Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 19, 1873, Page 2

THE CHICAGO DAILY. TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, APRIT 19, 18%3 THE FARMERS' MOVEMENT. Tho Order of Patrons ot usbandry in: Kown. Its Rise, Progress, Constitu- tion, and Objecta. Its Most Important Enterprisot The Waterloo Agriculiural Works, From Our Owon Correspondent, WaTERL00, Dlackhawk Co., In,, April 17, 1879, In formor letters from this point, Thave en- doavored to show tho fooling of the farmers of Tows toward monopolics, as indicated by the grango movement, Tho aim of the presont lot- tor fs to give a succinet account of tho rise, progroas, constiiution, and objoots of tho or- gauization, so far ne thoy aro at present kuown. THE PATRONS OF INUBDANDRY aro n moorot ordor, conslsting priucipally of farmors, united for tho purposo of promoling thelr common intorosts, and resisting all forma of oppreasion. Thoir greatest rolativo strongth 18 in Jowa and Minnosols, but thero are sovoral hundred lodges in Illinols, and the ordor in spronding rapidly in Knneas and Wiscon- gin. The aggregalo mombership in the Northwestorn Btates probubly excceds 850,000, moro than halt of which nwmbor lins boon added within thé Inst twolvo monthe. Among tho most prominent of tho foundors of tho Patrous of Husbandry wis MR, 1. P, RELLEY, of Itascn, Minn., at presout Socrotary of tho Na- tional Grange, which has its headquartors st Washington, D, 0. Tho idea waa suggosted by @ aimilar socloty, of Scotch origin, that has for many yoars oxisted in North Carolina, Mr., Xel- loy, with n fow othor gontlemon whoso {ntorests wworo identified with agriculture, mot in Wagsh- sngton in the fall or wintor of 1867, and matured tho plan which is horoiu oxplained. i TIE FINST ORANOE was organized at the Wost soon aftor this, oliher in Jasper County, Towa, or at Itunca, ThoAdnma Grango, at Wanton, Alnmakes County, Ia., was socond or third in tho ordor of mational preco- donco” The grango nt Cedar Talls, of which tho Hon. Peto Molindy, United States Barshal for Iowa, and tho celobrated Jerry Bradley are mombors, is numbored a8 the eighth. Washington s the banner county in ra- gard to number of granges, &3 it has ovor thirty. Blackhawk has moro than twonty, nnd comes poxt in order. ONGANIZATION, ) The Patrons of Husbandry aro organized as Tollows : Firat Degre Second Degr male), De ; Harveater (malc); Gleaner (femalo). Tt Depece - asbaudums, (mato); Aatron {fo- male). 4 BUBOMDINATE GRANGES, boeee (aale) ; Mald (temale). Oultivator (male) ; Sliophordcaa (fo- . ATATE (S, yee : Pomona (Eope), gc({rr‘hpnufe‘rfx of Mastors and Yast Masters of aubordi- nnte granges, who are entitled, ox officlo, to tho Fifth BeRICO. | rioar, aRkNgE—-CoUNCIL. Sixth Degree : Composed of Musters and Post Mg~ tors of State Granges, who aro_entitled, ox offlclo, to tho Stxth Degree, and meot annually, Thioy constitute the National Grango, (Eait: h Degres : Cerea (Faith). B D e ota o (b6 Gonnétl Who. Live sorved ono yoar theroin, who, after {he oxpiration of Hhieir first yoar's forvicd fn_tho Counell, aro cntitlod, £x officlo, to tho Soventl Degroo, to be conferred ab the moxt ‘or any subsoquont scsslon of tho National Grange. ALl who huve thus attained to this degree aro theredfior members of tho Senate, and entitlod to ¥cata and votes therein, All ncts and resolutiona originato fn the Councl (Sixth Degree), subjoct to tha approval or rejection of tho Benato (Soventl Degroe), - Tha Bubordinate Grangea in tho District of Colum- 44 eloct on joint Lallot, onca fu two years, » dalogato to ropresent 6ald granges in tho National Grange. Ho suust bo aither o Master or o Past Master, and, on ro- Ceiving the degroe, ranks tho same 8 & Foprosontativ of o Blate Grange, ‘The Benato of tho Natlonal Grangs, having tho pow- er, may confer degrees of theorder’ which they Liave rocetved upon auch persons as thoy may doem wortly, and may delegato that power, oxcopt o to tho soventlt snd Jast Degree, to ono of tholr number, to bo used for the o of ealablishing {he order inl auch paris of Hio Dailod Btates whoro it doos ot now axiats but tho degrea.of Ceres, or Demeter, shall not bo conferred, uns Aces in open Henate, at an shnual moeting. .. . THE OBJECT OF THUE ORDER . e stated in the following preamble, or deolara- Hon of principles, which is profixed to their printéd plan of organization and theirlaws; ‘Human happiness fa tho Acmo of exrthly ambition, Inaiyidual happiness dopends upon gencral prospore t - A Tho probperity of & nation is in proportion to the valuc of its productions, The soil 13 thie rource from whenco wo derive all that constitutes wealth; without §t we sliould have no agxi- Fuiture, no manufactures, no commerco, Of all the Hoteria) gifts of the Craafor, tha various productions of the yegotablo world aro of tho first importance, Tho Bt of agriculture 1a tho paront and precursor of all arts, and dts products the foundation of all wealth, ""Plio productions of tho carth aro subjoctto tho fne aimence of natural lawe, fnvariablo and indisputablo ; Jhio nmount produced will consequontly ba in' propor- tion to the intolligence of tho prodicer, and succoss will depond upon Lifs knowledgo of tho action of thuso Jae, oud tho proper spplcation of tiole priaciples. Hoace, knowladye 1 tho foundation of Lappizcss, The ultimata object of this organization is for mu. 4ual instruction and protoction, to lighten Inbor by Qiffuning n knowlodgo of ils aime and purposcs, ox- poud tha mind by tracing tho bLeauliful lawa the Grast Croator bas catablished in the wiiverse, and to sularge our views of Creative wizdom and power. To thoso who read {t aright, history provos thnt in a1l ages goclely is fragmentary, and successful results of general wolfaro can be secured only by general effort. Unity of action cannot bo acquired withont disciplino, and diseipling cannot ba euforcod without pigniicnt organization ; ionco o have o ceremony ‘of Initlntion Which binds us in_mutual fraternily ne wilh o band of iron ; but, although ita influcaco s so powerful, its application is 88 gontlo au that of tho ilkon thrend that binds o wroath of flowers; b OFTICERS, Tho officers of & Grange, oiilicr National, State, or Subordinrte, couslst of and rank os followa's Maxtar, Overseer, Tecturor, Steward, Assistant Stoward, Chap- lain, Treasurer; Scorotary, Gale-koepor, Ceros, Pomo- o, Flors, ind Lady Asalatant’ Bleward, It s thelr Quty to se that the laws of the order aro carried o, I the Subordinato Granges, thoy eball bo choson nunually ¢ fa tho Stato Granges, once In two years, and T tho Hationat Grange, oce 1 v sewrs, * All alec- tlons to bo by ballot, “[he Mastor of the Nallonal Grange may appoint Lecturora o visit Stata and Subordiuste Grangos for tho good of the order, and Doputios fo organize grauges wliero uo Stuto Grangu oxists, MEETIRGH, Subordinato Grangos eholl neot onca each month, and may hold iniermediate meetinga as may Lo deeme bd necesuary for thu good of tho order. Whare it i conyentent, weekly mealiogs nro to bo held, oxyrossly Tor lectures and discussions, wpon agriculinral topies, All businoss moctings aro conflued to the Yourtlh Do- greo, 3 EMDERSOIP, 1t s furthor presoribed that “any person jn~| tovented in pgriculiural pursuits,” of tho age of 16 yours (fomalo), and 18 yenra (malo), duly pro- podod; clocted, aud complylng with tho rules and regulations of the ordor, “is ontitledto mem-, bership, and tho benefit of tho dogroes taken.” Bo faras tho order haa sproad, howevor, tho membership hias beon genorally confined to farm- ora, or porgons of other pursulty, in the small towns of the West, who own farms in tho adjoin- ing country. A rogular price of memberuhip ia fixod, the minimum being 85 for males and 82 for Ourront oxponses are pald by an pedos- fomales. mment at cortain stated poviodn. - REGULATIONS, ‘Pho ordor i roquired to vinit and care for that Any membor found guilty of wanton to onimala must bo nx&m]lml from the opted by Btato aide.u nort‘:i?sr.y No plan of work can bo a or Subordinate Omnfian without flrst_sulinittin it to, nnd rocelving tho sanction of, tho Nationul Granga, baviug’ tho four subordinato