Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 7, 1873, Page 2

“THT CATUAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY; MAY 7, 1873, st S e e —— A e e i T kAT IOWA, The Skeleton in the FPolitical Crib. Dudley W. Adams, ‘“thé Coming Man.” Where He Lives, How He Looks, and Who He s, : Correspondence of The Chicago Tyibune, “Dunuqus, Tows, May 9, 1878, When Gov. Carpontor dolivorod Lis well-read address upon * Tho Bkoloton in the Qorn-Orib," ho l{itlo drenmed that thoro was & moro ghastly skoloton silontly but surely croeping into . THE TOLITICAL ORID of Towsa. But Lio mow fully realizos its “oxist- wouce, and, a8 ho gazos upon its hugo form and mickoning fonturos, ho probably reflects upon tho uncortainty of buman affaira in gonoral, and Towsa politicinns in particular. 1t {s plainly written that Gov. Oarpentor must yield to tho powertul forco that now holds the presont destinics of this groat Stato in ita own hand. Thore la nomanin the Northwest to whom tho laboring masson are looking up to for a “lendor moro to-day than to DUDLEY W, ADANS, and already politicians aro desorting the old einking ebip, ond taking paseago with the poople. As your apacial correspondont has introducod Joriy Bradloy, I thought it best £o visit tho hond of this powerful organization, and see for mysolf the coming man. Arrived at Waukon, in Allamakeo County, and ssconding & olight eminenco, I find mysol? in front of & noat, plain-looking, Linlf-Gothio, story- and-n-half frame dwolling, bullt in the form of a Graek cross, nearly hidden by the profusion of ornamental shrubbory occupying the spaco on cither sido and in front of THE RESIDENCE of Dudley W. Adsms. Tho building, painted & dark-brown, with whito trimmings ; the strong, high pickot-fonco in front, painted to corrospond with tho bouse,—lend no boauty to tho artistic- ally-arranged surroundings. A plain door-plate hiss in very plaiu lettors the word ¢ Adama™ on- graved upon it. Tsoarch ix vain for a door- bell; then apply my knucklos ; and, in o mo- ment, my summons is rosponded to by o man with o A PLEASANT, INTELLIOENT FACE, Large, bushy, light-oolored whiskors ; light, thin hair,—s0 thin indeod that tho word bald would ‘bo Lialf-appropriate it applied to tho top of his head ; & dark-blue oye, and strong, natural, white tooth, mako up the contour of tho man, abovl tho shoulders, Hishoight {s nbout 5 foot 10, and weight probably 160 (perhaps it may be moro in October). He's drossed in dark-brown panta- loons and vost, cnrsot glippers, and o woolon sirt, neatly mended at tho clbows, I smila in- wardly, and think that, with o poper collar and white socks, ho would match in color his houso ond fonco to o nicoty. Iam scated in s falr- sizod room, comforiably furnisbed, and with soveral fino chromos, steol eugravings, and paint- inge kanging againet the wall. 1in the corner stand o largo book-cago and riting-desk. The moment I glanco at tho Inrgo, woll-assortod li- brary, T Tully comproliend {ho koy Lo tho suceoss of tho man befora ma. “There i8 o Jargo bundle of nnopened lettors apon the dosk; o wasto-baskot full of, porhaps, monningless and answored lotters; o ream or moro of papor with o neatly-cngraved Lond, with tho words ¢ National Grango™ ncross the left- band corner, that plainly toll of the great labor tho men Ling to pexform, During our slay in Waukon, I gathored the following facts in relation to the gontloman who 14 likoly to o TILE NEXT GOVERNOR OF IOWA ¢ Mr. Adams was born in Winchoster, - Mass., in 1832, and isa member of the famous Adams family, of whom thab Ststo and tho wholo oation are justly proud., Ho graduated at o good school, and, at the age of 29, removed to hiw prosont home, & confirmed juvalid. In s rough-and-tumblo fight with disoaso and pov- vrty for nearly ton yoars, ho was ablast vic- torlous over botl. Ho becamo convinced, at an oarly day, that fruit-growing could bo made & succoss in this 8tato, and dovoted his whoto attention to ita doveclopment. Exporimenting with varying succoss for many yoars, kio now bas the solid satisfaction of lhaving tho finest bearing orchard. in tho North- west, & large nursery (of fruit-trocs), o comfortablo compotonce, and & wide and unsulliod roputation. For many yoars he Lus boon_favorably known ag the Bocretary of tho Stato Horticultural Socicty, an active mom- bor of tho State and many differant County Ag- sicultural Socictics, He has slso been & gon- erous contributor to many of the leading agri- cultural and hortieultural papors, and his articles bove alwaya boen marked for their clenrncss and 2oncisenoss. Lately he has boon Master of the Btate Grange, and at present occupies the onvia- olo position of Mustor of the National Grange. That Mr. Adams is a man possessed of raro sbility, is beyond doubt. Qip, jaz it sk ——— THE HOME-MONOPOLY HUMBUG. 0 the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Smn: I was in hopes that the Infer-Ocean, from tho grand flourish of trumpots with which it commenced, would have fairly and squarely actod up to its professions ; but, having takon it aow for threo monthe, I am disgusted to find shat it seoms to Liarp on throe strings only,—all its articles on these boing only elightly varied. Yheso threo are composed of nnlimltod{ abuse of Tume Trnivuxg, the railways, and & series of very indifferent spocial pleading in fa- vorof Protection. Theso aro supplemented by nttacks on iron #hips, with » genoral attempt to shrow cold wator on ocean-traveling,—all having » tendoncy to fostor * homo monopolies,” under sho protouse of protocting Amorican industrics, A Mr, Bates lately wrote an article against Jron-shipbuilding, and advoeating o roturn to wooden ships. Now that iron-shipbuilding in Amorica has been protected off tho faco of the zarth, and Amorican ehipbuildera sro working on the Clyde, the object of this letter is to draw people’s attention from the fact, and load tho peoplo to suppono that tho Britieh aro making o groat mistake in building iron sailing and steam vessols, Now Br. Bates must either bo totally Jgorant of tho wholo Tluullufl, or willtuily pro}u— giced, as ho ought to know, what overybody ol does, that tho day of woodon ships for ocoan- trnvel has gone’ by as complately se that of horae-mail-coachen for land-travel. . If proof woro wanting, I could rofer to tho fact that tho whole irade of Eugland to overy part of the world is now carriod on nearly alto- gothor by iron pailing and steam veasols, aud that tho wholo stoam oarrylng trade botweon Amorica and Europe is carricd on by iron steam- ors built and owned by forcignora, ~ Thero must bo a good renson for this. Thore are fourtoon Yiues of stonmors runuing to_tho United Kiog- dom and tho Continent of Europo from New York,—onelino alone (tho Anchor) having thirty~ mine, aud bullding at the rale of four or five steamors each yoar, each incrensing in sizo, and yet unablo to moot the demand. Thisis the re- #ult of Protection with a vongoeance, ‘Che Inler-Ocean hna o nifly articla ina late cdition, intonded to detor peopls from (aking rdyautage of tho opportunity offered by tho YVienna l':I‘:xpm-;ic.mu for loylng up & stock of health, und realizing s Inrge amount of valuable information, as woll aa sceing ronny of the moat futerosting placos and objocts in tho Old Coun- try and on tho Continent, at an exponse of about_ono-third of a visit to Saratoga, Long Branch, ete, which, in point of fact, 18 only trauaforring tho rceno of tho dissipation of Now York, with 1ts lato hours aud exhaustion. This articla says: “Wo would bo tho last to diocourago any Auerican_family from golng to Vienna,” ato., and then draws an eraggersted pioture of tho fatiguo, etc., which is slnply ridiculous, and winds up with o suggestion of tho dnnpi'armln offects, ote., oto,, ote, Losh ! Now, let us look at tho trip to Vioune, not as {hio Infer-Ocean drawa it, but as it is, Arrivedin Now York, tho Pnuungm‘u g0 on board o firste olase floating hotol,—where thoy have all the comforts and luxuries of tho Fifth Avonue, plus tho invigorating