Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 29, 1873, Page 2

MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. Logislative Investigations Into Medicine and Religion. =~ Allopathy va. . Homeopathy~-Ortho= * doxy vs, Hoterodozy, Commencements of the Medienl and Law Departments. Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, s Axn Annon, Mich,, March 25, 1878, Tho prosent Michigan Logislaturo, ke tho last Congross, sooms to Lo bout on investigationa. MEDICINE. Bovoralattempts hnve baon made by tho Homeo- pathists to securo tho appointmont of instruct- ors In tho Medical Bchool of the State University, to tonch tho doctrinos of Halnomaon. Thoy claimed that tho publio moneys wore unlawfully used to farthor tho interosts of so-called * Al- lopathy.” A provious Loglslaturo -wont 80 far 08 to ordor tho Bonrd of Itogents to appointa I'rofessor of Iomaopathy, This tho Rogonts rofusod to do, claiming that they wore not sub- Ject to loglelative inatructions, Popular olamor again brought the subject bofora tho Loglslaturo, aud o bill has beon introduced providing for tho appointment of two Trofessora of Iomoopathy, Tho bill passod tho Benate, but was tabled In the ITouso for furthor conald- oration. In tho meantime, committocs wero ap- pointod to visit the University and inquireif o particular theory of medicine, in distinction from all othors, was taught thoro, That there i no particular theory tought, ws hold by Dr. E. 0. Haven when Prosidont of tho Univorsity. ‘Ab & commontary on thig thoory, it mny bo sald that tho Professor of tho Practico of [odlclnol Dr. Palmor, has oceasionally givon courses of Toctures specinlly dovotod to donunciation and ridiculo of Homoopathy., Tho Logielntive Com- mitteo, however, srrived yostorde! , and procood= ed to examino the Profosiors of Matoria Medica aud Practico concorning tho doctrinea taught by thom. In anewoer to quostions, these gentlomon claimod that thosystom of modicina taught was opposed to mll # pathios,"—thoir qystolfl boing known as ‘‘rogular medm}nu. Thoy would stronuously —oppose the * ad- mission of Homoopathy, believing that such ac- tion would ruin their deparimont a8 a school of nedicine, Tho medical practitionors would nob gond ptudents. If two Ilomeopnthio Profesaors wore appoiuted, {heir graduates would ‘not be recag,{’zea by tho Amorican Modical Associntion. And, finally, tho Profossors hintod that, should the bill before the Legislaturo. becomo llnwé they would st onco resign their positions, I scema likoly that the proposed bill will pass tho. Houso. A conflict of authority will probably then arieo botween tho Legiulatire and As tho oxtent of the powors of thio Board of Re- gents is disputed, the Supremo Court will prob- ably Linvo to decido the difliculty. RELIQION. In rcsponso to tho numerous potitions of this sesslon, the Committees wore nlso instructed to inquire into tho religious clarnctor of the Uni- vorsity.' e While some Ohicago ministers aro domanding a rounion of Church and Stato as tho only safo- guard of civil liberty, tho poople of Michigan aro inquiring, through thoir Legislaturo, wholl- or sectarian instruction in roligion is given in tho State University, Whon tho University was organized, the religious question was compro- miced by tho seleotion of Professors from the sovoral Orthodox donominations. As tho Uni- versity hias risen in charactor and influonce, high montal and moral attaiumonts have, with some oxcoptions, como to be considered ss snfliciout qualification fora Professor. - Of courso, many eople of good intentions have looked upon tho niversity ns s school of depravity, prolific in Jessons of immorality, As o result of theso childish notions, denominational * collegas” have been founded in various parts of the Btate. Thene schools, while eorving to dotract fromihe rospority of tho Univorsity, havo rison bub Rmu nboye tho grade of first-class vlunzio‘ schools. For somo timo pest specinl nesnuits bavo been made upon the roligious charncter of ivoreity, by both the Orthodox and TFrec- il!llfl;}k::?rel! oemer claming that the collogo s fast becoming o pronounced ensmy of their | eculiar dogmas,whoso su})remncy is essontinl to e publio weal ; whilo .tho lattor as semuglfi asgert that the public money is unlawfully use to bolster up_sectarian notions znd denomina- tional projudico: On tho Orthodox side, the divcussion” hiag been mainly carried on by tho Trenbytorian ~ clergyman of Aun Arbor,” tho Ttev. Samuel W, Duafield, & young man frosh from tho Divinily School of Ynle. As corro- spondont of the New York Evangelist, lio bas po- 11odienlly givon utteranca to gloomy foruhnd!ngs coucerning the present wwi futnro- roligious status of Michigan Uniy Coming, a8 ho doos, from tho straiglil~j....sr, dormitory sys- tem of Yalo Oollogo, Lo betumes alarmed at tho individual freedor allowed at this Westorn insti- tutlon, 1lore, after the cxamplo of Harvard, compulsory attendance at chapel has been abol- isliet. From this and similar acts, Mr. Duflleld rensons that the University is rapidly noariug tho worat. type of Materialism, with all its at- tendant horrors. In fact, beis vory much of o porsimist. o sorrows over the fact that the orat and religious tone of tho college must do- pend on the personel offorts of Professors. Ho would have some quicker way of veaching the dosired ond. ‘The Committeo having tho investigation in chargo oxamined, ycaterday, Prosident Angell, Dr. B. 1, Coclor, Profensor of Moral Philosophy, and the Professor of Ilistory. Theso gontlomen were freo to say that, if Christinnity is socta- riun, then this institution is seotarian; Christians ity is not sectarianism, The Commitice tnot having Leen given a deiinition of soctarianism, their conclusions could not bo very definite. Dr, Cockor said: I teach.that Athofsm is oppored to Christianity ; Matoristism nob necesearily. I beliove in apivits ; bolleve they sometimes oppear aftor persond nro dead, as, e. g., Sumuol {o Baul, and theroforo ' Spirituslism is not opposed to Cluistianity, us for asthey have the comnion grounds of bolief. Inmy toaching of natural religion, I deduce the Curistian astho tne roligion, but that thoro is n vast amount of God's eternal truth evon in the roligions of the honthen world, aud that the highest form of truth is the doctrines taught by Christ.” "The Committeo hevo yebt to muke their roport, so that thoir eonclusions are not known. ovident, howover, that the University is quite na catholie in its religious spirit rs is possible for men of difterent religious views tomakeit. Yet, thut somo things lievo shown o epivil of intoloraneo uwmong certnin portions of iho Taculty and ctudenls, is too truo. A recont instanco may b glvon: e Btudents’ Leoturs Association have usually given complimentary tickota to tho city clorgymon. Thoy hinve, however, refused to oxtond tho favor to tho Unitarien elorgyman, tho Rov, Chaxles H, Brigham, o distinguished geholar und a Ohristian gentlomaa, g Seusible pooplo will concludo that the moral &ud religious status of tho Univorsity is not far from tho right, notwithstanding tho clamors of Mr. ‘rackon, the instigator of the eo-called investigation, on the onoe side, and Mr. Duflield, ou tho other, W. IN T, Correspondence uf The Chicago Tribune, 3 Any Anpom, Mich,, Mareh 27, 1873, TIE DOARD OF NEGENTS met on Monday morning in the Prosident's room, with every membor prosent, The list of studonta prosonted by the Becro- tary of the Law Department, and recommendod for graduation was concurred In; su was also that of tho Modicnl Departmeont. Mr. Gilmoro, Chgirmau of the Houso Invosti- gntion Committao, was allowed to stato that ho bolioved there must be some Teason why tho Board of Regonts had not ostablished A GUAIR OF HOMEOPATHY os dircoted, and nsked that o writton communi- ceation on tho subject bo addrossod to tho Com- mittory to bo submitted to the Iouso of Rop- resontatives, A Committeo of throo wad ap- pointed jn complisnce with the request, who should draft au expresaion of their views on the subject. 