dogroos, Grango. doas not con! of the National Grango, Although tho soclal objects of tholr order are AITIOHOS DI While™ looking welfaro of tho mnJo prominent, its real nims and dooper nnd farthor-ronching, aftor tho moral and {ntelloolual foymeor, it will look assiduouuly aflor HI8 MATERIAL INTERESTH, Thia las slroady beon done in many ways, Tho granges sro appointing ** middlenipn™ of their own, through whom an intorchango of products Is effectod ot & minlmum cost. At wauy pointy they have purchased or leased aln-olovators, and, aas thoy liavo tho grentost Siato of thd palronngo, tioy Avo cald £0 run tiom t important graln pointw, wharo tiioy froquontly omploy 0 . grangos .also unifo in tho purchaso of goods by the car-lond, in tho slo of conl, aud aro now turning thoir attontion to co-oporntive stovos. Homwo of thero sohomop will succoed for n time, oud othors will fall beeausa thoy aro inhorantly woal or vislonary. But, whothor {loy aro por- mnnont or not, the moral effect will ho folt in tho roductlon of prices and tho aqualization of rofits, 7 ‘Tho most importaunt on}errrlno which the Patrons have yot attomptad is the WATERLOO AGUIUULTURAL WORKS, built by s joiut stock company organized in August, 1874, 'Lho officers aro : Bamitel Owoens, Preeident ; W. J. Ackley, Vico Prosidont; Q. A. Farwoll, Secrotary ; 1, AL, Crittondon, 'Crossuror ; Tionry A. Mowe, tensral Buporintondont,—mosh of whom roside In this village. The Company not sooing its way cloarly to tho complotion aud oporations of the works, concolved tho plan of bringing tho farmers iuto tho uuqurnfion. Tho mattor was brought formally boforo the Btato Grange that met at Dos Moines in Jaonuary, and receivod it indorsomont. ‘The roport of the Committee to whomthe mnt- tor was roforred containg go much thnt relatos to tho profitably. thoy hitvo not olovatorn a forwarding ngont, why GENENAY OBJLECTS AND ATMA ot tho Patrons of Husbandry, that it is givon on- tiro : Your Comrfitee, to whom waa roforred tho memo- hal of tho Watorfoo Agricuitura} Worke, would ro- apectfully roport that wo havo conferred with tho pare cq represcuting thoso works, and it a reprosented to our Committeo, and of tlio fact wo hnvo no_doubt, {nn the ciiizens of Waterloo havo subscribed $60,000 to thio atock, wnd thut partics out of tho Stato have #ube scribed $10,000: “Thnt tho Jompany neods a farther addition to tho aapital, and could profitably uso mora than $200,000 08 » mantfacturing or working capltal 3 That tho Compnny desiros to agouro both the capital and tho co-operation of {lio Patrons of Iuobandry, aud, in consideration of this, offors tho followiug ads vanlogea s First—A falr aud reasonallo eomponsatlon yor ane niny on (o ptask subsurved | ‘Second—Tha avings in purchasing fmploments o wholcaulo_dealots, cutting off tho —commieslons of agents aud rotaflors, which fs from 35 to 40 por cent ; “Third—Bayiug of fralghts and-reduction of cost ln ropairs, It dn catimated that, in this last articlo nlono, throo-fonrtha of tho expensa may b gaved ; Fourtli—Tho advantagen necruing from keoping theso oxponditures within ourown Slato, and the addod mor- ket for tho farmers’ producto, ‘Tlio Compuyy projord lo At fcso advantagos to tho conslderation of tho Grangers and members of 1o order, and to offer tiem the stack of tho Compony, and propoco the appofntment of four Dircclore, who aliall liavo {n. chargo the futerest of all tlock 80 sub- seribed, Tho Company further proposes, with tho cansent of tho corporutors, to_chanyo tho nama of #ald works 5o that tho atylo aall bo, *Cho Stato-Granga Ageiouitural Works of Waterloo,” Tho Compauy unly ask that tho Stato Grange whall rocommond tho oneouragoment of this industry to the Grangors nnd niembera of the order. four Committco aro favorably impressod by tho ‘propositions of {his Compuny, and rogard tho cncour- agoniont of_liome manufactures 8o of tho utimost im- rtance. Thoy ropard {hisns the promizoof tho Bottor day, whon sueh_cstablishmonta will oxist I overy part of thio Blnto, and ato ouly sorry that wo lavo not tivents: sueh applications instead of ono, Tho Comnittoo Vicliove the need of Towa at present 15 n dovolopment of her retources, and an Incteaso of opulation and sealths consequont thorean, to bo main- 1y Drougt about by oncotiraging manufacturea hore, thua bringing tho consumer and producer aido by slde, and solyiug forover this voxad qucstion of tratieporta- tion of bulky products of littlo value, What aro the facts? Wo ‘oxport hides and import Ileathor, payiug frolghla both ways, Whilo flax fs i chon and nglmfl:ml product, wo !Il\y for {ta cultlvation nt n dintance, burn tho cort thal would feod tho mannfac- furar, aild fmpoet our linacod offs, Wo cxport rags waalo ofher valuablo matorial, burn atruw, and frmporl Iargo quantitica of paper. o oxport wool aud import itn products, hurniiig corn, and_ paying frelght hoth ways, Wo oxport euttlo and hoga in largo_quantitics, and import lard-oll, candlcs, gluc, 6oaps, hofr, dric hoof, cured hawms, canined nents,—paying frolghta, With syrup und sugar thot aro grown from our sof) and man- wifacturod b & profit, wo cxhaust oftr Eolls to Talso wheat, givo ono bushel for markeliug auotlier, sud buy tho Quben artielo, supporting the luxury of tho ship-owner, {ho pulaco of the importer tho ailway king, tho a¥my of middiemen, gvoat and emall, whilo our fands, that we know will praduce sorghum and imphica, sud that wo bellove will reiso {ho best articlo of sugat-boc, aro annually rold for uupaid taxes, Wo buy limo, conient, stucco, Inudsplnster, fire-clay, firo- rick, thie, nnd ol kinds of potiery nud carthenwars, with InilHona of dollara’ worth of raw material under our fact; nnd, with all our wealth of milk product, Wo do not malke tho chezso wo cat, Wo import_starchiat lieavy czpense, uso corn for fucl, and leave our potatoo to rot In tho ground, Wo expénd annuolly hundreds of thousand of dollars for cannod fruity, vegotables, and pickics, burning our corn to cook tiat cannod at Elgin, Benton Harbor, and Yarmouth, We luy our cooperage, sash, doors, bilnds tubs, palls, baskots, and, sbovo ull, our agricultural implements, at onormous cost; pay tho petiifoggera for forocloslug mortgagos to phy our Indobtoducss au ull of them; and then utter pitul walla sbout hard imes Tho pauscea for all thesa il is fo bo found in tan~ norics, ofl-mills, paper-milly, woolen-nulls, iron-mills, ment-packing-and-curing-hotsce, ghio-factorics, chiccsc- factordes, butter-factories, candle-factorios, sugar-face tarlcs, lime-Wilns, plaster-mill, potterles, mantifacto- rlea of cutinod goody pleidos, ‘vopdon-wiros, conper- ago, and tho multitudo of agriculttiral impletionts, ‘Wo want all those, that wo my get tho srticles wo consums ot loss cost ; that thoir producors may cone sumo our surplus food of ull kinds at better prices to 18, and ot leas cost to thom than it must boar o othors 1Ko them who use it at o dlatance. Tha subjolnod resolutions, offercd for your consld- eration, embody tho views of tlio Commiitco: 1. Jtéaolved,. That tho Slato Grango slrongly com- mond to our ordor,and fo {ho citizons of (lio State the dovolopment of every manufaciuring indusiry thal proposes a reasonoblo réturn for luvestments tuat tho encourngoment of theao industries, by tho purchuso of Tows manufactures, cannot bo lao atroaglytirged ; that, by co-operation among produccrs, nuch may ba dong 10 dovelop such Industries us 10y’ o organized upon smull capital, fo tho benoflt both of ndividun} pro- Qucers and organizations, ; 2. Resoled, ‘Uhat wo cordially recommend to tho fa- vorablo consideration of onr order tho propositions of tho Agricultural Works of Waterloo, snd rocommiend thio investigation of tho same, with o view to iuveating thoreln, Jostx ScorT, of Slory County . G, Mitxxh, of Dlackhawk County ; £ W. Munrily, of Jasper County ‘avnken, of Polk County ; Wirtken, of Hamilion County § * ‘nauy, of Grundy County, IN THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, the objoct of the associntion is eaid to he the manufaciure and sale of agricultural imple- mont, sud other goods and wares. Articlo 4 BOYB 'Th capital tock of this Company ehall bo $100.000, ond