broozes of the Atlantio, with lonty n¥m0m for taking nny amount of exar- cinp, without any necessity for Indios dressing throa or four times a day,” This takes -up nine or ton days, which, after the onervating life of & elty, givew n tono to the gystom, aud just puts pooplo fn a stato of health to* thoronghly enjoy thomuolves; On arrival, a fow days may bospent in henitbful aod intorosting travel in Bcotland, Iroland, ot England, and thon a 'start rando for thio Continont, stopping at dilferent points of in- torost on tho way. The Vieunna Ixposition will no doubt repay thoea who visit it, and wiil bo, *like n thing of Leauty, o oy forover.” As to tho pioture of fa- tiguo and oxxunan drawn by the Inter-Ocean, it isabsurd, Alady trovoling con iake an old drogs, and only roquires an oxtra for spocial oc- caplons, and, by buying in an outfit boforo hor return, in England'or Beotland, will save moro tlian the oxponso of tho_wholo trip,—thanks again to Protoction. X bellovo, it Protectiou la carried on much louger, that it will pay matorfa- milias to take & poriodical trip to Europo to buy inn su;TIi for horsolf and family. Tho Infer-Ocean draws a horriblo pleture of tho fatiguo in_golng right through to Viotna, Why, tho whole timo ocoupled from London is only fifty hours, which wo think nothing of bero; and, by fiuulng tho tickots from any good line nd\'urf(and n this oity, tho journoy may Lo broken whero required, and no fear bo ontor- tainod of orowded tralns, hotels, otc. THE FARM AND GARDEN. Tho Plum, Xts Encmios and Disenscs== ‘TheOurcullos=The Fungus==ThoWild Gooso and Xts Plum=-The Townscnd Plum o Promising New Acqui ==The Binck IKnot«=it Is the LPec Conditions Rnthor Than Lntl that Controls the Fruit-Crop. From Our Agricultural Correspondent. OnATATGN, TLL,, May 3, 1873, 5 TUE PLUM, What is tho mattor with tho plum? i a quostion that has been s familiar ono-for tho lnst dozon yoars. Tho conundrum has boon prosonted to all tho horticulturnl sociotlos and the professors of hortloulture, and hns como back to tho inquirers unsolved. In front of tho window where I writo, are soveral plum trees londed with dried-up fruit, that was destroyed by some kind of fungus, TIE OUROULIO has boon charged with the whole miachief, but the charges havo beon only partially proved. That this'inscct has abad habit- of using the fruit of tho plum, in common with othor fruits, 28 & suitablo placo ‘to rear its yourng, has hoon woll understood, Somo peoplo cloim that it isa uativo insoct ; but, it this is truo, its bad habits havo beon doveloped only within tho post twenty yoara, for, In tho firat sottlomont of tho coyntry, tho plum-thickots woro loaded with tho finoat of wild plums, and I havo scon thom gathored and takon to markot in wagon-loads ; but now no ono oxpects to_ find oven tho wild plum froo from tho attack of this pest of the orchard, In tho epring of 1856, Iplanted somo twonty boaring plum trees on this fam, and in 1868 the troos woro loaded with the most porfoct fruit of the Goldon Drop, Jefforson, Smith's Orleans, and othor loading varictios; but that is tho Inst crop that bas escaped the curculio or the fungus, and now not 10 por cont of tho troos livo to bring down the history of their annual disastor. At first, tho whole mischiof appearod to be duo to the curculio, that deposited its eogga in'tho fruit, and theae, hatching out, lived on the plums, and thus destroyod thom. But, thanka to fnvon- tivo genius, Dr. Hall, of Allon, discoverad {hat the insect could be trapped, or rather shakon: down from their porch in tho treo onto o sort of invortod umbrolla, and thug bo destroyed. A few yoara lator, - Mr. Ransom, of Michigan, found that he could decoy thom under old cobs, chips, or piocos of barl; and thus tho insqgt hag beon checkmnted, and hia power for mischiof largely curtailed. Bo much bos beon sottled in rogard to tho habits of this dopredator boyond & doubt; but the chargo that ho puncturcs tho fruit simply to form o nidus for tho spores of tho fungus that float in the atmosphero, {s not 80 apparent to the farmor, and may be dismissed 28 o vory uncertain hypothesia. ‘Tho Eaglo Works at Ottaws manufactured a curcnlio-catching machino; but, sinco tho dis- covery of the Ransom trap, that has beon dis- continued, and now it {s the practico with the plum and ponch orchardist to get up tho implo- mont at homo, the form of which is wonderfully varied to euib tho idens of individuals, I bave takon two common cotton-sheots, and tacked thom to light frames, and laid oue of these on eech side of tho treo, and thon jarred tho in- secta down on thom,—often Lilling twenty to o troo. Thia must be m]wnuul for Bomo weeky each morning, or until sll the inecots aro caught, Whon wo have many trees, the implement should be made in the form of a barrow, for the con- vonionce of gotting from troo to troo. With such an implement, one man will be able to visit 600 or GO0 treos in a duny. Thoeo having & fow tracs may uso the sheots na described, of the Ransom traps; but large orchardials of tho feach mako use of both plans, In tho Ransom plan, tho surface i8 mado smooth under tho tree, and 8 fow cobs, ohips, or pieces of bark aro Acat- torod about for the Miding-places of tho wsect, and the#o are examined daily, and tho insects destroyed. A8 REGARDS THB ROT, wo ars very much in the dark as to jts cause, It ocenrs in tho_peach, tho apple, tho plum, and the cherry, and thore docs nc‘ appear to bo a known remedy; but doubtless chemistry may in time do something for us. To the plum crop for somo years it bas been the m canse of failuro, for wo. havo licen sble to control the curoullo, and the fiuit bas procoeded towards mntun‘y but, just na Natiiro #hould bogin to put o tho bonutiful bloom, thera comes thoe deadly mycenin, and sproads its brown web of fungus over tho fruit, and in & fow days tho lifc and boauty of tho fruit have doparted, and the shriveled, blackoned plums romain on tho troo, if for no other pur- 08, to romind ono of the uncortaintios that lio the pathway of luscious pluma. TOE WILD GOOSE. Some yoars ago it was said that s wild gooss alightedin a gardon in tho Btate of Tounessco ; and that, a fow days lator, on the very spot that gho had rosted, up sprung o _glum tree, and in timo this tree produced & prolitic crop of plums ; and thosa plums wore nover to bo attacked by the curculio or tho fungus. ‘Tho marvel went forth a8 THE WILD-G00ST PLULM, and to-day tho nurserymen tell us that it is the Jong-sought-for plum, that it is to bo to plum- fmwiug what the Wilson is to tho strawberry, he May or Early Richmond among cherries, or the Winesap among apples. With those assur- ances, it has gono into many gardeus of tho Northwest as n covetod treasure, whore its habit of sprouting willsoon make plum-thickets, it not plum-plos, J)lum-mnrmulnda, and plums cannoed and dried. Somo of theso plums are mottled, somotimes red, and again yellow or whito; in short, It partales so nearly of the nature of the wild Flum of ‘Ceunossco and othor Bouth- ern Btates that wo mlght ba jed to'aupflouu that tho treo had been indiscriminately tsken from iho thickets of rod, yellow, and mottled plums, instoad of o 6inglo varioly that somo foolish gooso had caten somowhore, nnd, not boing ablo to digest thesead, Dburled it in’ tho garden of gomo houest planter, to becoma famous in plum-troo history, What becamo of thie mother gooso, i8 not rolated in tins history ; oud the facts a8 abovo statod remaln, and pre just ny true to- day as they woro tho first timo’ that thoy.wore ropanted. have o dozon of the trecs, that for the firut timo are filled with bloom, and thoro are at lonet elght distinot varieties, if the habit of tho trocs are any indication, Tho fruit is small, of littlo or no valua for the table, but very good for canning, and, though not curculio-proo? in this ¥nrb of tho Btate, aro little injured,—whotlor rom the small sizo of tho plums’ when the curculio I8 intent on ogg-laying, or from the toughnoss of the ekin, [shall not attompt to decide. On tho