14 was decided, by n resolution, that heroatter all diplumas issued by tlie aulhority of the Board of. Rogonta shall be signed only by the Prosident of the Univorsity aud Socrotary of the Bonrd of Regonts, . A motion provailed, to the offeot that horoaf- torall surplus income to the Law Department ghould ho dovoted to the purchaso of books for the Law Library. Tagont Gilbort then explained brietly the con- dition of tho FINANCES OF THE UNIVEUSITY, Tho tax of 1-20th of & ill, gruntod by tho Leg- ogents. | .tracting muc] It scoms * Ielattiro this ;d":ln‘r, m all taxab prupurl,y?upon tho Jnsit Yaluation, witl giva tho Unlvorsily:tho sum of §10,500 nnanally for tho noxt threo yoars, 1f tho doficit vao na Inrgo, howevor, s tho pst yoar, thore will bo loft n littlo over 82,000, which ?u _o_small margin _for.oxtra axponsoh, fl::xcapb that the Univorsity will ho ablo to pay its dobts, 1t fa ronlly no better off than boforo, On "Tuondny morning, tho Bonrd romtmed it sittingn—-/I'ho Committes appointod to propare an angwer to the Investigating Committos mado its roport, whidh was nccoptad, Tho report stdted thak foust * | THE MEDICAL DEPANTMENT was founded thirty yonrs ngo, whon the ques- tions now oxtant in modlolne wora comparatlvely unknown, T'he Professors who founded tho de- Fnrlmum. woro gtill with us, having given their ifo's fwork to' ite upbuilding, Thoy and their collongues bolong to -tho regular school of Bhru(nimm and naturally toach according to tholr ofiof, Whon tho Board ton yonrd ago, smumod menagemont, it found the Medieal Behool most prosporous, It has mnde no radical changes, and has Inborad to aiford to all studonts broa and liberal culture in medicino, and to toach maodieal prineiplos common to all modical educa- tion. No student ‘ling beon questioned in the loast in regard to Lis peouliar beliofs, Thero aro Homoopathio students in overy class, who recelve dograes upon examination, procisely like thoir follows; nnS not o fow of our graduates 210 NOW dlntlngulahnfl practising Homoopathia plialclaus, fE : . Tho Board, in Its pastaction on the subjoct of Homoopathy, has beon influenced by no goctarian {nrn]udlm, and hing only sought tho best good of ho Institution, Whon, in 1867, tho Loglslaturo attachod to the ufi)pr_oprhunn thio '* Homcopathio proviso,” so-callod,; tho Board ‘undertook, in ood falth, to carry out thio wilt of tho Loglsla- urd. [I might stato hero that the proviso wna that n Ohair of l'lomnnémthy should bo estab- lished in tho University.] “The nfpflsprlnum was accoptod on the proposed condition; nnd tho rosult was, that the -resignation of every mom- bor of tho Modical Faculty was placed in tha hands of tho Board. Aftor the moat etrenuous offorts to reconcilo tho mattor, and retain tho intogrity of tho dopartmont, the Bonrd came ro- Inctantly-to-tho conclusion that such . raconcli- ation was impossiblo, and that the two systoms could not oxist togothor, Tho following yoar, tho Board undortool to comiy:ly with the proviso by organizing n Homoopathis Hohool away from Aun Arbor, and appointed Dr. Hompol onoof tho Professors, It thon aslked for tho nppropriation but was rofused; and was_not il 1869, whon the proviso was ro- perlod that tho monoy waa given to tho tho feausos which rendor the union of the two schools entiroly .impracticable in this country, are . First—Thoe intonse fooling of hostility which oxists botweon them, Second—Tho thorough system of organization existing in the so-called regulnr scehool of meditine, ostonding from olty and county to Blato and National Sociotios, is 50 imperious and powerful that o Profossor can tonch.in a school connectod with Homeopathy, without. absolute rofossional ostraciem, Aud no studont who elioves in tho rogular system, so called, will attend such n school. Thoso reasons aro apnrt from. mxytbm(‘; peculinr to this State, and bolon to tho present position’ of medical scionco ang othics in tho United States, and’ can neithor bo ignored nor controlled by thoso who ure placed in pmcticul chargo of living institutions. This was, signod- by all the Regents, oxcopt ono. 3 Dounld MdLean, M. D., was appointed PROFESIOR OF SUBGERY in the Medical Departmont at o ealary of £1,800 peryear. ° g Appropriations wéro mado for various purposos, to the amount of over 83,000. The Law aud Medical Commoncoments wore Liold yoaterday. Notwithsianding tho dny was very stormy, tho Mothodist Church, in_‘which thoso oxercises are hold, was woll filled, both morulng and afternoon. MEDIOAL COMMENCEMENT, The degreo of M. D. was conferred upon 85 students, including 12 ladics. Two of tho latter aro to go soon, to Indin ‘a8 Medical Misslon- arios. 3 ‘Tho regular addross to the medical gradustes was dolivered by Presidont Angell, Ho spoke of the dignity aud. honor of the profession into the ‘practicejof which they wero about to enter ;- and oxhorted thom not to' bo _contont with simply loarning enough to accomplish their daily dutios, but to ovarleap tho walls of thoir own profession) and sock for truth wherover it was to bo found. Evory dopartment of phyaics and metaphysics i offoring ite fruit to you. " Gather it in whenover ‘oceasion offers, snd —mala aceaslona ofton, Tmergencios como in the lifo of overyono, and only diligent, faithful proparation will ohnblo you to meot them. Therois a glorious sphere Tor spiritual work also, and ho who bocomes o physiciun to thoe soul, ovon in & fow of the many opportunities that ocour in tho lifo of o physi- cKm, will roceive the gratitude of men and'ibe ‘ benediction of God. - Tho oxercises wore very interesting through- ont, and much curjosity was manifested to seo the ladies take their diplomas, THE LAW COMMENCEMENT occurred at 2 o'clock in the nfternaon. The i;r?ldunting class numbered” 128, including 2 adics, Tho: address was dolivored by Prof. Kont, of the Law Dopartmont, and was an argument, ox- plaining tho causcs of the distrust folt by the pooa)lu for thelegnl profession, and tho decline of the Influenca of that profession. Formerly o pro~ fessionnl men was surronnded by a hialo of rev-~ erence, which was folt by all, and which pointed him out asa loader in all rocinl and politieal movemonts. Now, howaver, that has gono. Tho people bave coased to reyerenco namos, and the professions are moro froquently objects of ridi- cule. The public pross hns now taken tho posi- tion -the professiunal man occupied. as an ex- pounder of political maxims, and guide to publie opiuions, Tho rush and strife for woalth have detracted much from the legal }Jroleesluu, and Toany use it moroly a8 & means of wealth. Mon of wealth aro also gaining tho control of Logis- latures, and tho result is a want of accuracy of statement, snd tho production of more faws than s lawyor himself can keop track ‘of. The doflcluuc{of preliminary training e alsodo- from tho dignity of the profes- sion, . Ho oxhorted, thom fo broad and liboral culture, and to ontortain lofty ideals of high and noble manhood. ~Heé was frequently np- plauded during the addross, and retired amid a round of cheering which attests his popularity with the graduating closs. ... : Tho Dotroit Orum Houss band was in attend- ance, which enlivened the excrcises with fro- quont plebea of music,, - On tho whole, it wan 'ono of tho most brillinnt Commencomonts ever held by the professionnl dopartments. The average atandard of the graduntes is nlao much abovo- that of any pre- vious year. 2 T e — Spiritualistic Surgery==A Casc of Mal= practice, From the Adrfan (Mich.) Times, March 18, A Twar onsa has-been exciting atlontion in Hilladalo County during tho past weck. Somo time ngo'n lady resident of