Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 18, 1873, Page 2

THE FARMERS' MOVEMENT. Tho 'Transporfation Intorests of Yowa, Allegafions of Extortionato Oharges and Unjust Disoriminations, Instances in Support of These Charges. History of Railroad Legislation in the Hawkeye State. Btruggle for Control of the Senate ==Sketches of Gubernational Candidates. From Our Own Correspondents ‘WATERLOO, Biackhawk Co,, Ia., April 15, 1873, Tho transportation interests of Iowa are with the railroads and Enstern routes. Tho Missis- sippi and Missourl Rivers, groat summer thor- oughfares, complicate mnttors, but not much, 1In winter, transportation by boat ceascs eutirely, and even in summor it is seriously interrupted by tho rapids, and by low wator. Produce natu- xally sooks tho sonboard, and its favorite moang of locomotion must nlways bo thoso thal are continuons, and upaffooted by chango of season. All tho offorte to divort the grain products of Towa southward by river TAVE DEEN FAILURES. Ono of the most notablo oxamplos ia that of a prominont business man of Dubuque, who de- termined to turn the grain-trade southwoest. Ho built a Jargo numbor of barges, and porse- vorod in hls unwiso attompt to contravono the Iews of Naturo until he had run through the sum of $200,000, all that hd was worth, 1o is now. largely intorosted in ralironds, Commerco not only has its Inwe, bub ite routino, which is not ensily disturbed, aud eanuot bo broken. The railroads know their strength, and thoy are not disinclined to uso it tyrannically. Tho main points wado sgainst them by tho people aro, that TULIR OARGES ARE EXTORTIONATE, AND TRDIS DISORIMINATIONS UNJUST, It is tho old story of tho Illinois agriculiurist over again, T'ho rate of passonger-trayol is deomed n mat- ter of sacondary cousidoration. Farmers travel but littlo, and thoss who do travel by rail are oble to pay the slight differonce botsweon the legal and the corporation fare. Tho rail- ronds may linvo their private rengons for dis- crimination, but farmors do not undorstand them. Nor aro the farn:ors rlono in thelr oppo- ition. It Is o mnttor in which LVEDY ONE who chips goods from any village in Iowa, or who receives warce from Esstern sourcos, is deoply intorested. The dry-goods merchant, tho grocer, tho druggist, onch and alt hnve thoir epecinl instances of exorbitant chargoa to toll the quostionor, It is about two years sinco tho Burlington, QCodar Rapida & Minncsota Rnailrord renched Waterloo. Blackhawl Comnty lont ite credit to the oxtont of £40,000, oxpeoling somo veliof from the high ratos charged by tho Iows Divis- ion of tho Illinois Contral,—tho main trunlk line wost of Dubuquo. Tho expeeted reliof WAS ONLY TEMPORARY. The new route at flrst charged 340 por car to Chicago, but afterwards combiued with the Con- tral, and rajsed the rate to §73, whoro it romains ot present. Thia makes cight or ten centaon a ushel of whoat or corn from this point to_Chi- sago,—a differonco that iwnot trivial to tho farm- er, Bioux Cily is moro than 100 miles oast of the Missouri River. It is nlleged that grain can o shipped from Bioux City wout to tuab river, and tBou be gont back over tho samo road to Chicago, at o loss rato ihan diroctly from the etarting poiut to Chicago. Thore is scarcely an fraportant point of tho road whero similar com- plaina e not made. t only are freights lpss from moro distant points, but the railronds aro charged with DISORIMINATING IN FAVOR OF INDIVIDUALS, Grain-donlers of Codar Falls cau ship Euat watd by the Illinois Contral, and the Burlington, Cedar Valley & Minnesota Railroads, \vhlcfi di- vergo at that point, at tho same rate over both ronds. They complain that from villages west of that point, compotition ceasing, the Ilinois Cen~ wral carries groint cheapor to Chiengo than it will from Cedar Falls, It seoms almost unnccossary 1o multiply instonces of this kind, such is $heir discusion in rogard to tho bill, Tite nlause ro- Iatlng tho s{:ungurtmflfl pasgod tho Mouso g“nlnr 0 mn oflfi and wont through tho.Sennto it Metlo dffonléy, Tho. section: prosoribing raton for freight passed tho Houso with ease, but FAILED DY TWO YOTES In tho Bouate, 'Theno two votes belonged to Ifowland, of Fimulliy, and Reed, of Wayne. Both aro Mastera of local grnn{;un 3 which "hap enused their conduct to bo rogt\n od ns oquivoenl, Rood waa sntd to bo iu Washington on the day the flnal voto was talion, looking aftor an offco, Holwand was summonocd lome on the morning of that day by a dolicate_domostic com{mcn\t[on, but dld “not lonve DosMoluen until afior tho quostion was docided. Iio mado tho oxcusos ueunl upon such ocea- slons, “happy husband,” ' ||nuxpuclmlley o fathor,” * grontly flunterod,” cto.; but whothor they will bo accopted by tho Eooplu 18 o quostion to bo declded. Ho tho fvoight queation 18 NOT ¥ET DEFINITELY ADJUSTED, Thero ia not the alightest doubt that tho poo- lo will control tho Lower Houso, Tho Honnte o glightly doubtful, Tho Inttor body i com- posod of n’m mombors, _Inlf of thoso wont out at tho Inat sossion, and thelr places muet bo suppliod this fall, ‘Tho railronds clnim to owa aovontoon of the Senators who hold over, To control tho Bonate entirely thoy must oloct nine moro. They think thoy will Lo ablo to do it but grangors, who are confidont of success, say that thoy will not bo ablo to roturn three. It tho froight tarift ia fixed by tho Logislnture, tho railrads will TAKE THE MATTER INTO TIE COURTS, although they havo ou this point slroady ao- Inowlodged that the Logislaturois supromo. Tho act fixing this passovger tarll¥ will soon go into offeot, whon tho farmors of Town will follow tho oxun:g\o of thoir brethron of Illinolu in " rid- ing nocording to law.” GUDERNATONIAL OANDIDATES, The Ropublican party of the Btato is groatly oxorclasd oyor tho quostion of & ‘‘ now depar- ure,” A future grango candidats is not n moroe shadowy phantom. Not that the present incum- bont ig absolutely distnstoful to the granges, but it 18 cortain that n majority of thetn woul profer o candidato of their own, if ono could bo Buccessfully put in the flold. Yutthor inquiry in regard to the meoting on tho 81st of Aluaroh, ab Waterloo, shows that thoro.aro DELIEVERS IN THAT MELTING, althongh most granges think the movoment in favor of Adama was ill-advised and promaturo, Itis ?\\Ito cortain that Adams hiwself did not uanction it., But whethor it was o meoting of many or fow iudividualy, whethor one county or n dozen countion was reprosonted, it is cortain that it struvk a true chord, aud indicntos accur- atoly tho underlylng sontimont of tho Patrons of Husbandry. - Anolber candidate muy not be nominated if Goy. Carponter gives the requisite pledge ; but, if the granges do put & manin the f1c1d Adnms Is pretty suro Lo be tho man. 1 givo horo & brief sketch of possiblo candidates: DUDLEY W, ADAMS is, T boliovo, & nulivo of Now England, nnd a tadunto. of an. XKantarn college. 1o ‘stndiod edicino, and El’flcfised it for somo years, Later he becamo a horticulturiut, and, as o viriter on topios of that character, aud as an oflicor in the Btato Horticultural Aseocigtion, has ncquired o ood deal of prominones, not ouly in owa, but throughout tho West. Ifo i1 snid to bo o polished writer, o fluont and iutolligont talkor, a fair orator, woll read in_litorature, and thoroughly versed in current politics. As pre- siding officor of tho rocent meoting of tho Btate Grango,~n rathior unwieldy body,—he is eaid to bave displsyed much tact and parlinmentar Juowledge. Privatoly he is much respectod. That ho has boen mado Graud Aastor of tha National Grange, shows tho estlmation [n which 1o is hiold by the order. BENATOR M'KUTT, of Muscatine County, bas beon spoken of in con- nection with the Gubornationnl oftico. 