the Btate's Attorney may not kuow how to try a criminal cago nccording to law, nor how to ro- doclot o cago whicl Las boen roversod and re- manded to the Bupreme Court, thora are other things which ho does know. 1T knows low to win the hoi polloi. e knows how to makeoffico pay. o knows how to prooure a re-oloction. He knows Lhow to mauipulate public opinion so that, while the publie beliovo that a salary ia sub- stituted for his foos, o salary 1s, in fact, added fo Lia foes. o knows Liow to manipuluto a Logis- laturo so that thoy do one thing whon thoy think Lhey avo doing anothor, Auy one who will carefnlly oxamine the leg- frlatlon of this Btate sinco the adoption of (ho nesw Constitution, will Lo convinced that tho Btato's Attornoy is no ordinary man,—iho opinion of the Suprome Court to tho contra notwithstanding, "I say “carefully examine,” for no cursory oxaminntion will suffice. ‘There aro so many ucts and provisos respocting the Bteto's Attarnu{ of Caok County, that it is enly after n most diligent rosearch and comparison that wo onn pscortain his exact status. In tho fivst ].l]xlco the Constitution provides that the tato's Atlorney of Cook County shall rocoive tho smme salary from the Btato as tho other Btnte's Attorneys, and * such further compensa-~ tion, to bo paid by the County of Cool, as is, or nay be, provided by law," "Why compensation sows ugod L dnstond of tho " more natural word, euch furthor salary, porhaps Mr, Tteed cau oxplein bottor thun I can. Noxt comes thonet of Apil, 1871, which fixes tho smla of tho Judges nud Btato's Attorney of Oool County at £7,000 & yoar, Those who consider Ar. Heed noxllf(un and romiss in hia dutlos will do well to recall to mind the asaiduity v] 0 labored at Bpringfleld to procure thoe prusage of this bill. “Noxt comes tho fee bill, piweod in March, in 1872, Hno. 7 of this act gives to each Stato's Attorney a nhr?' of 8400, peyablo by Lhe Btate, wilh a proviso ¥ that tho provislons of this ant whall nat vravent tha pay- ment of such additlonal componsntion to the ftate's Attornoy of Cook County, outof tho tronnury of sald county, ngis, or may be, pro- yldod by law." Beo. 8 provides that Stato's At~ tornoya thoreaftor to Lo oleoted shnll rocoivo foo of §16 for onch conviotion whoro the pun- {shmont ia death or confinomant in tho pnnltun- tiary; nod 6 for othor conviotlons cuv:g on nll.mnue‘yu colleoted ; 810 for ench bastardy cago } 86 for each porson bound over to keop tho zmmn 3 and othor emolumonts " too numorousd {o montion.” 8ea, 9 provides thnt ench Stato's Attornoy shall report ‘in writing, to- the Oireuit Qourt of his county, on the of ench torm, “ tho amount of focs, fincs, nnd forfolturos by him colloctod,” and, failing to do so for ono torm, shall bo susponded, and, falling for two successivo torms, shall ho ro- moaved by the Court. * .Provided, this scction shall not be so conglrued as to apply to countics of the fhird clags.” Turning to Heo, 18, wo find what this proviso monns : ~ ** Countlos contain- ing o population cxcooding 70,000 iwhabitants, to wit: tho County of Coolr, shall beloug to, and bo known ng, countios of the third claas,” Thus Mr, Reed s allowed by law 8400 & yoar {rom the Btate, $0,000 n yenr from Cook County, snd feos which amount £o o much largor sum. Ia it to bo supposcd that tho Logislaturo knovw, 3 8 body, what thoy woro voling to fr. Haed Would_thoy knowingly have given him four timos tho palary of n Bupremo Judge, and moro than threo times the salary of the Govornor? Why was Mr. Rood oxempted from making a ro~ port to tho Oircuit Court? And why was thab nxcm‘:tlun couched in myatorious " langunago ? Can thoro bo any doubt whoso hand it was that, with nct and proviso, guarded the interoats of tho Btato'n Attorney of Cook County ? Amid all this legislation, howaver, thore hns ‘boon a singular oversight, and to this oversight 1 wish to call the attentlon of tho Leglslaturo, ‘The Constitution provides (Sce. 18, Art. X.) thut “Evory porgon who {8 cleated or appointed to any offico in this Btato, who shall be paid in wholo orin part Ly fees, slall bo' roquired by law to ‘mako a somf-nununl report, under oath, to somo ofticors to bo designnted by Inw, of all his focs ] ottolumonts. "~ (It 16 oxcoediri) ondorfu By lhn WAY, TRt me}u 18 nOCGI;Jn;‘fiLvi‘; thin Ba‘l}: tion oxmphug tho Btate's Attornvy of Cook County,) Ench State’s Attornoy I8 oloctod to an ofico “in tho Btato, and 18 peid in port by fees. But no not provides that ho shall mako n eemi-annual roport, under onth, to somo offfcer. Tho reports mow required by 1aw of oach Btato's Attornoy exoepl ours are mado to s court, and not to an oifler, and toanch ferm of tho court, inotead of semi-annually. Wo call npon tho Logielaturo to pase n Inw requiring Btato's Attorneys, not oxcopting “tho Htate's Attornoy of Cook County,”" to mako roports in counformitly with the Coustitution. Letus have tho satisfaction of knowing ‘how much wo pay Mr. Roed for his valunblo sorvices, or, nt least, how much ko will aclmowledgo tho recoipt of. CutoAdo, Mareh 1, 1873. Crovry, S D THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. The New Bonrd Talko Iold of Work In Ears nest—A Policeman Dismlsacd. A regular mooting of tho Polico and Fide Com- migsloners was held yosterdny nftornoon, Prosi- dont Magon in tho chair. Commigsioners Shori- dan and Wright woro also presont. During tho roading of tho minutes of tho oventful meoting whon the new Com- misglonors took their seats, Prosidont Ma- son complained of an informality, Dr. Ward #aid that if tho Board could realize tho amount of labor requisito to record tho proceedings of tho Board he would not eay anything, President Mason did not care if it took fivo hundrod mon, it must bo proporly done. Oan tho application of cortain proporty-ownors, tho following specinl policemen wero appointed : John Coan, for Thirteonth stroot, Park row, Michigan and Indisna nvenues; and Goorgo Osborne, for Binger & Talcotl's atono-yard, - Officor Michaol Coffey was charged with ine toxication. Presidont Mason put somo soarch- ing questions to him, inquiring as to Lis proba- Dblo guilt, whore bo got his grog, how drunk ho wag, and 60 forth, The officer wished to bave his trial postponed, in order to find witnesses, ‘but forgot their names. This called for o stern robuko from tho President, which had tho offcet* of searing tho policeman. Tho testimony of Sergoants Johmson and Gar- rity and Officer Patterson was takon. Prosi- dont Mason called nttontion to the dirty and slouchy condition of the .officor. Tho tostimony was pretty sovero on tho wrotched officer, who had uo defonso to mnke, and slunlk Away & moat pitiable spectadle. 'Lho cese waa taken undor advizomont. Thomas Burns, John Burke, 'and Charos ‘Blohm woro sworn in as spocial fire-policemen, Offlcer McMzhon, o special policoman, was be- foro the Board. This oflicor was a spocial, and was roportod by Captain Fronch as haviug, by mluoondu;t“ forfeited his claim to appointmont to tha rogular forco. ‘I'ho Doard accordingly fllsclmrsnd him, but, ot o subsequont meeting, reconsidored thoir aotlon, in order to give him an oppopiunity to dofend _himself ngainst tho nccusations. Ths officor was nccused of misconduct toward a woman namod Barah J. Jones. 