Moscow, Hilludalo Co., was thrown from n buggy nud sunteined o fracture of ane of the bones of her left leg, noar tho auklo joint, An old medical Feritimlor of Moscow was called in, but whon the wound had - Lienled tho lady Lind 'n deformed limb, and the husband commenced sult against the doctor for melpractico, * It camo out on tho triul that the Indy and husband wore spiritualists, and had beon trealing tho fracture undor the diroction of n colebratad surgeon of the Hebrow persuasion, who departed this lifo about A, D, 14, or sthoronbouts;’ Tt was proved on tho frial thnt the !’nmi]i' hind froquently averved that they wero tronting the fracture under the direction of this spiritunf snwhones, and that thoy only need- the services of the Moscow M. D, to dress the wound, Tho jury-found no cause of nction agalnst tho Morcow murgeon, nnd the Hobrow practitionor I8 aupposed to be out of Judge Pratt's jurisdiction. e, A Clergymnn Who Tavels with Towle=Enive . From the Pall Muil Guzctte, Feb, 25, Tho Hov. Enoch Raddall, wio was racontly fined fivo shillings by tho Essox magistrates for haing drun, was again brought beforo tho mag- intratos '}'enlerdny. On the former occasion tho roverond gountleman brought o countor chargo of nesault against Bldrod, the policomnn who toolk lim into oustody, but the chargo was dismissed. It nppoars thut the same night Mr, Reddadl, after going homa and arming himwel? with two kuives, walked four miles in soarch of Ildred, and knacked him down with a heavily-knobbed stick, Being overpoworad by Eldred and aswistants, the kuivos wore token away, when Mr, eddall said one was intended for Fildred, tho other for Wal- lor, the parish Constuble, Ifo ndded that as he had drawn Eldred's blood, sud 8o had hind his rew vonge, ho was satisfied, “'I'ho_hench oxpressed their intention to commit dlr, Reddull to the Ase #izon, upon which Lio said ho should plead #Not guill{, 08 ho wea ineane,”” The reverend gontle- man has, it is stated, heen five years in o lunatio asylum, TR < SRR -—~Bixty noras of the farm owned by the Into Rdwin P'orrest, near Philadolphis, which e namod B )rlnvbruok," hop boon ek n}ml‘t by his executora for the Homo for aged and indigont actors provided for 'fn big wil. I'he Home will bo surroundad by n magnificeut park, to which tho public will hidve froe admitisuce. . FARMERS’ GRIEVANCES, - Suggestion of n Rcmc(lyv for the Transportation Evil, - A National Ship-Cannl Botwoon Lakes Erio and Ontario. Wanenuny, Woodford Oo,, TiL, March 20, 1873, To the Editor of The Chicago Tritune : Bix: Can you flud room in your crowded col wwns for n fow romarks from o pubseriber, and working farmor; ont tho griovances of tho clres to which T bolong,—n subjact of vital importance to ug, and of GRAVE INTEREST TO THE WIOLE NATION ? Agrloulture, the first of all industrios in point of antiquity, {s also tho firat In importance. It I8 tho granito foundation, the solid ‘masonry, on which all othora aro built.; thoroforo, any com- bination which endnngors or wealens that foun- dation must, of nocessity, ondangor the wholo vast suporatructuro resting upon it, and all the interouts that clustor around it. It is not necce- sary'that I shouid toke time to prove thnt tho ngricultural interests of the Northwost nro suffer- ing and in dangor, ns that subject has heen ven- tllated by othor aud abler men ; or that I should traco tho closo conncolion botwoon the farmer and all other clagses, as instinot—Ilot nlono rom- son—might point that out. Permit mo, howevor, to sy u fow words on somo of the mothods of rodress that aro now boing proposod, ns n means of outlot from our difficulties, by the numberloss clubs and conventions in this and other Btates, T know it is gonorally conceded that a drunkon man. goos donblo; is it not true that an angry man is ovon worso off ; that lte don’t sco at all; ihat, in fact, ho is blind to his own intorosts? In no other way can I account for the proceed- inga of my brothera of the plof, who firut mob and board trains, contrary to lnw, and then, nt thoir .conventions, manufacturo Inw-abiding rosolutions to indorso their own law-broaking. IT 18 USELESS TO IGNORE FACTH. No good cause was over sustained by taking untenable ground; and why, because wo are sufforing, mad, and indignant, ehonld wo be blind also, and not seo that tho railroad compa-~ ny, on tho 8-cout question, hns n decision of the Qireunit Oourt In its favor, and that, pendivg tho appeal-to tho Buprome Court, sll high-handed ‘monsures are unlawful? Thefact that from tivo- thirds to throo-fourths of our surplus produceis wwamped and gobbled up in its transit totho seaboard, for want of n clienp and sufliciont out- lat, is, aftor all, our greatest trouble, and thongh, no doubt, wo have many otliors, wo ghould still keop this In vlow. T'his war on con- ductors, middlomen, and other emall fry, to my miud, I8 Hko a man raising a bootjack to kill & mosquito, and lunviufi en artery unbound that is lflnoalug hitn to deat , or tho action of a doctor who, beforo_ bleoding a'pationt for apoplexy, would first draw his rotten teoth to provent his taking tho toothnche. a ‘Cho farmers, wide cnough nwnko to tholr own privato concorns, have beon asleop, 9 A8 A PARTY, § to the interosts of -tho groat industry thoy ropre- sont ; and it is lttle wonder if, likio Ouiliver in the land of Liliput, thoy now find that Pigmlnu have beon taking ndvantago of their slumbor. But, now that the Northwestern Bamson is up in enrnoat, and ready to turn ‘his attention to the Thilistinos, why should those men who profess to bo his friends treat him as tho Spaninyd does tho bull,—flutter =« rod fing, and_distract his at- tention from_tho long, keen blado that is drawn to take hislife? I would not bo understood, in thls connection, to monnithat thoro are not other ond sorfous griovances to bo redressed ; that wa havo not muug wants besides tho want of o cheap aud eufficient outlot: to tho sen; but simply asvork that, until such an outlot is granted o us, the romedy of overy othor ovil would bo COMPARATIVELY OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE. Tho fow trunk-lines from West to Tast aro gorged and overcrowdod at present ; and should tho_Great Northwest go on increasing tho arca undor cultivation, they wonld bo wholly unablo to fill tho bill, Whilo they hold'» virtuni monop- uly of thoonrrying trade, they can bloed thoir i:;"enb vietim on tho most scientifio * principles. markets rigo in tho East, they can raiso thoir rates 50 a8 to robboth producor und confumer, appropriating tho profita of the ono, aud inerens- th% cont of Liying to tho othior, ; It requires no prophot to forotell the conse- quences to tho Northwost if this atate of things is to continuo, ° QENERAL WRECK AXD UL MUST FOLLOW. It is only a question of timo. Land has already fullen, and 1t will continue to fall. Money has boen ‘borrowed which can nover bo ropeid but under foreclosuro -of mortgago. But tho farm- ora will not fall at onco; thoy will work hard to Xoep the homentoads thoy havo camned by thelr toil; thoy will borrow from Peter to pny Paul ; they will twist, and turn, and try to stavo off to the'last the bitter end; but como it will; farm aftor farm will go at auction ; and, capitalists owning the land, the former ownors will becomo the rentors, - God grant that the day may nover dawn when tho firesidos of the Northwest shall Le disman- tled,—when tho monopoly of profit by railroads shall Lieve causod the monopoly of Innds by cap- itnjists. When capital sball have grasped tho land, whon tho homostoads of tho West shail ho merged in gigantic estatos, Ropublican equality \viuio DUT AN EMPTY NAME, ‘Wo will then have foisted upon us an aristoera- cy, entrenched on the freo soil of Americn,—at Dest a poor, shoddy caricature of the landed pro- priotors of England, having sllof