whole, tho treo has beon & good thing for some nurdorymen and tree-denlers, and it has yot to bo proved whotber it will_pay for planting north of the Ohlo River. In Ton- neseo the fruit fs much larger and of congidorable value, aud begins to ripon the last of Juno. On tho whole, wo would advise nur- rorymen to be caroful, and select from this fam- ily of plums ono or two of tho heat, aud thus at loust protect tholr reputations from unplessant suspicion. Thoro i another plum in the naighborhood of Gxillonnlugnzxwtlml:‘\)n nlrliort‘llmm 1llinois lortl- culbural Hocloty hos claimed u sort of ptornity, Tt i oallod mmly TR TOWNSEND LU, and ia also known as the llinckly or Miner, Ils history back of gomo twonly yoara is loat, as the particd who brought it to'tho Btate have dlod and loft no history bobind thom. Somo say it is o nativo wild plum of tho wild goaoso or Ton- nousoe ordor, whilo othors clalmn it to bo of the Qanada ne;ucfuu of red plums, At Galoua it has thus far baou noerly oxompt from tle attack of the curoulio, and produces largo crops aunually; and 80 groat {a my failh in its value that I have planted forty trecs this epring, I would have rhntod moro if tho treos could have been ob- alned, aund lntond to put out & large orohard in tho courgo of iwo or throo yonrs, if tho troos continun'to prosper. I do mot know whether troen of thin varfoty can bo obtainod nenr Galonn, but T havo soon largo treas In tho gardon of D.W, Beott, Hocrolary of the Northorn 1llinois ITorti- cultural Bocloty ; A. L, Cammingn, Prepldont of tho Jo Davlean ITorticultural Hocioty, and othors ond It fs possible that a fow troes, or at lens glous, mny be hnd throigh theso gontlomon, Tho_fruit is rod, medium eizo, not rich 'ns thoe Englisk plum, but very oxcellont for eanining or drying, It is possiblo that somo of tho Wiscons &in nursorion may havo treow 3 4f 50, thoy would do wall to ndviso tho publio of that fact. In timo wo may bo ablo to traca it back to n rolinblo annlnqn. a8 wo bave many other valuable ruits, I'he Early Richmond chorry nttracted no particular attention on Long Island fifty yoars ngo, for tho ronson that tho cown- trfl produced o bottor chorry; but, whon it renched tho Weat, whoro the pweot chorries could not bo produced, it proved of %ronl\'nluo, and to-day Is tho leading and nlmost oxolusivo chorry i our marketa, Thig may prove to bo tho history of tho Town- sond plum,—not first-rato, but very dosirablo for ils hardiness and abundant annual orops. Our Qnlona frionds aro onthuslnstic over it, and I bavo groat confidonco in thelr judgmont, au thoy arc among tho best hortioultnrists in tho Btate, and thus {ar have had no ax-grinding or disposi- {lon to imposo on tha pubile” Tho Fralt-mon of the grand chain and of Alion bavo gonorally looked upon tho northwost cornor of our Btate asof littlovaluo for frult-growing ; but, with tho excoption’of the ponch, a visit in summer atnon tho hilla and valieys ot Jo Daviess County \nfi diapel that illusion, for the orchards of the ap- plo, pear, chorry, and plum, and Lho vinoyarde, aro Froofl that Nature and Art combine to sliow tuat lead 1a not the only product of this rogidn, that stood liko an ioland abovo the old Siborian sen, that covered tho prairio with drift, and scat- tored the granite bouldors far and wide. THE BLACK RNOT is o dizonso of tho plum troo that for n timo ruined tho crop and killed tho treer, throughout the Eastorn Biates, and It also“Wtackod tho MNorelln chorrics ; but s yot listlo of that disoaso Liow beon knowai st tho Wast, At ono timo, our best horliculturists gavo up tho ohorry ; but tho Tarly Riclimond camo to tho roscuo, and now our markels are very well ;up[[;l(nd In the chorry senson with this popular ruit, The fungus, tho black knot, and othor diseasas of plants, HAVE THEM PERIODS, similar to conlagious diseages Lhat afflict the human fnmflg, and wo may hopo that tho Rlum will again Do restored tolioalth, rnd fill our markets in their order ; and at lonst wo can nf- ford to exporimont with tho Tonnosseo plums that, undor the namo of wild-gooso, have been aoatlorad over tho country ; aud especilly with tho Townnond, that las thus far givon our Galena frionds such good satiataction, Wo are boginning to linyo n more correct idef in rogard to tho natural condition of plants, and hosw thoy may bo affected by A CHANGE OF OLIMATE, ‘Wo nro continually losing sight of the fact that tho Northwest has a summor.climato of threo or four dogrees of latitude farthor south than that of tho Atlantic slopo,—this is occasioned by tho trade-winds that como to us from tho Gulf of Moxico; while wo must oxpoct & Canadian win. tor—with waves of cold from McKenzie River that play tho mischief at times—that is astonish- ing to the farmer who has paid littlo attoution to thoair-currents that at corlain acasons aro 80 conatant, and at others so changing. Lnst woele I was in n nursery whoro thousanda of tho Early Richmond chierry trees wora_killed to the ground, and yot in thoso grounds wos ono block of the samo treos unharmod. s In tho snmo grounds woro old hoaring troos? full of blossom-buds almost rendy to burat into bloom ; and, upon oxamination, they appearod porfoctly honfthy. A lottor ' from Mr. Minklo, of Kendall, Conuty, informe mo that tho Early Richmond cherry is in fino con- dition, ‘while young ‘applo-trces in tho nursery are soriously injured. Theso varied conditions, or rathor results of varied condi- tions, nead furthor study’ and furthor obsorva- tions in order to malo us moyo tho mastors of tho situation, Runac. R S — A DISPUTED SCII00L-ELECTION. Cimoaao, Til, April 19, 1673, Newton Nateman, Eaq,, State Superintendent of Publio Inatructions, Springfield, Ill.: Dean Sim: 1 beg loavo to write you n few linesin ordor to got got somo Information in ro- Intion to who would bo the legal Township Trus- teo olect undor tho following circumstances : An election-notico was posted by tho Township Troasurer for an olection to be hold in tho sohool-hiouso of -District No. b, in Township 88 N., R. 14 E,, in Cook County, on the 12th day of April, 1878 ; polls to bo opened at § o'clock n. m., and to closo at 4 o'clock p, m. of the same dny. Upon the dny of election, a nolice was posted upon the door, as follows: **This olection will boat Mr. Ely's houso, Gro. W. WAiTE, Prosi- dont." In tho courso of tho day, some one must havo taken this notico down, 50 1o ona could be diracted to tho place whero the election waslhold. At Mr, Bly's houso, tho threo Truatees met and organized, and hold an elaction, and elected one Goo. W. Whaito, Somotimo in tho afterncon of the same day, Betweon tho hours of 8 nud 4, soveral men mok at the achool-house, and Leld an olection, and clectod anothor parly to the eame ofico. Dol parties claim tho oloction, and demand thoir mombership on tho Board, Tho quostion is now's First—Which in tho incumbent of tho office? Second—Cun the inhabitants of a mwnuhsp convena an eloction ot any time before the ad- journment, especially when the limo Las_passod tho hour of 1 o'clock p. m., a8 provided by Soo. £7 of the now School law 7! Third—Have not the Trustees a right to move tho placo of holding tho election by posting no- tico upon the door of tho placo first mentioned in the glonurnl notico for tho election, directing all partios to whore th oloction ia_hold, 10 na to Eut a placo where tho Board of Trusteos could iave moro comfortablo quarters ? I think an answer to tho above interrogntorles will aatiafy all parties without any furthor invos- tigation, ~Very respectfully, Joux R.Lews, BraTE oF ILLoms, DEM'e PUnLIo InsTIUOTION, SehINoriELy, April 23, 1673, } John R, Lewis, Eq., Lhicago, 111, : DEeAR B! Yours of tho 19th ingt. {s before ‘mo, In which you prosont a case in which an elec- tion of Trustces was ordered held in the schoal- houso in District 5, Township 88, R. 14 1., Cook County, on tho 12th inst., it being the regular day sstlxed by Inw; but fubsoguantie—tat iy on eloction-doy—tho Prosident of the Board put & notico on tho deorof the school-honse !