Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 8, 1873, Page 2

WISCONSIN. The Land-Grant Bills in the Legislature. A Debate in the Assembly. Rumors that Money 'Will Be Used LB 1 Nccessxgry." From Our Orwen Correapondent, MADISON, Wie;, March 4, 1873, Thio Loglalaturo has mado good progross with tho gonoral busincss of tho semsion since ‘my Inat, but nothing very oxciting has happenod. T horo romain loss than 100 bills In the Assombly which have not recolved final action, and thero are somo 40 of tho Assombly bills ponding in the Benato; That body lins businoss about as well advanced, and the Legislaturo could com- plete its business with duo deliberation, and ad- journ in o weok, woro it not for THE LAND-GRANT BILLS. Those woro the special order in both Housos this foronoon, and it was anticipatod that tho battlo botseon tho opposing forces would now beraglng ; but, after recounolsance in force, +ho difforont battalions woro withdrawn to their respactivo camps,—the result of tho littlo akir- mishing that took place in the Assombly being rather unfavorable to the Milwaukoo & Bt. Paul Company, who found thomselvea badly out-' numbered by the allies who leagued together against thom. The bills for the disposal of the 8t. Oroix & Buperior land-grant wore the special order at 11 8. m., in the following order: Firat, providing for the construction of the 8b. Orolx & Buperior Rnllrond by tho Btato ; second, giving part of the grant to tho Chicago & Northern Pacifle Air Linoj; third, tho Proscott, River Falls & North- ern Railroad Company bill; fourth, the Milwau- kee & 8t Paul bill. Theso bills woro sll report- ed from the Railroad Committee Inat wook,—the Intter with nmendments, the last two trithout any recommendation, tho others with indeflnite post- ponemont recommended. It was understood that n notion for reforenco would bo mndo on tho firet bill, but hardly oxpected that it would provail,—tle desiro of tho spocial frionds of each bill being to got it bohind tho other bills, so aa to bo the ono to fall back npon when the others hed been defented, and to kill off the other bills ‘boforo thoirs was reachod. THERE WAS A VERY FULL TIOUSE, only two membors being absent, Messra, Thorn- ton and Puhlman, on sccount of sicknosa in their families. Gallerics and lobbies, nnd the space around tho room behind tho mombers’ sgeats, and at eithor sido of thoe Bpenker, wero fillled with lobbyists and spectators. Quito a wumber of clegantly-dressed ladics wero presont, expecting an oxciting discussion and some de~ cisive nction, THE 8TATE DILL having boen taken up, Mr. Pattorson, of Rocl, proposed au amondment of some longih, which was not read ; and Mr. J. W. Davis, of Dodge, offered snother; aud tho lattor thon move a referonco to n spociel commiltes of ono from ench Congressional District and ono ot large,—urging that, as tho Railroad Committco had roported ngoinst it, and it wns claimed that o majority of tho Assembly was op- posed to it now, it was only & measure of cour- tesy and prudouco to refer it to ite frionds for porfection, for it might bo thore would be & fail- ro to agree on o bill giving tho grant .to any company, and it would be desirnblo to have this bill fo fall back on. Mr. Palmor, of Milwaukeo, with Mr. Oary, the attornoy of tho Milyaukea & Bt. Paul Company, at his elbow, stronuously op- posed referenco, and domanded final actlon now, ~claiming it waa too late for nmendmonts of a character needing referonce now. After a sharp littlo dobate, in which somo eight or ton mem- bors took a sharo, the motion . was put, and, to tho genoral murpriso of thoso present copecllly iho T Alllysnkes' folks, wad carried by an emphatio yote.” Mr., Palmer, nottled at something that had boen said und done, and not noticing the wonknoss of his &ide, called for the ayos and hoos, which rosnlted in 64 for roforonce to 84 against. ; THEN THE PRESCOTT DILL, introduced to bo hold as u rod in picklo over the principa] companics compsting for the graut, and which had subsorved its purpose by getting Preacott and River Falls made points in ofher bills, snd_ which had no frionds, was inconti- nontly killed. K NEXT CAME THE AIR-LINE BILL. Uprose Judge Gibbs, of Walworth County, and, in o ten-minute s nccfix, carnestly ndvocated the clajms (of the Chicago. & Northern Pacifio Railway for o part of the land-graut,—claiming that thoey had not boon fairly considered by the Railroad Committee. His “specch " stirred the Houso more than any othor tuat has boen made this session, pruflucmg froquent laughter at its palpable hits, and eliciting irroproasi] onsplnflau at &e close. Among other things ho gaid : Iu tho country there 15, to o considerablo extont, & provailing opitfon that there aro two intereats in- Yolved in uis land-grant—on ono sldo the people, on the other the rafironds ; that”tha peoplo have not tho 4nfiuence they should lave, und tle railroads have moru than they are entitled to, Within the past week, it ins been said tome thist the Legislature was owne and controlled by tho tyo leading radlroad corporations in theStato ; thut even the sauctuarics of our religion wwere only safa from the offorts ‘beiug wade to tax thom, because the rallroad interest was against the zepeal of fnx-oremption laws, 16 was charged at, in oll 1natters stecting’ railroad infercsts, wembers of tho Leglelsturo wero only clay fo tho potter's loud, fo molded fnto veasely of lionor or dishonor as thoe railrond magnates soay elect, For myself I do, not {vroponn 10 be In~ c,uded in this Crocker-y arrangomiont, ter and oppluuso) Tho fact thot tho cars have not ‘been able to furuiah_standing room or the hotels Ising zocu, und oven the Capitol ltself §s too small for ying room' [laughiter] for tho extensive lobby precipitated upou us from tlio wealthy and educated nud busincss ciasses of Bilwaukee, furnisles o argument in fuyor of disposing of this grsut ton company which bonsts that they have gridironed the Stato with railronds #hey have the Legislature with lobbyists. . U'ho grant elouga to the State, and s {0 L, or sliould be, diaposod of in the futercat of the people, Hourged that the company whose claims were prexented by this Lill was most deserviug of on- eyavagomont, beeauso it proposed to build an air-line routo from tho Juwbor, mineral, nud ag- ricultural intorests of Northwostorn Wisoons directly (not round by Milweakeo) to Chicago and Eestorn mavkots, and give o bottor outlet than they now had for mwlieting the produce of Contral arid Southenstern Wiscousin ; and con~ cluded ; *Let us thou look at it as reprosenta~ tives of an unbought and unpurchasable con- etituency, lot the monsure bo roferred to & fair committes Lo report upon aud decide as becomes tho importance of the interests involved,” 'Lhis imotion for referouce, aftor a bitlor discussion, prevuiled. NEXT CAME THIE NORTII WISCONSIN DILL, and Bpeakor Barron—AIr. Kelsoy in tho chuir— moyed its reforonco elso to a soloct commitice, ~—etating, 10 answer to Mr, Pelmer, that this was asked first, for the purpose of go‘uug it be- foro a committeo that Lind norve_onough to ro- vort cither for or against it, and give somo roa- £on for their action ; gecond, of glvh:f tho st~ tlers in the region of the proposed road, who had gome interests and rh& ts, an opportunity to bo beaud, only tho ilrond compuios aving Jieen leard by tho Railrdad Committoos third, Tor investigation iuto cortain facts in rogard to tho uquilios in the oase, ea respects the claim of this Company to the land-grant; and, further, because, 1f it had not beon for tho abscuce of one momber of tho Railrowd Committeo (Alr. Clemonts), when tha roport was mado, the bill would have been roported favorably ; aud this motion prevailed. - ONLY THE MILWAUKRE & §T. PAUL DILL romalned; and, if its frlends had not boon dis- Loartened by the result of the voto in refarouce, indicating &, combination sgainst thom, thoy would hove pressed for its passage; but Mr, Palmor mado- the same moation na the rest, and that Dill was reforred, and the Assombly ed- Jjourned witl & Lilariouy feeling on the part of the mnjority, as if an excellont practical joke hud been played. ‘CHE NOWTI WIRCONBIN FOLKE, who hiavo boon laying somo stroug syguments, ou behalf of the Company and tho settlers in the region of the proposod road, beforo tho Logisin- turo, within a few days, feel highly oncouraged. Cowmmittoes will bo ahnounced 1n the morning, four of them, and it is hardly likely the Assom- bly will get to o flnal voto 41l next wook. IN THE BENATE, tho spocial order was not ronched Lill lato