their faults and fow of their virtuos. Nor will tho farmora fall alone, for tho blast that ronds the foundation must shatter tho building aléo, This is a question of vital jm- portanco to nil of us,—tha farmer, tha trades- man, the mechenie, tho merchant, All tho in- dustries and husinesses in the land are more or Iess bound up and connected with each other, and should all combino for the prosorvation and prosperity of tho wholo, And what 18 TIUE BEST METIOD of proventing these evils? Is it to mob rail- ronds; fight" conductors, middlemen, storo- keepors, grain-buyora and convehtions, ding oyory olnes from momborship but ourselves? Is it to let off steam in long-winded rosolutions, resolving that railronds bo run liko livery-stablos ; that n~ rail- rond belongs as much to tho publicasa wagon- road; and that, consequontly, overy farmer can !mt on his own car, with power fo ordor tho ivory-stablo man to trot ont his iron snorter and hitch to it? Inshort, in our offorts to do Justico to oweclves, should we Lo unjust to othors: and, in onr indignation, should ‘wo bo- como hlind to common gengo and our own in- torests ? As has been stated, OUR GNEAT WANT is o chenp nnd suflicient outlot to the sonboard. “Ihie is o nationnl want,—n " national necessity. o obtain this outlot, all parties thould unite, a8 all are intorested.’ Thin just nud grent poink gained, this first slop takiou, tho Bovastipol of the trunk-railrond monopoly would surronder, ond any other lessor mouopoly would, in timo, follow.” - « And now, whors is tho natural outlet to the robbed and pont-up Wout? Has not the groat Crontor Himeolf Ind tho tract and pointed tho way? V/us not that mighty obain of Inkes and rivors, placed in slmost unbrolon conncction from the Atlantio to the centro of iho North- west, eroatod for practieal benofit to manking 7 Most certainly they were, Tho cost of con- atrueting 4 A BUIP-OANAL BETWEEN LAXE ERTE AND LAKE ON- TARIO, somo 84 milos in longth, nnd with sufMiclon en- acity for veasels of 1,500 tons burdon, and tho oxponeo of building the locks required, would not, at the highost cntimate, foot up the cost of ono montl of onr four-years' war. Who ean estimuto tho advantage to the nation, and es- clully to the Wost,—of such n grand’ national wmprovenient gs this, tho union of tho lnlon, tho rivers, und thomen? Chicago, tho omporium of tho Northwost, the mistrossof the lnkey, gould thon lny hor liaud upon the ocoan's mano. Western merchants conld export and Import di- roct to and from every port }x\ Iuropo ; and tho leluuo .0f tho Wout would ronlizo almost Now orle prices s soon a¢ thoy touched Lako Michigan. Where then would bo the groat monopoly ? Ihe rallroad kings, like Bolkhnzzar of old, would geo tho lmud\vm(ug on tho wall, nor would they neod & second Daniel to intor- Ym it; thoir conscionca would toll them timt hoy had beon tried in tho Lalanco of justice nud found wanting, Bomo may object, that a ship-canal could only operato slx or soven mouths In lio year, and that the railronds would run up froights in win- tor, This funot so, IT thoy did, thoy would run omply cara, Ilome consuinption and specula- tion wonld take 13- oll the produce that tho farm- ora could niot hold ovor, and the tendency would boto equalize prices lhmn‘.{lluut tho yoar, A national ship-causl vin the lakes to tho gcoan c . THE: CHICAGO - DAILY 'TRIBUNT &e? Init to form clubg’ LES PIOm Sy g i SATURDAY, . MARCIE. 20 hY e, R 7 7. drAnreTs NE)WonTD, It would do awny witlt- the-knnccessary,—not tho necessary,—middloman, It would tond to provent cornors in_ grain, It would knook mo- nopoly—the platform of tho rallway kings—from undor tholr-feot, * It " would holp “to jaqialize profits and pricos on )imllucn and othor gooda and morolnnditioy and, by -giving now life and seeurily to the Induatry of agriculturo, It would: g1vo vigor to a1l qlbor ndustijon and ttades, - Tt would also bo tho host and surost gunranteo of tho nitimate annoxation of Canads, by uniting, by n great natural artory of commarco, tho ngri- cuttural, industrinl, and commorelal intotosty of oth continonts, Bhould not nll clnspos =iy UNITE, THLN, IN DEMANDING thia natlonal improvemont ; that It be contruct- od Ly tho nation’s purse, for tho nntion's benofit; thnt it bo thrdwn open, withont monoy nud with- out prico, to the commorco of tho world ? . To gain.a real, tangiblo - advantage, thore-is nothing like concontrating forcos upon one point at a time. Tho grentest military ns woll as Pomlcnl achiovomonts havo boon nccomplished n this viay. This wag tho great thoory of the firat Nopoloon. Ifad honot failed to put it in !xrnuuna at Watorloo, ho might nover liavo ox- sted ot Bt Holona. ‘This unlon of tho Iakes, tho rivers, and tho sen s a tangible ndvantago; 181t not worth while to OONOENTRATE TIE PRESSURE of public opinion on it? Is it not worth whilo for nll partios—Liberals, ' Repnblicans, ~and Domoorati—to make this o tost quostion, & sine qua non for all nspiranta to offico, from tho Post- mnster to the Prosidont ; Wil you stand on the anti-monopoly platform? * Will you swallow tho ship-canal 7 1n regard to tho other lines londing into tho main trunk roads, they should'bo controlled by Btato logislation, Lot tholrrights ho rospoctod’y lot us give thom the pound of flosh mentione in the bond; but lotus sco that thox take no drop of blood along with it, In rogard ‘to tho nmporod monopoly—that, bolstered up by une ust tariff aiscriminntion, have grown fat on tho Bweat and toil of the pegplo, lot ys domand that thoy bo placed. on thelr own logs; that thoy, with'the farmora of tlic West, hear the injunc- tion moro trne than pootleal, ¢ - . - ‘4 noor, 1og, on pIEl" -And now ono word and T hve dano. Wo hinvo boon askad to romombor what we owe. to capitnl and railronds ; and it is woll wo'should. What, indeod, would wo Lavo dono without thiom $ What could wo do now'did they not exist ? We will require them'in tho futuro ns much. as, or morog, than wo havo in the past. - That they are good in themselvos, no ono will deny ; but, liko othor good things, ° THEY ARE LIADLE. TO ABUSE, and it {8 this abuko, and not their ‘wuo, that has roused the country . to-day. If-the. conquoring armios of snoiont Rome wero in paat the civiliz- ors of a barbiroua world, must all their atroci- ties bo ovorlookod? It Jullus Ciosar carned tho' namo of the Groat, was Noro any the loss a vil- Iain? Andif,in thin country, ‘tho ndvent of copitnl and rollroads hins boon horalded with tho hosannas of the puo}lfla, tholr abuso is the causo why theso hosannad liave licon smotherod in the ‘curson thiat will ring out always ngainst the ovil aots ot the opprossor. Yours, &o., G. P, RAILWAY- FREIGHTS. Lottor to Semntor Donnhne on n Spe= clnl Grievance. ' To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: & 1873, ITHE FIRE ORDINANCE. . z Ry Tho Council Commliteo Wil Report "7 Agalhst tho Proposed Modifentlon #.0 of Ts Provislons, * Nir. Hoslng and Ol_liér‘.Lqrgn . Proporty-Owners * ¢Opposo Any’ Tinkering with the .. ¢ < . Law.as it-Stands. t “T'ho Council Committoo on Firo and Water mot congidor roforoncon, Ald, MoGonniss aud Minér woro prosent, tho formor ocenpying the "chair, In nddition, thora wore soveral North Bido proporty-ownors, who had heon invited to attond in ordor to hear thélr viows upon a prop- oslition o contract the firo limits in that por- tionof thoclty, ° Tho potitlon of ownors of lota botweon Indl- nnn streot and Chicago avenue, west of Wolls, and tho intorsocting stroots, praying that that part of tho North Division be exompt from the provisions of tho fira ordinauce, was taken up. Mr, Bdward 8. Dwyor, who roprosented the potitionors, claimed that tho petition had boen changed. It was the intention also to exempt tho proporty botweon Chicago and North nve- nues, and ho had procured tho signatures of two or three hundroed people who favored the “projoct. Who struck out * between Chicago and “North avonues, wost of Wolls atroot;” ho did not know. Tho proporty in that district was not *valuable enongh to warrant the orection of brick buildings. Theroe were many' frame housos thoro 'now, besides planing-mills, distillorios, and machine-shops, and not moro than 8 por cont could Lo realized on an investmont. Tho lots woro not worth ovor 61,600 apleco, and an ownor conld not borrow aufileient funds on a lot 8m: Will you please publish tho following., lotéer, or a portion thereof, to bring tho subjoot to the attontion of the farmers of our Stato, - in ordor that, if tho suggested legialation meets tholr approval, thoy mny 80 expross themsolyes whilo tho Loglelature is in somsion? Respect- fully, yours, i H.C.L, Pramie Crry, MoDoxoyart Co, Il March 23, 1873, Senator Donahue? 