Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 17, 1873, Page 2

"THE FARMERS' MOVEMENT, The. Order of Fatroms of Husbandry in Xown.. Twelve Hundred Granges, with Nearly 100,000 Mem-=" bers, “The Alloged Meoting nt Waterloo, at Which D. W. Adams Was Recommended for Govornor. A Bombshell in the Republican Rankg=s« Interview with Jerry Bradley, ¢ Secretary.” ‘Tntention of the Farmers to Gain the Oontrol of the Next Legis- lature, Farmers' Meeting at Geneseo, fll, A Defenso of Middlemen, From Our Own Correspondent, WATERLOO, Blackhawk Co,, Ia,, April 15, 1673, The fooling among the farmers of Iowa in re~ gard to monopolios is not loss doep and intonse that it appoars loss upon thesurfaco. The clubs of Illinois have no restraint upon their uttorances. Thoy moot in open day, ssy what thoy have to ey with porfoct froedom, and resolvo and remon- #trate, bound only by o elight thread of parlin- montary Iaw. Thoro aro fow, if any, Farmors’ Clubs hore, Tho socrot feoling of antagonism to opprossion in every form ispursoed in the granges of the PATRONS OF TUSCANDRY, and finds limitod vent ab thoir mootings. Tho ordor is ® secrot ono, whose aims aro voiled, and -whose action can bo but partially known through leaky members. Blackbawk County, of which Watorloo fs the county-seat, is ono of the strongest grangoe countios. It has more than twenty of the subordinate lodgos, and its com= bined action commnnds Yespect overywhero. Hardin, Grusdy, Franklin, Butler, and Bromer, —all prosperous neighboring countics,—lend their moral ald, snd co-operata in tho ganoral movement. Tho whole rogion is aglow boneath the surface; it is i 5 THE VERY HOT-DED 5 of the great sgitation now stirring tho entiro sgricultural population of tho Northwost. 1t is five years sinco the first grango was or- ganizod, in Jusper County. The order has since grown to gigantio proportions, Thoro are said to bo no less than - TWELVE HUNDRED GRANGES in tho State, with an aggregate adult moembor- ship'of noarly 100,000, Tho number of minox organizations is fast incronsing, and thoso in existenco ara growing rapidly. Thero is scarcély & tOWDBIIP tu the Olata withant its subordinate gronge. In six months, thora wis b scorcoly 10,000 farmors In Jowa who do uot bolong to tho Patrons of Husbandry, The sproad of tho sontimont upon which the order is predicated has been gradual, but steady and irrosistible. Tho aggro- gate vote of Iowa at tho last general .olection was something over 200,000. The Grangera can already poll noarly balf that number of votes, and, boforo many months, they will be ablo to poll 3 THREE-FOULTNS OF TAE ENTIME VOTE of the Commonwenlth. Tho power to be here- after exerted by the order will depond on its Jjoint and narmonious action, But will this vast multitudo act togothor? Will thoy keop them- salves out of tho toils of the politicians? Will they not be m by internal divisions sud- dissensions ? Will" not thoir leadors soon_hbogin to scok for tho spoils, and uec their personnl influence to rend tho great body to fragmenta? Theso aro questions which the politicians ara beginning to ask ns thoy sco tho storm looming on' tho horizon. The leaders of tho ordor themselves are putting similar in- torrogations. They caunnot but bo occasionally, soized with ominous fear that tho vast ma- chiney which they now control with so much suse, may ero long bocomo unwieldy,—that tho huge craft may soon TRANSCEND THEIR SKTLL 1N PILOTING. A clauso in the Constitution of tho Patrona of Husbandry oxcludes politics from their delibern~ tions aud from thoir action, Yot all acknowledge that they must, sooner or lator, use Fouucnl machinory to accomplish their ends, 'Tho fol- lowing proceedings of a meoting, said to have zfm' old ot Waterloo somo weeks ago, suggost o CASUALTIES TO WRICH THE MOVEMENT I8 LIADLE ¢ At o meoting of Patrons of Husbandry, ropresonting twenty counties, held I this city on the'81st ult,, the Tollowing resolutions were adoptod ; Wueneas, Tho intercats of the farmers heva becn betrayed and sold out by all parties, we now deem it expedient to look after our own Interesta ; thorcfore esolved, That wo will support D; V. Adame,of Allamakeo County, for Goveruor, and James Wilkin- #on, of ‘fama County, for Lioutenant-Gy Bost Stata clection, | gl G Iiesalved, That a'copy of thess resolutions bo sont to thie Towa Homestead, fotwa State Reporter, und Cedar Falls Recorder, with's roquost_thnf thiey publish the samo, A, BROWNELL, ¥resl JEnEyy RuApLEY, Sccrelary, pos AN ‘Theso rosolutions firat mot the eyo of tho pub: lic in the Waterloo Reporter. 'I'hc; oronted];an- siderablo surprise in this quiet community. Upon oxtended {nquiry, it could not bo learned Rhat any meoting of granges had boen hold horo jon the ‘day named, certainly not one at which &wonty counties wero roprosented by delegates, YThe editor of the Reporter, on beiug askod for B explanation, could only anawer that the reso- Rutions had been brought him for publication by Worry Bradloy, tho oatonsiblo Sacrotary, and he ublished them, su{:pn!ln them to bo tho bona de oxprossion of the senfiment of Inrge con- tituency. They wero copied averywhero :tu-omfl‘muc the Btnto, and oven in_distant citios, eceiving in many casen oditorial comment. oy g ’ PELL LIRE A DOMB-BHELL dnto the closo Ropublican ranks of Iows, whore Noyalty to Gov, Carponter, the prescnt in- cumbent, {8 tho true shibboleth. The Republi- <an press of tho Btate raised a unanimons ery of borzor and dissont, The resolutions were im- Emm g0 far ag they ropresented tho renl foel- g of the granges, and no furthor. Tho sonun- tion that thoy Liavo cansed must surely tioklo tho wanity of their authors, 2 TUE FOLLOWING LETTEN, #aid to have been written by one of the moat Emminanfi Grangora in this part of the State, ap- eared in the Waterloo Courier of April 10 : o the Editora of the Waterloo Courfer: + GenrrEMEN: In your issus of the 8d inst,, Y ob- serva s proamble and resolutions purporting to Lave n como b&ludwflh the -ummfl of some twonty rangoa of the Patrons of Husbandry in this soction ©of the Btate, which formally placo the names of D, W, ‘Adams and James Wilkiuwon before the people of fons 22 candidatea o Goversor sad Lisutensnt-Goversor, Fospactively, Permit me to say that T am In a position to kmow as Znuch of the purposes of tho Patrous of Husbandry in this portion of Towa, as olther of the gentlemon whous numes aro appendod'to tho resolutiona published,—A, WBrownoll, Presidont, and Jeromy -Bradloy, ecretary, aud I hero assort that tho resolutiona aro unauthorized by the Order of Patrons, and are calculated to do great Aujustics to It, and to compromise its interests and in- e i on posncelt 43 11 B sease suleetin Jut ent of 0 groat majo) 0 atrona fu this part of Tows, nnd assort tlo oo Tuat this oxpreaaton will meot wifl tho spprobation of tho Snder throughout the Stato and the Wesl. Indig- i A PiTno, Your corraspondent, dosi mattor to (o Bortor, g 0 {;":’: Mo Jeremy Bradley s the fountain-hoad of informa-~ ion, . : g:u ‘y‘.ur Bradloy lives at Cedar Falls, in this ds a.village not d L:i‘tmtn of purg ostitute of rural attra - uated at tlio. rapida of the Codar. Hivee 3ty above Waterloo, It was tho acrimonious rival of tho latter, until's groat desparity of population rendered rivalry impossiblo. Arriviug at Oodar Falls, tho wriler enterod s beer-ssloon, for porely_interrogatory purposios, and noked the ;ta;l "Teuton behind the counter whero he gould n JENRY DRADLEY. Aftgr 8 Lom proliminwry sad emigous enlts, displayed rith hiond thrown baok an far ha a nock oxcood- ingly .shott, and atiff would pormit of such an ' oporation, tho man roplied, ®Ab, yons? Jerry Bratloy (enift)l Tlnows orry, | WWhat piznoss you makes mithim (two sniffs) ? 