Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 10, 1873, Page 4

PTHIS CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1873. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TERME OF SUBSCRIPTION (PAYABLE IN ADVANCE). 1200 Sunday. S3.50 Bt S 1885 S -S54 Parts of o yoar at the EamoTate. . ‘To preveat delay and mistakes, be sure and givo Post. Offce address in fall, including Stato and County: - Remittances may be made fl“-hflh!flflfi- oxpress, Post OfEce order, orin registered lotters, at ‘our risk. ~ TERwS TO CITY m:l;:-m;m." " E ed. cenf ‘woel B e, o i 5 o gt Ads THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, aid Doarborn-st., Ohicago, Jl. dress Corner Madison : CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. FIRST PAGE-Washington Nows—New York Matters— “Froshets at tho East—The Weather—Miscollanooas Telegrama—Advertisements. SECOND PAGE—The Courts—Craln's Porfidy—Suburb- ‘#n Nows—Yloeciag the Bankrapts—House of Cor- * roction—The Fire Ordinance—Chicago Aesdomy of Fuloncos—A Robber's Doatls. THIRD PAGE-Tho Bostwick Suite—The City in Briof— ‘Letter from Judge Lawrence—Personal—An Obstl- .. matoDriver—~The Dosth of Androw Clark—] Time Table—Adrertisoments. FOURTH PAGE—Editorisls: Tilinois River Tmprovo- ‘ment; Tho Credit Mobilicr System of Rallway Con- straction—Breadatafis snd Blsakets—Curroat News 2, Notes and Opinlon. i FIFTH PAGE-Tho State Capital—Sale of Short Horns— * Marketa by Telograph—Adrertisements. SIXTH PAGE—Monstary and Commorcial. EEVENTH PAGE—Small Advortisoments: Real Estate, "~ For Sale,” To Rent, Wantod, Boarding, Lodging, ote. - 2 EIGHTH PAGE-Fureign News—Wall Stroct—Miscal- + laneous Telegrams—Anction Sales—Small Adver- tisements. A Y P ] — - -=* TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. ATEEN'S THEATRE—Wabash svenus, corner of Con- grossatroét. Engagement of “McKoo Rsnkdn. “*Rip Van Winkle.” 3 AMVICKER'S® THEATRE—Madison stroct,” botwoen State and Dearborn. Engagement of Miss Nellson. +Tomeo and Jaliot.™ g & HOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE—Randolph street; bo- tween Clark 2nd LaSallo. *‘Fats." ACADEMY OF MUSIC— Halsted street, south of Mzdison. **Chrlsand Lena; or German Lifo on the Mis- stasippt.” - % MYERS' OPERA’ HODSE—Monroa itrect, between Stato and Dearborn. _ Aslington, - Cotton & Kemble's Mizeural snd Barlesgie Troupo. ™ **Tho Clockmakera® Hae ; NIXON'S AMPHITHEATRE —Clinton, _botween ‘Washinglon and Randolph streots. Wildor & Co.’s National Circus. R BUSINESS NOTICES.® _ : “THE EXTRAOR- ROYAL HAVANA LOTTERY, 2ty drawisig will tako plae on the 23d of April, 1573, g‘ffi"j}” L.ma%":m 55 5, m.m’rx:\"‘x':‘pz?i'(:'k’;" Rt Wil st Post-ofic Tox 4,85, New York. orid. The 4 e B e eae: eliable, and fustzotancous: ogisap- 1t; dicnlous tints or unpleasant odor. Reme- e witocts of bad dyea and mashes. Broduces im- m ssupos black of s taral brovis, and lesves the B eiem wott, a%d beautifol. Tho getine, =i A i e e A Sy &ll _drageista. - CHARLES BATCHELOR, Propric 7 The Chicags @'fzhm Thursdsy Morning, April 10, 1875, The Senaté has passed the Lake-Front Bepeal b7 8°¥0%6 of 8110 11. It needs only the sig-. matore of the . Governor to nake it law, as it went through the House some ti The ‘fund réised ke A ers amounts. to $3,000, andall -of it will be dis- tributed in thia city: - Thirty:five of the steerige ‘parsengers stopped here. yesterday, on their way. ‘West, and receivad §700; the: rest will bo given_ to s larger party, which Will arrive ina fow days. Sir John Macdonald has moved, as-he said hé would do, for the - ppointmentof & corimittee to ‘investigation'into the Cana~ acifio Hallway that He and his ‘party bad voted'ddwn, when called for, the Gther day, by the Opposition. The latter do not e to have been ablo to find any {ault with tho make-up of tho Committeo named by the Premier. Presidesit Grant bas removed Mr. Fuiton from the Surveyorship of Baltifore. “Mr. Fulton waa the editor of the Baltimore-Americun;- the Jead- ing Républiean peper of Baltimore, and support: ©d Gen. Grant's nomination for the Prosidency. TThere i no visible contioetion between the Givil Service rules and his decapitation, and it is" said that it was rsde solely to atisfy. some ' political grudge of Postmaster-General Creawell. Gov. Palmer-has epoken befors the Special Railroad Committee of Thirteen in'-favor of his ides of making railroads public highways. - The . Committeo are hard at work tryng to piece out “#.mothing from the many different bills referred to them ; meanwhile, itis said that an altogether. ew bill is under incubation, to be prosented if )H.m Committce fail to preparo & gatisfactory Measuro. 1 American interests are threatened as well'as those of tho Home Govarnmont by the sedition’ 2mong the Spaniards in Cubs, which the Cap- tain-Genoral fears will end in revolution and the overthrow of his power. Theso Spaniards hato the American Republic only less than the Spanish Republic, and if they get tho,upper hand will, so far asthey dare, inake it share their hostility against Cuban inurgents 20d Spanish Ropublicans, Wasbington dispatches say that our Goverument takes the sppoal of, the Captain-Genersl far reinforccments as & hint to incrosse our -own- navel® foree in that quarter. 2 52y . Judgd Lawrence has been' esked, in aletter signed by pearly every lawyer in tho thirteon counties comprising Lis district, to-allow. ‘his- Bamo to bo presonted as a candidate for re-olec- tion to the bench of .{fle. Supreme Court. The Judge, in his acceptanco, refers to tho proposed Convention at Princeton’ to ‘nominate his gac- sessor, ‘and eays that, whatover his 'porsonal foclings” might e, he hus.no choico but to | secept tho Tenomination. For the first time in the Eistory . of the clective judiciary of " this Btato, it is . praposed. that Audges ~ahill “be electod ' by~ ofé ¢lass of " the peoplo for tho, avowed purpose of . deciding parficalsr ques- tions in s preordained way. If this isto beconie the rulo of judicial elections, judicial purity, and with it all or civil rights, must’ dissppear. He:| says the great ‘body. of. farmérs ‘must alresdy Eave become convinced that 'the decision in this: Chicago & Alton Railway case was just,” and thst they -of all classes must.not seek to dograde the judiciary. “As the exponent of these” views of,.the independencoof the Suprems-| Court, he-consents to bedome-s candidate again. The Chicago produce markets “were’ gonerslly quiet and easier yesterdsy. Mess pork was dull aud 5@10c per brl lower, cloging st '$14.65@ 14.60 cash, and @15.65@15.70 seller. May. “Tard ‘was insctive, and o shade easier ai $8.35@8.373 100 1be, cash, and $8.473@B.50 celler May. Meats wero quiet sod unchangéd st 6@63e for shoulders ; 73(@73c for short ribs ; 8@83o far sing at 803(@33%c cash, and 34%@34%c ‘seiler May. Oate wore dnll, and X{e lower, clos- ing at 244(@27c cash, and 28Xc soller May. Rye