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

- Pacific Rallway will be introduced day nftor to- " tirmod by tho Sonste. Xt ling pasacd a bill fixing . thologal rate of intorost at 6 per cont ; allowing 10 por cent to ba talon under writton contract ; ~ gold foll somewhst, closiug at 1175 All sorts _rotired lognl tondera and doposit thom &t tho - contract among thomsclves and with othor TERMS OF THE' TRIBUNE. 5 FeANs by STBORIPTION (PAYADLE IN ADVANOE). 15:08] Weay i 0 samo rate, hr Inolud o r‘rn ‘roglatorad lottors, AL our risk. Bl el S et 38 st g Wk Addres THR TRIDUNE COMPANY, Cornar Ma and Dearbor Ohleago, Ml CONTENTS OF TO.DAY'S TRIBUNE. FIRST PAGE—Foarful Loss of Lifa by tho Wiita Star 2 "Atinntto—Torriblo Tarnada in M e Fonnettoo—Wastioaton Nows—Mirosl- * Rallroad Nows Quostion {Oommunieation]—Tho Rallroad Quastion —~Tho Prostdont's Son—Nowa Paragraphs—Changos I tho Publio Land Laws—~A Word o tho Ladios of Now York: THIRD PAGE—Tho Onurts—Rights of Passongers—Th Olty In Drief—Tho_Yorfumory War—Tho Sialo Savings Iustitution—Taflrond Timo Tablo--Advar- .+t tisomonta, FOURTH PAGE—Tditorials; The 8t. Lawrenco Routoy *"7 Anothor Grgat Cut-off; Our Supromo Judges—Our. - ront Nowa Dhr * BIFTH PAGE-Notot feom the Livo Stobk Markot—ar tisomonta. * BIXTH PAGE_Monotary aud Commerolal. - BEVLNTI PAGE-Rallrosd Monopaliost fipooch by Col. Fred, Hookor at Burlington Hall-Small Ad- sortlsomonts, Roal Retato, ¥or Salo, To Ront, Wantod, Boarding, Lodging, ote, EIGHTH PAGE—Forolgn Nows—Naw York Matlors— .~ Ohloago Town Eleotions—Tho Woathior—Misoella: " noous Telogras s Btate Uapital-Chloago s by Tolograph—Adsor- Advort ' TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. AIKEN'S THEATRE—Wabash evenno, comor of Qon- grors stroot, Engagomont of MoKoo Rankin. '*Rlp Van Winkla," Aftornoon and ovoning. B'VIOKRR'S THEATRE-Madiron o Btato and Doarborn, ** Articlodn." , botweon HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE-Tandolph stroot, be- tweon Clark and LaSalle. **Fato. Aftornoon aud iwoning. soath of ‘Sanlight.” ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Halitod strest, Mudlson, Lngagemont of Clara, Matinoy Unolo Tom's Cabin MYERS' OPERA 1OUSE—onroo stroot, batwoon Stato and Deatborn. . Arlinglon, Cotton & Kemblo's Minstroland Burlosquo Troups. **Jullus Bnoozer.” NIXON'S AMPHITHEATRE—Olinton, batwosn Washiuglon and Raudolph stroots. Wildor & Co.'s Natlonsl Oirous, Aftarnoan aud ovonin; BUSINESS NOTICES. ROYAL HAVANA TOTTERY. dinary drawing wil ko irawn s THE EXTRAOR- on i 254 ot April, 1673, b awount 0. Thora wiil’ 16 o 16,000 ickate and 2,67 princ J. 1i. MARTINEZ & CO., faniors, 10 Wall.st.; Post.oifich liox 4,68, Now York. = The Ghicage @fiiaime, ‘Wedneadny Morning, April 3, 1873. Afreduction of $1,044,058 was made in tho * publio dobt Iast month. . By a vote of noatly two to one, the Obio Sen- ato haa rofusod to abolish capitsl punishment. Thobill making womon eligible na sohool of- floora has passod both “branchés of tho Logls- | Iatore. Tho Willismaon bill, for tho regulation of - ‘warohotise businoss, hus psssod the Senato unanimously. 8 _Notica has boen givon in the Dominion Parlis-{ ment “that rsolutions soveroly cansaring the courso o tho Government toward the Canadian worrow. Tho rosult may bo tho ovorthrow of tho Macdonald Minlstry. The ury laws of this Stato have beefi ronf-'| “and punishing any ono who chargos higher ratea | by making him forfoit all his intorost. . HMonoy-was easlor in. Now York yesterday, and of rumors are aflont on tho ctroet of intorfor- ©onoo by the Bocretary of the Treasury for the * relief of business. One report is that at an in- “terviow botwoon Mr. Richardson and tho Presi- 'dent, it was docided to reissne $10,000,000 of the | i New York Bub-Tronsury. Aftor an nncommonly hard fight, the National Railway Company and tho othor oppononts of tho Ponnsylvanta Railroad havo carriod tho Gen- eral Railroad bill through the Now Jeraoy Logis- - lnture, Tho populerity of this bill may be Judged from tho fact that its passago throngl tho Houso was greoted with applauso from the gollorios §o uproarions that they had to bo cleared. This gonoral law’.authorizes any thir-" teon’ mon to build & rallroad, anywhoro, long or short, and to mergo and consolidato as they mey roads. The appointment of ex-Gov, Holdon, of North | Carolina, 88 Postmaster. at Raleigh, is recoiving grotty general coudomnation In tho Esstern .pross, Holdon . was imposched for frauds in cqnnection with tho issucof North Carolina Stato bonds some four yonra ago, convioted, deposod, and rondorod forovor incapablo of holding office undor thaBtato, The impoachmenthad no rola- tiontoorconnaotion with party politica, That such » man should now bo slovatod to ono of tho moot tmportant Fodoral ofiicos n tho Rtato is Insult- 1g to tho peoplo of North Carolina, Ropublicans: and Domocrata aliko, sinco both united in pat-. ting tho brand upon him,and sn outrago on sommon docoucy. Probably Presidont Grant thinks that tho recont alection vindicated Holdon 4 a3 well as himself. The Ehicago produco markots were generally § strongor yeelordny, and grain was moro active. Mess pork was qulet and 16@20a per brl higher, at $16.70@15.75 cash, and 916.00@10.00 soller May. Lard was in good demand, and 100 por 100 1ba higher, &t §8.20 cagh, aud 88.50@8.55 wollor May. Meats wero quiot and strong at 6@ 83¢o for shouldors, 8@83o for short ribs, BY@ 830 tor short cloar, aud 10}4@12}go for swoot plcklod hams, Highwinos wora dull and nomi- nal ot 803{@870 por gallon. Lake frolghta woro quiet and flrm at 160 for corn to Buffalo, Flour wag dull and unohanged. Wheat was modor- stoly aotive, and firm at a slight advance, closing b $1.175@1.103¢ cash, and $1.235¢ sollor May. Corn wes sotive, and advauced X @3¢o, olosing at 305{@83340 cash, and SGo sellor May. Osts ‘wero aotivo and & shade firmor, olosing at 243(@ 210 oasb, and 2830 soller Msy. Ryo was dull snd 3o lower ab 03)¢@0%0. Darley waa more sotive and nahade firmer, closing st 77@77)g0 spllor thio month, and 700 for ourrent recelpts, Tho grain in storo in this clty is roportod at 2,410,631 bu whoat, 5,993,681 bu corn, 1,746,101 bu oats, 802,110 bu ryo, and 801,458 bu barloy. Total, 10,769,906 bu of grain and 48,070 brls flour ¢ bosides 103,642 bu whost and 826,402 bu corn aflost in the harbor. Live hoge were moglooted and woak during the forencon, but .placo Tato bocamo’ otive, and olosed firm at 86.26@ 5,05, .ho cattle markot was activo, but lowor for sipping grades. Shoop woro dull, + * Blno tho foundoring of the Royal Goorge in Portsmouth Harbor, nonrly s contury ago, and tho loss of a thousand Hvos, thiore Lns boon no sitoh maritimo hiorrok 48 tho wrook of tho Atlan. tlo, of thio Whito Star Lino, yostordny morning, nenr Halifax, Tho