'Tho oflicer produced a letter from the woman, denying all tho charges for~ merly mndo against the officer. Commissioner Sheridan hosilated to tako tho responsibility of restoring the policoman upon tho strength of the lotter, after the statemont mado by tha writor to tho Surxio:ml‘ nnd the cir- cumstantial evidenco of assault upon her by the officer. 'Tho lottor was not sworn to, and noither the woman nor her husband would appoar and bo sworn, Commissioner Wright snid thero was no neces- sity for wasting moro time about tho caso, which wan postponod untilto-day. The Commissionors then hiold a whispered converantion upon it, con~ cluding thet tho caso was avery transparcntono, and the dofense correspondingly Lonuous. Tho Prenidont notified the Hecrotary, that in tho caso of Michrol Coffoy, the Board wa4 nnani- mons in his dlschargo from tho force. Bupoerintendent Washburn presonted o com- munication roquesting tho npruintmnnt of R. I Law as clork of tho Buporintondont's offico, to take offect from Jan. 10, ‘Tho appointment was made. Tho Bourd passed an ordor fixing tho salarien of portors at tho various polico atations nt 240 n month, without perquisites, oxtras, or anything olso in that lino. ‘The Bourd thon discussod tho form of polico roports from tho Captains, aftor which they adjourned. fivat day —_—— A NICE LITTLE BOY, Xle Dellyers n Telegruph Neasnge and Stonls Two Dinutond RingseA Stroot=Cur Condues tor Purchnscs tho Property, Worth $125, for 16 Uonts. LastBaturday, o littlo boy, nnmed Josoph Halo, in tho cmploy of tho Wostorn Union Telograpl Company, eallod at tho Louse of Mx. 8: A, Tay- lor, of No, 108%¢ Prairio avenue, to deliver o mossago. o was admitted to tho front room, in which, on tho tablo, lay two valuablo rings. ‘Whilo Mrs. Taylor went into an adjoining room to sign tho recopt for tho messago the boy put tho ringe into his pocket. Soou nftor ho had Toft tho houso Mra. Tnylor missed tho jewolry, and at once suopectod that {he boy had fuken it. Tho cano was roported nt police hondquartors, ond given to Ofticor Lacky. Io at once arreste: the boy, who confessed that he had taken iho ringa. ~ Ono of them, o dlamond worth €125, ho 80ld to n stroct-car conductor on Statoatreot for 15 conte. Tho othor way found at his homa. Tho stroct-car conductor was also found yestor~ day aftornoon. Ho hnd not disposed of the riug, belioving that somothing was wrong. He at onco gave ibup. Tho_boy, Josoph Halo, las beon locked np, und will bo examined this morn- ing bofore Justico Banyon. o e e + A FIGHT WITH THIEVES, A Farmer Drives Threo ay Thieves off ¥y Premlses, nud Captures Pheir Mo and Wagon. Mr., Mathias Oroft, who resides on the cornor of California and Grand avenuos, i tho owner of soveral atacks of hay. On Sunday ovening Inst, sbout 8 o'clock, ho obsiorved & numbor of por- sons hovering around the property, and, suspoct- ing that they Intended to carry soma of it away, ko summoned bix farm-hands to ald him in driv- ing tho follows off. Boon:nfter o hay-wagon was scon to appronch tho stacks, upon which were soatod throo mon with hay-forke, M. Oroft and hls party at once mnde n chargo upon thom, and woro grootod with sovoral shotn. ‘They roturned the firo,andtho thiovesloft the wagon nud horsen, to Lo taken possesaion of by Mr, Uroft. Ono of tho animals wes found badiy wounded ‘in tho hond. The wagon was talion Lo tho Armory Bta- tlon, whoro it nwaits identifieation. It 1anot bolleved it will be called for, it s o S —At a recont mooting of the Mothodlst minis- tors of New York ond viclnily, it was hold'that modern rovivals ore too wuporfleial—things of bosuly, in fino taste, in tho Mfihu!t stylo of art, and affer thp most gentocl modols, : }nm poe. THE COUNTY BOARD. The - Commissioners’ Ationilon Divecled {o the Jury-Iees Questlions=-« County Treasurer’s Report, Foos or Srlary for tho Counly Clork ?--Tho Disposition of tho Relief Fund to Bo Invostigated. Tho BDoard of Connty Commisgionors had n mooting yonterdny aftornoon, Prosident Millor in tho chair, DPresent, Commissionors Ashton, Lonorgnn, Binger, Gnalloway, Bogue, Harrison, Pohiman, Ruseoll, Olough, Harris, Roolle, Craw- ford, COMMUNIOATIONS, Tho County Clork nsked that some provislon be made for n vault, in which to seoure the recorda of hin office. It was roforred to tho Committes on Public Sorvlco, with power to nat. . s Tho Clerk of tho Criminal Court roported that ho had complied with the terms of tho rerolution of the Board in re- Iation to jurors' focs, until the 20th ultimo, whon Judge Gary directed him to issuo certificatos for onchi mile of actunl travel na heretofore. The Tronsurer rofusod to pny the cortificates, and tho attention of the Board wae invited to tho mattor, sinco the cortiflenten out- standing might bo sofd to innocout partfos. The subjoct was referred to tho Committeo on Tiuanco. TINANOTAL. Tho quartorly roport of tho County Troasurer wag road, a8 follows: To bnlanco Docomber, 1672, Balo of firo bonds Itecolved na insuranco Error in rel Discaunt on Ne Yor licenno, Lo Tont of 198 Randoipi . 12000 Jury feo L ooulo Tax of 187 P X Tax of 1871. 180,981,890 Firo rebato 62,712.80 T0talisesetnenseaseasersnnesonssansass :$300,370.38 Tald county ordors. .. 207,867.14 Jurors Buperlor Court 9,567, Jurors Circuit Gourt, 1,620, Jurors Orlminal Court,. 4,405,08 Witnens fees,Criminal 772, Jurors County Court, 50,10 Tiro robates, 1871, 62,772,680 Commissions on receip 080,41 Gommissions on disburscnien T 1,100 Total, £260,142.20 $ 20,207.02 It was roforred to the Flnanco Committoe. A number of bills wore xoad and reforred, A ‘proposition, rolative to planting forest trocs on tho Droxol Boulovard, in front of the Reform Bchool ground, was roferred to the Fi- nance Committeo. ‘DIIE, COUNTY CLENK'S PAY. Tho' regolution, instructing the County At~ tornoy to gat o docision at once from tho propor Conrt ns to whether tho County Clerk should ba puid by feos or a salary, was taken up. Mr. Ashton moved to substitute lor the reso- Intion, the adverso roport of tho Committeo on tho Judictary, The motion was agraed to—yons, 8 ; noys, 6. BIERIFE'S OFFICL. The Committes on the Judiciary roported that thoy hnd not bad timo to considor tho question of tho pny-rolls in tho Sherifi's oftlico, and rec- ommended that in tho meantimo the pry-rolls o nid, and, il in oxcess, the nmount to bo with- Eold from futuro rums duo. Tho roport was adopted. TO DE INVESTIGATED, Mr. Ashton oftored o rogolution, which was adopted, urging the city nuthoritics to appoint & committoo to investigato tho afTaira of tho Reliof nnd Ald Bocicty a3 to the disposition of tho ro- lief fund, nnd that a special committeo of three Dbe appointed by tho County Bonrd to act with it. Mossrs, Ashton, Bogue, and Lonergan wera nxTolnkezl 28 such committee. "I'he Board ndjournod, B s [NOTES FROM THE SUBURBS. PALK RIDGE, the thriving suburban town, formerly Brickton, 'was duly incorporated ns a-village on the 22d of Febrnary, It is thirtcon miles from Chicago, on tho Wisconsin Duvision of the Chicago & Northwestorn Rallway, has twelve daily trains toand from tho city, and a population of 600. Two churchoes aro in oporation,—tho Congrogn- tional, which