was quiot and steady at 62@6dc. Barley was heavy and inactive at 2c decline, at 743$@ 5¢ for regular. Hogs mot with a botter de- mand, and were stronger, with ssles at 85.05@ 5.40 for poor to choice. There was a fair de- mand for beef cattle ne_nnchnngéd ‘prices. . . ILLINOIS RIVER IMPROVEMENT. The Honbe of Ropresentatives of the Illinois Logislature has voted sgainat maling an appro- ‘pristion out of tho State Treasury for the con- | struction of a second dam on the Illinois River. This action is to be regrotted. The lllinois & Michigan Canal was desigied t6 establish con- tinuous navigation from the Mississippi River to Lake Michigan. In course of time, tho river ceased to be navigable to the foot of the canal during the greater part of the season, thereby cutting off a large portion of the businoss of the censl. This condition of things grew worse from year to year, until it became a question whethor the cexal ‘should be - sbandoned or the river "80 improved that its navigation could be united witlrthat of the canal. In tho meantime the State was paying off the canal debt, and obtain- ing its release from the foreign bond-holdors. roprosonts the profits of the construction TIn other words, the community are required to pay rates of transportation that will yield the or- dinary rate of interest on twice the actual cost. If tho road proves to be unsuccessful, the con- struction ring hes its profits ‘on tho con-, tract price of the work, and for tho rost it is saute qui peut. This is the Credit Mobilier systom of building railrosds and tho system which must of nocessity be abandoned 28 a ro- sult of the various influencoe now at work to break it down. Prominent among these influences is tho loss of confidence in American railroad securitica sbroad. Tho modern railroads havebeen mostly constructed from capital obtained through the galo of bonds sbrosd,—in England, Germany, and Franco. Thé foreign capitalists lhave hsd o discoursging experience with American railway stocks, bonds, and managemént. In England, the Erie frauds and the Atlantic & Great Westorn losses ; in ‘Gormany, the Rock- ford, Rock Island & St. Louie, the Dos Moines Valley, the Fort Wayne, Muncio & Cincinnati, tho Chicago & Southwestern, Atchison branch, and other forfeited or depreciated railroad se- curities ; in France, tho Momphis & El Paso swindle ; and for all Europo the revelations of Union Pacific and Crodit Mobilier transactions, Tho Legislature finslly appropristed £400,000 to build & dam on the Nlinois River at Honry, and the work has been completed honestly and eco- nomically, under the direction of the Commis- sioners in whose hands the canal has boen since its surrénder to the State.” The' construction of this dam had an immediate effect on the naviga- tion of theriver and the business of tho canal. It was o practical extension of the caual, secur- ing to it continmous navigation to Peoria.~ There- i8 now .needed, as has been known from the first, another dam at Copperss Creek, which, if con- structed, would extond the businese of the canal st all-seasons to the month.of the river, and would secure steamboat navigstion at all séasons upto s junction with thecanal. One branch of the Legislaturehasrefused tomake tho appropriations ‘needed for this purposo, snd tho' frionds of the work have now proposed a bill sppropristing the surplus earnings of the canal for this purpose. Even this is strenuously -opposed, some gontlo- men declaring that it is prohibited by the Consti- tution. The constitutional provision on this sub- fect roads thus: - é The Tlinais & Michigan Canal shall never be sold or jessed until the” specific proposition for the salo ar | Toase thersof shall first have-been submitted to a vote of the peoplo of the’ Statoata gemeril election, 2nd ‘have been spproved by a_majority ‘of all the votes polled at such election. The Genersl Assambly shall zever loan the credit of tho State, or make appropris- tions from the Treasury thereof in aid’of raiiroads or canals: Provided, that any surplus esrnings of any cAnal may be appropristed for its cnlargement or ox- - “Somb of those Who opposed the sppropriation of $400,000from the Treasury to build the dam insisted that it was “insid”- of a canal, and onstitutional ; and the same per- jgons now ineist that the appropriation of the surplus earnings of the csnal is for ‘improving the navigation of ‘the river, and is therefore un- constitutional | ‘The canal, to'bo of any vaiue, must connect with'a throngh water route. Just &% the senson when canal business is at its height the river is £oo low for business,—naviga- tion on the river cessing a few years g0 as early .as June. Any improvement. of the river but'especially by locks and dams is as clearly an extension of .the cansl as if it were dug out for that purpose. . It is, however, not the less an im- _proyement of thexiver. The dsms at Gopperss Creel and at Henry afe indisponssble to the navigation of the river, and there is no more " constitutional difficulty in' appropriating money for ithat purpose than théTe is fo appropriate horiey” for” any purpose not.prohibited by the Constitntion.. Bt if thie river bo not made nav- igable, thien to extond - the ~canal navigstion by the constroction' of locks ‘aid’ dams, at such points 'as° mey ‘be necessary to ena- ble | _lnutn to proceed ‘down the river, and; coming up fo ' reach the canal, is an extension of the canal, and an appropris- _tion for that purpose of the surplus earnings of tho canal is éntirely legitimate, and authorized by,ihe lotter as well as epirit of the Constitu- tion. The Legislature might, indeed, go far- ther, and might sppropriste whatever sum was needed to consiznct this ‘dam, and provide that it bo réplaced in the Treasury zs fast as received from the surplus earnings of the canal. Tp to the 30th of November, 1872, the surplus cenal revenue then in the Treasury was $258,000, and wis fsed to discharge-the lien of the City of :Chicago -on the canal, and the . Au- ditor “estimates the 'receipts for 1873 ot $175,000. The Legislature might anticipate u::n révenuo 'for this-:snd fature years, and eppropriate it for the dam,—the revenuo a8 colleéted, boing paid into tho Tremsury. It scems to us, Lowover, that if the Legislatoro appropriate the surplus revenus for the dam, to bo puid out as it is collected, it would be suffi- «cient to “pay the cost of the work as it pro- gresses. % BIEE ** The propriety of making this dam at Copporas (Creck is 80 obvions that we cannot beliove tho Legidlatute will ‘sdjourn withont making pro-. vision for it in some way. That dam will securo continuous navigation-on the canal and river. It .may-bo that somo years hence snother dam father: down will bo roquired ; but this mey not be. for ‘many ears,-and in tho: menntime the canal will have fefunded the Bizfe all its ex- Ppenditures for work done on the proposed exten- sion. : Let us have the appropristion for this IiE CREDIT MOBILIER SYSTEM OF RAIL- o .