dostruotion of Nfo on tho Northfloot oft Dungo Noss, & fow wooks ago, was much loss torriblo. Soven hundrod ‘and fitly souls, most of thom womon snd childron, are thio prico pald for somo ono's lulmman. caroloss- hoss in mokiug & falso rockoning as to the voosola conrso, Al tho etoamors of ‘tho Whito Btar Lino nro ‘romark- ablo for tholr ‘groat longth of boam. Whon thio Baltio mado fia firat trip from Now York, a fow yonrs ngo, It ran ashoro in tho Lower Bay and broke amdships, and thoro can bo no doubt that thls pooullrity of its constructlon alded the waves In bronking up. tho Atlantlo, This oconrrones will rooall tho oxcitomont In Now York, Inst summor, wwhon it lonkod out that ono of tho stosmers of thii lino sailod for England, orowded with tour- fats, nlthongh it was known to tho company and hor officors that of tho thrao blados of hor erow ono was broken off, and anothor a0 badly injured a6 to b almost uscloss, ey THE BT. LAWRENCE ROUTE, Tho faot that tho rallroads of tho West can bring mora grain to the lako ports tlisu can flud tranaportation to tho East I8 woll understood. Thore ara 12,000,000 of bushels of grain in store in Obloago, and soveral millions moro at other Iako ports, waiting tha oponing of lako naviga- tion, In tho warohouacs along tho railways In Al diroctlons wost and northwost from Ohleago, and in tho corn-criba upon tho farms, sro many othor millions of bushols walting tho oponiug of navigation, to bo formarded to tho lakes, and thonco by water to tho Eastand to Burope. But right horo aro two obstacles : Tho railways to tho Enst, supposing tho rates woro reasonablo, ‘cannot movo tho wheat alono ; corn and onts can- not afford transportation by rafl at sll; thoy must bomoved by wator, Tho prinolpal water routols by lako to Buffalo, and thenco by canal to the Enst. Tho Erio Caual I not oqual to the movomont of one-fourth of tho Westorn orops. A portion, liiteniled for foreign shipmont; finds ita way t0 Montroal., Hero wo Lave tho romark- ablo fach that tho Northwost ie providd with abundanco of transportation, arlificlally croated, from overy locality to the lakes, but no moans of moving tho grain oast of Buffalo, At that placo, tho only water routo is gorged. Even of tho wheat mont’ by lake to Buffalo, & vory Inrge porccntsge is put on cars af that and: sont Enst. It I8 o mistako to' supposo that “the graln menmt honce to Now Yorkis shippod thoaco to Europo or is consumed thore, New York is only a distribut- ing point, A largo portion of it never xeaches that clty at all, but is takon from the canal and H from the rail at various points, to bo sout thenco to tho intarior and to all parts of Now Englond. Tho producors of corn aro, thoroforo, lmost 28 hiolpleas a8 thoy would bo if thero woro no railwaya from tho interior to the lakes, and thla helplossnces must continuo until tho wator routo 18 made contfnuous to market and sdequato to ‘move every bushel that {s offerad. . Tho groat zise in tho prico of iron last your in Europo, and, consoquently, in this conntry, produced on oxtraordinary démand for Lake Buperior oro, and, to transport this, large numbors of vosscls woro withdrawn from the ordinary lako ‘traflio ‘and engagod in that busirioss. Orio result was, that tho reduced number of vessels ongagod in carry-- ing grain doabled tholr rates to Buffalo. Not- withetanding o lorge inoroaso in tho number of veisols to bo put aflont this soason, the amount -of grainin storo is 80 great, and the anxiety to ‘mov it early 50 strong,’that lako froights have oponod at 16 to 18 conta por bushal from Chicago to Buffalo, whoross G conts would afford & fair profit. There can bo rio romedy for this until there is & direct, continuous, and sufficient wator route from Lako Michigan to tho East. The Dominion of Canada has alroady madé an sppropristion to cularge tho Bt. Lawrance canals eo s to admit: tho passago of vossols and stoamers of 1,000 tons from the Uppor Lakos to Montreal, From Mon- tronl tho grain thua transported can bo takep by wator into Lako Champlain, snd thus into tho very hoatt of Now England, This routo hins tho advantago of unlimited capnolty. Thors can bo no such thing 88 & gorgo, a8 is tho caso on the Erio Comsl. Fifty steamors o dsy may, it neddod, pass from Chicago to Montraal, and ovory bushel of grain reaching the lalko ports .may bo moved without delay, Tho contracls for thework on those St. Lawronco conals have Dboon lot, and work will aotually bo in progross by the opening of navigation. Whon this route ia thus opened, whon. tho_ navigation of Lake Michigan is oxtonded to Montroal and New Eng- 1abd, thoro will bo but ono diffoulty in tho way of choap freights from Chicago to tho East, Every vessol going to Montreal with dorn and wheat must havo s rotum cargo, or tho, froight both waya will be charged upon tho down cargo. Tho Conndisng have barloy, lumbor, fieh, coal, and ‘various kinds of building matorial, and other products, raw and manufactured, which thoy would bo glad to oxcliange for our produota. Thoy ask that our Iaw be 80 amended that our vessels taking down cargoos of whoat, corn, pork, and flour, may be allowed to ralurn with cargoos of Caua- disn products which wo nood, and which do nob compote with anything produced on the farms of tho Weat. Thoy ask roclprocity in trado. They havo many hundreds of vesscls which they oan gend hither to carry off our grain, but they cannot sond them horo ompty without making tho Amorican producers of corn pay froightsboth waya., They opon tholr ports and waters to all our voesels on tho samo terms as thoir own; but in order to mako froights roa- sonable thoy msk for that rociprocity of trade which will enablo theno vossols, Amerlcan and Oanadlsn, to havo full frolghts each way, The farmers of the Weat must undorstand that corn cannot bo transported by rall 1,000 or 1,200 miloa and lonve anything to tho producor, Corn must bomoved by water. 