1le is o grangor in good standing, and a politician of ox- porionco. Xfo has boen oight yenrsin tho Houso of Ropresontutives, and two years in tho Sennto, By birth hie is o Scotchman, and by occupation a farmor, owning & large body of land within n fow miles of tho Oity of Muscatine. His reputation s 5aid to bo that of belng & good follow under ordinary eocial pregsuro, Tho writer hardly thinks it is within the horoscope of Alr. MoNutk to bo the noxt Governor of Iova. QDY CANPENTER has tho respect of a largo majority of tho epub- licans of tho Btate. Uiy ardont supportors clnim that he is ns_good a friond of the farmer as can bo found, Ia camo to Iown soventoen yeara 8go, and located at Fort Dodge. Iio fixat Tollowed sehool-teaching, from which occupation meny mon_have ndvanced to moro eminont and less “oxacting profossions. Then ho bLecamo a civil-onginoor. Whon the War broko out, Lo oniorod. tho wservico as nn Assistant- Quartermaster, and came out of it a Com- missary of Bubulstence, with a Licutonnnt- Colonel's shoulder-straps and a clonr record. Bix years ngo, ho was olocted Registor of tho Bfato Land Oftice, at Fort Dodge, and hold that position until ho was nominated for Governor, n year and a helf ago. Ile is o menof good ability, for whom no grontness is claimed. _1fis chances for renomination and ro-olection have boen elsewhoro discussed. The nominea for Licutenant-Govornor on the Bradley tickot is WILKINEOK, of Tamn, Tams County., Mr, W. hasuncon- scionsly oxcitod tho iro of tho Republican jour- nals by baviog the honor of primary nominn- tion rathor rudely thrust upon him. = A lively ursl papor says of tho nominations: #Wo don't know Adame, but wo know “Wilk.” Io is an old eordine who has not dono a day's work uim‘flnm{u Shippers and doalers o)l nlong this route tell the samo story. Rates arc rngunnd when compotition in active, aud raised ngain when the river is closed, or now roads are opened. The matter of _TREIONTS BETWEEN CHICAGO AND THE SEADOARD is o mattor thot Chiengo morchants might oxam- ino with profit. They xango snywhoro {rom 2% conta to @1 tho huudred. From Chicago to ‘points in the intorior of Iows, froights are from 90 cents to upwards of 81 the hundred. These charges soom to bo tho samo whelhor s full car comes through from an Eastern. cltf or_bulk is broken at Chicago. A druggist in this placo pur- chired o car-lond of ol in Pittsburgh a fow montha 8go, and had it asut to Lim by & through routo that does not touch Chlcago. The chargoe wing &t tho rato of 45 conts tho hundrod from Pittsburgh to Dubuquo, and 88 conts tho hun- dred from Dubuque to Watorloe. A now com- bination Las ~sinco been formed, that estops shipmont even by this routo. Tao samo gentleman renosed & largo quantity of wall-paper in Baltimore, hay- fn7 it shipped through Chicago, 'The charges to thoe Inst named city wore 85 conts the hundred ; thonco to this place, 91 cents the hundred. It is about third as far from Watorloo to Chicago a8 from Chicago to New York. Merchantp in the intorior of lowa claim that thoy can TURCHASE TO A8 00D ADVANTAOE: in New York a8 in Chicago,—tho differonco in ihe cost of transportation between the two citics boing too trivial for computation. ¥he ouly reason for Chicago liaving the trado scoms to bo, thnt sho hag occupicd tho ground with her ruuners, alid that commoercisl travolers from J}osf:ou and New York are raroly soon i thiy vie civity. TE MIRTOLY OF JAILMOAD LEGIFLATION in Towa isnot complicatod. Most of the groat through routea wero chartered with land grants contingont upon their Leing finished ab & pro- wcribed Lime,—thut {ime being, I bolieve, 1807. The Northwestorn only complied with the terms, and received ifs land without furthor notion of tho Logiulnlure. The rest, through dolays claimed to bo unavoidablo, failed to como to Limo, and lost their titlo. lero was tho goldon oppor- tunity of tho Legislaturo, and it did not fail to fimprove it. Somio.of the ronds ohanged liands, ond othors woro continued by the samo partios, Theo Stato took tho matter in hand, and roquoest- cd Congross to oxtend thio torms of tho grant six cors, 'Fhon, by means of what is known us the owd-Wilson bil}, it rogranted the lands. to thoe roads if thoy should Ve fnished in tho timo epccifiod, and should acknowledgo tho right of tho Togislalura to fix frolght and passongor rotzn, - Timo was granted the railroad comnpanies for s formal accession to thoso torms, ALL THE UNCOMPLETED BOADH YIELDED, and their formx] lottors of neceptanca of tho con- ditiona waro duly filed in tho propar department, Thin was in tho session of 1367-'68. Hinco that timo, the question of rogulating the railroadn has recutred ogain and ogaln in tho Logiklaturo, Tho contest hnd hecomo mora bitter and acrimo- nious ince the formetion of tho grangos, Tho people hinyoe generally eontrolled the lonso of Loprosentatives, but” bave sometimes failed in tho Henato, po A 1OID LAW, taxiug raflroad proporly in (ho samo mannor ag individusl proporty, wis passod b the rocont sewsion, and will be rigidly ouforced, A yeer or two go, A comminsion was appointod to” ro- vigo tho codo, which yoported In tho Inttor part of the sossion of J871-"12, ‘Tha conslderstion of thia roport was mudo 1o businees, nud the only ‘business, of the special seesion hold Tagt winter. Thio roport ombodied the old rallrond laws with littlo change. BMr. MeNutt, Bougtor from Mus- catine County, aud a granger of uoms dfutinotion, introduced what is callod THE * ADONNELL BrrL " au naubstitute, It provided, among many other | things of less Import, thit 1his raie of pavsengar- tariff on all roads onyning ovor §4,000 por mile phould be 8 centa por mile, and epecified ‘cortaln deflnite raton for froight, Thero iwaa & Rood deal et heatod in forty yesra—if over. Ilo is a confirmod vagranf, sud it i8 o porpetunl wonder to sll his acquaintances low he lives, and moves, and hns Lis being. Ho {s a standin violation of the u!lrl:{ laws of tho Stnto, an ought to be impounded. Hois an old ‘bach,’ 924 a Bianding.waralng to woren of the danger of matrimony." In apposition to this oxcoed- ingly bittor tirado, which i not likely to help BNy NOWBPAPOr OF any causo, it is said that M, ‘Wilkinson 18 & solid aud substantinl citizen, o man of intolligence; thnt ho hins beon & County Judgo, and is much respected by his noighbors. ‘Thio' granges aro forbiddon by thoir constitn- tion to take any political action, Thore will bo many ways found, howovor, TO EVADE THIS, ‘Where all the people in any locality aro mom- bors of tho ordor, it is & queation of little mo- maont whutlior they {ako publlo natlon 03 grangos, or in any other publio collective capacity, They noed cnly unity of purpose, and joint rotiov, to shapo tho affaira of Iowa as they ploaso. “‘RAILROAD COMPANIES AND PUBLIC RIGHTS.” Roor TarAN, I1l,, April 16, 1873, T'o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: B : Tue Trinuxe of Tuosdey, in an editorial uudor tho above honding, roviews tho injunction caso of tho Coal Valloy Mining Company va, Tho Pooria & Rook Teland Railway Company, and in- timates that thoe contract betwoen these two Companics was such ag to Injure the rights of the public in rogard to transportation, The Court took this view of tho caso ; but the Coal Valloy Mining Company kays this s & mistaken viow. “ho Cosl Valloy Mining Compnny was & common carrior bofore tho contract was mado, having proviously boen consolidated with the Rock Island & PDooria Ruilrand Compouy, And was bound to corry conl for averybody at reason- ablo rates, and never rofuse to do so. Xt nevor &old tho Pooria Company the right to carry conl, oxcept on cortain conditions, and tho rond was tharafora practically the proporly of the Coal Valloy Mining Company for ull_ coal purposos, unloss tho contract was fullllled. Tho public Iind its rights under tho Coal Miniug Com« pany, and was protectod by that Compuny, The Qoul Valley Mining Company claima tbat the or- ror of tho Uourt was in troating tho case as ono for tho collection of n doht,—which it was not, in any #onae of the word, The right of the Poo- rin Railropd