4 Dean 8ms Your Rallroad bill, which- has passoed the Senato, will, I think, fully mect: the ‘wishos of the farmors of our 8tato; but .pormit. mo to suggest for your considoration whother still nnother concespion may not ~justly be ro- quired of the railroad companics, "} my {den: My noarost station iy at Prairie Olty, on tho . Chicago, . Burlington. & . Quincy. Road, .Sixmilos south, ot Bushuell, the Xockford, Rock Island & 8t..Louis Rond crosses tha formoer, as does algo the Toledo, Peorls &' War- oaw, whioh affords n direct freight route to tho Enub. 121 wish to send noar-lont of produce to- Bt. Touis or_ tho [East Dby owo of theao ronds, I must biro 0 Chicngo, Burlington & Quinoy eur to Dushuell, thorounlond, sad relond on a car of ono of the othor roads, according to its destination, The Ohicago,. Burlington & Quiney will :not laul o car bolonging to ono of thoothor roads up here for mo t6 land, take it baclk to Rushyvillo, and de- liver it to the Compauy furnibhing it. Thisia o rulo, I boliove, of nll the ronds whoro thoy can, by this meaus, forco froight over their own lines, and they thus ofton deprivo.us of tho bost mar~ kot. A’ yenr ugo, cornwas worth G cents por bushol at Bushnell, for shipment to 8t. Louis, moro than at adjacont stations on tho Chicngo, Burlington & Quincy, which practically restriots us to tho markets of Chicago, oy, its own torminl. (Yoi tho Rockford, Rock Toland & 8. Louis is on of tho roads whicl, it ia mnid, *don’t pay.”) X ' Now, when railronds oross each other, having stations within reasonnble distanco,-shionld thoy not bo required by law to put down at {o(nt ox= penso n side-track aud éonnooting switches, nnd onch, upon- domnud of the ngent-of the othor, bo compollod to raceive and haul cars therefrom, empty or laden, to any required point on its own rand, roturn tho same-as instructed, or forward to nny othor point on' its own road, and return it, charging therefor only- just and rensonnblo rates; for nuy oxcess-in’ which, remodies and penalties might be provided?- - + e 1 8ce no in?ustlce to the ronds in this réquirg-" ment, and, if the plan shall bo onforeed' by Toginlation, it will go far -toward making them really publlo Lighways, and sccuring compotition in freight yatos all over our State, and would give us o choico of markots, which wo' cannob otherwise advantageously securo. Ao w10 . But, inasmuch 18 connaeting ronds might coms Dino t0 rendor thiy plan nugatory, by agreoing not_to forcg thoir cars’ on each ofher's ronds, and to leave to enok the carrying monopo- ly it now possesses, it may also bo” necessary fo provido that -individunl companies, or: corporn~ tions, may, on their own lands, put down side< tracks and switches, connuclin;‘ thom . with any railrond, within roasousblo distanco of any froight sintion thercon, and provide 'thoir own corg, which sald connocting rond shall recolvo and hand from said side-track to any othor sta- tion upon its own rond, or deliver to any conunect- ing road, nnd roturn the same when unladon or rodelivored to them,—rensonablo rates for said gorvico only boing chiargoablo thorofor, I hapo tho general features of this plan will moot your approval, while I havo no doubt your recont study of tho subjoct will uuable you to lmX‘:u\‘e it iind porfect it in dotail, y, In this railrond fight, you have your hand in, lot mo call your attontion to anothér clnss of outrages, besidos wholosnlo froight robberics, for which redross shiould be provided. If a rail- rond company sets on fire & farmor's meadow, consuming horbage and hedges, destroys some of Lis stook, or kills n poor man's only cow, i froquontly ‘bappors in our villages, lhn{ will offor about half "the valne of the proporty de- #troyed, and tell g'ou, if not eatisfled, to suoand holp yourself. Should not somo lu?nl mothod bo providod for having damages fairly assersed at Elm cost of tho railrond? Thon, if they will not pay, muke. thom liable for plaintif's” costs and attorney's foes, &o,, if ho recovors' judg- mont in court against tho Company, Very ro- spoctfully yours, &o., . II. 0. LAWRENOE, Vico-Prosident Illinols Stato Farmore' Associa- tion for Tonth District, i THE ENBLTSI! AGRICULTURAL LABORER. To the Kdftor of The Chicago I'ribune: Sm: Iam surprised to soo tho statement of your corrospondout (J. Couldon) that $2.50 to §3 por wook, in addition to boord, is about tho avoraga wages pald to agricultural laborors in England. As Iwas born and raised ia a purely ngricultural district of Englaud, and am thor- oughiy acquaintod with tho condition of the ag- ricultural laborers, I can bonr tostimony that their wagos will vary from 9 shillings to 12 shil- lings por wool, With 7o board ; and the lnborer on 19 shillings will, In tho majority of casos, bo marriod, and havo a considorable family to pro- vide for, and have to provide for ront, fuel, oto.; and, ghould his family bo’ sick, the fact of hiy rocelvitig 12 shillings por week would debar him from obtaining any asuistanco from the oflicors of the Door Law DBoard, Augd, furthor, if lio should bo thrown out of wdrk in the most in- olemont season of tho year, he could got no as- slstanco in tho way of “out-door roliof,” but wonld havo to break up his homo and go to| the work-houso, or take the othor alternativo end starve, Thero I8 & cluss of Iaborors who board with the farmer, aud aro single young mon; but their pay, in monoy, would n no caso | oxceod 7 hillings, "From sotual obsorvation, I must_sny, that it is Impoesible for & moro wrotchod, ignorant olass to exiat than the Enge lish sgrioultural lnborer, Yours, &e., AX ENGLIBIMAN, 010400, March 20, 167 Lo illustrate | Peoria, nnd Quin-: tox at up a briok d\vclllnF. 1d. MeGonniss enid ho had hoon over the ground, and found that many largo snd ozpen- ;d}mt briclcbuildings had boen orected in tho dis- Mr, Hesing thought tliero wero moro names on tho potltion than thoro wore lots between In- dinna stroot and Chicago avenuo, and Wolls atroot and the rivor, Mzr. Dwyer conld account for that, Many of the names wore those of proporly-ownors north of Ohlcago avenuo. : Nr. Hesing did not think the fire limits onght o bo changad ; it would bo an injury and not & Loriofit to the proporty. e thought the land was valunblo enongh to warrant tho orection of o brick. houso.. Nonarly sll tho streets in the district woro graded and walled, and but littlo . monoy would bs required to pave them, ho Lad money. lying idle ho would invest it. in .that locality., Tho people thore bad oxalted fdens, and imagined If thoy put up o brick house thoy must mako it olabo- rate, and_bave marble mantel-piccos and onk doors and window-saslies, . Clieap brick housos, which conld bo oracted for nearly the samo amount roquired to construct a frame buildin, wera neadod, and, if pat up, he had no doul {liat tenants conld bo easily sccurod, and at least 13 por cout realized upon tho investment, I would not Iny out monoy there if the protoction affordod by the firo ordinance wore removed. Mr. Winston supposoed it was the ensiest thing in tho world to got persons to “sign their names to a potition to haug one's grandmother, or any- body olso. Noarlyall persous would sign any document brought to tRomA Potitions wore no indicotion_of tho sontiment of the proporty- Ho wns opposed to tho contraction of tho firo-limits in_nny portion of the city, espocinlly on -the' North Side, whero ho rosided. Bliould tho district nzmod be oxemptod, moro damago would bo dono than resulted from iho roat firo itsolf. Thera wore now in tho North Division n lhrgo number of shanties and small ‘tenements, which retarded its growth ‘and tfio ‘ndvanco 'in valuo “of proporty. The Novth Sido -wes _particularly - adnpted 1o residonces. 