} £ WAYCONSTRUCTION. ) 2 Themiu&prgspegt that the Credit Mobilier system of building railronds =ill soon be aban- doned, Thére are influences working on all sides which will ‘combine to this end. _The system in briéf {s that which ‘Lissignol, 606 ‘of ‘tho Paris _brokers in Momphis & El Paso bonds, character- ized, ‘in his testimony in court, as .in- famous, and “moknown in Fribeo,—mort- | gegivg what doos .mob oxist. - Tho man- 4 mer of building the Union Pacific Railrosd, ;wbicb ig fmiverssily. regarded as fraudulont, has “been the prevailing custom in the construction of American railronds of late years: Firat, n charter ; second, a construction ring; mext, the fesuo pf-stock and bonds, -which: ate turned over tq this Ting;, thon » disposal of tho bonds lhdx'gouunt, with which to funds to build the road; and, finally, if the road is ever short clear, and 11@123¢e for_sweet pickled | comploted, an issue of stock; and eo it is fomnd bame. “Lske fréights wero inactive, . ani that the road has been constracted wholly from. nominally unchanged at:15@160" for. .o | money;obtsined from one set-.of men, and to Buffalo. Highwines wers quiet and 3gc lower, st 86)4c per gallon. Flour wns Tess active, aud s shade easier. ‘Wheat was dull, ord 1c lower, closing at $LI6@1.18%¢ cash, and £1.21 soller Msv. Corn wgs dull. and 3c low . is owned -by ‘ another cof men. " If the road | is , successfol, it* s “expoct- ed to pay the interost on tha bonds, which repre- sent its actual cost; and then interest on tho wital stock which never was baid for.-but which | must sct 88 a genoral waming against investment in American railroads, = When one of tho most prominent American citizens, identified in tho foreign ~ mind with statesmanship, lesdership in politics, and success in war, is arraigned in France asa swindler, and condemnaod to five years' imprison- ment for negotiating spurious bonds; when an American Minister at the Court of St. James londs his vpame to a mining enterprise hat promises to turn out as badly s some American railroads; when American rail- rond managers are always ssssociated with thio Jim Fisks, Jay Goulds, and Oakos Ameses;. when failrond combinations are formed to swin- dlo the Government and find co-operation in loading members of Congress,—when all these things are scanned abroad, it is bardly to be ex- pected that American reilway securities will in tho future meot with the favor they hnve Te- ceived in the past. It must b that the negotia- tion of worthless stocks and bogus bonds in Europe will henceforth bo & more difficult -an- dertaking than heretofore. With the los of the European market, the projectors of futuro rail- rosds ‘must’ come down to -‘the ' hiard ‘pan; the railfoads must hereafter be constructed legitimately, and with capital that is amply se- curod.” Then they will be built at actual cost. » Influences toward the same end are steadily working at home.. Tho' time is past when the people will consent to psy intercst onbogus capital i the way of high freight charges. Every State is now working to regain ita righta in ome way or sanother, - and is previding constitational and - legilative ~ safoguards against fotare abuses. The practice of voting subsidiés to railrosds iy Congress and in Stato Legislatures, and of loaning tho credit of conn- ties, cities, and towns to speculative enterprises, miny be regarded. 8s at an end. Illinois hass constitutional prohibition against subsidios; tho Joaning .of public credit, and the watering of stock. Efforts are’ making to introduce the same prohibitions in the Constitutions of New, York, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. They will undoubtedly be -successful, and be imitated by all the other States. The General Railroad act in Now Jersey, which recently became a law, prohibits railronds 1ssuing bonds in _ex- coss of the -capital stock actually paid up. Tho suit of the Goneral Government “againab the Credit Mobilier Company will probably com- pel Ames & Co. to disgorgo if it does not forco the stockholders of the Union Pacific Railrosd to pay up capital stock in fall, according to law, of which only 5 per cent has been paid in thus far. Tho tendency in a1l directions is to bring sailroads down to the busis ‘of actual cost, snd Do one who has watched the -temper of the peo- ple can doubt that it will be done. % Tho result of these varions influences will con- tribute more to the relief of the public from railway extortion than any series of statu- tory provisions. When railroad stocks and ‘bonds sbsll "répresent the actual cost of the roads without ballooning, or watering, or con- struction rings, or Credit Mobilier systems, then railrond tariffs will becoime ressonable. If the railronds that are to be constructed in the fa- ture shall be made to conform to this rule, the railroads slready built will be likewiso reduced to it. . Those who have been swindled on excess- ive bondsand watered stock must: stand their loss a6d make the bost of it. Tonceforth all rail- roads mustbe built and all railrosds operated on tho bnsis of nctual cost and economical man~ agement, o ———— BREATSTUFFS AND BLANKETS. The Protoctionists tell tho farmers: - Yon Taise corn which you sell at 20 conts s bushel. We erect a woolen-mill to make cloths, and blankets, and shawls, and employ in that mill o numbor of men, women, and children ta run the ‘machinefy, who will oll be consumers of your corn. But woolen cloths, and blankets, and: shawls aro made in other countries, and can_be 80ld to you at your nearest town for 50 contsa pound; that is chesper than we can afford to make them, and wo havo asked Congress to placo on-such foreign goods a fax of 80 per cent,. which will prolibit their sale un- der 90 cents por pound. . We -can there- fors ‘muko and sell you cloth, blenkets, and'sbawls at 83 cents per pound. You can then bring' your corn to our mill and exchange it for blankets, roceiving a pair of blankets woighing 9 pounds for 83} bushels of corn, which corn ‘we pay out to-our operatives at a small advance, | in'return for their labor, and wo thua farnish you a home market of actual consumers for your corn. | Tho protection of 80 per cent you havo voted'tous ageinst the pauper Iabor of Europe enables us to build np home industry, give you a home market for your products, and add to the goneral prosperity. Tho farmers who. were wheedled by this proposition 1n1867sre beginnitg to inquire into tho relative advantages of this arrangement. The prico of their <rm remains precisely the samo, the home market ofiering nomore for it thanis offered elsewhere ; and they fhink that if they could get s pairof ‘blankots welghing 9 pounds for £4.50, or 223§ bushels of. corn, in any market, it would be = better price for their corn than if they gave 8% bushels