may be {ncreased to a sum not exceading 300,000, Dy 8 voto representing three-fourths of thoktock of {hls Company, at uny regulsr of spocial meoting called for that purposo; each original stockholder having the privilego of taking n pro rata siare of tho iucroased Btock withiu thirty duysafter notice of saidl increase, Baid stock shall be divided into shares of £25 each, and fractionul shares may bo {ssucd, ‘L'wenty por cont of tho stock subscribed shall bo pald each year, at such timo as muy bo required ; and sny party may, atany {ime, pay 1horo thaw tho kaid mmount required, and tho Secretary sball kcop a rocord of tho = timo any paymont shall bo made; nand ot the cnd of each year, to-wit : on the firit Monday in February, 1873, nad aununlly thercafter, o atook-dividend at the ratoof 16 per cent per aunum shall bo declarod and ‘mado to cacl stocklolder upon {lio amount, actuntly oid fn from tho timo of sidch payuient until i cus dividend can bo mado, Buid skarcs shull bo doomed personul property, and pluil botransferred only ou tho {muh of the Conpuny by sssigument and surronder of cortificato or cortiiicatcs, provided the stackholder 18 not indebted to tho Company, Subscriptions to the stock may bo mado In work, labor, building-materials, machinery, lands, aud otlier property, for tho uso of Baid Company, by contract with the' oflicera having chargo of the ‘nfialya of {lia Comnpany ; but in no enko ghall puch contract bo for any higher price than {ho nctual and real value In cash, THE FARMERH HAVE SUDSCRIDED LIDERATLY, though gonerally as individuals rathor than crongies, Momborm of granges own about thrco- ourthes of the stock, but quite n numbor of largo stockholders are merely goutlomen-farmors living in Watarloo, o bufldiugs of tho works stand near tho dopot of the Iilinois Contral Rail- road. Thoy cost, with tho ‘mnohinory, about All charters and disponsations issuo qiract from the Natlonal Grange, Nino gf:u;x;u ceivo o diupensation to ory nnlzauflnbordlyuuto The same numbor of Bubordinate Grangos con organizo & Rtale Grango. Othor xulos relato to trivial matters of governmont, eud have no gonoral intorest, Btate and Subor- dinato Gnmd;eu can huve any codo of lnws that 10t with the constitution and rulea 230,000, and aro noarly rendy for the Layinning of oporations. A fow Fummm liwve raisod tho cry of fraud, asserting (hnt tho works would soon Do sold out under » first mortgugo, and tho farmors loft to whistle for thelr pay. But the clamor scoms to have at presont sibsided, and thore iy every proapect that oporations will soon bo commonced, and ugrioultural machinery offered for enlo at reasonublo rates boforo the sumnier closos, h’l‘lm cohiesivo atrougth of the granges is in their OPPOSITION TO RAILROAD MONOPOTY, Thore will not be much diysension in the ordor until somothing has buon accomplivhed in the way of bringlng thorailronds to towna. Thopo- litical aspocts of the caso have alrendy beon fully advorted to, ‘Tho Patrons profoss to deprecato politics, although thoy aro aware that not’ muolh that thoy desivo can Le obtainad except through political monus, In all their offorts in the diroc- ion of Btute or Natlonal politics, thoy count Inrgoly upou the co-operation of the workingmon in tho cition, FREF-TRADE hes as yot been but Incidontnlly discussed among tho farmors of Tows, but tho sontimont in ity favor is slrony aud noreasing. Jusvie, R Nowspapor organs o 0 Patrona are spring- Ing up Xllpover fim Stute, Tho recognized orgun of the Btate Grango Is tho Iomestead, publishod at DosMolnos, and edited by Willlam Duane Wilson, Tho eounty papors are torn with con- fllating omotions, not knowing whethor to yield alloginnco to tho party, or to.tho poople whouco comes (hoir brond and buttor, Ono of tho most insano of these shoets s tho Gazclle, of Codar TFally, odited by two Hnydors, which 1s now en- gnsud in suarling at tho hoely of Tue TuIBUNE, ‘I-don't kuow how botter to churactorizo ts man- - tho publio good. ugomont than Lo wno tho words of & rural friond, uttorodl in roply to somo quoation about tho odis tors: *Therorin't_two snider brothors in tho hull Northwont,” Tn whioh opinion the editorial fratornity of tho Blate goom to fully conour. To EFarmorw! OlubssFinancial Circn« Inr. SrEoncTAnY'a OFrror) Kewaner, I, April 10, 1673, At n meotingr of the Contral ommitan of the Illinols Btato I'armexs’ Convenlion, which con- siots of the Prosident, Bocrotary, Troanuror, aud nincteen Vico Prosidonte, held in pringflold on tho 2d day of April, Gon. L. T, Rows, J. B, Por- tertiold, and Joulia Lrown, wore ppoiuted n comimittoo to doviro n plan for ralsing funds to dofray tho nocessary expouses of tho Awsocla~ tion, ~ 'Ihe following is tho roport of tho Com- mitteo : . ' The committeo to devison plan for ratsing funds have hind tho rubjeet under consideration, nud_ rocom- mend that cach Yarmors' Club and Grango within tha HBtate, that bos not already contributed for this pur- ose, bo callod upon to contribute 10 centa for cach momber of cuch organization, ~ Whon payment hns valulllly beon mada by any Olub, Urange, or County sociation for this purpose, that they only Lo called upon for sich a pun an will with such poyment equal 10 conta far cach member, 1t {s further recommendod (hat all Associatlonn hore- after crouted, shiall contribute a like sum for oach ‘merber of {helr rflnfl’cu;u Assoclations, . T, Ross, Ju B, PONTERFTED, JoBUUA Briows, Belioving thia to bo tho most oquitable mods for raisiug tho nocessary funds, and thnt nono would rofuso to contribite o email & snm were thoy awara of tho amount of worle dono by the Asiocintion, and of the work still Lo bo nccoms plished,—n work Laving for its objeet not only tho prosont material bonoflt of overy farmor in tho Biato, but their sccure and cortain omanei- prtion in the near future from thio thraldom of rnilrond monopoly, {f it can bo successfully car~ rled ont, tho Cenlral Committeo would urgo avory Farmora' Olub and Grango in tho Stato fo givo tha metter thelr Immc?ln ] flllnm ion, and forward ull “8UMA thus roiso irough tholr County Troasuror whoro thoy have county or- gonizations, and county committoos whoro no county organization hus beon formod, to Duncan Mackay, Tronsurar of tho Btale Associntion, giving tho Bocretary notico of tho samo. The procnmllr'nfia of tho Bloomington Convon- tion are boing distribntod to such clubs and grangos as linvo already contributod their 10 conts por member, Othors can have thom by upp!yin;\; to the Suc\'ntnrfi. T'ho Committeo have, by virtue of tho power vestod in thom by the constitution of the Btate Associntion, nppointod J. B. Dortorfleld, of 8id- ney, Champnign County, Stato Purchosing Agont, who will, fn a few days, fssuo circulars to County Commilteos glving directions na to tho modo of dealing through him with manufactur- org and wholosalo housos. By ordor of {ha Btato Contral Commltteo, B, M. 8aurn, Socrotary. Committes, Transportation Convention. Tho Contral Committeo of the Iilinols Stata Farmera' Association Layo nljpolnl:ed two delo- gates to the i’l‘mnspox-lnliou Jonvention, which will bo hold In Now. York City on May 6, and tho Executive Committeo rccommend that the YVico Presidents of {he Association tnke messures to sond ono from each of their rnnrncu\'o dia- tricts, If wo Lope Lo recolve tho full boneiit of chionp Ernnsportation, wo must onglenvor to make this movomout national aa well as loeal, and all tho Blaton of tho Northwest aro strongly urged £o bo fully roprosonted in this, tho most import- ant convention, both to_consumer and producor, ovorheld in tho United States. Lot not only farmers’ nseociations and pranges sond delo- gates, but ell othor bodics having tho same grent objeet in viow, viz, cheap {ransportntion and 8. M. 8aurm, Bocrotary. N A THE “ CHASE ESTATE.” 