In the day, and littlo was done, oxcept thie advacacy of thocluims of the Chicago & Northorn acifio Afr- Line by Benators Pratt, of Walworth, and Uroene, of Jeiferson, This ovening, tho land- grant bills wero laid eside, and the Sonste re- solyed itsel? into Committeo of the Whole, aud liul;z?ml dt?'l ‘r gauh by Mossrs, George B, Smith and J. W. Oary againat the proposed in- craaee of railroad license from 8 to Epnl; cent of grous earnings, Notwithetanding the feartal lesaons of exporls i lwunanaln‘ Compiuy, once, thore have been rumors in the alr that ‘8omo motnbora of onsy virtuo were walting for BOMETIING MORR BUDSTANTIAL - than n promiso to bulld a rond lhroufh thoir -goction at'somo timo; and rnt woro nat disponod to oxact a vory hicavy consideration (; jand 1t hing booa Intimated by lobbyiste it ono fntorost that motiey would bo mm{ t. necosanry, Tho North na toat that thoy will resort-to no unworthy monis, but submit their Bill to tho unbiased judgmiont and tho oandid aud impartinl connll]orn(fim of tho Logielature, to stand or fall along upon its morits, May no unworthy motives influctico the final doclslon; and mny Wisconsin oscapo tho disgraco of o ccond salo of ita Loginlnhli;o. | s 'LUg. —_——— THE GRAND “ EXPOSITION.” o the Editor of The Chicago Trilune: 8in: Inrogard to tho Groat * Exposition” proposod to bo héld this fall, I ask {ho right of a citizen to eay & fow plnin words, Iam henrtily In favor of the monsuro if It ean bo properly car- rlod out ; othorwiso ng strongly opposod. We. want somothing in kocping with tho ‘grandour of this olty, Obioago is n marvel, Ita #poody rostoration is ono of tho mont romark- ablo ovonts of history. Tho herolsm displayed by our pooplo is with~ out parallel. Toshow to the world what has boon accomplishod in two yoara—tho gigantic ro- sults accomplished by onorgy and labor within 80 short a period aftor the most disnatrous con- {lagration ovor known,—Is a natural pride,—n prido that no citizen noed bo ashamod of. Dut it1ia far botter to keop our onthustasm within chook, rather than to embark on such an onter- "' priso without tho nocossary means to «rry it out succossfully. The Ohicago “ Exposition" should bo tho great- est the world hing evor soen. It should bo some- thing that, in its object, Its onds, avd its tri- umph, shonld throw the slam, aud the nolso, and the clap-trap of the ** Boston Jubileo” into insignificanco; and this ean Lo dona ! A ‘“fish in the pan,” nmera * eplurge,” for tho bonofit of hotel, and saloon, and livery-ata~ Dblo-keepors in momothing vory difforont from what Is wanted, Buch an * Exposition " wonld do our. oity no good,—but, on the contrary, would bo damaging. ' Evorything rolating to tho ' Exposition" *should bo on tho largest scalo, If we cannot do this now, then sound refloction would dictato that tho whole affair should bo suspended until noxt year, or until we havo the ability to carry out properly the grand ides. Unless wo can oract » magnificont aud permancnt building,—n building that will reflect crodit] upon our [Great laugh. |. skill, our taste, and our lborality,—wo hnd botter walt, To put up a moro woodon tomporary building on tho Lako Park is ubi}eutionnbln from every point of view. Itwill bo entirely out of character with the rebuilt city. It will be o much money absolutely thrown away. Being of a tomporn: nature, it will bo of & combustibla nature, an will throaten tho safety of the city far moro than tho hundreds of small wocden buildings-wo havo Just got rid of, thank Henven] It will check matorlally the rebuilding of Michigan avenuo, and injure its property. Tho proporty-owners on that thoroughfare hayvo suf- fered moro sovercly for the public good than thoso of any othor scction of the city. Thoey have beon ** pationt and long-sufforing.” They will not submit to any more wooden nuisances of any kind whateoover, and, without thoir cou- gent, the city cau give nolegal authority to ercct thom, No moro ** ghantioy,” large or small, can go placed upon the Lake-front, aud never should 0, It o grent *tempérary” structuro s to bo orocted, lot it bo orected somowhers out of tho oity and fire-limits, whera ot least it will not jun}xmfizu tho safety of tho city. If wo cannot have & pr?ipnr pormanent build- ln%loan, and glass, and stone, wo might ns well postpono all jubilation until we can do so. Buch & building can bo_crected by next fall, and the best placo for it, beyond all quostion, is the Lake-front. Any othor'building would bo - nuisanco, and will not be pormitted. Evory one will feel like contributivg to such o building. Tho money, €0 far from belng squandered, will bo woll invested. The building could be meado to pny & good interost upon it cost, l’: could-bo madoe of immensc utility to thoeity, a8, propor placo for political and roligious gatie orings ; whilo it could bo profitably used for many othor purposes. ' Dogides, undor tho diroction of some flrat- classarchitect, . it could bo mado a work of boauty—a parmanont orriament to tho city, . In guch an edifico, every citizon would tako o -prido; and overy citizen'would be willing to con- tributo according to his ability. But as for a large bamn, for tomporary use, whorover also it may bo placed, ot it not bo built on the besuti- ful lako front, to’ tho Injury of privata citizons, and the gonoral dangor of the city. We want no moro ‘‘temporary buildings” in (he heart of the city. They havo no right thero, Wo want something more than a conspicuous advertisoment for the benefit of hotels, ete. Wo want something worthy of this remarkablo city, or else nuthlnq atall. Peoplo will not pay for anything that is not great,—groat enough to call f?rm tho generosity aud sympathy of tho wholo oity. » # Evory man of songo, who is. not earried aws; by glaro and momontary oxcitoment, must real~ izo that, unless the project is .conducted on a grand and comprehonsive scale, it had better not bo atteinpted at all, Littlo things—humbuga— do not become 8o groat a city as this, ‘Wo do not desiro an immense * fair” in an im- menso shed. For nproper building, all will sub- geribo liborally ; for & tomporary building, no one will subscribo, save those who in some way oxpect to malio money out of tha operation, Lot this * Exposition,” if wo ava to have it at all, bo in proportion to tho grandeur of the city, Lot thero bo nothing small, or * temporary,” or cheap about it, or it will bo o failure! - The idea i8 n noblo one—so noble. that it would bo & pity to seo it spoiled by the nction of mon who do not comprohend the magnitude of tho opportunity, Wo want no lofty shods, menacing the city with anothor conflagration. Wo want & moguif- icont building, suited to tho occasion,—a build- ing that will bo.characteristic of tha ecity, It should be of largoe size, aud of elegant propor- tions,—*“a thing of bosuty,” that, with its doma of glags, will'shine out upon tho Lako liko a star, when tho rays of ovening fall upon it, lighting and coloring it with the splendors of the setting sun, If wo aro to start in this way, the heart and soul of ovory, citizen will bo in tho entorpriso, and it will bo o glorious success. No one could bo more heartily in favor of an “ Exposition” that, in its colosanl maguitude and originality, wonld eclipao‘overything of tho kind horetofore undertaken,” * " ™ Ono muat not stop at any obatacle or any ox- penso, Darsimony in such a casoe will bo disas- -trous, Tho firo waa tho grandest in history, and 8o i8 tho glory of the city's rostoration. Buch tromendous events are worthy of n celobration a8 gigantic as the wondors thuf'cummomorntu. .. Lot this thing be done in aplendid atyle, or lot it bo postponed untll we aro able to do it ns it should bo dono. Cheapness in such n matter would not be economy, but the worst extrava- auce, J. Esa1as WARREN, Curcaao, March 6, 1873, i bt THE NEWSBOY. Tathe Editor of The Chicaqo T'ribune: 8tut In your papor of this morning, “Irving" says o word in favor of ‘‘the fulurc of news- boya.” , I felt vory muoh encouragod as I read the articlo, until I came to this: “One will soon ropresont tho pooplo in Congress|” I could not help but think, “What a full was thore, my countrymon!” and to oxclaiw, **Tom- my, don' fia B {!nt, renlly, I was glad to honr that now and thow one of thoso boys lives to Lecome of ago, and to give promise of o good future, Some of tho wan—to— lo peoplo of this city would have frozen to denth thus vory wintor had thoy been exposed day and night as theso littlo oues have been, just for want of & Homo, Yet who cures ? “ Nothing but an'impudant nowsboy ! I am glad thore is & “futuro® for theso ¢ Arabs of tho straot;"” and my bolief is, that thoso who profess 8o much, and do so littlo for them, will also find_fheir “futura" not o cold aa this long wintor has beon to thoese littlo fol- lows, somoe of whom have been fed and sholtorod Dy thoso who are truly tho followers of Christ, Cuioaao, March 6, 1878 Cuaniry, ———— The IRiggest ook in the World, Tho biggost, and perliaps the oddest, boak which has ever beou * constructed,” is just now in process of building in Pavis, 1tis the book wh{oh shall contain the namos of those inkLabi- tants of Alsnco aud Lorraino who have now for- mally proclaimed thelr wish to remain Irench subjects. 