Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 2, 1873, Page 2

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE e ——————————————eee e e e WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 9, 1813, ‘How Beautiful are the Consoiontious |2 Wien ’flmy-rkgs_nlg in Rotaining tho Fins ict. in Their Ona Adoth <%, *, 1l + A Law That is Not Carried Out, Reports |- o That aro Nover Made, and Money Ty Tlie pooplo, having boon roused, by the plain i atatoments of Tux TRINUNE, to an' undoratand-| ing of the abuses of tho nesa in tho city, may profitably losrn_somothing 23 to tho Justicos, - spesk of Justicos, 88 & claes, not s individuals, Those paoplo mny bo dnbbed tho guides, philos- * > ophors and frionds of tho Gonatables, aa the Cou- 1 stablosaro tho right-land men of tho Justicos. * "An an Individul man, and an American citizon, - the averago Justico may lny claim to bo conalder- ' ed’tho noblest work of o crontioh, * tho olalm is all bosh; the Justlco is only half &. msn without his Conatablo. *: the Oonstablo may bo considored equivlont to one man, sud in that light rogardod as the Tho two, togathor, bound into oho, indood prosont & boantiful ploturo of . tho monn matorial out of which noblo works aro somotimos producod. This i not 8o with rogard: . toall Justicos and all Constables; it would ba| too borrifying to “think that ont of- tho nindty-- odd Justicos, and many hundrods of Conatablos, that grow wealthy on feos tht can bo domdn- strated to s cortainty to be unoqual to o docont living, thero s nok to bo found ono honost citi- gon. Many peoplo clsim that Hainos s honost, that Walsh *_honost, and’ tho venorablo ‘head " of = Atustin’ is o staring protost that ita ‘honest, and tho rustio Justicos lay olaim -to -ho: 1ot alono by rosson of thoir fow opportuni Tt 18 to bo hopod that thoy will all turn ot ri side up at the bar of that otlior Justico whore ! the Biblo tells us wo shall “havo, somo dsy- to meot., And, meanwhilo, Tk Tarouxe will giva: tho excoptions, if thero bo any, .all the' crodi Sy oan fisly © Imprimis, it Banyon, last Buturday, had tho.chanco, havo proved ,thomaolyos’ willful 4ud delibaratq 'violators of tho, low, which Is " manrooly.s firat-claga cortificato of honoaty. " Sectindfs. "1t is intonded to proyo that ‘most of iom o Lolding on £0 tho fines belonging {0 the, ate. Tt will bo well to suapend Jii “Jionesty, on tho Bopond otil tho' roador “gots through with tho facta about to_bo_got ortl, when: oach immaculato tm or her adlf; promising’ ./ amly that whetlier wo mako out a case that shal 1 Conviot Gortain partios of downright robbory, or simply prove that & vory Influontial cloas of Sl “noblest worlk."" {hat qitizen oan Judgo for JUSTICES’ FINES. Soruples of J, Pis Thoy Tud i -Tockots. That Is Never Paid, f Itis tho writer's p DoWolf 1s honoat, ‘aak, until found ouf. . was_shown, that, count o * *~olalg are holding monoy in dofault of detect or reliove thom, - whichaver. torm may by referrod, tho writer ‘will at least have placed coplo the facts conndoted with, & Rt the be R Ry toen Hcoremen by * Tz Torsuxe to havo dwindled -Ratorg_tho state of affalra t & _progressivo community; sud which '8 must, If necossary, bo onacted to romedy. * ivorybody knows that tho disposition of ‘the fines lrflicted nndor the Stato lawe, for all sorts rs, ins beon o sorco of .nfinito and troublo, It wau formorly tho fashion iro such finos to bo paid to tho Sohool but the amount of monoy ronlized was 80 1 misdemoano: paivod, at fu intolorablo and lously small, s compored to the 68 bocsmo payablo to tho Law Inatituto, tho paid ovor tho s the. amount aud to othier Behool was, or Speoimen Briok to Add to the, Pile of Mngisterial De- ) E linquenoy. onatablos doing bust- ‘Tho Justico and ‘woarer - {8’ in tliat, oxposo of all thoJustices, who ent ag to their, the‘indictmont, thiat roform was coueldorod necossary. " ‘Withont infiloting on tha rosdor _tedions his: tory of how it cao abont, 1t Is suliiclont to ‘say g‘" by the Publio Laws of 1805, the wholo of 050 of Qook County, onc-half to bo retained by proviously, 3 roprosentativo of lown undor tho urposo to but & liy to abomina- finos re~ Institato hal? to :Fund, prrgorss undsz and by vielaobt (o o naer Desalivt pith " Materagol oF ok aotlai, dgta"‘at. Judim ‘mont | iNon tor o h ) e g W&Ilwh dookot ahall ba kopt open’ ll‘\ll It ubllo inapootion, And avory Jusifcoof tho Peago, Mag- offios, who may rooolve any anoh ‘fina or b ho |I:|1z Monday 1n .Muml[ry, Apell, T o a8 e st ek vl the tho Judgment, 0 iz and aurrgot. Ar caco, Maglairato, c otlior oMo swhn shai noglnat ot fat Tyminko “tho - ontries " an ° s dookad \requtrod Ly \{hls" ach, and ovory \istion of tho Fonee " aglibrato, or "otlier aibar’who st noglaat or fail o nunko tho roport roquirod by this sootion, gryho shall meko a tleo rohort, o o shall neplaot of. non ST Rl e s i ottt o ind] o dacmod wulléy of & misdomeanos. snd | reqalrad, o ay bo thdlated,'and upon: conviation shail o n by u 110 of not lors ian fifty nor more than fivo nmdrad gotlars, | And tho sl Gnicagn"Taw Tustlato may 1iavo and maintain an aotionof dobi i avy gurt of oom pplont Jurl ‘against any Justico of tlio Posco. rato, or othior offloor, o rocovor tho, amotnt of all ‘AT “bonaltic rocoivod by him, and, i addition ‘had overy day or othor oifioe rod, or th o Day ovi dhinvimintof sl g o ol 0. 4, All iiuos, Tonaitios, nna Mndgulonts, rocovared by virtuo of the pravisions of this aat foF & violation of the sy sl bo dbokotod, oporteds paid ovor am T 0. 5. Al Aata or parta of sota, fnconafatant, with tho eovio of (i oy s Bovehy Sojiatndy and, Uiy ack Do toomer pubilo sy and ahall us cometria 10 un of feaud, and shall tako oiloot from and aftor its Approved Feb, & a . Of the ninoty, tha following only have ro- Portod, In scoord4nco with Iow: : Jonathan Marah, roported once, in Juno, 1873, and novor since, . . J. 0. Adams Lins roportod rogularly, Honiy Lostor, soportod Juus, 1875, only, novor having boon hoard Trom but on'that oceaslon. - J. W. Parson ; samo. * Max Eberhordt ; same, Loland Moody, paid somo in Jaly; 1873, but not sinco. Charfoy EHfiholdt ; the samo, . David Walsh paid s Iump sum of, $200 In Jaly, 872. 2 Ggin Flyon mido roturn in Septommbor, foos, and roportod Willlam Drapor ; tho samo. Honry Soffoll; tho samo. And ‘tho following bLave Innld_nnuu only : Oharles_Waldorbold, Clark Holbrook, Guy O, Sompnon, Hydo Patk's Honry Wolf, Galumet; aud ‘Hank Kenfmon, Noréh Chicago. By comparing thoso namos with tho_followlng it of Obleago Justicos, tho: rendor will form & folorably good idon.of Yo ate_aboying th inthisclty: Atg. H. Dunyon, M Ebarhardt, Calvin D'Wolf, 8andford O, Hinedale, Nool B! Boyden, Ohaxlcs J. Halnos, Ohatles B. Daggott, TJohn Van't Woud, Honry 8. Austin, Daniol Soul- iy, David Walsh, A. D. Sturtovant, Owen Dough- orty, Robert O; ‘Hammill, Honry A. Kaufman, Francls Rollo, © : *""D"Wolf fairly #nd ‘squaroly refusos to roport or to pay; on tho. ground that: tho statuto ndor whicly the cfrctlar was issuod,-boing spocial, was Toponlad by tho Conatitution of 1870. Tho logical congéquonco i that hio will keop tho fines. A Hydo Tacke Justico neguos that, aupposs ho ‘finen, sy, twonty mon, and only ton of them poy up, the flnes of thosa ton sholl go' to pay tho coatd of tho wholo trionty. Tho loglen! offoct of £hin 15 that tho Jiatico Is accountable to nobody but himsolt for the finos. Mr, Hainos days ho ia willing to poy, but. Lo ‘dooa fiot ' knot who s authorizod by I to ro- coivo. tho . monoy. If eyory Justico acts on this ground, tlio logical consoquence is that & con- &idorablo sum of monoy will be loat boforo tho uoation can bo docidod to the satisfaction of those gontlomen, PR Mr. Hoully adiita bis liability, and will pres: ontly'pay up.. - . o ‘nrg not nware' what partionlar obstacles othor individuala'of the gonus-Justico may Lave found in tho way of pagment, but: tho avorage Justico decHines on goncral principlos, or simply. ‘maléosno roturn. ' . “Whatover may bo thonght of tho character of - tho transaction, there can bo littlo doubt that, o havo sliown'n vory undlrablo stato of things o oxist. It seems that, no mattor how trifling the advantage to bo obtained, roputodly honors= ablo mon i stain their hands to gain . J1 thora is o Iaw, in tho voluminous acts of the Logiala- turs, that can bo construed 60 a8 o onablo our most trusted ofticlals to_ovado_ responaibility, or dofraud the poople, 1t is nob ono nor a dozen thas