Compeny to uso tho rasd for conl purposes coasod when that Cnm\)lnny failed to Faon ita past of tho contract ; bk tuo pibills wat 1int, and could 1ot bo injured, beesugo tho Con Vallo, Mining Compuny Was o common emrier, and {mund io oarry coal for ovorybody dosiving t. An application hLas been mado forn now hoar- ing of tho caso, and, If It uball bo grantod, this point in_ {ho caso will probably ‘be moro clonsly presontod, and wo shall thon linvo tho benefit of 10 opinion of the Court spocially upon it, ‘Tho position of the Court, that two railrond compn- nig4 cannot mako o joint contraet by which the publio shiall bo deprived of its vights, 1s undoubt- odly correct, Butb nosuch point oxists in {hin cnsg, for no huch contract was made,—the Conl Vallo; Mlnlufi Oompany heing bound to oarry conl for evorybody, aud hever having rofused to do o, Axrr-MoNorony, SOt Tho young women of TFngland havo latoly taken to nn amusoment whioh maseuline tyranny hias long claimod for its own. Phis iu flute-play- ing, which Is again becoming popular, Ladlos earry their flutes to ovening partios, aud play in thomost mattor-of-faob \mi'. Woaro inoline tulnk that this Is o botter Instrument oven thou tho yiolin for tho exhibition of protly erma and gyacofitl motions, And now that it I8 keyod ib.is withiu, tho repch kost and whorteut of fominine Zaers, " 10 OO B8 b 'OUR INDIANS, Tribes Within the Department of the Platte, The Peaceablo Indiang~-~Who Thoy Are, and Where They Are. Pawnoos, Omalias, Winnchagoes, Sacs, Poxos, Towas, Santocs, Otoos, Utes, Snakes, and Baunocks, Progress of Indian Civilizationa Speetal Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune, Owmana, April 14, 1872, Having, in my last lotter, glvon you an account of tho location nnd sirongih of posts in tho Military Dopartment of tho Platto, it will bo proper, in this communieation, to give you somo nccount of tho whoreabouts and strougth of the Indipns theso posts gusrd, It will bo romom- borod that the Department of the Platte is tho Inrgost and most important in the United Statos, atratching, as it does, from Jowa to Novada,—p distanco of ovor 1,000 milos. THE PAWNEES, Tho Pawnes Indiaug have thoir reservation noar Columbus, Nob., which is on thelino of the Union Pacifle Lailrond, 02 miles wost of Omaln. Those Indiann are thorough penceable, snd par- tially civilized, The Governmont has sot nsido for thoir uso 288,000 mcron of land, of which amount thoy enltivato 1,260 noros. Last yonr thoy rateod somo 4,000 bushols of corn and 100 bushols of potatoos, Thoso Indians numbor 1,024 malos and 1,840 fomalos. They havo two schools, Theroe is ono Inbor achool, in which Mingos Ballio Lloyd, Ella Walton, Geraldine Dicknon, Mary L. Barnes, Anua Gover, Emmn Rodfield, Nattio Washburn, and Mr, Tracy Mat- lock aro toachors. Mr. U'racy bns chinrga of the largor boye. Miks Plattis tho principal of {ho labor achool, and the above-nnmed Ilndios aro hor ssafstants, Tho sitondanco of scholors is about eiglity per day, and tha childron nre said to learn rapudly. 'ho girls ospocinlly soon he- eamo skillful cooltn, laundrosses, housokoopers, and eoamotroegos, . The Pawnces aro under chnigo of tho Felends, Mr. Samuel Jaunoy hoing tho Buporintondont, and J. M. 'U'roth the Ageut. Evory year theso Iudinnaaro reided by tholr anclent onomics, tho Northorn Sioux, and tho Government has gonerally to keep n company of cavalry on thelr reservation to protect thom, Tho warlike onterprisos of the Sioux provont the Pawnoos from sproading ont and farming; and, with a viow to hottor protection, thay have late- 1y shrowdly offored to soll tho nerthorn portion of tholr rosorvation to whites who would como In and sottlo betweon them end the Sioux. Sinco tho Pawnees have gouo io furming, it ia o nola- blo fuot that thoy are inorensing in population, TUE BANTEES. The Banteos hnve their ruservation in Ne- braskn, Thoy numbor 987 rouls, 424 of whom oro mnlog, and 563 femalos. Their resorvo con- siutn of 115,000 neros, 200 only of which are cil- tivated by Indiang, and 100 by the Government. Thero rro flve framo lioucen and 180 log lousos ou tho land, in which Indiana live. Lnst year 2,000 bushels of wheat were raized, valued nt 2,000 ; 6,000 bushols of corn, valued at 2,600, and 2,000 bushels of potatoos, valued ab 660, Thero 8 ono school at tho mission, with 115 scholars,—tho averago attondenco daily during the wintor boing 69, and in summor 34, Thoro nre threo malo and ono fomalo teacher, Thoe San- too Agenoy Is also undor My, Samuel M, Junnoy, and Josoph Webster is tho Agent. . THE OMAMAS. Theso Indiany, from whom the city takes ity name, have thoir reservation on the Mispouri, shout 100 miles northwest of Omaha, Thoy numbor 984 souls, of which nunber 479 are males and 005 females. Their resorvation. con- tains 200,000 ncres of land, G50 acreu being cul~ tivatod by Indians nud 81 acres by tho Govern- mont, Thero aro 92 framo and 21 Iog houkes on the lands, Lnst year 1,600 bushels of wheat, worth 31,060 ; 25,000 bushols of corn, worth S8, 750 ; 103 bushols of onts, worth 846 3 500 busticls of potatoes, worth 260, woro raised, Tho Oma- has hnve threo echools, with two male and ono fo- malo teachor. Tho wholo numbor of pupils on- rolled was 74, of whom 61 wore mules and 28 fo- males. 'Tho average daily nttendnnco was 19 gupih;. “The childron learn rapidly ; but Ar. ool Warner, the principal teachor, kays that in summer tho young redskins aro a good deal fonder of hunting than attending school,—g0 ho hine found it best to give them & vacation from July 1 to Bopt. 1 oach year. The Omabaas are i tho Euyoriumnflonoyuf Mr. Jauney, aud Mr. Ed- ward Polutor ia thalr Agont. THE WINNEBAGOES have thoir resorvation on the Missouri River, witl: the Omohing, It contnina 07,000 noves, 600 of which aro cultivated by Iudions and 850 by tho Govornment. The Winnebagoes number 1,400 eouls, of whom €85 ara males and 716 fomalea. "They liavo throo schigols, with pix male teachors, About 260 scholara have boen in attendance; aud roading, writing, geography, and arithmetic aro taught. Tho childron learn well, and tho tribe Iy incroasing in numbors. Thoro aro 84 framo and 7 log Liouses on the rosorvation. Tho principal cropa grown are whoat, gats, corn, and potatoes. 1In 1871, 3,600 busholsof iwhont Wore raiged, on about 400 nores, in & vory dry soason ; of oats, 800 bushols woro harvested, from 30 acres of land ; tho corn, on G0 novos, yioldod 16,000 bushels; ond thore wors n_great many amall patches of potatoes raiged by the Indians, The Goyernment Lolds for theso Indians 815, 493,15 bouds undor troaty of Nov. 1, 18874 876,116,932 bonds undor tho troaty of Oct. 13, 1846 ; and $179,008.63 undor tho et of July, 15, 1870. Tho anuual intorest on theso bonds, dug tho Winnobagoos from thoe Unitod Statos, is §57,606.43,.. TRE OTOTA, Thoro Indinns number only 450 in tho whole tribo, und of theso 250 nre males nud 220 fo- maloy, They have thoir reserve on tho southorn bordor of Nebraska, about 100 milos distant from Omelia. Tho roeorvation containg 169,000 acres, There aro 18 framo housos and 1 log house on tho Junds, Last yoar thoro was raitod 12,000 bushols of corn, worth 2,600 ; aud 1,000 bushols of potntoen, valied at §500." Tho Otoos hova ong school, with two toachers. Tho number of pupila i 00, of whom 50 arc meles and 45 fe- mnten, Until the tronly of March 16, 166, the Govornment pnid these Indiaus £9,000 por yoar for cloven years, ‘T'ho tronty oxpired in 1865 ; Dut, by ronowal, tho Goyoramont it to pay” tha Otoen'cloven more installinonts of §9,000 ench, commoncing Aarch 16, 1872, The Individusi woalth of these Indinns {8 said to ba $10,000, oy want to el port of thoir rosorvation, and thoir Agont, Mr, Albert L. Groen, strongly rec- ommonds tlo disposing of 80,000 acros, Thoso TIndiuus havo commenced raising hogs and poul- try, aud ebout one-third of thom have settled on cluimg. Chairs, tablos, bodstonds, and mnt~ trousos