204 Deacon Srnrcr, Tostow, April 10, 1613, To the Editor of I'he Chicago Tribuno : Bm: I have roceived, within tho last two months, many lottors from the West, written by pooplo who, sither by marriage or descont, nro connocted with tho Lo Olase familios of Now England, which descend from Aquile and Thomns Cheso, brotliors, grantecs of Ilampton in 1639, or from Williem Chase, who came over in Gov. Winthrop's fleot in 1630, and sottled aftorwards at Yarmouth, whoro ho died. Pho descendants of Aquila nnd Thomns com- prito tho Chauo familics of Maino, Now Humpe !ll:'{n, and the northoastorn partof Massachu- sottn. Tho dencendants of William bave been found in Southountern and Central Mussachusetts, and in Rthode Island, ‘I'hero is no renson to believe that Willinm Chngo, of Yarmouth, was any rclativo of the Inter gottlors of Ilnnpton; and ail tho efforts which have beon mado Ly myeelf and othors intorcstod in gonoalogy havo failed to identify him with thom, or even to flnd him-mentioned in any English records. The family of Aqnfln and Thomas Chase are do- gceudod from 'Lhomas Ohaso, who was living ab Chesham, in Buckinghamshire, in 1510 ; and woro found by the Iato Mr, H. G. Somorly, an American goutloman long resident in Lnglaud, and o distinguishod professional antiquarian, who was emploged by mo to soarch the early English rocords, Tho rosult of his rosonrchos, together with somo gonealogies of itho famil, collected by mo, I contributed to the Heraldio Journal of October, 1868, and, at the requost of, somo of tho name, 1 reprintod tho arliclo in a amall pamphlet, Both tho, Journal and the rumph ot can Lo found in tho principal public ibraries in tho Wost by those who may bo kind enough to read them, and save themiolvos Lhe task of writing, and myself that of answerlug unorsy lotters about tho * Chaso iuborilance.” Thore lios in my cttio & frunkfull of naws- guEur-cuuiugu, lottors, and attompts ot Bug- ish goneologis, which' were received and pat awaybymy fathor, in 1848, nftorthe samo old story Liad” boen clevorly elaborated by tho pross- roportory of that poriod, mauy of whom aro the oditors of to-day, Thore wis no truth in tho story thon; thero is none now ; thoro novar hoa beon any truth in it, and thore never will be. The author of it is not cortainly known, but he Len ot any rato long slopt in his grave. The bubblo was pricked, in 1847, by (ho Inte Mr. “fliodore Chuso, of Boston, who, wasriod by im- portunity, cuused Mossrs, Baring Bros. & Co, to maka sulicient invesligation to prove that tho story was u simplo iuvention, Aftor twonty-lvo yoars of quict, the original story, that there way an ostate in tho Euglish chaucery cowmrts awniting declsion as to tho rights of holrs by the namo of Chnso, some of wfimn hadlong ugo omigrated to Amorien, hag boon rovivod ut o couvention of Chaso hoiry whoro each presont socms to have contributod something of cireumstanco, and whoro commit- tacd were ;\p}lmpmmd. Tho ntory has at lasb ui- toined such dimonsions that it Geoupics tho wholo pogo of a brondsido, the production of 4 Mr. olin T', Chinso, n vory mlvinformed, but T doubt not vory sincoro mnu, who ims beor,, and is etill, the “busincss comnittea” of tho convontion, I quoto an oxtrnck from the broaduida s Richard, tho brothor of Willlim (Ohaso), was Aido to tho Duke of Wellingtou, "Tho ¢stuto wax filed fn tho Ohnneory Court {n 1746, unid it was through the offorts of this Richard, who wan n thorongh-gofug man, that the uatter wau put through, and judgment given n fuvor of tho heire, Dy this statomont, Richard Obaso, tho older Drother of William, Who cumeover in'Winthrop's fleet in 1680, succecodod, au he had bocomo Aido to tho Duke of Wollington, ercated Duke in 1814, in gottiug o bill fllod in 1746, aventunlly put tlnnui,'h. Mr. John ¥, Chaso omiita to stato whothor thiu gentioman, whose lougth of days o thus shows to havo exceoded 200 yonrs, bo_ utill living ; ut ho daey cull wipon il tho Chase hoirg Lo contributo liborally,” and, in ordor that tho gnid hoira “*ehnll got value for what thoy contribute to the Chnso fund, the Committos, by considerablo oxponsio, Lave obtuined tho orig~ inal coat-of-arms and motto,” which **any ono of the Chaso faraily wishing »' pleturo,” cin have sont thom Dy vemitting tholr subiorlption to him. I'ho cont of arma lio glvos i & copy of the cut furnished by mo for tho Heraldie” Journal of Octolior, 18018, with the motto, ** Ne ccdu malis,” Lias boon hit npon _sinco thon for the occaslon, possibly by Richard, an thab rulo of conduet by Which io atiained such rownrkablo age. ‘ In conclusion, hlr, Editor, Task the favor of your columuu for tho intortion of this loltor, Which may, I trust, roach tho oyes of many af tho Chauo kindrod yosidont in “the Northwost, and onablo them to dismiss from thoir thoughts ailly fabrication which hins causod muoh monoy and timo tobo wastod duringtho Inst thirty ymr«, by vory many peoplo who could il afford olthor, I uhull be glad, howovor, to Licar from any and all Chaseu who can furnish tholr gonealoglen, however btlef, for publication horoaftor. Inu, alr, your obodlont sorvunt, & o moe B, Ouase, LIBEAAL VIGTCRY, : WixoN, 1L, April 18, 1679, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Bin: A warmly-contosted olty clection, hold horo on Tuocsaday, tho 16th, rosulted in tho do- foat of the straight Republican tickat,—tho Iiib- orals olocting tho Mayor, and all but oue Aldor- men, by a small gatu ovor tho Liboral mejority of last yoar, THE LOUISIANA BATTLE. Origin and Ohexacter of the Diffioul- tios in Grant Parish, Further Particulars of the Fight at Colfax. The New Orleans Press of Both Parties in Favor of tho State Beiug Ro- manded {o Federal Rule, Resume of Evonts. From the New Orleans Picayune, April 16, In order that our roadors mny be uformed of tho origin and charnetor of the tragical ovents, which within tho past ton days have transpired in Middlo Louisians, wo prosent a succinot ro- sume of tho facts, 08 wo have loarned and un- derstand thom. Tho parish of Grant, on Red River, has a pop- ulation, whito nnd black, of about 4,600, whioh Is nonrly oqually divided. In tho eloction of Nov. 4, the declarod roturn of tho Forman Board, composed of mon of high character, and fn pos- sossion of all tho roturns, shiows the voto to have been : Tor Govornor, McEnery (Fusion), 614; Kol- 1o, g (Td), 406, Tor Loginator, J. I, Tinduok Eiton), %2 ; . Ward (Rad.), 398, For Par- Bh Judfo W. A. Lao (Fusion), 622; J. Osborn nmli) ‘U.(.mli‘or I?lo\fl‘:u of Uunfi, )12.{ 0. n&gn;or 3 ¥ e AN 3 (Eg:"m'g B Lo ko Rt 80, o7Ras ad. A Hadhot foot ble moat In tho Loulsians Loglsin: ture, and Ward was admitted into tho Bayonot Luglslnt\\ro. 2 Tho Lynch Roturning Board, so-called, hnd no roturns, and in this case did not mssumo to de- elaro tho cloction of tho parish officers. Kol- logg, howevor, undertool Lo appoint men to what ho callod vacancios, but they did not qualify according to lnw, aud allowed the timo stipulated by law to pass. Kollogg thon commissioned ofii- cers who Lud ronlly boon elected, both Repub- lican, white and colorad, oxcopt tho Parish Judgo, n Ropublican, who had alrendy t]}llnllflcd. It dooms that Ward nnd othor Radicals, bolng diseatistiod at not hiaving all the offices, camo down to Now Orloand and remou- atrated with Kollogg. —Getting no satisfac- tlon, they returned, broathing threatonings, organized an’ armod compsuy of nogroes and toolt violout aud foreiblo possession of tho Court-Houso at Colfax, a.emall villago on tho river and tho county seat of Grant Parish, and drovo out tho Bhorift, Nash. Tho Shorift thon altemptod to colloeta posae comitatus to recover posseasion of tho publio building thus lawlosaly soized. A masi-mooting of tho whito pooplo wus proposad to oxpress in & quicl way thoir condemnation of this high-haudod outragoe, Lut in consegnenco of violent demoustrations of the armed nogroes undor Capt. Ward, Registor, Flowers, Brnntloy, Bnowdou, Railoy, Bhow, Graon, ote., the nssembly was givon ip, The ougo failod to tako tho building or to disporso ho mob. Thrents wore mado by the ringlendors of organized no?mna agninst those who. wero obnoxious—who had urged Kelloggs to commis- sion men not Republicans, or who becomo con- uplcllimna in tho effort to B(cp thoir Inwless pro- coodings. ‘T'ho negroes of Grant, having had their minds poisoned nEnhml: tho white peoplo by tho iudus- trious incilleattons of o fow ncalewags and car- pet-baggors, malignant and bad men, werohond- od by a turbulent and dnl’l"fi follow, Wnrd