'Tho opening of the 8t, Lawronco and enlargoment of tho Wol- land Canal gives unlimited capacity for wator communication from Chicago to Montreal, and to Burlington, Vormont, It will furuish the ‘moans for moving evory bushiel of graln pro- duoed In tho Wost, even If tho oggrogato amonnt be four times what Is now producod, ‘The Erle Canal was, twenty yoars ago, unablo to ‘movo all the grain offored to it; that canal can move but littlo moro grain now than it did thon, Tho rates of froight on it aro Incremsing overy yoar, and tho ralloads mctuslly oary grain alongside” of b at & profit. It oanuot bo enlarzed oxooph ab an lmmensa cont, to bo pald for by futuro tolls, On tho othior Toud, wo Liavo tho 8t Lawronco routo opon to stonmora carrying from 30,000 050,000 bushiols of corn, Itin to boopened, or rather improveds frod of nll cost to ug, and nll that s nsked Is thnt tho vessola taking corn down tho rivor may bring baok artiolon whioh wo nood aud whioh are producod in Canada, Cougrons can at nny mo- mont grant thin rociprocal trado; it can open totho Northwost Uhls continuona wator routo of unlimitod capaclty with ohosp froights; it con givo to tho corn and whont producors a road to market adoquato to movo all thoy ean pro- ducs. Al that 1a nooded i for tho mon intorost~ od in chonp frolghts,—tho mon who ralio corn, whoat, and pork,—to nstruct tholr Congrossmen to voto in oxchango for tho priviloge that all voseols ongagod In this carrying trade mny havo frolghta both waya frco of tax. ANOTHER GREAT '*OUT-OFE.” , Thoro aro poriodical oconslons when somo of tho nowapapors £o tho wost of us havo o sovoro sétnok of Chieago, and do not racover until thoy have vonted thoir spleon in s column or so of wholosalo abuso. Somotimon thoy aro afilicted by the criminal rocord of tho city, and warn tholr rural frionds' against coming horo, Bomotimes they proach long homilies on the irroligious con- dition of tho peoplo horo, Bometimes it is tho! politieal dopravity of Ghteago, or tho dangor that man may bo divorced without knowing it, but usually 1t is somo quostion connected with trans- portation to tho sosboard that arousos thoir iro, andupon which theyprodicato thospoody dovmeall of this modorn Carthago, thorulu of her business, the transformation of hor commorolal structuros into haunts for bats and owls, and tho convor- sion of hior busy streota into & howling wildor- noss, Thoro waa & timo whon this sort of pro- photlo bosh was confined to St. Louls, Milwau- koo, nd Clncinnati, but theso threo citios havo gradually quit thoir Jorominds and rologated the businoss to tho provincinl eritica, Among tho Inttor s tho Olinton (Tows) Age, which lms workod ltgalf into o shaling aguo on railroad conncetlons with tno seabosrd, - It dovotos much argument and moro spaco to tho consid- eratfon of gomo mothod of gotting from tho Miselesippl to tho eoabourd “withont going through Chiengo. In tho pre- sontation of this argumont, we are informod that tho great Valley of tho Mississippi is no longor to romain In tho clutchos of Ohicago; that Esstorn grain-buyors have discovored that thoy can by groin at polnts boyond Ohieago (that ls an old discovory); that Chicogo troats with silont contempt any proposal to bulld railroads which do not run through that city; that: Chi- cago hus noxight to lny claim to tho wholo trado of the Misslssippl basin ; that sho hog gob to lot go of it; that tho routo is already projocted which will sottlo tho quostion; and that it ia only s question of timo, and two millions of capltal, and 8o on. . This i & sufliciontly dismal pioturo of what is to Liappon to us, and ita hiorrors aro by 1o moans mitigatod by tho fact that the Clinton (Towa) Age knows tho vory Lour st which tho two mill- {one aro to make tholr onslsught upon us, and Liolds thom ovor our ‘heads in ferrorem. It-ia vory doubtful, however, whothor the equanimity of Ohieago will bo vory matorially disturbed by this bugaboo, or whother our morchants and grain-shippors will commonco pulting up tholr shuttors and moving wostward on that account. Thoro aro alrendy no lees than soven linos of railronds, in this Stato alone, from the Missiésippl to - tho sosbonrd, which do not go throngh Ohicngo, and yot Vo aro not. awaro that. Chleago has stoppod growing on that- nccount, Hiviug alrondy not ouly endurcd soven lines but prospored, Chi- ceago can afford to rogard ona moro Hino with on- tiro complaconoy, espocilly as that lino s pro- Joctod from the Upper Mississippl, and must mako s largo dotour around Chicago to avoid going throngh it. When Chicago, by virtao of Tor position on tho Iakes, finds herself unabla to ‘Tandlo the grain crop of the Wost on tho terms of froo trado, she will quit gracofully; but at prosont eho 18 inclined fo rogard the construc- ‘tion of any mow road, whothor it goos through tho clty or round i, a8 o bonefit, provided, it holps dovelop the ro- sources of tho West. Whatover bonofits tho Wost, bonofita Chicago, Thereforo, we aro in- clined to congratulate tho Clinton Ags upon its aseurances that “two millions can mamio tho hhour " whon & now routo from tho Mississippl to tho sesboard will bo constructed. We have no, doubt, it tho two millions aro in & hurry, that Oniongo will ehorton tho tme by holping along tho subseriptions, provided that she is not called upon to Yot city or county bonds to help build it. Tho Clinton Age, a6 woll a5 all tho othor periodical growlers and carpers at Chicago, mny ‘possoss thair souls in pationco with tho roflac- tion that this ity is henrtily in favor of any pro- Joot which promises to still furthor opon up the rosourcos of tho West, to help movo ite ouor- mous products to tho soaboard, to chenpen the ratos of froight, and mako tho farmors' toll moro romunerative. Tho growth of Chicago and the growthof tho Wost arosynonymous, What helps tho West holpa Ohicago, and vice versa: Tho Clinton Age may thorofore bo assnred that Chi- cago ias no objoction to forty routos to tho sea~ board, but on tho othor hand willgladly wolcomo thom, and do what 8o can to oncourago thelr coustruction, This fact may avo the Clinton ‘paper any furthor exhibitions of its spleon, OUR SUPREME JUDGES. A commualeation signed “ Junius” is printod by thio Washington Patriof, entitled * Popular Injustico and Its Fruits,” which trosts of the prosont position of the Bupremo Judges of Iilinols in their relations to the poople, tho work and osponsibility put upou thoin, tho ealarica thoy recoive, and tho popular obloquy which thoy encountor, It hus boon nssortod that tho articlo was witten by Judge MeAllister, ouo of tho Associato Justices on tho Supromo Bonch. ‘Whothor this is true or not wo havo no moans of Imowing ; but it1s ovidout that tho author of tho article was posted on tho sube joct of which Lo wites, aud ho hue donlt with it in o poinlod and forcible mounor, It is cortain that the Bupremo Judgos of Tilinols fool aggrioved st tho troat- mont which thoy havo racoived at tho hands of tho Toglslaturo, and, to Gomo extont, at (he hands of the pross and tho peoplo, Tho articlo I quostion wots forth the causos of thelr com- plusut, One of tho main polnts of tho allegod injus. tico o tho Hupromo Judgos was the fixing of tholr walarion, which aro hold to bo too low, both abralutely and rolatively. A Supromo Judgo ro- colven but 5,000 8 yoar, while o Gircult Judgo 1n Caok County rocolyos 7,000 o your, It iunot to bo denlod that tho differonce fs on tho wrong sido, “Tho Cireult Judgo Les nolther tho amount of Iabor nor the extent of responsibility which falls wooy the Bupreme Judgo, The ire oult Judgo holds court from 10 . m. HIl 5 