will bofound £0 avail thomselvos of it, but tho entiro croyd will strain evory norvo to bo t. Thoso Justicos, na a clogs, are & diegraco to civilization; and ¢hoso of them who. havo striven to bo just, tiemaslves confess that thoy havo failod, and that tho noods of the oflico are t00 atrong for thom, . Tt is nob too much to any thiat theao Justlods nénd xoforming, sad that s ttlo fo businass | miy tur out'to be tho least among hoir of- onsos. - zeform to loss than onc-fifth,of tho original: of tho Justicos pretond’ that they have Han L Wit old pa eut, owing.to consolontious seru- . plea a8 to whethor the Inw In question, being & £b o 17 whal thoy have rac out of racollaction. Others boldl; 1 law, is now applicablo. not-they, ' But’ Iay claims {o most of tho finos; " Lialating on" thaly riglit t6 hold thom for Conrb and other costs, and athors—and this i the im- rtant point—quielly .iguore the whole thing: Chey pin. thoir.faith to that conveniont belief, pon-committal, Thoy havo never rofused to Liayo failed to Toport ed, and’ gradually grown The fact is, there 1 oily ono way of finding i out whethor & Justico hus fai not, thet i, by -requiriny i - wums £ !:npam-ukas; and {f 1o docs + ¢ I8to'sny whother 'ho' fa_ i, hehas rocoived, - Ho'can: ro) g rioli ; 'somo g lod T’ bisduty o bim to ropozy What “t, OF DOty 1. xoport, who “.ouest, or morely o Ban of. consclontions o ol i theso paraona aro gror, 47 being orth bundt ., o P20 in 0oV “worig of this kind of light and fuplos 7 Moanwhilo of them f thousands of dollars ++++ 10080 BUP S ryiZion,—or rathor want of suporvis- for *v there is no ono authorized by law to - ook Into their accounts, o8 in England; thero cont that o * Tandod by the rapacious. ofici, “before.said, tho only wey of finding out + whothér Juatices iro complying with the law, or by, paging ovor, tholr gy to somo probor )y th fan As ; not. "7 poeon'ls, vecolved guch fincs. 4 "“goysome.” "ITio Justico would probabl y\;}u; Liok him out ; or order n Constal “sttor svery magistrato's account is overhauled by the Audltors of the Homo Ofilce, and not only overy cent by tliefii racoivod puid ovor to the county to which it bolongs, but ovor ally ohargod to the prisoncr causod to bo ro- has boen oir firet roporting that thoy hiavo The ovil s, hicy do nol re- Enrl. The Secrotary of the Luw Iustitute can ++ ‘hardly go np to such and éudli w Juatice; and say, +.4 Horo, Linnd"ovor those finos; I know.you've if nafel Lo t0 look him in 5 fatherly sort of way thoro folloy= *Bave. Bo.tho quostion fa: Whni's to bo dond? Lot piiblio. opinion decide, ‘I'ur Tuinoxe eets , Torth tho facts, itaolf; hen' 8 clnss tant * pouitions £ of, dz;u; citlzon, ave in practico responsible to no- 0 obady, and pay the monoy Lo'nobody, o 's tiogativo tort of disfionosty ; and of thnt thet “ia’ to say, if it of . mon, iuvolving' * the bo or tho ffnes thoy fuposo, if thoy holding Tho_ovil will. soon right | an ov]l, ‘impoi- Tiborty* roport tp t may “ *-tho pooplo will form Individual opiuions. Tho saluo of a ocensional ovarhauling of n Juutico's dookot waa domanstrated by tho.racont discovory of & Tn) “traordinas mONE reportor of Justico Bunyon's ax- vidlation of the luw in the King caso —that docket which was go jealously locked up from tho prying i that diyclosod uuz{; - -very first time it was looked into. <. 2 i1 vThere are ovor nlusty Justices of . the Paace’ hae ~ Institute olns ng Fouto juy : Parmit ma to call you g Jww printed. belav, 1 +7 imon regard to sxwe fro; to_time, itoup o find form for your report, . Avastat Litrsrian at, . Eaatitate, Room 13 Now Oity Toal, Rith D thies .and an at, or address {o, amount. of sucl el ‘il pleuso ke such report ax vequiréd 'y such law £ yaur sariiost convanidaca. - Al § £ -, izd peyabl .. -imposad In Incorporatad towns or clties for: the viola- tion of tho by.laws or ,ordinauces theroof, except thoso'imposed for, trespnos to el n!caan"v Wgetiior Il fincs ‘and- penalties 0 o Inatitute, oxcept thoso ¢ ncurred or* o6 of thie citizen’y that dockot | utartling proofs of lawlesu- - :inass, by a man sworn to administer tho law, tho n Cook County, to whom the following cirenlar eon , sout. by the Treusurer of the Law , which Toquire, Joito yup Gvor to o Gutinth fiew aud pouaition tmo . Posed and collected by you, and make folt ‘Toport " ta Jincloyod: tiea. You o " aud also hiool Yanda, ‘Boo Publio Lawa, 1805, 1age 1245 alao Groes” Blatulod, Bd Bd., page 707, o by for e . penalsiea of 8, Provod by ouo df the Jadges of the bupario hieago, payable to the Gounty Superintondont n ln!‘! ind his successors la ‘purposes, conditioued that he will fatthfully BPas byarin hiva sl monass wbih ha mar Lpousd by ey Ootrt or Magistrg (o . fob by i I:Iw:l:hznd 2o . Yotuts respoctfully, ; o, ¥ ‘xeasuror of Oblcago Liw o it entSiad oy e eopts 6d {n the Gentral Asmemd] s of U uaty, and all inos ‘ourt for contompt In e Ciaty ty foe soloal Durpusce, 10 on b Aiee dn 1 i saof fines ahd yoRE, "Droaanror of sal inltion that my llllllfl Uounty of | i tnoaioo &t of : TonToY, - Institute, tion 1o cortalu fines aod ponaltios b Slate £ jin § o Ciflengo Law Jastibute, on thoroot el by bi for ths Tnatltuic, and th othior lialf to ‘ovor by bl (o Bupariutondent of be appliod d by n“fisn:'i:l",’!.'z ivabls . . M i.,flm‘."’ fo'aich i rossior on £ho fret AludRY 184 Efll. J\Ik and Uotober in- »lli 50, 3, Th be ausry, inatitato shiall, upon 3uouta a bond'In the suratios, ‘1o be a e e DEATHS 'AND BIRTIS, Ten © Thousand Onc XNundred and Fifty=Six: of tho Former, and 8,001 of the Latter, in Ohicago During the Wenr Ending. March 31. g The Board of Health hold its rogular meeting -yostorday, Tho wookly morality, as shown by tho'report of tha Sanitary Siperintoudont, was' 160,—80 males and, 70° fomales. Thiero woro 23 donths by “convulsions, ond 11 each by emall- pox and consumption; ' ‘There waa a docidod fn- croage oyer tho numbar of déaths in the preced-" ing waok; though the total was loss than for tho corresponding -weok last yom. Tho' total in- croaso was among persons undor fivo, noarly o1l born in tho clty. Thohighest death rate wns in the Sixteenth Ward, and tho lowest in the Twelfth. Thero aro now. 20 houses infoctod with small-pox or. varioloid, . lowing ostimatey Tor tho yonr, fized at tho -low- oat possiblo amount, snd oxoluding tho scavon- gor work; the amount of which conld not bo as- cortained at prosont: Salary .of mombors, £3,000; salary’ of Banitary Superintendont, $2,600; Health Officer, $2,400; Scerotary and £ywo olorks, §3,900; Bunitary Inspootors, 59,0005 18 yanitary golico, 910,200 removing doad aui- male, $5,600; disinfcotauts and vaceine virus, $1,100;. Small-Pox_-Hospital, stationory, and incidontal_oxpongos; floloncy, ¥4,600. Total, §61,600. It s approved. ! Tho total number™ of deaths Iast ‘year was 10,166—ps follows : Junuary, 6675 Kebruary, 632 ; Mareb, 7453 April, 7563 Mnf, 630 ; Juno, 813} July, 1,873 Auguist, §1,551 ; Sopfombos, 989 Ootobar, 741 ; November, 030; December, 709., O theso 5,651 woro_males and 4,506 fo- maos ; 8,441 wore undor 1 your; 1,427 ubdor 3, and 504 undor 3. : 2 Acgording to ihg vogintars of bisilis 8,091 clil- ard, 1 500, priatin %00 ag 118 8,0 dron woro born hero lasb year: First Wi 17 Third, 912 ‘Tourtn, 2203 xth, 781; Sovonlh, 884; Eighth, 835} Ninth, 762 Tonth, 258 ; Elovoutll, 8523 Twelfth,: 3083, 'Fhirbooptly, 2485 Tourtooutn, 872; Fif- toonth, 1,20€; ixteonth, 520;. Sovontoonth, 840;.Hightoonth, 264; Nihoteonth, 72; Twonti- oth, 3. Of thos cliildron 4,200 woro males, and 8,885 fominlos, .. " Durlug tho yoar 553 pationta woro ndmittod to thio Small-Pox Hogpital, of whom 396 woro dis- chargad, and 145 dicd, ssaiactl e - RAILROAD NEWS. AN EXPLANATION, ; * Goy. Wasliburn's voto of tho Milwaukes & 8t. Paul Raflrond Company's bill to cliango the loca- tion of thie projeoted bridgo over tho Miusissippi ab LaOrosso hua oocasioned a ramor that tho Bt. Pail und ‘Nortliesiorn Companies hnve ox- "Ghongod riilroads botwogn LaGronse, and Witio- :na. The cftizous of LaCrosso fully, boliove tlo story, *'lhoy nood not be larmod, howover, for At1s ontlrely without: foundation. Btill, 1t hog | au.airof probability, Tho Bt. Paul Company's ‘| lnes_extond southward to LaCrescent, nearly ‘opposito L Croeso, but, there being uo bridgo or adequato forry facilitics, tho road is, practi- cally, . & ofub line, -Tor this rosson tho _Northwostern cowld Lave no prosont do- iro for it Tho cut-off. rosd from Winous Junction to Winonn, sorvos thoir purpose sdmirably, and toy . have no in- ention of relinguinling It, though to do so would vory groatly obligs tho Milwaukes & 8t, Paul Compiny. ~ When the tunuels in_ Mon- ro0 County aro comploted, noxt June, tho North- ‘wastorn.will Lavo o continuous line of tloir owi from Chicago to Winonn$ and, boing ouly four milos distant from LnQrosso, at the soarcst point, it in thelr intontion thon to ran . brancl into that olty, and thora connect with the South- ern Minnosota Rallrond, ovar tho bridgo toon to bo'built: Tho foundatici for th rumor ko widoly clrculated, Jios ins tha {aot that, pondiug tho cotn- plotion of tholr respoviiva through ystowns, tho .