'T'ho book will possoss & cortain his- torical, or at lonat gouonlogleal, intevest. Tho list fs eaid to compriso 880,000 names, ‘Ilio Patrie states that 125 compositors hnve Leen employed on the work duiiug the lsst three months, thatitis belng printed on soven pressos, and that it will form s volume of 18,103 paces. Pu_hllahm olronlar, pro-* GUR NATIONAL SHAME. A Bormnon Delivered hy tho Rov..Clark: G, Ilowland, Pastor of iho Uni~ tarlan Chureh, Kalamazoo, . ‘Mich,, Mareh 2, 1878, . Srely mon of low doaara vanity, and men of ligh degreo aro a lio; to Lo laid in tho tnlance, thoy wro nltogotlier lightor than vanity.—Paatms, ity 9. ‘Pho question {4 nsked, Aro men roally grow- ing ottor? ~ Aro tlioy moro honoat, sobor, truth- ful, freo from vico, now, than they wore a hundrod yoars ngo? Ato orimen lems froquont? Has thero boon any incronso of commorelnl intogrity ? Is thoro as high o sonso of porsonal honor , among publio men a8 in the timo of Washington,” or in the timo of ackson? Thoso quoss tiona aro not all ensily nnewered, If tho morals of tho country romaln un- changed,. and proportionaly tho samne ns thoy wore at the clono of tho’ Ravolutionnry War, fhioro should bo nbout twolve timoes as much law- lossness, and crimo, and corruption na thoro wora at that time ; twolvo mon should now buy their Bonatorial seats whero one did st tho time of tho adoption of the Constitution ; twelve men shiould flow bo oxecuted for murdor to ono thon, providing the laws romain tho samo, and ore on- forced in tho anmo way, T It would probably bo hard to prove that vio- Tont crimos have becomo any more numorous than wo ought to expect, Thd immigration of 10,000,000 of tho ponsaptry of Buropo lias nob contributed to our mercly moral forco. And thon tho war had n gront doal to do with domoralizing tho natfon, Tho vicos of thoe comp, with nono of its sirong virtttos, ponotrate tho country. And, worsa than any of tho camp-vices that wors brought homo, wore tho atonling habits ongondored in tho sup- ply-dopartmont of tho army. Thls, I think, is ono of the ovils that has Instod tho longost, and done tho mout to Injure the chinrncter of tho pooplo. . Homehow, ovil changos form, and Lag a con- tinuous lifo, liko tho forcos of Nature. A fow yoars ngo, tho evil was slavery, n roproach to* the Bnxon race; but atlongth Slavory was turned into War; a tremendous ovil took nunothor form, and for four yenrs the country was filled with bloody atrife. But tho ovil haa been changod o second timo, trausformed now into Politicel Bagenoss. In 1861, oppression turnod into flama and Llood ; and, sinco 1865, flamo, and blood, and bato have been converted by some diabolical process into moral pollution. The actunl amount of cvil and dangor Lias not beon groatly diminishiod by the abolition of Slavery. Tho first notable instance of & corrupt uso of power on & largo scalo was in the government of New Yorlk City; still, tho _enrncst belioyers in the democratio principle did notloso their faith whon they saw corruption hithorto un- paralloled. They consoled themsolves with the thought-that our city population is exceptional, and that rustic virtuo would always be strong onough to ovorcomo urban vico, Lut, oven at that time, Batan possessed the country almost ns porfoctly as he did tho city ; his slimy track was seen in villago ‘{xolilins a8 woll na in metro- politnn haunta: and now the open buying and solling in backwoods capitals show that all places aro poisoned. Kausas, once an.objoct of sollcitudo lest it should bo deflled by the touch of Blavery, hag boen overwhelmed by an evil searcoly less to be deplored. Beats in the Senate of tho United Btatos aro bought, the samo ns at tho opora. It i now o profitable businoss to bo o mombor of the Logislature dnring Senntorfal “yoar, nod bave & voto to soll in- tho market. And tho ovil does' not atop thore. What is a hundred timos werso, & com- mittoe of the United Btatos Bouato tskes tho gamo viow of tho cnso ag the man who buys the Bonatorinl honor ! Btill, they aro willing o ad- mit that it isalittlo {rregular; that it is not exactly in_accordance, with tho old method of cleoting United States Benators; but, ns the .| which - ho ¢ will Houorable member supposed that wns tho way olitical dignity was' slwaya obtained, and tho gunntu ora indulgent, ho id not to be expellod. The market-prico of State legislation is not, ‘however, uniform throughout the country. In Floridn and Bouth Carolina, 825 is_considored a fair prico for & voto; whilo, in Kansns, from $2,000 to $7,000 Loa' beon aotunlly paid fora siuglo vote, But tho investigating committeca ot Washington reveal still moro alarming foots, It 18 noedloss -to eay that tho whole country is astounded, nob ‘8o much bocauso tho ~ Government hss been enor- munf]lf defrauded, but that the gigantio |, #windlo of this genoration should have been in- dorsed and oncouraged by a score of Congross- men, by Bonators, and by the Vice-President of tho United Statog! With what mingled foolings weo rogard thoao disclosuros I—feclings of rograt ;nd Indignation, of deep sorrow and stern ro- 0. Lven political rivals, and thoso who might bo thought cuvious of their successful careors,: do not oxult. How suddenly it bocomes manifost that **Mon of high dograo are a lio.” Nobody suapectod tho personal honor of these mon; they had the publio confidenco to an unusnal dogree ;. one of them was tho favorito of the Nation., Yet wo may soy of him as was said of Tito, * Ho could lio'with a dimpled amile.” Mr. Colfax was the Crown Prince of America, hold- ing o position next to tho highest in the land, with the fairest prospact of taking the highesk by and by. We should suppose thero would bo something in the fact that n man holds such a great position ta koop Lim above monnnoss, It is on Infinito sbomination for a King to lia, Botter that lilf his - subjecta should tell falsohoods.” I- sghould think a con~ selousnces of his place would'* make s King manly, ond fill lim_ with o sublimo and rosorving golf-rospoct, ‘Lo ba tho Vice-Prosi- 5011& of the Unitod States is moro thaa to bo a common King. - Bt this hifih position did not anve tho man who filled it. o could shufllo, and diksimulate, and solemnly deny; all through a Prasidontial campaign, and evon'bofore tho com- mitteo of investigatiou, The tendernoss with which a partisan pross treat this oxposure is not at all° remarkable, but nouo the loss docs it oxcile hoarty contompt. Thero are, of course, noble axcefiuouu. Iarper's Weckly uses vory mild terms of con- suve, One would hardly know there was an; thing fmportant going ou’” at tho Nutional Capi~ tak, 'I'bo editor sooms to Liave lost his pen, nnd, what is moro, tho artist lau lost his poncil. 1 Lavo seen no carieatures of the guilty men in that “Journal of Citdlization,” which did not fail, last summer and -fall, to huni) all the odium possible on soma of tho best mon in the country, —mon on whom' no_suspicion of pnruomfi dighonor over rosted for & moment. Thoro was & studiod purposa at that time to bring certain distinguished citizens iutoridiculo ; yot Lyman Trumbull did not purchaso bis dignl- tioy ; Horaco Greoloy nover sworo falsely ; nor did Charles Bumnor over rocoivo bribos, ~ When tho Mnnlci{m] Government of Now York was uuder investigation, a yoar and a half nfia, Har- per's Weekly, througn its illustrations, dealt the nast vigorous blows given by thosity prsa; but now, whon the Tweeds como futo tho Natjona areng, aud perform bofore a larger audieuce, and on o grander scalo, Nagt quietly puts Lis poncil in big pocket. Well, perhaps it would bo unjust to add anything moro to what must now be ox- crueinting toriure., Theso dark clonds coming suddonly over falr reputations, smbition abrupt- 1y quenched in disgrace, expulsion, and impoach- mont,—thoro ‘is tomothing doplorable in this, aud thore is danger of doing lulusucu tosomo of theso mon, "We mny think they aro great villaing, whon they are only roat cowards, It they had dared o tell the truth, regardless of party conse- quences. low much moro wisely thoy would liave acted ; and Low much loss Loonly would thoy havo folt tho lash of gcorn ; and Low much ‘moroigoneral would be therespact for the United Statos Congress? 