1 have somo notes of his, vot I will sell you shoap.” But I don't want to buy the man'a notos. I want to find him.” 2 A, yoas, yons! Ighall seo what you will want. You ninll find Jorry_Dratloy mit ono cornor onf tho stroot. If you don’t find him mit one corner oaf ¢he atroot, you shall find him mib tha oddor corner of the etreot; and, if you dou't find hei}"e:“' t}?o stroot, msy bo 'ho goos to tho ooun| ‘mako FOME ETADEOA. It appears, upon further inqulry, that Mr. adloy hnd - Doy ORCANIZING ORANGES A ORGI . both in Towa and Wisoonsin, under anthority from tho National Grango; that the’ power to organize & subordinato grango can NOW only be dorived from the Btato Grango; that his power to organizo Is gong in Towa, although still recog- Bzl in Wisconain{ and {hat, tho Cedsr Falls Grango—tho ofghth organized in tho Stato—is not recognized by tho county grango, booauso it contalns mombors who are not farmors. ‘This, in briof, scoms to bo Mr. Bradloy's status as ro- ards tho granges, One of the 1;rom1nont mem- ra of tho lodgo at Cadar Falls ia PETER MELINDY, Unltod Btatos Marahal for Tows, whoso homo 8 in ,that village. He I3 a Illol.ltlnlnn of a school nor bocoming venorable, 1o has hold his pros- ont position for many yoars, having been but onco rologated to privato lifo sinco heo first tasted the awoots of offico, His reap- olntment by Grant was bocauso of apooryphal f alty to tho Ropublican party during the' timo of Andy Johneon, I mnK al6o bo montioned, in this connaction, that another politician actively «engaged in organizing grangos ia ¥, STANKLAND, Assistant Unitod States Marshal, at Dubnquo. Mr. Bhankland does not hesitato to say that ho is shaping tho courso of the Patrons of Husbandry, 80 far a8 ho has {nfluonce, toward cortain por- aonal and politiosl ends of his own. k of a mila through the drivina ralu Lrought mo PAOETO FACE WITI JERNY NRADLEY, at his own residenco. The gran!lngl was,_ suffl- clontly cordisl, The interior of tho houso indi- onted sparo menns, but careful hnflsowl!urg. Mr. Bradley is s plnin, lnrmar-looklnli man, with the bald pn{l and avornge airof & m\%lgnnt Bon- edictine monk. - His dress was not Paristan in stylo, cut, or matorial. He soomed to combine thio qualifios of a shiftloss Yankeo and an indo- Iont backwoodsman, Ho resemblos Byron only in this: that he woke up ono morning aud found himsolf famous, Conversation at onco adverted to the objoct of the visit, 3. Bradly proudly : THE FOLLOWING COMMISSION ¢ e E\VABEI::N;‘"WX!,;, ? 0., Jan, 5, 1871, radley, Keg., ‘al lowa : "'xrfl‘fifln« e o 4o forim, you of your appolzntment a8 a Bpocial Dnnut,yint ihnb ?11110\1(!1 Grange, i’“ll:":: of organizing subordinato granges in D consi Yo aro alao authorlzod 1 instal o cora in tho same, and will at oncs enter upon your du- tios, and sil Patrons are roqueated to reapect your au- thority, 3 Vi a8 afixed on tho da; Witens my hand and pesl, as aflxe 0n tho day Socrotary Natioual Grange, A colloguy ensued upon matters rolsting to tho Datrons of Husbandry, which will pa more fully dotailod in o futuro lotter. A Bradloy acknowledged that his authiority to form granges ia no longer valid in this Btate, In respect to THE WATERLOO MEETING, whoso proceedings are glvon abovo, ho said: +That mooting was not called for political pur- posos altogether. I don’t know how many por- sons wore progont. A groat many woro out and in, The muufing waa callod to transact busi- ness rolating to tho Waterloo Agricultural Works, Thero wero twenty counties ropro- sented, buk twenty dologates Wwere not present, 8ill, thoy know tho sontiment of the counties and foprosontod it corroctly. Womot in o ball or oftica on the oast sido of tho river; I don't know who owned it. This little political mattor coming up, wo thought it best o throw fhtt (tho rosolutions) ont, ond seo Tow thoy felt about if. Thero was mot a singlo dissonting voico. ~ Mr. —Drownoll ‘was “pmunnt Mr. Jonnison, (a prominent Froo- Liuda Grangor), was not presont. - I was thore, 1 cannot give names of tho others, Thoso pres~ ont wished that the proceedings, all but the reso- Iations, and tho namo,al] but thoso of the Pres- ident and Soswary should bo kopt serrob, Thoro aro somo littlo coutly arrangements which will como in and boost 8. ORI S nf fyilows by-and- by. Tho parties of the mooting Gont want it known : 80 you can 800 it wag a_socrot mosling for purposes of their own. You may bo suro that they didn't have any onoin who was hostile to their action. Woadruff (editor of;the Watcrloo Courier), wrofe that letier signed ‘Patron’ him- self, or got somobody, somo old * eardine’ to write it at biginditing, I shall namo the man some day.” ¢+ Who s Mr. Brownall " # TIo is a farmer living up somewhore In tho nartho!:n part of this State; I don't know whero,” ‘- &, \‘Vurn thore ton persons presont at the moet- ing 2" "I asy that twonty countios wore ropresented by men who know their business. This political uestion has boon thoroughly talked over among 0 gronges. Thoy undorstand pretty thorough- above mentioned. - 1y what they are goiug todo. If Gov. Carpon- ‘tor makes sufficiont plodgos to the granges, ho ‘may possibly bo their condidato. If hio dont, ho can't, Tho farmers don't care sbout a separato fl{di‘;},flo it thoy can hiave thoir interests looked or. {! WIIAT WAS THE REAL ORJLCT of this Adams movement " *Tho object was.to show Mr. Carpontor that, if he don't accodo to tho wishes of tho farmers, thoy can easily find anothor man to fill his place. ‘We had rather have Adawms than Carpenter, and wo only hopo that Carponter will be o sure in s place that ho will xefect all overtures made to by the farmers.” Further inyostigations at Watorloo failed to throw any additionnl light on the mattor. It is not probablo that o THAT MORE TIIAN TWO OTIERS asgisted at_tho mooting, besides Brownell and Bradloy. Thoso are_supposod tohavo boen the owner of !“mfis bank at Watorloo, aud an old county offlco-scokor. But, notwithsfanding this frail foundation for the movoment, the granges Are ALY, FRIENDLY TO ADAME. and would be glad to #ce him Governor. Ho iea wealthy nurscryman, about 60 yeara of ago, liv- ing nt Waukon, in Alamakao, the extroma north- westorn county of tho'State. Ho is said tobo o man of culture, education, and exocutive ability. Wilkinson, who is mentioned in connection with the Llnmonnanovnmorshlq‘ iy o woll-to-do farmer, rosiding nt Tamg, in Tama County. Ho is called o * eardine " by somo of the country popore s but, tho animus being npparont, tho shy appellation does not amount to much, The snmgou will not sock tho Governorship unless oy aro sure of success, but they aro protty sure that they aro going to, ¥, CONTIOL TIIE NEXT LEGISLATURE, . The railronds, however, will bo up and doing. Tho convention for the nomination of Btato oficers will ‘ptobably be held Iate in June. The granges will be It its indiractly, but strongly reprosontad in it. actlon does not sult thom they will hold a con- vantfiuix aftorwards and put their own ticket in o flold. .. As alrondy remarked, tho feeling among the farmors - : S0, 13 INTENGE. . In some. localitios it wouldnot be extreme Innguaga to'call it fanaticlsim. Tho magnitudo of tho farmers’ movomont cannot easily be over- ostimated. Whathor the Patrons of gnshnndry work Gnm}thnr or soparately, the influenco of the flrdcrw Do far-reaching, and felt many yoars ence, . ‘. s The following quotation from air “open" let- ter of. a young farmor to one of tho agricultural upur‘s of tno Btato indicatos the untutorod feel- g o A LARGE CLASS OF THE RURAL POPULATION, Tho nuthor of tho opistls is not rosponsible for the italics: God speed tho day when thio farmor shall be acknorl- odgod by all t bo #the ehief of tho nation ; when tho raca of nfddlomon shall have takeu to some honorablo calling, instead of tho ili-favored occupation which thoy now pursue, Tho snfddlemen, ringa, and monop- olles of our “land of the free? sland {n the same reli- Hon foua that the master does to the lasp, Thoy avy to 18, if wa offer any auggeations on the things that vex e, the cry is, # Lis atiil aud keop quict, for you Laven't braiba chough fo carry you throughi,” Why, air, I Licard a prominont eitizon of aur towi o morcliuut, by tho way,) saying, not long since, that, it any farmor of our ooulity ahobld bo given cayital dnd a bisiness ait- uatlon offored to Lim, iu five years' time Lo would ba & aukrupt, This ia'but the opfuion of many, with tho difforonco that It 1s unoxprossed, Ja it possible that the farmiig clase haa lecome o degraded that they eanniot compets with a one-lorsc shop-keeper? 