1fa had invested: £100,000 there, in tho oxpoctation of the rotantion of tha ordinines, and clnimed vosted rights nnder the Jaw, and thut the Committee Lud no right to chango it, Ho prolestodagainst the propouition, a3 it was an outrago against all who Lind invoste money for the purpose of -building up that por- tion of tho city. Ald, Cainey said ho had procured ' many signa- tures to the petition, aud -nll wero owners of Jots. Tho districk was ns much a tinder-box now & it could possibly bo made. It was not just to the poor mon, who paid tases as woll an tho rich, £o fuhibit them from orecting placo whoroin to liva, No rospectablo peoplo would Live thoro on account of the fuctories and mills. P “Mr. Baton thonght as long aa tho ercction of woodan building was pormitted tho proporty would continuoe stagnant. 1lo desired to sce the fire-limits oxtonded, and belioved, within five yours, overy ono would consider that tho bost thing'todo, © 3, Adanis protostod onrmostly against making any chango, His .firm had invested botween £250,000 aud £850,000 in that district, and if ehanties yoro orocted nround thelr factory, their oredit would bo impaired. - Capitalists would nat loan- mongy in Chicago if tinder-boxes woro to ba orcctod. : . , Ald. Cammoy was personnlly oppored to the cuntrnctio{x but o was ouly carrying . out tho wishos of hli constitiiont. Mr. Ewing, did not think o thivd of the prop- erty-ownors in thé district - desived the chaiigo, 1t would be an nct of bnd faith -on” tho part of :lmvcuuunil to make any altorations in the fire imits, . i The,Committea agreed to roport ndvereely. Tho potition asking that tho property hotweon Canal und Throop and. Twolfth_and Sixteonth atroats bo exompt so far a8 to. pormit the erec- tlon of ouc and ono and n half story cottagos, was next taken up. . Ald. Cloyry ssid tho strcets in that district ‘wera narrow and unkeworad, aud-the-lots not :worth more than $800, 'I'ho owners wore heavi- ly trxqd, and ought Lo Lo permitted to,croct {musan, that “thoy might be able to pay tholr ax08, Ald. McGonniss romarked that the larger por- .tion _of tho property within the fire limits wis not, sowered. ~ 1f . shautics wero orccted in tho' distriot named, tho South Division was in duns;or. T 3 : Ald. Clowry coneidored the planing-mills moro dnngorous thian littlo cottages, Ald. Powell was in favorof visiting tho loenlity and scoing whother relief could be nfforded. Ha hoped the Committea wonld attond tho meoting of the solect Committéo to inquire into tho sub- Joct to-day, and expross their viows. Iho Committeo dovided to roport adversely, and then adjournod. < o ite s~ o THE NEW “JOURNAL" BUILDING. The Foening Jowrnal, which for maonths fol- lowing:tho firo was tho close yeighbor of Tus TuisoNe, on Canel stroct, ns jyst eutored into accupancy of its mow and elegant nowspapor promisos on Denrborn streot, and is ngain our peighbor, and miuch to bo congratulated upon ita now mrroundings. Tho Jowrnal Building fsn structuro very handsome in its extorior, tho fa- cado of highly-wrought Ohlo ¥audstone being ono of tlhio moat striking in the 'city, but our frionds doubtlcss find ita chief advantnges with- in, in most. comploto adaptation of the wholo promises to the domatids of thely business, Fho satisfaction of the Journal on baing nt homo agaln, and for the first tmo in its own quarters, shines out in a new dross, whilo ono of its atatisticions dives into tho pnst of o city that onco ocenplad the kita of our presont ono, to show what Chicago has made of her timo, slnco the first Jowrnal made its appoar- ance. We lopo our evening contomporary will Liave ovon & bottor tale to tell of tho prasporit; of Chicago for the next thirty yoars, und fool Buro the Journal will got its sbaro in that ad- vaucemont of & community which every well- ostablishod journal most powerfully helps, B e POLICE AND FIRE MATTERS. The Board of Tolico hold & rogulnr somi- woekly mooting yesterday afternoon, Prosldent Mason ‘in tho chair. I'rosont, Commissioners Wright' and Sheridan, The Firo Karshal was Inatruoted to soo that thoe rogulations rogarding uniforms aro carried out, and totoll the foromon to roport any membior of {ho Firo Dopnrtment who rofused to comply. Dolicemon NeInemy and_ MoMalion wera chnrgod with inattention to duly and disobedi- once of ordory, hoyaro tha ofilcers sont aftor alleged murderor Tansoy, who, ng was said, madoe his escapo whilo thoy wore drinking at o snloon bor, It appenrod thot they wore not to blano for ‘Tansoy's pscape, hie not having boen within o mllo of tho galoon. Loy wero, Lowever, repri~ manded for drinking beor, Jobh ; Cogl, Plpanmn af ono of tho Dabeock onginos, was dischargod for noglecting his duty and rofusing to oboy ordors. Paliooman Kline, of the Eloventh Procinet, was in tlie City Clorl's offlco yoatorday aftornaon to | 1 3. §. Thowpson, Miohacl Doylo, T S T . arrilghed ;;(Ivn complaint of~\Willlam O.: Butts, or-'.{rlg?*m nn-lnm-? stroot. qttfi,.lin_lv_nE por- Yectly Anbory wont to hunt for his nunty about 2 “o'clogk in tho mm'ulnF and was nrrestod upon musplolon of botg o thiof, 1fo was fncarcornted in-a “ dirty-oell,"-and- dotallod Diis- treatmanb-in un afldnvit n yatd long, = Capt. Gund consldorol Dils nrrost Jusiliiablo. 'I'ho charga was dismisaod. Mr, Butls wan cortalnly unfortunato_in falling. into-thio Tuinds of tho palico, ho aro” oxcooding- 1y vigilant in watehing honua citizons, bul secom to closo thelr oyon whiop thioves aro about. o gt A YEAWS BUSINESS, Annunl Meoting of thc Town Bonrd of Houth Ohitngo--Finnncial Statos menta of the Asucssory Collector, and Suporvisove=ITow tho ¢ Wenlthicst Town in tho State?? Will Bo Made to Blced Next Yenr. ‘o Tovwn Bonrd of Bouth Ghicago mot yostor- day aftornoon in Justico Boyden's offico, for tha purpoeo of sottling up tho yesr'sbusinost. Thera wore presont Buporvisor Loowonthal, Justicss D'Wolf, Doggott, Boyden, and Ilinadalo, Town Clork Hplogol, Aseessor’ Rodbortus was alo prosent. . Aftor nomo tallc about tho rocont atatoments ln Tne Trmune, rolativeto the amount allowed tho Ansetror, tho Bonrd went to businces, * "Tho minutes wore rond, and so smendod na to mnko it plain that Asscssor Rodbortus had been allowed $4,400, and not £5,400, Tho Buporvigor reported that he rocolved dur- ing tho yoar £0,844.19, and had paid out $6,691.82. Ho Liad redoemed vouchors of 1860 to the amount 0f£1,000; 1870, $820; 1871, 81,800 ; 1872, §5,205. Theso vouchors are for advortislng, postiug notices, nysossmont oxponsos, ete. Tho roport was accopted and approved, Tho final bill of Collector Tappon was pre- sontod, amounting to 2,084.01. “I'hls includes ront, stationary, advortislng, dosl-lire, ato. It was ntlowed. = Tho Collactor reported that ho lind collected taxow to the smount of £170,614.48; hisn 2 por cont comimesion on' which was £5,500.41. 