1t {8 & sorious thing whon the psopln?uso confidencs fn thelr public men, It nevor was “truo_that the Congress of the United Btates wos & dignified body ; it hns now como to pass that it Is’ not ‘an honorable body ; and worst of all is tho indifferenco of Congross to Its own roputation. 'True, they aid order an investigation into the conduct of ‘some of thoir own members ; and, while it has been proven that bribos wero offored and taken (a gravo of- fonso for Legislators or Judgos), yot In tho caso of only two do thoy recommeud a vigorous punishont, and thoy aro likely to escape. Tho Lowor Houso of Congreis has porsuaded ‘gresa; 1tself that it cunnot punish o membor for acts committed flye yeard ago, or look into offonses allogod tohiave boon dono befors tho Forty-second Cougresy was clocted, Lot that be so, It can- not be denied that thors i & show of roagon {n that position. Yet it Is moatly an ap- earance, It is acknowledgod on all hands, and am suro it {8 so considered by tho porsons im- plicated, that the original offense, groat as it was, dangorous as it waa to the puh‘lio waolfare, becomes almost invisible through the covering of falaehiood aud perjury employed to conceal it. 'he American people now arraign those men for E‘a:lm‘:uuuu ftorent from the firat, and I be~ llave Congrons ought to try thom on another in- dictmont, for n gravo offenso rocently com- mitted, R * Ja tho flsohood of fta mombora n mattor with which Gongrona hian nothing to do? 1lasCon- reasfonal Iylog itiooma - porfoctly inoffansive td ho Cangroselonnl |ddy, nitd hinrmiloss to thb Na-' tional chinraator ? ‘May o Vico-Prosidot fnd o Vico-Drosident-oloot innocontly toll an untrgth ? | Neoer, 80 long au mon live | 2 L in n National dingrace that the rotiring Vico- Prosidont should be conylotod of falaohood, and thon bo wucceaded {n his high oflico by a. man whom 4 selact commitioo~ of “tho body over progido- -fool ° constraluned £o Yoprovo for disrognrding tho plnin obligations of voracityl ..I'o bo rebuked- for lying by b com- mittos of. tha Bonslo, five daya.only boforo his Innugueation® - e 7 1f Tonry Wilson know thie faolings of honost mon toward' lars, ho wonld not spponr noxt Tuosdny, in tho-prosonce of a vast concourso of people; to take tho- solomn onth of offico, but pru:!y to bo conalgnod again to! that * obsourity” and *“poverty " from which ho han unlmmi»lly arison, and to be forgotton by tho Nation ho han done s0 much to humiliate. S P 1t I8 not nocessary that ho ho innugumtod. It 18 bottor to have no Vico-President at all than o man who must take tho place undor such a ro- roach. Lot tha vonorable Chief Justico, whoro uty it will bo to administor tho ‘ontl, suggest, when BIr. Wilson stops. forward, thnt the onth bo not takon, but tho offico loft va- cnut for tho noxt four years, in proof -of tho - sincoro sorrow and ‘consclous unfitncas of tho man solected for the place ; and' lat” that four yonrs' vacanoy bo rogarded in Amorican history aa a consplouous sign and memorinl of the oxocration with wiiloh fho’ Obiof Justico of tho Buprome Court and tho mon of _this genera-. tll:n look - upon falschood in high and macrod places. 5 Just as Moscs, for n grent orimo, was not al- 16wod to eutor tho Promined Land, bud_just ag David was not sllowod to build tomplo to tho Moat High, but was told to walt untiln man of oloaner hiauds and heart camo to tho throno, 8o lot tho honored placo bo ompty until it can be worthily filled, - Lot thoro bo no innugaration of Vico-Progidont noxt Fucsday | Aud, to rostoro public-confidence in Con 088, which has hoon so noriously and woll nigh hopo. lcus{{ impnirod of late, lot the horest men in tho Houao of Reproscntativos,whio do not fear the diegovery of any possible momoraudum-books, nor rocolpts, nor cancoled bank-choeks, nor cara whoso' momory suddenly roturnad, hor what socreta nro divulgod,—lot such domand the ex- pulson of those ‘Mobillor gentlemon for tho falsohoods which hinve mortificd and shamod a’ ont nation.. Deliberato lying' by mombors. of Jongrosg Ia o groator crime agalnst the National morals than .recolving bribos; and, ns” theso ilagrant offonses wore commifted only a fow months ago, Congress must cloarly havo tho right to doclaro-tho punishmont. And, whion this has beon dono, the g‘uuplo will bogin to ro- goln their lost faith in thoir publio men; .and, moro than that, it will strongthon their faith in Luman naturo itself, which thest fearful dig- closures Linye groatly shocked. ; Mon sk each’ ‘other, with considerable enrnontnoss,. If anybody is worthy of trust, Thoy begin ~ to doubt the exist- once of any -such as iutogrity. They begin to wonder if, after all, virtue is not n more protonso, and gumy aud chastity any- thing but the cry-of hypocrites. It ia not a small mattor thus to destroy tho faith of meu in one anotber. o fill tho mind with suspicion, and givo to a whole people a sonse of unonsingss and inscourity, this is treason against tho name- | lews rights, and intereats, and privileges of tho humiu soul ; this is holping to put society back sgin to its primitive aondition of barbarism, ‘The recout inveatigations in Washington, Kan- | 8o, and Louisisna justify all, that tho preachers and moraliets Laye said about the eager Mam- mon-worship. of the. Amorican poople, Boma- thing elso must Lo mado rospectable and worthy of an sctive man's. ambition’ beside monoy. Polities will” not do, ‘for they nre simply in- famous, and aro pursncd ns o business entor- priso, for themord purpose of money-making ; yot they differ from ordinary businoss in belug disreputable, Tho logal snlarics of the men-in ‘Washington are not large, but the opportunities of specinl logislation aro 8o great for tho average men of Congrossional aspirations that thoy can afford o spend fiva times tho amount of thoir: salarios to scoure an olection. The use of money for any purposo in slections ia a vico which can- not be too loudly.condemned, A man whom the rnapln insist upon sending to Lansing, or Wash- ngton, whom thoy scek before and above all othors, nood spend .no monoy in any way ; they, vote \vlllh:cfily and - without compensation ; . they cnl‘l him choerfully, and by an unmistakable voico: But withdrawing all opportunitied for bribory and theft is not enough. That is: something, & Eruah deal indeed, snd it ought speedily to o dane, and it can be done a groat deal moro ensily aud qulcklfllthm the othor remody can bo appliod ; but it will uot be so perfactly sure of m:nom];liuhngg the rosult, That-othor remedy— ' and if is the ‘only cure for all the vico, and cor- ruption, and &ing of the world—is a sturdy and upright cliarnctor., ‘Without {his, thero 18 no safoty, Dfon who donot possess it connot bo trusted, What this goneration noeds moro than it does anything else, more than it does fine bousos and distinguished position, ia tho virtus of integrity and personal Lonor, Tho intorosts that ought to engnge tho attention of tho Amer- ican poople are not minos, and railfoads, and manufactorics, but tho intorosts of morality, of truth, of tho private and- public conscicuce. “YYhat ehall it profit & mon"to bo & member of Congross, “of o _Vico:Prosidont, “pand.loso his Boul," which is alinost idontical with tho Divine BonEs of voracity?-. I tell .you, my frionds, tho world makes a ‘miatake.in” its classification of valuocs, and we aro boginning to find it ont to our cost,—not merely a8 wo 800 it in these illns- trious disgraces, but'in thoso that come to us every dny from the moro humblo offlcial, and commercial, and sogial life around us.- Fedoral Judges couvicted of falsohood and drunkennoss, fiurjumfl invoices “presentod at,the custom- | ouse by & firm noted for its ostentatious Chris- tian benovolenco,—those things caunot-become much more common, nor last much longer, without being ‘followed by somothing worse. Aud so our first duty, and our only hope, i8.in :howcgnu:iuuticua uurture of royeronce ‘and ruth, " —_—— . Summary of the Approprintions. . Washington Dispateh to the New York Times,' ! Tho following tablo gives tho totel of appro- pristiona made for the year onding Juno 30,1878, 18 compared with the samo for. the current fiscal year: ol ' 187273, - 1873-T4, .8 0,840,402.04 $5,304,000,00 ‘Pensions , L 0,480,000,00 50,000,000.00 Loglelntive, Exocufive, and Judiclal. ......... 