1 boldly auswor, and without ono thought of contra- diction, No, nover! I am a farmer's son, and ox. poct to bocomo & farmor myself, and I' will not submit to such an {nault, and “call ‘upon tlie farmer- boys of Towa to givo suchi soyings tho e in tho most empliatio manner, ‘To be urd, wo Lavo not tho eduica- tlonaladvantagos tho aristooril's san las, for wo da niot havo a0 good o ehiance to aponge the necsisary funds out af some farmer that thoy havos: and thls fs evi- dant, for wiifle tha wives, sistors, and daughters of tha railroad kings, middlmen and political suountebanks aro drossed {n thielr ailks aud mstina, our mothora aud sistoraare compollod to be dreased in calico,—und glad to get & now dresa of that, Whilo thoy roctine on tholr luxurlous sofes aud arm-chairs, our mothers and sls- :fi?y 'é‘.i’.,"u?.'.“.i tho ':’nhluh snd e,lqbkh,l’-;u;:m. While carriages reaplendent with the farmer earaings, tholr ‘borpraoot 1" by Spars old Diok and Roon,—bocauso thoss fino young. B h ko o eolid (0 pay {axcs fo Suppore tha ure "len meon, shall theeo things bo? ! To us is con- nded ho futaro weal or wanaf tiio farmer, Ring, then, fellow-patrons,—rluo, nnd como to tha resouel Has not this A LITTLE FLAVOR OF COMMUNIGM, or o slight earth-taint of nql’m‘lnlllum,' or tho faintest possiblo odor of potroloum ? But wo all Kknow Ehint no grent reform yas ovor accomaplishod without oxcosson fu action and languago, Radi- onl dlsonses roquiro violeut romodios, Gonesco and the Farmerse To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune Bm: Tho quostion Liaa boon ofton asked, during tho past fow wooks, Why it is that the most important town in Honry County—ono of tho oldost, tho largest in population, doing tho groatost nmount of Lusinoss, and paying the Iargost tax—has boon 80 seemingly reluotant to tako & dootdod stand with noighboring towns in tho groat natlonnl reform' movement now por- vading overy rural dlstrict in tho State aud nation ? L Tho Town of Geneseo onjoys pooullar advan- tngos overmost Westorn towns, Porhaps no tow n situatod upon any railroad running out of Ohiengo has & moro oxclusivo and ontirely mo- nopo lizing power over trade and produce-buylng o8 o market and shipping-point than Gonosco hins onjoyed for tho past twonty yoars. Hor morchanta havo bocomo rich and inde- gondcnn her grain-buyers have, with vory small oginnings, bocomo waalthy owners of bauk and othier monopolizing stock, and it moy bo snid without oxaggeration thot thoy control the monoy-markot and nearly oyory businoss intor- o8t in tho northorn part of Honry County. This faot tho worklng»nlunsnn and farmors havo vory woll undoratood for s Jong timo, Tho mutual advnntngas by whigh Gonosco i3 pur~ roundod will hurdly find’ an oqual. Tho soil, _ond__productivo, was enrly T TS L ol R e el . and woll-cultivatod, productivo farms woro soon found taking tho placo of wild, open prairies, and tho country around Genesco has bocome quito donsoly populnted ; so that Gonosoo con- trola an immiense morcantilo and produco tradoe for many miles around, without a 8inglo compot- itor, and has dono so for noarly twouty years. Trwonty-five milog from any large trmlth contro, she has tho oxclusive control of this Immense trado iu all kinds of merchaudise, 80 nooossary for such a population, Ior trade in farming im- plomonts is almont without limit, Thistrado has como oxclusively from tho prodncln% clagsos. Tho farmor and tho avails of his labor have formod the basis upon which all this trade han boon entiroly dopondont, and inno town In tho northorn patt of tho county hns thore boen bot- ter progress, bottor improvomonts, or more thrift, And it is justly dus to the farmors to sny that thoy have fought manfully, all through thoso past twonty years, against fearful odds, until at last, not quite dis- couraged, & criefs has como, aud thoy foel thoy can no longer stand the unfair and unjust dig- orimination impasod upon them by tho com- bined influence of the common carrier—tho rail- road corporations—and its ally andassociato, the Protootive Tarift, which havo cnjoyed tho ox- clugive privilego of charging just what they lense for carrying our’ produco to market, and ringiog to us the merchandiso, and othor froight wo roquire,—thus fixing the price for our produco, ns woll a8 _overything wa mus buy, to sultthemsolyes, and ta-dny should youndk howis it that this thrifty, flourishing town Lns sprung into oxistonco, s i by magic powor almost, you would hear tho answer from overy intalligent, honeat man : It is tho avails of the hard 1oil of tio furmier, his wifo, hia sons, and bhis daugh- ers. Yet, in almost overy inatanco, during this lan period of monopolizing power theso spocial Erivflegud ‘men have exercised over us, when wo ave mado an effort to countoract and got rid of this crushing monopoly, we have boen mot with cold indifferonco, or enmbined, dotermined o position, by tho very men who Lnva heon mado rich by our labor, and wo have beon sometimes soriouly told wo were doing woll onough, 1nd to Tot woll onough alon, they saxing, at tho snmo timo, * Wo do not wish to'movo our warchouses and olovators, as wo most likoly should bo obliged to iu easeof an incroaso of railroads, or compoting linos of traneportation facilitics.” This sontiment has provailed and controlled tho masges. ‘Some months since, when the presont roform movemant was commenced by the farmors of Tllinois, sovoral loading, well-to-do farmors, who reaido in tho corporation of Ganesoo, were called npon by mon engagod in tho ontorpriso, and intorviowed for tho purposn of organlzin a farmers’ acsocintion in town, Thoy did nof meot with that cordial recoption sufficiont to in- duco thom to mnko tho attempt. Tho corpora- tion was not awaro, with the exception of thoss fow who always intond to koop woll rend and Eostod up, of the offort boing made in thelr be- alf, until quite o largo number went out into tho adjoining towns, Lecomo mombors of nsko- cintions, caught tho onthusinsm and spirit of thoir brothren in othor towns, come homo, and went to work with thoeir neighbors, and tho ro- gult bas boon that alerge, onthusinstio meoting was hold at n achool-houso in the oastorn part of tho town, at which noarly all the leading farmers woro present, and unitodly resolved to take im- mediato measures to organizo the Patrons of Husbandry in that part of tha town, ‘Tha meoting, after attonding to preliminary businosa, listened to an able addross by W. San- ford, Esq., & prominont and successful farmer and ablo logal advisor,—tho suthor, also, of tho elaborato rosolutions recontly passed at Cam- bfldfi? by.the Farmers' Club of Honry County do- manding tho rapenl of tho rocont Congressional act known as tlio Butler galary robbory, in which nearly all our mon in Congress took s part by pocketing thelr share of the money. Tho meoting was addressed by soveral farmers, and & very genoral intorest was manifested in favor of tho united offorts of farmera for rodress of griovances. . ‘hero having boen no time for embodying the sontimonts considored and discussed into the form of regolutions, I append some of tho more important points discusscd, /s follows : ({rst—Wo stand upon tho roserved rights handed down to us by tho patriotism and blood of our fatbors. Becond—That railronds must bo mado to sub- servo the purposes for which thoy wore created, viz.: to promoto the mutunl boncfits and gonoral interest of all tho Amorican people, the vast me- jny‘lty of whose business is the Boil. Thtrd—Ours is mont omphatieally