| rival companics have agrood upoii an {ntorchiange of track privilogos, which givas to cach u through raute for passougor and froight trainu bofwoou + Gouee b tof School oitico, for Kcligo} A Olicago aud-Whions. _'This and nothiug more. ¥, TuE oNIcAGO & TAGIFIO, Tho Obicago & Pacitlo Railvond Company ex- pect to put their firet nessanvar train on the The Financo’ Comuittée submittod the fol-- Fiith, | rond 'this wook, running from Ohica Wyoriting Btation, o disthnoo bF 20 4-10 mailos {£5m Ohichgo.. o traclc-Inying ia progrossing Bt &lu‘rnm of lhrou-?nnrlcm ‘of n milo por day,'| ond 1t will not bo long, at thia rate, wutil we Lavo tho Chiéngo & Dnoiflo: onginon- whinthig thirongh Eigin, will ahiow gront progross In this ontorprino, Sur- ‘voy ara boing mndo in Tighn, aud 1t 1s now not unlikoly that tho routo will bo, oatablished througl the city instond of south, na talked of Jato, A 10w survoy was mada thia ook, comin in on North stroat, ncar tho Kimball Hotso, aii crosuing tho rivor, loaving tho city by wliat. Iy | anllod tho Taylor Orook routo.. 'Thifa {a probab tho hoat routo for company and clty In tho ond, thoughy perhaps, tho most. oxpousivo.—Figin azello, TILE TURE, Tho Turf, Flcld and Farm on the Doxs tor Paric Olub ¥ Meoting. + ‘Tho lnst, numbor of that most oxcollent sport- Ing journal, tho Turf, Field, and Farm, contaiuy tho following oditorinl romarks on the Doxtor Park Olub's pragramma 1 Wo publfsl this week tho programme of the Doxter ark Olub, of which Willlam F, Tucker In Prestiont . B, Gago, Troasuror, ond Josoph' Catrn’ Bimy = It s o my o races of all cluasca in tho aliort poriod of Tho meoting will begin July'1, aud oot 24,1, and 4, Tho. ngaregated puraes tx 40,000, and 'tho'mondy 4 #0 distributed o to giva tho fgroatest gatistaction to tho ownern und brooders of finio stock, Each day. thoro will bo running ns well trotifng " conleatn, And “tho running track - fa soparate from thio_irotting .track, tho former Leing within tho Intter, mud nbout ono’hundred and Oty yards short of o inlle, Tho differcuco is 80 small as ot {o affact tho fufcreats of Aport, .To mako tho horsos run a full mile, the only thing ncceasary 18 (o start. them ouo_hundrod and ity ynrds back of tho Judgos' stond, Doxtor Park posesics many adyan- fagos. It i mear tho Union Block Yards, enabling ‘owhora to nuload thoir borses within o sliort distanco | of thio track, All tho ratiroads running fnio Olifeago aro in closo proximity to tho entranco of tho Park; & large aud fino hotel stands within b stono's (hrow of £ho grounds, aud a bank, tlograph office, blackemith shiop, nud othier convonitncos aro within 'a fow miiie ntea'walk of tho gato, Tho peoplo of Ohieago can reach tho coureo by carrligo, nad lioreo, sud stoam cars, Tl trotting track fa ono of the heat tn flio cotintry, liavig beon Inid out sud conntructod on tho| ‘most approved solontifio_princlples, Tho otablos aro roomy and woll ventilated, ful tho trottors aro kopt sopurato from thio ‘Tunucis, Tho managers of Dex- tor Park are livo meu, and thoy Linve tha confllenco of tho - community, 'Straugors who. contemplate visiting Ohicago nt tho Ume of fho mootiny nunounced will: bo glad to loarn that tho hotcls now in courso of eroctlon will bo Sulsliod snd in running order by tho 1et of July ; und theso Lolels, wo aro nesured, will tako rauk among tho fincst iu'tho orld, ‘Tho great o nterruplod only temporarily tho rosperlty of Chicngo,: Wo sco in thio programmo of tho Doxter Park, Olub’ evidoncos of that encrgy and forcslghit which mado old Chicaga thio motropolis of tho great Northweat, Tho now Ghlcago, imbolled by tho aamo resisticsa forco, aud gutdod by ihe samo wise- , 18 5iixo Lo _outgrow even tho wild dreams of tho future of that Ohicago.which tho fire, driven {o mnd- neds by tho sutumn’ wind, reducod 1o ashes. Not until they struggled wilh advorsity did tho poople realizo thie full oxtont of tholr power, ThoJuly meot- ing at Doxter Purk can ardly fail of bolug o inaynif- icont auccess, 2 i e THE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION, Etazaperiy, N, J,, March 28, 1873, To the Editor of The Chicugo Tribune : Sm: I own 1,400 neros in Jaspor County, Ind,, and tho adjoining lands yield 70 to 80 ‘busliols of corn to tho aczd. On tho let of July last, corn was worthon tho land 42 oonts & bushel, aud tho prico of a froight-car’ to Now York was £90, " Tho rallroad advaneod tho prico in Boptembor to $160, and recontly to 205 n car, and corn has boon depressad in prico to 18 conts, Now, if tho rallronds can do a fair businoss at $90, thoy rob the farmorof 24 cents n bushol, Ied my land beort cultivated in corn, at 76 ‘busbels to the acre,” my crop would havo beon 105,000 bushols, ond thoy tako from mo over -§25,000. Evory farmer in Ilinols, Indians, sud Qlio Iy dooply intoraetod in cleap transporia- tion... Tho differonco botwoon $90 & car and 8200 will ralo difforonce in the valuo of ovory-acro of thoso tlirco Statos of moro than S100- but call it only 860 and the loss in tho valuo of real estato is over $8,000,000,000, & 1 have talkod with oné of tho oldest omployea of tho Now Joreoy Contral Railroad, who ling Doon tholr main baokkeopor for ninotoon yoars, and Lio eays a traln of freight-cars can’ bo fun u & cost of §1 n milo, ora littlo loss, If ho is cor- rect, 890 a car from_Chicago will pay 260 profit, whidh ought to pay for tho wonr and toar of tho car, and leavo & handsomo profit. Thirty cars for's Tocomotivo Is not & hoavy lond. From Chi~ cago to New Yorls is 900 miles, and, at $90 caf, the profic on each train iy 81,800.” By o state: mont of {ho raflroads In_this day's New York erald, ondenvorlug to Justify an increaso of oublo'their prosout pay, it appears that thoy omploy five clorks'to cach postal car, aud ro- coivo 10 conta a milo, and now waut 33 conts ; which onr Postmastor-Gonoral thinke too much by 10 conti. But, allowing thorn 40 conts's mile, with 8o olarls 49 poy daily ou gach cur, thoy, would mako moro then that by biinging our cord and whost to market 10 conis » mile, l'hls op- prosaion hiss bocomo intolorablo, .. A Gronas WebD, FIRE STATISTICS. At n xogular mooting of tho Pollce and _Tir Commissioners hold yostordsy sftornoon, Presi- dent Mason ocoupied tho chair, Commissonors Wright and Shoridan’ boing also’ prosent. - Firo Marshal Willinms submitted bis roport for tho month of March, sowing the following itoms of intorost + Thero lind boon during tho month, 39 | firos, with tho sppondod ecauscs: Accldont, 15 carolessnoss, B; gas oxplosion, 2; lamp explo- slons, 85 powdor explosion, 1; dofoctive chim- ney, 3; foul chimnoy, 1; ovor-hoatod ‘stovo, 25 ovar-hented steam-pipo, 1; incondiurism, actual and supposcd, 6; sparka from ohinmay, 8 chil- dron_ plsying with mafches,- 1; _unknown, 7. Tho total numbor - of faléo olurms wos 9 valuo of buildings and -contents, 8541,871; loss on building, £0,590; loss on goods, £24,006; | total loss, 934,856; . tofal insurance, $307,400; Inauranco ovor los, 160,054, Tho Firo Warden's roport s also submittod, showing -that thera hiad beon 288 violations of tho fire ordinauco in the North Division, 116 in tho South Division, and 400 in tho Wost Divi- sion, and, out of. this total of 804, 694 Lad boon complainod of by oilizens, and only-fiftaon suits brought ngaiust. offendors. “'ho Board ordored the roport placed on filo. = , o montbly pag-rolla woro auditod, " and tho Board adfourriod. . .« (3 . “.THE- HOLINESS MOVEMENT.”