for tho same blankets. : If- the homo market can only give § pounds of. blankets for | 88} buehelsof com, and some other market offers them 13}¢ poundd of bisnkets for the same amonnt of corn, then the other market offers them o decidedly. better pricofor their com. The valuo of com is to -be computed by the quantity of other things it willbuy. If 100 bushels of corn will buy 40 pounds of blankets; and Congress levies & tax whersby it will require , 170 bushels of corn to purchase the same jreizht of blaukets, then tho corn, which in the first placo had a value of 20 conts por bushel, is ro- duced to loss than 12 centa por busbol. The in- creased consumption of corn by the mon engaged intho woolen mill is discovered to bo & delu- sion, becauso it is found that pooplo eat as much ‘under one tariff " ss-under another— whether working fn & woolen mill or out of it— and that it makes no differonce to the farmer whether his market is at his own door or on the other sido of the globe, provided hosells his corn and gots his blanketa. Bat tho cost of iransportation ! sayssomeone. Well, the momont the cost of transportation be- comes groator than the costof tho tariff (dis- tance and- tariff being eimply two obstacles be- twoen producer and consumer, tho one natural and thio other artificial), that momont the homo mannfacturo will spring up. The theory of tho tarift is, that, after paying il transportation charges, there is still 50 to 80 per cent advantago in exchanging the com for the forcign blanket, which must be offset by a tax. If the farmors arein earnest, thoy will strike for this 50 or 80 por cant and got it. It is their earnings. Why shonldn't they have it ? Cortainly, ono of the gravest orrors of tho Ad- ministration sinco Gen. Grant's re-election was the pardoning of Brown, the Philadelphia re- peater. It was regarded at tho timeasa virtual spproval of the notorious system of corruption that has dominated tho Philadelphia elections for'many years. When it was found that the pardon was regarded with disfavor by the Re- publicans thomselyes, the oxplanation was made that Prosident Grant had becn misled by those ‘who sought Brown’s pardon, and by men whom he hnod s right to trust. It was prob- ably on this account thet tho House of Ropruehhtiven passed & resolution directing the Attorney-General to furnish information concorning the means that had been used to socure the pardon, hoping thereby to relieve tho Presidont of the blame which had been attached to him. Tho Houso resolution was mot com- plied with before adjournment. "Acting under it, however, Mr. Randall, a member of the House, callod upon the Attorney-General, ro- questing him to furnish the names of those who had petitioned for Brown's pardon, snd ropro- senting that it was s matter of great' importance and: interost to the people of ‘Philadelphis, Mr." -Randall's request, which would not have been unreasonsblo even if tho Houso had not paesed a resolution. authorizing it, was de- nied by the Attorney-General, with'the romark that he would have made the same answerto Congress itself. The Attorney-General assumed ‘the position, presumably by authority, that tho pardoning power is s gpecial prerogative of tho President’s, and he is sccountable to no one for _its exerciso. "This is high’ ground to take in what we believe to bo & republican Government. e are not yet accustomed to the doctrine of prorogatives, and the assumption sounds harshly in American oars. The pardon of the repeater ‘Brown is x;niversn.lly regarded ns & sorious mis- tako, if nothing worse. (len.Grant is not acting swisely in taking all the blamo on his shonlders in order to save his *‘ personal prerogative.” Tl sanction which the Emperor of Austria - is announced to have given to tho Electoral Re- form bill is an important popular triumph se- cured in o peacefal way, which must ultimately tend to cement moro closoly the different nation- alitien now .under Austrian rule: Tho now bill provides that the members of the Lower House are hencoforth to bo elected by all persons en- titled fo suffrage ; the number of mombers to be incrensqd to 120. . Each electoral district is to elect ono Dopnty, and overy one entitled to voto for s member of tho.Diet, or local Legisla- ture,. will -also be entitled to vote for a ‘member of the Relchsrath, tho votes tobo given in writing, and an absolate majority to be neces- sary for the election of s candidate. Thoso on- titled 6 vote in any one province are to bo- eli- giblo in all tho provinces, and the duration of the period for which & member is elocted is fixed at si¥ years. The general character of tho bill is very similar to that of the Counties Reform bill, rocontiy passed in Prussia. It is virtually a uni- vorsal suffrage measure; eubject to .prudent _checks, and must bave & very imporiant bearing upon the Polish, Hungarian, and other provinces of Austris, which, fgr the first time, will have an inflnential voico in tho councils of the Imperial Legislature. Y Dr. Linderman, the Diractor of-the United States ‘Mint, in & recent lettor to the New York Chamber of Commorco Committee on Coinage, states that the international silver coins of the, ‘metxical weight prescribed by tho racent Coinage act will bo issued without delay, and that by the 1st of Janusry next ho cxpectsto have them issucd from new diesand with now designs. Lest the general public might infor that they are to havo silver, in their pockots instcad of postal currency, it may bo stated that tho new silver is ntended to facilitate trade with ,'he. “hfllfie}? Tho St, Paul Press has lengthy articls dep- - recating the anti-tariff resolution of the Illinois Faormers' Convention, in “the courso of which it Heppily, the tron interest, in tho present condition of tho foreign market, is no longer in nead of protec- tion, and no longer profits by it i Of courao, then, thers is no need of the presont; protective’ dnties on iror; and the porsons for whose benoefit they wero catablished are dishon- est when thoy domsnd a continuance of the same. . It is mow cortain that Prof. Agassiz' pet. schemo for establishing a school of natural his- tory will bo successfal. Tho general design’of his school is to set up & repoeitory of discoverics in paturo and-advances in science, -in which to instruct and 'sond oub practical teachers in agricultare, mining, and mangficturing. Even; before . he had . tho = prospect of roceiving sabstantial _money aid,. Prof. Agessiz .had_determined to stsrt: guch an institntion and trust to its own merits to event- ‘ually - attract tho necessary support. He had gathered about him about twonty. Professors, who were to give their services for the first year gratuitonsly, and he had determinod to begin at Nentucket, where living is cheap, to give instrnc- tion during the summer months to the students from the higher schools who ghould desire to