havo mado thoirappoarance i tho lodges, and tho comforts of civillzation are beginning lo bo approcinted. TIE BACR, FOXES, AND I0WAS, Tho Great Nomahn Agoncy contains tha Sac, Tox, aud Towa Indiang, Their joint rosorve hay 82,000 ncrow, 900 of which only aro cultivated by Indlans, Thero are aixteon fiamo and eighteon - log houses on the lands, This resorve llew in the northern part of Kunsas and tho oxtromo south- onatorn portion of Nebrarka, Tho Sacn, Foxen, 2ud Towas Jointly numbor 295 eouls, 161 holn muales and 144 fomales, 'Thoy lave one sohool, with two fomalo toachors, Bixty-olght pupils at- tend, thirty-two bofng malos and thirty-six gixle, Patchwork i an object of nufailing interest to tho girly, and drawing on slates the *)lunuum of the Euyu. I'ho children aro obedient, plensant, and qulet, Pieturos aro much usod in thissoliool to lllugtrate the losnons, ~ Greab difioulty hes boon oxporionced fu learning Lo pupils to pro- nounco proporly, As thoir pavonts have no time- ploces, tho ehildren come some nt 8, somo at 0, sud othora at 10 o'elock, whilo tho hour sot for oponing tho sohool it 9 o'clook. Tho Towas are Intely taking gront Intorest in sgrioultura pud tha building of lousos, Thoy raise good eraps_of corn, potutoes, nnd boans, and aro trying whoat. ‘They own meventy-flve horson .m?{ onies, and hnye nbout sixty head ot horned cattlo, mora um}!ull of whioh aro oxen, T'hey Liave miloh cowa, ayfine, and chiclons ; and nearly every family ndw lag o little patch of ground undor oultivation. Tho Bace and Foxen ‘are from Missourl, and ato progressing vory woll. ‘Thoy own 10,000 soreg of laud;. and grow corn, beaun, and poias \Lighttoot, and tho toes, . About 200 reros of Iand have boon broken, but uux donot pmfiran A rapidly as tho Iowna. ont ' for these joint tribes is Thomas aroin tho surufintnndnuo of Mri Jannoy. Undor-tho trostyof Ok i, 1897, tho Govornment paya annunlly to the trihos intorost at b por ctmEv on 9167,400 bonda and, undor tho tronty of Mrroh 0, 1661, intaro} at b por cont on §11,616.25, ho fndividual wonlth of thoso Indlans ia §4,000, ’ THE UINTAT UTR, This rosorvation is on tho hond-wators of Uln- tah Rivor, in the northonstorn part of Utah, It ombracds a largo oxtont of torrltory, and s vory monntainoun. “About 800 Indiang proper bolong to tho rosorvation, - but noarly 7,000 in nll aro at- taohod to it = Mir. 1 J. Orltchlow is tho Agent, and mnlcos 1is liomo on the rosorvation, Abouk 48 noros of land are cultivated by Indians, and 87 neras by tho_Governmont. Thore nro '8 lo, housos bullt, In 1871, thoro wore raised 84 bushels of whont, G0 . bushols of corn, 50 bushola of " oals, 10 bushels of borley, and 1,800 bushola of potntocs. Thoro ard no schoola yot for this tribo, but roon will bo, . Tho woslth of the Utes conslste princl- mn{ of stock: 450 ponles, worth 819,000 160 onttle, worth 84,600; 100 goats, worth 8300, Thoy tako nbout $2,000 worth of far, and tholr annual crop wonld Ycrlupn bring 82,600, I am now cnnnnug only tho 800 Indinna who bolong '{)rdpurly to tho rosorvation, and tho woalth of hiogo 18 about $28.60 por soul, Tho 6,000 wild follows havo o groat many ponios, sud arorich in fura. At costs tho Govornmont, por yoar, $25,000 to run tho Agency,—the monoy boing exponded for enginoor, carpontor, blacksmith, chicf farm- or, laborors, intorproter, Agont's salary, imple- monts, oxon, mules, and stook cattlo, THE BNAKES AND BANNOOKS, Theso Indlans haye thoir rosoryation in tho northwestern part of Wyoming Werritory, and Dr. Jamos Irwin is thoir Agont. Tho joint tribos number about 1,740 souls, of whom 1,000 aro Buakes, or 8hoalonaca, and tha roat Bannocka. Tho resorvation is vory lnrge, containing ovor 2,000,000 acros of land. " Bomo of thig landis tho rlehest in Wyoming, and vory valuablo for agri- cultural p\lrposun.?mstfnl "olix Brunot, zn.flnn Poago Commissioner, hold & council with tlo Busko and Bannook bmm‘ and bought of thom two valleys,cmbracing some 600,000 acros of land, Thoso aro to be oPmmd for sottlomont by tho whites. 'I'ha connidoration paid is 5,000 In cat- tle for four yaprs, or §20,000 for over 00,000 aores of land, Tho Agency buildings are at tho hoad of Litile Wind Rivor. The liouses aro soventoon in nim- bor, and bnilt of logs. A saw-mill, grist-mill, school-house, blacksmith-shop, and chapel have been erocted. ‘Tha omployes are an ongineer, carpontor, binckemith, miller, surgeor, rchool- toncher, farmor, nnd Agont. ‘o cout of carry- ing on this Agoncy Is about $17,000 por Annum. farm of 640 acres has boon inclosed, and nrt of it is in o fne stato of cultivation.” Dr. rwin ig a good old man, and doing sil he ¢an for tho Indians undor his chrrgo. d whito mon hayo givon him a gront denl of troublo ; but, by porsistont offort, ho has succeoded in driving most of them off, aud the Indiang aro now pro- gresstug finely. ‘tho Bioux oro the invetorato enomics of tho Sunkon, and overy year invado thoir territory. To protact thom, n post of ono company, hny Doon established on Little Wind River, near tho Agoncy. Itis st prosent commanded by Capt. R, A Torry, and garrisonod by Company A, "Ihirteenth Unitod States Infantry, Theuo ara tho bands of PEACEADLE INDIANS in Gen. Ord's Dopartment (Platto), Tho poats nearoab-to thom aro: Pawnces, Omalia' Bar- racks; Omahes, Omaha Barracks :- Winnoba- E}es, Omalin Barracks; Hacs, Foxo#, aud Iowas, cavenworth ; Otoen, Leavonworth s Utas, Camp Douglas ; Suakes and Bannocks, Camp Brown and Camp Stambaugh, Of tho numerous Lands of TOSTILE AND BEMI-OBTILE INDIANS roaming in tho Northwest, within_tho limits of tho Dopartment of tho Platte, I shall sponk in’ cuothor lotior, Suflica it now {o ey, that, by tho torms of tho treatics, it is mado tho duty of the Government to pratect tho poaconblo banda of Indinns, as woll ns whito sotttors. Tho Gove ornment guarsnlees Indians the posceable on- Joymont of thoir reservations. AARON AnoUT. THE MODOC WAR, Letter of CoV. Austin, of JTlinnesotay to the President. 67, Paur, Minn,, April 14, Gov. Austin writcs tha Prosident to-day that tho hodoc sssnguinations have excited & deop and earnest feeling in Minnesots, and_opinion scoms to bo unauimous that n bold, docided poli- cy ehould bo immediately insugurated by tho Government and pushed to practical rosults in dealiug with hostls Indiu. Tho Govoror given it as bis opiuion that in tho Weat, whore tho people kuow thoe Indinu character from daily obeervation and sad experionce, tho presant mis- sionary policy has had fow advocotes not pocuni- nrily intorested in ita continuauco. The Indinns reapact no policy that ia not backed by power onough to enforco respect. Thoy scorn every- thing olse a8 “ mquaw governmont.” Justico should bo the cnrdinal principlo in Indian policy, DLut the pennlties should bo decisive, Ho scos no reason why tho President should tront tho Indiaus more lenjontly than he did tho Robols, and thinke tho timo has como for moving im- modiatoly on their works. The Presidont’s Koot Downe Washington (Aprit 1) Diggateh to the’ New York erald, Tolograma poured iuto the White Hougs to- dny from Philadelphia, Boston, and other strong- holds of the Quakor policy toward the Indians, ‘besecocliing the Prosident not to allow the clamor of an ungodly press, or tho passionate reasoning of those about him, to eworve him from his Christian, philanthropic poace policy, on account of tho murdor of Gen, Canby and Dr. Thomas. T:e Presidont saw Gon, Shorman and & number of prominant officials. To all he said calnly that tho Modocs must and sholl bo oxterminated ; not a8 & padsionnte roevongo for their atrocious murdors, but as an act of justico, as woll a8 pro- taction to tho peacoful nottlors in that past of the country. J A Suggestion. From the Salt Lake Herald, April 9, A suggestion from the Unionville Silver Stale, of Novada, is worthy tho consideration of the Modoo Penco Comuission. The writer under- stouds that s dozon Indian hunters ovor in