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

—_— N 20Ny Tho Hilvaukeo & St. Paul Railrond Ro- . _fuso_tho St. Croix Tnpd-Grant, ‘Ofli&nl .Lotier of the Company to . Govi " Whslibrn. d , | rIndignant;)Comments. of ..the : ¢ Tupon tho terms proposed, i Press i v i et : f | Extra_Session of the Legislature 4 Demanded: . *Erom the Madison (W(l.)‘lnlu_‘vl&l,‘ May 16, " “fihg- followlngz' copy” of a-oonununication ro- ‘calvod at the “Executivo offico to-dny Lea boon furhishod us: \NAGRIV'A OPFICE, i u‘""fi:‘nfi":\rm DMay 14, 1673, % e Bxcelioncy, C. €, Washburn, Governior of Wis- consin: S i t Tho act of tho Leglelaturoof. Wisconsin of 17th o Bireh f5Ta, conforting fho. so-gallod Bt Orolx Land-rast upon lils Company, Lot beon duly “oon- #idered by tho Bosrd of Dircotor¥, nt A mocting To- oty hold fo New York, and [, drooted i tuform 03¢ o Ry tonosed, for tho followlig, smong 73 ih moction. of an act of Congress, ap- o o] Foas, 1455, ohilied * An agk granting phblie mds (o the Klata ot leconstyy &0y ihiot providos o ke o Lako Buporlor, It 1o providod. tlsty MrwAURER & BT, PATL nAleu,} ¢ ¥l roads atonot comploted within ton yesra, 1o ¢ further sales shall bo roado, " Foort 1o tho Unitod States.” and tho landa unsol ¥ gl X n of hor act of Congress, AD-. N D T fanas o aid {n tho construction of corlalnl IRITORGR T tho Btate of Wisconsiu,” it is provided “‘ll a n‘ Y ‘Sxed and limitod for tho go!;:gloflml :‘lmntlh roads in | of Juno 3, 1850, thiu not,” . S i S S 10 tho Land-Grant, which tbo nk'l' of tho 17th of Blarch ropotes to confer upon thfs Cotnpany, and by tho Jorma ot .tha provistons aboya quoted, tho road nat Davirg boen completed, tho Tmids liavo reverted to the U that the Clrcult Court of tho Ulted Sintag " for tio Btato of Minnoaota, in Juno laat, In the cascs of n v, Bcbulouborg tho Bima v, Behiow, an S e logal titlo o [lio lands . (embraced fn (o Tan d-Grant) was in {ho $tato of Wixconsin, antil other. L e e, iher by @ deereeaf tha’ Court, or by an aet of Congress. i A "Shuso udgmonts Livo been appealod frora, and tho . ! uppeals re now pending in tho Supromo Couirt of the- fnitod Btates st Waslingtion, e I tho judgment of tho Clrcult Court should bo a frmed, tho i1 of tha Blato would undoubtod} ‘perfoct, but othorwso an act of Cougross would ' bo Teceasary, which might bo difficult to obtain, with tho feeling 10w provadling sgainst tho making of further- Inud-grants by Congross, It fa well known {hat wo ‘unsuccessful ablempls Lave already boon mado £3 0x- tend tho time for the completing of this road, snd it i thor olforts wowld meot 10 to prosumo that any. wifh the samo {11 success. Until a favorable judgmont is rendored by the Su- promo Court, or an ot bo passed by Congross fuither Extending thib timo for tho complotion of 'thio_road, 8o Hreut a doubt will rest upon tho title, thattho Directors joem {t fmposaible ta obtain tho nocossary..means to complote the road, n additton to tho above, tho Diroctors aro informed, unofficlally, that nelther tho Secretary of tho Interior, nor the Attorney-General sgreo with the Circuit Qourt, but both hold that the titls to the lands sin tho United Btates, and not in tho Btate of Wiscousin, and that Dotls theso oflicors will be governed by. thelr view of thie law, until othorwiso dotormined by tho Buprome outt., 5 1t 18 bolleved that tho Dopartmont of tho Interloria- only delorrad from resuming the grant out of cours fes5 to the Ciroult Court, over which,nt {ho trial of tho cagcs it 0.0 referrad to, ouo of tho Jhaticea of tho Su- prome Court presided, : | _Thieso views Of tle Secrelary of ho Intorlor and tho Attorney-General, ud the fact that anappeal bad Doon taken I tiieso capen, wero uot known till aftex g najourament of (o Laghalstiro, gret {lat we caniot nccopt tho grant, for - ie e - whiich wo labored In good faith, and hoped, untlt re- Cently, that wo would feel warranted in necopting, . '1f héreattor, elthier by ow act of Congresa o tio do- termination 6f tho Supreme Cort, tha Utlo of tho 6 0 theso lands hould bo confivmod, we wuuld bo Silfing {0 Accopt tho grout, n ressopuble timo being allowed to comyplote tho ‘your abedient aurvant, Toad. Very resnoctfully, Aves. Mrrourey, Prestdent M, & 8t P, Ky Tho dooument contalns a goodly numbor