avail themsolves of the advantages offercd. The studios . were to. comprehsnd- the va- rious phascs of natural history,. inclnding tho ‘breeding of birds and fishes, thg improvement of domestic animals, the chemistry of tho ses and “air, tho chemistry of foeding and breeding, the Iustory and habits of “insects injurious to vege- fation, and all the sciontific nids to sgriculture and industry. . It was at this time that Mr. John Anderson, & wealthy and_retired tobacco mer- chant of New York, stepped in and donsated an. island near New Bedford, Mass., of over 100 acres,: splondidly improved, ‘and estimated to be worth- $100,000. ' After this' generous offer had-boen accepted by, Prof. Agassiz; Mr. Anderson contributed farther $50,000 in cagh for tha henafit of tho institution. It has been' esti- mated that $18,000 a year or tho §250,000, will givo amplo eupport to the enter- priso, and it is now proposed to raiso the noeded $200,000. Thereis no doubt that this will be done. Prof. Agassiz proposes that the school shall be named after Mr. Anderson, and 3Ir. Anderson wants it named after Prof.- Agassiz. In any case, it is not likely that the gonerosity of 1ho one nor the great attainments of tho other will be forgotion. it . —_— e —— A movemont has recently beon sterted in the English Parliament by Lord Houghton, himself s litorary man, to establish an order of merit for arts, literature, and scionce. 'Tho movement originated in & motion made by Lord Houghton, asking that litorary mep bo allowed to wear for- eign docorations, Tho motion aroused the Brit- ish pride somewhat, and gave rise to an intorest- ing discussion, in the courso of which Lord Stan- hope, formerly Lord Mahon, the historian, urged that tho Crown was tho only fountain of honor in England, and that Hor Majesty - should bo urged to establish an order of merit, in which litorary ability should be recognized. The proposition has boen received with considerable favor in both Houscs of Parlinment. - Thero -are at presont but two orders in England which carry any special honor with them, end to neither of these can literary mon gain admis- gion eimply by their liforary ability. The Garter is open only to foreign potentates and native Peors, and the Bath is monopolized by naval and military heroes.” The literary men in England, like Bulwer, Macanlsy, and Herschel, who have been ennobled, obtained their reward more by their possession of landed estates, and the value of their political services, than by what they had achieved in literatnre. The question which will first suggest itself in this country is, who, ontside the ranks of the sciontists, with the exception of Tennyson and Carlyle, are to recoive admission into the mew English Legion of Honor? Scienco has some votaries like Herbert Spencer, Tyndall, Darwin, Huxley, and others, who are worthy to wear knightly spurs. But Dickens, -Thackeray, Bulwer, and Jerrold are desd. Who wre their successora ? ° Would men like Charles Reade, Wilkie Colling, and Edmund Yates, who follow these at such immense dis- tances, be candidates for the docorations of the new order. . If only those who have achieved great literary distinction wera admitted, the new order of knighthood would have but a sorry fol- lowing of knights. The prices obtaized at tho book-trade sale “#hich is now progressing in New York have de- veloped some curious facts with regard to the tastes of book-buyers, and also show that Amer- ican works arg not undervalued, in_comparison with. foreign, in the estimation of American readers at lenst. In Osgood & Co.'s publica- tions, Longfollow’s Danta brought the highest price, and Whittier's Snow-Bound the noxt high- ost. It is stated that Edward Evertt Hale's novels ranged with Dickens', and above George Eliot. Bret Harte brought about the same prices 8 Do Quincey, and Howell sold highier even than Thackeray. Emerson’s proso essays sold very high, bringing $1.50 per volume, while Forster's . Life of Landor, s much larger work, went off st $1:45. Theso facts redound as much, however, to the credit of Amevican patriotism a8 to Ameri- can literary taste. v MRS R M. Louis Joseph Buffet, tho new Preeident of tho Chomber, olécted, a fow days since, in tho | French Nationsl Assembly, has been distinguish- ed 08 a statesman and financier for many years. In 1830, ho was Minister of Public Works, and one of tho leaders of the Corps Legislatif, but withdrew to private lifo in 1851, after the coup @ efat. TIn 1863, ho was clected to tho Corps Legislatit, although Napoleon violently opposed his eloction. Ho was also st one timo Minister of Tinance, as the successor of 3. Magno. Ho is represonted to be very wealthy, very indus- trious, and very influential. e NOTES AND OPINION. Dodds was elected in_ Cincinnati, lagt October, to serve out a term in Congress, vice Perry, who had resigned in July. Dodds voted for back pay, and now wants it. He wants it dated back to July ; and tho officiels at the treasury will honor Diis formal application. Perbaps wo should use some othor word than “honor”in this paragraph. —Sam Manshall, ono of onr Iilinois Congress- ‘men, finds tho back pay rather unpopular on the Wabaeh, and gives out word that ho is ** consid- ering the propriety of paying it into the treas- uries of tho counties composing his district.” Hereupon a Democratic editor remarks: If the money bonestly belongs to: Mr. Marshall, of courso be can #0 disposo of it if ho pleassa. If tho ‘money does not honestly belong to him, then be would bo a thief to tako it, and his constituents bocome re- caivers of stolen property. The peoplo everywhero re- gard the men who take thiz back-pay as thieves. —Certain panic-stricken Congressmen affect a fear that our Watch-Dog of the Treasury, the good old Gen. Spinner, is dishonest, and not to be trusted with orders for tho sums they ** have not drawn." Others affect o different fear, which o find expressed in the Dubuque Times, Which Bey8: ¥ The Muscatine Journal understands that the Iowa Congressmen entitled to back psy under the Salary bill have been corresponding, for somo time, to coma to somezgreoment in regard to it. It is now propoeed that tho soveral amounts due tliem be expended in purchasing United States bonds, which. are then to-bo Ccanceled. Thus so much of tho Government debt would b6 wiped out, ud the money would be more effectually rostorod fo the Government than by simply leaving it in the Treasury, to be approprizted and ex- pended in some other wiy. —The back pay steal by tho Forty-second Con- gress becomes more and moro_onormous the Tore wo look at it. Our only regretisthat a yoar and a half musi expire before any of the" authors of the great wrong can be brought be- fore the people for the condemnation they so Tichly merit.