or 0 o'clock p. m., with"an intormlssion, at noofi, and has & summor vacation of two or throo months,, Xf tho businoss of thd Court ao- oumulatos, It s allowod to toko it course, and soorior o lator tho Logialaturo brings xollof by incronning the numborot Judgos, or by authoriz- ing tho Judges of -othor olroults to como to thelr asslstanco.. * Junfus " statos, and it is an- doubtedly trito, that tho Bupromo Court, whon in gosslon, worlts from o'clook.a, m, till 10 o'clock p. 7., and somotlmok Iator, not always ozcopt- ing Bundays, in ordor to keop up with tho busis ness. Fivo montha In tho yoor ara thus dovoted to tho hioaring of casos, tho discussion and rovis- fon of opinions. Tho intorim fa employed in proparing tho opinions, of which onoh Judgo hsa Dotweon 00 and 100 to writo during tho yoar, Tho propuration of an opinion’ involvos tho sondlog of tho briofs ond argu- monts on both sldos, and tho abatraot of tho rooord or tho rocord itsolf ' tho oxaml- nation of all tho casos cltod nud 6very polat of Inw that {5 madoy and, fn ono word, such oir- oumspoot and senrobing sttontion as are neces- sary to final docislon, Whon It Is known that thowork of a Supromo Judgo in the doysof Kont, and Parsons, and Marshall conslstod of writing ton or o dozon opinions during tho year, tho oxtont of tho prosont work may, bo proporly oatimatod. For tho roat, It a woll known among lawyers thattho worlof tho Supromo Judgos is incossant, Thoy keop tholr busiuoss woll olonrod up, and thoro ate now 1,100 opinfons on filo which havo_novor yotbeon reportd. For Iabor like thia tho sum of 85,000 is pald to lnwyers of wido loarning and largo ox- porionco, who could readily onra from $10,000 to 820,00 in privato practice. At tho somo tmo that tho judicial ealaries wero fixed, tho salary and foos of tho Btatd's Attornoy for Cook County wero 8o regulated as to fnsuro an incomo of $16,000 por Annum,—n sum oqual to tho combinod ealaries of throo Bupromo Judgos, 1t 13 not only clnimod that tho aalary of & Su- promo Judgo Is dleproportionato Lo his sorvicos, ‘much loss than ho oould earn in private practice, snd inndequato to his porsonal and family ox- ‘pensos, but it is aleo nssorted with considorablo ronson that the distinotion which has boon made haa had tho offoot of chosponing tho Bupromo Bonch {n tho oyos of tho pooplo. It s undoubt- odly ono of thoso olroumstancos that exort an influcnco upon tho avoragosontimont of the poo- plo. “Junius” eltos ad sn_ illngtration In polot the haranguing of & town-mooting by tho Btato's Attornoy, In which ho cndoavored to roll upon tho Bupromo Court tho blundors that ho had mode in tho trial of osson which had been rovorsed, Whon tho spoakor roforrod to par- tioular royorsal by Obiof-Justico Lawronce, ono of tho audionco oried out:, *How much did ho got for it?" nnd tho spesker snswerad, * X don't ‘kmow,” though ho lnow porfoctly well that nolthior tho Chiof-Justico nor any Associato-Jus- tico on tho Supremo Bonch of Tiiinols over re- coived & bribo. Tho_ same dlsposition to'im- ponch the Intogrity of tho Buprome Bonch in-an undérhanded, irresponsible, and low-flung way has cropped outin varlons nowspaper articles and,_town-meotings; but wo doubt whother tho sulary quostion bad anything to do with it. Tho conolnslon of this statoment of tho griov~ ancos of tho Supremo Judgos is that Judgo Thornton has done woll to resign, and thero is an intimation that the other Bupreme Judges hiad bottor follow his oxampla. Thoro aro indl- cations that this stop has boon seriously contom- plated. Judgo Beott Lns announced his intontion to roslgn, nnd Chlot Justioo Lawronco has do- torminod to mako no effort for re-oloction, or to countorast tho falé fmprossions which cortain domngoguos havo aprosd among the pooplo who are sgitated on tho raflroad question. The ros- ignation of any of our Bupromo Judges nt the prosont timo ia to be soriously doprooated. ‘Whatever griovancds they muy suffer st tho pros- ont momont, it s thoir duty to retain tholr places until tho public mind 18 in a calmor con- dition than n¢ prosent, Thelr resignations at this timo . would endanger - tho charac- tor ‘of tho Supromo DBonch ‘of tho Biato, Thoro would bo dangor thet unsorupulons and corrupt advonturors would sucooed in‘control- ling tho court of lash rosort. No chango could be #o dotrimiontsl to the best Intorcsts of the Stato aa this. Itis in timos of publio com- motion that the Supromo’ Bonch bocomes the bulwarkof public eatoly, as affording o calm, undisturbod, and impartislroview of hasty logis- Iation aud dengorous procedents. Bo long ns our Bupromo Bench has men liko thoso who now adorn i, thoro fa no dangor that ite decisions will bo influenced by corrupt mogna or misdirected roge. It is tho duty of thoso gantlomon to stand Dy thelr post, loaving it to tima to Justify thoir courso and remova thelr griovancos. An Enstern journal recalla an fncidont of tho Twonty-oighths Congress which furnighos sa apt oxamplo for Congrossmon of tho prosont dny to follow, in an nation of Gen, Dix, who was s membor of tho United States Senato at that timo. An oxtra ecsslon of tho Sonato having Deon callad by the rotiring Prosident, & question arose In regard to construotive milosgo, It was finally docidod that, ono sossion having expized and another having begun, tho Bonators woro entitlod to tho miloage. Thoroupon, thirty- oix Bomators, olghtoon Demoorats undor the load of Col. Bonton, aud eightoen Whige undor tho lond of Bonator Bor- rien, of Goorgla, ontorod into an mgroo- mont smong thomeclves nob to take tho constructivo mileage. It would bo well for the orodit of Congresa of formor daya if tho story atopped hete. When Gen. Dix camo to gottlo his necount at tho ond of tho sosslon, the Ser- gosnt-at-Arms asked bim i ho did not wish to @raw Lis milosgo. Ho auswored that Lo lind on- torod fnto an agreoment not to take it. o was then informed that Col. Bonton and all tho oth- 6rs hind drawn tholrs, but he mado tho roply, 88 tho story goos s Wall, T will take Jt—iuto con aidoration.” o rofusod to touch & oont of it. Ihe ciroumstance doos not confirm the pleasant impression which commonly provails that formér Congrossmen woro all bottor than prosont Con- ‘grossmen, but 1t sorves to show how appropriato- 1y Congrossmon of tho progont duymight follow Gon, Dix's oxamplo Thoso who fiave yead tho accounts of tho Fronoh prosecution of Goen. Fremont will ro- mombor that the certificato, which was oirou- 1atod among the Fronch peoplo reprosenting that the Momphis & El Paso bonds were quotod on tho Now York Exchango, was attosted by * Frod- orlok Kapp, Notary Publio, No, 6 Wall stroot.” It was doclded in Franco that not only was tho slgnor of the cortifloate = flctitious porson- ago, but that tho Notary, Froderick