. “Tho Tolitods Movoment” Is the title of o romarksblo thoological: disserintion on Holy Ghost power, which appeared ir tho local col- uning of tho Jotwrnal Inst ovoning. Tho writer obrowdly inguires : *Cannot‘the clurchos at- tain tho Holy Ghost power which marked the prenching of tho Disciples snd §t. Paul #* and; without pausing for s satisfactory roply, goes on to sinto thnt Mr, A, M. Billingn, President of tho Wost Sido Gas Company, hins Just turned ovor to {ho Toy. Mr. Kinnan, o disfinguished ovanga- list, tho church formerly "uted by the Socand _Advoutists, on South Groon, bo- twoon Modison snd Monroo sfrcots, Tho building, Lowoyer, may prove to bo too small for guch **holiness movoments” ns- will Do con- ductod thero, and o tent capablo of hulding about 4,000 pooplo“has boon seeured, In tho ovont of thoro being ony warm wenthor this voar, this tont will bo pitched on o vacant lat. ab Lia cornor of Weat Randolph and Ada stroots, thero to romiin, and daily mootings will b _con- ducted in it for tho bonoflt of ovorybody. ‘'Tho werltor of tho articlo says o is anthoritativoly fu- formod that tho gaa circles which know . Mr. Billinga will shortly lmow hiim no more, and that Tio will dovoto his woalth to tho furthoranco, of the now movemont. e HOW THE MONEY GOES. The Board of Connty Commissiouers met yoa- tordsy aftemoon, In {ho nbsende of Prosidont Millor, Commissionor Boguo was eallod to tho Chair. It proved that thoro was absolutely no occasion for Liolding o moating othor than that tho Commissionors might audit thelr own pay- roll for tho quarter ouding Barch 81, and voto thomsolyos .enok €6 por day for sosslons of the Toard and’ for “commilico work, the wholo amounting to $2,728.30, preciuoly” onc-lnlf. of whiohsum thoy &ro ontitled to by law. Thero- toro, tho short souslon of yostorday cost Cook Coutty #1,304.15, plus 25 for onoh of tha Com- miselonors who pont five minutos in voting thomsolvea twlco tholr lawful compondtion, Tho.only membors voting agalust this barofaced imposition woro Commissioniors Bogno, Olough, and Bingor. Having accomplishad the lofty pure oo for which. thoy assombled, tho Boaid ade onrnod util Moudny noxt, buf Commissioner ‘Aghton, at whoso mation yostorday's * sassion " s ol 0 uobfoavo th il unil o L rocolved an order on e Troa s Linrd-sarnod oauh. g Good woathor for s fow wook:s | o dilcaut progeainiao, givini | _ THE, RAILROAD QUESTION. Opinions trom Various Quarte: R "rom tha Rock) ) Jiegiater. Tho Regisier protosth omphintically ngainat th oncronclinonts of tho gront corporations and monopollogewhiol nro_ sooldngto_control aud govorn tho aounirr, Tt fian Inithiully poiuted | out tha paril aialui trom ailfodd Iniriguon L monoy powar, ‘It hina favorad tho fadical remody for tlicko dnngord, tho " resumption of -tho niata | of Jurindiotion ovarxailronds,as tio: Enblio high oy of thoday. Nathing ahoct of this Wil 1y oot tho ovil nelsing from putting all rioftin of ropld Intorcommuniention dud tranofor nto tho posscasion of privato corporations, No. tinkor- Ao of tarls can copo with thio ‘ovil. A s, Adama clently polnted out (h Magsachnrotts, tho othior day, thy Biate. must aontral tho o of its highwaga'in the Interst of the public suMolont- Iy to thwart_nny monopollos too strong for ro- slntanco by.privato individunls, « Tamg thin thoroughly dentiflod with o pub- e in our desiro to have this groat quostion sote tled for tho public advantafo, worogret any mis- talion movomont in tho confliot. ~Tho last do- [onduunn of tho-publia hoforo_ravolution Is & ust,nnd fmpaetial {udiolary, Whon onsos avo rotight hoforo this. Courty, Woimust know thal thoy will bo decidod justly, 1o Bupromo Court of this Btato o n Cotirt of) unsuspoctod and in- corraptiblo intogrity, Its" rocout doolslon hea heon tiorcoly asendlad, becaugo it was not what the public demunded.” Wo hiavo oxaminod that docision, and, in common witl somo of tho best Jurlila of tho'comntry, wo Togard it i tho most tortiblo blow which'trailrond monopolios Liave yot roceivad., It marks somo paris of o rocont act of tho Logialature a8 uncoustitutionnl bo- caugo thoy are nncoustitutionnl. ‘Uhis waa ehown elearly long batoro tho trinl bogan. Bomatimos ncta arg Emua whicl are monnt to be unconsti- tutional by gomo of thiolr loudost advocatos. Wo Doliovo thnt the prosont plan of tho railronds ia o pocuro tie passsgo of Wnsound nnti-ralrond 6, pointadly the prinoiplos -on which on_offactivo anti-railrond Jaw can_bo mado, and pronounces for tho pooplo and agoinat tho rnilronds on the ‘man. pofots at issuo. dcnlgl:ml.l to changetho occupants of the Sitpremo Bouch for othora pladgoed.-to malka overy decislon in a cortain direction, whothor it ia law or not. “TLotus havo Judgos who will docide nlways agalnst tho rallronds,” Is tho cry. On tho con- . trary, wo want Judgos who will -decide. jusly ;: flon’ wo waat Loglelaturop ~who = méan ‘mao fust and sound Inws ngalnst thosa ovor- benring monopotios. - It ia.tho worst of blundors: to moko tho oloction of o Judgo & bribo for his giving cortain decisions. ~Th man who can bo plsdged in advanco to dselda s aneo for ono sid, s the onaicat man on onrth for tho railronda to bribo oftorivards to_botraylils pledgea and givo s docision on thelr sidor, ‘This Lntllo ia Ho 1o bo won for tho poopla throngh o dogradation of tho Supromo Couzt by packing it os_politiciuns pock a coucus, It must bo won by honost and thorough Iogiclation onforcod byiwiso .and just Judgos, Such Judgos wo bavo. Already their rocont deolelon I8 quoted in the nation ad & do- lulon for tho geopla and sgainat monopolios, In this particnlar easo, tho railroad won becanso the' Taw was left, oither carolossly or- Intontionally, dofootiye, _But tho docision annonuced prins ciplos whichiare of tho utmost valuo {o tho poople, ' Now lot notthe pooplo atultify thom- Bolven by dopoaing mon who have liad thio conr- ago and tho consclonco to toll ho trath sbout nu 1Il-mado and unconstitutional act of tlio Logls- Taturo. b - Y VFREIONTS, AND FARMERS' INTERESTS, From the’ Fultan (1) Journal, . n 1860 nnd 1801 tho oxtiomalow price of farm roduots, and the hard .times rosulting thoro- rom, mado _thio *agricultural intoreats roalizo ‘more tlioroughly tho groat ‘cost, ns compared with the yalno, of transporting tho crude mato- Tinl to markef, and considerablo fooling wag ‘manitestod against tho okorbitant ratos. Thore tions mado at that tmo rosulted in no Donefit fo tho portics in whoso lntorosts thoy woro gotton up. No doubt tho result was duo partly to tho.war. “Tn tho oxeitomont whiok follawed its commencomont, and tle high pricea obtained for ovorything, thio transportation con- troversy was loat sight of, and tariffs incronsed instead of being raducod, and oven now whon ol kinds of farm prodicts aro at zoro fn jrices, tho railrond ratés aro much highor- than they wero in 1860 and 1861. ot . But tho leading rosson why thio popular domon- stration of twolyo-yoara ngodid ot osult in any bonegt was tho fac that many of tho most aative mon in tho movement wore thoso who liad no roal Interant with tho producors and their prac- tical success, but :wero of that class who do not .act from principlo, but aro always found ready 1o joln sny movemont that gives show of suc- ©3s, 1ui tho Lopa that ‘thoy may ride into power .on the creat. of tho popular wavo. , Thoso gone tlomon aro aliaga rondy 1o, 168d i auy sucl or- ganization, ond equilly a8’ roady to” ausist in dirooting ils mackinery, or, manipulating -ita ro- sults, in tho Intorest of tho best bidder in tho ‘markot, and, na tho- woll-arranged--corporations aro always in 4 position. to. furnish: thoso gents with matorial id, wo, tho poople, nacertain When it i too Iato that wo have becn the victims of mispluced confldonca,” 1! ; Tho excessivo. fraight {arifls, warchouse cliargen, inspoction frauds, and 6IhoE trxos loy- {od-upon tho' farm products-of tho- ‘country in thelr transit from tho producar to tho cousurmer, and the Jow prices of the producis whon at mar- kof, hnvo lnshod the *entiro_producing. interost intd w goneral; but nooded, oxoitomont,: Primary ‘meotings aro boing Leld, and .organizations of- inegs, 'In an' sgrioultural conntry liko." tbis wo ara all interestod in tho_dirook . success of tha farmer. Henco the very gonoral sympathy of tho poople in tie dscusston of quostions rolai- ing to tholr wolfaro, Dut now, as herotoforo, wo find plonty of patriatio %anllume_n who aro only too williig td sacrifiéo their own private in- torosts, and givo. their valuablo timo to;tho good of tho dear peoplo. ~And when the tima' conios thiey will bo found equally willing" to diroct thio wholo movemeut, us a8 - thoyato able, o fho intorests of tho Lighast biddor for thoir valuablo eorvicos, . Wo nro Ted ‘to those thonglits by noticing among tho prominont, apeali