han just called the Raev. Mr. Wob- bor to tho pnstorate, and tho Mothodiat, Rov. Mr, Traveller, The rosidents are largely Chica- gomon of businoss, though tho local indistrics of brick-making aud s great pottery catablish= mont aro rapidly building up an independent community. ‘Iha sito of Park Itidgo is eighty- soven feot above Chicago. Renl estato o solling ot from 85 to 810 por front foot, affording u country home within the mout modest income, A hotel isto bo built this season, A splendid brick school-honse has beon built, snd Alr, Allen, tho Principal, is nn_oxporienced instruc- tor. ‘Park Ridge 18 o thriving and growing town, 4 IUGNLAND PARK, A musical entortainment is to bo givon by the amateur talent of Lhis suburb, at the First Bip- tist Church, this evoning. Tho programmo is to bo na follows: Organ solo, Miss Kittie L. Smith ; quartetto, “'Lhe Sen Hath Its Donrls,” Willard Tamily ; Doss solo, “Beyond,” Mr. J. Steers ; duo for plano, organ accompaniment, Loy Gloches du Alonastro,” Misses Grant nu Smith ; solo, ralected, Ars. Ashloy Mogrs ; duo, soleetod, Mr. and Mra, J. L. Smith, Part sec- ond ; Funtasia on aira from * Fra Diavolo,” “ Martba,"” and “ Bohemian Girl,” transcribod and performod by Kittie L. Smith; duo, “A Night in Vonico,” MMr. and Mg, Willerd ; quartetto, * Crndlo Hong,"” Dliss Grant, Misa Litka, Mosors. Bteors aud Orr; solo. from ** Bohemian Gir},” Mr, J. L, Bmith; duo, for piano gud organ, Mrs. end Miss Smith ; qx\mr— totto, “ Good Night,” Miss Grant, Miss Litka, Moasrs Stoors and Orr. Tho admission will bo froo. The Literary and Musicul Socioty of this placo will moot on next IFriday ovoning nt tho rosi- donco of ono of tho mambers, A full aitend- anco is dosived, EVANSTON. Thoe regular monthly mesting of tho 'fown Trastoos will bo held in the oftica of Theodorn - Roeso, the Bocretary of tho Dourd, te-night at 7:45 o'clacke. § 'I'ho Evanston Philosophical Association meot to-night in tho Library Ilnil. Papers will bo read (ivy Francis D, lIemau\\'n{ D. D., aud Prof. Julins Kellogg on History and norganio Noturo, "Ihe second Grand Courso of the Mondelssohn Bocioty will bo givon at Lyons Iell to-uight. ‘I'ho programnie promises n rara concort. 1YDE PARK. A puow-bird match ‘takos placo ot Hyde Park on the 4th of March, between Robertuon (the ind from over tho sea), and A, Bullierin, The parties agroo to shooi undor the following con- !miuusx T'wenty snow-birda cuch, twenty-one {m-ds rige, oighty yards boundary, according to he Konnicott Club Lules, for 850, D, Grady, stakeholder. —_— THE CHASE HEIRS' $2G0,000,000, Wo have recolved tho following Important communication from Mr. J, II. B. Honderson, of No, 1822 Wabash avenuo, ns taken from the Tortland, Ble., Transcripl : It ina boen docided by tho Courta of England that {he nbove large amonnt belongs to the Amerfean hieira, und the English jonrnals hava publishod o notico, calts ing upon the heirs to yrove thelr claims, Accordingly, & convontion of kuld hoirs was held ot Plitefield, Mo., Jiino 20, 1673, the objoct of which waa to devisd soims plan by which to catablish tho helrahipa of the descends auta of the threo brothors—~Wiliiam, Thomus, and Agquilla Ciase, Tho Conveution was called to ordor by ‘Alired Ghiwse, Ed,, of Pittancld, Mo, on whons motlon Cal, Danfol Oliako, of Falrflold, was elected Ohatrman of tha Convention, and John ¥, Lunt Boeretary, Tho Roorelary then read an outline of tho Wstory of tlio Ghiaso family in this_country, which eatublilicd the diract ino of hielrship from said Wil fany, ‘Thonas, and Aquills 10 tho prescnt generation, with the excoption of 4o or threo connections fin the Afth goneration, A commilteo of alx was appointed by tho Couvention for Uha purposa of en:nblihing tho missing links in tho chuin of helrship 3 also to ook sfter (g projrty, anu taw couvention of ‘waid hefea ta Lo held in tho month of Octebor noxt cnsuing, In the meantimo, all members of the Chuso fumily were urgently roquested to trace tiels ancostry na fuy buck oK posnfblo, and sond their statementn of (Lo samo {0 Juh T, Ohuso, Baqt,, Ohadrman of tho Committes, nt o, Ay‘lfl;a:‘u‘l)mnl, ilr;nl:n;,lno {hat tio record. of Entd gl 0 colplated by tho ti; migling of Lo Gonvcation, Y Dotimnnit fon iy iy Convention won held fn Octobe sdjourumeat, s Tostow, u largonappes ber o {2 and was Topirtud by the Boston Ecentig dswrmal o Oct, 0, 1873, It wun- sluted ot thia meetiug (hat tho property came. from Col, Willlam' ‘Towuloy, who was oxecifed for treneon in 1745, Tho properly was in | iyt about 100 yoar whrs t s ald, tho Engliah courtn catablished ‘hin Innocenco, sl awardod” tha rm!wrly ta the fonr Ohaso hrothers, ono of whotn wan n England And the other threo in Americn; Of those furony William camo avor in 1020, and Thomnn and Aquilln in 1630. An tho recordn of tho family wera not all prosent nt thin convontion, It istobe hoped that thoy wiil bo altonded to at once, 4 THE BOSTON ‘FIRE CALAMITY. Incldonts nnd Scenes of ‘Torror Buring tho Conflngration. Rinton Sm. 98) Correnpondencanf the New Fork World, Raroly on any provious oconslon of tlio kind hing go thrilling " an opiroda ocourrod ng (kb which yeaterdny resultod in o dreadful n logs of lifo at tho burning of tho Samenot Bullding, at 162 Tianoyer etrect,in this olty, Tho moro dotails of tho origin of the firo nnd the progress of tha flamoes aro of small momont, oxcopt in 5o far aa thoy nro connected with tho sconer of suf- foring and death which were. bronght about by thoir agenay. When it was known to tho hun- drods whohad pathored to look on at the firg that thoro wora ng loast sixtoon girls omployed In Mr., Samonot's mnttress manufactory, and whon ocular ovidonco of this fact wan givon to thio obnorvera by tho sight of tho torrified girla rushing to and !¥o npon the roof of the burning hmldtni:, 18 if proparing in their panis to throw themnolves into the atreot bolow, ono would hinve supposed that tho aoma of tho horribls had been ronchod. But thin scono, thrilling ag it was, was only the beginning of a series of #till more pain- ful incidonts, gradunlly incrensing in intonsity until the olimax was reachod fn tho falling of tho wall and the burylng boneath it of twenty-ono deyoted aud daring firomon, Whilo noarly allthe {nmates of tho building, in- cluding tho %’h']s on-tho roof, had managed to os- enpo, olther by the atairway. leading 10 tho on- tranco on Hanover strect, or by way of tho roofa of tho nolghboring housos, thoro wore at loast threo of the unfortunato women whoso fate anr- rondored thom to an ER nlling doath, Thoro was the young girl, Mary Foaro, who In & moment of terror, urged on” by tho flames behind her, leapod from a third-story window, through tho volumos of black smolke that enveloped her, and foll n mauglod mnss, first upon tho iron work of the awning and thonceo to tho streot bolow. Tor- tunato way it for tho too ongor multitudo thnt tho police, forming n cordon noar tho bullding, Xept bekk tho prossing throng who sought to crawd closo up to tho firomen, But for this pro- cnution on tho part of tho police, tha list of killod and woundod by the caiamity that shortly enaued would Linvo swellod probably to hundrods: Brd ns it was, tho rosult might Lave boon ime monsurably worso. t ‘Whon tlie moment was reached that witnessod tho fl\llinF of the roof and tho wall tho sceno was agonizing to thoso who wero thora to mark tho dreadful offoct, It was not onough that two ‘women—Mliss Mary Babb and Miss Lizzio Ilanka —should havo porished with the fall of the form- or, Thoy had failod to mako thoir. escape whon tho othera did. Miss Babb was nwoman ad- vanced in yoars, and was omployod in tho fourth story. Whien blddon to make hasto in order to #ocuro hor cscapo, with that fatnity and atton- tion to trivinltics which froquently mark the con~ duct of porsons thus imporiled, she wastad tho precious moments in runoning to snother room to got hor bonnot and shawl. But it was too Iato. Bytho time that who imsucd from the room tha utxdrwnly WS gOnO, OF WO & proy to the flames, and tlius, with her young companion, Aliss Hanls, sho porished misorably. 