Kapp, had Gied bofore tho dato of tha attest, Thero lu s Fredorlok Kapp, wWho s now s rosident of Borlin, & momber of tho Rolobstadt, an author of cousidesable celobrity, aud corresoondent of the Now York Nation, who was formerly Notary Pithlio in Now York. A goutloman in' this olty u of tho opinlon that Lo ln the porson whose namo was signod to the noknowledgmont of tho cortificato. I Ll f 8o, and lio d nok sign tho noknowlodgmont, tho slgning of ks Danio was a forgery, and this would fix tho crimo of forgary upon tlio men whodld tho net, aud would bring him porhaps undor the pravisions of tho oxtradition trenty. If, on the other Land, o poredn was brought Loforo Mr. Kapp and repro- sontad aa the individual whoro namo waasigned, Mr. Kapp may bo ablo to throw some light upon the trausnotion which would load to the dlscoy- ory of tho nuthorship of tho fraudulont cortif- cato, This s etill s mystory, Fdmund Quincy, Jon G. Whittior, Gorrlt Smith, Lucrotin Mott, and othors rocontly ad- dreanod s Jottor to William Lloyd Garrigon, urg- Ing him to writo and publish o Listory of his Iife, “for tho uso of tho futuro bistorlan of this cowntry.” In Iis roply, Mr, Garrlson con- tonta to do go for tho purpono of -delincating tho long sorios of strugglos for tho liboration of sloven, Ilis own lifo was Intimatoly asaoclated with thoso etrugglos for a poriod of forty yoars, and thoro {8, probbly, no man who could give a moro ncourato account of thelr varlous phinacs thonho, Now that tho battlo Lns long sinco hoon fought and won, ho ccn probably sit down calmly to rocall and roviow ono of tho most notablo revolutions in tho world's history. NOTES AND OPINION. Rhode Taland oloction to-day. Tho tickols hoving undorgono somo chango, wo give thom a9 follows : Zrepublican, Demaeratte, Honrg Howard. Tonf, G, Ohnsa, .Van Hamuol 1L, Walos, o M. Addoman — Chiarlos 16 Goruian, AVillard sayics. CGoorgo N il Bamuol Clark, _ Win. 1. Gongd foket + same na Ropublican, wi'h Tatl- mer W, Ballou for Lioutenant Govornor, and Honry Goff for Treasurer, - —An amoudmont of the Minnosota Constitu- thon, tobo ratiflod in Novombor, provides for biennial oloctions and 70-doy sosslons of tho Logisloturo, boginning at the oloction in 1875. —Gov. Potts hos summoned the Montsnn Loglalaturo to meot, April 14, in tho intorost of cortnin rallrond-subsidy scliomes. —Gov. Lowl, of Alabams, Lias approvad an act for tho annoxation of Woat Florids, whonover TFloridn and tho Unitod States shull assent to the proposition. —Pablic opinion all over tho country, and in alf tho journals, savo tho oxtromoly vaigar and ‘purtisa, condomns tho illiborality of tho Massa- Chusotts Gonoral Courb in this matlor of the Bumnor rosolutions.—Philadelphia Press. il suddemioss of Ui riso of o popular movoment may o llustratod by congidoringliow Tecant is tho porlod within whioh tho railroad question Lins grown to wuch proportions as, in somo States of tho Union, to ovorshadow ovory othor. Bothof tho National platforme adoptod Inst Junc and July limitod thomaolyos to oppos- ing grants of publio lands to rallronds and * mo- nopolios” Thoto 8 no alluslon whatovor to any logislation boing nooded againgt oxlsting railrond corporations, and within oight months whit o ofhiango 1—3L, Zouls Globe. —This Is not_a Democratlo quostion or o Ro- publican qugstion ; {t1s ono whil touchos avory morican citizen, and ono _which must rocaivo Ccarnest and immodiate attontion or our country will dritt into o land of millionairos and paupers, tho ono clnss idlo and_viclous, tho_athor op rossed and submissivo, a8 havo thoso conntrios i thio old world which callod thomsolvos Ropub- lies, whilo pormitting dlctators and aristocrats to malto tholr Jaws, spond tholr taxos. and_trample upon their rights.—Datenport (otoa) Democrat. “Tho timo for patly tyranuy lus cosscd ; snd now tho peoplo must inite in_ {ioir power and hurl tho prosent corrupt lcadors of both parties to the ground.— Clarinda (Xowa) Democrat. 1t Ju idlo fo attompt to glosa Lhis earnival of goruplion ovor witl ot worda, It would bo nn insulé to tho pooplo for & publio journal to ex- tenunto this demoralizing transnction, or to fail of branding it in forcoful terms. Tho robbo without oxcuso, without parallel, and humillat- ing to all mon ko et thele livins by Lonorablo moans,—Danville (1L.) Times. Without roforonco fo party considorations, thero can bo tio doubt that tho present systom of Congrossional logielation is sadly in nced of voconstruction. In faot, it s ovident euough that our ontiro systom of govorument is fox from Doing porfoct in ll fts purts; and this fact is ovory oy improssing ftsolf upon thougltful ‘minde, though tho monarchical form of govorn mont {5 by 1o means o nocossary alternativo— Milicaukee Sentinicl, —The Fort Dodgo Messengerisout in o longthy dofango of Schuylor Colfax, I¥s alittlo lato for this. Tho pooplo have almast forgotton Schuylor, and luis 0. M. business, too.—Des Moines Leader, _What liavo tho Grango to bo ashamod of or tofonr? Bo far as tholr object is undorstood,’ thoy Lave right and justico on their sido, Tho farmors, ns o class, aro_robbed by logisiation, and Inbce s opprossod., Tor il il thoro s & romedy ; but that romedy i not in secrat organ- ieatious, Itis upon freo aud bold discussion, Tharmonious_sssociation, and intelligant action. Nothing dolights the politicians mors than to soo tho farinors golng fnto compotition in tho ring business; for they know full woll at that gamo thoy can 'bo boat.—3forrison (1) Independent, ~Nothing could moro strikingly” illustrato the profound iniprossion which the ‘salary act las Pl pon tho pooplo thian o esolution of tha Trambull County Convention enlling upon Gon. Garflold to rosign. Tho feoling, of whick this i an oxpreesion, 8 hot_directod. ngaingt nny oo party. Tho pooplo aro keon in thoir justincts aud sound in thoir Judgments, Thoy aro_quick to fix rosponsibility, They know that the iu- cronge of salarics was tho oxclusivo work of noithor side of Congress._Thoy understand that it was dono by faithless ropresentatives of both, and that both ropudinto it. Under such circum- stancos, tuoir cousurc in diroctod sgainst tho culpablo individual nctors and not agninst any purty. When it i thun pointedly diroctod against buch a mon as Gon. Garflold, othora who may bo moro al fuult and who Liuyo lous orpital o ook it oan sew_how it will fall upon themsclves.— Atbany (N, ¥.) Ecening Journal. —Of tho Mussachusotts Congrossmen, Butlor, Tanks, Amos, Hoopor, Lsty, and IHoar bovo drawn'thoir whiro of tho back-pay aten), tho firat fivo to pub it into thoir own pockets, whilo the Inttor turned his £6,000 ovor toan odueationnl institution in his county. Mossrs, Bufiinton, TyichollCrockor, and tha ropresontativo from this distriot [Dawes] have not yot announced what they proposo to do with tholr hero of tho “gwag."