18,087016.74 17,003,184.80 Cobsularand Dipiomatio 1,219/659.00 1,032/466.00 Navy.., a2, 112,014.50 1,839,000.00 82,470,767.00 $16,017.60 31,102,059,84 91,209,966.60 5,370,700.10 ° 6,193'400,00 0,020,759.98 10,760,550.50 Miscellancous,, 8,001,800.58 5,000,000.00 Total...... -.-$170,216,604.22$103,540,330,80 Tho appropriation for the navy above includes tho construction-of stenm vessels-of-war, and doos nat include in the smount the 75 per contum of lougevity pay allowed by -said act. 03] River and harbe: Deficiencics, 'In tho total of the Legislative appropriation, above named, the general incroase of -compon- sation of President, ougross, Judges, Cabinot offioors, and othors, smountiuy to about 81,300, 000—amount not yet possibie to be detinitoly agcortained—is not included, ‘In the Sundry Civil bill is included 24,000,000 for' new public Lulldings, and 96,000,000 "for - those in pro- In tho -deficlencles is fally ©6,000,000 which was cut out of the sundry clvil and other billa Inat yoar for political effoct. Gen, Garflold then warned tho House that_it* would sppenr in this shapo at this time. In the Armybill is $1,600,000 for new uniforms for tho army. There is 81,600,000 for postago for tho dopariments, but this comes back ngain in the rovenuos.: The total of appropriations is really no critorion of the expouditures, and it mnuyml).m assumod that from §10,000,000 to 912 000, appropriated at thiis sossion will lapso by law iuto tho unappro- priated tuud, A Literary Scll, From the Springfleld Republican, A good story is told Iu lltorary clrcles in Now an]gnl an mfihunluatlu Carlyle Olub .of ladles sud gontlemon of Cambridge and Boston, who meot poriodically to rond thoir chosen prophot and worahip at lifs shrine. One of them, not imbued with sufficlent roveronco to toach him bottor, folonlously contrived to have the reador on a cortain ovening insert somothing of his own composition into tho renaing, as though it camo from the leutad pago and Carlyle's hand, Tho intorpolatlon was as follows : “ Word-spluttering orgenisms, in whatovor place—not with Plu- tarchoan comparison, apologies, nay rather, with- aut any such apologles—but born into tho world tn ay tho thought thatis in them—antiphorial, NATIONAL LEGISLATION, Acts Passed nt tho 'Third Gesslon of tho N -, Forty=Sccond Congresn. 35 Aok hunking an dppeopeiatioi for tho ropates, fur- aifahing, and ornamontation of, tho nlited Elatey ‘Cus.| ¢, 2 }om-hl)mb and Porit-ofilca nt Tath, Me D 0 dnauo of collegy serip to'tho Blate T autliorize th of Arkvtinas, ; “ For thotellef of Tolin Black, late Consul of tho Unit. «d Btatos'at tho City of Moxico. To fix tho snlnry of the members of tho Board of -Hualts of the Diatriot of Colitmhin, ‘T'o remove (ho dinabilitics of Lucius Q, 0, Minstaatypd, . To nuthorizo the proner necounting officera of thio Tronaury to sottlo with I, M, Cordloro, - To auihorizo tho Heerotary of tho Navy ta transport in a Govornmiont veaacl, froo of duty, n moiument do- siguod by Admiral Porior, to bo orocled in tho grounds of thio Naval Acadeiry_ ot Atinapolis i memory of tho ofticers, scamon, and mariucrs of tha navy who fell in dofonna of tho Union, 3 For tha rollof of William Xoward, To authorizo o’ construction of bridges acrosa tho Obfo River, and to proscribo tho diinousions of th saue, For tho rollof of Bamuel Hitchcaok. To provide for holding adjourned terms of tho Bu- promo Courtof Arlzons, . Yo tho reduction of officera and cxpensen of tha In- tornal Rovenue, For tho rollef of Bolos & Mouning, of Noshwille, ‘enn, To the titls {o cortain lands in ikio Btate of quict Missourd, 4 Authorlzing the construction of raflroad bridgos acros tho Mobilo Ttver; sud othor nayigablo etrosin tributary to Mobllo Diy, In accordanco with tho acts of tho Legislnturo of tho Bate of Alabama, ond to o tablish them as post-ronds, To nuthorizo tiio Natlonal Bank of Lyons, Michigan, to chango its location and namo. Joint rosolution extending the timo for the prosen- {ation and ncloction of models for o colossal statuo of #ho lato Admital Farragut, - To provido for the removal of tho sunken wreck ‘which now obatructa the channel way off Bandy Hook, Makig appropristiona to supply defiloncics in tho appropriations for tho sorvico of tho Government for thio fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1879, and for othor pur- poscs, i ; To provido for tho oxponges of the Commission to inquiro into the dopredations on the frontiurs of tho Blato of Toxas, | Makitig spproprintjons for tho payment of fuvalld and othor pensions of tho United Staies for tho year Lamar, of 874, an st entitlod “An sct granting a ponston Bhaw." For the reliof of James G, Cook, For. tho payment of R, M. Groen for tho uso of his patent by tho Govornment. ‘Co enablo Joseph Fox to mako application to tho Commiseloner of Putouis for tho oxionalon of lottors patont for machine for making crockery, For tho extenaion of tima to-the Winona & 8t, Petor Railrond Compnny for tho completion of its road, For tho rollef of Baraucl B, Elllot, late Acting Purscr. of tho United Btates vossol-ofswar Tho Fiirt, Supplemental to and amondatory of ‘su et entitled an act to prescribo tho modo of obtainiug ovidenco fu " casos of contested elections, For the rollet of Tineloy, Van Horn & Co., Glon, Qerall &Qlaxk, and J. . Hondorson & 0., of Lurama, 0, ;o mond tho 1000 and 1030 sections of an ut ap- royed Juuo 8, 1872, entitled nn_act fo revise, consoli= te, and amond ho atatuto relating fo tho Post ofiica Dopartmont, Authorizing tho Scerotary of tho Treasury to {sauo an Amorlcan fogiator (0 the English-bullt aciooner, N. - Miller, j To amend on act entltled */An act relating fo mem- bera of Qongress, lioads of dopartmonts, aud otlior ofl- cora of . tho Qovornment,” spproved Juta 14, 1834, To prevent cortain offecry of tho Unitod'States and Territories from practising as attornoys or golicitors :An the Courts of tho United Blates in cortatn cases, For tho relief of Theodore Adama, To fix the compensation of Gaugors and Measarors at tho Port of Toston. Ta authiorizo tho- eroction of & public bullding at Eyansville, Indiana, To fucorjorato {ho Loomis Acrial Telegrapl Come pany. \ o chnngo tho namo of tho pleasure yacht Eille of Boston, Mass. H For the reliof of 8. D, Cochran, A ‘Toauthorizo tho employment of keepors and crows of surfien for tho lifo-aaving stations on the coast of Capo Cod and Black Islond, and for other purposes, "' guthorizo tho examination of certain banks, To amend Boction 13 of au act cntitled * An Act to suthorize tho sppointmont of Bhipping Commisstonars, ote." Approved Jon, 7, 1872, To rolease to tho Siato of Indians the lands known oa tho, od of Beavor Lako, ia. Norion County, fn said Alithorliing tho Esstchester National Bank of Mount Vernon to chango its location and name, To closa the accounts of R, E. Do Rusay, lata Colonol Corps Engincer, deceased, or the rellof of Jumes A, Waymire, Iato o Bocond- Licutonant of Company M, Firat Qavalry, U, 8, Army. Authorizing tho Eirst National Bank of Nowman to chiongo its location and pame, “Authoriziug tho removal of restrictions npon the alienation of certain Miami Tudisn lsnds in Ransas, For tho sottloment and payment' of tho claim of ‘Elizabeth 8, Brower, executrix of John Drewer, To amend an sct gntitled, ““An Act to incorporato a Nationnl Military aud Naval Asylum for tho rolief of tho totully dissbled oficers and men of tho volunteer force of tho United Btates,” approved March 31, 1806, sud for other purposcs, “For tho relief of Margaret Fillobrown, ‘To pay the County of Outarlo, fn the Btato of Now York, the sum of $25,600, To'abolisls tho grades of Admiral and Vico-Admiral in the navy of tho United Btates, To provide for tho salo of & partof tho Lighthouso Resorvation st Fort Gratiot, Port Huron, i tlio Stats of Michigan, - - - TRogulating the comrnmflonnf the members and ‘oflicers of the Legielative Ascomulies of the soyoral Torritories of the United States, and limiting the dura~ tion of tho seasions of tho 6ald Assorblica. Latablishing poat routea in the State of Maine, Authorizing tho Bocrn!tu?' of War to contract for tho conatruction of & light-draft suag boat to ply ou tho Alissisaippl, Missourd, and Arkansas Rivers, - Transforring the control of certaln Territorial Peni- tentiaries to the several Torritories in which the saio aro located, o provido for the oroction of a publio bullding at Nashville, Teun, . Jointregolution tendering tho thanks of Congress o Capt. David