aud his gang had o short timo boforo lkilled two of their own color with small provocation, Having occuprod the villago as a military post, thoy bo- gan to threaton the lives of their political oppo- nonts, gave somo of thom o shord time to loave tho place on pam of death, sliot at others, broke open and guttod dwolling-housey, driving women out, and robbing o femalo school teaclior of hor owelry and offects, and oven riffiug the coflin of udge Rutland's dend -babo, and flingiog its body in the middlo of tho highway, They pick- atod tlie country for miles, soizing Lorsoa and fircarms, and broathing throntoning and slaugh- tor, sought to inaugurato n reign of torror, to drive out their political oppouents and whito pcapéo, and to becomo mnstors of all they sur- voyed, - Yor o period theso semi-barborians had mat- tersall_thoir own way. But the white pooplo, whom thoy had thus menaced, attacked and out~ raged in organizod Inwlessucss, fortunately os- nnEod to » safe distenco. horiff Nash got togothor n poses of armed mon, to the numbor of 150, and roturned to Colfax, The nefimus monntime had fortified their ground with breast-works and prepared tho Court-House for defense. When called on, Iast Sunday, to surrender tho Court-Houso and disporso, they rofused, sud a fight followed. Tho rosult was, the entrouchmonts wero tnken, tho Conrt-Honso was burned, and a number of nogroes killed, Colfax is no longer n proy to tho political dosporadoos and maraudars, Uulortunntulfl the authors and conductora of this nofarious busincss have so far escaped tho condign punisiment thoy desorve, Tho pooplo of Touisiana are worn out with usurpation, Pationce may censo to boa virtue. Whon it bocomea establishod that thore is sure dangor to tho plotters and maunngors of high-handed oppression, then affairs may bo freed from pesti- lent and fraudulent interforonco. For the nogro victims wo feol gorry, and tho occaslon of this trouble iy greatly ta'bo deplored. T Tho Fight. 5 From the New Orleana Times, April 16, From Mr. R. G. Hill, of Marshall, 'Coxas, who roached 'town Tuosday, aé 1 p, m., by atoamor Bouthwastorn, (from Itod River,) which Inid at Colfax two hours on Bunday moruing, we gather tho following information : *"Che troublo in Graut Parisl, La., camo to n rathor bloody termination last Bunday, 19th ingt., and a8 I happened to be one of tho passen- gors on tho steamor Southiwestern, I am enabled to gi\'a you soms account of the fight. : ""Sundey night, shortly eafter dark, the hoat londed nt & wood pile about & mile above Colfax, Qrant Parish, and &_young follow, armed to the teoth and very much’ excited, camo ahoard and’ roquosted tho Captain to land at Colfax and take soma wounded white men to Alexandria, about 26 milos further down the river. ‘“On m‘klvlllfil at Colfax, wo found about 100 armed mon on tho bank, and most of the passen- gora, mysolf among the number, went ashore to viow thio *bnttle-ground,’ for our young friend, who came aboard at the wood-pile, informed us ‘thut if we wantod to seo dond niggors, hero was 8 chance, for thero woro a hundrod or fo seatter- od over tho villn}u nnd tho adjacont flelds,’ and ixio Lkindly offered to guide us to tho scene of ‘ac- on, Innding, suro onough, wo bogan to stumblo on (o, mont of thom lylug o thelr taces, aud, Re I could seo by the dim light of tha lautorns, rid- dled with bulfets, ¥ Ono poor wrotch, s stalwart looking follow, had beon in the burning Court-House, and ns ho ran out with lis clothes on fire, had been shiot, His clothes to bis walst were nll burnt off, aud ho was literally broiled. **\Yo camo upon bodten overy fow steps, but tho sight of thi fellow, who was burnoed, ndded to tho horrible’ smell of burning flesh—tho ro- mainn of thoso who wora shot in the Court-Honeo which was still on fivo—siokenod most of s and caused o genoral ery of ¢ Lot ua go baol," “'T countod oighteon of tho mivguidod durkoys, end wag iuformo that they were nob one- fourth of thg numbor killed; that thoy wore seattored hora and thoro in tha flelds aronnd tho towu, bu- gides soveral in_and avound tho burning Court- Honso, ‘This, howovor, wag probably nn oxng- goration, “Ta show how terribly Inconsed tho lnm plo wore ngoiust the nogroes, T rolato tho followlng incidonts: “Wo cameo aoross ono negro whoso clothos woro smoking, and who had probably baon in {ho firo, Bomo of our party romarked that ho was alive. TInstantly one of our guldos whipped out a slx-shooter, saylng, +1'1l I[nluh tho blavk dog.' Of courso wo remonstrated, and he put awey his wonpon. Home one uton[)ml down and turned (ho negro over, Ifo was tilf and cold, ‘A faw minutos aftorwird wo camoons b‘!I; Dlnck fellow, who was reolining on his olbow, and, to all Lié apfeatiucon, alivo, o man with the wix-shootor hit bl w florco Jivk with his boot, and thon stoopod down and oxaminod. him, say- ing, ‘O, ho'n doud aw h—1!" It was 80; tho dar! oy diod that way—in a reclining ]llflfllflon. When wo oamo” buek near tho landing the bont's orow wero carrying abourd tho two wound- ed while mon, & Mr, adnot and snother whoso uamo I did not lonrn, . * In a ntoro-liouso noar tha ln'""“ls twonty or thirty nogro }u'luunom. all 'luthur in o coritor, with a ntrong iom, Wore soma huddled to- I lguml ovor T askod ono of tho gunvds if T conld havo tullc with tho nogroos, but was rathor 1y rofusoed, r. Haduot was woundad In tho abdomon ; not geriously, howevor, for I was informed by ono of tho surgoons who had him in chargo, that holoxtracted the ball, aud that he did not thlnk his intestines woro out. Tho othor white man Lind o fleph wound in the shoulder, “Bovornl othor whito mon had slight flesl wounda in difforont parts of thoir bodios. “Tha two wounded mon, the surgeon, and n Bon of Mr, Iadnot, camo down as far na Aloxan- drin, whoro wo Iandod carly on Monday morning. Tt apponrs that a atorm has heon™ gathoring in G—rnnfl‘nrlsh for tho pnst two wooks, and threo or four days ago the negroos gobt too mu- morous for the whites, and they wora compolied to neol rofuge in tho murrounding country, Monnwhilo the negroos plunderod the town, and throw up rude fortifleationa ail around, honating thiat thoy would drive every whito man-out of the parlsh, “But tho whito men hnd not boon fdte all o time, and had been reinforcod from tho ad- {nln(ng parish, and Sunday morning, headed by ho Blioriff of Graut Paviali, thoy advanced in n body toward Colfax. On arriving thoro thoy sont In n flag of truco, anking tho nogroos to anrron- dor, but at tho asmo tio, if thoy monut to fight, to talko caro of tholr womon and children, ‘#The nogroos rofused to como to torms, and tho whiton ohargad the Lronstworlks, whovoupon tho negroos retreated and took rofugo i the Conrt-1oune, from which thoy kopt an incosssnt nrlufi for gomo timo. * Finelly o nogro wns bribod by the whites to aet firg to tho Court-1Iouso, whicli wan dono sic- ceusfuily; and aftor vainly attompting to oxiin- m:luh tho flamos tho nogroes Lung out'n white g In token of surronder. Two whito men, Mr. Hndnot, ‘and anothor whoto name I could not lourn, immediatoly ad- vanced, aud on ranching the door of tho Court- Houeo wero shot down, and the nogroes rushed outinn lmd‘y. ' Tho whitos, who were now torribly infurint- ad, fired into tho mass as they camo out, and fol- lowing them up, killed them wherover thoy could flud them, and 2or a short time. as far as I could learn, no quartor was given, hut finally the Shor- 1M got the men undor control and tolorable order was roatorod, *Tho numbor of nogroes Iilled will probably amount to between twanty-five and thirty., The 4 Almont 8 goon aswe got to tho top of tho | ooplo wara 0 axaited avor the ovents of tho Saytint mothing yory acourts oould bs gt erad from any of thor, . Home. snid & Ludred, and the lowest numbor I heard mentioned woy forty or fitty. 