Central District, in that State, would like to tnko o contract to clean out the Modocs, agreeing to doliver Captnin Jack and Bhaclk Nasty Jim with thoir six dozen followers, or their sca|ps, in sixty daya, for 860,000, Thore is timo sufilsiont yot for the ncoeptanco of those torms, and it would perhapa prove monoy savoed if rod tope could bo out and tho oxperiment tried. : Tho Luva«led. Prof. Faydon, tho Unitod States Geologlst who explored tho Inva-bed, Las laid Loforo the Prosidont maps and photographs of that rogion and the Profeusor, togother with his Aesistan Buperintendent, Jamoes Stephonson, will bavo an intorviow with Mr, Delano, and will give their orgonal rocolloctions of the charactoristica of Lio Iava-bed. It oxtends irregularly all tho way from abont tho 'Threo- Tillors west to the Pacifia Ocenn, about 600 miles. "Thoy are covered with eago-hrush and small vogetatfon, and abound in emall gamo, boln[[ poculiny for the multitude of rabbits and'Inrgo lizards that tako rofugo in holos and crovices of tho rocks. Tho rock is of o ba- saltio formation that appoara to have beon enst u}mn the bod of somo lake, and 1s cracked in ull divactions, wntil it forms a net-worl of fssuroy, varying in depth from ten to sixty feot, T.arge numbors of tributaries of the Columbia River flow through this ru;{;lnn, and tho wator washeg out the soft formation beneath the rock, and great caverns aro found extonding for many wmiles eround the opening at various places, Into the fissuroa In the rock, ~ In ono instanco a river huns heon traced somo sixty miles henonth thoso Inva-bods, without over sppoaring within sight of the surface, 'Tha ides of tho flssures in the rock aro gonorall; ron%h and frregular, so 08 to ufiord o ;;aud ‘onihiold in_nsconding and do- seonding from tho cracks and caverns, ‘Wator is abundant, and it appoara {o be folly to talk of starving out the Modocs. When the snow molts in tho mountning they have more four from being drowned out by ‘the stronms than sny othor causo. Elcazor Thonna, From the Buffalo Commercial, Ong of tho yictims of last Vriday's Indian mas- anora wag the Rov, Elenzer Thomay, D, D,, one of tho Govornmont's Ponco Commisslonoy, a man who was woll lmown and highly osteomed in thiscity, Mr. Thomus tmddcd%n Bultalo and \'J':ium&gar goveral yours, Hooflciuted as pastor of tho Niagara Stroot Mothodist Ohurch, and af- torwards of the Asbury Cluren, In 1851 or 1854 ho romoved "to Ban Francisco, Oal,, whoro ho haa oceuplod tho pulpit of tho leading Mothodist cliurches, Yor movoral yonrs Dr, Thoman held tho rosponsiblo position'of Agont of tho Math- odist Book Concorn for the Pacifio Cosat, Ha roprogontod the Mothodists of' Ban Francisco at tho lnst CGioneral Conforonco hold in Brooklyn, and also at tho Conforonce held In this olty in 1860, Dr, Thomas was eppoiuted an Indign | Ponce Commluslonor by the Prosidont rocently, and while in the discharge of tho duties of (his oftico o mot doath at tho Lianda of $ho troaohor- ous Modocs, Lo yae a man of deep rollglous gonviotions, and improssed all with whom ho camo in contack with tho sincorlty of lun molives and of hia earn- entnoss fn tho work in which e wag ongagoed. Moreovor ho was an untiring church-worlker, and althiough vory tondor-heartad, ho vas brave to a fault. T ho thonght that duty ealled him, he cared littlo what dangora stood in his way 5 ho would connclontiously endeavor to diuchnrgo his trust.* Thero aro undoubledly the qualifleations which suggested his appointmont as one of the Ponco Qommissionord. Tho donth of Dr. Thomas will o o groat loss to tho Mothodist donomination on tho Pacifie COonst, nu ho was lookad upon 4 ono of tho lead- o8 of tho cluuieh In tho 'ar West. The news of Lis maseacro will bo yecelved with porrow by his r‘:’mi(y frionda and admirors in Wostorn Now ork, Gon, Mencham, LFron the Dea Motnes (Ia.) Regiater, Qon, A, BB, Moncham, who wng, il is foaroed, mortally wounded in tho Modoo mossnero on Bndurdny Inat, was n formor residont of Town. In 1810 ho was tho mail-carrior_bolweon Doa Moinonaud Iowa City, Judgo P, M. Casady was tho Pootmastor In this cily at that timo, and he woll rocollects tho flmntnnl mail-carror. March 27, 1871, Gon. Moncham visited Dos Moinos for the first and last timo sivce he loft hiu mail route, tho guost of Lia old-timo frioud, Judgo Chsady. ~ At that time ko was & rosidont of Balom, Orogon, and tho "Buporintondont of nbout twenty In- dinn Aflgonuinn in that country. Gon. Moncham was a firm advocate of tho *‘Jieaco poliey " with tho Indiaus, and wo woltracolloct u convorsation with him in'the Register ofiico in 1871, in rogard to tha proper mode of denling with tho Indlan tribes in ordor to scenro pormanont poaco. Bome one prosont suggosted thab tho only pormnuent peaco with tho savages would bo when thoy were oxtorminntod,, This brought from the Goneral ono of the strongest argumonts in fayor of a hu- muuo policy that wo_evor heard, and, while bis argumont was sound and right, we, {n common with his many Towa frionds, rogret to neo that, in tho practical application of tho argument, ho Iing beon the viothin of mich baso trenchory on tho ant of those with whom, and for'whom, ho bas labored for tho last twonty-fiva yoars. e gt THE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION. Lettor from the Govornor of Iowa to the Governox of Missourl, Jerrensox Orry, April 15, The following lotter way Tecolvod by Qov. ‘Woodson to-day: BTATE 0¥ Tows, EXFOUIIVE DEPARTMENT, De's Morxies, Aprll 9, 1870, His Execlleney, Silas Woodson, Governor of Missouri, Jefierson City : My Dzan S1r: At s convention heldin this city, on tho 23d duy of January lash compiiaing rops rosentntives H-nm noarly all tho industrial and business Interosta of tho Stute, tho following res- olution was adoplod : Resolved, That this Convontion recommends that the Qovernor of Iowa correapond with the Uovernors of tho differont Btates yiug between Lake Michigan ond tho Rocky Mounlaiuf, aid north of tho Stafo of Ar- kanang, and also with tho leading men of existing tranaportation lizes, with tho view of calling s converni- tlon, ut an early day, at somo s\ulnmu“nnlm, {o tako tulo'considoration the improvement of tha ‘Fox nud Wisconsin Rivors,and the Iuron andOntario Ship Cannl and muke #such arrangemonts as will tend to promioto the carly consumimation of theso onterprinen. The (hroe montha which have elapsed sinco this action of that convontion hnvo not dimin- ishod tho publio intorest in tho question, of which, it mey ba hoped, the {mprovement of practicablo routos, forming linka iu_n completa wator communication botwoon {ho Tnat aud tho Waat, will affard, in part, tho solution. 1 write, thorofore, in accordance with such ros- olution, fo request your opinion, . 5 Firsl—As to the practicability of holding, somotimo during the coming summnor, such & convention o8 tho resolution contemplntes. Second-—~1¢ it in your judi(munz that such n convontion would promoto tho ofiorts of thoso acoking to romedy soma of ihe evils conneclod with our present facilitios for transportation, of which Wostorn producern justly complain, and. thet it should thorofore be hold, at what timo woutd you ruggost it uhould bo callod ? Third—What placo would you regard a9 most convenient and that would afford tho grealest facilitics Lo inure u succossfnl jssue, not only in tho number attonding the convontion and the in- torosts to Lo promoted, but in tho influonco ro- sulting from its action? . TFourth—Inviow of tho abaorbing intorest with which the peoplo ara coming to rognrd the wholy subjoct of transportation, do you thiuk it would bo well o onlargo the scope of a call for a cot- vention, no a8 to comprohend a moro extended considoralion of tho question involved ? “I'hio fmportanco, to tho Wost, of chiorpor trans- portation by which to offoct the oxcliango of our Burplus products, is o eufliciont excuso for my calling attention to one or two reasous whicl shoulfi impol our poople to immodiate and con- certed action for the promotion of aroform which all roknowledgo is demanded. Tho _onormous over-production of the Missis- sippi Valloy now nocking an enstorn outlot, but absolutely withheld from market and the éons sumption of populations clamoring for broad boeauso of o Inclk of facilities for tranaportation, and tho exhorbitant charges of rallways now. in oxistenco, cannot bo regarded ns s finans ciel stringency avising from the wild spoculs- tion, or any of the ordinary causosof busl- nena ningnation; nor is it & porlont of eyil iu tho future. It is, on tho contrary, simply an evidoneo that the industry aud enterpriso of thoe agricultural population of tho Wost hiava ronched a point in advanco of the transportation and manufacturing intorests of theso Stafos; thora- fore it is pot strango that tho people of the Mis- pinsippi Vulloy clamor for increaged fucilities with which to carry on profitcbla oxchanges with consumers upon whom thoy are depondent for s markot. 