—Springfleld Republican, —llioro i gront Inquiry for tho name of tho mombor of Congress who tent bis back pey to tho conscienco fund, with a roquost that “his namo romnin unimown, The ouly man who s ontiroly above suspicion in tho matloria_tho mombor from Dsaox. County, Masa—~New York Lribune. Martin Road, lato Sonator (in Towa) from Wayne County, has beoon appointod Ponsion Clork at Dos Molnos, vico Goorgo Tickenor, ro- signod. T this Rond’s yoward for his_tronchery totha poople on tho railroad quostion in tho Sonnte >—Aluscating Journal, "~ Our mombor of Congrous votod for tho eal- nry grab and govo as his excnso that it wes ‘nocousary in ordor to save the appropriation for our publlo building. But_ it appoars that this approprintion was in auothor bili, aud bad beon phssod boforo tho salary queation camo up.— Albany Jowrual. —Lior the benoflt of farmors, the Valparaiso (Ind) Messonger bus uscoria hod_that it will akio 30,000 busliols of oats, ab curront prices, to puy tio annuul salary of ‘oo Congrossminn; and that it would rogulre _tho labor of fiftoon mon and fifteon teams to ralso such & orop, = Tudgiug by Lo fagt day proclamation, Gov. Jowall, of Gonnootlout, appoars to buvo givon up o hopo of bocoming 's_mombor of President Grant's Cabinot—New York Sun. 0t the fitty-ono manitora_ bolonging to tho Unitad Statos Navy, aud which wero built at & cost of some §40,000,000 or §40,000,000, ouly Throo aro fit to bo tsorl for any purposo, aud not ono ovon of thoso i4 yoaworthy, What » com- tontary this is on tho sdministration of the Navy Dopartmont, and on tho pooplo as woll, who putup with sl . sdministration of an im- Dortant dopartmont of tho Governmont! And, Tindor tho act of Congross, providing for tho bullding of ton moro uhips of war,”tho sanio wort of administratlon Is likely to ba continuod, —Dubugue Telograph. “Honutifying tho National Capital {6 tho so- dugtivo plxaso wiod by tho wiombory of tho Ring in Wasbington, in dosignating tho oporations of the Board of Bublio Works, now in undisputed nossousion of tho Distriol of Columbla, Thoro [ another namo, which, thiough nol #o agrocnblo to tho hoating, bottor oxpraisos tho truo aoudl- tion of nifaira, Yostordsy's dispatches au- nouncod that ‘tle largo eppropristions mado Dy Congrési for tho Diatriot of Columbin, are inaufllolont to pay-tho amount duo to corrtradtora on tho work alrondy nomploted, and aro inndo- quato to complota fho worlt profocted.” Tor n rapor intorprolation of thisniatemont, t sl 0 borno In mind that Congress at ith Inst sosslon approprintod §4000.000 townrd tho work, whict, 1dod to tho £9,000,000 votod by thio Loglalatura gives n total amount of 12,000,000 And yot it ino notorlous fact that - notwiihstanding this Tieavy oxpondituro, tho work fs 1ot more than ono third dono. Dlcasant proopect, isw't it 7~ ZEoanavillo (Ind.) Journal (Administration). WALL STREET. Roviow of tho Monoy, Gold, Rond, Ntock, ‘and Produce Muarkety. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New Yon, April 1.—Tho sltuation {n finanalal olrolos, to~dny, wes marked by loss oxcltoment thon on yostorday, but thoro was vory llitlo im« provement so far o’ monoy was concornod. Early lonns to borrowors on call wora at 3¢ to 3¢ por diom,.and intoraat; chiofly at highor ratos. Lator, tho tringonoy liorensod, and during tho aftornoon most of tho huslnoss waa nt 5 to 8¢ pordiom. Aftor o'olook, monoy ossod up and Toans woro mado at 34 to 3¢ por diom. During tho doy riiore” aro aflat to tho oo fook that Socrotnry Richinrdson hiad doposited Togal-tondorn with Aomo Nntional Banks Lioro to loau out and caso up monoy, but tho rumors conld not bo vorifiod, Thon again, it was ro- portad tht tho Beorotary would soll an_oxtra amonnt of gold, and buy au oxtra smount of Londs, and lonvo tho procoods in the banke, buk 10 om0 apponrad to kiow anything nbout uch & programmo. Tologeama wid lottora livo un- loubtodly gono to Woahington, and ntrong ap- Jonls v boon mado for assistanco from o rossury. Tho troublo Is that thore hua boon too muoh ovortrading, morohants, and spoct- Intora fapling suro tlg tho curroRoy. world b oxpundod in caso of a pinch, 014 brokors thinle that this stato of things counot last. Yeu- torday ono bauk racolved 83,000,000 National Bank notoa from Chicago, which I8 tho procursor of furthor shipmouts to thia contro, aud thoy will goon Lo mado up of logal foudere, Moroan- tilo papor is unsalablo, - aoLn k was weak and lower, tha prico declining from 11754 10 1105g. Tho prosant sondition of the ‘mackot is tho natural rotlt of largo saloy’ for “pull* aocount, During tho oxcltomont of yos- tordoy, many short coutraots, buth moreaitilo and spoculntiva, havo boon closed up, and thoro is consoquontly's pauso in the market. sToais, Ballvay nad missollanocys spooulation was unfavorably affeoted oatly in tho day by the stringonoy in money, and prloos declined from 3¢ to 2 por cont, chlofly in Panama, Paciflo Mo snd Wontorn Union. After moridian tho tono of spoulation wuddouly changod from *oar" to Fbull,” and pricos advanost i to € por cout, the grontont improvomont bolng fo Harlom, and tho stoocks mentioned above, The advance of tho aftoruoon was basod chiofly on tho rumors of Fronsury assiatance to tho monoy market, Toxps, Tho monoy prosauro this aftornoon broke dovn tho prices of United Btatos bonds . from 1 t0 2 por cont, thoso socuritios Laving boon sold by morclianti and otliors uusblo to obtaln monoy 10 ooy otlior Way. rropuoz. TFlour was quiot and dull at tho olose. Tho domand is largely confinod to No. 2and supor ; salos, 7,600 brls ; roceipts, 11,168 brls. Holdord of wheat are mora confidont. market is quiet, and businoss s confined to loads of spring ; ealos, 48,000 bu ; rocoipts, 1,070 bu. orlewas quiot but Srmer for now mess ; In the ‘wholonalo way, 810.50 was bid for April, with $106.65 askod ; oxtra primo is quotod at $18.50 ; ts, 500 pkga. Cut moats show & moderato ‘businoss, and pricos are gonerally firm ; salos aro roported of 160 boxes dry ~selted shouldors at 7igo, ond o small lot of henvy emoked ~hams. in bulk at 13igo, Recoipts, 2,781 paoknges, Bacon waa quict with wolos of 600 boxes long olear, part city, on the spot, roported at So. Lord Was active on tho spot at o docling, with malos of 8,250 tlerces at 83¢o for Wostern on spot; 9o for kottlo, and 9o for May ; for city B3goia bid. Roceipfs; 2854 packugos and 750 kogs. siniitcout) R SPRINGFIELD. of the Sccrotnry of State's Office: ‘own Elcction«'The EFarm: ors’ Convention To=Dny. ‘Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Brarvarzeep, T, April 1.