onr farmors’ mootings, & mimber of dosd-boat politicians, educated railrond men, old right-of- .way mon, persons who have been elected to the ‘Logialature to do tho worlk of tho railroads, aud ‘s muny a8 two o mororailroad Ditcctors, I'rom stntemonts mado by somo of tham. on nutlority, it looks yory mueh as if thoywero already (l'yingi to make {his rightoous and necossary movanien! appoar ridiculous, To illustralo: Tiio atatonont. hins boon mado by ouo -of theso gontlomon ot.n number of farmors gathoriugs, and is now ot talked throughout tho country, and Qullovnll in by many wlio havo nt given the subjoct & tHonghty that grain ean bo oarrled from Falton to Now York by railrond at 6 conts per bushal. i - © Letusseo. A train of twonty cars, which is a:full nvorago one, will carry, sy, 20,000 pounds, or 8333 bushols (0 the car, making 6,666 bushiols, whicly'at 6 conts per bushel would bo_only $100 for thé ontiro tenin to Now Yorl, -a distance of Li00milop. « o astunl ramnig oxponsos of atich o train will bo about g8 followe, tho calcu- intions hoing bnsod_upon- tho assumption thint ench employe in paid on tho -basin of 100. miles for a day's worlk: Eugineor, $40.70; fireman, £16.70; conductor, 33; ' two brakesnion, 897,401 conl, 1663 ofl, packing, &c., §16.50 fotal, §303.30, which lonves 897,70 to pay tho in- torest on the invostmont, ‘woar shd four, and other losso for running o train costing: $2,000, 1,100 milos. - Tho followlng {6 tho coat of' tho train ¢ i Ono_locomotive, 12,000; 20 frolght' cars, £16,000 ; ono eabooso, 31,000, “Under tho bes circumstances tho wear aud tear on tho train cannot bo loss than ‘9200, in ‘rutning this. dia- tanco, Dutsuppose an axlo in broken; und ono frolght car wracked, thorond will bo af o loss of 9§00, bosides tho cobt of tho grait. ' In thiu es- fimato we hinvenot taken into account anyof the oxponses in looping up tho buainoss manago- mont of tho rond, lhia cost of the rond-bod, tho woor and tonr of ‘tho iron, aud tho intorest ou tho vast investment, but only thoaotusl ruuning oxpeuses of the ono train thl’mlgh to Now York. Tt will bo acon by thie estimate thiat tho road ro- coivos but litt]o more than enough to run the train turough ‘with the Lost kind of luck, nud with no dolay or necldonts, Lot it bo undoratood thia wo aro not making an arguimont; for tho railroad sido of thq quos- Hon, but morely exhibiting s 1o aid it in possible wo aro boliig mislod by somo of our would-bo londors, £ 1t s claimod by tho oduoatod, caloulating agrienlturist, that groin ‘can bo carriod by rail- roud at 1 cont por ton por milo, sud afford & falr profit to the road. This would be about 80 cents or busliol for'corn, ‘and 90 conts for whioat from Tiin city to New Yok, During. tho soason of navigation on the Inkos, and whilo compotition Is brjul, tho lowest ruto from horo to Now York hine beoh about 45 conts per bushol, In the winter it runs up to 58 or, 60 conts. It will b seen, thoreforo, that tho rate fixed by our learned would-bo loadors is only about a fifth of tho rate ndmitted to bo proper by tho obsorving, calou- Inting agtloulturist, and about one-tonth the rate now charged by tho carrying-corporations. ‘e think tho rates now. nkngod aro,from 50 to 80 por oont more thay thoy -should bo, and at lonst 8o far aro dirootly opprosslvo to the pro- duoing olnss, and tho wrong shiould be romodiod, Dut. do not lot us make ridioulous flgures, or DBut the Bupremo Court has indicatod | + Now. cortiln mon aro’ fostoring ' agitation, woro sovoral fopgons why tho popular domonatra.- | fected all ovor tho conntry.’ All this moans bus- | allow othiers to mako thom forum. Wo 'kuo l that all tho_ frrmori want aro {oir rolos, and, | whon ongg'wijustod, no olass will pay. thom'morg trondily. Wil it bo dono? e i» In‘gomo tutnfo artlclon wo proposo to show it thooy walor nhy) gatioh, tathor than fi railronds.” TP TOLITION, IRYOLUTJON. s From tha Cliwton (11L) Reainter, The farmers of tho Wont, in ondoavoring to “protact thomnolven against tiio- oxtortions of tho | monopolists, nve, withont clen\'lf undoratnnd- ing It tnauguratod o political rovolution, Thero muat bo.n complota rovelution In the politica of tho comitry bofora thoy can gain tho ond Hidy ai at, Whon wo uso. tho word polities, wo do ot nifach to it tho samo meaning nu do tho par- tinan, but monn,what It ronlly Is,—tho principles of govorumont, . Wo ny thoro must o & somploto politient rovo: lution, boonuso tho principlos upon whigh tho govorniment of tho country aro now conductod caunot, by Holy” vory nnturo, nfford tho reliaf HoRghL'by armorr. e hoy nro fighting agalnst tho prinélplo of mo- nopoly—thnt syntom of lnwa whicl glvos Lo tho fow a groat advantago over the many—a nyatom of apocinl privilogen—tho eroation of n finanalnl or commorclul_ariutocracy—tho onjoymont of rights by a fow that aro not granted to tho many. i ‘L6 tarifr, whioh by lovying probibitory dutlen npon articlos of foralgn ‘mannfncturo, dostroys compotition.and onablos the Americun mannfrc- turor to fix ‘such pricea us ho plonsen upon his own goods, i & gigantic monopoly that robs tho peopoof nillons of ollars yaarly. 1t injoros ho farmer by provonting bim- from oxchnnging Lin grain’ for clioap ‘monufastucod articlo, Ly making him pay donblo prico for his Implomants, Lia lofhing, sud his grocorlss. It also Injurog him by maldng tho. xailronds P s doroased price for their iron rails, and all inotals used in tho manufacturo of locomotives, cnrs, and othor mnchinery, thus compolling thom 'to charge highor ratos of frolght than thoy would if thoir invostmonts woro not 8o Inrgo. ‘Tho systom of subsidizing linos of vosscls soiling undor tho Amorican flng s auotlior mon- opoly, for it gives thom privilogos thint aro not onjoyod by all tho pooplo. Tho Govornmont doow not pay tho farinor for_ dovaloplug tho ro- .| gourcon of thio couintry, incroaning its woslth and furnishing food for tho uation ; yot tho farmor 18 03 usoful to tho publio as tho anilor, and fully a8 dosorving of oncouragomont. It in'n discrim- ination in favor of ond'clasy agnbnat another. Tho fnaucial aystom of tho country Is another monopoly, for ild workings rlacos tho coutrol of tho mouoy in tho Liands of & favored fow, and mnkes it posaiblo for thom to combino ngainat tho many and doprivo_thom of tho nccaseary moans of carrying on business. The Goyor: mont paya ono class of dobtors it gold and m otlior class in curroncy, thus again making n dis- crimination. Tho bondholder, . who furnishos tho Govoriiment with funds aé a big shavo, is. poidoff in gold; while tho farmer, who fur- Dishos food for its army and navy, I paid in grooubnclis, Tho syatom of paying Govornment officlals Inrgor sularios thax s pald by privato individaals for the samo Inbor, is anothor spocics of mon-: opoly, for s srcntes a privilogod class; and it b bocomo go universally rogardod, as auch that oficen oro looked upon not ag pogitions of trust, but s & means of amasaing woalth, and oficors are rogarded us lucky individuals,—favoritos of fortuno,—aud thio fatmer has tho sat{sfaction of paying Thenvy taxas for their support. v roudl companica 'ho systom of subaldizing 101 Dy largo tracts of Jand, o another spociow of monopoly, for It gives to them privilogos that aro not granted to ll. Tho farmor, who makos tho wildornass 'to bloom 8a & garden, porforms o, groat & work of intornal improvomont, and is ag much o publio benofactor as tho buildors of railvodds, whioh would bo worth nothing wero it not for the farmars. 