}mb the election would be at Mr, Ely's houso; snd thnt tho Trustoes mot at said houso, aud hold an elcction, and olectod Goorgo W. Walto Trusteo; and Lhat, durmr the aftornoon, prior to the hour for closing of the polls, soveral of the votorsmet at the school-houss and organized, and held an elaction, and chone anothor person Trustoo ; and tho quostion is submittad, Which ia tho Jogal Trugteo? = To which I answer, The porson olocted by tho votors convoned at the gchool- houso, ag for a8 sppears from tho atatements presontod. Very respectfully yours, NEwTON BATEMAN, Baperintondent Public Instructlon, —_— THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: *Bin: It is with the greatest eatisfaction that I seo inserted in your columns an occasionnl * Plen for tho Childron,” IXwish notso much that moro might bo enid, ag that something might bo done, for tho lttlo onos, It js ovidont that it ia & subjoct much thought of by parents; why may it not Le considored by those immediately con- nocted with the managemont of our public achoola ? It s n fact worthy of remark, that, whilo our clty is intho van of momrly every progreseiva movoment, it i slow to relinquish ho old- fushionod alx-hour system, na has long ngo been done by Boston, New York, aud othor towns of leay pretonsiou, and with manifost guccess, as the old plan has never beon rendoptod, f it is arguod that loss then six hours will not take our childron throngh their allotted ox- oreisos and recitationn, lot them bo made fowar, Less momorizod {rom hoaku, and more learnod from porsonal and voluntary obuorvation, will not impedo their renl oducation. In plain, lot our children huvo more Lime for play, and lous forstudy, Let our 10 or 12-yoar old coms from his studios with his faculilos shurponad, nat wonrled to oxhaustion. Lot the physical have the start in the race; the intellectusl will not fall far bobind in tho oud, Lot flve hours bo the mazimum sllotment of time raquived hy achicol attondance ; and lob thom como close togethor in tho day, that thoro may bo loft a longor thno of light and sunshine for out-of-door play when sehiool §s ovor for tho day, Iow much “enjoy- mont, Low mutch incrouso of vnullllv’, of strongth, nllmlslplh-uu, will that ono hour bilng to cach clild Of our schools In goneral, it sooms tomo there 1 littlo to bo uaid that is not to bo commendad, I huvo obsorved thom DLy comparison with sehools in other largo oitlos, and I consider thom adwmirablo in tho facilition they offer to all for obtaluing an education, 14 14 not atranga that thoro should basame b= Joctionnblo fonturan to_tho system,—for, whon'| rogard is tnkon'mninly for good to_tho grontcat pumbor, thoro will always bo individuals who wilt bo' overlooked, Thero will bo horo and thora, in the gront mimbor of tonohors employed, ono whoso uttor Inck of sympathy unfits hor for {tho managomont of children londerly disciplined ac homo by loving admonition, but who would bo admirably fitted to_run n achool in a country district, whoro thero aro youn ntmngllmn thelr musclo on tho farm all summor, and go to achool in wintor on purposo to **lclt tho echool-marm,” X It to Lho community, rich and poor, X rogard tho common-achool Aystom aa most neatly por- foct, nnd childron cah noed no highor oduca- tional ndvantagoy, ¢ if thelr honlth holds out," than this affords, Removo this objoctionablo contingonoy, and but littlo is loft to bo do- sirod, Cuiciao, May 6,1873, 3 THE LOUISIANA DIFFICULTY. Stntements by tho Shoeriff of Grant ¥arlsh and the Postmastor of Cols fax. b 3 THE BRERIFE, Maj, J, I, Smith, commanding Nineteenth United States Tnfantry: . As tho duly claoted and logal Bhorift of this parleh I would make this atatemont, that you may judgo for yoursolf rolativo to the logality of tho action taken, I rocolved for Bhorlft tho largost numbor of votes, and ns such wag duly commisaloned hboth by Mosara. MoEnory and Rellogg. Provious to my oloction thore had beon bodies of riotous porsons in the conntry, who Liad no fenr of tho law, and who mnde fro- quont thrents of outlawry nud incondiarism. On tho 26th of March Inst, thoso porsons, both ‘white and colored, marohed in & body to the Court-Houso and thonco ojocted the logally eloctod and installed parish officors, mysolf amongst tho number. I at that timo ordered thom to disporse, but they fired upon mfimnlr and othors, compelling us to flen for our lives, I-nccordingly, soclng no othor course, procurcd from Judgo Rogan, the Palico Magiatrato, com- missioned by Kollogg, a warrant for the arrest of tho ringlondors, and with it, and o Doputy Qonstablo, procesded to Colfax, whero I arrived in {imo o' Jonrn_thot an_nesomblago of ponco- ablo citizons Lind beon brokon up and fired upon by tho rioters, Lvén thon X desired to make n compromiso and, beforo oxoouting tho warrant, rode up ane ondoavored to Fmsurvn penge, but was again fired upon, aund thrests made by tho riotors, Who #nid they would anyhow drink my blood. Scoing 10 courso then loft, I, at the ordor of tho Judgoe, summoncd a posse comitatus of citizons, both ‘whito nnd colored, and with theso (125 in num- bor) succeoded on Enstor Bunday in dispersing tho 260 riotors and prescrving pence. The war- xant for thoir arrest, and tho order, I still hold in my posacasion, I doemed that it was nocos- #ary o prosorve pesco ab-all hazards, and, thore: foro, I resorted to tho moagures takon. {ijy X0~ spactfully, 0. O. Nastr, Bhoriff. TITE TOSTMABTER. Y am o Natlonal Ropublican, and slways have beon ono. Iwas a mombor of the Republican Togislature from 1868 to 1872, and wag, and am now, » United Btates Postmastor at Colfax, Grant. Tarish, having supported Gen. Grant snd Gov. Kollogg in the Jast campaign. Provious to this I was & momber of tho Constitutional -Conven- tion in 1868, = I wne quictly pursuing my vocation as Pont- mastor at Colfax, and was told ropeatedly, from tho 6th of April, by the riotors, that I should ba killed, and on the 10th of April was compelied to lonvo, thoy stating that thoy wonld elioot mo if T stayed; unless I took np_arms, with thom. On the morning of the 10th I went up to roceive tho mail, and I was mot by an armed mob of negroos, who told mo to gét on'iny horse and leave, oleo would bo killod.” Thoy nlso throatoned tho lifo of my brother and a colored man named Buck McKinney; also Ralph Marcua. 1 then loft, and came to Aloxandria to recolvo instructions. T oxpocted o aca » Daputy Marshal, to prosorve peaco ; but finding none, X was told Dby Mr. Burla, tho mull contractor, to bring tho mail hero, which I did, I mado & roquisition on Daniol BLiaw, supposed to bo Acting Bheriff, as follows : : To D. W, Shaw, Sher{f of Grant Parish, La.: . Bin': T demand of you, fn tho namo of the Blate, protection for tho Posimaiter at Colfax, La,, and alio 10 protoct Goyernment property, Very respectfully, E, Cux, United Statea Postmastor, Mr. Shew Bout two moun, but a colored man named Leo Allen camo down and said Shaw bad no nuthority to do so, aud that ho way command- i.nf oflicor. . thon made a similar requisition on him ag commanding officer, in writing, tho same as tho above. Ho roplied tho Government property must take caro of itsolf, that ho wanted the mon himsolf, and took them away. This wag about the . Gth of April, and the threats wero mado aftor this, By object was to protect tho United States Government propcrt{. and I re- mained until my life was throatened. 