Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 24, 1873, Page 2

THE CHICAGO DAILY “TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1873, - NEW YORK. Pottic Justioo to a Grent Scoundrol---Ro- markablo Reduction cf Tweed's Weallh, Ingenious Mode of Advertising---A Pub- lishing House Seeking Its Rights. Deplorable Effeot of an Tdiotic Droma, a=-When Wine Is In, the Hat Is Not Off, Lramatic and Journalistic Gossip. From Our Own Correapondent, Nrw Yonr, April 10, 1879, A prominent citizen, an ox-municipal ofiicer, Jold mo, tho othor day, that tho confldonco phich William M. Tweed had reposod in some st bla kinemon and many of his friends had beon groatly abused. THE ROBDER RODEED, Twood, a8 you remombor, after his downfall, made ovor o large amount of proporty to them, md did everything In his power to dispuus_em simael? legally of anything and evorything ahich might bo selzed as tho duo of the City Bovornment. Now that ho hos transferred a good dorl of xoal entate, ia In not likoly to got it bnck sgaln —his friends ovidently “belloving that it is no orimo tor stenl what hns boen stolon. 1iis convorsion of o large part of his proporty into cash Lias boon mado at ruin- ous rates, which, with tho vast sums lio has spent in bribery, and othor means to defeat tho ends of justico, has caused o romarkablo curtail- ment of his estate. Threo yoars ago, ho was entimated to bo worth $7,000,000 or 8,000,000,— some pereons placing it as high as $10,000,000 To-day, those who ought to know stato ihat Tweed bas not, oll told, moro than $700,000; thongh how ho hna gotten rid of the balanco of this fortune, thoy do not protend to oxplain. “Thet the ex-Dictator has beon robbad right and 1oft, vory much in tho enmo mnnnor that he robbed the Treasury, can hardly be doubted. He hias found, contrary to tho proverb, that lonor does not exist among thieves ; and that . ho, the princo of purloivors, has been muagnificontly plundored by those who, from a community of geoundrolism, ought to Linve stood by him in his days of darknoss and of trial. Ho isanid tocom- - lain very bittorly of the mannor in which ho has fim tronted Dy those whom lo has aseisted to wll tho prosperity they enjoy. o is nottho firat men who has suffored precigoly in this_mauner, mor will ho be tho last, Nearly all the Tammany ofticials woro, and are, such o 8ot of villaing that they would not hesitalo to stonl from frionds sud fogs nlike, y 1t is cortainly n startling fact that o man hav- ing woallh to tho oxtont of nearly $7,000,000 soven yours ago, -8liould possess now only as many bundrods of thousands, It euforces o good morel, if moral bo necded, and is o fino specimen of poetic justico. To him who hath, it shall be givon, and from him who sieals, it shall bo stolen. . BINGULAR BUITS, At the boginning of last year, a subseription Eubliuh[ng firm -in Hartford, Conn., issued a ook of nearly 1,300 pages, ontitled ** The Groat Iudustrios of tho United Statos.” Long -boforo it was out, the publisher contracted with noarly n hundred manufacturing houses in tho lendie cities to receive 3 conts for each copy of tho bool pold, in congidoration of gnm%thmn o fayorable nolice of the article or articles thoymunufactured. Ho informed them that tho-salo of the yolumo szould not, cortainly be over 10,000, and now ho afirms thatit hes boon fully 100,000 Couso- uently, instead of brlnging them in dobt about 3300, 18 they had belleved ho would, he puts up tacir obligation to somo 53,000, This suin thoy rofuso to pay—holding not only that it iy & grat deal moro than he assurad them it wonld bg, but tlnt ho has not logitimately dlsposed of any such number of books s ho protonds. Thoy claim that ho Lins either sold the work for & nominal mmount, or has given it m\'n{ which o could afford 10 do, becaugo ho would chargo about 83 per copy to tho manufacturors as percontage. Tho result of sl thisis, that tho publisher has instituted logal proceedings ‘against his adver- tisors, and they denounce him in no stinted terma. @ ¥ T. This is ono of tho stories rovived upon Goorge Francia Train sinco his voluntary incarcoration in the New York Bastile, a8 lio is fond of calling tho noisome Tomba : Train attendod, not long 8go, the Jockey Club races at Jeroma f[‘nrk, an 18id wagers, during the whols woek, on the wrong iorses, - At the clogo of the last day, hoy- ing had his usual ill luck, he oxelaimed, in'a loud tono of voico: ‘“‘I'll bot $100 that I'm tho groat- eat fool, of the native-born specimons, that this Ropublic can ghow to-dny!” An ontire strangor, ouly o fow feot offy drew forth his pocket-bool, snd said: “Idon’t know who you are; but il cover your pile, unless you should Lappon to bo Georgo Francis Train.” THE EFFECT OF PLAYING THE FOOT. You have, doubtless, scon o statoment that Bothern, in order to guard aganat tho effect of playing constantlysuchaninune charactor ns Dun- drcary, is in the habit of studying, for three or four hours o day, kome work of nbstruse science or mathematical calculation. The procaution is cortainly wise, and atill scarcely sufliciont to re- liove a mon from imminent peril of softening of the brain who porpetually ropeats such an imbe- cilo impersonalion, £ After seoing Sothern’s David Garrick soveral times, I feol assured that his Dundreary hos so wonkened his natural fnoulties that he is unable to portray any othier charnctar proporly. Notwith- ptanding tho praise bestowed uponlus Garrick, it is not good. Ho i3 not adapted to it by nne ture, and, morcover, his voico is unplonsant snd unsympathotio, 1f the great original Lad ever rond ono-tenth as badly nsBothern doos, ho would have lost thoe repulntion ho had gained. Tho yopresontation of - Garrick is extromoly un- sntisfactory,—tho only redecming portion being thascono botweon him and Ada Jngol, in the Inst sct, Sothiern was onco a gonuing artist, capablo of portraying & _numbor of characters, butha bias boon doing Dundreary so censolously that ho . 1s nltogether spoiled for anything olse. ~ No man can foign to bo o fool go long sa this comedian Ling, without, suffering from such foigning. The sewmi-{dlotio English Lord has got into tho ac- tor'’s brain, ng woll na into lils mannor, and bo is positively rinod for any ollor cluraator, 1t is n good deal so with all LRAMATIO SPECIALISTH. I question if Josoph Jeofforson would ever achiove much success in aught save Rip Van Winkle, because ho lna given Lis entiro time, nttention, and sympathy thoreto. James II. Fnckett almost monopollzod Falstaff, though be achioved vory littlo ropulution in Lis othor parts, Matilda Heron was oneo o wondorful Camille, but, in whataver elsosho cagayed, sho was uob above mediocrity, Tho Iate Oharlos Iean wos o very croditablo” Louia XT., alboit, iu his Blink- wponrenn reprosoutations, he was simply ridicu-~ lous. Agnes Etho), ag Fyou-Fron, Fernande, sud two or three other ingonuo characters, is oifective, and yot theso ombrace hior entiro repor- toiro. Thore {s somo eatiafection In attalning great suceess in & great part,—though whoro tho vom- pengation ean be in rondering popular such a stupidity a8 Dundreary, it would ba hard to ey, *“Our Amorjean Cousin s tho iflmaloat aud poorcst - dramatic production thut cver ratained ponscssion of tha stage, 2nd Bothern lins tho quastionable credit of conlr(bntlng to this vory undeslvablo ond, THE IERIL OF CHAMPAGNE, A woll-known mombor of a fashionable club, who hus been married only two or throe years, Lasgoften been urged - by big wifo not to visit-the elub, on sccount of his unfortinate tendeney to drinfs 0o much wino, As ho was himsoll aware *of his wozknoes, and a8 ho was unwilling to give ks foir consort pain, he complied with her wishos, On o rocont occasion, howover, a din- - por wa to be glven to a particulnr friond of his; and 80 ho went, with o positive prowmiso that ha would bo careful In rogard to tho champagno, Ouco nt the club, ho forgot bis promise, und staid until. 