5 A1l thoso monopolica must be overthrown bo- foro tho farmors can oxpect pormaneut roliof trom tho burdons undor which tlioy now suffer. T laws must bo mado so that all' aro cqunl g citizons,—tho farmor-ond manufacturor placed upon. tho enmo lovel, so fir as tho benoilta of thio Govornment aro concomed. To sccomplish this thors must bo o rovolution,—nob necessn- 1ily_ o bloody-ono, for many rovolutiona havo boon posceably mado- by pationco nud porsis- tonco. Bub it must nocossnrily’ bo o political ravolution to be succeealul, notwitlistanding the alarm of tho partisans at tno iden of its taling suoh o charactor. It must Lo's fight botwoei thoso who apposo the principlas of monopoly and those ‘who uphold thion, and'the soonor tho combalanta take thoir places, that much soonor will th roal work bo commoncod. - Lot tho rovolution go on | THE NEW ‘‘ IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT.” I'rom the Utlea (N. Y.) Herald, Tt I8 horo, and wo can not dodgo it. The noxt great national question to bo doclded is tho rospective rights of the poople and_ tho railroad aorporations of tho connéry, We think tho lat- tor aro indiroctly forcing tho iueno, justas our alaveholding friends forcod tho issuo botwoon elayory aud froedom, - Tor yoars, the railroad corporations havo ox- orted B strong iniluonco over legislation, and many of our; winost and best mon bavo folt no smgil dogre of alnrm at_tholr incronsiy: power iand_gonorally nggrossivo attitudo, *teadily tho popular indignation hns boon sroused, and rocontly ono of tho States which hes sufforod most from railrond monopoly, Now Jorsoy, Lag 1akon important strides toward freoing horself Trom guch tvranny in the futurs, Thio pooplo of tho great West aro especially indignant at what they considor tho extortiouato and dominaoring practices of the rallroad companies, Evory- whore, it it boginning to be acriously nsko Shall {ho railrond compaules rulo tho country, or sbiall tho pooplo, through tho Gonofal Glov- cmimont, control and rogulate tho railronds, in tho interests of gufluru and of commerco Lo | tween the Staten ? What _power to logislato ‘on tho subloct doas tho Constitution givo Congroas? How far may it go to * promoto thio gonoral wol- fure " —the gronf object for which govetnmonts aro maintaitied ', ok Theso aro quostions which, soonor ar lator, ‘must roceive proctical answors. The timo for such aiiswera appours to bo drawing near. Tho [mupln, as mattors - bavo' beon going - for somo. imo, will nok dolay much lougor; tho railrasd companios, by thoir doflant_attitudo and appn- rogard for tho' publio couvenionco, aro tating tho issuo, and Congress will bo compolled £o act in obodionco to tho popular will. In this contost, tho railrond_corporations may - roat nesurod thoy will fare socond-best, -They will bo eliorn of many of their privileges, and havd tholx powors 10 bomporad nnd Tostrictod as to rondor thom compurativoly hormless. With o strong and almost wniversal mentiniont againat th corporations, tho pooplo, will_find meavs through thio Govornmout to eut Lié lioi's eluwe aud ninko Lim' “ronr a8 gontla oa’ s sucking -dove." b S s il T The President’n Son. F'rom the New York Tribune, It in to bo hoped thiat the roport is not trae, ls exigned his_ son Froderick to the staft of Gen. Shoridan a8 uldu-flu-cflm}), with the ranl and poy of o Lioutonant-Cofonol of - cavalry.” This is n place alwaya roscrved in overy army for oflicers of distiuction and wierit, who have won tho right to it by faithful and arduous Borvi Tfium i3 o manifest end glaring .im- pru])rloti in_giving it to young gontloman who renked very low in his clads at West Point, and who, sinco hig graduation, which was uoto- riously mado possiblo only by favor, has nover dono ono hout’s houost sorvico in' his profos- slon. * Ifo bas already had all of plensuro and honor which his uniform could.give him; bav- ing passod more than & yoar in travel and amugomont In Europo and in this connfry, It waa rocently anuounced with ‘somo parado in tho ~Administration papers, that he wns to be ordered {o his -regiment, and to entor at once upou nolive sorvico, Bub if it bo true that he has recoived thissudden and undoaerved promotion toa post which could be proporly beatowed only upon onoof tha iy Voteraus in. the army, tlis appointmont wil malo » painful and injurious impression upon the officors to whom it s at once an injury and an affront. 1t roully seoms as if tha Prosidont know what ho meant when ko gavo notico in Lis mems orable insugural that ho rogarded his sccond oloction as & suidolont amswor to sl criticism. . &'rom the New York Sun. » Young Grant is & Socond Lioutonant in a rogimont of envalry, His placo is with his com- pany whorovor they mny bo, Thore is nothing elthor in the young man's oharactor or in his an- tocodonts to fimm’y any favoritism toward Lin ‘but his father boing Prosident, ho is put upon Bheridan's staff, and instoad of fighting Indians, attonds bulls and dinnor partios jiChicago, sud instead of drawiug o Lln\llalmut‘u&u of 1,600 o year, draws thot of a Lioutonaut-Uolonel, ubout 3,600. ‘I'hia act of favoritism to his own son fs gen- erally rogardod ns disoroditablo to Prosidont Qranit, bocaugo it savos his boy from tho fatiguos aud etpoautas to whioh othor young mon, his comrados, aro subjocted, aud shows o dlsposition "to group ‘aftor moro of the public money for one of Lis family, It is & misfortuno that tho Prosidont of the Unitod States should bo so fil advised, aud shonld allow himsolf to be led into coursos that biing dishoner upon his high offico, Froni the Neto York Herald, Becond Licutenaut Frodorick Dont Grant hns ‘boon assignod to Lioutenant-Goueral Shorldun's Btaff, wltfinlhc ostensiblo rank of Lioutouant- Colonel, Wo euppose that all tho old armv grostlion of hio nationlurst fo 1 | ivhich comes from Ohicago, that Gon. Grant | oficars who commanded divisions xid aotps i ing fin.war wil bocarotul aeiving th' supa i rable of tho galsat youtl who. s oul stzlypod thom. faddi A i gpod them. . e x Fork Fodta.) | | L T i’ cgmimon enongh TF. tho [nons’ of royal ioniay to recolvo officon whal thiay hro flagrant- Iy nnd notoriously lusompotont “to da tho dtios of. ''ho solocinn of & boy who l|lhsonn to lo alfo & Princo bosouing & Golonol at 10 yonra old and o Morshnl - o810, {s- 00 fomilint In Tu: | fopo. io bo xemarkod ng b poloolam axcopt by Athorican satiriats, who fondly fanoy that Lot aountry, In virtuo of hiuviig 10 royal houso, rollovoll from thta" patonted. nbaadlty. T Hown wo printod - yostorday feom Chiago wil dlawipato this- fond {magtnailoin, Mr. Fredorlek Grant, who was graduatod ot tho foot of hin clns 'at Wast. Pointa yoar or two ago, and Who but for balng tho. #on of Lin fathor ould Drotly clonrly ot havo graduntod ot all, hag Bpouttho. intorval, whilo s rogimont waa on Quty on tho Plaing, in Junkoting Furopo with now boen. znlsed o tho faule, ofthior full’ or by Lroyet, of Lioutonant-Colondl, over tlio londa of goveral undzed officors Llg' eontorn, aud - as- signod-to, tho -dutios, and: consoquantly to tho poy &nd Gmolumonts, of tho highor rank. It nn nok:fdrn monlont’ bo protnded that o pro- cooding go'ontlroly without procodant i3 oxplica- blo on auy - theory of the youh gontioman's moritn. 1l ntanding ot Woal Polut shows that boloarnt as Title s poseibio of bia:buinoss thoro, ond ho cértainly finn not boon in the way -of loarning moro sinco ho loft thoro, Ilis_pro- motion is n dirack injury, and o divodt insult na wall, to all tho oflloors wlio stood hotwoon it and bim, snd_who woro bottor entitled to it than Lo, ‘Tt is ndiroot sotting nt nought_of wll tho *_traditions . nud. usuges of tho” aviiy. It sliows . that {ho sccond ndminlstration of Gon. Ginng 1s bo bo marked by tho simo sor- did groodthat alono siguslized his first. .In ite downright doflanco.of” a military prosoription whioh ling always bnd £ho forco of poaitivo law | in tho armiy, and in its cynical ontompt for pub- lio opinion, " this act sooms to us tho most out- ragoons—though that I n bold word—of all tho ofilcial nctions of Prosidout Grant, Thoro o somothing almost sdmirablo, of ita liind, iu tho impudonco whith could inspiro it.. It-is nakod and shomeless attompt to push tho profossional fortuncs of his son ‘ab tho ex- ongo of tho disciplino of . tho sorvice b whiok 0 also0 was rearad, Ao that Lio cannot plond Ig- norauco of it tenditions, and at tho oxpousn of the country of whiichht fs_tho' Chiaf slagin- showh o groator sonso of deconcy tompt thoy have made to conconl thls scandalous thing. Of ourso, tho young goutloman who lins Dad those honora thrust upon him is not blama- blo. o ls rathor pitiablo for bolng proventod from_ ncquiring a_knowledgo of bis profos- slon in tho gradual way fn which alono e con bo lonrnt. It fa his foolish fathor who i alono to blamo, and who has ehiovwn in thig jnstance only o trifl moro shomalogely than ho Las shown in many instancos bofora liow itle Lo valusy Hio ubllo sorvico in comparison with tho privato in- oredts of himaolf and his family, and his twon- . ty-ono rolations in office. It is this foremost mon" it tho enlary-grab, who Iately signod 810,000 Into Lis privato pursg; and who mow grabe 'tho placo and salary of a Lioutonant-Colonel for hia 800, from’ wliom dullardshiope and domagoguca profond to hope o _“ roformad aivil sorvico " in which promotlon shall go by morit and no by favor. W . ' R G— NEWS PARAGRAPEHS, Tho Quiney (IIL.) Rink,. costing $17,000, sold, Inst weols, e Save. S b —Dubuiquo is talling about ' hotol and opora- liouso to cover an ontiro® block, snd to cost 175,000, “* ~Athe Lewls Tunnel, on: the Chesapenke & Obio Railrond, 4,000 foot long;. was comploted Inst weolc.Monday. 