1f railroads charge 871-50a bushel tomove grain from Bt. Louis to the Oty of Now York in tho month of Japuary, when there is no wator eommunication botween those two markets ox- copt by way of tho Gult (aud this I find to bo tho averago wintor chargos for tho lnst five yenrs), and if, as is claimod, tho snmo grain could bo moved,wore thore direet wator commu- nications from the motropolis of Minnesota to the sonbonrd, for 1084 centu a bushel, tho neces- sity for:incroased “facilition of transportation and choaper carringo thou tho producer can now obtain, is enforcod with poworful offact, And whon wo consider that tho present popu- Intion of 10,000,000, now m:c_upf'mg tho grain- growing portion of tho Mississippi basin, will goon bo increased by anothor 10,000,000, whilo the profusion of markotablo products will bo moro than corrospondingly incressod, as im- proved machinery in the future, ay in tho past, will enablo the sgriculturist to roalize mora ro- turps from a_givon amount of labor,—the im- portanco of this quostion bocomes of such sur- Passing magnitudo aa to Eromlnu an irroprossiblo agitation until finelly and wisely golved. It, =8 I havo nbovo advanced, and asis be- Hoved by prectical men, a bushol of corn can bo cnrried from tho Miosigsippi Rivor to tho Atlan- i Oconn for leus thian 11 conts, propey fasilities for {ransportation boing provided, it sorves to show that whatover improvomont may ho mado for tho purposes of utilizing any water routo at all practicable, and whatever may Lo dono fo catablivh now railyay Jines and to protoct tho Euuple from their consolidation when uilt, will bo of vital bononit to tho ontiro country, Aud it is belloved to bo domonstrablo that tho diifforenco botweon o ronsonablo price for transporting Wostorn eurplus products and tho proent charos of frolght lins, Tor singlo yoar, would go far towards tho complotion of nn ontifo donbls-irack railway from the Miusissippi to tha Atlautic sonbonrd, ‘I'do whole railwny problom In, comparatively, of recont origin, having grown up within the lost hnlf contury. As a prolimiuary, thore- fors, to tho ditcovory of a romody for ovila insoparable from vest corporato onorprisen, _ meusged sololy in - tho intorcst of individual corporators, to which tho commorcial habits of overy civilized poopls have alinost entirely committed tho cnrrying business of tha world, nore specifie and genoral knowl- odgo, swong tho pooplo, of tha wholo Erannportn- tion question, is of tho firat importanco. Anda convontion of the chavaotor contemplated ywould,’ 11 np other rosult followed ita action and its din- cussions, onlrrgo tho boundaries of imh]io infor- mation upon the issuecs involved in the question of lharmonizing the businers of transportation with tho interents of the peoplo, Missonrl, owing to her bLolfor facllitios for gotting her erops to marlket, and boosuso of hor more varied products, may not, it is truo, be so dooply intorosted In this subject as somo of ‘hor sietors of tho Northwost, yof, in view of tho an~ uual inorenss of ‘thoso products, ukio hias much -at gtake; whilo hor co-oporation with them wonld, I am snro, add largoly to the woight of whatoevor actlon puch convontion might tako, Pamiit mo, therefore, Lo urgo upon you tho do- shinbly of an exchanga of viows, such as Is sbove contomplated ; and I would be glad, whothor you regard this project with favor or not, to re- colvo from youn lotter, making such nuggss. tlonu as may acour to you, aud a5 yon may deom osontinl, I liave tho honor to Do, with proat respect, vory truly yours, O, O, OABPENTER. e Moloit Colloges Tho catalogue of 1872-3 of this institution, lo- eated in the heautiful City of Doloit, just on tho boundary of Wisconsin and Hlinois, now 26 yonrs old, deslgnad for the thorough liberal and Chris- tian odudation of young men, ofiicered by mon of bigh oulburo aud garnout dovotion to ¢holy work, = shows the following facts: Tho Faculty om: braces & I‘rnnidunb,snuvuu’l’mronson, nnihvo Tnstructors In the preparstory do artmont. Thoro wora 216 studonts inall, including 57 in tho collego clnsros,—10 soniors,10 juniors, 14 so- Tomoros, 20 fresimon,—gathered mainly from (‘Vlncnnnln and Illinols, bnt embraciug young mon from mny States and Territories, and ono from Turkoy,” Tho courso of study la oqual to thnt of tho bhost collegos, Thore are 1ibrarios of about 8,000 yolumas, valunblo onbl- noty, philosophical, and chomical appnratus. Bovoral prizos stimulato to excellonca, Tuition and board aro furnishod at modorato rates. Thero have been altogethor some 2,000 studonts and noarly 200 gradunted, tho firat In 1851, Tho liat of Alumni shows that some 50 rosido in Illi- noly, 40 in Wisconsin, the othors scatiored through 21 Btntos and Torritorios ; and as far oft s l'uloy, Obine, ond Japan, whore thoy are miuglonaries, Thare nro ovor -60 clorgymon, 26 studying thoology, 24 Inwyors, 21 foschors, (in- cludlng wovoral Presidonts and Profossors in Oollnf;cs and other jnstitutions), 18 phyeicians, 10 editors, with ropresontatives in many usclu eallings, showing that tha Collogo Lias woll trainod many men of brains. Tho spring torm bogine April 10, HARLAN'S SECOND $10,000. Whant o Stockholdor of the JKauwns Pacific Snys About the ¢ Ohristian Btntosman,” From the St, Lot{s Democrat, Aprit 10, Bomo timo ngo the Oinclnnati’ Gazette atatod oditorintly that nt o dinnor glven In Pitteburgh during thio asrsion bf tho Btove-Danlors’ Conyen~ tion, one of tho guosts, a gentloman of promi- nenco and o ]nrfio Atockhiolder in the Kangas Pacifle Rnilrond, doclnrod that ot ono time tho Cnna\nny ‘wore unablo to oblain their bonds from tlio Govorument until_they paid James Harlan, then Becrotary of tho Intorior, 10,000, Bubso- ilmnny, tho Gazelts named Mr. Filloy, of St, oulg, a8 tho atackholdor. As tho mntter hna crentod consldorablo gnall% throughout tho country, and tho atatoments havo boon gonorally doubtad, n. roportor of tho Demooral was com- ‘minsioned to visit Mr. Giles ¥, Filley and ascer- tain from bim upon what tho storios wore based. Mr. Filloy wrs found in tho lnrgo ofilco in the roar of the counting-roorm of the ixcolsior Manu- facturing Company, of which ho is tho Prosi- dent. - Although busily at work, ho found time to greot his interviower with a plensant invitn- tion to bo sented, and to toll him in o straight- forward aud businesg-like way tha history of his conneotion with tho Xanana Pncitic Railrord, snd what ho know about ox-Secrotary Harlen, Roporter—This {m or says, Mr, Filloy, that you statod ab tho Pittsburgh dinner that your rond puid Mr. Harian $10,000 to obimin cortain bonds due from the Government to tho corpor- ation. It that correet? s Mr. Filley—I don't know nnything about any dinner during tho sossion of tho Btove-foundors’ Convontion, and I did not make sny romarks of this character that I romombor of,” Tho state- mont, howevor, s to Harlan, is true, and I may hlrwn Tndo it (o sowmo one {n private convorst~ tion. Reportor—Then you knotw all about it ? Bir, Filloy—I do know somo I.hiuH:\ of my own Imovledgo, aud T hava hoard diroctly from others, and they meke onough, hen put to- gotlor, to convinee no thut Harlan is an unmiti- gatod scoundrol. Roporter—But about this particular cnso? Mr, Fillay—I don't eava to tall much about it. It's oyor now, and many of tho oxact circum- slances Liave prssed from my memory. I wes one, howovor, of n committes that wont to Waeh- ingfon to gob the bonds alluded to, and so I moy somothing mor dofintoly, porlips, abot tho incident, Iu'1807, aftor finishing o section of the rond nnd Liaving it accapted by tho United Btatey Government, wo_mado, as ususl, & claim upon the Tmnun;y for tho bonds which woro to Jbo ssued s fast ns the rosd was com-~ ploted and accopled, Wo waited some timo, and at lost,whon wa couldn’t wait any longey,sav- oral of ua started for Washington. John D. Doy, of ihis city, wont . with mo, and 1. N, Shoomaker, of Ohio ; the Jowalls, of Obio, and Bonvd, of P indglpbin, il of vihord woro Infercated in tho rond. 