8 o'look in tho morning. doing home, and lotting himeolf in with a night- kiey, ho reached his bed-chumbor, to find his wifo apparontly fast asloop. 1o aroused his will, and ot about dlurobing ns quictly and prudeutly as ho could, Ho liad comploted his task, and “was fust on tha eve of turning down tho gas, whon & Bwoot volea was heard from the pillows “Don’t jrou thiuk, Charlon, my dear, you lyt'd botter taka Dff your knt hofors coming ta bed#" ‘Charles is now of tho opinion, when a man tales too much chnmpupiua, that ho might a3 woll acknowlodge it, und thereby nave Jimgelr tho mortitication of o futilo aud ludicrous at- tempt at coucealment, ANTI-HPIRITUAL DRAMA. AY AN 0 Qol, H, 8, Olcaté's new play, tho “Rose of Ly 5 ! V l e e — e R O, | Salom," soon to bio producod at the Union Bquara ¥hontro, with Agnos Ethol in tho principal role, in oxpocted to oranto much oxcitomont nmong the Bpiritunliats, whong tricks are thorein oxposad in o mannor ontively difforont from tho oxposures horotofors made. ‘The scone of the drama ls 1oid in the Colonial timos, when wileheralt was bolioyod in, and nn attompt in made to prove the Identity of witcherntt with Spicitunliom. Thore ara 80 many Bpiritunlists hors, in every grade'of socloty, that, if thoy all havo curiosity enough 40 8o tho »l‘onu, it cortainly will nujnyyn Inr‘;z(n: monsuro of Biccosa. BALMAGUNDI, Tho roport that Iidwin Booth Intends to rotira from the oiago hes 1o foundation whalovor in fact, Entiroly sud nbsolutely devotod to his nrt, it would bo strango indoed if ho should give it up in the holght of hia power and at the nome of s ronown. Graco’' Church hma o now chime of bells. Tainity ought to havo o now chimo also ; for tho bolls of the Inttor aro oxtremoly poor, and can- not play correctly five bars of any tuno, But lngzy eannot afford the luxury of anow chimo ; its corporation fsnot to-dsy worth much moro than 800,000,000, Louls J. J‘cm;ingf, ot tho Times, isnow eaid to Lave gons to Lngland, to look aftor some money coming to him from an catato originally Lhold by Sarah Jonnings, afterward tho Duchess of Marlbourough, who fa represonted as ono of hin nncostors. Tho roport that a new theatro was to bo orect- ed nt tho cornor of Broadway and Twenty-first stroot, for William Sluart, formorly the managoer of tho Wintor Gardon, {s pronounced incorrect. At tholast performance of ““Alixo,” at the Fifth Avonuo Theatro, several womon becamo g0 much improssod by its hydraulio quality that thoy fell into hyatdlics, and had to be romoved from tho house. ‘“Alixo” is oxprossly dircoted to the lachrymal glands of tho opposite rox, Thero sooms to bo little doubt that I L. Batoman Las reslly sorured tho Lycoum Thoatro, on Fourteenth streot, whero ho, slone of all its managers, contrived to make money. CorsToDN. —_— “HUMANITY TO CONVICTS." o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : 8m: Inotico in o recont TripuNk an arti- olo on this subjoct, and, whilo indorsing your statomonts a8 rogards tho desirability of provid- Ing employment f6r discharged prisonors, I would venturo to offer ono or two suggestions on tho subject, based upon systoms at presont existing in England, 1 hiavo had considorable experienco a8 an offi- cer In gools in Bngland, and can sponk with cor- tainty of tho effect prodnced by the systom I refor to, ? Bocleties eallod tho *Discharged Prisonors’ Aid Bocieties" woro eatablishied with the intont of supplying tho long-folt want of means whore- by to enablo discharged prisonors to gain & hon- et livelikood, and 10 takg from criminals tho oft- repeatod agsertion that thoy - £ were obliged to stoal in ordor to live, Loing pointed at with the finger of shamo." Theso societics, howoever, woro failures until supported ‘in o most effectusl way by tho authorities, Some, in whom crimo was 8o inhorent that .they could 'mot or would not live ru honest life, mada uso nf tho funds, oud, by obtaining ocmployment, worg given the very means thoy wanted of committing robbory, oven in the places whero work had beon found thom,—thus bring- !ng thio mocictios into disreputo. o oulborities in many towns, scolng tho goneral dosire ou tho part of the publio to give risoner a chanco to lead o houast lifo, re- solved upon varions plaus to_nspist theso socio- ties ; but none, I beliove, worked so well, or had such good moral ofiect, ns the ono X will now ox- piafn to you. ‘Wo may fuirly assumo that any prisoner who really rograts his course of win, and intends to altorit, will avail bitnsolf of tho time allowed him in prison to roflect, nud will bu nuxious to con- form ns clogely a8 posuiblo with prizon rulos and regulations ; whilo hardoned cvimiuals will al- ways, or gonorally, try how much troubla they can ceueo, and how fax thoy can trespass against suthority. 1t s on this point that & syatem of rawards can be introducod to meterially nid prisonorsin their dischnrgo. : To overy prisoner who conducts himself, and porforms his york to iho satisfaction of tho nu- choritica, lot thora be givon, _overy month, or at BDY TOFUIAY 111103 1ty o Tmage, od Vol Lok fnal that ho hias to work andconduct imsclt tovbtain that badgo. Let cach month's Lndge Lo of n cor- tain value, eitber per day, por weck, or per month, to bo paid on dischargo ; and it willsoon appear who are the desorving criminnla. "I'his systom would procure for prisonors Lay- ing erved any length of time a sum quito com- potent to allowy them to livo until Lhey conld got work, or take thom whors thoy could get it, and flud them inetools, &o. But, last the pusseseion of & cortain sum of money should lond them to oxcoss, and thus countoract tho very influenco you wigh to enforce, I would suggest that tho amount be handed ovar, eithor {0 a society such a8 Lhavo named, or to wu sgent, as montioned in your articlo. ! Ihavo been induced to writo thisto you be- cause I am convinced that prisonors value as- sistanco tho moro bighly whou thoy can feol that they Lavo boon iustrumontul in obinining it by their own good conduct. I, ML Cutoaao, April 20, 1873 ¢ e THE DAVIS-NELSOM HOMICIDE. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune Bin: Ithink your correspondont, in his bio- graphical skoteh of ‘Gen. Jeff. O, Davis, pubs lished this morning, has fallon into on error ros speoting tho killing of Gon. Nolson. My undor- standing is, that tho original dificulty botween thom aroso in the mannor your correspondent represonts, and that Gon, Nelson relieved Davis of his command as reprosented, and ordored him to report to Gen. Wright, commanding tho do- partment, whoso hendquarters wore at Cincin- nati. Onreporting at Gen. Wright's hondquar- ters, ond stating tho manmor in which Gen. Nolson had relioved him, Wright sent him back, with orders to resume his command. Upon ro~ turning to Loulsyillo, Davis met QGoy. Morton, who waa in the city at that_ time, looking aftor tho interosts of Indiane soldiers, and told him of his difffoulty with Gon, Nelson, and asked him to go with him to Gon. Nelson (Davis being an Indianian), from whom Lo was going to domand an_ apology for his in- gult, Gov, Morton ° pasonted, and they met Gon, Nelson in tho oflice of the Galt House, and Gon. Davis stepped up to him and domanded anapology. Gon. Nelson rofused and alapped him in tho faco with lis glove, whoro- upon Davia drew o plstol eud shot him. This was the vorsion in the Army of tho Oldo, whore Iserved in Kentucky tho following summer. QGon. A, 0. McClurg, of this clty, was afterwards _Gon. Davis' Adjutant-Goneral, and can corroot this statomont if erroncous. X moryed two yoors on_the staff of n Genoral who hod been with Gon. Nelson for yoara in tho navy, and ho informed mo that Nolson's quarrel- Bomo, ovorbonring dlsgwmou kopt him nlwufla in hot water with his brother-ofiicora; and,whilo his courngo and capnolty wora unquestionad, the popular sontiment in tho army justified Davia ; and, with tho oxcoption of wome Kentuckians, ‘who made considerablo clamor at the tine, overy Lody that I heard oxgrnnu an opinion approved tho netion of the nuthoritles in dismieslng tho chavges agninst Davis, without tho notion of a rogular court-martinl, ‘Ex-OrrIcEn. 