Ritchic,” commanding {ho rovonuo. steamer AMoccasin, and tho oficors and. men undor his command, p ‘An act {0 provido for the payment to loyal citizons of Loudon County, Va., therein nawed, for their prop. orty tuken by tho mllitary authorities of the United tes, For tho rollef of A, W, Moss, Capt. Lyman J. His- song, of Henry County, Olifo, Hsnnsh 17, Pond, and Levi J, Powell, g ; To amend an act ontitled “An act to amond the Atth sootion of an act entitled ¢ An act donating publio 1auda to tho soveral Btates and Territories, which may provide colleges for.the bonefit of agrioulturennd me- clianfoarts,’ apbroved July 3, 1803, 80 a4 to extend thio #imo within which tho provisions of ‘said act shall bo accopted of wuch colleyéa establlahed, approved July , 1800, - ; ! . To glvo tho bark Jowess an Amorican reglater. To fix tho torm for holding tho annual sueslon of tho Supremo Court of tho United Blates. Buking au appropriation for tho crection of & marine hospital at San Krauclico, Granting a penafon to Joromo E, Pampell, Jokn Oli- Yor, Lousa Olivar, Robert Olivar, artba Oliver, Mary 13, Bartlott, Sarah’ Roymolds, Boijsmin Olark, 'Susan Hcotlold, Afin O, Butler; Wealoy Honsloy, * For tho rollof of T\ 17, Iolderness, owner of thio Brit- 4, bark Duke of Edinburgh, . " 'o authorizo tlio_President to appoint Frederick E, Upton, of Bath, Mo, & Mustor i the mavy of the United Statea, Eor tho relit of Mary y g To abollsh the franking privilége, snd to provido for thu transmission of oflicial docwnents sud other publio matter, o a{d in matntalnlng s Firo Department in tho Dis- trict of Columbla, = Granlug u ponsion to' Andy A, Autrey and Charles B, Fairehtid. "To regulate tho omployment of engineer soldiers on . extra duty, a_ponsion to Evan Jobnson, Mary A, Chute, Jolin Nolan, Lucrotla B. Gallowsy, Gharics Lyncli, Barali Baird, Oathuriuo Roen, and_Anho Peavy, For fho_rolief of 'Dantol O, Oloveliud, Postmaster at Broadalbin, in tho Stato of Now York, For tho relief of i, Cluy Eillott, of Henderson, Ky, For the rellef of Jolhu 'L, Bfuson, former Collector of Gustoms ot Daltimors id late'designated Deponl- w’?o. quict tho title to certain lands in tho Stato of owa. For the reliof of Boverly B, Botts, Rosatlo 5, Lewls, Toabolla McLean, Lowls and Mary Minor Hoxsoy, “elfldren and helrg-st-luw of Jolin M, Hotts, duceased; For tho relief of Capt, Brico X, Blar, Postmnster at Huntiugdon, Pa. 3 Yor thio rellf ‘of H, H, Meradith, lato Postmaster at ‘Wade, Bodford Couuty, Virginda, Making.an appropiation to dofray the expense of the American and British Qlajiny Comuission, and for ' other purposes, - Grautiug » pension to Mary A, Millor, Richard B, Orawford, Sussn W, Meochem, Itosa Hoon, Abigall - Btakoy, Daniel Wooden, Amos Farling, Garratt Flome ing, Mary O. Donnld, Luclnda Thompion, Robert G, ‘Wilson, Abjgail Chapman, cerlain mouoys.to Jamea O, T, Buruside, To removo the disablliticy of Willlam' A, Grabiam, a clifzen of North Carolina, 20 romovo tho disabilittes of A, B, Hardeastle, of Misulssdppl. Granting o peosion to Mary E. Suivoly and Mae rolla B, Bulvoly, “Lo ainthorlzs tho construction of olght stesm-vesacls of war and for other purpoges, Bor tho relial of duorge Rler, Lo provide for {lio holdiug of udditional torms of tho Civoult Court of tho Unitod Btates for tho Southorn District of Now York, Making an appropriation to da(ng the expenses of tho investigutions in regord to elections in Kunsag, Loulslana, aud Arkatisas, For tho rolief of . 8, Morso, widow of Tuase E, Morss, decoused, "Tor a pubilo bullding at Atlants, Ga, 3 For tho reliof of Willlsin Vail, late o private fu Com. l!nll{ A, ‘Third Rogiment Indisna Volunteer Oavalry, Dirooting tho payment to Robert McKeo of pay, al- lowauces, snd bouuty, now withlield from hi; To ruizaburso Goorge B, Fishor for losscs sustained in tho bullding and buriing of tho Coneuluto of tho Unilod Btates at Knnagews, Japan, Nov, 20, 1608, To suthorizo the Seeretury of {ho Treasury to settlo too, in tho main—butchora, bakers, and candlo- nue‘k-mukera; mon, women, 'pm{um. - Verily with you, too, it's now or never.” This para- Eraph produced groat :pf:lauua among the lovotees of Carlylo, The feader of the Olub especially, a learned sud metaphysical é)\mflll, who ia the great American apostle of Carlyle, sald nothing Oarlyle had aver writton wau more roproaentative and hapoy, and pay tho nocounts of Col, Jumex ¥, Jaqucs, Ty provide for removul of (he wooden bulldiugs on Judiclary squaso, " Tevisiig and amending thelaws relativeto tho mints, assay oficore, and voinngo of tho United Slates, 'To amund 83 act eutitiod au Act o catablish a unl- form system of bankruptey throughout tho Uhiiod B otlokiag the Seetetb of the T to rofund A 0 Hooretary of 1@ Treasury to rof tha diffarantial duty on aciiclos - achually oo shibboard i Fretich vesals destined for tho Unttod States on the Btls of Novombor, 1672, Joint resolution to \Btatos to partfeipato fn tho ndyantagos of the Interna. Wonal Exponition, to ho hiold st Vienna in 1873, * Act for tho relief of Paymaator Goorga F'. Gutlor, William Af, Utloy, tho aurgides of I-'todcrfr?k‘lli:n.l;::;n‘r‘ of tho Btalo of Towa, and Lizzie Gllmer, Pittalold, Titioiw, . T removo tho disabilitiés of cerlnld porsons. thoroln nymed, "o itlorizo o Trunteca o tho Troshylorian Con- ogation of Georgetawn to dispose of renl e 3 Txv%xuumug Wit onterpriscs I tho District of Co- Jum| To canflrm cortnn ontrios of Iand thorotn named, Qrantlug o ponsion to Margarent Ronshaw, Martin Zeeb, Mrs, Mary Davis,of Philadolphis, Eliza J, Frack- or, Jauo and Margaront Thompuon, oy, : Making appropriations for tho curront and contin- gont oxponses of o Indian Deparimont for fullliing troaty atipulations with various Indian tribes for tho year ending Juno 30, 1874, and for other purnoscd, For (1o rellof of J, and'C, M. Dailay, Tielating to tho claim of John B, Oliapman, Egr thogollef of . B, Ward, Warron & Moore, snd Tur the oroction of apublie bujldiug for tho uso of thio United States, in Covinglony Ky, & 1n relation to minoral landa. Yor tha reliof of tho Loira oF Iogal ropresantatives of Gooryo O, Beator, “To provido for tho erootion of 5 post-ofiico at Dover, in the Btuto of Delaware. Tor tiio consiruction of- & conrt-honee, poat:offics, and othcr Govornment oflices at Grand Raplds, Mich, To nuthioriza thio_constriction of o firo-proof bullde 1ng, thoC apltol of Nobraska, Granting o' ponsion to Mary A, Shoomsker, snd Tobort 11, Brown, of Adair Coiinty, Missourl, Oronting an sdditional land district n the Torritory of Arizona, For tha rellof of Jobn Miller and Jamoa M, Hagar, Authoriring the nomination nnd appointment to tho Tolired liat of tho navy of certain voluntoors in tho ac- {iyo list of tho mavy, who stg dfsabled {n- consoquencs of wounds rocelvod during tho lato war, o romit the oxclao taxcs pon alcoliol usod by unt- versitfes and collogea for sclentifio purposes, Authorlz2ing and_dirooting the Secratary of tho Troasury to causo plans and estimates to by mado, and s ouitablo sito provided, for a publio. bullding ot Memphis, Toun. For tho relief of Charles Trichlor, of the County of Adams, Obio. o provide for thosale of certain Now York Indian lauds in Kansas, ; For the reliof of Maj, John W, Todd, Kitty Ann Bmilh, widaw of Thorsas Bmitl, and Jamae A, Blevoney of tho'Cromwoll Homo Guards of Ohio Gounty, Ky, o provido for tho payment for- coriain Froparty. takon by ho Goyornment. for tho oxtension. of tho military reservation at Camp Mobave, in tho Territory. of Arizona. o provid for obiaining fntormation, : uthorizing tho First National Lawk of Watkins, N, Y., o chango 16 location and name, o tho rellof of Charlea N, Mallory & Co,, of Now York; Jusoph Woscott of Portland, Ao, Amtcndatory of an act “uctiiu nside cortaln pro- ceods of intornal rovenue for tha erection of peniton. tiories in o, Torritarios of Nobrasks, Wasbington, Coloradg, Idalio, Montana, Arizons, and’ Dakota,” ap. Pproved Jan, 23, 1807, Making appropristions for the construction, pre- scrvation, and repaira of cortain fortifleations and giher works of dofonsa for the yeur cudlog June 30, “For tho rellef of Emmu E, Gardner, widow of Liout,. W, F. Gardner, T:’nl.love from disabilitics W. R. Doggs, of - Mis- Bourd, o tho rolief of tho widow of Aloxander &, Cross- . man, deccasod, Commander, U, 8, N, Authorizing thie Socretary'of iho Treasury to soll tho Custom-Houso proporty at Plymoutl, N, O, Making sppropriations for tho Consnlar and Diplo- matlo Borvico of tho Government, for the sear endiug Juno 80, 1874, and for other purposes, i Grauting a