2 #"The nogrocs had improvised- several rudo cannon out of old cast-iron pumps, Thoso wers londed to the muzele with slugsof their own manufacturo, I was shown soveral of the bul- lots, and thoy had tho appearance of being made in o woodon mould. Thoy were oblong inshnpe, with o rough, unoven surfaco. None of those cannon wero fired, howevor., “Tho negroes wore instigated by a white man and a negro namoed Ward,—tho Inttor n despornte rasenl, [t s anid, Both of those crenpod, * Onlhoun loft tho neighborhood n fow days boforo the nfftay. *¢ Although s very sad occurrenco, this I think will be productive of l'oad results to tho pooplo of this Stato, for it will call tho attontion of authoritios of Wnshington to tho fack that mat- tors aro bacoming sorious hore, as well as in other places thronghout tho South, “¢Tn Marshall, Hnrrison County, Toxas, nbout two weoks ago, n school-tenchor by the name of Flanagan wos sliot fu cold blood by & nogro po- licemen. Whon I loft Marshall, threo or four daga ago, thoy lind ?“utconcludud hia_prolimin- ary oxamination, and Judgo Wilson had roserved bis deoision, iho_opinion was, howovor, that Whito, the nagro, wonld Lo sdmitted to Lull. ¢ In Harrison County the negroes_ouinumber ihe whites, almoat threo to one, and the whito pooplo are compelled to pay o school-tax to edu- cato tho *niggers,’” for, of courso, thoro aro hnrdll‘y ten tax-paying nogrocs in the county. “ Flanagan wns an intelligent mnn, and n graduato of Dublin University, Iroland. ‘ Hundrods of instancas to illustrato the dif- cultics the Southorn poople nro Inboring under could bo cited, and no observing Northern man can come horo aud not sympathize with them, “R. G H" Last night & detachmont of Unitod States troops loft for tho scono of conflict, and will probably arrive to-morrow morning. . Commiands will bo stationed in varions locali- tion along tho Red River, and it is thought that thoro will bo no farthor demonsiration’ on the port of the nogroos, Comments of the New Orleans Prese. J'rom the New Orleans Times (Anti-Administration), TILE GRANT PARISI CONFLIOT. Tho troublo in Grant Parish has culminated, a8 it {8 likoly to culminato in othor parishes, i tho negroey, Jod on by whito conspirators, band themselves togothor in support of usurpation, In such n contost tho colored politicisns cannot maintan thomsolves, aud if thoy undortake to dooide questions of right by plissical forgo, and to violato tho Inws of warfere by firing on flags of truce, they will certainly bo Xnulbmmm Gon, Shkorman and Prosidont Grant suggests, whon o lilko troachory on tho part of the Modoo ' Indiuna 18 up for consideration and punishment. Thoro-has already boon bloodshed and thoro is | likely to bo more, and for that bloodshed tho re- sponsibility must rost on those who by fraud and forco havo falsified tho popular verdict rendored in the Novembor ologtion, and placed the negroos in an attitudo of political hostility to tholr whito nnighbam. It is cloar that unloss monsures aro adopted to satisfy tho ronsonable domands of the tax-payers of tho Btate, tho oxisting do facto Government cannot long sustain iteelf. With such results in Grant and Colfax,—ominons names,—rwith n liko- lihood of similar outbrsaks ull along Red River, im Bt. Holena, in Ouachita, in Claiborne, aud in B8t. Mary, and with so respoctable n domonstra- tion 03 that at 0dd Tollows' Mall the othior ovoning In this_city, it must bo npparent to tho most hoodless obscrver that the henarts of the pooplo are sot agninat the oxisting rulo, and that nothing but compromiso or overwhelming forco can give it oven o passing tolorance. The lPm:»plu beliove that thoy have boon cheated out_of n Hberal reform triumph, and are in no condition to look with favor on the aggresuivo dotails of Ltadieal strategy. Should the Fodoral Goyornment diroctly intervono and assume con- trol of tho affaira of the Btate, no objections would be raised by the peoplo on tho score of con- tralism, To be saved from plundor and loeal o esslon would be s0 great o blowsing that the ax-pryers of Loulsiaua would bail with a hoarty wolcomo the hand that dolivered them, oven Bold & sword ond wore cov- orod with o nuniled gauntlot, Thelr present rule is doubly intolerublo, for it moaus ot once conflscation and degradation. T'heycan~ not bear it, and unless by somo ndjustmont it is rondored moro tolorable, the Modoc porallol will Do ropoated in many of our futorior parisles, Buch confliots may bo provonted by the Fedoral soldiory, but not by the mmro‘zolitml brigado aor sny Stato militin that can bo raised, Lxasporat~ od boyond measure, the poople will not submit to what thoy considor aa n baso imposition, if tho men whom thoy pay for bottor servico are made tho ngonts of their oppression, Dy the dilloultios now taking shapo, tho in- dustrial ns woll ns tho political condition of tho Btato will bo soriously doranged, and, if thoy nre not spoedily settlod, confusion worso confounded must ensuo, Frony the New Orleuns Kepublican (Administration), 5 _THE COLFAX MASSAONE: Rofarring to nnother colmnn for tho only de- taits kuown, wa ean give no othor nanie to” this ortentivo act. A portion of the peoplo who bo- iovo that tho oxisting State Qovernmont is law- ful, assomblo to mainisin tho local offlcors in pocseusion. ‘T'ho pooplo of olhor parishos in- vado with avms and interveno in tho lacal con- trovorsy; thoy drive tho undlsciplinod combnt. ants into o “building, sok it on firo, aud shoot down from 80 to 100, with o loss to tho assuit- ing party of two mon wounded. Tho world will loarn all’ tho fucts, and will characterizo this net according no nuthontic investigation may justify, 1t s Lhus that our political sirifo Loy eulminntod in Dloodshed. Wo wlmll not oxasporato foollng mor unsoltle publio judgmont by, lout words, or by nssigning ro- pponsibility whore wo may think {t bolongu, 'Pho consoquonces of tho doed aro ton signul, Homo of thowo poor, ignorant laborors have gone to thoir neconnt. Thero will bo no further diitl- culty in keoping thom from tho polls, 1o sur- vivor mny oxorolso with fear and trombliug & vigght whiohh 1t roquired blood to gain and hag roquived blood to maintatn, Thoy may even omigrato whoro thoao rights will o respeoted, Thoyo violent mon who shot down the laborora of tholr flolda ahont o fow miserable parish offl- coi hava not yot soon tho end of lhu}z unhippy not, Thore {4 n powor olsowhore greator than tholr own, Thero is napirlt olsewhiere ns intol- erant s tholr own, Thoro are sovoro Inwa and terriblo &munlflos to which an appenal may Lo mado. Tho lu{ury to tho production of "tho -country, to tho buaineus interests of the city, to that confidence botwoon the landlord and” the Iaboror which will result from this not of violenco, aro drondful to contomplato. Tho raoponiug of thnt bloody ehasm into which so much “liaa beon cast that s procious may bo nplwrnhundml, und all tho publo intorasts of Loulsiung muy suifor h%onu ho possibility of contomplation, Iis ovent has mndo n orisls in our politionl condition, Tho nttnok on the Btato crodit hns Loen succossful, 'Tho obligationk of tho Kiato aro unspiablo, Tho udminiatration of city affaira 1s oqually fmpotont with that of the State. Thera mlu& bo a solution of thils eriply, but an avmed ocaupation of tho Btata cannot produce it, In our beliof, thora Iu n clnss detormined to p:dmin- istor tho Btato and Oity Govornment, or dofant their administration by any others, "Wa boliovo this olasa to bo in tha elacturul minority in the Btate, Those who dlifor with us may, poerhaps, apply tho same caudid exprossion of distrust to oursolyes, Very woll. Wo' have been alway willing to nbide™ by the full and fair vote of the Btato, but wo are not wlll[nfi that tho poll and rubllolunn of this voto ehall be loft to tho in- luonco of fraud, force, or turror, ‘whothor coming from ono parly or tho othor, There is Lut ong autliority sufiiclontly poworful and impartial to conduct a fair eloction in Louisiana. To this authority we are willing to submit and thin nuthority thers 14 nono will doro reslst. But at this moment thoro fu no anthority for {ho intorvention of the Fodornl Governmont, The Govornor may, and no doubt will, ask for troops to protect from * domostic violonco," Ho muy, porhaps, bo conaclontlously of opinfon, from dnmonstrations in this olty, that n special forco shonld bo establishad horo, T'hu commuandant of local forces may bo auchor- izod o delormino wholher n proclamation of martinl law, and the consoquont installing