8. B. Ooxy, ulteq States Pontmastor, Colfax, Grant Darisby Execulad at Alesandria, La,, Monday, April 27, 1873, A lottor in the New Orleans Picayunc on tho subject of the fight at Colfox, says: *‘Tha nogroes lost about 90 killed and 50 wounded. The whitos lost 8 killed and about 22 wounded.] —_—— . Madame Parcpa=Rosnin Egypte Fyom ths New York Tribune, May 2, A privato lotter from Madamo Paropa-Rosa to » friend in this city gives an. mmtosung aceount. of & visit to tho Indies of tho Khodive's harem, Ve woro obligad,” sho says, *like all ladios vigiting the haroms, to be dressod in gy colors, 88 thoy will not seo any one in black, nor do they like dark dreseos. We wero driven to the differ- ent palaces; butI will doscribe tho omo of Princosn Said. You drivo to tho door of tho outer court, and thero all of » row sit about sixtoonor oightecn ounuchs, drossed ke Luro- can gontlemen, but wearing red turbana on rhelr heads, with o at deal of jowelry, There i8 =n oavily waddod curtain of patchwork, most lovely, with n weight at tho ond ; that is lifted, and “you en- tor tho yard of the harom; then you pasa an- other thick curtain, and find yourself in n protty garden, with flowers and lots of orango trocs overpowering you with scent; this gardon, lead- ing to the staircaso of the houso, is filled with girls from 18 to 18 or 20—somo very lovely, othors vory ugly—drossed with n loose gown drawn in 6t the waist by & bolt of bright-colored cotton stuf?, and a sort of littlo turban on the head of different colored tarlotanes, very bright, with & flower atuck in tho front part of {t for tho slavos, and a boautiful joweled branch for the Indios, They lookedat us very curiously, and {lut their hands first to their lips, then to heir forehoads, a8 & wolcome. The room wo woro uehored into was about twico sa largo na Btoinway Hall, with a largo bird-oage in the middlo, divans ali_around, and looking-glassos, and two largo tablos. 'The slaves brought uaa lightod pipo onch, of two yards in lnu;i‘th, all the stem wronght in gold, sud the mouth-picco of o large pieco bf ambor, attached to the pipo by & great row of dismonds in o gold flat ring notting, Wo emoked the pipes, thoy reating on small silver salvers latd on the floor to provent tha carpet Immiu§. ‘Then thoybrought us coffeo in an exquisite little round cup without a handle, tho cup Vaing placed upon an agg-gup (uuck ns ono uses in England for boilot °g(fia) of filigras of gold, all studded with dis- monds.Tho adoptod daughtor of the Princoss sponks o littlo French, and was very nico fo us, Anothor Princoss, tho daughtor-in-law of the Khodive, speaka porfect ‘Fronch, and kopt mo a long timo talling. 8ho wne drossod in tho high- est Parisisn fushion, o charming givl of 14, just married a fow woolh ago to tho socond son of the Viceroy.” Just beforo lenving Cairo, Madame Ross had o romunrkablo bonoflt at tho opera-honso, of which wo cito an sccount : *“Tho bouefit was takon in hand by the bost Greok, English, and American rosidents hore, who ralsed o subgcription among themsolves to Nluminato tho theatro with wux candles, and buy up tho whole thontre for thoir own frionds, tho public having & poor chanco for Placos, and onorlnE any sum for sonta aud boxos, ‘Plioy ordored 240 bouquets, and In tho front of oach box wero placod tWo bn\l&uulu. and gonnots, in different languagos, printed on difforont col- ored papor. At the elovonth hour (twenty-four ‘hours boforo the performanco) Medini, the baa- g0, who was to have sunga Grook song, way tukon ill and could not sing, 8o I hnd to loam a song in QGrook, You may fancy my agony ot pronouncing a languago I”don't know, bub they all spy I did it vory woll, and the public noarly went mad ovor mo, 'Tho showerd of bouquots wore wondorful, ‘Two stago-clearors had to come and holp mo. Then I Lnd two lyres prosontel to mo, with & largo mugnfi!rnont gold Lgyptinn nocklaco and earrings, prosented by tho subsoribors, In fack, it wae an ovation on rogle, and I'was dolighted, s you may fancy, After tho opora tho English Cousul and family, tho Broadways, and sevoral othor Iadios and gontlomen, surprised mo at howmo, and & Mr, Johnnides, the hoad of tho Qroolis Loro, came to compliment me, Wo bad lots of chompagno and supper, and I novor b Iaughed so much’ in my lifo, Ihave Lad since tho benofit another pair of ear-rivgs, and & look- ot In tho shapo of & Maltese crosy, with gold aud white uxmme}, and a 'Tarkish gilk opora handkor- chiof, all woven in silyer, gold, and differont nukuI + slao & mognificont fon of ostrioh foath- ora,” dragoons who [ Ny THE COURTS. Action Agalnst a Railroad for Breach +of Contract, i Story of a Man Who Desires to Throw 0ff 1he Yoko of Wedlock. Bankruptey Matters--~Orhminal Court Items. Henry 0. Kloinschm!dt, & much abused bono- dict, after throo yoars married 1ifo longs, for tho qulats of becholorhood, and filos hia bill for di- vorco, Complainnut states that ho was married in July, 1870,t0 Mary Jano Maddock, and that for » yonr subsoquently she reciprocated his tendor and effectionnto trentment, At tho expiration of tho yoar, howavar, he found that a rival was aupplanting him in Mary Jano's affectlons, in tho shapo of intoxicating liquor to whosouso sho had bocome addicted ; that whilo under the influenco of liquor sho firat upbraideq, thon scolded, then abused, thon black-guarded, and, finally, struck him, going on 1n tho asconding scalo until her drunkon rage found vent In breaking tho houso windowa and tho household crockery, smashing complainnut's skull with a hickory stick ; then ent niz him with a knife, then with n hatchet, and w mfl% up by prnmlsluq to shoot him, Tho othor day Mary 3. broke tho kitchon-stove with o sledge-hammor, smashed a lamp, and diatributed tho gloss sud fron fragments upon the streot tbrnu]gh an unopened windoy, aftor all of which complainant thinka that marrled 1ifo, if oxolting, has its littlo drawbacks, and that tho solitudo of singlo lifo must hove charmsji whoreforo ho s for & divorco from Mary Jeno, and mon- fons with spocial unction in hia declaration that thore are no progony of thoir marriago. AN OBNOXIOUS TENANT. Barsh E. Coming files n bill in the Clronit Court against ono Jamos B, Grass, _Complain~ ant ayors that sho owns o threo-story brick houso and lot on Michigan avenuo ; that tho walls of said houso have beon weakoned by the building of ahouso noxt door, the walls -of which have boon sot doeper than thoso of complainant's louso; that James E. Grass, who shares tha house with plaintiff, on tho 23d of April, cut a door through ono of tho walls, \vhicE g0 mate- tinlly woakenod it that it threatons collapso at nn’{ momont, buln%nppnmuuy a8 dangorous s & Traendoll truss bridgo; that complainant, in fear of a catastropho, got somo workmen to Drick ug tho aperture Graes had [i:ntultounly,nnd without any permission, made; but that ho or~ derod thom off, and would nob lot thom fill up tho opening, wheroforo complainant, foaring o collapgo of hor house and the dostruction of all that theroin is,asks for an injunction restraining Grnss from intimidating complainant’s workmen, and causing him to anewer for his conduct in the | & mattor, 5 ACTION FOR BIEAGH OF CONTRAOT. The caso of Josinh H. Bleacll v. The Chicago & Michigan Lukoe Soro Railway Company was triod in Judgo Booth’s Court Juatexdny. Tho naction was brought by plaintiff on an alleged bronch of contract on part of defendants, Im- mediately after tho fire Bissell bogan purchsing brick in various parts of tho State, and amon, other purchases was ono of 500,000 briclcat annfi Rapids, This tho Chicago & Michigan Lnko Shora Railroad Company, at Grand Rapids, plain- 4 nlloged, ngrocd to bring to Chicngo ot a rato oI, $30 por car of 6,000 brick. T'inally tho Rail- road Company only londed 5,000 brick on the oar, end charged $2 por car for unlonding. Thia i crongo in chirgo swopt off all profit in tho trana- nction, and plaintift decided not to ship the balance, Dofondauts, on the other hand, dony tlint tho contract was of tho naturo alloged by plaintiff, and algo deny the poworof the agont of tho Company at Grand Rapids to make such n contract, Tho case wont to the jury, who, by ; rtnnmuul, woro allowed to deliver a sealod vor- ct. DEAD OR ALIVE ? WHIOW ? Mary A. Boymour flles hor bill for divorce against Lor husband Willliam W, whom she ac- cusos of bolug an habitual drunkard, who has sovoral times'suffered from attacks of delirfum tromons, and of reponted cruclty to hor, Com- plainant avers that twwo childron wero the result of thoir union, one of which died when it was s fowr hours old, whilo tho other, in January, 1864, wont with its father to Europe, and the