110460, April 23, 1873, HENRY COUNTY FAIR, CaxunnoE, TiL,, April 19,1873, To the Fditor of The Chicago Tribunc: Bm: ThoHonvy Oountry Agricultural Bonrd will hold their annual fair for1878 at Oambridge, Bept. 9 to 14, fuoclusive, Ileaflcc( fuily yours, R. M, H1nyaN, Bea'y. PRI e 5 _THE HOLLY WATER WORKS. Orrior or TiF Hol AANUFAOTORING Co.,} Locevonr, N, Y, April 16, 1873, L 31, Fitzlugh, Keq,, Preatdent’ Northestern Gas & Water~Pipe Company, lay City, Mich.: An intoresting fenture of tho recont public teat of the IHolly Wator Works, in your city, was that the fira-siream display was nado on a line of wooden pips manufactured aud laid by the Cum}mny of which_you aro Prosident, In wit- noysing “tho exhibition I was gratifled that not only did the puwpiug machinery porform its part satistactorily, but your pipo also, for tho flrst timo brought intd uso undor tho Iolly fire- atream pressure, uiood the tout without broak or lcak. ho circumstencos indicaie that tho plun manufactured by your company, undor tho Wyckoft patent, may ba_ nnfol { and_odvantago- ously used in counoction with folly's plan of wator works, ospecinlly ns tho prossure on the above oceasion was fully &) por ‘cont more than what 18 ordinarily voquived fu nctual five aorvico, T mako this statomout a6 due to you, and [ am, eot{ully yours, fosponidully 3 ', valm,m:l, Prm‘\Jifl.nnt. 3 COhicago office for tho Notthweotern Uud au Wator lfipu Company ja Mo, 640 Wubash avenue, THE LUCKY NINE. Tho Joint Committco Take Another Voto on tho Plans Nino More Pins Bowlod Down Yesterday. A 8till Furthor Reduotion of Contestants Promised Noxt Week, An Animatedl Discussion on the Couniral Bomo Question. A mooting of the Joint™ Committoo of tho Oommon Council and Bonrd of Counly Commis- sloners wns liold yostorday sfternoon, Ald. Ogden in the Chair. Tho following gentlemon wore slso prosent: Alds. Heath, MeGennias, Bailoy, Schmitz, Commiesioncra Morting, Gallo- way, Louorgan, and Bogne, and Commissionors Cartor, Thompson, snd Pridivills, and the Magyor, TIELTMINARY. Commissioner Thompson prosonted n com- munication from Mr. Randall on his plan, Tho Ohair did not think it should bo rend. Ald, Bailoy moved to postpono tho reading, which was agroed to. Commissionar Gallowny anid he had offered gomo resolutions at & preceding meeting, and movod that thoy bo taken up, as thero Lad boen somo erlticiem upon thom, . OENTRAL DO, Tho resolutions being rond, Commissionor Galloway sald it hnd beon averred that & central dome could not bo obreryed from a straot. Butb 0 the city was built upon a plain, it was desir- ablo that & point of look-out, such as the domo would be, should bo constructed. It boen snid that with a main building 90 “foot In hoight, no part of a towoer 826 foot high, Dut. tho vano, would bo visible, Mo exhibited a drawing, It would bo noen, bo said, that thrco-quartoraof tho domo would bo visible, In nnyranchlug the bullding from oight directions the wholo of tho domo abovo s height 50 feot highor than the main bullding could o, distinotly poon, Again, io thought equal di{;mty should bo givon toeach entrance. Tho third resolution, roquiring sim- }flo dignity to elaboration of oulline, ho wonld onvo to the Committeo, Tho fourth requisite,— light and air,—ho would insist upon. Ald. Bailey would liko to hear from thio Mayor. * THE MAYOR BAID Lio had hardly a right to spoak. Ilo would ntate, hoywevar, that ho had obsaryed thal, in conso- quenco of our dunl form of government, wo had o dual intorest, But on examination the intor- o8t was found identical. But it wonld soon bo & fact that tho city and counly would hayvo the snmo politier] intorost, nnd in one generation ho oxpected to lud tho Oty and_County Govern- mont one. It was 80 in Now York, Plilndelphia, Baltimoro, and would soon be in 8t. Louis. 'Tho distinction botween the two would soon Lo lost. This obsorvation was mado to show that thoro was but onc intorest to mubeerve. In discussing tho domo, tho obsorvations of Mr, Gnllowny wero ingenious, but ho fearad thas:tho reality would nol justify his visnal expectntions. When Lho projections of the cornico and tho diametor wore congidered, tho distances would bo 115 foot on ono side nud 140 on the other. It would by only 100 foot to the huildings on the opposite sido, Tho building would be 100 foot, and tho consequent yisual angle’ would bo 45 dogreoe, Tho cornor views would bo lost by tho ornamenis on tho cornors. Ilo ~ could not agres with Mr, Gallowny that o domo of which only 140 feot above the bago could bo scon wonld bo o prudent exponditure. Tho best pait of the domo would Lolost. It wouldbo like secing tho top of o man's hat, not hin head. 1o could not enll to mhxdnulufiln structuro of noto of which the l‘.lomo wad 'llilt in tho contre. Lat tho Commit- it conutey aml Wafbigs, dimUaL, slructures in of similar proportions with o contral dome. IF tho squaro was oight timos ns largo, or if wero on a Lilll, or |Dbelow a hill, if thoro was an opportunity to view it from a distauco or & natural clovation, it would be a difforont matter. Mo wns afraid that such domo would bo regarded as an architocturnl mistalie. To obiain a foundation thoy must dig down to the sandstono rook (0 feot, for no ono would think of building on tho clay. Now ho fonred they muat build'a domo on tho front of tho Duilding. What was tho necessity of o vast projection into the heavens at all? Ho might "differ from tho Committeo on this point, It might bo urged that mch an outlook ~ was demanded to viaw tho city, but ono would havo to climb to the Qoddess of Liborty liorsclf to scoit, Anothor objoection wra that the architects, in their offorts to unve tho central dome, had sacrificed the air spaces domanded. Others had out off the light and air altogothi Thoy bad struggled hardor to unito impossibilities, and shown moro in- genuity in this respect, then any othor. Ho ‘would feel reluctance to sacrifico Hght aud air to any domo. Tho want of light waa plainly ohservablo _in the Washington public buildings, Light was a6n osson- tial, sud chould “not bo dispensed with for the snke of orecting n costly domo, whioh could not Lo goon. ho minimmum of monoy should bo spent for the maximum of nse- ulness. Thoro wore plenty of plans which would bo beautiful without tho dome. 1le would put & domo on ouo front if any. Ald, Bailoy moved to lny the resolutions offered by Commisgiouor Gnlloway ou the table, but withdrew to give tho Commissionor an op- portunity to reply to tho Mayor. COMMISSIONER GALLOWAY thought his drawinga fully answered the Moyor, whoso_argumont was evidently propared bofora hie hind inspected the drawings, Ho thought tho anor would withdraw his objections, In all tho ‘A)giko]s of all tho Ktates, tho