1t was borod through hard sandstono, . — Tho ‘location of.'the machino shops of tho Dotrolt & Bay City and Jackson, Lansing & Sag- inaw Railronds havo boon_practically sottled favor of Wonona,: 2o . — The Morguu Tnvelopo Company, of Spring- £161d, Mass, are” to‘delivor ‘5,000,000 of tho now postal cords on tho lntof May. Tho law calls Tor 100,000,000 for the firat year. 2 — Rtichini%oorgo. ‘one of the ckiminals in tho attomiptod murdor of Byron . Wright, ot Oodar ity ows, Tios baon ot out on bail ot §3,000, and s not to bo found. —Tho Jury of inquest,ovor tho bodics of tho victims of the rocout firo at tho Bt. Jamea Hotel; Sfontreal, rondorod a verdict of tlio sovorost con- suro on tho present and pat managoment of the Tire Départmont. —Now Orloans is_about to riso‘in hef might and crush Ler canino clomont. 8o many of hor bublos Lavo. boon chowed within & brief apaca of timo that popular indignation s at fo- vor-lot, - ; —1Tho LnCrosso Republican ssye 1t 1s curront- Iy roported that tho Milwaukes & St. Psul Com- pany havo traded thoir rond on_tho'weat side of ‘tio Mississippi Rivor, betwoon LaCrosso '{ml L\Vinunn, with tho Northwestern for tho —Tho Ligonior (Ind.) Banner hss beon in formad by, 8 zelisblo porson ithat tho Baltimoro & Ohio and Canndn Soizthorn will o located at. Ligouior, and that tho.two companios will. bulld and opernte & doublo traok from that point to Lt ustinl ‘spriag: convontion. of. tho ropro- sontativos of Wostorn and. Northwoatorn trana- ortation companica has.not yet beon held, but Tio xatos for carrying whioat fiom all points on tito Uppor Mississippl and. Bt. Oroix’ Riyers to Dulnth, Milwaukoo, and Chifcago has boon fixod ot pricc’ ranging' from 13 conta to 16 centy por Dushel.! 5 E o totnl out o logs in Mino, o pusk win- onoli nonrly 450,000,000 'Teot, of-which becat Rivor takes tho lénd, the out on thoso waters heiu%lxw,ono,unu foot, The cit of thia wiitor with tho-0ld logs ‘on iand nmounts, fo ovor 530,000,000 foof Ahowing compnred with tho logs on an time of ; soma 180,000,000 faot. : —A. jublor who violontlynsssulted o frosliman at Now Hayan; Ct., becano he rofusod togive up a *benvor” hat thitt 'ho woro, was' promptly ox- pollod by tho governing board; and: tho rule has hinco beon ostublished that any attompt at “Liazing " or_similur outragos committed upon studonts will bo followed by, the immediato ex- pulsion of the offender, : —Tho officors of tho Boston & Albany R rond have, in view of thofts of cigars committed Ly freightmon in trangity, docidod to quadruplo tho tani on tobaceo. 1t fa & now idon in morals to compensate ono's golf fox tho thofts of ond's_ olorks by oxtortion from tho nocket of. tho gous. oral pabiio; butt, us 1t 18 8 vory profitablo ouo, 1 “willio doubt find genoral accoplance with corpo- “rationd. 3 %, & —Ex-Gov. Borry, of Now' Hampslifro bullt n tannory ¢’ Bristol, N. :H., in 1826, It took tivolye barrels of cider and dro batrel of rum to build- it, ond -throo, extra .gallons to pub tho ridgapols ou, 'Tho rosult was thoro was 8o miich spirit infunod into tho undertaking thot it cul- minatod in o fight, and ono men had hia log brokon. Upon this Gov. B. formod & tomporauca ‘ooloty. among thio cmployes of tho tanyard, and Los kapt it up over inco. ; —Tlioro wero throo murdors on tho ling of tho Alnbama & Olinttancogn - Railrond, on Sunday_ ook, bwoof which ocourrod at Morfdian, Frolght _Conductor Tom Pecples shot and killed ex-Con- dustor Gogrgo gach. 3, Gutlutd, thotolograpls aporator ot Moridian, shot aud mortally wounded fapt, Tistos, Rond-Mastor on tho A. & O. Road. At Collinsyillo, & nogro shot and killod a whits me o falling off ng Tnst yosr at this a0 —A man from Loon_County was arrostod and fined in Bryan City, Toxas, for owryiug con- | ‘colod woapions, who hnd upon bis porson, whon sentoliad; two alx-shootors, oue dorringor, pair of brass'knucklos, thros " tona” and puir of " govans (n poker *full"), togothior with ono of tho lnrgost knives tho oditor of tho Bryon Appeal over unw, ond goven or elght morpliino powdors. Inextonuation of this oxtraordinary outhit, ho pleadod fgndranao of tho- lawa and fashions of olvilizod sooloty, and was reloagod by paying a minimum fiue, b —Tho Pullman car * Macon," attached to the Hannjbal & 8¢, JooExpross, coming wost Thurs- day night, canght firo botween Ohillicotho oud Utiea, nud_waa- ontlroly dostroyed. Tho train stoppod ns soon 4 tho firo was' discovorod, but tho flamos sproad g0 rapidly that all offorts ta Bnvo tho car wore frultloss. Tho passongors Liad {act timo to caoapo fnto, the car forvard. o Lncou waa ono of -tho oldest and poorost of tho Puliman coflchies and was worth about 88,000, Manna or HMoney=Dows, From the Oakland (Cal.) Pranscript, ‘o Alfa atatos that 8. Bravnan, Jr., read an articlo on manna and honoy-dow boforo tho Acad- emy of Beienco, stating that honoy-dow had fall- on In California twico in_the lnst decado, viz. 1862 and 1872, If Mr, Braunan waa posted on ‘what ho was writing about, ho would 1ot have confined tho falling of honoy-dew to tho: years moutioned. It falle nearly overy yoar hi tho Sacramonto valley, Tho Indians gathor it in Jargo quantitios, and the honoy-beas fill thoir hivos with tho rich manna, We hiavo soon balls of tho mauus s largo g applos gathored by the mvlnwu, and not conlined to any particular years cithor—though it falls moro oxtensivoly some yours than othors, - We havo soon the oak loaven Qripping with tho precious saccbarino mator, Tn 1866 It was very abundaut in tho Bacramonto valloy—more 8o than in 1862 In'1808 it ‘aluo foll in sbundanco, - Mr, Branuan ywas, probably’ in the country only in the two years miontioned, sud that scoounts for hia wonderfn! discoverv, Gonoral 8horman, Thiy young ’&luflumnn haa |- trate, Tho ollicors of tho War Dopartmont iavo |- in tho at-|-log CHANGES IN THE PUBLIC LAND LAWS, - Rassnge of Throo Dl of Kmportanca ¢ %0 Nottlors on the Pablic Londs-=En= ,courngoment 1o Grow Timber on -7 the Westorn Trairicss-Amendmer the Flomestend Act--Fho IRight anwkor Pro=Emptions or Momos stondsu, Washiugton (March 11) Correspondence of the New York Lribune, 5 Throo Dills moro lwportant to sottlors on the mblio Innds of tho Unllod tatos than any that avo boforo pnawed sinco tho Homastond act boeamo lawa during tho last Liours of tho son- slon of Congress just olosed. 'ha first Iy an act to ancoyraga. thio growth of tmber on Wostorn pralrion, and lythe st monnuro ot tho kind ns ovor boon adoptar Jongrons, Tho followig i fts fall toxes 7 U IR De ft enacled,’ That sty porson who, slinil lant, pro- {eet, and kocp in u healt Y . rowing tflmlll.\‘:)ll lorr;lvu yenra, 40 acrea of Umber, the trecs thotton not bolng more than clght foot apart nacli way, on_any quarters #ection of auy pullio Innds of the I{nlbfll Biates, shall Lo entitled {0 & patout for tho wholo of aald quarler- Aoction at the expiration of sald five years, on making l;n;:’l’ of Nc’:flfl:nh\)’t niot -fees than ‘two erodibla wit- ienson 1 provided, that on; lll'éll I}lzl*]l ‘gflfld. yum);q:ullm‘lu nuy section 20, 2. That tho person ag Ing for_the henoflt 4 nit ‘sl upon ppiication Lo o Teihior of ih Land Onied in vilileh hoor sl s abont {0 make auch sentry, mako afiidavic Lefors' uaid Register_or Hecetver ‘that'sald entry fa smalo for tho oultivation of timber, And tipon filing sald “ofidaylt with sndd Registor and. Tiecalver, and un payment of $10, lio or o sl thero- upon Lo pormitted 1o ebter tho quantity of land spoclfod s Drovided, howcer . Thek no certifioato mhall Lo givon or patent o dssue thorefor until the expiration of at loast five . feom W0 nto,of such entiy s ad if gt tho o<yration of such tie, or at any tinio within threo years thero- aftor, tho peraon making such ontry, or if 1io or sho bo doad, lis or her helrs or legal roprescutalives, shall ]ro¥8 by tuio crodiblo witauecos that e, i, of o inve plnntod, sud for not less than fivo years have culs tivated cud protected such quantity and cbaractor of timber as aforesald, thoy shall rocelvo tho patent for * such quartor-scction of land. 8eo. 0. Tlat it t any (lms ntter tho fing of esld afMdayit, nnd prior to tho fesuing of the patent for nald land, it shall bo proven, after duo notice to tho_party ‘making such entry and’claiming to cultivato such tim= ber, to tho satisfaction of the Reglater ¥ tho Laud Oftico that auch poreon has abaudaned or failed to cul- tivate, protect, aud keop iu good condition such tim- or, thea, and’in that event, sald laud shall rovert to {ho'United Blates, 850, 4. Llat coch and every pormon wito, undor the provielons'of au act entitled “ Au tict to socuro home- sleads to nctual sottlors ou tho public domain,” op- /od Maj 1802, or any mmondment theroto, hav- iedd on'ssld publio. domain, .who, 8t tho rd yoar of bis or lior residonco {horcon, sipll bavo had lndor cultivation, for {wo years, ond acro of timber, tho treos thoreou not belng more than elght feot apart oach wny, and in goodthritty condi- ton, for cach and overy sixtcen acrcs of sald Lome- stead, shall, upon due proof of sald fact Ly two credi- blo_witnesso, receivo Lls or lier patnt for sald home- 5 stead, BE. 6, That no land ncquired under tho provisions of iia Get shall,dn any bvent, becoma Laylo. 