father, returning alono, sasortod that it had died in Goneva, Italy, in the month of August of the samo yoor., That complainant doubts tho vo- racity of this statomont is apparent from her stating that ‘*she doca not know swhother the othor child is dead oralive,” This little domes- tie mynlur‘\; will rwbnblylm cleared up in tho courao of the trial. DANKRUPTOY MATTERS, In tho mattor of Hubort Potit, a bankrupt, upon tho application of Auguat Bulle aud Rober . Jenkins, Aseigneo, aud 1t apperring that said Bullo was owner of four past-duo promissory notes, smounting in all to $4,160 and interost, socured by a trust deod on Lots 13 and 16 in Block No. 1'in Van Moter, Lindsay, Newton, and Dacon's Addition to tho Original Town of Kon- kakoo, and that the proporty is worth less than tho notes socured, it was ordered by the Court that Harrison Loring, Trusteo in said doed, bo ‘pormitted to soll such proporty: In the mattor of the Commorcial Insurance COompany, the account of Hutchinson & Luft was filed, and order was onterad that the Assignoo pay them 350,25 attornoy's foos and disbursements. In the mattor of Munn, Norton & Beott, bank- rumpts, G, D. Lincoln aud J. P. MoGrogor roprosont that o part of tho cetate lias como into thoir hands, consisting of Lot 4 in Block 13 of orig~ inal Town of Chicago, on which, togethor with an adjoining lot, thero is o mortgage of 825,000, Tha Col,, C. & Ind, Railrond Company have taken said lot for usc of tho road, and aro willing to pay £20,000 on nccount, and thoe balauco ag s0on 88 it {8 ascortained in condemnation pro- ceodings, In considoration of which roprowont- ation, the Court ordorod thnt tho Assigness bo permittod to recolve tho $20,000 from tho rail- rond company for tho aaid proporty, and to pay 1t over to the holdor of tho mnrzgagu thoroon, On the potition of Goorge W. Campbell, Assig- noo of tho estato of Nathan Fostor and Georgo Rosonthal, bavkrupts, was ordered to soll o atock of dry goods, invoicad by tho Marehsl at ©5,855, for which ho has an offer of £2,600, which {s, under the circumstances, a fair ono, oy it is moro than could be obiained at publio auc- tion. CRIMINAY, COURT ITEMS, Bamuel Malcolm oponed business in this Conrk yestorday byeplonding gnilty to driving off with & borao bolonging to a Mr. Burnliam. Poter Boglers, with a porsoverance #nd porti~ nacity worthy of a noblor causo, continued to supply sour mash to s notorious drunkard aftor having beou adntonished not to do so. Btato's- Attoruey Roed’s efforts for a conviction waro ably secondod by BL, O, Kelly, the Temporance Buroau, The {ury could not “agroo on & verdict, 80 tho caso will hiave to bo tried over again. Xonry Guenther, a Gormau, who was sont by Banyon to tho County Jail for Ym"ff hin board- bill with a forged chock, waa rolensed yostorday on roprosontation that his stato of health would not pormit of longor conflaemont, _ Michnel Scanott was charged with stoaling a watch and chain. James Mullins, n horse-car conduotor, tho principa} witnoss, tostifid thab on tho 17th day of Maroh Inst, 8F. Patrick's, ko was at o ball at Burlington Hall, together with ono Nellio Munson, and, while talking to hor, Bearrott smatched lis walch and ohain, and ran, Mullivs caught him, and together they rolled through one quadrille and foll down iu the mid- dlo of another, Beanott was finally socured, and tho jury decidod that & yonr's Ponitontiary sliould bo the requital of his erime, A nolle rrmmqul waa entered in tho onso of McConnelly ot al. Throo more grand jurors woro obtained. yos- torday, making fourtoon in all, TUE COURTS IN PRIEF—NEW BUITS, ET0. In Judgo Qary's Court the groator part of fhe dny was oceupled with divorco casos, quito o numbor of which wero attendod to. % In Judge Portor's Conrt the case of LiBorgo v. R. B, Manufacturing Company was disposed of by shacdy trial, wid s vordict euderad for tho plaintift with £657.68 damagos, Tho eage of Clapp v. Lamar Insurance Com- pauy was submittod to Judge Portor, who decid- w0 In favor of plaintiff with $42¢ damagos, Tho law firm of Tonneys, Flowor & Abercrom- blo filed & precipo yestorday, in tho SBuperior Court, against tho Bocioty of the First Baptist Church of Chicago. Thoy are noHnE in tho mat- tor on behalf of ‘partios in Now York who Lold n noto of about 1,000 of tho Soolety, givon to the Building Gommittes to aid in tho construction of tho Y'wonty-fifth Stroot Clurch, The firm of Kingman, Klein & Co, file an afii- davit for nttachmont, in the Oiroult Court, againet 11, O, Babcook, to rocover the amount of 512,50, due thom on cortain grain transactiony which thoy effoctod for him in Burol Jast, D, Hermau Lomer, T, W. Holnneman, and Aloxauder Wolls, ask, In the Oircult Court, for & writ of attachmout for $2,600 againet Laward, Josoph, Thomay, and Daniol Willotts, of New York, on account of tho falluro-of the latter par- tles to deliyer complainants & lot of erookery- .wifo to the Obicago & Northwestorn Rallroad O waro as_contenotod for. _0,888—Potorson vi Thiomas Rook and Alook E. Johnson j assumpsit, 81,200, i X Wiliiam 1., Southworth ' asks, in the Ciroutt Couirt, for a writ of attachment for $220 againat Patlok Reynolds, Ho lonned Partriclk that amount of mouey, and as the Iattor has severat timea Iatoly lxrmnan(‘l nnntention of loaving tho Btate, complninant wished to bavo the dobb sottled boforehand. Cathorine Theresas McCourt filos hor bill, in the Oirouit Gourt, for nn Injunction restralning John Knaub and Willam Dolan from raising & certain houso lylniflgou tha wost ond of Lot 54, Bloglk 14, Broud's Addition to Ohicago. Tho enso of l’rougor v. Heott, tried in Judgo Togera' Coutt, an action for recovery of damagos for cleaning out plaintifi's houeo, wont in favor of plaintift, the jury returning s vordlot in his fayor of 8600 damagos. Tho caso of Whito v. Stovens was concludod in Judgo Booth's Court, resulting in & verdiot fof plaintifl, with 1 cent damages. In tho oago of Bloomor, Jr., v. MeGuiroe, tho Court hoard the evidence aud.assossod plainti's damages ot $142,10, NEW SUITS, Tnm_Suranton Count,—43,208—Marcellus IT,, rollus V,, and Flondon D, P Au- itta v, Joseph L. Pltt 4t bill, 43,200—Nathan Boothby v, Iate firm of E, W, Colaman &'Co. { mowumpat, 3300, "40,207-Oheriss isoher v. Potor Nouetal, s ' assumpsit, $1,000, 43,298—NMosca Yard, Alart 0..Bond, and Honry E, Turhor v, The acte [ .o to Firat Lagtlat Oburol of Clitcagd sumpsit, $1,600, 3,209—Charloa Wanthe ot al, v, Avugust "Wallbaum, John_Willard, John Wolzor, and Willim BchogfTer | petition to_supply rocord, 10,100 —Mary A, v, Willlam W, Seymour; dlvorce on of crucliy, 43,001—Angust v. Mary Wilkiolm ; divorco on ground of adultery and desertion, 43,802—Tohanna Potorson v, Binger Manufscturing CGompany s apposl, T OIRQUIT CounT.—0,821—Appeal. - 0,83d—Jomen Frazor v. Ldward 0, Wallor ; amumpslt, 8390, 0,833 ~Saral I, Corning v, Jomos 12, Groas. 