3 The last and most heartronding inoldent of tho catnstropho was now at hand, ~Baroly had tho roof fallen in, and whilo tho crowd was yot con~ teraplating tho offects, boforo a shuddoring eouso of horror crept over all at the conscious- ness that o wholesalo sceno of death was upon the vorgo of unfolding itsclf. Grouped upon tho long Iadder loaning againat tho walls of tho building, aud chiefly thoso of tho Hanovor strook side, were a number of firemen who, with hoso- gipn in hand, wero playing npon tho flames. uddenly, with tho di ng away of tho cchio of tho sound of tho falling roof, this five-story brick wall was soon to waver. Some mon—tho most of thoso presont—avarted thoir gazo ; oth- ors looked down ; mfow more indifferont than tho rost to humen sufforing or moro davoured by n hideous sort of curiosity, looked up and saw tho vast wall slowly swaying outward., No hu- man agoncy could now eave. from death or grioy~ ous wounds thoso courageous mon who.wera bat- ling tho flames. Tho wall with incronsed momon- tumborooutward, carrying with it tho firomen- freighted ladders. A'shock and a thundering gound as tho mnas of brick and mortar, of lad- ders and humanity, came to the ground in o promiscuous heap, followed by & denso snd stifling cloud of dust, nrin!ng from tho pulvor- ized mortar, told the story of the calamity. From that ruin strong hands soon boro the dend, dy- ing, and wounded—threo dead and cightcon wotinded, and tho climax of iho tragedy was comploted. To-dny'a dovolapmonts in this melancholy dis- agtor are that the bodies of two of tho victims of tho fire havo been removed from tho ruins, ‘Theso aro Miss Hanks and another girl, sapposed to bo Aun McDouough. The rommins of Migs Babb havoe not ss yot fgen recovered. Tho dend, 0 for a8 is known, afc tonflned to theso three Flrlfl and to the throe firomon killod by tho fall~ ng of the wall, _Tho wounded firemen ‘sl ‘are v.lmngf woll with the oxcoption of two, whose condition is deomed procarious. Thero aro still, however, o number missing,. and whoso names are mown, from among the firemon.who wore working as substifutos whon the roof and wall foll in. \ e ‘The ©ld State Iousc. From the Springfleld (Ill) Journal, Tho froquent occurrance of sicknoss and death smong membors of the Gonoral Asgombly leads to tho beliof that the struoturoof the rooms is radically dofoctivo, and that tho mschief comes. of imporfoct vontilation, #'o somo oxtont this mny be true, That build- ing novor was n sourco of prido to the peaple of- Bpringfiold or the State, In tho first place, tho Stato sold bonds_and_borrowed tho mondy to build H—BXMEE £50,000 levied upon the citizeny of the then village of Springflold. “Thon, quito ns much as now, oversthing in the shape of amonoy job, was mndo, in sBome way, to Eny off political” sorvico. Tha oroction of the uilding was placed in the bands of threo Com- misyioners,—ono & very poor housc-carpontor, anothor o physician, and tho third o clover old farmor,—all of whom wore uttorly ignorant of tho business entrusted to them. b, S0, to round the circlo of nbaurdity, & baker ‘wasmndochiof architect,—n man who conld raiso good broad, but kuew nothing of raising otonos walla. Ho got a very gooa plan from Phila- delphio, nnd, in order tp make it original, altorod’ it ' just onongh to spoil it. The building was squatted down fu n mudholo, % Lako Lorshbaugh,” sy the public squarc was called, bas been improved by drainsge, but thoro stands tho struocture, low ‘down lilo n canvass- back duck, inviting criticlsm without and damp- ness within, P The now Stato House atands on high, natural ground, 8 beautiful knoll from whenco is easy drainage, and is to be soconstructed thet coilings will bo high, rooms lerge, and evor part, includ- ing bosomont, open to completo ventilation. t would bo well to hnave the work go on at a tote that will tranefer the General Assombly from the old to the now building at tho noxt reg- ular possion. Thon wo will gao how far the presont placo of mooting is responsible for the gicknoss of whieh complnint is mada. —_——— A Lesson In Frictlon. Tho stermship Saragossa waa latoly put upon tho ways né altimore, supposed to ncod only now caulking und copper. ho caulkors got to worlk, nud the seams botwesn the planks were dressod out with tho irons pro'pm'ntory to driv- ingin tho now onkum. Imagine the astonishe ment of tho caullors wlon ono day the ironm, subjected ouly to 2 foablo blow, went clear into tho vosuol, A closer inspection rosulted, and it whs discovered that for n distanco of eighiy foot ou eaclt sido of tho keol, and beneath that por- tion of tho ship whero {ho boilors rost, planks which oight yoars ago wera throo and onc-half inohes thiclc wore now moro Loards of onc-half inch in thicknoss, They were not worm-caten, and to all appenrancos wora as sound as whon first spiled and bolted to the hugo skeleton of n ship. And horo o lesson in the power of friction may bo aptly illustrated. Bonoath tho boilers of tho Barngosso it was discovered that particles of coal had dropped from timo to timo, and the mera motion u} gho vogaol ao she rockod ab sea Jindt shaken tho loose places of minoral from side to sido on tho planks, and worn thom to the thickness of boards usod in the ordinary skiff, such na ero neod on our crooke. s e e o L ©lose Mensurcements I'rom the Induatrial Monthly Somo timo sgo Whitworth, tho_famous Eng- Hsh ongineer and machinist, placed on oxhibition a sot of threo plano surincos and o straight odge, all warranted to bo truo to tho milkonth part of an inch. Boside thom Lo placed n monsuring in- stramont, which ensily aud acourately indicatod tho small Bpaco to which tho orror of the surfaces and straight edgo was limited, so that it would seom onsy to find out the exnot mmount b{whlnh any piceo of work differed from tha precisa sizo which it ought to havo; and, consoquontly, it would almost soem possible to bring any ploco of metal or othor substance to the oxnot hizo re- quirad. Ho far, theroforo, a4 the moro fitting togothor of tho pleass is concerned, it woul& alinost scom that we Lind reached n dogreo of porfeotion quite oqual to suything that can bo roquired, THE RAILROAD QUESTION. Oplnlons from Varlous Sources, From the Western Rural, RAILROAD MONOPOLIES AND THI FATMERM, Tho troublo botweon the peoplo aud Lhe rail- ronds