—Col. Goorge IL. Har- Tow filod & statement in his oflico to-day showing the amount of feon collected by him and paid into 4ho Btato Troasury, iu pursuanco of law, from Jan. 18 to March 31 inclusivo, For come ‘missions issuod to Notarios Public,and to connty officors and othors, 8582.50 ;* for filing and issu- ing licouses ond cortificatos of organizations, 2637.60; for cortifiod copios of Jaws, - ote. $202.75; for surplus books sald, $53. Total, BLELTG. ; ‘o town oleation in Bpringflold brought out a'vory largo voto, and ¢ho votos so dounted indi- cato that tho Liborals have eatrlod tho township by rlmost 200 mnfority. (7o ihe Associated Press.] Senrxorree, 1, April 1.—Thore aro as yob but vory fow arrivaln of dologatos to tho Farm- ers’ Mass Couvontion which moots horo to- mozrow. Thia ia owing fn somo dogreo, por- haps, to tho sovora storms of snow in the northe orn and rain in thacontraland southorn portions of tho Stato, which havo provailod during last night and to-day, nnd which has rondored traveling in tho conntry both diffioult snd diea- greosblo. Tho duy solactod for tho Convontion Hiooms to have boon an unfortunato ono, as in countios hnving township organization the olec- tion for town oflicars s hold to-day, and many farmors would b unwilling to loavo home on that nccount. It s oxpoctod, howovor, by tho {frionds of tho movoment that to-morrow morn- ing’s rains will bring lurgo numbors of dola- gotan, aud s tho Convntion will bo. fully-t- tondod. "At tho mooting of tho Exccutive Committeo of tho Stnto Orgauization of Farmors, Mr. Flagg, Prosidont of the organization, stated that tho ‘meoting was simply & prolimitary one, to como to an understanding of the objoct to be sought by tho Couvention to-morrow, aud. to selook dologates to tho Farmors' Congross, to bo hold in Indiannpolia Mny 4, Ho anid his indoratand- ing of tho object of to-morrow's convention was simply to tako such sction 18 would tend to roliovo tho farmors from the oxtortions and injustico so long praotisod upon thom by the' railronds, nnd to tako moisures to compol tho railronds to oboy tho law, He thouglt that no side issucs wero involved or, should bo brought boforo the Convontion, Short_spacchios Emmmlly, wimilar in tono to thoso of Prosidont Flagg, wora mado by soveral othor gentlomun, mombors of tho Committeo, and tha prospect is that the Convontion will cons fino its doliberation oxclusivoly o tho railroad quostion. 7. B. Tarnor, of Morgan, and 8. 3, Smith, of Kane, woro appointed dologatos to tho Indian- apolis Congros THE LABOR QUESTION. Meduction of the Miners? Wages In LuSnllesaThe Now Yorls Gas Jen and Shoomualierse-Contemplatod Strikes. Speeiul Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune. TaBarrr, April 1.—Tho Suporintondonts of tho two conl minos In this city, and tho two south of tho rivar, notiflad the minors yostorday that tholr wagos would bo roduced to-day from 91.10 o ton to 91 for tho epring and summor mining, A gonoral susponsion of works was approhendod, af this mornhig tho minera outh of tho Tivr Yot o work, obwlthatunding Lho rodution, Thoso of thig city have boen idfo to-dny, but 1 i8 supposed thoy will rosumo worlk to-miorrow or noxt day. j New Youx, April 1.—The omployos of tho oo companids mado mangomonts Last ovonig or o atriko, should Lho compunios not concodo thoir domand for elght hours' timo of labor aud tho followlug ratos : Btokors, £3.60, and holpers, &6 doy, "o aioomakors rosolyod lnat niht to domand additional pay of 50 conts day on all classos of ork, and Lo striko f Tofusod . EVANSTON. Tho Young Peopls's Ohrlstian Associa~ tion yostordny olected tho following oficors, and comploted fts_organization : Prosldout, 0. W, Mogill; Vio-Prosidont, H, 8, Boutoll; Soc rotary, Edgar . Brown ; Trossuror, ™. K. Wob- stor; and also tho following Doard of Managors : Jobn T, Miller, of tho Mothodist, Ifolmos Hoge, of tho Dapiiat, Goorge 3. Huntcon, of tho Epis- copal, R, H. Loo, of tho Congrogational, and Arohibald Winno, of tho Trosbytorian Churchs Tho Lakesidos will moot at tho_resldenco of Willlam B, Phillips, Esq, Miss Bmma Whito and F‘ 0. Gridloyaro the Uomnittos of Arrango- Tonts, —_— Judge Isaao Barker's fuuoral took placo at Recolpts Athous,, O., yostordny. He was agod b, one of tho origlual sottlera at Mariotts, and soventy Yobra & rosident at Atheny, * tho building for worelp at an carly day CHICACO BAPTIST UNION. Second Annual Supper and Xes« L tivals ' Interesting Addrossos by Dr. Blackell, and Othors, - . Tho socond annual suppet and fostival of tha Ohiaago Baptiat Union wns hold Inst ovoning, in tho Bocond Baptist, Church, comer of Morgan: and Motiroo straots, Thoro woro about 260 por- sons prosont of both soxes, roprosonting nonrly alltho churolios- In tho olty. Tho firat hour, from 7 until 8 o'clock, was davoted to" soclal fnc torcourso and good fooling, during which timo overybody bogan to fud who was prosont. Tho hour laving _cxpirad, the Prosidont of tho Unlow, Dr. Binckall, enlled upon tho guests to form into lino and do~ scond Lo suppor. Au ologaut ropast was sproad. Horo tho guosta Lol thélr sonts and onjoyod tholr ollation, Thero wero pronont, upon the platform, the following-nsmed gontlomen: Hon, J, 1. Doo- littlo, Ion, Samuol Ioord, Prof. G. W. Blish, and Tov. Drs, J. A. Smith, G, W. Northrup, G- 8. Balloy, J. M. Ongood, A. J. Frost, B.J. Good- spood, Jogso B. Thomns, T. J. Eltmors, H. B. Brayton, ond 8, 8, Scribnor. Amoug other nota~ bloa presont, woro tho following: Hon, . N. Holdon, ox-Ald. Wileo, Rov. J. Gordon, E. Good- mon, A. 0, Willard, T, Nolson Blako, and E, F. Shiandrow. “Tho suppor bolng onded, the Prosidont called tho attontion of tho Union to tho weathor and varlous kindrod topies, and thon deliverad the following nddross ¢ 2 “Firat tho blado, then the esr, after that tho full carn in the ear,” Sich fs tho likenoss that Jesus mado to tho growth of 1tia Kingdom on arth, It is ovor tha truoorder, Thougl thie eod s of Him, tho frult in suroto us only through cullivation, for “nothiny without _ Inbor" ueoms stampod. with God'a elgnot upon overything, that tho - orgauization o night 1n of God. Plantod undor clrcumatanicea ‘wholly unfavorablo with tho precodents of fatlucoonly 3 rgunized without direct. pecuniary resources, sud ot 2 tlmo whon tho enorgles of onr donomination were ‘prostratod moro or loss from thio” offocta of & groat and ‘wide-spread calmily, {t is not strango that at tho closo of our firat yoar, wo should havo beon congratulatod ‘upon haviug maintatuod oven a baro oxistonco—baro in~ dead when compared with our possibillties under better conditions, but full to roplotion whon messurod by tho suplnoucas of heart and truo dovotion to duty of ite Board of Dircctors, To Lavo roquited more of ua lan wo o dotio worild ivvg beon Dok a it like anclont. taskmastors of God'a ox; brick lteraly without atearr and um%hnuwl:f. Thnt o