'lio bonds o went aftor amounted, I think, to $160,000, Wo spont a good dealof timo in the dopnrtmouts, and found thore was o poraistent and nppnmu{ly in- surmountablo difilculty in our way. It wasso aripnged that the bonds were to be prid to us from the Tronsury on tho ordor of the Seorotary of tho Interior. Wo nccordingly peid Mr, IIar- Iau vory constant attoution, and at Inst_discov- ored that whilo ho was profossodly friendlyto ur, and eppearad to bo thoroughly in sympathy with our undortaling, ho was socratly aouding naten to tho Socrotary of the Trensnry, tolling him not to {89u0 tho boids to us, nlthough thoy wero justly duo. I wag delegated to watch Mr, Harlen in hig offico, aud was assiated by Mr. Porry, of our Company, and Mr. Willinms (I think'that was his namo), of tho Land-Ofies. It wns in this wey that wo discovorod what was gumi on, Jteporter—Was all tho difiiculty with Harlan? Lo ml(ag—l{o-, tho sume porties who lind turned the Socrotary of the Interior pgainst us attomptod to prn}u ico our cnso in the mind of Mr. Johuson, who_was then Prosident. Gon. Frank Blair wos in Washington at the timo, and we got him to helpus, a8 he was supposod Lo have somo influonce with the Administration. Ho saw Jolnson, and in an {nterview with bim oniroated him to command that tho bouda be issued ta us, ad tho Kaneas Pacific was God’s route ncross thoe continont, and noth- ‘”f should na allowed to stand in its way. Roporter—Who worked up this hoauI&'y Tz Mr. Fillay—Durant. The §10,000 which ito statos in hig tostimony he gave to Haan for elactionoering purposcs, ho presonted to him just at this timo. tond of being for clootion ur]laonuu, lowever, it was, I boliove, to buy r[ur lnn off from us, and onlist his gervices in bo~ half of tho Union Paoifie, which Durant ropro- sonted, and which was hostile to us. Iwon't bo sure whether it was during this visit when wo wore all in cnmgany, or o short timo aftorwards, that wo ioard that “somothing was cxt!uckul by Harlan from us, aud that if weo wanted to got our bonds wo had bottor givo bim $10,000; not an a Lribe, of courso, but to cnablo Lim to do his duty, Roporter—Yon gave thia monoy directly to Havlan ? M, Filloy—I gavo him nothing, and I_do not Inow that anything was given to him. . It ig un- dorstood, howover, that ton of the $1,000 Gov- ernment bonds ware givon to the SBacretary's pri- vato Clerls, and that tho Inttor gaye thom to tho Boerotary's wife, XeayI do not kunow this to bo a faot, bub I am as much convinced of it as thut Iam eiu‘mlg lero. Tha bondd wero feon after isauod, and I thouglt but littlo of tho transnc- tiou, only I put Harlan down aa tho greatest scoundrel in the warld, Toporter—Does thi transaction appear on the booke of the Compnity ? Mr, Filloy—Ol, no, of courss not. It wae un- dorstood pinong us, and no montion was medo of it on tho rocords. Mr. Shoomakor, of Cincin~ nati, can icll you all about it. Toporter—1hon you don't admire Mr. Har- lan? M, Tilloy—I can't gay I do. I can't admiro s man I Loliove to Lo dishonest, and if Mr, Harlan is not dinhonest hin nurroundings are docoptive. I know that whon wo wera in Washington Lo oo~ oupiod ono of the moat ologant mansions in tho clly, and seomed o bo onjoying Immonso woalth, and'T know that boforo ho eulorad publio lifo, and in ordor to onnblo Lim to do il, ho wasuo {mor hig congrogntion had to get up n contribu- fon to buy clothes for bis family, in ovdor to ennblo them to malto o respeetatlo’ sppoarance, Ttoporter—Ifow much of tho stook of the Kan- anss Paciflc is owned in St Lonis ? Mr. T'illoy—I cant say nxncLl{, in round num- bora ; but tho majority of it s, I know. And ono way or anothor, although tho rend is doing well and is yory popular now, wo havoe had a Ymuy runqh timo of it, 'The oppoaition through Iurlun and othors has cost us all of u million abd o balf of dollurs, . Toportor—Ilow did so many 5t, T.oula capital- ints obtain an interest in (ho Kansnn Paciflo Roed ? DMy, Filloy-—-It all came {brough HMellott snd Fromont, You geo, thoy oblsined posscasion of ibo frauchlso of ona of tho original lines upon ,whioh the INangas I'citle fs Dullt, Thoy wore to pay for it §210,000 or £215,- 000," In order to get monocy, subsoquontly, to progacute tha worlk, Hallelt camo to 8t, Louis, and a number of us advanced $15,000 apleco, Bowmo thue aftorwards Lo wase shot by ono of his engineorn, at \V{nndolto, and killed, and the whole work, wlih its Mabilities a3 woll ag its prospocts, was thrown on .our hands. We lad to pay & large aum to Framout for slock ho nover owned, and for which ho miod us, We had tu poy olaims to Hallott's estate, nnd wo wore abligad ta glve Duvant over £600,000. Roporter—What was this last psymont for ? My, Fllloy—For indeflnito elaiing mado Ly Du- rent; among othors, for manay distlmtad by him smong Cougrossmen, and for swns which ho advancod tho road whilo operating as its finan- ciul ngont, Ilallott told us that ho could autisty Durant for §00,000, but this waga imporsiblo, and wo wora suod uuder various pretoxts until ho ob- nined from us oyer 500, 0(;:), a8 I liave stated, o could not resist tha unhs, 08 wo wora obliged to dovoto nll our onergiod to building the road, from us threo or four tlmes ag much monoy ag il claim amonnted to, Roportor—And how abont Fromont ? Mr, Filloy—TFromont! Wiy Lo obtained his stock in n vory quostionablo mannor. Whon ho and Hallott mndo their purchase of the franchise alludad to, thoy were to pay the monoy—ITaliolé $112,000 and Fromont §00,000—through tho Dank of Commerco fn New York, whero Lho papora woro lying, subjoct to the order of Gov, Him, of tlm{ Btato. 1Inllott pald his monoy, but Fro- mont did not, preforring to_oblain tho stock In anothor way. Whon ho had prepared his plans, lio wroto to Cov. IIunt ibat on o cor- toin daoy ho showld ba propared to take tho papors from tho bank, and_roquosting that oan nrsor bo issued turning thom ovor to him, Tho Governor nccordingly notifled tho banl of- ficors to deliver tho pntvors in truat to Gen, Fro- mont, when ho should make the requirod pay- mont, At tho time designated, Fromont appear- od at tho banlt sud demauded lho stock, offering in paymont a cortifled chack for $00,000, As goon, howover, as ho had_ racolved the formor, Lo notifled Lisbank {o rofase paymont on the check, and his raquost was complied with, JAY GOULD. Flls Testimony XMcforo tho Eric Comse mittoes 4 A toy days ngo, Jay Gould was examined by :ho Lrlo 1n§{€ac gation Committoo, with tho fol- owing rosult : T e, Wewood o fawyer 7 asked Mr. Bticknoy. ¢ T don't know," said Mr. Gould. * His son Is. Twood ought to bo s good lawyor by this time, Yiohos bind n good donl of oxporionco, snd I think that I would pass for a vory good Inwyor m{nolf.