an agricnl- tural nation, and will remain such for genora- tions to como. Fourth—That tho honor and dignity of labor— the only_truo basis upon which s nation can prospor—domands tho united and detormined support of overy Amorican citizon, Fifth—That combinations of men croated by legislation for tho specinl purposo of securing for capital epecial advantages and privilogo over the maasos and the avails of thoir labor are con- trary to tho oxpross nontiments and purposes of our national compaot, Sixth—That ol corporations, whether ‘for rail- ronding, bonking, mauufacturing, or for what- ever purposo croatod, which have secured to thomotycs & speclal privilogo, aro a disget viola- tion of tho ppirit and intent of tho American Conatitution, and are anti-Amorican in all thelr consequences. £ Seventh—That our Nationnl Governmont hans within the past fow months developed the most slarming symptoms of decay and degoneraoy, - ‘Tho mooting adjourncd at a Iato hour, to meot at the call of tho Bocrotary for permnuent organ- ization, ONE or TUE PEOPLE, {illing of tho Middlerien and ‘Thelr Function in the World we='The Iiddleman a Workor and o ‘Producor---Tho Mid~ dlvman and the FProducer Each o Nocessity in Mis Placus=Torminals oy and Its Tendoncy to Decelve, GRaND PraTRIE, Ta,, April 19, 1873, To the Editor of Lhe Chicago Tridune : Bm: In o formor communication, I stated that, *In modern times, tho producors aud the cousumers of tho productions of the world are, to & Inrggo oxtent, unknown to and distant from ench othor. From the vory necossities of the caso, thoy.cannor, oxcepting toa vory limited extont, donl dirootly with each other,” I then prooceeded to 1llustrato tho trath of this position in tho caso of the manufacturor. The position {8 oqually truo and oqually applicablo in tha oaso of the farmor. Farmor A knows not one in n thousand of tho ultimate consumers of the pro- ductions of his farm. o cannot go to themj thoy cannot deal divectly with him. Producer , AN tho multitude of consumers of his products, dwell in vridely-sopa~ ritod Btatos and countrios. Difforoncos in langungo and ocustoms obstruct their intercourso, Ilonco, tho worlk of tho middlemon, who gathor up the productions of the farmer, and transport thom to distant parts of tho world, and thore distributo them among thosa who are to bocomo their ullimate consum- ors, is quito as indlspensablo, la everyway as ab- Bnlutul{ nocossary to thoe well-boing of mankind, &y tho [abor of tho originul. producers thom- selyos, Indood, I hold “that, in an important #ongo of tho torm, the middloman iy himsolf & f can (i 19,2 49 {98812 lopg 1n tho 91& {ppp-tregon, duawn, | produger, X6 i by Iabox tlabkivey Yuluo S0 thab : CHICAGO® DAYLY's TRIBUNI s THURSDAY, FAPRILR17,¥ of tho original producor of tho product in which ho doala, " It ia'his Inbor mmflmmm roduc- tion of tho farmer within tho ronch of a con-~ sumor, nnd thus makes it availablo for tho uses of man, and glves it pecuninry yalue. Ilo is » commorcial - producor, and it is right and fitting that ho should bo-rocoguized aa suoh, Tho agricultural producor plants, and cultivates, and larvests, and thronlos, and winnows, and | storon, and handlos, and transporta; and onch aok of labor boutowod glvos o certaln inoreased wvaluo to tho production, 2 e But, nt this stago of the procoss tormed, In popular langungo, ‘\mdnutlon our agrioultural producor A~ finds 1t desirablo to convert bis Bmdunb into the nooossarics snd comfoxts of fo, and into othor products, the results of other mon's Isbors. Ho looks around for o fair chanco. Ho must havo his looked-up oapital and labor ins shape that will enable him to mako them availablo, The ultimate consumer of his prodnot is thousands of miles away, and ho cannot get accoss to him,' Now, what shall bo donod in tho promisea? Just ab this stago of tho business, it Is - vo; convoniont to hiave a good, cash-paying middloman, or com- mumlnl-fi)lroducar 8g [ gholl insist on cflunfi him, at hand. his middleman B stops in an takos tho production at & price agreed upon. If tho times aro’ what aro termod good, A gota n fair oquivalont for the Iabor nnd capital that he hns put into the articlo, {f tho timos aro what aro tormod bad, ho will bo only partlally com- Eunnntod for his capital and labor investod. But, o this as it may, our commercisl middloman puts his capltalinto it. Ho bestows upon the product othor acta of l1abor. o gathors small porcols into large bulks; ho assorts, ns por qualitios_and kinds, and transports ‘to distant points. But this product has not yob reached & consumer, aud our middleman and ‘commorcial’ Fmdnunr B wants tho original capital that ho put nto it, and pay for tho uso of his capital, and for all acoruod oxpeusos, all ahrluumévfly sl risks, all vigilsnco and_Iabor \beatowed, and all in- cronsod yalug produced, B eannot hold longor; o, too, like tho original producer, is not in & sit- uation to roach tho final cnnmmo{ ‘:51 t{:fln Eruu‘;l::g. r ) AnpHipskind o work!aneY A1 Sncng ite il consnmors, Noither A, the agricultural pro- Gucor, nor B, tho commorcial purchasor and pro~ ducer, is in a_sltuation to do this kind of work, It roquires o kind of labor for which nolther of thom fs J;repuud. Middloman Dcml!cquuntld' solla o product to Middloman hy at o prico’ ngrood upon, O is doing thig othor kind of business. O s & middloman aud commerelal producer who is on- fingad in the work of buying agricultural pro- ucts in tho bulk and in largo quantitios, and in dlstributing them- among actual and final con- sumers, in quantity and quality, and at timon, and on torms, to suit tho convenionco of con- sumers, Ho puts capital into this business; ho hostow Inbor; ko, t0o0, handles, and stores, and dividos, and wulg‘hu, and moasures, and dis- tributes, aud uscs business talont, and pkill, and vigilance, and thus adds to tho valuo of £ pro- duct,—for nll of which accumulatod valuca the consumor finally pays. Now,in tho-light of 4he principles heroin stated and illustrated, I make tho following points, to-wit: 1.That A, B, and O have been joint workers in tho prndnat‘on of tho accumulated valuo of tho product thot was finally sold by O to the consumers, The work of noither of the threo prrties could have boon dispensed with without ‘ombarrasoment and ruin to the other two, nor without inflicting loss, and suffering, and star- vation on'the consumers. 2, That A, B, aud O have, ench in his own way and in his o ‘sphioro, dond tho work of n pro- ducer in giving the valuo to tho &raduct for which the consumer finally paid. Thoy have all beon legitimatoly ongaged in tho' work ‘of porforming thonocsesary conditions nf{lmflucmg & nocessary and perfoctod produotion at the door of tho consumors, Now, in the common language of the day, wo stylo A, onoof theso parties, o producer, md to tho sthr, o wo titach the iminutive and odious Irish titlo of middlomen. By what right ia this dlax'::milng distinction made? Therols s legitimato classification of tho work of the world, Lot that classification bo mada and insiatod on, if you plensc; but lob us not bo decalvad by imy forminology. A au- perflcial aud deceptivo torminology hias led many o wiso man astray. It may decoive us, Lot ug foplity oursclves against such o rasult. Ilabor os hard, and as many hours por day, snd 08 many days por year,as any farmor on Grond Prairio, My Iabor - has added mony thousands of dollars tho value of _the roducta of Grand Prairio. Am Inotn Iaboror? AmI uota pro- ducor 2 Am I not; ontitled to bo regarded zs one of the workors of tho world? Granted,. broth- or-farmer, that your glnry. a8 ono of the labor- cors and producers of tho World, 18 a8 that of tho sun, tell me, if you can, why mina should bo as that of thomoon ? If you, brother-farmor, are to rank a8 ono of tho golden goblats, why should 1 bo placod among the oarthon pitchors Thore is no doubt but that tho torms ** middle- man " and * producer,” as popularly used: and