domes wero in tho centre. Ho wished to bring the facts in tho rosolutions befora the Committeo. Ald. Bailoy moved to postpone the considera- tion of Ald, Galloway's resolutions, which was agread to. ‘Ald. Bailoy handed the Sccrotary somoe * do- tails * which were not rond, but wero postponed with tho resolutionn. ‘Tho Chair wishod to know whether it would bo fair to add any moro plans to tho eighteen olroady solected. Many of those oxcluded lad mora morlt thau thoso that had been chosen. That onllod * Gothic™ (Mx. Jonny’s) and anothar ¥ Bimpliclty and Beuuty,” might bo included, and ought to be lot in, * & Ald. fenth snid that if thoro was no probabil- 1ty of chooslng oithor of thean plana thoro was 10 uso in Including them, ‘Commissioner Prindeville supposed that in so- lecting nino, the Committeo wore notrostricted to tho cightean choson, Any momber could voto for any plan in tho forty-nino, Commissionor Thompson understood that ho wap to seleet nine plansoul of tho oighteon. Ald. Me(tennigs sald his rosolution st tho pre- vious mecting rostricled the Committeo to the aiglitaen, Al Dnlln{ ceed to ballo nine. Commisgloner Boguo propared the following rosolution . i Htegalyed, That in solocting nino plans:for fatura considoration, each mombor of the Commilico bo per- mitted to votu for any of tho plana fu compelition, The regolution wns adopted, and the meoting proceedod to ballot, Commigsionor Gallowsy hoped that the mom- bora of tho Commiltee would vote for all nina plang each, and mndo o motion to thut effcet, which way ngreed to, A bnllot way then Lud, which rosulted s follows : TIE BALLOTING, moved thnt the Committes pro- for nino plans out of the forty- It waa then fonnd that thero wera only eight wlhich could bo choson of the wholo number, and nnother ballot wan deoided on. 'This failed in dociding o ohoico. No, 80 was finally declared succonsful on the fitth Dallot, recolving moven votes. ™ Y LUOKY NINE," thorefore, aro s follown ¢ ‘ No, 2-—Cochirany & Miller, ‘ No, b~Thomaa Tilley, No, T—Wolsh, " " o, 9-0Otto Matz, Mo, H—Arnmstrong & Ega, No, 17—Ga i ing & Adler, Ko, i odoty Kurla, No, 40—Wheelock & Tiomes, No. 8 waa presged upon tho Committoo by Ald. had. .{rom Cornell to Lako Miohigan, Ogilon, na bolng rent In by nn ontsldor, and yan, theroforo, to ba voted for out of oomrhmuut. Ald, Bailay moyed that tho arobitects of the nino plans ‘bo sont for soparatoly, to explain thiolr plana {o tho Committoo, : IIo oxplained that thero woro faultn of con- struction in them which should bo looked nto. Yor instance, ono plan (No.- 2) had tho vaults ‘built upon iron columus, Ald, MoGonnis movad that the Committos nd- Jonrn for ono woal, nt 8 o'clook, to solack pix Plana out of tho nino. o It wan adoptod. T'ho meoting ndjournad. 1t s n signiticant fact, and ono worthy of no- tioo, that iho threo plans which rocolved o full voio n weok ago woro dropped entirely on_tho firat ballot, Tho government plan " recolvad only flvo votes, Mr. Randall's was wanting with ouly six, while Knrl's only obtained fivo on tho Suat ballot, and only eight on the sixth. THE STAMP TAX. Information of Intorest to Busi- ness Mon. Tho New Schedulo of Occupatlons Subject to Spocial Intornal Revenue Tax. To the Fditor of The Chicago Tribune? Bin: On tho 20th of May, 1878, the Assessor and nsslstant Asgossors transfor and turn over tho papers and books of their offices to tho Col- loctor, All returns and roports willtheronfter bo madoe to tho Collostora and his doputics. All speolal tnxos on and after April 80, 1873, will bo paid by stamps douoting tho tax. Raid stamps muat bo kopt posted up in some conspleuous place, whoro tho business is done. A failuré so to do, will subjoot overy offondor to o ponalty oqunl to his tax and costs, Tho followingis n schedulo of oceupntions subjoct tospecial tax: Retnll doalors in leaf tobace: verieenss 00,00 ‘And for annual sales ovor $1,000 for ovary $i OVEr $1,000,0eeeerrersnrere e 50 Denlora 112 manufactured topacco, ... 5.00 Manufacturers of tobaceo, 10,00 Browers (snuual manuf rla,... P 50.00 Drowors 500 100,00 Tobacco peddiors with ono ho 16,00 Tobaceo peddlers with 40 boracs. ..., 25.00 Tobacco poddlera with mora than two liorkca... 50.00 Tolaceo peddiors travoling on foot, &o... L. 10,00 Any porgon, firm, or corporation, who shall en~ gngu in,or continua to earry on,any of the ocoupa- ons or business named in the forogoing sched- ulo, aftor the 80th day of April, 1873, without first filiug an_application upon ‘blank 'form 11, for spocial tax, and making paymont to the Gollector of Iutornal Rovenuo, and procuring the special tax ntamps authorizing thom to exercise, or to enrry on,'such business, will subject thomselvos to, nnd Lo caused to pay, the fines and ponaltics presoribed by Inw for 5o doing. It bns horotofore beon tho practico when par- tios wore about commencing businoss for them to ahu}fly mako applioation to tho Asscssor for apecinf tnx, and thon (before puyment is mado) opon thoir doors for the transaction of business, aud awalt tho eall of the Collector to mako pay- ment, This practico must positively boe discon- tinuod, and the partics must first procure tho specinl tax stamp proseribed bylaw for their partioular business and place, and keop tho snme i & conspicuous placo in thoir placos of busi- nens, ns required by law, before oxponing, or of- foriug for salo, any articlo for which tho faw ro- quires a special tax to bo paid. When & tax-puyor s in businoss May 1, or com- monces business during tho month of May of any yonr, the full amount of 'the tax for ono year is required by law to bo gmid; but, wlere a party commences businans at any time’ subsequont to May 81, he i only requived by law to pay pro rata from tho commencoment of the month in which ho cogaged in businoss to Muy 1 noxt en- suing, Auy person who engages in, or continuos to enrty ou, bustnoss nttor April 40,1873, whon o speoial tox is roquired by few, and failo to pont - up, and kaep posted up, the speolal tnx stamp in fioma couspieuous ))]n:)o(l Nuflu“ub}ls\\mo&t ml'l: o roanma bl ettt fal 'wiinctor's oflico Trobm 33 Arcado Diilding, LoSalls sireot Cojcas 0, whero the stamps aro now roady nmf can bo nd. B. A, Invix, Colloctor, [ ———— SUBURDBAN, TIYDE PARK. An adjourned meoting of tlhie new Board of Villago L'rustees of Hyde Park washeld on Tues- doy ovening. The rules and order of business of tho old Board were takenup and amended, by changing tho standing committdos from eloy- ento five; by providing for s regular meoting ovory Saturdsy, instoad of somi-monthly meet~ ings as formorly, and by striking out the provia-, {on for culhn% oxtra meotings, It won ordered that tho President bo, ex- ofliclo, o mombor of oach commiltao, aud that ho nominato a Chairman and an additional mem- bor for ench committce. 