8,324—Algor- non A, Ohaso ot al. v, Dillard Ricketls ond_Obarlos Durke Bimmons; restorod cass. 0,825—MHenry O, Kiclnechimidt v, dary J, Riotnsohmidt; aivores, on ground of cruslty, 6,826-~John Geary v, Willlam Ga- Von§' treapass, $3,00, 0,8%7—Joffaraon Kingman ot al, v. I, O. Bnbeock; attachmont, $512.60, 0,828— Chariea J, EQdy v, John T, Mullon } assumpait,’ $500, 080—Appeal, 6,800~ William B, Gould " ot al. mpsit, ORA) T Suomge B Walkors s 3 6,831—Bullatin Printing Gompany v. Loonard W, Volk; orman Lomor ot al. v. E. & J ITIEA o o aTiachmsmnt. for 43800 oits & Co.; sttachmont for $3,500, G833—Tot Deloraon v, Fiiomman stocth and Ao - ol he gumpatt, 41200, 0,83—Appeal. " 0,833-Willa T. ‘Tatrick Toynolds ; attachment, $225. S0 S Catlrine fuocas ateCourt v olan; o e o wm on for injuno: e llzgonbaL ‘tustoenof tho Quinn O AZRican - Mephodiat Batacopa Ohuroh o pajeaperel Gynthis, Colby; Louiss, and Honry 8, Sherman, and Doyd & Gallup*; potition to eatablizh nnd contirnt titlo to, 3 of Lot B, in Amos Twitcholl's Bubaivision of Block 129, in Bchool Baction Addition to Glifcago, 70— Graco I, Gregory v. Fredorick Ricliards ; petition to ostablisli and bontr Blo to tho N, Wa & of 8. B, i of Boc, 1in T, 39 N, R, 13 E, of third. Pflu%l‘pnl Merldian, oxcepling u atrip of isnd 100 feot wido taken from oast - #ido of enid tract, conveyed by Froderick Rickards aud o~ paus, Ti—James dlulvey v, Georga F, Leo ot al, md all whom it may’ concems” pelition 3 confirm titlo fo ot part of tho N. E. % of 800,23, In T, 98, N. R, 14, 0, of 3 P, M,, wlich fa boundad by beginning at a polnt on thie o lina of said 3 Bec,, which 81,815 foot 8, of thon, o, corner of said ¢ oo thonce w. Daralel to tho n, lino f tho suld ¢ 00, 10/t 0, i of the right of way of IO, R &, nid o, lino heing 100 feot'o, from the contro track of fald raflrond, os ortginally ocatad sud establatiod thouco s, w. along sald: o. line of aaid right of way to #. lino of eafd i( Beo,; theoco c. along anid e, line of 6ald 3¢ Sec, to's, o, cornor thoradf, and thouce 1, nlong o 1lno of eald 1 Soo. n distanco’ of B34 foot, moro or Iess, o tho place of beglnning. s —_—_——— SIIE PREFERRED MICKEY, fdow the Armory Captain Won Away Cashen’s Wifo==IRuthless Curtails mont of o Honeymoon. An oxcoedingly interosting, notto say oxocit~ ing, habens corpus caso camo up befora Judge TRogera yeatorday nftornoon. The caso, techucally tormod, was tho Paoplo ox relationo David Cashon v. Oapt. Michaol O, Hickoy. Tho plnintiff in thio caso ig, or was but a fow daya since, & bride- groom, and tho object of his nppenranco boforo tho Court was to obtain from it a writ of haboas corpus, by which Capt. Hickey, of tho Armory, where *the amplo Banyon, with strict im- portinlity showers down flnes, imprisonments, and tho bonds of matrimony, might be mado de- livor to him his bride of a few days elnco, Tho wifo was in court, o vory modest, rather protty child, who scemed quito put out at the unusual atic sho was creating, Tho story to which the progont trini is a sequol has alroady boen related in Tne Trinuxe; but asa few additional par- ticu!ars have been glosned in connection with the cago, n briof rosume will prove interesting. Tho applicant, David Cashen, two yoars since wont gn live st the boarding-houso of a Mrs, Lootard, whore Lo formed tho acquaint- anco of his presont wifo, who was then but 12 yonra of mgd. Whother he proposed marriago to her or not docs not appoar, but Lily was sont to a convent near ‘loronto, Cano~ da, snd on her mtm—niugfA Iatoly, tho constant Cashon, it is ullugad, for tho purposo of obtnin- ing possoasion of her l‘nfl.ximony. immediatoly sought hor out, and finding bor, proposed tho subject of matrimony. After *buzzing * round a littlo, ho gainod tho child's cooaent, and the pair cloped ; Cashon procured a licenso by dint of porjury,—swearing that Lily = waa over 18 7years of age,—and the pro- digions Banyon, whose ox] orionco of ~tho sex {8 80 slight that he cannot tell the differenco botweon a obild of 14 and & woman of 18, marriod thom ; and thoy doparted on their honeymoon. This was destined to bs ‘of short duration, ra aftor ono or two daya spont in tbe purauit of Hymon's ploasuras, Cashen wns srroated on the olinrgo of perjury aud LU£ way dotsined for safe keoping, Liborated on bail, Oashon learnod that his Lily was pining in tho Armory, and mado tho application for habeas corpus, which his coungol, Mr, Myors, prousod with cousldorablo onorgy, On tho quostion being put to Ler by o Qourt as to whether_she’wonld go back to hor husband, sho roplied thal she would sooner ro- main with Capt. Hickoy, o graceful complimont which tho_ gallant Oaptain acknowledged by wroathing his faca with smiles, and enriching it with blusfics. ‘Tho counsol for the relator seid that i€ sho praferred tho Captain to hor husband of courso sfio might do a8 alio lilad, upon whick tho Oourt dismivsed the application, SUBURBAN, EVANATON. Tho Ladies' Homo- Miesionary Bocloty of tho Congrogational’ Church will hold fta rogular monthly meeting thia sttornoon. Miss Ilollis- tor, & roturned missionary to Turkey, will bo, present and take part in tho exorciss. Mies Hollister is not & missfonary from Turkey, 886 cortain papor has announcod. i Dr. David H. Wheetor, of the Northwostorn University, tho author of *Brigandage in Italy,” Lo taken upon himself the additional tnsk of proaching twico on the Sabbaih at Rockford. Tho genial Doctor is a hard worker, as an onumeration of hia duties shows. Ifo is now giving instruction in Rhotorfo, English Lit- oraturo, International Law, and lLvidonecos of Christianity. Ho also wriles for tha Lakesids Monthly, the Christian Adyocale, and other journals, und is supposed to bo at work upon o Scienco of Bocialogy, specimen bricks of swhich Linve beon shown In'tho Evanston Pilo- gophicalAusociation, ‘Tho many frionds of Mrs. Whooler will bo glad to loarn that sho ls improv- ing In Lealtl. BOUTIT EVANSTON, Tho Truatoos of this suburb met on Monday night last, Prosidont J. B. Adams in tho chair, ‘Tho minutes of_tho last moecting bn(n? disposod of, the Board adopted rulos and rogulntions for thoir futuro govornment. Mr, Collins Shackol- ford was nppointod ‘Froasurer of ‘the village, Tba[muowmg commlittees were appoluted by tho Chair:e nance—T, T, Wataon, N, Morper, 8, Goodenoy, flxl?cn{nry—l. N, DidicF, A, E. Warran, T, II, Wat- fou. ng‘ubtliph!alu ard Streetsa—8, Goodenow, A, E, War- ron, J. N, Didier, Warren, Keeney & Co,, sold recently 1,700 front feot of landin tho southern partof tho villago to Dr, Alvin O, Dartlott, tor 842,000, boing 230 por front foot. Tlhio Catholics aro talking of building a catho- drnl on tho West Ridgoe, and will hold u meoting ontho 16th inet. fortho discussion of the pro- Joot. The Parson Explains nnd Defonds s Vote on the Salary Steal, KnoxviLve, April 25, 187, Tothe Editor of the Cincinnati Conmiercial: Tho Nashville Banner gives tho Cincinnatl Commercial 88 suthority for the statomont that I “hositated for somo wooks, but finally took tho ‘baclk pay ' money, ot the same timo ouraing tho poverty, protractad illnass, and big doctors’ bills that forcod me to do it." Au I voted ovory timo the riuen(lon came up in favor of tho much-denounced increaso of salary, I am eurprisod to seo tho siatomont coplo above, I took tha incrensed componsation choor- fuily and without hesitation, not bocaueo of poy- orty (though I am not rleh), but bocauso the in- croaso provided for is just and right in itself, I could have dodgod the vote, ne members both Housos of Qongross did, and moro caslly than athors, for it wnslato at night whon it was taken, and In'the condition of my health I wns not ox- -pooted to bo in my sent, I.\u:.l : Yru{armd hoing on rocord in favor of it, thony onough to pass tho bill without my vate. I had twwo reasons for voting for this bill ¢ Tirat—All my 1ifo T hnve heon an_advocata of largo alarios for public offices, sud_of conpo- tont, honeat, and orthodox mon to fll them, X balleye it economy in the Btato to Lavo suoch mon in ofice, and to pay thom liberal COINPONRR= tion. Whilo I was Governor of this Stato the Leglalaturo,-on my rocommendation, increasod tho salarios of nearly svory important offico in the 8tats, At the time the Democracy, who woro tho ‘' outs,"” grontly abused mo_for Y{, but thay have had control of the Bfalo Governmont in ‘all jta branches for four yonts, and in no single instance have thoy roduced tho enlary of any officer. I have no doubt ihat ninc-tenths of. thogo who have do- nounced what thoy torm tho * aalary-stenl,” would havo voted for the incronsed compensn- tion b they boon members of Congross. Tho donunciation of it is almost oxclusively a spo- oies of demagogism and an attompt to hood- wink tho * dear pooplo,” for which I havo & st~ knowjthoro yore - prome contompt. Bfy socond roason for supporting tha bill was that I conaldored m; aorvh?ol; to E‘nuncnuuu and tho country worth $10,000 por annum. As edis tor and propriotor of the Rnoxvillo Whig, I had long bosn acountomad to an incomo of, $10,000 & year. I felt whilo an editor that I oarned my wagan, and I think that my labor is worth aa much as Senator a8 it wad as editor, And I now think that I am doing o