0 wna entitled by Iny to n nalary of 1,500, leaving duo to tho town. 82,000,287, Thoro wors town taxes uncollectod to tho amount of £2,- 406.02, mnlan ~ total due tho town of 24,400.20, After ‘doduoting tho st audited DI, of £, 08421, thero.was loft §1,611,38 to bo paid over. T'ho noxt bill wag that of Assessor Rodbortul for 2075, for discount on town ordors racolved bg' liim to tha nmount of 6,600 during tho yours 1871 and 1872—$4,000 in tho first yenr, and $2,~ 600 fn the lnst—ho hinving boen commllod to soll thom at a discount of from 10 to 20 por cent, there being no monoy in tho town Lrnsmar. Tho Bupervisor was opposod to the bill, o did not think tho town should bo_ liablo for any diecount or town ordors for 1871, Whon tho Iast yonr's bill was out down, bowever, an_intl~ mation wne mado that thoro aughi toboan allowanco for discount. . Justice Boydon said a bill like that handed in would not do, It should bo specifio, stating to ;vhom each ordor for 1872 was gold, and for what loga. 3 Mr, Rodbortua sald ho had lost 8420 on the ordors of 1872. Mo withdrow tho othor bill, Tho mattor was laid over until a formal bill could bo mnde out. e Bupervisor- Loowanthal reported that, by tho statomont of the Town Clerk, dated Beptombor, 1871, tho outstauding town orders amounted to 11,793, During 1872, ordors woro issuod to tho amount-of -£6,438.63. * Deducting - ordors takon up during tho year, thero wore outstanding orders to tho amount of $11,846,50. Tho billa unpaid nmountod to nbout 86,600, the total ine debtedness heing £17,340.56, Of tho 1871 tax- lovy, about £8,800 would bo collected, and of the tax-Jovy.for 1872 about_$7,000, lonving o total doflcionay of $7,000, Ho suggestod that tho following amounts be providod for, for 1873 : Assossor's salary and exponges, $5,000; Col~ lector's, 83,600 ; Rent, Wown Olork’s salary, oter, 18600 ; Bupervisor's snlnry, S150 4 o Bonrd, -8200; incidontal expeuses, 9200 ; and deflcionay, 37,000 ; and that 20 por cont bo added to covor l0asos in collection, making n total uf 820,550, Justice Bryden moved thet the Board recom- g‘f‘ m!o tho town meating to voto tho sum of 25,000, Tuntico D'Wolf peconded it. Ttwas tho wealth- lest'town in tho Stato, but for yoavs. tho orders niad beon nb o disconnt, since thoy did not raiso monoy ouough. ‘I'lhe motion waa agreod to. The Town Clork waa authorized to draw ordors on ncoouut of tho Collector for $2,600, to Lo charged to the taxes of 1873, b Buporvisor Loewonthal was complimonted by o voto of theaks, and thoe mooting adjowrned. e e e a0} CITY HALL PLANS. The ' County Comumissioners Voto to Admit Representntives of the Daly Pross (o Bxamine the Pinny, i Tho Board of County Commissioners held o meoting yestorday afternoon, Prosident Millorin the Cheir, On motion, the regular ordor of busi- ness was dispensoed with to tale up the consider- ation of tho matter of plans for the new Court~ Houso, 32 , . Commissioner Singor gave notlcs of the doath Stowart Mamilton, the night-watchman of tho Court-House. : ' Commisslonor Herting nominated Mr, Potrie to flll tho vacancy.” " ° e Commissioner Harrigon nominnted John Hallo- an, . .- T On motion, the mattet. was referred to -the Committee on Public Buildings, with power to act, s - Commissioner Harrison moved {hat the Board adjourn to tie Kontudky Block: to oxaming tho Court-IIouse plaus, 'The motion was loat: ™~ Dresident Miller. (Commissioner Jones in the chair) offered tho following :. - e Tiegolved, That it fa tho souse of this Bourd that the resolution offoring prizes for the heat three plans for o Court-louke wns, that tho whole matter bo loft with tho Bullding Canimitloo o doglaro tho nward. The followlng wils offercd - by , Commissioner Asliton as an amondment s - 7" Jeesolved, That nothing. horeln contained shall be conatrucd us giving tho eald Comuiiiteo autbority, to award tho promlums wntil tholr recommondation is first submitted to this Board, and acted upon by tho whole vard, e e Commissioner Gallowaymoved that tha resolu- tion, as amended, Lo Inid on the tablo. The ma- tion prevailed. . __ . . § Comuirsionor Ashton offered which was adopted : Resolved, That it is tho scnse of this Board that each of tho city dally pnrum have the right to desig- nato & reportor who shall have pormission to examine the varlous plans for the néw Court-Houso and . Clty 1all, upon receiving tickots of adinission from the connnitiees fn charge, - - PSR tho following, ¥t THE NORTHWESTERN. Description of the Now Heads [ quarters for the Officers,” ; g ; Ad_ditionnl Equipmont Ordered for tha Rond--Porsonal, . * < . It hns long boon n matter of wondormont Wi o groat o corporntion as tho Chicago & Northe! wostorn Rnilway Company shonld Immuro- ity goneral ofllcors in tho dungoou-like domicilo on stroot,” * Tho bnilding, Lowovor, corrosponda with the locullty, and tho grontast marvol {s, howt any ono ean do business thoro. But the dius nu?ronu result of the fire loft no other n!tm'nn: tve; and, onco located, tho officors hnd too many dutics prossing unon their nttention ta wasto auy time in conaldoring tho gloomy sure roundings, - Becoming somowhat nsed to the Iattor, “they rewolved not to qnit . unti} they' " could move into n lm‘!ldlng of thelr own, orocted with tho oxprasa view of ‘supplying uvnr{ desired convenlonce. Thia roquinite thuy will soon have. Mr. Tracy and +¢ the powors that b * in Now York linve ptithor= ized it Plaua for the bnilding aro now bein drawn, It will bo located on Lfiu gouth sida of Kinzlo streot, betwecon Franklin nnd Markol stroots, having a frontago on Kinzio of about 16| foot, dopth " nbout 05 foct, No oxtorior claborato ornamentation fs intonded. It will bo & plain brick building, throo storlos in hoight, with s basomont holow tho sidowall in frout fn ovon with' {ho ground in tho rer. Probably tha only extorior ornsmontation will be found in tha atono_window-caps, the heavy cornico, and tha archod cenlral olovation, = surmounted by & vane. The {uterior will be handsomely fitted up. Spncious rooms for ench doe Enrlmenc will bo provided, In tho basoment will 0 locatod ho supply storo and stationer’s room, tho surgeon’s oflloe, the heating apparatug, tha kitohon and lunch room, for the Company have found 1t mutually ndvantegoous to furnish all the nmecn;n und employes With an excollent fron* lunch, Thus the Company voves time and the men thelr monoy. Ou the flrat floor will be tha ofticea of tho gonoral froight and tckel doparte monts, the Galona Division Suporintondont's oftico, ' conductors’ room, and. tho pusclsty agont’s oftice. Along tho contro of tho secon floor o hallway will run, on the. north side of which, fronting on Kinzlo otreat, will bo tho locak Tronsuror's and gonoral nccountant's dopnrte ment and tho Gonoral Manager's suito of thres rooms, On the opynaxle side of the Linll will ba the Qenerzl Buporintendent's oflice, Toquiring thrao or four roums, next tho General Solicitor'd and tho Auditor's ofices, Tho mejor pora ton of tho third floor will bo allottod to tha Obiof Engincor, the Lund_Commissionor, and the talographers, with o fow rooms for tha Jnvitor'a ueo. Thoe Luilding will bo heated by apparatus_located in tho finaamnn:, and eac! room will bo supplicd with a grate for increaso bheating purposes and voutilation. of K‘nu L8 wil tli‘u pmv{{hd. 2 8 Aoon as the weather modorates, worlk upo: tho foundation will bo commoncod, though 1ig building will hardly bo roady for ocoupancy bo{ foro Beptomber or Ootobor, until which timo th prosent incommodious quartors will be rutninclfl ADDITIONAL- £QUIPMENT. The Chieago & Northiwestorn Tailiway Compn: ny aro making vory materinl additions to tho A sufiiciency oquipmenta, A contrnct for the doliv. ory of twenty-fivo now locomotives b boen madoe ~ with tho Grant Loc mogvo Works, of Uatorson, N. J. This ito alono will necensttato an . ontlay of somothing liko 8100,000. Wollu, T'ronch & Co., of this ety ara nlso bullding 200 froight et for tho Compay ny, and, Laving joined tho Ned Lino Transi .Company, thoy havo to put 200 cora into tha lino, which are being rapldiy turned out st