'I'ho Presidont nomi- nated, and the Board confirmed, the committees, , as follows ] Pinance and Accounts—Horaco T, Blabbings, 0, M, ady, J. F. Barney, Judiciary and_Asscssments—Josoph . Donflold, Cady, and Stebbings, l{a‘[) Sanitary, and Licensea~Michaol Doylo, Cady, and Gray. i Streets, Sidewalks, and Drainage—~Willlsm P, Gray, Cady, ond Doglo, Fublia Grounds, Bufldings, and Plata—John F, Bar« ney, Cady, and Bonfield, An ordinauce was adopted fixing the compon- ention of tho Treasurer at £1,600 per anuum, nnd no more ; and that snid Troasuror and his surotios should be such persons . against whom and whoso estates no unpaid taxor assessments rewain charged. It was resolyed that Asa D, Waldron be clectod Villago Tronsuror, and that his bond bo fixed nt $200,000, tho following officora wero then clected : Dan- icl Henly, B\g)crimandnut of Public Worls ; Sam G..Ihodes, Civil Engincer ; Richard 8. Thomp- son, Attornoy. Ordinances In form woro submitted by tho At~ tornoy for tho tollo\v!ufi: To opon and oxtend Bouth Chicago avonue through from - Ainsworth Btation to Englowcod ; to oxtond Wabash avenno south to Bouth Chicago avenueo; to oxtend Michigan avenue south to Bouth Chicago avenue; to grade and macadnmizo Boventy-fifth stroot, All of which woro roforrod. Potitions wero presented to have ostablinhed by survey, fixed grados for all stroots, 0 that sy aud wator-plpus und future buildlngs and mprovements may bo mude of purmnnent char- acter. To opon andjextend Woodlawn nvenuo south to Ninety-fifth stroct, and to widen the samo to tho uniform width of oighty foot. The ‘condition of Btate: troot, botweon Bevonty-fourth and Soventy-oighth stroota was reportod by tho Bunerintendent to bo doplorable, ~All which was also roforred. Tho Committeo on Publio Grounds roported baol tho potition for tho romoval of Jofferson avenio pound; recommonded that the %rnyer- bo grauted, and that the Suporintendont bo au- thorlzed to removo tho samo a8 soon 'ns & Auit- ablo location can beseoured, NMr. Paul Cornell heing prosont, offered Sm\mfl for the pound at tho coimer of Grove and Jackson streets, which wag necepted Adjourned. EVANSTON, 3 Preparations aro making for noarly ono hun- drod buildhigs this scason, gronily needed by regidonts, Ono thousand mow tonements in Lyanston would Lo fllled as soon as finished, Already thero arc numerous inquiries, for summer boarding, and o lght* prospect for lnfo comers, Whet {8 necded - id for .~ gomo ono to go forward. and build homes for the poople. Biten rondily avail able aro offerod in tho Univerity leasos, Evans- ton {3 not entirely inppy over tho prospoot . of tho now rallrond connections, The North Bido City Rallrond, to kill off & now rival suburban liug into the city, gobbled tho charter and upsot Judgo Beaton Just ns tho aopoct was most prom- {alng. Thny havo tho right of way into Evanston if thio rond {s built within cightocn months, and thero i no probability that thoy intend to suvo thig right. Bo much the worse for Lyanston, b balt oo A Whem Strings.?? Dr, fedftold tn the Clucinnati Commerelal, A Louisyille drummer was tho othor day glvin) his experionce in tho Red River country, chancod to ba a listonor, **In a small town Lielow Shrovoport,” he said, ' I was going around with my samples, whon I mot a groon, gawkieh, coun- try fellow, with two lnnoi; rod strings hanging down on each gido of Liu boot-logs, whieh, 1 sup- posed, wera drawor-atrings, not kno h_nF thal Tioy woro rod wixiugn acownd theie loga T that vountry for ornamont, In u spirlt of kindnoss, I enid, ! Btrangor, your drawor-atrings axo hnn%- ing down,’ 1fo gave mo a savago loolk, put his hiand on hiy pistol-belt, sud drawled out, ‘Look: u-hiore, mister, are you ruuniug thom strings ' .(witnoss) lad takon s bottlo of ‘until Mondsy evoning. nothing whatevor to say. THE STEW-PAN MURDER. Coronor’s Investigation into tho Killing of Josso Jones by Phillip H, Brown, Tho Murder Entirely Unprovoked-«-State. ment of a Porson Who Heard iho Denth-Blows. Brown ‘Sont to Jail to Await the Action of the Grand Jury. An Inquest was hold yestorday on the body of Josno Jonos, the colored barbor, who was killed by his employer, the notorious Phil Brown, on Monday. Tho jurysat in the misorable room ocoupied by tho murderer and his wifo, at the xoar of No. 503 Wast Madison stroct. T'ho body of Jonon lay {n an sdjoining room. Brown was presont at the inquest, and was in handeuffs, It will bo s0on from the following synopsis of tho tostimony thal some of tho most important wit- nossea doclined to mako publio all they know about tho fatal quarrel, and that thus far tho. evidonco against Drown is ontirely circum- stantinl: $ 4, DR. EMMONS, County Physician, testifiod that ho leld an in- quest on tho body of Joseo Jonos, at No. 503 Wont Madison, Ifo found no other marks of violenco upon tho body or head, excopt two wounda upon the uppor -part of tho forclhord, onch nbout an inch and B half inlength, and about threo-quartors of an inch apart, apparent~ 1y mado by somo blunt or solid instrument, Tho bono was doprossed on tho right sido of tho head, It wag discovorod also that the skull had bouln fraotured. ‘Tho lnjury tothohead produced loath, & . TATR DARER, residing at tho rear of No. 503 Wost Madison strect, tostifiod that sho knew Josio Jonos, de- corsed. On Monday afternoon the prisoxor, Drown, opened & window in the houso and told ol who wero inside to leave, Joncs was in the house, Witnosn hoard Brown_tell him to go down into the sliop, and heard Jones anawor, I {unk want to speak to you n moment.” Witnees lion hoard three blows, and Lieard somo one fall, and afterward hoard_tho fall of somothing like iron: - Sho thon saw Brown throw Jones againgt a conl-box. Bho never know Brown and docensod to have any quarrel. Hud seon Brown drunk, but ho nover quarroled with his {family. [Witness identified s broken iron skillet which she had left on tho stove before sho wont up stairs, and Doforo tho murdor_was committed.] Did not oo tho skillot in Brown's Land. "On Sundy night last sha heard & man named Bird toll Brown that Jones was trying to pot his barbor shop away from him, Bird told witness on Mon- oy, ovoning that ho did not wish to tostify agninst Brown; that o was going away, and wouldlet Lier know thero he was going to. Vit noss told n polico ofticor that if slio had hor drens sho would run away, and not teatify eithor, DI, O, M. TITCH, of No. 520 Wost Madison slrect, testifiod that on Mouday afternoon, about 2 o'clock, Lo was in Brown's batber-shop getting shaved. Somo funaox.\ camo to the door, and enid that Brown ind ottt and noarly killed n mon. Tho bmber who wos shaying him sald, “That must be Jesgo.” Decoased wns subsoquently brought into the barber-shop, .Tho romainder of the Doctor's tostimony was immatorial. EDWATD CURTIS, o boarder of No. 603 West Madison streot, testi- fled that on donday afternoon ho was in tho barbor-shop bolonging to tho prisoner Lrown, being * employed thore, Ho was called into Brown’s houss by the girl Daker. Mrs. Drown was in bed sick, . Blio naked witness to go ion (lmi[stom and gob #oto pavegoris. - Tie. did B0, and Mrs. Brown swallowed tho whols of it, Sho then wonb to sleop. Witnees remained a little whilo, and soon saw a hand come through the window and tear away tho curtnin. IToknow it was Brown's hand, and jumped up and ranout aud told him to stop, an lis wifo was ill. Brown 1old him to_go Lo tho shop. Witness aid Lo would, provided Brown would bohave himzelf, Brown #nid ho would. Jones, the deconved, then camo up, and wont to ‘tho harber shop, and | commouced shoving D o Fiteh! BSomo person ran - to the door and oeid & men had beon struck in the hord, Witnoss thought tho matter ovor, and remarked that *“it must bo Joave.” Ho then ran up-stairs, and helpod carry doconsod into tho barbor-shop Whilo ehaving the lioad of the decensed, at tho requost of Dr. Titeh, o (Joues) eaid: ** X have alwaya tronted Dhil Browu like a gentloman, but now ho has treated mo liko a dog.” Witnoss nover know Brown and Jonos to quarrel, The former was drunk when spoken to at the win- dow. Tho girl Baker ran out of the houso bo- foro Brown entered. Boamuel Bharp, of No. 503 Weat Madiaon street, and Officors Roach aud Murphy were gworn ang oxamined, but tholr testimony was unimportant. 