libornl part by the conntry in consonting to sorvo it at tho salary of $7,600, Very rospectfully W. G, Browxrow, — —— RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Tho Smash=Up on tho Grand Trunks From (Re Bontreal Witness, May 3, Abont 5} o'clock this morning, ns tho Port- Iand oxpross on tho Grand Trunf Railrond was Eunlng tho twonty-soventh mile-post, nenr oixante, tho threo lsst cars—a Pullman and two othors—loft tho track by maans of a dofact- ivo ratl, beoamo dotachod from tho rest of tho train, and rolled down an embankment forty foot high, ’I'lm“rnncn;;fim within nocossaril; sustainod droadful {njurios ; thirty-two wounde {nmonn camo into Montreal by tho portion of ho train left on_ the track; somo woroe loft at 8t Hyscintho and moro st Boleil, Sovoral wera frighffully injured, as wo are informed by n passenger, who says thoy were promised sur~ goous whon ihoy got near town, but nelther at t. Lamborts, Doiut 8t. Charles, nor tho station wan any aurgfcnl attondanco at_ hand. Most of tho pnssongers seomed to bo Amoricans, Tho Pullman-car portor eays : ‘¢ This morning nbout 5:30° I was in tho wash- room, the traln_then_goldg sbout twenty-five miles an hour. Wans handing a towel outto o lady, when I folt tho car go bump, bump, I 8ang ont * Wo're off the track, ma'am,’ and in & gecond the car rolled over and over. I grabhed the curtain-rods sbovoe and hung on, At Inst the car stoppad rolling, and came right side nfl. Isprang out, not much hurt, but dizzy. Tho passengora wero all tangled up inside. "I belpod them out. One man was hurt badly, The accident way coused, I think, by a freight train golng aloug boforo, aud, by borio moans, cutting off the boita in tho fish-ties. Tho rails then apread. Tho firat-claga car nearest the Pullman wasn’t brokon up much, and lay on its side, The othor was a totel smash, and lay in twopieces ; - the poopla crawled out of tho windows bruise and bloody, Wostoppod nbout an hour to got thom ban n‘FEdu and comfortablo, and loft fox tho cif Wao rollea down o bank over thirty “u: high, and it was tho biggost tumbling I ovor ot ‘Wo have been supplied with additfonal partic- ulars_concornigg the accident by tho Rov, Mr. McOallum. Mr. MeCallum himsolf did not os- cnpo withiout sevoral cuts and bruises about the hoad and arms. Dean Black was _ono of those soriously burt. ILlo was wounded about tha hoad, and foared that sovoral riby woro brokon. Tho mail conductor Lad his arm broken, Thera wero about forty persons in the threo cars, only hnlf of whom estapod without bruises; among those unhurt was o whole family of oight por- sons, In tho Pullman car was o family conuist- ing of a mothor, grandmother, and two childron, who woro unhurt, There were soveral nar- TOW CACAPCA. fi\ ymmfi married couplo had just boforo tho ~accidont providontially got up and gone to look out, and on their return thoy found that the rail had gone through their bed, ~ Another man by having gono inl the smoking car escaped the accident. There ‘wag shown a epirit of mutual helpfulucss; those only slightly injurcd assiatiog the most sorious- 1y hurt, 8o that all woro got in tho {rain and camo on safoly to Blontronl, oxcopt one gentle- man whoromained at 8t, Hilaire, Mr. Mcgdhun had little to add concorning tho cause of the accl~ dent. ¥o wae at first doubtful, but observation fully confirmed it. Ho supposes tbat for a mile or moro there had boon a cer off tho track dragged along, and nd thus taken away oll tha outgjde support of tho rail. The train to which this car belonged precaded them only_about ilf~ toon minutes ; surpriso is oxprossod that tho in- jury to tho rails was not observed. Thore might have beon no time to notify the approach- ing train of the dangor, “Mr. G, H, Greoley, of Boston, Mass,, was {n tho Pullman, and ik imdlg cut and_buried about thologa, Hoisat tho Bt Lawronco Hall. Ha had a narrow escape from boing burned to death, ‘a8 the atavo fell upon him aad eet his clothes on fird. o strupglod desperately, Lowover, and closred himsolf, attor being buried undor tho conls, &c. QGetling through a window, ho res- cuod omo littlo ohlldron who woro within the car. Tho condition of somo of tho passengors wag pitiable, ono lady in dolicato health suffor- ing much. S omo unhnol-bfis ‘were on hoard, and they wore knockoed about like hundballs, but es- capod aluost uninjured. .A Sickoning Story From the Postoills (Winneshiek Co,, Ja.) Revfets, In Washington township resides a man by the namo of Wurzer, who is tho owner of n largo, well-improved farm, with a two-story house, In one cornor of Lho house, in the up;ar story, is o littlo dan, 8x10, in which is o box 3 foot 6 inchea in length, and 24 inches wido. Thora i8 nothing elso in tho room but dirt and o fow rags. A live ing human being hos Iain in that Doa for more {han fifteen yoars—n girl 20 years of ago, tho daughier of Wur- zor, His noighbors know ho lhad o daughtor, but, when asked * what liad become of hier," lio would give nome ovasivo roply. Last wook ono of his neighbors made information that sho belioved the girl was notb rocoiving proper treatment, and sho had heard sobs an moaning, which she supposcd came from tho girl, Slierift thompsom, from whom wo learn Tho facts, found the girl lying on hor olbows and knoes upon o littlo straw in the box. Sho bad nothing on_ bLer person whatever but a picco of dirly blanket, mot fit to’ cover B horso, ncross her shoulders. Tor hoad and hands wero as emall as thoso of & child 10 yoars old. Ior hair s cut short, Of courso sho was in_sn idlotic condition. Sho se- tually ate hor own offalin tho prosence of the Shoriff, thus showing that sho was not suffi- ciently'fod, Slio was cripplod go that eho could not stand up etraight, 'The placo was so filthy, tho air go foul, and the wholo seono 8o sicken= ing, that tho Bhorif¥ could romain in the houss ouly long enough to make the proper orders for tho future cars of tho wrotched boing who for moro than fiftcen yours hug boen confined in that earthly hell. = ‘The fathor makes but little oxcues for not taking bottor caro of har, saying that ho conld not bo with lor all the tinme. * Ho has been liv- ing with Ins second wifo ten yeara. —_— The Farmers of Vormilion County, 111, At tho mooting of farmers of Vormilion Qounty, at Danvillo, May 1, tho following rosos lutions woro adopted. (in addition to thoso for- warded to us by tolograph) : Jeaulved, That chartered zionopolies, not regulatod or controllod Ly law, huve proved duirimental to pube o prasperity aul to republican institutions, Tiesofted, That wo boliove that tho Biate did not and. could not confer any of its soverclgn power upon any carporation, and that now fa thio most favorablo timo to sottlo tha'queation, &0 that it may nover bareaftor bo misunderatood, that & tato cannot croato o ¢orpos ration that it canniot thoreatior control, Resolved, That, i view of the prosent extortions, wo look with alatm upon tho futura of an infercst which can combino n {lo hands of a few mion o capt= tal of nearly $250,000,000 in our Blate, and of 4,000, 000,000 In tho Unlon, aud w baliovo ft essontlal £0 (tia ‘proapority of all classes that tho contest continno un= i1 thicso corporations acknowledgo tho bupremacy of 1ho law. An Importunt Invention, From the Philadelphic Press, A Pitteburgh flrm—Mcsers Rogors & Burch- flold—clnim to havo diecovered s proceus by which they can mako the famous Russlan shoot iron. 'I'ho lattor ia made in RBiberia by n secrot procoss, which no other nationhng bithorto boon able to obtain, The British Govornment ling offored $560,000 for its discovery, but even tho stimulus of that largo sum hns tailod to nohiova the result, Amorlcan ontorprlsa snd ingonuit: havo accomplished it, and Pittsburgh, it is said, can now furnish all common markots with Itnse slan sheot fron at oven lowor prices than the Rugstang themsolves, The procoss” has beon patentod. ——— ~—A Rlochester woman worked thres hours to throw tho freshiot out of tho window a4 fant ag it clm‘? innab tho door, but finally xave up In dis~ gus