understood, ars caleninted to decoiyo, and dode~ coivo, and that thoy, in fact, causo a poplar lio in disguiso. Those torms, ns usod in tho common language of tho dny, carry with them the ides, by implication at = lenst, thot the middleman bestows no labor on the arti- olos in which he deals, and that ho adds nothing to their value; thatho is a uscless cloment in society ; and that hio lives by tho sufforance and at tho oxponse of tho toiling producer and tho toiling coneumer. This iden, if' I mistake not, lics at tho foundation of the discussion in rogard to the middlemen that is now agitating tho coun- try. Numerous indignant resolutions and innu- mernblo indignant specches haye had no battor support, and have daveloped no profoundor idoa than this plausiblo dolusion. The sconer the fact is recognized and actod upon, that tho man- ufacturing producer, and the agricultural pro- ducor, and the middiomna commerelal producer, aro all co-workora and co-laborers, and all indis: ponsable clements in overy well-constituted and clvilizod community, the batter it,will be for pro- ducer, middlemau, and consumer, IMIDDLEMAN. SUBUIEBAN . to EVANSTON. E E The Board of Education, conslsting of Mesars. Andrew Shuman, Isaac R. Hitt, George E. Pur~ ington, A. W. Wood, William Blanchard, ‘and John E. Miller, mot Tuesday night at the resldonco of Isana R, Mitt. President Shuman callod tho moeting to order. Tho following com. mittoes’ wore appointed by the Chair: On Grounds, Buildings, Furniture, and Bupplies, Mossrs, Blanchard and Shuman ; on Finance and Balarios, Mosars, Hitt and Purington; on Ex- amination and Appolatment of Tonchors, Toxt, Books, and Courses of Instruction, Messra. Millor and Wood. A Prof. Charles Raymond, the Principal of the schools, road a report stating the prosont condi- Mun(i attondance, and courso of instruction pur- sucd. ‘ * The Committeo on Examination and Appoint- ment of Teachera were iusiructed to find a tonchor for an oxisting vacanoy, after which the Doard adjourned. Tho Linkesidos will meot this_evonlug at the rosidenco of Edwin Loo Brown, Esq,, ou tho leko shoro. ‘The last muutlnfi of tho old Bonrd of Trustoocs for this villago will be held to-night. o BOUTIL LVANBTON waa torn with intornal conflicts on Tuesday last. Tho amount of scratchiug done was somothing torriblo to witness. Tho ticket clocted was: Trustees—Thomas TT. Wataon, Nicholns Morpor, Byl- veater Goodenow, John B, Adaws, Albert E. Warren, Nicholas Didier, Village Clerk—T, R. Hogle. g Folice Magfatrate—D1, D. Kuowlton, HIGHLAND PARK. The recent eleation for municipal officera ro- sulted in the ohoice of tho following citizens : Mayor=-W, A, Jnmes, Aldermen—First Ward, Rodman Carter; Socond Ward, Hiram Mosfer; Third Ward, W, L, Burdick; Fourth Ward, Elisha Gray, City Clerk—E, B, Ramlbio, Marshal—J, J, Austin, Potics Maglstrate—Bamuel 8, Btrector, Treusurer—T. H, Sponcer. Assessor—8amucl 8, Btreetor, City Surveyor—l, 11, Buker, Tho Highland Park. Literary Bacloty will hold o dramatic outerlainment to-morrow ovening, at the rosidence of ', H.. Willard, Eug. © . PARKTRIDGE, An election for Villago Trusteos and Clork was Iind at tho Town Houte ou Tucaday, with the following result : T'rustees—Qeo, B, Carpenter, A, Dickinson, Joseph a. Jlflmnl, L. D, Tenont, Ohas, Kobow, Sauford Obit- don, Clerk—8amuel E, Cummings, Tho note of prevantlon i heard on all sldes for building, and it is thought not loss than fifty now dwollings will be erooted this summer, Mrs. Ponny, ono of tho oldest residents of tho vil- Ingo, 8ails for Buropo May 1, to romain abroad some yoars, to complete” the education of hor youngor ohlldren, Mr, A, W, Penny, who has recelved an appointment from tho Governor to the Vienna Exposition, will sail with them. UINGDALE, The elootion roturns of tho village of Hinsdalo oxhibit the following oflicers eloctud ¢ * Trustees—Joel Tiffany, E, P, Hiuds, W: W, Wood,W, Teland, Clerk=Y, Ttobbins, 5 _Alagetrstes=no By Warsen gud J, &y Biadee . .THE LUCKY EIGHTEEN, Tho Sifting ‘I’rowss Begun on the City Hall Plans. The Number of Competitors Reducod to Eighteen. In Another Week Nino of These Will Be Thrown Out, A mooting of tho tjoint committoes of tho Oommon Council and County Commlssionors waa held yeatorday afternoon, in tho offico of the Board of Public Works, Commisaionor Bingor in tho chalr. There wero prosont Mayor Medill, Ald. MoGonniss, Bailey, Schmitz, and Ogdon; Commisslonors Galloway, Bogue, Lonorgan, and Herting; and Board of Publio Works Commis- slonora Cartor, Prindovillo, ond Thompson. Ald. Heath waa nbsont, > ® Ald, Bailoy movod that tho Commlttos pro- ceod to bailot for tho eightoen plans to bo first eoloctod, but the motion was tomporarily tabled, 88 two or throo of the Uommitteo were absent. Commissionor Galloway moved the following rosolutions: Resolved, That other things being equal, tho centro annm towor {8 to be proferrod to ono upon elther XONE OF BUKIE uf thy bullding. Resols ‘That the ontrances to the bullding from the four s{dos of tho publio squarc should bo of oqual impoctance, 4 not of uniform coniruction, tesolved, That utllity aud aymmotry of deaign, with simplo ‘masaivo dignit; f:. t0 b0 prorocrod o awoat varioty of outlino and 'claborate ornamentation, not ouly for greater ocunomy 1n tho COBL OT Consiruction, but befng moro in harmony_ with tho purposcs for ‘which tho structure in intended, ltesolved, That no plan shall bo adopted in which abundance of ight and pure air cannot bo obtalnod, Oommissionor Cartor hnd not examined all tho plans, and desired to do so in order to loarn if any woro nffoctod by the rosolutions. Ho would rathor the rosolutions lic over untilhe had inspootod all the plans, . 'ommigsioner Galloway snld the phrase *all things being oqual” could not joopardize tho chancea of any architect. Tho thoughta em- bodiod In tho rosolutions wore maturod bofors 'tha Flnm) wore submitted. Ald. Bailoy moved that tho rosolution bo laid over tompararily. Qommissionor Ashton cloared his throat nnd arose proparatory to an oration. ” ‘The Chair deolined to liston to him, as ho was not & momboer of the Joint Committeo. Commissioner Ashton, tumid with dignity, ;}lld ho waa prosont by suthority of tho County oard. Tha Chair mildly responded that the question of that authority had yot to bo dotermined. .« Commissioner Ashton did not wish to provoke controvorsy, but ho had boon suthorized to at- tond the meoting, and was prosent in sccord- anco with his directions. Commissionor Galloway wished to explain tho situntion. Tho ndvertisemant for tho plans was signed bythe Board of Publlo Works, o com- ttoo of tho Common Council, and & commit- too of tho County Board, Af n mooting of tho Oounty Commissionora n, resolution was passed suthorizing thot the Committoo on City Rola~ tions bo addod to that on Public Bull(finfif, which has tho Hlflll under ' considoration. . Tha Bonrd of Public Works were city officers, and tho objoct of the Commissionors was to offact their influence with tho Committeo on City Re- ‘lations, The question ' whether tho Board had any right to change tho organi- zotion of the Commitice hed beon, snd was gtill boing, discussed, and, in tho ab- sence of a decision, Commissionors Ashton and TPahlman woro &r)nuout. The question could be docidod by the Committao. Ald, Ogdon did not think the Board of County Commissioners had authority to add or tako from the Committeo, ond that it would ba too had alroady beon coustituted. ; ‘Commissioner Ashton had come in pursuance of the direction of the Board, If he and his col- lenguo, Commissionor Pahlman, woro _oxcluded thoy would roport the fact to the Board for their action.. "Ald. Ogden conaldered it improper for the two ontlenien to participate in tho procoedings. It hey were presont as the othor Commissionors Tio would 1iavo no objection. = Ald. Bailey moved that tho Qounty Committeo on City Rolations bo oxcluded. Commissioner Ashton regarded it ag a quos- tion of