5 NATE BROWN, wifo of the prisoner, testified that sho knew Jesse Brown, Bhe last saw him alivo on Sun. doy Inst. On Monday afternoon witness swals lowed about four spoonaful of parogorio, aud afteriards sont Curtis for more, but did not re- momber taking it. Did not know of any troublo in tho houso. " Tirst honrd of it on Monday ovon- ing, boing told that hor husband had Loon ar- roafod, -Sho found spots of blood -on tho floor. . Nover know of a quarrel botweon Jonos aud lior husband, Did not oo Jonos standing at Lier bed on Monday, The girl Daker told Lor that she i i nrogoric, and, being udor tho influouco of it, did not wako up ., LS, MARIA OWEY, 4 chambermaid ot Bharp's boerding-honeo, Noa, 503 and 505 Wost Madison street, testiflod that on Monday lnst, about half-past 12 o'clock, sho ontored tho room of Mrs, Brown, aud found her lying in bed. 8he appeared to be perfectly son- -aible, and spoke to witnoss for ten or fifteen min- utes, Thero boing no other witneoeses, Drown was cailed up, and asked if ho wishod to mako n statomont, Ho shook big head sud said he had i TuE VERDIOT, i Tho &nry thon ratired, and in o fow minutes ronderodl tho following verdiot: * Tlhiat tho enld Jesno Jones, now lylng dend at No, 603 ‘Weat, Madison strect, in tho City of Ohlcego, County of ook, und State of Tiinoi, oo (o Ll denthy ADE 23, 1873, ‘from fracture of the skull, causing homorrkuge, and Tosulting in compression of tho bruin ; and wo, the Jury, ind, from the evidonco, tint nid Injuriea Wevo producad by blova trom o caubiron alow-pan in tio ands of PLilip 11, Brown, A CORONER'S WARRANT was immodiatoly issuad, and Lrown removed to thio Jail. A'ho girl Bakor was pluced undor bonds of §1,000 €0 appent s & wituess, it boing ovident from the manner in which sho gavo bov.mongro testimony that -sho "koew a great deal moro about the murder then sho carad to toll. Curtiy was also. hold a8 o wilness in bail of 600, tho Coronor fearing {hat, though ho appeared will- ing to tell all ho Lnow, ha might bo inducod to lenvo tho city by tha frionds of Brown. ST FAR Awry, Thero aro spaces ontside tha olty limitn, and thero woro . times beforo the fire. Thiais true, althongh in our intonso dovotion to business'wo ave liablo to forget it. Woleop our nosos on the grindstone, aud our backs bont over diir work so olosely that wo can scarcely sos the ntars,and the “muuic of tho spheren' has no placoe in our fing ert columna.” B M ‘Chis hard, practical worl ia all vory woll as fer ne it goos, but it is not overything. Whore aro people who think of other things than monoy- making,—othor placos than Ohicngo, and othor times than 1873, Bomo of'theso phononenal in- dividuala livo in ovory community ; ovon our own is not, happily, quito davoid of thom, althongh they aro rara: aves here, A casoln pointistholifo and Inbor of our fellow-townsman, J. W, Fostor, 1o has in haud, and nearly comploted, a book on “ Prohistoric Ban," which ia dostined to malko somo stir In the world, and which wo shall all rond with sll the moro interest bocauso ita mat- ter {8 iu such brond contrast with our ordiuary subjocts of thought aud fooling, ‘The themo though far removed from menuy-making, iy novortholess ono of the most gonorally. intorest. ing of all tha topics of tho dny, Wyndell, Mux~ loy, Lyell, Lubbock, Durwia; all fiave thought and writton ebout it, and no prragraph I8 so suro of extonsive uop{hm and univorsal reading a8 nuy kind of story, true or falso, thut tronts or rrulundn to treat of thnes ten or ‘a hundred housnnd yonss ago of so, A truo story of a ear or ahundrod years aliead might bo moro en- rancing—nothing elso, Otlior places having solontiflo men nomotimes soud them to seo us, much to our plensure pud edifieation If wo chooso it to be so. X'rom 8yra. ouso, N, Y., will arrivo noxt woeok, Mr. B. R. Calthirap, & man of very high attainmontn in many branchos of natural aoclenco, - Bvory winter ho dolights his follow-townsmoen with' one or mora courses of leotures—uow on lotany, now on aslronomy, and . again on somo other of his own favorito aubjocts, 1To is opo of thoso brim- full nud overflowing mon who can Unko thoir stand In front of o black-board, with no mnotes and proparation mora formidablo thau tho sharp- cning of.n blt of ehinlk, and then and there hu"d an intelligont audionco enchained for an hour or two, while ho jnstructs and nmuses them with o dizcourno on any one of n haif a dozon sclontific !;‘xhinul.u whiols have been the objocts of his study, - Mr., Onlthrop will alay at No, 482 North La- Balle atreat, nud would probably bo glad to com- nlm'x;lcnto'whh any of our relentific or Uterary clubsg, POSTAGE-MATTERS. Eho Fostal Rates as They Now Stand. Frony the Postal Jccord, Tho recont Oonfimnlonnl logislation that ““ All 1nws aud parts of lnwa permitting the transmission by mnil of any froo matter whatov- er bo, and tho 8amo aro hereby, ropealed - from and after Juno 80, 1873," 'Thiy outs off tho froo oxchango of newspapors botwoon {mblluhors, and tho froo circulation of papers within the coun- ties of publication. No changes in tho rates of postago have beon mado, consoquontly postago ohiargos yill be as follows : LETTERA, To oll parta of tho United Btates, 3 conta per bulf ounce, PATERS, MAGAZINES, ETO, Pamphlets, occasional publications, transiont nuwasnpnpv, magazines, handbills, posters, un- sonled ciroulnrs, pronpeotuses, book manu- soripts, proof-nhicoty, maps, priuts, engravi ianks, floxible pattorns, esample photographiopapor, lettor envolopes, puuhzl envelopen and wrappors, eards, plain’ and ornn- montal paper, photographio rngmsonm.louu of differont types, soeds, cuttingn, bulbs, roots, and sclons can bo tranomitted through the mails at 1 cont for onch two.ounces or fraction thercof. DBooks, 2 cents for ench tio ounces or fraction .thereof, Enm{llus of morchandiso, metals, oros, and minoralogical spocimous can pass through thio mailin paclegosnot oxceoding twolve ouncos, ot thoratoof 3 cents for each two ounces or fraction thoreof ; to bo loft opon at tho onds for oxamiuntion, and to_contain no writing othor than tho nddross.. All liquids, polaons, glss, ox- plosive matorials, obsconc books, and all other 1atorial linblo to injuro tho ‘mails or thoso hoy- ing charge thereof, shall bo excluded thorofrom, * REGULAR PUBLICATIONS. Nowspapors sont by mail must bo prepaid by stamps, unloss * re;;ulurly iesued and ment to rogular.subscribers” by publishors or nowsdonl- ors, whon the following rates ure charged, pny- sblo quartorly in advauce, althor at the mailing or delivery oflico : Frnvldou 9 cards, Centa. Dalies, . Bix times a weolt.,. Trd-weold; Bomi-wi ‘Wocklies Bomimor not ove: Monthlies, not ovor 4 oz, Quarterlies, not over 4 oza . 