hng culminntod ab Ohampaign County, Ill,, in Innodent school-ohildron trying to rido on tho B-cont faro principle; In students taking possca- alon of carg and being shuntod upon sldo tracks ; In tho arrost nnd fining of an Iilinolu Contral Railroad conduotor for putting n farmor off tho train, which was: appoaled nrnhmb, of courso; and, flnally, s moloo_on tho 'Wolodd, Wabnoh & Wostoru Iailrond, whoroln plstols and knivon nro stated to have beon shown, 'I'hfs {8 but s unatural sequoncoe to tho inflnmmo. tory and foolish l!ylmch of Mr. W. O, Tlagg, nt Champalgn, in which ho_ndyisod his hoarors to tonder tholr two and n half or threo conts por milo with ton conts ndditional, but not to breal tho lows if they could help t. Hr, Tlagg inform- ed tho Bloomington Convontion that'ho was a farmer, and that all ho had was bound \IP in farming ; but ho was wisely pilont as to how much monoy ho had made,in this profession. Neitier did ho éay how woell ho hind filled the Yarlous othor officas of publio trust and honor holind held, particularly that of United Btatos Asgosgor. And, indcod,” it would scom thnt the Fro[enelan of farming ennnot bo very luern~ ivo, if with it Lo cannot oko out n living in conncction witlt his - other presont officos of Bcerotary of tho Illi- nois Industrial Univorsily, Stporintondont of Exporlments ot the samo’ Inatitution, and sov- eoral othor lucrativo offices ; but ho wants also to bo ono of tho Railrond and Warehouso Com- missionors, Mr. Flngq in not tho first cole- brated porsoungo who hns conelderod himsolf compotent to take all parts of thoplay. Bottom, tho weaver, thought o good denl of himself, aud, indoad, Mr, Flagg rosomblos him fn another lu= portant particular, Sinco tho gontloman took to polilics, and sorved his solitary term in tho Beuato of IMi- nois, wo find him doveloped -into tho champion of tho farmers, but ndvising them to do Ii\mt what tho raflrond compnniea would like thom to do,~rush l)llmllfiin o mischief, If farmors got tholr rights it will not Lo by taking tho nd- vice of domagoguos who lyly iustignto thom to violenca by elap-trap spccches, —They cor~ tainly will not tmend mattors by tendoring n cor- tnin amount of farc to the agonts of the railrond companios, and getting forced off traing whon in twos or throos, or by riding freo in.mobs} and if thoy enforce thelr point with pistols an bowle-knives, may not thoir adversaries do tho somo? Wo sk, does ‘Mr, Flagg himeel! con- soiontiously tondor the oxact fare, ns ho intor- preta the law, or doos he ride without paying nt all? Wo think it would be unfortunato to have o man who has failed both in his privato and public business folsted upcn tho pooplo of Illi- nois, in conncction with tho ofiico of Railway Commissionor, though if two such mon na Mr. Reynolds, of Gook, und Dir. Adams, of Stophen- . Bon, 08 lms boen suggested, wero placed with him, thoy might, perhnps, kesp him from doing Aertous injury, ‘Iho raiirond question is not the only ono that is troubling the farmora. A grcator ono fa that thoy trust too much to men who are seckin oftico. Thoy are told what a shamo it is that it costs 80 much to get corn to the seaboard. This, though n fonrful griovance, is novertholosy nof 8o groat a one ng that they should have to sond it thero at all, % Tha West, Liowever low freights may be in tho futuro, will nover get rich oxporting Indiancorn, With tho present enormous crop low freights wonld moraly havo tho offect of glutting tho market without holping tho farmers, and thosa who go lovo tho farmer, for oftice eako, as to play upon -this idon had botter bo left out in the cold, Wo want an cquita- blo scale of frulg].\tv,—mnnl lave it, will havo it! Wo. shall not reach tho result wished for by tho oxorcigo of mob-law. But chiefly wo want stock to feed corn to, o more divorsified agriculturo, the dovelopmonts of manufactures in our midst. We want {o put mon in powor who aro not professed politiciaus, and uge their power for solf-nggrandizemont ; wa want strict honesty in the administration of our public affairs ; wo wani farmers to elect o Just proportion of their own membors to oflices of public trust nnd honor ; wo want offices to seolt mon, and not men officos. That a man Lappens fo havo tho gift of_gab, s it is called, does not necessarily imply business capacity or tact, and wo havo vory littlo faith in ono who so deerly loves tho poopio that ho advisos mob-ln, although ho tempers it with tho advice not to Dbreal tho roal law if they can help it. 1t is to bo hoped the farmers of other States will intrust thoir intercats to n differcnt class of mon, Tho [Western Rnral has alway ndvisod a tom- orato courso in this movemont of tho farmers, 'ho Legislature and the courts must make and decido upon the law, and farmers will inevitably losa froand by acting upon tl adsics of * tal- “iug tho law into their own hunds,” Tho law Las boen ignored by tho railroad companies upon tho round that it was unconstitutioual, aud now wo fina that the Buprome, Court of Tilinois has da: cided that it 45 80 by tho concurront and unani- mous opinion of all tho Judges. Thoro is no wayto soitlo tho quostion axcept by tho cout of last resort, whether it bo BState or National. Tho Inw boing declared unconstitutionl, wo do not, of course, now waut the Commissioners, over whom so much troublo has been bLad. The Logislature must go to work and do the work over egain, and better. Wo beliovo thig troublo botween the rmilronds and {ho peoplo might be sottled in & satisfectory manner to all parties concorned. Wo do not forget that with- out rnilronds many parts of tho \Woat would yot | bo & howling wildorneas, and wo do not forgek; that tho rnilrond companies have mado many’ ““i]m and griovons regulations, which have helped to cripple tho Tarmer, without whom thoy could not for n moment oxist, Wo have stated onc of tho means, not tho best one, perlinps, which the farmors might uso as o last_rosort, o far, tho breach lns boen widened by the Hotspurs who heve claimed to bo the doar friends of the farmor.” While wo agreo that railronds hinve beon of in- cnleulablo adyantage to tho farnors of tho West, in_giving them transportation and on- hancing the prico of their lands, railronds at the Hamo {imo must remembor that thoy aro do- pendont upon the farmor for their success. Tho cloar undorstanding of this mutucl depondence is tho truo meaus for tha solution of this difil- culiy, and not rushing blindly into mob-law, 1t must come through n just representation of the dominnnt interostsof tho country, through those immedintoly- intorested in tho ‘industries. Wo bhave boforoe stated bow thoso stood, and wo roitorato that, as o lnst resort, it may Lo ne- complished through tho voting power of tlo pouplo. From the Morrison {TlL) Independent, NEWSPAPERS AND COURTS, If, snys Tus TRIpUNE, wo havo reached » point that wo can no longer frust the courts, then wo have anarchy, Now, ono thing ia certain, we cannot trust the courts, nud if thia condition ba snarchy it is tho vourts, and not the peoplo, who aro responniblo, Itead tho impeachmen trinla of Judgo Barnard and Cardozo, snd sy if tho peoplo aro to ho bound by tho mero dictum of auch contemptiblo wretches, who should have beon, years ngo, in the ponitontiary. 