privilogo. : ‘The Chairman had considored it his duty to haye tho quostion disposed of. 1d. Bailoy insistad on hia motion, Commissioner Prindiville thought this unnco- cesary, as tho gontlomen did not insist on ro- maiuing. e Comnigaionor Ashton, still tumid and rubes- cont, did jusist on remaining. Commissioner Prindiville snbmitted the fol- lowing a8 a subgtituto for the motion : 5 Resolred, That it {8 tho senso of this Committeo that in justice {o tho arohiteots who havo furnished plans, 1o one but the Committee designated in tho printodin- structions shall ba permitted fo participate in the selection of tho plans, The substituto was accopted and andopted— yous, 10 ; nays, 2—Lonergan and Horting, 0 two Commigsioners roso to go, the former threatening tho Committee with tho disploasuroe of his bonrd. : ‘Tho motion to dofor action on the rosolution until the noxt meoting was agreed to, when Ald. Bailoy renowed his_motion to ballot for eighteen plans, which was adopted, A ballot was Lid, rosulling as follows 1 LPlan, Votes. | Plan, Votes, 18, 11|35, i Fiang Nos. 1.3, 8 4, 6,7 0 10, 1, 17, 18, 83, 989, 40, 46, woro solocted ns fitteon of tha oighteon. . After mevoral more ballots, Nos.- 6, 40, and 47 woro solectod to_comploto tho num- }mr. Following are tho succcssful architects o ar : N ""No. 1.—Rankin & Garngoy. No. 2.—Cochrane & Miller. 0. —~Natz. No. 10 ~—~York, No. 11,—\Witlott, 14, Whoolock & Thomas, No. 45:—Randall,” - No. 46.—Bongloy & Roy. No, 47,—Dixon & Hamilton. S A communication was received from_ the inul-‘ tor ‘and assistant janitor of Kentucky Black, whoro the dogigns are on exhibition, cluiming that their pay is too small, and domanding an in- crense, Ald, Bailoy moved that the day watchman bo paid £8,60 & day, and tho mght watohman $2.50, whick was agrood to, - : ‘After somo discussion, it wag dotermined to pormit the Board of Public Works to lssuo tck- ots to such porsony a8 they thouglt qualified to viow tho plans, Ald, McGonniss moved that tho Committeo ndjourn for ono weok, and then solect nino of tho oighteon plans, The motion provailed, and tho Committice ad- journed. — . DIVORCE-ADVERTISING. Ta the Editor af The Chicago Tribune 8m: As comment is invited on the proposed 1aw, prosented in your iseue of tho 14th Inst., to prohibit “divorco-advortising,” allow me to sug- geat that tho preamblo bo dropped entirely; thnt tho words * engago in the practice of ndvertis- ing " aro rathor vaguo and indofinito; and that, it tho newspapers are prohibited by liko ponalty, it will moro effectually stop the praclice than to prosecuto & lawyer whom it will bo diffieult to 1dontity. Bupposo tho law road thus: 1o 4t enacted, etc., That, 1f sny porson shall knowing- 1y Insort, or cao {0 bo luuarted, I w11y nGWsppOr, ur periodical of suy kind, published in thix State, futend- ad for genoral efroulutlon, anywhero thercln, any ade Yortiasiont, notice, or yropoanl for obtaining divorocs of married pors , elthor for or without a fee or re. ward for sorvices i so doing, orfor o feo or roward oBAItional ox duncHdiug Uyon sha, renudt sf wuy Awk unvwigo to make auy chango now, ag the Commit-, .| Capt, Jnck 1a sick, person shall bo T o bo tnatltated for such purpose, such porsan aball bo, deomod gullty of A miadomoanor, and, thereof, mn’m fined in sny sum ndt excosding $100, And th produotion of any nowapaper or oihor porl- odical oontaining any such advortisement, notlce, or roposal, shall be primn facio evidenco of guilty nowledge in pronccutions againat the vditor, proprie- tor, ‘or publisher of such newspaper or periodical, Aud, If any such nowapapor or periodical shall bo pub- 1ialied or owned by n corporation, ite production sliall o such ovidoncangainst tho officorn of sucl corporation, g THE MODOC CAMPAIGN. A Story of Officinl Xnofficioncys=Xlow tho'Troubie BoganTho First Fightes The Indinns Intrenchod--Fruitloss Nogotintions==Admirnblo Viows of Gon, Canby~-Tho Two Foace Coms misslonw, The following brief history of tho Alodoc In~ dinng was mont to tho Bonato by the Asting Com- misslonor of Indian Affalrs, Jon. 10, 1873: Tho tribo has heen known to this offica aince 1853 ag Eunm‘nlly unfriondly to tho whites, It first entorod into formal rolations with tho Governmont by a treaty fo which tho Kismailis snd ¥ahooskin band of Snakcs ‘Woro also artics (10 Siatutea ot Largo, p, 707), mado on thol4lh day of Octobor, 1804, ratifiad by tho Benatowith cortain verbal smondmonts, July 3, 1806, and, aflor the Indians had consonted to thess smendmonfa in Do~ sombor, 1800, proclaimod by {ho Presidgut ¥ob. 18, 1870, Under thio provisonn of Articlo I treaty, and of the Execntivo order of , 1871, issucd thorounder, n tract of land, catimated 6 cons tain 708,000 acres, as got apart for the Indlans, parties 10 tho tranty, in tha southorn part of Oregon, Ta ope tomber, 1805, whilo this treaty was_pending beforo the Bonate, Mr, Lindaloy Applogate, Bul-Agont in chargo of tho Klamaths and Snakes, commenced operations for tholr bonofit, The Modoca, presumodly acting under advico of cortain interested whites, bad proviously ‘withdrawn from tho country to their former hiome near Olear Lako, 60 miles soutlicast of Klamath, Thoy, how- ovor, informad r, Applegate, by messonger, that they would conform o hia nd, in the evont of the ratification of their treaty, would coma on tho rosorva- tlon, During tho cnsuing year apact of this tribo, nndor thoir icad Chlof, * Beon-chin® or ! Bkin.tian,” were induced ‘to ol ot tho Aency, Oupt. Jack's band, ayavar, zestons o ¥ 61 Lomon, wiiu T verion Outhraak, they reraninod uniil 1800, In tho latter part of that year tlio smendments of tho Bonate to enid troaty werd prosentod for thelr accept- anco, whon Capt. Jack made stronuoua_objoctions to the wholoaffair, * To was, however, finally induced by ths oflier Obisfs to withdraw his opposition to tho troaty, snd {n Docomber of that year settlod with his immodiate follawera upon tho reservation. Within throo months troubles arose botween the: Modocs snd tho Kiamaths, due, in great mosaure, to the unfriendly disposition and conduct of Luo Iattor, Tho Modacs, undor ordors from Capt, O, C. Kuapp, Unltod Blales Army, who, in_Octabor, 1800, had T Hoved Mr, Applegato oa Sub-Agent, romoved to & otlior part of tho resrvatlon. Hore dlsturbano ‘woro 8oon renowed, which rosulted in the departuro of tho Modocs, who refused, as thoy said, to go_into any traps for tho benofit of {helr enemies tho Klsmnthe, Mr. A, B, Meacham, tho thon Suporintendent of Indian ‘Afrairs for Oregon, attempted to sottle tho difculty by entabiishing at Camp Yomax, ina dlatant part of tho reservation, n sub-ngancy for the Snakes and othors, leaving the Klamaths nlonost tho regular agency. Dul i mossure, &0 far s it concerned tho moceding and moro turbulent portion of the tribe under Capt, Jick's Teadormhip, falled of fta objook, 10 his sunual. report for 1871, Buiporintondent Moacham recommended tha catablishmont of the band on s rescrvation to bo Aot apart for thom near their old_homo, whoro thoy could o subjodtad to Government control, and roceive Lhelr shoro of tho benofita of the treaty. Tho tract indi< cated by him was six milos aquare, Iying partially in Orcgon sud partially tn California, ' No action on thia rocommondation was over taken by this Dopartmont, Intho summer of 1871, the Buperintondent hold consultations with tha Modocs, and prom= ised that thoy should not bo disturbed until dofinite action was taken by the Indian Offico, provided thoy refrained from thoft and disturb- anco: ' In the spring of 1873, Mr. T\ B. Odenenl, who bad. succoodod Buperintendont Moacham, concludod that Capt. Jack's band had, by its maraudings, forfeited all claim to considoration undor the agreomont referred to. April 12, 1872, Commigaionor Walker wroto to the Suporintond- ent as follows : . Yo are inatructed to have tho Modoo Indians ro- moved, if practicable, to the resorvalion et mpart for thom undor the {reaty, ete, * * * andif