—St. Zouis Democral., —The treason of corruption is a more heinous crime than *the tresson of war, end not & singlo one of the guilty culprits should escape the in- famy of a justly inflicted obscurity. Now. that ‘| Congress nas passed away, and Legislatures aro dying out, the momory of exposed iniquitics will naturally grow fainter and fainter the.further timo carries us away from them; but it is the sacred duty of tha citizen never to forget and never to forgive thoso servauts, from tho least unto the greatest, who havo been recrcant.— ZLafayelte S{ML Journal. . —1Itis a bad fime for new parties to form, and astill worse ono for the old partics lo,ka:fl their lines firm. There is a tendency on sides to forgot partisenehip, and to look morg. closely to honesty and officioncy in-high places. Tt i & good sign, and signifies tho awnkening of tho public conscicnce after its-long sleep,—5 thing ‘more to be desired than tho forma- tion of new.parties.—New York Tribune. : —When We flow pacts, which many nows- ' papers have recently been discussing, is formed, it will bo formed by tho peoplo, and not by pro- fessed polticians. " It willbe a Euty of the peo- ploand for the poople. It will be o party born of ‘the people’s nocessitios, and advocating the protection of Iabor.. 1t will bo a party which will resist tho encroachments and cen- tralization of capital, and, odmit of no legisla- tion for the benaSit of the fow,. and theinjury of -tho many. Such's paityis sureto come. Stone by stone its foundations aro Eoing lai and its progress thongh slow, and to some im~ perceptiblo, is nevertheless sure: The people are not educated in 8 moment. Great reforms obtain their footholds by degrees, but when onco established thoy are hard to ‘shake.’.Ths or- ization of the of. tho fatnro rosts with, he people, and, when formed, it will be tho PXu‘s ;uu—ty, existing in their interests, and estab- II‘:.h for their protection.—Oshkosh (Wis.) mes. : “'fke opportunity presonts itself, if proporly improved, gafic!.\ie:g ug: of tho most mgnl&enf. Victories 'in fevor of simplo justice, and the rights of man, ever obtained in North America, except the triumph of frecdom over slavery. The masaes through the length and breadth of the land are ripe for this movement, and, when the nature of the contest is fally spprocisted, and concert of action attained, it will c.nnz such’ sn accumulation of moral power and leur in jts trein that adverse decisions ‘of Bupreme Courts, will farpish but a trifling” obstacle to its onward march.—Farmer Cily (IIL) Journal, —The crystalization ¢f the new elementslinto & party having the Constitution for its platform, s hiacst men for its candidstes, will be grest. 1y aided by this farmers’ movement, and, as its. cerrtain “result will be the overthrow ‘of Radical rilo, it must do good, and we are willing to wel- cowe it, and wish it God-speed.—Davenport (o) e —Af a time when the great raflroad monopo- " featare of the failure isnot the | colored man's whole fortune? o of the conntry, when it i3 & _question whether the States are to own the roads or the ronds the it it is consoling to see & power rising up which bids fair to control them. The farmers of the West have taken matters into their own hands, and though they cannot expect much from existing legislative bodies, they ara masters of the sitnation, aud can in future elections dic- tate to the companics.—New York Wilness. —Instead of & State Legislatare sdjusting differences like those which exist in Hlinois be- twoen the farmier and the common carriers, they. ought to be provided for in general 1aws of Con- gress. A singlo State is no longer strong enongh to cope with the incorporate monopoly it called into oxistence. The common carrer is too strong, arrogant, and gelf-w 11>d to be man- aged by & Commonwealth. Cing:ess is alone equal to do this work, and the sooner wo have a system of genoral laws for the regulation of the ptzmmon um;m of tbg -tcoun;y, the better for its peace and prosperity.—Harrisburg (Pa.. State Journal. - G o (R —A colored gontleman named Rapier has been elected to Congress from Alabama. The Hon. 3Ir. Rapier has served nine years in the State Ponitentiary. Tho San Francisco News Letter suggests that ho has paid a debt to his Btate which. sundry of his colleagues still owe to eira. —The Republican party in San Francisco, and to & less dflgfl:a throughont the State, is under a most disgraceful leaderahip. ~We shall not -follow that leadership. We have scen, upon . one. occasion, disastrous -consequences resulting to that pArty. When a cor- Tupt village politician, by all the meaner appliances of party machinery, set in motion by ward loafers, stclo a State Convention and caused himself to be nominated for. Governor, _the good men of the party robelled against the ‘conspiracy, and, from a majority of 28,000, the TRepublican gnfiy was beaten 10,000. Since then arty rulos hove relexed, party obligations have st their force, and the samoe leadership, su ported by the famo ragged rank and fils, tho Bame small country journals, the semo corrupt Court-Honse politicians, will bring that party to tho same unfortunate ond.—San isCO Chronicle. —Some time ago Grant pardoned a man by the name.of Brown from the Penitentiary. He was o Philadolphia * 1epester,” and was gerving out a term for that offense committed during the October olection. It was believed by gomo char- itable -persons that the President had beon im- posed upon in the matter, and, consequently, & fow days befors the adjournment, & resolution assed Congress for papers or other communica- ions or documents relating to the case. The Attorney-Genoral declines to allow tho papers to bescen. From this it appears that ths Presi- dent i8 not to be questioned for his acts. **The Kin%m do no wrong."—Aany (N.Y.) Argus. o preamble to the proposed now State Constitution. of Pennsylvania containg s sen- tence interjected by the mon who are sttempting to procure a direct recognition of God in the Na- tional Constitution. 6 seutence- is a’ very curious one, 8o worded that it is & question whether it is not blasphemous, however revoren- tial Zmay have been - the intent of its framers. It reeds:: y We; tho peopla of the Commonwealth of Pennssl ‘vanis, recognizing the sovereignty of God, and humbly invoking His guidance in our future destiny, ordain nd establish this Constitution for its government. . The question is, whethor the words *ita gov- ernment ” mean the government of ** His guid- ance,” or the government of tho people of Penn- sylvanin, " The sentenco scems to esy that we invoke ** His guidauce,” £nd ordain this Consti- tation * for ifs govornment,” that is, for the pur- pose of governing * His guidance.” * Or elae that *His guidanco is invoked in our faturo des- tiny, but tho Constitution is to gotern omr fo- ture destiny. If tho word *its” were changed to “our,"’so thet it would read that we ¢ ordain and establish this Constitution for our government,” the sentonce would bo better ; but still it would be curiously involved, because, sfter .invoking ‘‘His "guidance,” it sounds strangely to go right on and declaro that the Constitution is to be our real guidance, or gov- erning . principle. What tho framors of -the clause meant wo all have a moderately clear jdea: but this extraordinary language is a curions illustration of the difficulty of reducing that meaning to an unexceptionable, or even to a reasonably precise, form.