'Cha TnisuNe insists that tho laws must bo euforced by tho officars of tho law, in the manuer dircot- ed by law, and in no other way. ‘Tur Trinuxe Tos o right to iusist, but_it hag very littlo power to chengo conditions. Wo understand what this kind of congervatism nil moaus, and it is en- thraly too thin for tho oceasion, This fact has Dbecome apparont’ to tho rallrond corporations ; tho peoplo aro dotorminod to Lold thoir laws makers rosponsiblo for thofr loglsintion, and this thoy can do; bmt tho -courts ean bo cor- ruplod Ly monoy and influenced to malo desis- {ons in favor of tho railronds, and it is #ololy on | tho courts that thoy roly, Tie 'I'ripuNE is tho advoeato for corporntions, Ita plea for the railroads is, that tho new low *ovorthrows tho long claimed doctrino that chartors aro contracts ; that railronds ore onti- tled to reasonable compousation for morvicos, and that what is n reagonable componsation is a muattor to bo detorminod by tho courts.” While wo rathor think tho {’mupll\\vlll reliave tho courts from thut rosponsibility, unloss the courts, ro- fusing bribes and all mmm‘y conuldorations, mako such doolsions as justico cnd common gono both approvo. We 'nndoraiand quito ns woll as s TRipuNe the doctrine of *f sorvants, oboy your masters,” but we do not ncknowlodgo corporations rs our mastera bocnuso thoy can ‘buy Bupreme Court devisions, From the Aurora lerald, TIIE MASSACHUSITITA REPORT. Tho plan of the Govcymnont ownlug o portion of tho railroady In the conntry is ouo which hns froquontly boon advocated in the Jierald, nud wo are pleased to soo tho plan indorsed Dy such an able body as tho Rallroad Commissionoraof Mas- sachusotts, and in viow of Mr, Robort 1lariis sonding the roport to-the Farmors’ Convantion at Gonova with his indorsenient, wo mey also considor that ho favora tho conclusions arrived at by tha Mnssachuretts Commiesionors, aud would welcome a Gavernmont railrond lino from tho Misulesippl River to the Atlantle, es- tablishing u hionlthy competition with tho 0., 13 & Q. aud” connocting lines, Tho farmers will doubtloan foel gratoful to My, Harrly for tho gon- ‘tion on our Stato Governmonts. oroslty dinplayed in favoring o project which would he 50 much in tholr intoreat and o oppos~ od tothe Intorest of hils rond ; and In view of such distinguished {ndorsomont, thoy would prol:nbly connont that tho Slato of Ilinols should hocome ihe ownorof two or threo compoting lines running onat and wost, and at lonst ono running north ~ and south = through the Biato, and mo havo o lively compotition In" the transportntion businoss, With nuch lincs tha lacalitios diluatod upon them would at onco obtaln the ndvantago of chaap local trafllo, tho ‘want of which now males maunfacturing in this Btato almost impossiblo, oxcopt at the terminuy of two or moro long and compoting ronds. ‘Wo commond tho roport of tho Mnssnchusotts Comrmissloners, with tho Indorsomont of Mr. 1lnrrin, to tho Logislaturo of 1llinois, and sug- gost that thoy tako into sorious consideration the subject of thio State hecomlufi tho ownor of ono or mora railronds which sbinil bo run in the in- torest of tho people, so that the poople can soo hy this exporimont whether they cannot prnnflmr \\’l_ll‘li-‘ll tholr domands In this respoct are complied wills, From the Otlatea Republican, THE FARMERS IN COUNOIL, Tho mooting at tho court-house on Bnturdny Inot was not n largo one, owing to tho extromoly cold weathor and rough ronds. But, considoring tho circumatances, tho nttondanco wos connid- ored fafr. Sovoral prominent farmers who could ronch lioro by rail woro on hiand, and a lively in- teront was folt by oll in rognnl to thio petmanout orgonization and tho principlos that slould govern it, From the incoption of this movoment tho quoation that has most frequontly hoen asked is, can or will tho farmers unito cordinlly on n plat- form of I»rhmiplnu which will command the respeet of nll classos of producers_and upon which practienl jssucs may ho formod, with tho asourance that they will rocoive thoe support nee- osgary to bring about practical results. On this question tho truc frisnds of tho movement hayo had fenrn and its enomics have lind hopes, Tho Inttor havo indulged frooly in Prophenin £ opil, basing thicir caloulatluia vi tho prone: of popular nssomblios composed, to n great ex- tont, of men not nccustomod to taking part in dollberntivo bedien golug to oxiremos. Thoy have enleuluted on tho linbility of such bodics to adopt thaoaries in the lioat of oxcitoment and de- bato, which would ovontuato ‘In disagreo- mont _and angrchy, ond thoroby destroy tho ofiicloncy of the organization. Thoy hnvo mot bLcon slow in raising quosiions coleulatod fo oxelts party - projudico, intorlarded with nfio]nglua Tor "tho oxtortion practiced by railrond companlas. In & word, thoy havo eaid that tho presont oxcitemont fg but'e ““porioaical offorvesconce ™ that will pass away 8 #oon as tho sonson of navigation opena ond froighta aro somewhat reduced. Wo con- fean wo hava iad somo fenrs on this quostion, but ‘thus far tho managoment of nffairs hng shown good practical senso and sound judge ment. - Tho Btnto Convention ub Bioom inFton, with comsummate slill, oxcluded al disturbing olemonts from thoir declaration of principles, Tho maating at this placo on Saturdny last Lesitated to n opt, and tinally postponed, tho conuldoration of, tho plat- form of principles proposed by Mr, Lynch, not becanso the underlying principios aro unsonnd, but becauso it contains somo things on which men mufv honestly differ, and that aro of little raolical importanco in this movement, Tho ocaloguo and tho declaration of Indepondence are_grand productions in thoir way, but wounld not bo considored just tho thing to attach totho constitution of o farmors’ club. Ho far s tho railrond quostion_ is concornod, thore 18 no noed of charging vonnlltylnn\l corrup- t is but o short timoe sinco that the people were anxious to have railroads built on sny torms, nnd our Liog:. islatures only oboyed the behost of tho poopla Fn gmnuufi charters withotit any resorvations of- any kind, Souatar’ Douglns gained gront ' opu- }nflgy mu; tlu)s ;;oplo of 4 end-grant which seoured the, building of tho Illinols Central Railrond, It tas ro firded of incaleulnblo valuo, ns a meens of doveloping the' resourcos of tho Btato, aud the fact that it hos sinco becomo ouo of tho most oppressive monop~ olies in tho Stato docs not arguo that tho orig- inal projectora wero vonal and corrupt. 5 Tiot tho producern tako things jnst ns thoy now flnd thom. 'Tho question is not how tho abuses of which theycomplain bava baen brought about, but how to correct thom. -Tho Constitn- tion of Illinois, in its artiole on raflronds, fur- nishos o platform on which all who ave dosirous of reform can stand. It contains all the princi-+ ples cmbraced in Mr. Lynch's propositions that aro applicablo in the praeent stnto of the case. Tbo prinolplos put forth aro radical, and thoy are oxpresacd cloarly, conciaol{ nnd with forca, It is the only platform on which wo can stand. whon wo are called upon to faco railrond monopolies in the courts, whore- the bat- tlo must bo fought. Lot us plont our- selves on tho Constilution and the “lnwa mado in conformily thoroto, and insist thab corparations oboy them the semo as individuals. When tho laws are found to bo defective in' minor dotails, as seems to bo tho opinion of the Supromo Coutt In its latost declston, tho Logis- Iaturo can amend until wo .shall got u law that ean bo vigoronsly enforced. When it beeomos o gottled quostion” that railroad chnrges can and must bo regulated by lnw, of which wo entortain o doubt, tho battle may bo considered as won, but it will not ho won. without a struggle.. ~ .