romoved, 10 600 that thoy are properiy protected from tho Klo ‘math Tndisns : Juno 17, 1873, Buperintondont Odencal ro- plied : 1 do not belfovo it practicabla to remove them {o tho ‘Kinmath rosorvation ot thiu season of the yoar without using tho military for that purpose; and then, f thoy should restat, I doubt whethor thero ia suficiont forco in that vicinity to compel them to go, Maj. Otisstated in {lio convorsation I had with him fhat the perem 4ory ardor for thom to go upon tho Tetarvation should not bo made befors the laat of Soptember, for the roa- on that it would be dificult to enforco such order bo- foro tho commoncemont of winter, i July 6, Commissionor Walker wrote as fol- ovs ¢ ‘Your rocommendations, 50 far 18 the Modoo Indiann #ro cUDCErNo, aws approtod, alia YOU BTO Qirecied O Tomovo thom fo the Klamoth reservation posceably, it Sou possibly can, but forcoibly if you must, at fio timo suggested in’ your report, in Hoptember mext, You will oxorclso your discrotion sbout mmaking ar- resta of tho loaders, avoiding any unnecessary violence or resort {0 oxtromo measures, 2 On the 20th of November, Mr. Odeneal ar~ rived at the Klamath rosorvation and appointed an Interviow with Oapt. Jack, at Siul River, on the 27th. The Indians doflantly rofused to go to Bink River, and Mr. Odoneal immodiatoly trans- forred the whole matter to Col, Whenton, with o roquest that ho exccute the order of the Indian ‘Commissionor, Citizens in the vicinity having beon warned of tho approach of the troops, Capt. Jackeon, with 30 men, under instructions not to fight oxcept in self-dofonse, arrived at tho camp of tho Modocs on tho moming of Nov. 20, "Mr, Odenoal, in reporting what took place, aya: Capt, Jackson hins since informed mo that ho repeat- ed to them nll T requestod him to esy, sud uscd evory argument ho could to induco them to go. All proving ineffoctual, ho domanded of them to lsy down their arme, whoh oo of the Joadors, (Bear-facod” Charloy Talaod his gun, ond, with an oath, sald be would il ono officer to begin with, fired at” Liout. Boutallo, who wns in front of his men, shooting four bullot-holea thirough s coat-sloovo, ' Tho Indisns all had their gunsin thelr hands, and a general fring commenced -at omco on both sides, Tho battle lasted two hours, when tho Indians ctenped, but roturmed ogain in tho aftornoon and attacked tho troops. During tho day eleven citizens wcre murdered by the Indians. A company of Oregon volunteers immediatoly invested Capt, Jock's camp in ‘Bon_ Wright's Cave.” On the 17th January a sovero battlo was fought by tho troops under Gon. Wheaton, con- sisting of 250 rogulars, two companies of Oregon volunteors, 25 riflomon of California, under Copt. Taixehild, snd a fow Kiamath Tndians, making altogethor about 400 men. The rosult was o victory for the Indians, Gen, Whoaton boing forced to rotront with a loss of 40 killed and wounded. On the 6th Fobruary s Peaco Commission was appointed to settlo the diflicnltics with tho Modocs, all attompts to dislodgo them from thoir 1natnessos proving unavailing. The Hon. A, 8. Moncham, dangerously woundod sinco, aud formerly Indian Buporintendent for Orogon, Was Qinirmez, and tho Hon. Josso Applogato and Samuol Onso, of Orogon, woro his associatos, Nepotiutions wore oponed Feb. 20, and on tho 8d March the following dispatch was sont by, the Toaco Commissionors ; ' To C. Delano, Washington: ‘Wo have sent a messonger with these torms to tho Afodo: To surrendor themsclves pris- ouers of war, fa ho romoved to a monibe orn and wermer cimat, aud . provided for, Thoy accopt tho torma, and liave sent a dolegation of oighit to talk over tho dotails, but not to concludo thom. Evorything looks favorable for peace, Thoy ask for small homes, and to ba locat collocitvely, "Wo {hink well of their foqueat for amnct- tytosll, Oapt. Jnok dosiros to visit Washiugton with ono or two of his young men. . e Signed by tho Commifssloners, ; « T'ho proffered conditions were rojacted by the Modacs, and on_tho 4th of Muroh Lho following diapateh was sont to Scorotary Dolano : HEADQUARTERS PrACE. COMMIBSION, i X QO FATROIEDS OABE, March 4.: } . To Columbus Delgno, Sccretary of the Interior, Wash< ngton, D, C. > - Tho Modoes omphatically refoct all offora nud prop. ositions, They proposo to meet in full forco Meacham end Applegato, with six unarmod men, fn tho lava beds, This undoubtedly moans treachory. Wo aro still willing to mect them in - conference, but not upon their torms, ‘Thoy havoan accossion. of wonty-four ywurrlors, not Modocs, -We will sond o message of pro- fection t0all who como out. Tlio Commisslon s n failuro, Instructions coming, Time of vast impor tanco, - Courdors nwalt, A, B, Mesonay, Aftor much frultloss tall, a now Ponco ' Com- mission was formed, March 16, composed of Gen, Canby, the Rov.. Dr. I, Thomas, .who .wnsa Mothodist divino of Californin (sinco killed by {hio Modocs), Mr, A. B. Moncham, Judgo Rosbor- ougly, of Yroka, Cal,, aud Mr, Dyaor, of Orogon. Ou tho 22d of March Gon, Cauby telegraplicd to Gon, Sherman as follows : 1 think that a system of gradusl compuision, with an oxbibition of the force that can Lo usod against them, If the Commission should again fall, will satisfy them' of tho hopolussness of any further resisfance, sad givo tho peaco piarty sutlolont trength to controf tho wholo band, Timo is bocoming of tho groatest ime portance, as tho melting of the snow will soon ennble Tens to live in fhe mountaius, Thia will greatly ine creass tho difiioulty we have fo contend witl, as thoy will then break up into small partics, and can more readily make their escepo from their present location, Bevoral parloys had, moantime, beon held, tho Indisne appearing insolent and sggrossiva. At onaof the interviews Capt. Jnok and his com- rados anonrud with the acalps of somo of their Into white victims haugiog at their belts. Ac- cordinitn Mr, Josso Applogats, thoro woro,on tho 1at of April, just forty-throe Indians in tho band, Thoy wero well armoed with breoch-loadors and had plenty of ammunition, Their fortross wag i irrogular rooky and "cavornous formation, known to surye “i?rs a8 & pm\rugl& srronoously callod o lavarbedl, _ Xf wea o soxies Ak Rewilderdy, pathis among vast manees of rock, partly above sud portly \z\dnr ground, e Modooc Depredations nnd Nassncros in (ho EPaste From the New York Herald, 3 The depredalions of tho Modoes on_ immic fmntn and sottlors commencod as far bacl an 861, whon an oxpodition was got up against thom by lon Wright, an old monntaineor and trappor. It was Intondod to clinatiso thom for a rald which thoy had mado onthe cattlo ranchos of tho whites, but the results wore Insignificant. Fow, if any; of tho Indians woro killed, During | tho follow ng soar o largs numbor of Wostora mon sought Northorn California and Houthern Orogon by tho trail through tho Modao country, TTho Modoca nttompted to stop this immigration by an indlscriminato massacre of mon, Women and children, Word roached Yreka of thcso slnughtors, Ben Wright organizod a second oxpe- dition agoinst tho savages, It was joined by two companies, ono of which was organized in Orogon. Wright, with his company, was tho firat to ronch tho acono of the massncro, and to Dring rollof to tho dbspniring emigrants, Tho scono of the slanghtor extondod from tho natu- ral bridgo on Lost Rivor to what has boon known ovor sinco as Bloody Polnt, on tho castern bor- dor of Tulo Lake, & distanco of fiftoon miles. Ovor o ontiro of this diatnnco wero found the doad and mutllated bodics of men, women, sud children, Tho groatest slaughtors, howover, had ocourred at Bloody Polnt, s high bluft of rooks ovor which tho trall passed from tho olovated ounds boyond to tho bordor of tho lake, At its southorn oxtromity this ledgo roge out of the wator; but, dlversing in ita courso from the lako as it asconded northward, thore was a narrow -&trip of land botweon it and tho wator. Tho Indinns conconled