bave succosafully pasd tho st alago of oar co, f8 suroly ground of joy to flioso Who b ateliod dud prayed sud Ishored, % Ficat tho bados Wo havo i enough of blades of ono sorl, ond tho cdgos havo boon Xeon cuoligh, " If ocach In’ tho spirlt of o and truth, had applied ovo to his own heart, to hava romovad fong sinca oll.aloments of differonco, BMay Tke, whoso wo all are, spoodily briug about ihis’ happy restlt, *Then the Ear.,” This Ia our presont stagoe, Brui-boaring but not yot with Tully iponod. . Oa tho Tight of tho platform 1o o tracing which ouiliues tho {front and sido clovations of a now misslon chapel at tho Ttock Tsland car-works, now under contract to be completed within threo months, near Htate and Forty.seventh streots. Tho loto havo beon decded to tho Trustoes of tho Union by the University Placa Ohurch, which originally held thom, Subscriptior from various nourcea hovo beots roceived by our mis slonary, Rov, L, Carr, to theamount of about $2,000, and wa havo no doubt of completing and ocoupying On_ tho left of tho platform i tho front clovation” of & beautiful chureh odifico room to bo built at Lawndalo, now within _tho cha Umita, Somo time ago our Board declded that this project, which will bemora fully brought befors us Ly othors, was so full of romiso, and appealed a0 strongly to us that tho sum of {’5000 could bo cssliy raised for iis completion, If thla can bo dono, ot least two valusblo pleces of proper- ty will have beon roceived irithin the year, and wo LAl begin to reallzo somothing of tho oy that comen of * tho full corn in tho car,” 'Beloved, thesa are but begipuings, * Xrom ovory’ sido comsh up tho 16" Wmons _forward.” - Had wo'-oven (B spiri of Jacob at Bethol, our tonts would not only provida. for prescat nceds, but_lny br dnm\enm{ Tounds tlona for tho futuro, Great_as havo beon tho fenits of ast macrifico snd honest for our causo, tha: turo may bo madoto show such schiovements o shall rake tho presout seom emall indood, It neods but_this, so far as wosra concerncd, that God moy work through us to His honor and glory. Tho utting asido of solf that wo moy got noaror to im, ind oo got mowror to eich olber, Thus rocofving the unity of the spirit in tho bond of peace, and thus being ablo to do all things through him who alone glvoth sirength to Zion, Wa have with us, this evening, for tho first timo in our councils, s dear Dbrother, wb%lhnugh vory Frosty, Ihave nover yot found ool fn mannor at least, ~{Vith o groat heatt, warm snd truo, how could ho do elso than mako us fiad? Wo cordially welcomo Lfm £o {ho clrele whic o honors by hia proscnce, and most slucorely hope that ho may not s;)l any more frosty, and that his shindow may never bocomo leas, (Applause.) Tho Rev. A. J. Frost, pastor of tho University Placo Daptist Church dolivered an address of oxbortation to tho Union, urging itsmombors to cofidonce in ono another aud unabated energy, Rogrota woro rocoived from tho St. Louis and Qincinnati Unions, “Che Hou, Sumucl Hoard was_then introduced and recoived with choers. Ho oxpressod hia gratifeation at tho mooting, and gavo g briof iatory of tho growth of the focal Baptist Church sinco tho yoar 1898, whon it consisted of 16 be- liovers, “Tho skotch wes very intoresting to many of tho membors, Addroggos woro dolivored by the Reva. G.'W. Northup and J, A. Smith, sftor which Prof. G. V. Blish gave somo_roadings, followod by ad- dresses by tho Rov. N, Carr_and A C. Millard, and othor pontlomar, when tho bonodistion wad pronouncod, and tho' Union disporsed. AMUSEMENTS, AIKEN'S THEATRE, Tho McKoo Rankin Dramatie Combination I filling an ongagomont ot Ailion's Thaatre® thi woek, and tho houses have been good in spito ot - unpropitious woathor. Mr. Rankin is woll sod favorably known in Obicago 0s an sctor of ans questioned nbility, and his imporsonation of tha titlo rolo In “Rip Van Winkle” is also a recog- nizod thing of miorit horo, Ho has evidently givon tho character closo study. Ho doos nol desorve to be callod an imitator of Joffarson, aithough to achiovo & anccossful imitation of sa ront ab original would bo of no small crodit. ointa of similarity aro noticonble, but Mr. Ran- kin has individualizod his rondition to & coneld= orable oxtent. He prosents it with a strongor iufusion of molodrams than we lavo boon accusn tomed to, theroby keoping up tho intorost, though Lo fails to depict tho finer shados of poetry and_pathios s delicately and artlstionl- Iy 88 Jofforson, To ecy thab Mr. Raukin's Rip i oqual to that of JefTorson would bo unwarrant= od pralso; but it moy bo truly enid that Mr. Rankio's Rip is o thoroughly oxcollent mpor- sonation. 1{o 16 well supported by Mies Kitty. Blachard and u compauy of suloiontetrongth to admit of a smooil aud saiafactory produaliou of tho play. 10OLEY'S OPERA TIOUBE. Not oven rain, now aud mud, éan keop poo= ple from going Lo seo_ the_olegant porformauce of “Fate™ nt Hooloy's, If the play was popu= Iar bofore, it should bo doubly b0 now, by reason of tho uuy improvemonty which hinvo been made sinco its production, both in tho plsy ita< solf and in the maunor of its production. Tha cast of “Fato” is simply splondid. Miss Glover as Juno Temple, has n part for which sho 8 woll adapfod, oud sho dreseos and acte it \‘e:fljfiuol Tlor costumes aro somo= thing_oxtrao n_richuess and varioty. MMr. Norris makes of Paulding o charactor of strong interest, e does it justico, and himsolf a3 woll, Of courso, Miss Cowoll is neat and Rlounhflgmsnfly; and it ia 1o nowa to say thab liga Moek, Mry., Maedor, Mr, Blaisdoll, Mr, Dillon, and'Mr. Boggs avo 'excoilont; thoy gene arally bro, ‘Iho picoo moves liko clockwork, and those who admired it before will find double roason now, AOADEMY OF MUSIC, Olara, at the Acudonty, Lus very wisely cone oluded that Chicugo hns had enough of *Sun= light,” and_will appoar this eveniug, aud g,?&g‘llmm tho weck, ns Zopsy in * Unolo lom'a bl 3'VIORER'S THEATRE. + Axticlo 47 proves to bo but moderately at~ tractivo, Thoso who hayo not eoon it will ba ro- paid by o v, fox tho play I8 » pocullary intere Gating ono, and it is hondsomoly producad. HYERS' OPEUA-HOUBE, Tho burlosquo of “Julius Bugezer,” and o ‘miustrel programmo of docided excellonco sut- Hloos to induon good audiancos to wado througlt thomud to Myors' Opora-Ilouso. Onco thoro, thoy laugh hoattily and forgot all about uncloan ote. NIXON'S AMPHITHEATRE, Tho attractions at Wildor's National bava atoadily improvod ainco tho oponiug, until tho erformance is oy ouo o th Lost we avo ever iad in Cliicago. It {8 approciatod by o large at« tondanoo night] B ;::m tho Stralts, ErRor, Mich., April 1.—A dlspatoh from Mackinao, this moring, agar ™ The waathor 18 cold and foggy, with no wind. The oo ia 8 foot thiok aud solid, aud no wator in sight." .