+ Thero are othor parties and monopolics which, in'n grentor or logs dogreo, oppross tho producor, but they can be mot and defeated by protectivo: organizations. Thus fur tho movewent gives promiso of succoss. Hinois for procuring n’ From the Jonesboro Gazette, 3 FARMERS' MEETING. E The farmors of Union County ‘are “invited to assomblo ot tho conrt-houso to-dny, for tho purs: pose of coneidering tho prosont doplornble: con- dition of the country, ruled and run in tho-inter-/ est of tho rings and monopolics. The farmers of old Union Cuunt¥ have had nothing to: do witht thia situation of affairs, Thoy havd por-, mislently enst their ballot ngainst findicfl‘nfln‘_ ond Radical corruption, from tho boginning, and hinve reiged their voico in warning of tho ‘¢ wrath: to come,” But now when the Ohristianstatesmen ab Washington nrobrought to thoconfessional,and provou to be tho pliant tools of railroad mohop- . olies and stock-jobbers, itis a fitting timo for tho peoplo to come Logothar. and protest aguinst ' the corruption of our rulers. Let them go into e _thorough investigation of nll the burdens whioh tho farmers of the Wost have to bonr. ' Lot thom arraign tho iron piretos of Pennsylvas nia, and the Now England manufacturers, who havo' become go rich out of our poverty, Lot | them ehow up “ protcetion” na tho high-tarift kings understnnd it, and it will be seen that the railrond monopolista complained of, aro theso vory ¢ protectiomsts,” who own nently all-tha railronds in tho country.. Let all of our intelli- gont farmors be presont, and - insist upon calling things by tho right namo. Lot all the monopo- lies Lo orraigned, so that ‘thore will be no ‘“meapo-gonts ' in these Credit Mobilier .timoes, Lot thom instruct the Legislaturc in & fow les- sons of Binto sovereignty; and rosolve that-our niembora of Congross, whon they voto for & high protective tariff, mako ‘boggers of their constituonoy, and rich nabobs of tho tariff rings of Peunsylvanin and Masenchusctts, Tho ax shauld bo Inid to the root of the treo; and then this uprising of the honest tillors of the soil in tha West will bo a power in tho land, . _—— NEWS PARAGRAPHS, Dhiladelphic Las 51,890,200 In proporty ex- empt from tazation. —The Brooklyn property of ox-Mayor Bmith 8014, last wook, for &802,000. —It is thought tho destructive firo in Now Dodford, Mnas., lnst wook, wag_caused by o manloy ‘confined in tho saloon whoro it origi- nated. —During tho month of Docomber 41,600 Lako Bhoro freight cars passed through Toledo, ng shown by tlie books of thn car-rocordor. —Intolligonco from Cambridgo, Washington Conuty, N. Y., atatos that tho fifth viotim in tho Blinw poisoning cano died on E\mdng weak., Tho twp romaining nick viotims, it is thought, can- nob suryive much longor. —~Con}, iron, and Joad havo been struck in rich velna in saveral widoly separated localition in Missouri during tho past fortulght, and Car- thago eaps the climax by assorting its ability to produco enough coal-oll from its soil to supply all tho Btato, —Parties from Grosga Point yustordflry roport- od tho ivo in Luko St. Olair prolty woll brolon np, with immonso flelds ready to movoe this way. Largo flolds coverod the rivor yostorday, and thoro was dobris enough to show that tho shore icohua also beon brolten.—Delroit Freo Press, March 1, —'Tho Utien Herald has discovored that it is now unlewful for tobacco-chewors to beg a { chew.' Tho United Btates Internnl Rovenuo Iaw allows no porson or pereons to soll or dis- poso of tobaceo in auy form, no matter how &mall or {mmt the bulk,” without puylng firat a licouno of &5, ¥ —Loys will bo boys. 'Tho Mayor of Detroit explaini that bo pulled down tho small-pox flag from a tenomont owned by him, becauso the boys would persist in guthering together thero, and “ dming " ench other to scale tho fonco an 8] qu-m|\uh the houso on whioh the flag was dis- played, ¥ —A boy 7 yenrs old arrived in Harrlsburg, Pa., tho otlor - day, from Northern Toxus, huving truvoled the ‘entire distanco by himsolf, Ilis mothor had dled, and his father wanted to placo bl with somo frionds, but could not come with' hiim, oo ho purchnsed o through ticlket, pinned 1t to tho Inhol of hin coat, and starlod him on hin long Journoy. Tho various conductors Look & groat fntereat fn him, and whon at tho end of thair routo, handed lLim over Lo ho noxt ono. Io arrived safo and sonnd, and said ho hnd n Jolly timo, —A Lolerably diffientt conundium is proposed by tho Bosion Globe: *If tho Pont-Oftico Da< partmont cnu afford to tramsport tho postal- eards, oven furnishing tho enrd i solf, for a cont, why cannot it transport n lotter weighing tho Anmo, and without tho oxponse of mmfishlns any niatorial at all 2" CREDIT MOBILIER. Tho Action of the Fiouso of Ttopres .I‘ro sentatives, * " Trom the New York Eventig oat, : Tho protoxt, howevor, that thg Houso could not toke cogaizanco ot the offouse of Lribery, becauso it was dono two or throo yoars ago, Wi ono of tho flimsleat and shaliblont* that was ovor dovisod to sorcen a disgracoful meandal, Had tho offonse boen committed openly, and an ap« poal takon to the peoplo na {o the fact and the nw, tho decision of tho pno}zlo might have beon mgsnrded a8 tho decision of n court of ullimnta Judgmont ; but when the offonse WAH & socrot one, carefully covered np by all tho applinncen of rnf_;uery‘x nnd brought to light uuly by the accldont of tho rasceals having fallon ont among thomsolves; when, moreover, it -was of a kind pcm\llnrli to dlequality tho do- linquent for tho business of Io islation ; whon it was provod that ho was not a jogialntor. ropresenting the people, and onacting lnws for tho furtheranco of justico and tho common wonl, but & conspirator misusing his position ta porvert logislation and fill his pockots, wo do not 800 how any. honorahlo body could consont ta £ ‘Lbl\h it had nothing to do with tho affair, Tho offenso, whonover and wherovor commits ted, was an offonse ngainet its own intogrity and oharacter; not like n murdor or robbory olso< \'L\Pi?. whinh Hm,fm mon Iaw {a Aunpodad ta witch over, nor liko tha gambling or prize-fights ing practices of the Iato membor, Mr, Morrissey, which public pentimont regulatos; but & apooldd. Bnrllumenhu:y crime, doue by mombers whio Liad oon and * wero atill mombors, and tho consequonces of whoso acts, as 3r, Wood ine toiligently remarled, wore continuous, oxtond- ing over the wholo subucquent tima of woryico, A moan may broak every command of tho Decn~ loguo, and yot ba compotont to legivlato impar~ tinlly, if nct altogother wiko} » O Most mattera, of publlo concern. Indaod, thera hirs bean- statosmen who wero