“ {Laughter. Io had employed Mr. A. D. Barber as n sort of fionnml sgent, to carry ont any diroctions which o might givo him. Gonorally ho wns employod to aoo that no laws wore passed by the Logisia~ turo which wore hostilo to tho intorosts of the Erio Compnany, Mr. Barbor, well scquainted with n Iargn numbor of tha mombors of tha Logislaturo, was n gand railrond lawyor. Ho Liad sont him into the country to provent, it possiblo, tho election to the Loglslature of porsong unfrlondly to the Erle Company. Ho did_not recollect whethor the payments wora made to him during tho session of tho Leginla- turo or not. ‘“Was Barbor engaged mm lobby- ing?" asked M. Bticknoy. **Idon’t know ox- setly what lobbying mesns,” answored Mr, Gould, ““Mr. Barbor soys that ho doos not know what it means,” snaid Bir. Carpontor, ““If the Committeo will defino what they mean by Tobbying, T will h} to make my anawors suit he dofinition,” gaid 3fr, Gonld. I omployed_ him 8 o goneral ngont. I should not have - ordered lim to run an engino; but I guess ko would bave dono it, or tried to, if I had ordered him.” [Loughtor.] The witnora know Mr, Abram Van_Vechten. Ho hind omployed him to porform logal sorvices, snd nspec?nlly as o logsl oxport in rogard to varlous bills. His orders woro to examino them and seo that nothing plipped through which wag injurious to the intorosts of the Company. o rogerded Mr. Van Vechton’s judgmont of tha logal eoffect of bills as superior to that of any othiar Tuwyer whom hio Tuow. Mr, Bticknoy showed tho witness a voucher datod April 25, 1871, directing the paymont to Wm. 3. Tweod of £35,000 for legnl disburto- monts, and askad whothor Lo could recognizo the bandwriting. My, Gould ropliod that it was hla bandwriting. Bovaral vouchers divocting tho peyment to Mr, Twoed of various sums, amounting in thoaggro- gato to over £70,000, for logal Eervicas, wora shown to tho wituess, Ho could not rocollect what the legal sorvices wero, and ho had no menus of ascortaining. All {ho payments wore medo while Mr, Twood wag n State Benator. Fhio witnoss Anid that Col. Fisk had moro to do with the legnl department than he had. His business was to manege and run tho road, “Did you order payments for logal services when tho sorvicen were of an entirely difforent patura ?" nskod Mr, Sticknoy. Mr. Gould roplied: *I don'’t remembor. Tha legal account was a sort of au Indin-rubber ec- count.” 1*Did you make it 80 yourself " inquired Mr Bllckney. #7T don't know that I claim that honor," said Mr. Gould, ‘Canyou giva any inatances in which you contributed monoy L0 elect fricndly gontlomen to the Logislaturo ?" asked Mr, Carpenter, Mr. Gould roplied: I gavon groat doal of monoy, I once lent sovoral thousand dollars_to Orango and Sullivan Countien to carry tho Re- publican ticket, and I succooded. Most of this money was_contributed through Bonator Mad- don. T sont money to various parts of thoe Stato, I hnd constnnt npfncnuonu for monoy from al- most every district.” " And you gonorally responded, I suppoge,” snid Mr, Carpontor, : “ Yag, sir, I thinl it is bottor to p:i monoy in that woy than to poy it aftorward, I got botter mon, I think rlm money _oxpended in that way was wall invested,” gaid Mr. Gould, {inughtor.} Mr. Carpentor esid : "I suppose you always caleulatod the chiances of the success of a par- ticnlar 'cnndidnte bofore you incroased your monoy.” Mx-_}Guuld ropliod: ¢‘Yes, air. In Domoeratio districts I was o Democrat ; in Republican dis- tricts, & Ropublican ; and in_doubtful districts I was ‘doubtful.” Wangher.]. > 1 But you wero lways an Erio man," said Alr, Carpenter. “ Always,” enid Mr. Gould. _(Renowed laugh- tor.) ¢ I contributed totho oloction of gun 1o mon in Now York, New Joraoy, Pounsylvania, and Olio. ~ They all asked for help, and I gonorally helped them,” An Earthqualce in the Efernal Citye Tho following account of o shock of earthe ?uuku oxporienced at Romp on tha 12th ult,, is rom tho'correspondont of tho Morning Post, writing on March 13+ Yestorday evening, about 9 o’clack, I was just rising from tho dinuor-tablo with n fow frionds, which lind to bo comploted by n cortain time. Durant was o wlly follow, and had sples on tho track of tho ofiicors of tho rond, roady to suo thom_whonover they put in an appearauce in Now York, By his constant ondenvors fu this wey, aud hig various othor schomos, he obtained whon our attontion was nttracted to the gyratory motion of a gas chandelior suspended over tho table, While wa woro wondering what could canwo the motal bracket protruding from tho wall to oscillato so, wo beeame conkcious of an undulatory movement under our fect, giving o senastion'of giddinees somothing skin to soa~ sicknosn, Suddenly n enspicion of tho truth flashed acroes my mind, and I looked at tho clock, obsorving that 1t marked 9, and that wo_should robably find that throughout Rome, and per~ finpa o groat Y,ntt of Italy, tho shock of an carthe quake would be rogisterod at that precise mo- ment. Just thon two sorvants camo in from tho Kitchon to ask whothor we had rung, sdding in o Tathor dismayod tono that, besidos tho ringing of tho Doll susponded thore, thoy had startlad by tho jingling of glnases and decanters and the clatter of platos on the dresser, to say nothing of tho vibratory mation of & largo_tabla at which thoy were gntliufi‘lhnir suppor, I won$ into the kitol:on pnd enw tho clapper of tho boll elill apitated and tho bronzo woight of a steel- ;srd fixed into tho wall \vquing liko a pondulum, 1 tha othor rooms of the house the shock pro- dueod similn offects and wns equally folt, 8o that, there boing no donbi shont tho cavac, Lset about obtalnlug some information to-day ro- specting what hind beon noted down in_scientifio quartors, ¥athor8occhi, theloarnod astronomer, was in his rooms at the loman Collego, correcting somo proof for tho Hmsn, when ho folt anun- dulatory miolion end exporiencod sensation of nauson, which mado him enspond his work and obgeryo to his assislaut that ho thought ho per- ceived an ocarthquake. The assistant thought not, bubt Immedictely after, precisely 9:05, an unmistakablo shook as folt by both., Father Marchotti, anothor learned Jesnit, who had gono into tho obsorvatory to inspect (ho mngnotlo in- struments, yushing back to Father Socehi's room in torror, folling Lim that the instramonts woro all upeot and tho obsevvntory was in utter con- fusion,. Lhe obsiorvatory clook stopped at tho monont of the shock, and this morning its hands wero sLill at 9:05. A similar phoncmonon wak romarkod during the celebintod earthquako at Lisbon. 'The direction of tho earthquuke was from wouthonst to northwest, similar to that of tho Inst disastrons earthqunke nt Noreln, and it Insted about tyolve seconds, ‘Phero was n good deal of nlarm throughout the city, and ninny peoplo ran out of their houses, for bells wora ringing ovorywhero, lnmps and othor objoots word thyown down, and litlo birds esloop in thair eagon wero jorkod off their porches, Tho - portor's bell in tho lofty Convont ‘of Arn Celi, on thoe anlilq], wns Deard {o toll lugubriously. - In cafon, thoatron, and publie cum\lllngmunm tho ;gaa-hghl supporta oscillated violontly, and a6 ho opora-liongo, whiclh wus orowded on account of thonew ballot, “Ln Bomiramido dol Novd,” tho groat chandollor waved and shook ity lustron o that mony ladios wore prontly slarned, and the occupnntu of romo of (Ez uppor boxoes took to flight precipitntoly. Fortunntely, Victor Emanuol 18 not subject to panics, #o ho ro- munined quiotly in his box and enjoyed tho now ballat, which turned out n grand suscoss,” —_— —A Now Haven correspondent writos to the Touisvilla C'am'icl'-.lomw‘mh 4 Mies Gmglu Ohonsor, o bosutiful miss of Nelson OCounty, Lins two rowa of np[mr tooth, one sob mluml{y in tho guws, like other peoplo's, the other studis tho roof of the mouth, aud s’ thorofore com- Plotoly hidden, unless aho choosos to oxhibit ¢, which, a4 gho has protty ways ns woll us o prelty faco, she shws RO reluctauce to do when che is roguosted,” oon