0. he satisfaction of ‘any dobtor dobls contracted prior to the {ssuing of patent therefor. 8ro, 0. That the Commissloner of tho Genoral Land Oilco 18 oroby required to proparo and issu rulea and regulntions; conalstent with this act, Vo nocessary sud prober o carey ia provinions tata offcct: nnd that tho Reglators and tho Tiecelvers of tho lmn‘l Tand Ofiices shall bo entitled to recolve the same componsation for auy lands entered under tho provisions of this act that thoy aro now entitled to ro- celve when tho esmo quantity of land {8 ontored with ‘monay, o, 7, That the Afth section of {ho act entitiod “ An act in addition to an act to punish crimes sgainst the Unlted. Siaice, and for ofler purposcs,’ approved Boreh 3, 1657, sholl oxtend to_all osths, afirmations, snd afdavita'required or authorized by thia nct, Tho socond of theso bills rolatos to soidiers’ homstonds and its object ia fully oxplained in its proamblo: . Y ‘Wikneas, By act of Congress ontitled “ An act to enablo bongeably-discharged goldiers aud suilor ‘widows and orphan children, to ncquire homest on the public lauds of the United States,” approved April 4, 1872, and by the amendment thereto, approved Juno 8, 1873, {t 10 provided that sufd soldiors sud sailors, thoir widowa nnd orphon children, sall have tho right {0 entor homesteads of 160 acres cach upon what are * cafled and known s * doublo minimum” lands, or 1anda within the Limits of railroad land granta ; and Wignzas, oldiora and saflors kad, prior to tho passage’of sct and the nmondmenta theroto, entered homesteads within said limits, not exceedin, 80 ncros each, and arc unable, under the torms of saic act and amendment, ond the rulings of , tho General Land Ollice, to avall themselves of tho advantages of entering 160 acres of sald *double minimum™ d ; and, “Wirennas, Such discrimination agsinst tho ploneor * solilicrs and smlors {a unjnat; therefore, i "Be it enacted, etc., Thst Sec. 3 of tho act entitied ¢ Axi act toamend an sct relating to soldiers and sailora® Tomestoads,” spproved Juno 8, 1672, bo smendad 80 a3 to read s follows: That auy porson eatitiod under the provisions of tho foregoiug scctions to onter a bomostead, Who moy Lave horetoforo chtered under o Tomektead lows, n quantity of land loss thnu 160 acres, shall bo ttod to enter so much land ss wher added to tho quantity proviously cntered, shall Rot exoaod 160 acros, Tho Just of theso measures is of espoclal im- portanca to_colonios which have settlod or aro about to eottle upon the public londs, Under tho prosont Jaw & pre-omptor is not ailowed to goll or alionato in any way suy portiort of Lua ‘homostead until e ins socured a fall title to it, aftor a rosidonco of fivo years. Insevoral of tho Wostorn Statos and Torritorios colonies havo boen formed and towns built up beforo any of tho inhobitants havo rosided on- thoir pre-omp- tlons more than two_ or threo yoars, but they havo not beon allowod to ot apart any of their lands, oven for public purposcs. Tho law re- forrod to gives them this priviloge. Its text ia 28 followa : « fto it enacted, &o,, That sny porson who has already sottled or hercinafior moy sotito on the publfo Iands of thio United Btates, either by pro-emption, or by virtuo of tho homested faw or sy smenduionts tloroto, shall bavo tha right to tranafor by warrantoo, agaiuat fis or lier own acts, sny portion of his o Lor eald pro-emption or iomested for church, comotery, or achool purposcs, or for the right of way of raflronds ncross such pre- emption or homestead, and tho (ranéfer for such pub- 1io purposes sbell in no way vitiate tho right to come ptlmshlnd perfect tho titlo to their pro-cmption or home- atoads, A Word to the Ladics of Noew York. 9 the Fditor of the New York Tribune: Bin:_An omorgoncy involving tho delicacy and horior 6f my sox malkos it my duty to submit the following facts to tho ladien of this ity : _ Nemly two yonrago, at tharoquost of a friond swho had porfact_coufidonco in hor truth’ and urity, Lacsoptod an fuvitation from Viotoria Woodhall to-#1d0 withhor in Contral Park. Tho roalt was'an improssion that sho was cither in- 'aane or tho hapless viotim of malignant apirits, Tot ‘who calmly informed mo - that govoral distinguishiod . oditors, clorgymon, and lady author .of this city, soma of them my porsonal frionds, oud ol modalit, of domostio purity and virtuo, not-only “beld et opiufons on fraolove, but practised ac- cordiygly, and that it was only. o lack of moral | couragowhich prevented their oponavowal of such opinions. I concoalod all this, oxcopting from o fow porsonal friouds, beonuro it ik oruolty aud a disgraco to any porsona “of dolicnoy and rofine- ‘meiit, eépecinily to Indios, to have their nmes and sharacters publicly subjooted: to inquiry as to such, practices. Binco that interviow, this woman ot her ausociates havo beon carrying out & plan for making monoy by maliguing of throat- auing couspicuous poraons of such purity aud ‘wonstbility that it would bo oxpocted thoy o thoir frienda would pay lurgo sums rathor than como in ollision with such fntagonists and thoir flthy wonpons. - Buch an operation_catried out fn Now- York would extend indofinitoly. The projior way of ‘mooting thii ovil i8 to socuro tho anforcoment of an_oxiiting law, by which au ofiicor of the Stato, aud not tho porson assailed, muy prosoouto any who cirenlate nstfirslnus of charactor which thoy caunot provo to bo_truo, it being mado, in sk cagos au this, & penitontiary offonse, Whon such 8 law is* woll executed, aud whon imprisonment for lifo, without powor of pardon in_sny human Tidnds, shall bo the penalty for murdor, thou tho Jrosest exasparating srgas. of eocioty will o asauaged, and tha" dovo and oliv-branoh poar. Amorlcan womon' possoss o powor little approoiatad o oxorcluod ; for it fe-sortnin that ero is no_ boneflont law which thoy would unite in nsking to havo onsctod or enforcod which would not roadily bo_grantod. - For this raason tho influonco of the ladios of this city ia besought to scouro in this_consplcuous caso tha enforcoment of the penalty for tho most orucl elandor that many havo already suffored, and which ia still threntonod to othors. ~ Tho oflicera af law whoto duty it Is to sbato thia ovll aro at Dond, and tholr ear can bo reachod by mauy a Woman whom thoy rospoct. At tho samo timo, our clorgymon can bo ontroated to lond thoir co! ‘oporatioit by toaching’ from tho pulplt Twhai many do not know) that holping to civoulato as- orslous of characfor which thoy cannot prove to truo I s violation both of the Docnloguo and of clyil Iaw, Oatmamse E. Beousn, New Yonx; March 26, 1673 Mlucher, When tho spoclal mopsongors arrlyed to Inform, Bluchor that Napoloon b oscaped from Elbs, aud that bis sorvices would bo immodiately ro- quired in tho flold, they woro astouishied to find bim litorally mun(n,imuu-l and round & larga raom, the loor of which was covored with sayw- dust, 'and in which he lind immured himeolf, under the delusion that ho was an_olophant. Tor tho time, it was foarod that Bluchor waa hopolosaly inisane, o that ho was 40 far sufforing. from tho dolirium tromons that his activo co- oporation iu the anticipated campaign would bo fwpossible; but whon the urgont nowa was brought bim, ho at onco recoverod' Limeelf, and procoadod to give bis advice In o porfootly sound stato of mind, the tona of which was thus, as by » sudden shook, rostored to him.