1 Nowspapors and olrculars dropped into tho ofitco for dolivery muat be propaid at tho rate of 1 cont for two gunces, and an additional rato for every rdditional two ounces or fraction thereof ; nnd poriodicals weighing morg than two ouncos oro subject to 3 conts, prepnid ut tho lottor-car- rior ofticos, "Tho postage on regular papors, &o., must be propaid in advanco, oithorat the plnce “of delivery, to the carrior, or at tho offico, othor~ wigo they will bo chargonblo at transiont ratos. BOOK BIANUSORIPT. Book manurcript passing batweon authors and publighers requires propayment, at the rato of 1 cent for cach two_ounces or fraction thorcof. Manuseript intended for publication in nowspa- ors, magazines; pamphlots, &e,, is subject to ottor rates of postage. GENERAL RULES, Tnll prepaymont: by stamps {8 roquired on all transiont printod mnttor, foreign and, domestie, All lotlora not propaid by stamps, all such .as are received in tho offico with stamps cut from stamped onvelopos, or with such poatago- etampn as worein uso prior to 1861, or wilh rovenuo stmfs on them, aro treated ag “un- mailablo” and sont to the Dead Lotter offico. Lettors which hinve not beon delivered can bo forwarded, without additionsl charge, upon o writton request. Lettors once dolivered from » Pont-Oflico cannot bo romailed without propay- mont of postage. Dopartmontal pustago aftor June 80, 1878, will bo pra}i;xid by ;}’Mhfl stamps, prepared ond furnishod by tho Post-Offic partment. It will, novertheloes, bocomo im- portant for correspondonts of the sov~ oral Dopnrtments and Burenus to- fully prepay thoir postago after the 80th of June next. Of courso the local officers and agonts of tho Do- partmonts will bo instructed to this offoct, PRI S S TRANSPORTATION-CONVENTION. Circnlar to, the Producers and Cons sumers of the United States. “ All rights not dolegated to the Government in tho Constitution itsolf aro roserved to tho TPooplo,” You aro rospeetfolly roquosted to moet nt tho Astor Houso, in New Yorl Cily, on tho 6th doy of Mny, 1878, and thero to form on Associution, tho abject of which shall bo to promoto, by co- oporatlon, tho interosts of producers and con- sumors; also, for tho purposo of considorin, what can and shonld be dono to xoduco the cosl of transportation by rallroad and water, - Thoe corruptipg influonces of our railronds Tpon our ropresoutatives shonld be o quostion for your considoration, Tho voting away of our omestend landa by Congress to rnilrond cor« porations should receive your careful attontion, go that, In tho future, wo moy have nomoro Oredit Mobilior transactions to ropont of. That roliroads should be ttmqht that thoy aro the ser- vanis of tho pooplo, instead’of their masters. That, whenever @ railroad corporation is con- victod of haviug violated ita chartor-privilegoes, thio Btnto in which tho violation ocours ehould talko posseusion of tho road aud manago it for tho bopoefit of the Btate, Tho onaction of lawa that will cnablo any citlzon to call upon the At- torney-Goneral of the Stata to instituto proceed- iuga gninet auy railrond-corporation for any noglevt on the part of thecorporation to perform ita duty to tho publio; the costs to bo pald out of tho BtatoTroasury, W ‘Woaro oll oither producers or connnmers, and, o8 such, mutunlly interostod. Lot nll comnier- cial bodies, all farmors' organizations, all Enat- orn and Wostern manufacturers,. and all mor- chants, unite in this great work. - The Senato Committes on Transportation- Routos have oxprossed their approval of tho meeting, and promised to bo presont, if possible, in porson, or by delogatos, and hava offored the followlng resolution : : Resolved, That, witha vlew of facllitating their in veatigation, tho Heleot Commilftea on Traunportatione Routes to tho Beaboard respectfully requent that the Binto Governmonts, Bonrds of Trade, Chambers-of. Commorce, Railroad and Cannl Campanics, nnd other corporatiotts and porsons euegd of Intoreated fu tho subjoct of transportation, will furnish to kald Commit- too bcl: facts and atatistics relnting to Internal or ox- fernnl commaorco of tho United Btates, namay bo in thicir posscezion or aro conveniontly noceasiblo, Tospectfully submitted, . ‘The ion, W, 0, FrAaa, Moro, Ill,, President Illinols Stato Farmora’ Assaclition; 8, X1, Suer, Soorotary Illinvfs Stato Farmers' Asacclation 3 12, 11, FERGUSON, T'roy, N. ¥, 3 J, B, Bano: ‘Bridgoport, Ct ETRUDLE, d. B, PuINX palun, 1l Joux A, Cotiitan, Moaton, Oieskes AStEs, Oswego, N, Y, ¢ W. M, Now Orleans; I, Cuagwse, Rutland, V.3 M, Kiy v1a¥, Prosidont, ¥, I, WERTHzabs, Secrotary, Col, Juwl A, Trbuie, Commilteo of {he Dibuque Board of Lrado, Towa; T, D, Fournz. & Nno,, Sid- [ETENINA #. Woop, Oosbocton, Obias Af, V 'oup, Ll waiod, Neb,; 'auil (houssids of oher I tho Westorn and Eastorh Stater, . Fhe Patrons of Iushandry and NMre Wit DMoCormiclse ® From the St Paul Press, April 20, 'The Patrons of li“b\mndry in this Stato have recbntly undertaken 1o ensnclpate themsclves {rom tho oxtortions of tho midatsmon who stand. belween them and the manufactuisys of farm imploments and mackinory, and to this eud havo gonorully egreed to purchase no. implenants or machinory excopt through tho ngents appointed by tho Stuto Grango for thnt purpose, Wo find in tho Proston Kepublican the following curlous correspondonce, showing the firat rosuit of thig oxporitnont with tho McCormiok Bros, . One_of tho Biato Grango agents wroto tho following let- ter to tho agenta of MceCormlick & Bro. : * Wnorw, Min,, Murch 27, 1673, Raxsans, ARATTAN & CO, Do yo Wwish to piile nny nrrangoments to soll machines to Patrons, Lmm ong of-Boyén agonts appolntod Dy {ho Btato Grange to pros cure furm imploments in {ho State, and as the farnis, orall whonate Palrons, rofuse tobuy of ‘sgents nob uuthorized by them, perhups you would ke to snaka 806 arrangéments with them, If uo, plogso addross, G, 0, RufbrLL, WykofT, Minn, Mr, Grattrn forwarded ihis lottor to tho firm by which ho {8 employod, aud received the fol« lowlng roply : OmigAao, April 1, 1679, T, Grattan, Faq.t » AprlJ, 1679, Dran B Yourd of 28th wlt, rocolyed, ‘Yo bog ta roturn Mr, Rundell’s moiaat lettor, Wo wonld vecome mend bim and ofhers o go t step farthiey, andappoing clerhu for the various country and city stores fu theip voction, and givo notico to morchanta that ny goods would D Lought of thew unlcss they hira thoso certain clorks to do the work, Wo wust bo permitied to cne - . overcoats, and othor articles for wea 180 for ngonts nuch men na wo deom hestsuited to do our work; and whenoyer wo aro debrred fromn {bis course, Tormers will not find tho MeGormick: Toapor in {ho matket, You liave, no doubts nollend Wit wo way on this question Jn our cireuinr, Wo can 8dd ltls more, W may #ay, hiowaver, on thio question of tims on anlen to fivo or'inore in a olub, thnt wo might tako iat Into consfile oration {¢ the five purchasurs nro willlug to udorno alt and encht of tho noics, o i) 8 el of tha Holcs, o thiug o nee proily uuro tiey Tricea aro thinga fhat reguinta them - 0k o clnned by all (1o Aocioten in opassion - Tieapor-mukini In oen o nll, in in faming. It wo dow't ko tho yrico of flour, o 1 no Juw coraveliing ua to bity, and wo know well (hnt no sots of rosolutions ‘Will indtico tho farmera {o eoll bolow markot prico, and thio 0amo fu truo L our bualuoss an woll, Yours tealy, 0. 11, MoConsttox & Bno, THE STORM. i lc'(‘[ l:nknflfl- ‘rom the Stowz City (Towa) Jornal, April 1! Trom ] Uho faoth 18 W oo LU o ithor concerniug tho rovsut unow storm thnt soems to hinvo made Yankton ite contrs, wo conclude the lko of it hins nevor beon exporionced in tho Northwest. The alorm commonced an o light ain on the morning of the 18th innt,, but soon turned into snoy, which continuod to fall lightly until about noon, when tho wind changed from kl;?l ‘{;‘:::.' u:l tho)l;l‘l{mnfixtmld finally to 5wnonh, erfoct gelo, n nv'flnucho of Eunw. By BERmpRIBl By n o snow did not seom to fall in finkes, but soemed to como down [n a bady, which waa 'so arated into particlos, and dnslied furiously Y' - every diroction. Tho nir wag dnrkonod by the &now, and porsons could not sco fivoe foct in any mffinhg;"l ta Bout) Cho Dakotn Bouthern passonger train which Joft Sioux City Mondoy mumiug.xnflor worrying {hrough tho storm for romo 1imo, above Vermill= {on, finally ran into o snow dvift, ond mile and & Lalt above Qeyvillo, andituck faat, Tho froight, which wag at Yanlton, wont to tho prescngors) . roliof, and mavaged to got atuck in the Aame gnfl: “whom thoy both remainod until Wednosday voning. 