thom- solves In tho rocks, so s mnot to bo soon by the immigrants. Whon o train of the Inttor ind como over tho bluff and reached tho Iake's edgo, tho Indians would rush with & war whoop from their concealmont and drive the train on tho narrow strip of land botwoen_the lodge and tho Inke. Having them thua corralled, tho Modocs prococded to massnoro thom at their Tolsuro, a8 o butchor would slaughtor a corral full of untamod cattlo. In this way ono whole train was murdored. Another train was cor- ralled for massncro, but fortunntoly Wright's forco arrivod in timo to save thom from thoir fato, Ho hoapod on the Indiana a torriblo rotribution. Ins band-to-hand oncountor with forty-sovon savages, all but soven of tho dusky war- riora wore cold and stark in death at the ond of the fight, This exporience scoms to have taught tho Modoca n losson they did not soon forget. Wo loar of no further deprodations committed by thom until tho summer of 1866, whon thoy made s raid into Shustn_Valloy, and drovo off o lot of stock. Thiawns the occnsion of the Modoo War of 1850, ; InJuly of that yoar a forco was or%&n{zed in rokn to chaatiso the Modocs for the thoft thoy had committed in tho earlior part of .tho soason. Tho force consisted of throo companics, ail un- dor the command of Gon, J. D. Cosby. Thoro wag not much fighting done, but Cosby claimed to hovo brought the cnomy to torms, and mado a tronty with thom. ~ What tho torms of tho troaly wore navor cloarly appeared. Whatover was accomplishod, howover, & long poriod en- bued, during which the Modocs did not harass tho sottlors in nny shape, but tho sottlors were still at a long distanco from tne Modoc country. Kntest Mnil Nows. ANOTHER TALK WITII CAPT. JACK, From the San Franciaco Bulletin, Ynexa, April 7.—Judge Rosborough arrived from tho Tule Lako camp this morning, having loft there yostorday, On TFriday, tho Judge, Moncham, Fairchild, Riddlo, Bob ‘Whitloy, a Goquan, ot Capt. Jacl John Schouchin, the Curly-Honded _ Doctor, Bliag-Nosty Jim, 'snd others of tho Chiofs, according to appoinfmont. Tiosborough oponad tho council by explaining to the Indinns thoir present position. Jack and Behonchin then spoke, reiterating thoir doter- minntion to romain in, tho country. Thoy firat wanted their old homo on Lost River. Whon TRosborough told thom it was no use tnudns nbout Lost River, they hnd sold it, and coul not_have it. Jack eaid, *all right;” if thoy could not hava it they would talk no more about it, but would bo satisfled to remain on o small reservation within California, on Witlow, Cotton- wood, and Hot Creoks, including the lnva-beda. Moncham thon mado_ thom o spoach, which thoy listened to with indifforonco. Tho vouncil was hold in the o[lwn air, tho wind blowing a alo, and it was intensely cold. Tho council Fmte(\ five hours, when the Indians started off, snying to Rosborough if thoy changed thoir minds they would let him know tho noxt day. Vantorday, juat as tha Judgo left, Doston Charloy came in and the Judgo asked what hio wanted— if he was hungry, Obarley said: * Noj Jack want to tallk somo moro.” The Judge said: You talk too much; we don't want any more talk till you settle what you want to do.” Charlo; thon maid: *We go back to-night—maybe al ‘boya coms in to-morrow.” The Judge saysJeck is ovidently alarmed, and thinks thoy sur- rondor unconditionally in n short time. ‘The movement of the troops closing in around them has had ity effoct. The Commissioners will tlograph to Washington for furthor ine atructions, " 01d Behonebin, from Yanoix, was prosent at the council, but said very little oxcopt that he hoped the whites and Indiang would make peace. ostorday morning Col. Mason's command moved up near Jack's cave from tho east, and Col. Bornard, with cavalry, would mako o racon- noiter from the wost. They wero both ordered to aot on tho dofonsive and not attack the Indians. McKsy, with tho Warm Spring Indians, washour~ 1y oxpected. Thomas McMillan, Assistant Burgeon of the army, and chief medical oflicerof tho 3odoo ox- pedition, died_yesterday morning of hoart dis- oago. Ho had been unwoll for gome days. Yes- terday morming, while talking with somo officors, bo puddonly foll over in his_chair and oxpired, His romains aro boing brought in, and will ar- rivo_hore to-morrow and be immediately for warded to San Francisco. TILE COMMISSIONERS MAKE ONE MORE EFFORT. From the San Francisco Morning Call. ‘Ynera, April 8.—Tho following will appoarin tho Yreks Journal to-morrow : Heanquantens, Lava-Bep, April 6.—Boston came in to-day. His moesago is for tho Com= missionors and Gons. Cauby and Gillom to meet Jack and sovon othora af tho socond cave ; no othors to qlt‘). This was rofused, as troachorywas ovident. Then hoeaid if thoy would meet thoro aud-have & tell, thon Jack would como to noutrnl round and talk ngain to-morrow. This tompt- g bait was refused. Ho thon promised, on bo- Linlt of Jack, that if they would come and hold tho tall, to-morrow all the tribe would come in and go with tho Commissioners wherovor thoy wanted them to. This bait also failed, and Boston roturned. It was scon that twonty-five warriors wero at tho proposed placo of mooting, whero only olght wora to bo, and they roturno {0 tho cavo soomingly disappointod. Boston and Bogus Charloy camo again, and wero told to in- {form Jack that, if he wanted to talk at a suitablo placo and on oqual torms, tho Commissloners would moet him. Wo aro momontarily expecting troublo, as Col, row, nonr Jack's cavo, "o was instructed, if the Modacs firod on bim, to Toturn the firo_sud hold tho ground. - Bhould guna bo hoard will attack at onéo from tliis side. 1t in.10 ., ‘muskotry boforo daylight. April 7.—All ia quiot. Mrson moved histroops yostorday with no opposition. Boston came in, and said that Jack would meet, at 10 to-morrow, fiva men on onch side. Tho Comipissioners will meot them in one moro effort for peace. The & ronsouablo timo for tho Modoca to docide on nccopting: the torms,” - They aro having a big. council talk nmong thomselvea to-day; debating” tho propositions made, It. will bo insisted by tho Commiesioners that thoy- surrender nlli leave the Inva-bed, nnd no othor, terms will be accopted, for an, f dofinito war, tolegraphod fo Washington -to-dsy, which atates tho ultimatum offored and to ba discussed to- morrow, aud which doos not vary from tho first mru.xhun nada by toslo, liougly no placo ia ounfinntoll for their romoval, aud no particular locality will be insisted upon. : - Amnosty was firat promised In_onsa of sur- rendor, and the Commission will' étrictly main- tain their flmldsrom}am Wo hopo tho torms will Do recelved and tho quostion séttlod without do-. Iny. If they rofusc thoso tormy, Gon, Gillom will then do his duty. T SoKay and his Indirns aro expected to-mor- row, aud then the farce will bo complote, When & hostilo Indian comes to the Poaco Commission- ors Lo is troated with tho greatest considoration. Ilis horeo s fed and ho loaded with provisions and prosents, whilo tho friondly Indiana got nathing for solf or horso, thus mottingn pro- mium for the friondly Indian, ondeavoring to aid in'making and Prenorvtng penco, to bocomo dis- ordorly aud thioving, like the hostilo Modocs. Probnl liJnulL'u mon 8eo that thoy will be troat- ed like the friendly Indlan when poaco is made. An offort, waa mado on the part of outsidors to. induco the rocent Grand Jury, in session here, to bring bills of indictmont s;ialmz tho Peaco Commisslonera as accosgorios to the Indians in stonliug stock and killing citizens, as a fair off- 8ot to the Orogoniany of Jaokson do\mty in thelr .offorta to hang tho Indinve, Gus, Meambor haw a contract for dollvarlng 60,000 pounds of outa Ry hendausctors, &Y & conta por nounds - ‘Maeon {s to move his force, at 1 n. m. to-mor- - tho troops _ though we may be awnkened by the rattleof - Commission will give thoir final proposition, and .- othor courso would cnuse in- ' 'ho atate of tho question waa