Bufs {alo,"N. Y.,—tho car additions making a second itemof conslderablyover 2300,000, AtthoCompne ny's shops in Fond du Lag, 700 now cars for Phd Poninsular Divigion aro being conatructed. Als ono pagsougoer coich and ono mail car oncl month. ‘Thio Wisconsin Division_car-shiop, nxl Chicngo, end tho ono at Clinton, To., aro nl h?'h:g their skill at building passenger conchesy Theso oxtonivo additions to tho rolling-stoc! will neceasitato an outlay of over 1,000,000} which, tnken in connection with tho 10,000 tond of ateol rail to bo laid in tho track {his summer, and the enormous outlay to bo mado upon the sbopo’ just outsido the wostarn Limifsof hmuny' must mako it apparont that it roquires o mint o monoy to maintain and run a first-class railway of nearly2,000 miles. : 4 PERSONAL. During Col, J. II, Howo's_racuporating brip t tho “ Bunny South,” Mr. H. 11 Porter, onoof tl& Dircotors and n momber of the Exccutivo Come mitte,' is Acting General Manngor of the Chicaga & Nortlrvestorn Railway. In his Southern ufiy Col. Howe is nccompanied hy his wifo and sister, and Julinn 8. Ramsoy and wifo, Tho timo of thelr rolurn is undetorimined, though they ard oxpacted within ten days, THE COMING JUDICIAL ELECTION. i it i * From the State Journal, Wo sy to tho farmors, boware of the Judga who will In any manner indieate to you how fin will dacide your caso with tho railronds, A man who will aceopt ofiico at torms, will betrny you when the corporations offer him onouglt {0 make it proftablo to do o. for that ofiico upon the ground that ha is suj posed to favor what muy appenr to bo tha . popular view of a question which he will ba ;callod fupon to decido. It s woll enough thad oandidates for political oftice shall oxplain their viows to the peoplo in advance of their elmfloug Dut & candiduto. for Judge, who will oven ncoop oflico with tho knowledgo that b is expeoted to decido o given question iu & cortaln way, is to<' tally uniit to be o Judgo. p Whero is & fenr that . tho popillarity of thi movemont of the poopla against monopoly ane oxtortion, hs drawn fo ite m‘l&:port some who are not in hearty sympathy with it. It has not beon' unusual for thoro who are opposed to & moved mont, toapperr to join in its-promotion, in ordor thoraby to socuro tho control of it, and glvo it diroction to subsorvo thoir own purposes, Ve should view with great suspicision tho man whlj and at the samo timo advise the “reconstruc tion" of our Supremo Court in tho specinl inte ost.of tho farmors, What tho peup}n want is an ablo Court, and au honest Court. hu?' wank n Judges clected In tha interest of any class, Such' " Judges would be dangerous to the best intorests of tho;peoplo—inflnitoly moro 8o than all tho' monayed monopolies of the world, with a judia ciary untaintod by any suspleion of beingsold toi .-uf' clasg, Roforonco is had to the convention called ta: moet nt Princotor on the 80th inst. o nominata Tho Board then adjourned until ‘Monday next at2p. m. 5 S‘UBURBAN' BVANBTON. G The rogular monthly mooting of the Board of Directors of the Soldiors’ Home was held at tho Homo, in South Evanston, yestorday. aftorncon, . Dr, Hamill prosidod. - Aftor tho tranmaction of some unimportaut preliminary busirioss in rogard to the futuro managomont of the Howmo, the now Buperintondont and Matron wore duly installod. Tho rosignation of Dr, I W. Morcor, who has croditably fitlodtho position of Ruporfutondont for sovoral yonrs, was acceptod. Dr, Mercor will in tho future bo Visiting Surgeon to the institu- tion. Tho resignation of .Mrs. 8. 8. Williamson, a8 Sceretary, was read and accopted. Bills to tho amount of 2827 wore audited and ordered paid, atter which tho Board adjournad. . 'Tho Ion. 0. B. Farwoll has nppointed Thopdoro o. 1'urr{ to o Cadotship at Wost Point, and pro- vided the oxamination proves satisfactory, ho will don the gray. CICERO, Tho citizons’ meeting beld on Thuraday aven- ing at the "Town Hall in Oicero, for tho Imrpouu of nomlnntiné; town oflicora who would have at hentt the bost intoreats of the town, wes largoly attonded and very epirited, roaniting,aftor a con- sidorablo timo wpont in mpooch-making, in the following nominationa : E Supervisor—0, B, Oratts, Ansessor—A, O. Butlor, Collector—E. B, Osgood., Truslee—Goorgo Eckhardt, Jowen Clerk—John Hughes, Justicea qf the Poace—Samuel Dunlap and Bolo- mon Forrest. Conatubles—T.onls W, Ledky, and Frederick Troloter. Tho fotlowing fioutlumnu wora also sppolutad & Central Committeo of Organizntion: J. W, Bmall, A, T, Homingway, Bhanka F'. A, Bumlith, A. 0. 'Datior, . TYDE PATK, A cancus will bo hold st the Town Hall In Hydo Parlc at 8 o'claclc this evening to nominate candidntes for tho following oftices: Ono Buper- visor, ono '‘own Clork, ono Town Assessor, ono Lown Colleotor, ono Lown Oommissionor of Highways, four Juatices of the Peace, four Con+ stablos, to Do yoted for at the Hydo Park Town- ship clootion, to bo hold next Tllm!dl}’. Tho Hydo Park Campaign Oommitteo is_ns followas PP, Van Wyck, J, F, Barney, A, D. Waldron, IL. i, Bogue, duinos P. Root, H.' Vau Derbol, o Judge of tho sugrorua Court, in placo of Judge Lawrenco, whose term of oflico expires in Juno next. Bome yet doubt tho ‘wisdom ‘of sconring Judges by popular clection, but that is tho moda provided “in our Constitution. Accordingly, n conyontion of the A{mnpla and o nomination ara entiroly propor. Andif, for nng' £auas, & now candidato is nominatod and elected, thoro is_na. cauuo of complawmt; for tho Constltution, in ro- tumiug tho powar of olection to tha peopla nt stated periods, intonded that thoy have frea cholco botweon an incumbent and o now man. -. Ierotoforo wo have buen nblo to aloct Judges without resort to oxtreme party mossures, and bave in'the mein secured good mon, This har boon especially true of the Suprome Court, and in no individual cage more than in that of Judge Lawronco. Those calling the Princeton Convention will, however, muko o grioyous mistake should thoy undertake to find a candidate who will pledga Dbimsolf boforehnnd to decido enros in ono way, A lnwyor who would mako such aplodgo to'a convention or au individual wonld b worthy of oxpulsion from the bar; and u Judge elected upon it-would bo worthy of instant hn&pouuh- ment, Who would Lrust & Judge who, fo buy voten, would pledge his decivion to oxpecting litigants? Judge Lawrence has dove hia duty woll. Ia 18 an hone#t, loarned, and uble men. It was not his fault that tho Legislature passod a lnty thal no enlightened and unlanmlnnl court conld sug- taln, but it woula heve boen his nost griovous and fatal fault had Lie In deforence toa supposed popular demand, Liavo 8o decided it, as to insura & rovoranl by the Bnprome Court of tho United Btates, ab tho axponso of _tho poopls of Iinols, aud kooping them in trouble till another session of tho Legislaturo. The Bupromo Court performed a high servica in sottling tho maitor so early ns to onabla the Loglslaturo to” remedy its former blunder, by onactivg Inws that will “lold water,” - Tho fnot that the Bupromo Court pronounced tho former law unconstitutional doos not prave its mombers to bo for or ngainsk monopolios, nor foror agamst tho poople, any moro thin a teacher becomea tho onomy of Ly pu\)(ll Ly instruoting him thut two and two do not mako fivo | 1If o moro loarned, upright, indepondent, and dmpartial ‘man than Judge Lawronco can ba found, \vhf, nominato andeloot him; but bos waro of ithe suprome folly and dangor of com- {-nllln oandidatos to promise how they will in< erprot laws which the Loglslatnre has not yot Enuodl Look, rathor to the Gouoral Assombly.. ocuro wiso luws, and tho courts will, in goud timo, do their duty. l','mu- Lands upon suor * : tho ‘corhor of Milwaukeo avenuo nnd Unlon, . . It is almost oqually dangorous to soloct & man - - would appanr to Join thi fasmiors! movemonty|