4 The 7th Cavalry fared very badly. They had not yot comploted their comp arrnhgomenta whon tho storm burat upon thom, Their {onts woro blown down, and drifts of snow formed #o rapidly, and tho storm wae so_furious, that tho men could do nothing to_protect themelves. Mon and horsos woro buried up in the snow, and gonoral confusion and not a litle consternation provailed overywhoro, Tho officera sought shelter of tho lotely, and some of the men followod tholr oxamplo, by seoking tha hospital- itlos of privato houses—indesd, protection from tho storm wherever they could find it. ‘Many of tho soldiors, howover, did not faro thus for~ tunatoly. Thoy remaiued buried in the snow until rolief camo to thom from_the town. Thoy woro dug out of tho snow and hauled to moro comforlablo quarters on hand-sleds. Many of thom were exposed for thirty-six Lioura, aud when roscued woro woslk and oxhousted and wopt liko childron. 1tis said that thoso poor follows ptesontod o most pitiable appesrance, which was wall caloulated to oxcito the sympa= thics of tho most indifforont hoart, - And “many. kind and gonorous banda respondod promptly to their wants, Up to the Inat roporits quite a num- bor of mon waera still unncconntod for, and 1t is not known whother thoy have perished or have wandered off in the storm and aro still suffering fu tho enow-drift. ~What hoy boon eaid of iho sufferings of tho men is reported truo of the horsen. Sgmo wore romoved to atables by great effort, others remeined tied and woro drifted undor and soon broko igoso and wanderod off and had not boon recovored at last accounts. Gen, Custor, who lu regnrdoed ns gaod author- ity, said in tho prosonce of our informant, fl\y it vas tho worst storm in ovory partioular, of= cuptln{; intensely cold, that he eyor oxporienced iuhis life. "Phis mcems to ho tho teatimony of eyory one who witnossed the storm, In many placea tho drifts in and about Yunkton wero 20 feot high, Whey had to cut down and dig od into & collar, to got into soma of tho stores. To conyoy some sort of n correct iden of the nvn- 1ancho of enow that fell, it need only bo- stated that on the rivor, in losa than threo hours after the real violonce of tho storm et in, thoro wero 6 inchea of snow end siush floating. Tho Southern limit of tho beavy snow-fall on the Miesouri River was about 80 rods boelow Vor- mition, where tho lino was as distinct as o ridgo of snow could mala ib. B A ‘Wo ehall rojoice if tho losses which are con- jectured to have resulted from tho storm prova ronlly less than ono can inxdly hope for. Wo ondeavorod to rench Yankton Iast ovening' by telegrapl, in ordor to proseat in connaction with an report any lator dovolopments that might hayo boen mado eince morning, but could gob hothing, B In Nebraska and Xnnsad. "From the St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette, April 20, Passangers who arrived horo yesterday by tha Donver train givo somo ncconnt of tho terrible snow-storm whick provailed in Southern Nobrasg< kn and Northern Kansas, last Sundey, Monday, and Tuesday, BMr. B, 8, Morgan, commorcinl trayolor for tho house of W. 'L\ Stono, who was out thoro, and Mr. J, T. Cosby, nows agent, givo 18 the following : For throo days poople did not dnre to loavo tholr housoes, and wero terriflod at baving to stey in them, as many wero blown down, On Satur- day night, boforo tho storm, the house of & man named Crain, near Bolleville, wag burned down, and tho family went to the houeo of o Mr, Bur- nott, & noighbor, for shelter, On Bunday night, Burnott’s Liouso was blown down by tho ntorm, and Mre, Oruin and two childron and Mrs, Burs nott and four childvon porishod. Durnott pur vlved and oscapod to shelter with one of Mrs, Cralu's childron, Mr, Orain was in Atchison, and did not know of the fearful catastropho until yenterday, E . Tho ofiice of tho Senlinel, at Cawkor, was blown down; apd four persons waro brought into that placo doad, and niany others aro sup- posed to havo died from exposure in that ro- ion. & At Bollovillg, & mill and a daguerroan artist establighment wero blown down, aud the storo of Chapman and Brothors, o large building 60x 40 fcob, two storles high, was badly damaged. At Now Scandiunyin tho roof wag blown off of a stono steble into n mail conch, which was erushed, and ono of tho stone walln of thoe stablo Llown down. A lnrgo flour mill was blown bodily tvia or threo feet from its foundations, ‘and now lenns over about threo from tho Enrpmulieulu—. Tho onginc-houso was complotely blown awny. Tho ferry-boat across the Lepublican River at tho samo place was sunk, Threo dead bodica wero brought into_the placo Wednesday. Mr. Borgan gays that for two duys one could not san tho hitching-posts in frobt- of tho hotol whorg ho was stopping, tho snow was go thick, aad that men who lived in tho town and hap- penod to bo nb tho hotel whon the story camo up, could not got honw, -aithougly thoy often atlompted tfo’ do so. Ho eays tint tha town is suppliod with water from ¢ clstern in the publio aquare, and whenevor a Jul’ in tno storm occurred men could bo soen ap- sronching it from all directions to procura wator, Imt that thoy conld not get back to (Iieir houser with o enp full in tho buckots, sna tha. only way for the people to obtain wator waa to melt unow Tho horses and stoclk woro not fed or watered . for threo days, and, In many instances, whor, {ho suow_had driftod againat tho siablos, the stock lid nmob beon ronchod up to Thursdny ‘Tho loss of gtock which was not sheltored, it i ostimated, will roach one-half of all in tha sec. tion where tha storm provailed. Tho dsmago tc telograph linow is great, s tho poles and wirot wero all blown down, aud,-indocd, dumago tc overything which a storm could offect is almonf inconceivable. Porsons who have lived in the couitry for yoara smy thoy ‘novor saw anything that could epproach "thiu in the way of n storm’ and tho worab of it is,, that tho half has not yei beon told. —_—— Swindling Dxirnordinary. From the Kankakas ([ Guzclte, For & month ar six weoks past a series or oewrntxunu hove boen currlad on throughout Kanlloo Gonnty of such megnitude and Lrnsi nos ao to entitlo them to tho front rank minong the innumorablo awindles of the day. 'There arc pix oporntors at progont, and their machinations extond throughout tho Htate by suecepsive countios, Their peenliny manner of doing bust: nosn is offoring cloths aud dresy materieln ir I‘Mk“”n» of ‘F160 ench, 'Thoy piclk their cus. omory, only woleoting such ny aro alundantly sblo to llquidato nll ontatauding obligations. Their notes rre takou rnd #old ot one of the ity Danks, leaviag them with nothing but hotual oasl on hand. ' "Cho contonts of the puekngos couslat of o uhail or two,—ono Pnislay (7),—silk, poplin culico, . nipnen, drews patteris, L-Eu\oxw v, Aftor tho doparture of tho sharp and valuablo sales ! men it invariably tuns out that the gueds lose ¢ great portion of thoir lustro, tho cresimorey lool woetully like shoddy, and the duped purchase . finds that he has o vory long-horned clophant of his hands, But his noto is ont and ennnok wel: bo rucalled, aud Lio In thoroforn obliged to swal: low tho pill with tho bent poasiblo geaco, Nono bub farmors aro appronchod. X Tho gulo aro simply epormous, In WP County, their Inab flold of oporetions bofovs ey toring’ f(unkmmo, tholr ealos wovoe §60,000, Ow mau frequently sells 1,600 worlh in & wook, If our farmers coneult thoir interests thoy wil - utterly rofuso to havo anything to do with thos alluring follows, Invaritbly thero is a fraud it~ ony trangaotion that ofters nix timos the value o tho oquivalent asked, Don't touch thom, ' ¢ i N