peuslon to Goorgo W. Swartz, Thomos Lunnoy, Jolia Greonwalt, Judlth Dunhsm, Doborsl For tlio rolief of John W. Mears, Admintstrator of tho estato of Houry D, Mears, doceased, and of Will- iam Moulton, Jr, = For tho rellof of seftlers onthe Inte Sloux Indtan Reservation, in tho State of Minucsota, Tor tha relief of Heary Goldhammor, Jolnt rosolution grauting medals to Capt. Jared 8, Crandall, and othere: : An act'for tho rellct of William Schelling & Co,, of moro, Tor tho reltef of 8, P. Jocalyn, To smend an act entitled @ An_set to provido’ for holding o Circuit Court of tho United Btates {n tho Northern District of lisgourd, approved Juno 8, 1672. ‘To enforco the stipulations of the Conventlon with Venozuela of April 25,1800, and the poymont of adju- dicatod clajma, | Tor tho rellef of Henry B, Mears and John B, Emer- son. . To grant an Amorican reglster to tho propeller Olivar Cromwell. To defizio tho limita of tho Colloction District of tho .Teche, in tho State of Loulslonn, mmd for other pur o *_ o roatore cortain property to Phinness Danning snd Bonjamin D, Wilson, ‘For the reilef of William Webster, of Matne, To authorizo tha Norihern Pacific Rallroad Company o conatruct and matutatn & bridgo scross tho 8t. Louls ‘River, % For tho rellef of Henry E, Janea, To provido for the exponses of tho favostigation of tho rocont Senatorial eloction in Kansas, To carry into effect tho provision of the treaty be twoon the United Blates and Great Britain siguod in tho City of Waabinglon tho 8th day of Moy, 1671, re- Inting to faliorlos, TFor tho rellef of Robert K, Enbody, ;Matfing appropriatioon for tho subport. of (o Mill- tary Academy for tho year ending June 50,1874, Authorizing the Prosident to appoint Frank M. Ashe tons Second Assistant Englncer in ‘tho navy of the United States, . ! For tho relief of AddisonGoodell, of Tllinots, and Tsabolla Orange. Toabolish tho offico of Surveyor at tho port of Chics- ter, Pa,, and for other purposcs, 2 “lo atithiorize tho accounting officers of tha Troaau £0 nettlo tho accounts of Charics T. Brown and J. J. 8, Hasslor, lata agonta for tho Chippewa Indinns of AMins nesota, on the grounds of equity and Justico, ‘To uuthiorize tho Becretary of the Treasury to dls- poso of the old Post-Offico Luilding property in Ohi- cago, L0 authorizo the Sccretary of the Treasury to chango {lio unane of sloumpr Now England to Cliy of Port- o To provido-for tho bettor eare and pratoction of sub- slstonco supplies, o "o soll & vacated soldicrs’ burylng-ground, near Gumbarland, to the Hebrow congregation of that city, £ enlarge thielr gravoyard, ; To nmend an act entitied ¢An act nuthorizing the Becrotary of War to relcaso 25 acrea of tholanda of tho United Statcs at Plattsburg, N, ¥,,-to tho Now York snd Counds Raliroad Qompany,” and for other pur- poses, approved Juna§, 1873, = To ' authoriz tho construction of a railroud and drawbridge across the Genmova River, in Monroo County, N, Y. To rowovo the politieal disabilittes of Dantel 0, De Jametto, of Virgiuta, | of lunds of tho Dnited Authiorlzlug tho Sccrotary of the Treasury to refund | To amond an act entitlod, “An- act-to_promote tho dovelopment of the miniug resources of tho Unltod ates,” To change and fix the timo of holding the spring terms of the United States Circult and District Courta in tho citiea of Covington and Paducal, Kentucky, To provida for o building for a poat-oitice, for the ao- commodation of tho revenuo oifices and' the United States Courts and their oficers, in tho city of Parkors- Dburg, Va, r the rellet of Horaco Tylor. Relating to tho Cirault Courts und Diatrict Courts of tho Uniled States for the Middle sad Nortliorn Dis- tricta of Alabama, T'o provide for tho disposition of thint portion of the milltary reservation ot Fort Ripley, Ainnosotn, which Hog east of tho Mississippi Biver, Yor e relief of B, II, Cumpbell, Marsho! of the Unlted States for tho Northern District of Iilinols, To trauafer tho conirol of. certuin powers and dutles {n ralation to tho Torzitorlei to tho Dopartment of (b nterior, o provide for thio expenscs of tho fnvestigation of. alioged frauds in tho rocont Senatortal election tu Kan- sas, . For the roliof of Willism Bayne, Trustoo, &c.; Anna, E. Yealo ; Capt, O, McGlure, Telatinlg fo thio fractional parts of barrels contalning fermentod liquors, T establieh cortain post-rond, Toamend an act to suthorizo tho sale of cortaln pub. lic property, approved Juno 10, 1873, “Co provido for the cstabllshment of Ufe-saving sta- tons ou tho coasts of Daino, New Humpshirs, Massu- chugotts, Virgluia, and Nortll Carolins, : To nmend on act making appropriations for tho aupport of {ho army for the year ending Juno 0, 1670, approved March 3, 1869, Grunting u pensfon to_Chauncoy J. Poore, Millis A, Powoll, Harper Bwith, Emily Booth, Job 8, Gotf, Ada TLols Harrison, Lllen Golling, Dasant ¥, Sunt, Maky I, Foster, Martho Fillotson, Abtolno Drdssa, Ahn Hous loy, Mary Mullins, Jonsh Wilson, and Jumea A, San- ¥, To make Sau Diogo, in tho Stato of Californis, a port- of eutry. To provido for tho puzchinso by lio Beorotary of War Blates fn tho Blate of Texas for tho aites for forts and military posts, . . o regulato taklug of tedtiniony fn cortain cases, Grating Increase of penslon to Robort B, Dermont, Auact to amend o aet entitlod an oct graniiog o pous slon to PholoLofleld, For ko roliel of Fredorick Waltor, An act vout cruclty to animals which are in tranatt by ruilsoid or other meous of transportation within the United Statos, Granting s ponsion to Warner Raymonds, Joseph QGeer, Auun M, Batley, Zeun D, Brudloy, Honry Relmuu, Joni Davis, and Ivory I, Snow, “To smend an uct ouitled on sct to establish a Do- puztment of Justico und for other purposes, Granting o pension to Cochlis O, Douglierty and Adelfa D. Warfeed, 3 Granting s pousion {o Ada I, McDonald, John Coudlly, and Martbs B, Willinma, Trovidings for the completion of & mflitary rond from Santa Fo tu Taos, in the Turrltory of Now Moxico, “To creato n port of dolivery at La Crouse, in Wis- «cousln, and to providoe for the appolutment of & Sur~ veyor of Custows there, To refund to Thowas O, Mugruder certain moneys stolen from im i 1899, Grunting yensions to Mrs, Eliza Hicke, Lorenzo D, Hogle, Jobm Tuell, William'1B, Lilly, Nunoy Osborn, Baraly' Pond, Nanoy Goddard, Margarat Millar, Denjo. min F, Berldey, Bamucl Shaley, Husan Dovis, Unlty Weleh, Virginfa: 3L, P, Ousark, Justus ¥, Jones, Kitty A, Bulty, Jededls Gray, and Lindsloy N, Wartield, "Fo enablo the Bocrotary of Wur to pay the expons nourred in lu{lprullug the Indian hoatllities tho Territory of Montaun {n 1867, Tor rellof of Josal Morrie and T, F. Joluson, Lo retiro Willian Buith, of Fauguier County, Va, 156, Fumove g alusbilfles of Blelton T. Lekky of rginio, Making sppropriation for the Post-ofice Depart- ment for the year ending June 30, 1874, Authorlzing the coustruction or a Lridgo across tho Misslealppi River at 8t, Louts, Suovlemontary to an sct entitled sn ot aranting ‘enablo tlio pooplo of the United | Ta readjust tho weatorn boundary of Dakotn Terri- | to pre- |' right of way through tho publio lands for tho cons I{mclhmo lmflrgnd !mnll’ Qreat Balt Lako to Porte Iand, ~ To amend an nc wiyto tho Walln Compauy, end for ‘Toamond an act ontltled “An nct Oregon, approved April 13, 167: £ entiLl 2, anact grasiing tho right of Walla & (}nlumfl(n River Railroad othiorpuirposes, approved March 3, erning the colarad echoola of the Diatrict of Columbin.” o romove the political ‘burton, of Virginia, disabillty of Jumos I, Hnly ond Thotoa £, Willians, of Bun Antonto, Tozas ; David Coloman, of Duncomnlio Coune 5, N. O, A the Internntional iifln‘t rosolution anthorizing the President toinvita Blatislical Gongress to hold-itaiext scsalon in the United Sfates, . . . An Act for tho !!l]ll!l’n!llfl‘l of tho {rado in, snd cire us culation of, obsceno ™ iferature and articles of immoral "Fo confer furlsdletion in the Court of Olaims to Lear and determine a Btaten, T'o authorizo the constructlon of & bridy Missouri Tvor nt snd cstablish it o suit at Carondelot v, Tho United ncross the or iear tho Olty of Loxiuglon, Moy a poat road, B\I'pplnmnmary o nnact cnlitled * Anact to {ncors E.Im 0 tho Toxaa Pacific tho conatruotion of ita l]'zirnvcd Mnrch 8, 1871, Tallroad Compnny and to sid Tond and for other purposce, ! or tomporary rollof of tho Tridians at Oamp McDere mot, in Humbolat * Authorizing tho of tho Customs to canos, Creating tho Coll Tor tho relicf of thin eatate of Ezekl To provido for CGounty, Nevada, Doputy Collectors and other ofiicora act