of a military Mayor aud provosts, mny bo propor. Thia wo can 1ot forosco, DBut W wny kay this 1 ‘Lhnt if Congroes, in rogular or spoclal sosslon, alinll, upon roview of our political ovonte nud pouition, dooldo to romand thik Btato to & torritos vinl condition, and ennck an onubling law by which a now and genoral oleotion nlmlFIm held for Htnto aud Federal oftieos, wo will cheorfully abido by its nrbitrnment, nssurod that tho polls will bo kept opon and the ballot puro, 'This fimnt concounion wo would make in the sincoro eliof that the prowont Stato Government in slrictly logal, but _to domonstrato our dovotion to tho interosts of Lho Btato and the penco of tho Union, Will our oppononts kay tho samo ? ——— THE DARTMOUH COLLEGE CASE. To the Editor af The Chicago Tribune: 81 ; In your isaito of the Gth Inst,, commenting upon Gov. Boveridgo's spocch, you mado some incldontal allugions to the Dartmouth Coliega caso, in which it was etated that tho question aroso out of tho fact of tho Legislature of Now Hampshire imposing a tax upon tho Collogo when It was oxompt by ito ohartor. Upon referonce to tho Listory of that case, I find that this was not the bnsis of the suit, This engo hus 50 muc influonco in tho pending railrond controversy that I proposo to givo n full statoment of it, nid show, from the prinol- plo thoro racognized by tho highest tribunal of tho country, that there ia literally no other ro- dross for tho griovances concedod to oxist ox- copt in tho mode pointed out by our Bupremo Conrt in tho Chicago & Alton Railroad cago. 1In 1769, Dr. Whoolock, living beforo that, by Lis own funds and those raised by donation, established a Clarity School, which had been in operation from 1754, obtained a chartor or lotters patent from ihe King of Grent Britain, catablish- ing a corporation to consiot of twelve Trustecs and no more, to bo callod the “Trustoos of Dartmouth Colloge ;" to have perpotusl oxist- once as such corporation, with powor to hold nnd disposo of lands, goods, ate., for tho uso of tho Colloge, with tho ordinary powors of corpo- rations ; tho Trustoes to apply tho funds of tho Collego in tholr discrotion to tho support of tho Prosidont, tutors, etc., nnd to have the right to was declarod in tho lettorarpatent to bo tho foundor, and was thoreby nppointed Prosident with the right to name his succoasor by will. All powers of government and snporintondence of the Col'lngo wora vested in the Trustoes. After ihe Oolloge had been in oporation nonrly fifty yenrs, and the colony becamo n Btate, the Logislatura of New. Hampshiro, in 1816, passod cortain acts for changing tho nname, convorting tho Colloge into a University ; rcorganizing tho govornmontal power by adding nine Trusteos to tho oxinting Board, without its consent; and all made subjoct to & Board of twenty-five Over- soors, to be appointed by tho Governor and Councl of the Btato. - Thoe reorganization having boon ‘consummated undor theso ncts, the old Trustoos brought an action of trovorin tlie Btato QOourt, to recover the books, rccords, common sonl, oto,, of the corporation, alloging a wrong- ful conversion of thom. For tho plaintiffs, it was contondod that theso acts woro in violatlon of the provision of the Constitution of tho United States which de- clares that no State shall prss any law impairing tho obligatlon of contrants. Thab tuu corpora- tion wns not a public corporation, in the oxorcise of politieal powers, but private, That its char- tor was a contract with thoe corporators, whick, the King would have been powerless to revoke, alter, or amond, and tho Logislature of Now Hampshiro was meroly subrogated to tho same rights possessed by tho King. The Buperior Court of Now Hampshire, prob- ably unconsciously affected by popular faoling, digrogardoed these views; held it a public cor- poration; its property public property, and that the Truatoes had no greater interest in it than any othor individuals ; that their offico was & public trust like that of the Governor, ora Judge, and that the Trustees had no more con- corn in the proporty of the College than the Governor had in_tho property of the State, or than Judges had in ‘the fines thc{ imposed upon culprits. Tho aots wore keld valid, Thero- upon o writ of error was aucdout of tho Supremo ourt of the United States, to which Court tho case way taken. Itwas thon argued, upon both sides, by tho moat learned and gifted law- ors in tho Union—AIr. Wobster appearing as T enior counagl for plaintifa in ertos. 1 his argimonts the whole curront of English law was examined by that mind of infallible logio, and he clearly domonatrated that, by tho English law, such ingtititions, unless othorwise spocislly con- stituted by their “chartors, wero privale eleo- mosynary corporations, over whoso property, meombers, and franchises, the Crown has 1o con- trol, oxcept b{hdno process of Inw, foracts in consistont with theincharters. Tho opinion of tho Umted States Bupremo CQourt was dolivored by tho grontest of Amorican Judges,—Chiel-Justico Marshall, in 1819,—in which ho sustained tho positions of Mr. Wobstor; Tiold the corporation to o private, sud not a pubs lio ono, with political powors ; that its chiarter was & contract within the mesuing of tha Fodoral Constitution, and without u reseryation of tho right to altor or amend it, way a3 inviolable, by Btate laws, as nuy contract wholly between privato individuals, Bincoe that decision, it hag beon the sottled law of this country that ull corporations, organized for businoss purposos, aro to bo doomod private, althongh tha businesa moy bo of a guasi publis nature’; that their chartors are legislativo con- tracts; and, whon sccepted, aro boyond tha awer of n Htate CGovernmeont, eithor by consti- utional or statuto onnotment, to rovoke, altor, or smond, unloss the powor to do so is exprossly rogorved, Tho doctrine of tho Dartmouth Colloge cnse hias beou often rettorntod by the Suprems Court of the United' Statos, aud applied to bridgo and railrond corporations. And, in n recont case, that Court said, with much emphasis, that if anything could bo cousidorad as sottled by {hat Canrt, it was that:theao olnrtors woro contracts within thoe mum\luq of tho Counstitution, and as ouch inviolublo. Lhene judgments are para- mount and binding u})uu tho Htato Courts; havo not been, aud cannot, without n political revolu- tion, bo_rovoracd by tho samo Conrt which gave them, or abrogated by nuyzmn[,v Congross i, do; fivenan mnondmont ot fho Conatitution itoolf could not logitimatoly wido tha past, . This state of tho law wan well undoratood nt tho timo ‘tho various chartors wero grantoed to raitroad. corporations lu this State. It wonld havo beon competont o havo resorved-the right to revolko, alter, or smend; but it wag not doomod good ' policy Lo do #o, * Capltal muss ho soliclted. Xt ‘wus; “and investod in corporato. stock oud bonds, upon the faith of just such chartors as wore grantoed, "Thoso consldorations bnlufi presont. to . the: mind of our Euiu'uum Court, it could not ignore them, or,by vielding to papular elamor, bo guilly of tho reprehensiblo conduct of sotling up ity . opinion againet that of the fllliu'muo Todoral Oonrt in o mattor whovo the docluions of the lat« tor aro Dbinding suthority upon all the Stata Courts, To afin the judgment of tho MoLean Oireult Cowrt would lave boon {hus vofrnotory, and aftor long dolay would hnvo renultod in cortain roversal by {10 Unitod Btatos Buprome Court, OnurSuprome Court, acting upon the only fonturo of the quostion within tho Blato jurisdiction, ovidently took this view of tho mattor—that when porions apply for or nce eopt n railroad churtor, thoy impliedly under- talio to fallhtully porform all thio dutles imposod 1 AW - upon’ common oar- riovd; that Inw, a8 in all ofher emson of coutrcty, onterlng ‘fnfo nud formbug o part of tho contraok itwelf, ‘Theso dutios, u?tnch by forco of tho common Inw, Ttis compotout for tho Logistaturo to progoribo tho mannor of tholr onforcomant aud the consoquoncos of tholr vio- lation—which It can ensily and offoctually do. But it must, in overy caso, bo n judioinl quostion, In this way no quostion as to impair- ing tho abligation of contracts nood nriso, it is uot fmpairing, but enforcing, au obligation im« plicd by tho acooptanco of tfiq chartor, Fubriovs, {ill vacanciea in thoir own body.. Dr. Whoolock:| J' JUDGE LAWRENCE. 