—Delroit Post. - FOURTEENTH STREET PAVEMERT. The Mayor received a lettor, yesterday, from & ‘property-owner on Fonrteenth street, inquiring the resson why that thoroughfare had not been paved, giving o description of its filthincss, and agserting that an nesesement for filling and pav- ing bad been collected two years ago. As noth- ing had been done towards the improvement, ho yag anxious to receive the interest on his monoy. The Meyor’s reply, which is of intarost to many peoplo who own property on Fourtecnth street, Svas as follows : . oF 4 *.Bm: The ssscssment for the curbing, filling, and paving of Fourteenth street, between Clark and State stroets, was confirmed by the Council, Oct, 24, 1870. The asseasment was all collected early i 1871, and the wliolo amount st stands to the credit of tlujs account, Most of tho_ walling and filling hus been dono by the owners, -An information was granted April 19, 1871, Testraining the city from proceeding with the work. The suitis still pending, with o prospect of a hearing some- time during tho preseut mouth. The contention grows out of a discropancy between the actual and tho re-, corded location of tho street, fnvolving a distance of four feet. Kespectfully, JosEzE MeDILT, Msyor, —_ How the Atlantic Narrowly Escapcd the RRocics Last Summer. From @ London letter published in the Cincinnati i Gazelte, July 17, 1872 At noon on the second iondsy after leaving New York our reckoning showed the Atlantic to be within 164 miles of Queenstovm. “We hiad an obgervation on Sundnlg; but owing to & light fog we had none on Mo . As tho noontime passed, the fog thickenod, and all were greatly disappointod as it now becamo probablo that wo should approach’ the landin a fog. We were steaming by tho log thirtcen miles an hour. and this rate of sailing would bring us to thal F?(nult light-houso off the Irish coust at @ o'clock. Tho Fastuett is some sixty miles nearer than Qaecnstown. At the time indicated nearly all the passongers wore on deck, notwithstanding that tho weathor was vory chilly aud dump, aa tho fog had incrensed to great density: Tho Cap- tain and all the officors were on the bridgoe, and estra lookouts were on the poop-deck. _We were still golag at foll speed.” Mot of tho passengors wore on tho port side of the a:_ifi), straining their eyes looking for a light. wore quiet and anxious.. A word had not been spokon for some minates, when the Captain’s well-known voico govo the order: Port alittle.” ¢ Port a littlo, sir,” said tho man in the whecl-honee who turned his little wheel, which moves the ponder- ous rudder of tho ship by steam power. - I looked toward the port side through tho dense {og, but could sce noflnnF. Quickly another or- dor came : “Port littls,"” and before the helms- man could snswer, quick and sharp the Captain cried, .+ Hard s port.” * Hard a port, eir," said the wheelsman, as the groat voasel, 430 feot long, ewung rapidly round, and in & second a huge Tock, 300 feot high, with a fringe of awfal white Peenkors at its bato mot our astonishod_gaze, Tho helmsman’s wheel has hardly turned half wag ronnd, when tho sigoal to tho_ engines_con- veyod by telegraph the order “Stop,” and the next second. the order * estern full speed.” . On toward the dark maes, now quite distinet, our vessel atill kept her course, until we mouat- -ed on tho land swell of the.rocks. The reverse motion of our engine caused a great foam at our stern, and in about two. minutes we could dis- corn the foam slowly moving toward the bows of our ship. .Bodn we.began to.pass through it apidly, and for twenty minttes we rtired from the dangerons coast. - A - The Failure of Scranton & Co. oo From'the -{7 field %’:‘R.) Repudlican, . TThe failure of the New Haven banking firm of E. 8..8cranton & Co., proves, now that ail the facts have como out, to be one of the worat and most criminal that we have had in New England for years. - Tke trustee who was appointed to examine the books, made his rasflm on Saturday. It shows plainly the rise and fall of the house. The firm commenced business in_January, 1869, with a- capital of only- $15,000, but, posseseing _tho entire confidence of the community, their books for the next thres years showed a con- stantly incrensing. surplus, until .the capital stock; last J\fl‘z}'mlh the surplus, showed assets of $238,600. Within the next -six. months, how- over, this cntire. capital was extinguished, and, not only. this, but $62,000 more. Whero had this money gone to?- Thess figures tell the story: Loss by speculation in Union Pacific, 91!2.03 5 Rock Jaland, $104,000 ; Westorn Union, $40,000, &c. Bince Jan. 1thero have been more heavy losses, and their liabilities to depositors are about 9600,000, not over 5 per cent of which Probably can be paid. there be more con- vincing proofs of the folly, not to say the wick- edness, of stock gambling? Bn;nghawnl:: gam| + 1 the fact that, kmowing the condition - g{ their ‘business, the firm continued to receive deposita up to the very time of the failure—not from their mfl; smong the bulixl:em::%tgd" Haven, rom the poor people who implicitl; in their honor. \Vgi‘: ghall be thought m firlz that, kmowing itself on the very eve of suspen- sion, received the £700 which constituted a poor THE DEATH OF MRS. 'HALL.: Commencement of the Investigation : by the Coroner. A Startling Discovery Made-. by the Physicians. =~ ‘What Certain Witnessc;s Aro ..x.