desporalo gamblors, and statosmon who laughed ot tho govonth come mandment, who woro nono tho leas admitted ta eminent rank as stateamen, both in thoir owiy dny and by postority. Their liconso in ono di« roction was not accompaniod by licenco in all die roctions. - But a mon cannot accopt of diroct) gifts from porsonu who have specin) abjects ta necomplish by meana of his_oliicial asistanco, and bo imputod_an honast logilator, His ofs ficioncy is_invaded nt tho sourco, nnd tho very grounds of Lis boing and usefulness, ns ropr sontativo and organ of tho publis, ato upturaed Tho gist of tho decision of tho Houso is, that: it *absolutely condomns " Mr. Onkes Amos for trying to bribe other members in his own intor« ost, but that tho membors so tried, and who took tho proffared bribo, ato nol fo bo con= domued. It is virtunlly nllogod that thoy tool it in porfeet innocenco, not _knowing that thoy, wero bribed, not knowing the ehametor.of tho company into which they bought without peying’ nuything, and not caring to inquiro how it woy. that stack which was olliug at 250 in {he! market was given to them af par. Innuwnt,{ indeod, thoy niust hinvo beon, to bo no oblivious! in o mattor that hnd been fo frequently dis< cuesod, in ita votious bearings, befora thom,— innocent to'such o dogreo ns to raise nmotlier question 2s to thoir genoral compotoucy ng Iogislators, 3 Trom the New ¥ork ITorld, ‘Tho House hias acted on 10 consistent thoory. If tho doclring of the Judiciary Oummittenr'(ys admitted, that*tho Inst oloction by tho peopla condones ol previous offenses, & yoto of consura for things douo in 1568 is as unwarrentable ag a - yoteof cxpulelon. © Tho grentor includes tha less; and if cyimes aro to bo scroencd bocauna an olection hms intervened, more peceadilloca should bo buriod out of sight Ly an nll-condons ing voto of tho people. ~Thisle tho firab in~ stanco, in tho wholo history of parlismontery , procecdings, of o voto of consurs passed on acts dono prior to the clection of the cousured mem- 1f crimes enn scapo their just ponalty by bera, lnpso of time, pecenditloos.” The judgment of tho country on the procoed- inga gostorday will bo that tho Housg haa mado itlf o accomplice aftor the fact in the Oradit Alobilier infamy, . Low as tho gonoral standard of‘morality ie, it is too painfully ovidont thab tho sfandurd of Congress is beloy that of the! country. -Those Credit Mobilior disclosures have shocked and inconsed publio fecling but Cone gross takos a more lenient viow of their enor +mity, 'ho invoectivou.of Butlor and othor nttor- neys of frand against {ho public preag, show how different tho gonoral sentimens of the éountry, is-from .tho* average nentimont of Congress: “T'ho preas, during those investigations, lna, roflected {ho just wornl indignalionof the peo- ploy ond thoTuct that Dutlor.and other apolo- fiis of corvuption Liavo thought it uosessary to, crato ‘and- donounce nowspapors shows now- much lower the moral feno of Congrens is than that of the country, which tho nowspapors faitli< 'fullfl roflect, S R z ‘ho " tendornoss of. tho Ifouso townards ita offending -membors is éno of tho most alarming signs of the timos, It confirms the provalent impression thnt great railwey corporations, and . other -moneyed-corporations, are omnipotent in controlling legislntive bodios, and that mombors ‘gf Congreds, liko membora of the Stato Legisln- turos, aro the willing tools of greet corporationa whiok have money cuough to buy them. - £ 4 st o o From the Detroit Tribune, Tho House has fallon short of the porform- .anco.of its full duty, .in fuilivg to oxpel Amos ahd Brooks, ~'Thoir offcnso was so flagrant thot tho sovorest nolion’ in thoir caso was domanded. - It waa Quo to. the roputation of the House thab - it shonld cloar itzclf of- rll ouspiclon of sympa- , thy with the corrnption swhich hns been lnid open to the night of. tho work hg punishing, . to tha folleat oxtent of itn]pm\-m, thoso of its members who havo heen clearly provon guilty. . We regrot - that it hos failed to do this, But, on tho other ; hand, worejoice that this rovelntion haa boen made, and thiat not only Congress, buttho whols ; {muplo, havo been stimlatod by it to o higheros. tmate'of. tho duties of legisiaorst, and.an ap. parent doterminetion, on the part of the former, 0 avoid il grouund of suspicion, and, on tha part of the lattor, -to look with. more enreful scrutiny into the conductof thaiz representatives, and into the chinractor of candidntes for elcotion, T'ho dovelopmonts of the invenstigation have beon }minlu!, not moroly to thoso whuse roputations hnvo beon destroyed or smirched by i, but to tho whole people, whese faith in the perfect in- . togrity and uprightnos of somo of thelr most - trusted ropresontatives hins been rudely sbalcen. But, liko _other - prinful but ncuoasm'-ly oporations, thin ono -will result in good. Tho -legislation of the noxt decade will bo purer and bottor for it, - And smong tho most . oucouraging omens _of the fnturo iy tho uni- yoreal and genuine publio pentiment which lins boen aroused by this invostigation against every form of corruption. 1n this sontiment Congross . 18 not up to tho people, aa tho votes in tho Houso - yestorday, and the delays of tho Senato upon the Caldwell cano, demonstrate, Dut when the Rop- rezentativen and Sonators Ieavo the murky and infeotious_atmouphoro of Washington politics and como homo to thoir conslituents, thoy will |, fiud » fecling among tho people which will act 28 & Lealthful tonlo upon thow; and wo nro suro tig o wild absurdity to_ lash old . &) —_— A 'ERonst Patriotic and Nom=Uommittals T'ho rendor may 1omembor tho story of that non-commitinl editor who, during the Into can= ynsy, doeiving to propitinto all Lis subscribors of Doth partles, hoisted the ticket of * Gr— and ——n" at the top of hiy colunn, thus giving thoso who took tho papor thelr cholce of intors ‘u'ntlltlcml botwoon ““ Grant and Wilson' and - * dreeloy and Brown.” A story turning on tho samo siylo of point—and probably quite ns cryphal, though tho nuthor lubols it *fiis- toriqua™—is told of nnarmy oflicers’ mess in Franco. A brotlier-goldior from s nolghboring dotachmont having como in, and a champenoisa baving beon uncorked in his honor, **Govtle- men," eaid tho guoat, raising his glass, “X am about to propose n Loast at once patviotio and politieal.” ~ A chorus of hasty ojnculations and of murmurs at onco grootod him. “Yes, gen- tlemen,"” coolly proceoded the orator, *“I drink out with it at onco, It bogins with an R and enda with an ¢." ** Cupitall" whispora a young Lioutennnt of Bordonux promotion. Ho proposes the Repub- tique, without offending tho old fogios by snying tho word.” {‘Nongenso! Ho monna the Radicale” res plies the otlicr, an old Cuptain Cassal, “Upon my word,” says u third as ho lifta his glass, *our friond must monn la Royaule," 4T wool" erios » ono-loggod ‘voloran of Froschwollor: * wo drink ta la Kevanche. In fact, tho wholo party drank tho tonsp heartily, och interproting it to his liking, that tho legislation of tho Forty-third Congress will filvu ovidence that the lesson of tho Crodit | Mobilior has not boon taught in vain, i to o thing which—nn object that— Bahl X will -