1ils Indorsement by o Large Numher of Members of {ho Chleago Bav, e Their Tottor to tho Julgo, ond His Reply Theroto, GitioAdo, Api 10, 1676, o the ITon, Chartea I, o g ihe T, 0 ‘,u .Tyf,'.- Latorence, Judge of the Suprema DeAr Bin: Tho undorsignod, mombora of the Dar of Chiongo, havo read .with gront plensurg your lottor of tho 7ih inat., nddrossed to tho Bar of tho Fifth Judielnl District, in which you hava conzonted to bo o eandidato for re-olection to tha Buprome Boncli of this Btato, Tor thnt consont wo dosiro to oxpross to you our slnccro thanka ; for wo bellovo that your ras tiroment from that Bonch would bo o publla calamity. And, furthor, wo gladly ombraco this opportunity to testify that wo catoom you a loarned lawyor, & just Judgo, and s rightoous mau, Wo rogrot that wo are not rosidonts of your dlstriat, for thon wo might bo abla ‘to do more ; than oxpress our grost rogard for you. We are, donr sir, yours with ostoom, Jeao 0, Norton, Joln P, Wilso Grant Goodrich, Joromich Leamlng, - Goorgo Yayeon, 3L B, Teh, 4 W, I, Whitcliouse, Juines 3, Noble, Robort Horvoy, E. G, Mason, 9. B, Banaura, D. J. Belugler, BB egagy U, ¥, Smiul, Loomard Bwel, George Garduor, : Quigg, F. W. 8§, Drawioy, Oyzus, Bintloy, Thos, J, Turners 4 D Adur, C. 11, Winuton, L. Olines, Georgo Willard, V. B Black, Joln 3, Goopor, 2 N. Hibba'd, Inmes Teday, 3.°A, Tunter, 8.0, Jdg, Frod, W. Hocker, . Blddlo froberts, T, W, Touretlotth, . W, Bmith, W. I, Calver, @, 0, Clarko, 8.0, Hinsdul, . W, Upton, Goo, T. Ialley, Atba'V. Watbrmas, Elliott"Authouly, D. B, E. A, Storrs, ; Mogeader, ¥, Jumiosor, M. F, Yaltor nn]um’.-, LN, St andol A, King, Wi, MoKt Jalax Woodbrlage, Paul Oc‘:ficflm” ., Anny, . I, Bamum, Geo, W, Emith, Melilio W. Fuller, Wi, H, King, G, Caul i Morton Culver, J. L., High, T. Backott, G, M. Hartls, 1ra Beott, B R Ayer, ' Julius Rosontat, Rhowiton, A, M, Pence, E. A. Otls, Teaue G, Wilson, Thos, Hoyne, Josoph E, Smitl, ¥, L. Sherman, Muson B, Loomik, L. W, Russoll, L 1L, Disbeo, Walker, i, X, Witon, Norman Wiltiams, Wm, H, Holden, Tiobert T, Lincold, Moriand L, Torkins, T, T, Howo, Edward 8, Evarts, Joun N, Jawott, 3. 0, Glover, James Lano Alidn, . W, Bishop, Lawrenco Provdfoot, John 1. Thompson, ames . Roverts, J. A, T, Whittior, Henry G. Miller, : V. Lb Moyno, *-, L. 8. Hodges, Fraderlo Ulimatn, Francly Adame, Josoph Phiruhing, Walter Burnlam, Thonins G, Froat, . L, Lowih, * 3,8, Vaughan, T, T, Humphroville, Noinon Mourao, A, H, Gordon, L J, Dunne, Waltor B, Beates, Obarlea T, Adaing, . ‘Theo, G. Deayer, 0. D. R O, W, Gal!l.mull':‘ John Johnston, Ir, William Hopkins, - ' muiel Appletos cory o D, L. Blokoy, " 10, N Eldeldgay o Horaco T Walte, Georgo Bawin, Ira O, Wilkingon, Chnl‘fu E, Towne, G, A, Follansbee, 0.K. 4. Huten: 3.V, Ohickering, i Gavrspuno, I, April 17,1873, The Hon, Jesse O, Norton and others, Chicago, Ill.: GeNTLEMEN: Your lotter boaring dato the 10tk inat,, and agsuring me of your gratification. that I am o candidato for re-clection to tho Bu-- preme Court, has been duly recoived. Tho ox-- prooslons of respont and confldouce contained in. it givo me tho sincorest pleasuro., Tho fact that: nearly all the members of the Bar of this Judicial: Distriot havo united in a raquest that I would be again o candidato, and the desiro for my re-clec~ tion oxpressed in your letter, and in othors that I have rocoived from lawyers living in difforent * portions of the State, show that the Inbors of tha COourt aro not unapprecintod by the profession. ‘Whother I am re-clected or not, theso nssurances’ of the cateem of the Bar will «lways bo remom- ‘bored by mo a8 a just causo of pride and a source of the highest gratification. Tam, gentlomon, with the sincorost rogard, your obediont servant, 0. B, LAWRENCE. — NEWS PARAGRAPHS, Tho Boston atroots are to be widened around tho new Post-Offico. 3 t ~QGoorge Willinms, contractor on the Rock Tsland Hapids, sustained o loss of from 98,000 to - £10,000 by tho going out of tho ice at Hampton, —The complote flle of the Charleston (8. C.) Courier, for sovonty years, was bought by O. A. ?}gflflnfli for $2,250, for tho -Congréssional ibrary. — rfihodn Tsland papor contains tho fnforma« tion thnt the pooplo of Tiverton got tired of their fomale BSchool Committeo in one year's trial, and last week elected o now bourd com- possed wholly of mer. —Ouno of tho corpses picked up at tho Atlantia wrock had on o quilted vest, and in every diaw mond of the guilting thero wna n soveroign, thera boing in all about cighty, eqnal to £400, —Tt is roported that Mages oligman has. formed an organization of English and German , - capitaliats, and will shortly start s now bauk . hero with o paid-up capital of £3,000,000, or - 15,000,000 in round numbers,—San Francisco - sin of that friond of Mrs. Iorris Las reached tho noble damos of England ? * Yot here wo read - of o meoting to be liold atthe house of Lord Bhaftesbury to consider what stops may be taken to losson tho growing consumption of spiris ia -~ socioty, and ospecinlly amoug ladios! —Some pestilyntial fellow in 'l‘m{ N. Y., baa ; boon misdirecting his invontive facul bion by put- ting into tho.toy-shops of that city s patont beau-alinger. Tlia boans arg burled with great - violence, 0 much so that they oxash through late-glaes windows with as much enso as plnfifl. o ullots, aud citizens walk. the stroots with foar and trombling, But the swall boya aro jubilant, —aA company of cngo eagitnllsts will com-. . monco tho work of buildiug o hotol at Woukesla at o vory oarly day. ‘Thoy havo beon thoro for tho past weelk, and have buuszht A quarter 8o~ ton of land ndjoining that villago on tho south, . and hnve nluo bargaimod for oo of those cura’ tivo springs. Tho fl)lA‘Zl)g-V‘Ungfi inlabitauts . think the Chicago gents ionn businoss,—Afile twaukee Seatinel, % —Tho ons and daughlers of Portemouth, Now* Mampslivo, rosidout in differont parts of tho country, aro bidden to como homo on the ap~ pronching Fourth of July, to colebrato that Na-- tional Fostival by o graid rounion. Tn 1853, in rospondo to o like invitation, thoy eame focking: from ell diroctions, and tlio ovent was ono of nover-to-bo-forgotton onjoyment. —An_indicution of ' tlio enormous rafleond tinflo is found in tho fact that ab. Fmvout thoro in notually n *car famine,” the onding vonds finding It 1mpossillo to get’ thols- orders for freight cars fillod ¢ tho overerowded. fuctorios, Tho Luke Bhore & Michigan South.. orn, we undorstand, “have given contracts for 8,000 ndditional cary, whila the Now York Oou- rirnl ig anziously nwaiting u roinforcomont of: owth of. —Nashun, N. 1L, sonds us another of ita nice littlo dog stories, o fawily thero, residing noar tho milrond, having permitted alittle daughtor,. & yoars old, to play nbout tho yard in compauy with o Nowfoundland’ dog. Tho othop day tha ohild nsunrud {from tho yard and went upon the track just nsu train was coming, Tho dog saw and nmln-celnlml tho danger, o quickly sclzod tho little girl by Lor dreas, pullod hor back upon. tho sidewall, and stood over bor till tho train hod passod. * Tho little misa acolded and kicked. ~ but lie did not let hor up till tho dangor had lmsued, whon ho trudged on bohind hor s hou‘nvh x{gth;ull 'v'“llmfl hnpponed, —W. W. hio, of Momphis, sonds to ’ Ap{u-ul of that clty, ovor his (y\lm ‘s[glmluru, gx‘: following touching narrative of domestic nfflio- tion: *1f thero are thoso of your renders who donot beliove In poison, Juat lot thom, if thoy hiave boya, bite ono with's dog, and lot anothor ant & liandful of ponchr scod, fnd if they do Hot. have two firat-rate funorals, thon thoy will ha bottor Inoks than T havo had, Tn the wintor os 1808 & dog bit my thon nn!& son, and in just. about ono year from that fimo he died with. hydrophobin; and on yostorday wook my socond.. and ouly gon, Jhm, afo his double-handsful of onch-sceds, and 3 l"wu 4 yeutor:lny." weg decontly buriod a¢ Elme 0st, ) —Spirit of Sairoy Gamp! Cen it bo that the « . A