- o pected to Tell. ~ 7~ 77 7 The suspicions of the boarders at the Grand Central Hotel have been confirmed ; thore is no longer any doubt that Mrs. Sarsh N.Hall came ' to her death from bhemorrhage, caused by an sbortion_ or miscarriage. Whether Dr. B. P. Bo?nnlds; tho attending physician, prodnced or it was brought about by the individual efforts ! of tho lady herself, is yet to bo determined: As ° was stated in yosterday's TRrouxe, the body was taken to the Morgue by order of the Coroner. It lay there all Tuesday night, and yesterdsy ‘morning the casket was found to be intsct. An outor case of pino preserved the mshogany coffin from injury, and when the lids were re- moved the spectators wero astonished at the - besuty of the occupant. . Tho flesh had a yellow - tint, and from tho appearance of the corpso it was * concluded that very little blood remained in the arteries and veins. There were about two dozen people present at half-past 10 o'clock, when the post mortem oxamjnation commenced.. Among them were Coroner Stophens, Mr. Newberry (an - intimate friend of Mrs. Hall), Mr. Purple (her - uncle), Drs. Miller, Emmons, Wadsworth, firecz siz’ medical students, and four reporters. The autopsy was careful and thorough; every . vital organ’ was inspected for symptoms of disease, but none ‘were found. When the womb was removed, not.a word was spoken. The reputation of Xra. Hall depended upon its condition. Dr. Miller opened it, and is attention was immediatelyattracted toa dark- rod patch, to which something ndhered. The spectators awaited with bated breath his de- | cision. The_excrescenco was fcraped off, and waa pronounced to bo a small piece of pla- conta. Dr. Béynolds appeared at this © momont, scemingly agitated. He looked at hia brothren, but took n:su:tiva part in the dissec~ tion. Other physicians examined the small pieces of muscular tissue, and their judgment was similar to that of Dr. Miller. To establich its identity boyond & doubt, it was decided to sub- ect the picces o n microscopis examination. Whis was subsequently undertaken by, Dr. ‘Wadsworth, ° _an his opinion’ Wwas un- No evidence of tho wuwse of | instruments was discovered, and Dr. | Reynolds becamo cheerful. He Was communi- - ¢ative, and said the edhesions wera old ; that -if Mrs. Hall had had &n sbortion produced, it was previons to his visits. One Yery singular thing developed waa, that noka drop of blood could be found except in the hekt. Even the brain was - lilly white and totally devoid of life’s flunid. This . ‘was accounted for by Reynolds, who said “ Wa injected arsenic into the veins, and thatab- . sorbed tho blood.” _The examination over, the Coroner, phy gicians,: and spectators repaired to u{c ¢ waiting-room of the County Hoepital. ‘Seven jurymen were impanneled, and no others being . available, the Deputy Coroner was sent out tc le parsons. He gm&enfi an hant up five respec returned with the requirod number, and the fol+ lowing were sworn in 28 jurymen: Dr. A. B, - Btrong, Dr. C. V. Heddeson, W. K. Osgood, J. G. McElroy, G. W. Revnolds, J. B, Waldron, Gounty Hospital : J.H. Bhaw, No. 7 Park Row ; Frank H. Myors, No. 167 East Randolph street ; Ben- jamin Hendrick, No. 931 State street; D, R. Creger, No. 192 State street ; J. F. Wedow, 118 Eightecnth streot 919 State street. The microscopic examinstion had not been ‘made at this timo,—13 o'clock,—and the Coroner stated that Dr. Miller had roquested that the in- vestigation bo_doferred until this morning, Heversal things had to bo definitely settled, and tho contents of the doceased's stomach analyzed. A searching exsmination was necessary, and it could not be hurried, becauso a great part of the work devolved upon the physicians, Dr. Emmons said it would bo just to sllow little time to weigh the questions involved, and he would prefer that the inquest b postpened twenty-four hours. The jurymen were willing to defer, and the Coroner requested them to bo present nt the County Hospital at half-past 10 o'clock this moming. - Tho result of the post-mortem examination certainly astoniched. mxny of those in attend- anco ; and the persons familiar with the circam- stances of Mrs. Hall's death unloosed their tongues, and revealed a few facts which have .not heretoforo been given to the public. It a] ears that D, Bell, who sesisted Dr. Reynol embalming the corpso, Wes not ‘matis- fied .with . his explanation' of death, snd privately oxamined the body. He' waa surprisod at its_sppearance, and, boing sus- gmonp removed & largo portion of a placenta. said nothing about this to any oneo, but inti- mated to Mr. Clark, onoof the proprietors of the Grand Central, that he would testify to all he knew when called upon to _do g0. A conver .} eation between Dr. Bell and Dr. Reynolds, in a stroct-car, was overheard by a well-known gen- tleman, who will toll what Ae knows st tho in. quest_to-dsy. Detectio Simmons experienced considerablo difficulty in finding this witness ; but, -as_he is: responsible, his sttendance. is assurcd.Tho developments will undonbtedly be astounding, and justify tho course of Mr. Clark. ‘Ho had been snnoyed at the current rumors, but did not meke lus afidavit of belief unfil advised by connsel that it was necessary to preserve the repatation of his hotel. Tho authorities having no further use for the body, it was redalivered to_the undertaker, and seut last evening to W. H. Bartlett, an uncle of tho decessed, who resides in Portland, Conn. THE WEATHER. War Department Recports and Proge nosticationa. . Ca1caco, April 9.—The Bignsl Service reports gnow falling at Omaha, 8t. Paul, Duluth, and Detroit. Rain at Cincinnati and Louisville. No reports from the East orsouth of Memphis, Thermometer at San Francisco, 49; Corinne, 83 ; Cheyenne, 26; Omaha, 29; Pembine, 233 Duluth, 29; Escanaba, 35; Chicago, 37; St. Lonis, 86; Memphis, 40; Cincinnati ; Dy troit, 333 Piuahn!;gh!,'&‘}. : b e ‘Wir DepARTMENT, OPFICE OF THE CHIZF Sto- NAL BERVICE, DIVISIONS OF TELEGRAMS AND RE- PORTS FOR THE BENEFTT OF COMMERCE, WASHING- o5, D. C., April 9.—Probabilities—To storm centre in Virginia and- Pennsylvania will move northesstward over C p Cod on Thursday. For Thursday, in New Eng..ud, incroasing easterly winds with rain. For the Aiddle and South At~ lantic Btates brisk westerly .winds, and_cool, clearing weather. ‘ For Now York and the Lower Lakes cold, westerly winds and cloudy weather. For the Eastern Gulf States and- Ohio_Valley southwesterly winds, partly cloudy and clear ‘westher. For the Bouthwest, falliag barometer and southerly winds, with generally “clear wa’fitxbar& » 0 afternoon telegraphic reports are miasing from the Upper e 3 *Cautionary signals continue at Duluth, Mil- wankee, Chicago, Grand Haven, Datrait, Toledo, Cleveland, ' Buffalo, Rochester, Oswego, and from Eastport, Me., to Wilmington, the Atlantic coast. —_——— IN MEMORIAH. At’a meeting of the Merchants’ Exchango, hold on Monday, called for tho purposo of taking action upon the melancholy death of James E. Btearns, Esq., the following resolutions were passed: z . Wi It has pleas-1.an oll wise Providencoto remove by sudden death another momber from our. midst, our {riend and neighbor, James E. Stearns, . Resolred, That we deeply mourn his loss, and would. shiare the burden of this’ double bereavement with thoso who will miss him, both at office and home, and. tender them our d 5 . That & copy of thesa resolutions o trams- mittod to his family, in token of our regrot, nnd that !we, 85 far a8 practicabls, attend the funeral of our de- cedsed friend. - - - A Favorite Insuyance Company. *The Union Matual Security Insurance Compexy, of Philadelphia; hag established an agency in Chicago. ‘Their representative is B. H. Southwick, -hn: ofl: 18 8t No, 168 LaSalle street. This Company fs o268 {ho oldestIn the countzy, ‘havimg commencod 1n 1804, as wellss ono b_u_mn Teliably * ; Chbristopher Weinberg, - Fe SRS - AN ¥