os Disburnig Agonta in ceriata loction District of Sonthern Oswego, Minorva Lowin, us asdministrattix of ol Lowls, deceancd, thoeolo of tholands of the United Blatea containing coal, Making approprintions for the legislation, oxocution, and Judicato oxpenres of the Government f fiscal yeur onding Jio 30, 1874, e nking year endiug Jung ppropriations for thy 1 o Pm too 6 navy for tho flseal Making appropriations for the stpport of the army for thio fincal year onding Juno Making appropriations for 30, 1874, suikiry civil exponses of tho Govornment for tho fiscal year ending Juno 50, 1874, Making appropriations for rivers and I scal yonr onding June 30, 1eh T L) LALrs for the AMaling approprintions ‘for doficlencies In tha appros riations for tho flacal year endi Joiations for ho facal year euding Juno 30, 673, sud Recent Paciflo ) —Tho Toledo —A Colorado forth: Ialf an in whl check by s banl Rivor and built in_1827, at Bummit .sturdy fight ot who appear, 0308, h?go ab 10 old Father It will bo twenty or D.Ehby eat penches. and scoms to slthough not fre Suuble the lake Creck. Her fuol chnsed sbout 4 of silk are amony A gilk factos worms, subscribers, . as to recervo come asaocinted vnge. brunf,'ht 5 vory cons inclu mals from tha moncod. elephants,” had Olovelaud £160,000. h sho leads the choir. Y —A Georgin nogro_wag ovorpald 2100 on a Tho' Jocal papor that fith mcg can —It is undorstood that the Quinoy, Missouri &' Pacitlo Tailrond will at once paus fato Jh s o of the Ponnsylyanin Contral l’g 18 in oporation 706mfluln weat, nov manogemont will push to the Missouri. n§nn build an air-line to Illinols Riyer, making its eastorn connection comploto, —No traces of the ico-bound steamer Manise teo were to bo meon Feb, that plio Lins drifted farther aro felt ng bln hufiro safoty, ‘wos geon about 50 miles north of Muskegon, in, a fleld of fco sovoral milos in oxtont, Tierc ara but throo men now aboard of her. ~—The famous Grayity Bnllrnndllwmeh wag from Mount Plsgal Ohuuk, Pa., over tho mountain to tho coal-mines ]nu, hos beon superseded now, as a coal-carrior, by tho completion of the -Nesque- honing Tunnol, but tho nowspapers are anxious that it shall bo kopt up for ploasure travel. —The Modoo Indians, seribed as migerable loo! lower ordors of humanity. soom 0 seo men whom you | throw over your shoulders much Letter than two days ago. snd its provisional managers, —_—— NEWS PARAGRAPHS. Mall oporatious cost cltizons of, ‘Wabash Railroad will not, & boreaftor, run Snnday traine, woman's triumphs are thus sot acre of tobacco, hvuntrnlgllt turkeys, and threo corn flelds, o church congrogation k, and ho roturned the money. 8ays this is another ovideuce nevor bo civilized. ailrond, The rond ond itis enid the 28, and it ia foarod north, but 1o fears Tho day bofore, sho Thero ara , a6 Mauoly who are making such a in Northera .California, are do« kiug slpnchnenz of tho ‘o look at them you think you could wwithout offort ; and from tho vacaut stare in'their out balf idiotle, and yot with sufli- clont of tho cunning In the’ exprossion of tholr facos, to put you on your T nfie County oavers, of old, hias sold his farm, start for Konens, where ho says ho intends ta - take a homentond and ard. Democrat gnys thot oy Township, 99 yenra and “in o fow doys will- n. grow up yith thoe c““““l!f n lengant for his old neighbors years to go and visit him, and —Mr. Engolmanu rocoived o lotter yosterday, - dated Ludington, Mareh 5. | Tio writas statos that tho stoamor Manistee lies fivo miles | abroast of Lincoln. n which . the writer Blio ia honding southeast,, bo in a comfortablo position, 0 from jco. The lake ia looking: North of Pork I8 clear of ice for ton miles, ‘The Messengor is still about fivemilos off Btonay 1 is nlmost exhausted, but plenty of provisions aro aboard.—AMilwaukes News, Tih, —A domain of moro than 8,000 acres was pur- years ago, in Franklin County, Kansns, with a viow to an associative entorpriso. It wag then callod **Tho. Kansas Oo-operat £l Farm,” but has sinco boen named * Bilkville,” from tho fact that tho culturo and manufactura g its contemplated industries, hing been for somo time in operas * tion, and 10,000 mulberry trees, for foeding silk- : havo nlready 8 yonrs' growth. Beveral gmlim nary buildings having been erected, and _ 60 ncres of land brought under cultivation, tho ’ proprietors of the enterprise, aro now propared |, Penona, in order that they may bos n to offect its original purpose. i s s e Exciting Scene on a North River Pier— A Mengal Tiger Escopes from Ilis From the New York Star, ‘Among the arrivals at:this port, on Tuesdny - night, was the ship City of. Sparta, which crait interesting cargo, Among tho gpmments were a number of rare wild beasts, © g four huge Asiatio elophants, a Bumats ran black rhinocoros, a Bengal tigers, otc., tho property of Ar. A. Fore- - paugh, the well-kn Yosterdey. the work of removing these ani- horned horse, threo 0wn shdwman. vessel to tho wharf was com- Bovoral of tho beasts, {ucludiog tho ‘boon safely landed, and- every~ * thing progressed entisfactorily until about noon, when ono of the crow informed -Mr. Forepaugli, who wos superintending tho oms « barkation on the dock, that one of tho tigora liad become very restive, and was oxhibiting a disposition to breek from his cage. ‘Tho snilor furthor stated that the beast, iu tearing about . his cago, had partially succooded in wronching it from tho strong planks which floor. conetituted:ita . * Mr. Foropaugh only smiled at iho fears of tho enilor, and went matter dropped for tho time bel on with hig work, and hore the {ng. Aftor all tho smallor ‘animals, together with' the ele- - phnuts, lind been landed, the workmen turncd thoir attention to tho rhinoceros, who' was con- * fined in a hugo box of thick of which_wero heavily boun; bauds, Just s pior tho workmen ware startled at -seeing gov- slnnlxs,» the cornerg with ummg iron the cago hrd been rolled to - the oral of the sailors, half dend with fright, como tumbling upon t} did so, that ono escnping from b Insteutly consternation was eproad aroutid ; tho crowd of sight-scera dispersol flying in all dircctions. Tho elophants, who ho dook, shouting -out,” a8, they ~ Iul tho tigors had _succeeded in s cogo. in a moment, ro standing quictly in tho atreet, woro ueized with o frenzy, aud began * a stampode, Chins wero snapped asunder as i+ mera thrends, and the animals wore moving away &t tho utmost speed, Tho tigor's osc npo was 8 roality—a torriblo re-..* ality—for, aftor bounding up the platform which | conncetod od tho streot und “n horso attached Reed & Co., and tho ohip with tho docl, he had roach« astened himsel? to the back to o cart bolony the poor beast ot ing to Morgan, * i‘uy dying. gl’u: o liceman Munxo moved toward the animal who .° wes eujoying his -quiet ropnst, raiefog his head, fon of tho law, o hinm bis lifo, for shot from lis rovolver, Lille valued at 88,000, but the tigor, dolgned not to notico tho min- nd returned to his prey. It cont: the officor, with a woll-aimed d tho beast. He waa o —_—— Ohicago & Yoclk River Mnilroad. From the Syracuse (I1l.) True Republican, . The Chicago & Rock Rivor Rallrond—tbe Kin-- yon Road—running from Tock Falls througls Anboy to Shabb Loecome very unpopular with the the line of tha road. heavily in order railrond and a through rond to Joli onn Btation in this county, has gunplu along They taxed themselves: to securo a oomruth:g lino of: ot and Toledo, . and now, burdened with enormous taxes, thoy, - find tho road in tho hands of tho Chicago, Bur-. ton & Quiney Railrond Company, and no com-- lin potition at al. whilo its taxcs are very beavily telt, Its bouefits are uunfl:rcchbla,. = Tuns oue: 'pasengor train and oo froight train a doy each: way, and the passenger train has eomotimes onoy and sometimes four passongers, does somewhat better, whilo tho frolght: None of tho towns i this county have issued bonds to the road, but: Wyoming, a farming town adjoining, bas fssucd’ $50,000, and its railroad tax is over 43¢ per cont. : thid yoar, aud Amboy Las issued 100,000 iu bonds, and its taxes are 8 9-10 per cont; about the samo in town, with a debf dignant at Judga ]Uuzcu, but ho says he bm boen oyerroachod in ¢ cngo, Burlington & *Quiney Tallrond Co sooured a majorit; f :xrelrleuu. bonds through ¢ Deot of success. Beveral of tho towns l]mlfi Lo rord are endeavoring to get ric It fs. Burlington, another farming; t of $50,000, ° Tho people are fu- 0 mattor, that tho Chi.. pRDY i of the stock and loft him, . the ling: of tholy: Lo courts, and Wwith some prots-