of wards, but vory little substanco, It moy bovory Lriofly summod up, as follows: Tho timo pre- | seribed in tho aotw of .Congrass granting lands - for tho building of & railroad from the 8t, Croix Rivor to Lake Buporior has oxpired; Cougross . hos deolined to rencw the graut and oxtoud tho timo; the doclsion of Justice Biller, in tho . United Btates Circuit Court for Ainnesots, iy ——tlio tho ground on which the Stato batou its titlo to rmdu in question; that decision has boon wppeslod. from to the Unitod Btatos Bupromo * Court; it 48 surmised that the United Htatos:| - Becrol of tho Interior and Attornoy-Genoral Jove a differant opinion on tho titlo o tho lunds from Judge Millor; tho State's Litlo to tho landa Deing thus olouded, the Company do not rogard it good cnough to baso the building of s rallroad upon. "Il those things wora as tmo when the Com- pany made such desporato offorts to soouro the ferant from tho lnut Logislature, s thoy aro now. f'o 1o exouso for ko enrnostly ssking that, o £ow wecks ago, tho accoptanco of which in do- clined, in ignoranop that an appesl Lind boon taken from the decision of the Circuit Court to tho United Slates Supromo Coutt, and that tho Unitod Statos lnnd nud Jaw officors questioned tiso velidity of tho Stalo’s - titlo. That is alto- cathor © oo thin" un oxcuno, - Gov, Washburn, 1 bis annunl monaago, v referring to this sub- Joct, roforved to tho ' declsion of Judge Miller, aud’said : The cascs woro appealed to the Bupreme Court of tho United States, ond 3t 18 hoped that & fiual decision may bo rosched atan ontly day, In {he meantmo, 8 siwilar question haa been declded by that - Qourt uito racently, involving the rl?h‘lul tho Cherokeo Indians to landy thet wero claimed to-havo been forfoited, whieh declelon seems to settle tho question of the 8t Croix & Lako Superlor grantin favor of the Biate, und should no declsion in our caso Lo obtilned beforo your ml{.ourmm‘n‘, T think that it will bo safo toas- Fume ihat thoe linds belong to tho Slate, aud mako such disposition in regard to them os will " insure the +* building of tho road, . ponding bofore Tho fact of this nppoal was pafoctly woll Kno do o well-informed peoplo who bad {sou tho subjact auy attontion, and if tho at- Fornoys of tho Milwaukee & 8, Paul Ruilroad Compnny did fiot call tho attontion of its man- agors to it, thoy wora, dorolict in tholr duty to their employers. . 'As to tho opinions of tho Sacrétary of -tho Tn- torior and tho Attornoy-Gionoral, it s as oasy (o ascortain thom during th woel:s this matlor wag 5 the lust Leglature ns now, ahd Wodonol boliova tho Milwaulioo & 8t. Paul Com= any hove any reliable information on tho sub- Toet now, tho Attornoy-Gonaral distinctly Btatod, months ago, that hio, should not givo iy opinion on the quostion, bovsuso. it was pouding Dofore the Unitod SEatch Supremo Courk. Te will bo soon thst thia is vory difforent doc- umont from what way_ foreshadowod by tho Mily waukeo Aews fu its publicutiou. ‘he actlon of tho Company i Lasod on ono_roason only,; tho insuficioucy of the Stato's tille, .nud Proidont iteholl outops tho Company from pleadiug sty othor oxguse for s gross. Lroadl ot itk Lo ihd peoplo of Wisconain by coully intimating o will! ugnoas toaccapt tho _grant, with it contitions; whionover tho titla of tho Stalo is contirmed. Wo roservo furthor comment on this subjoct, and what i Hikely to bo dono about the land<) grant and tho road it was monnt o bufld, till uu- ©thor day, slmply romarkiug now that tio Jowr- nal,in advocating auothor disposition £ tholaud- grant o fully viudicatod ; and (it oaprossious of tho pross of tho State, somo of which o in- touded to publish to-day, but whiol ure orowded out, ludientothnt tho Milwankico & Bt Paul Company haa uuccordod in arouning tho indignn tionof tho poople of Wisconsin to su unpreco- dented degroo, From the Milwavkce Sentinel, Muy 10, Tho reasons *assignod by v, Mitcuall may have oporated to influouce the sction of tho lompany in rojecting tho grant, and he moy huvo thought it suficfont to offor horo ressons without stating tho other, tnd, doubtless, moro cogent, ronsons that havo dotermiucd tho conrse of the” Company; and which 1t may huvo boen Zoomed politie fo concenl. Fousibly the Com- pany could not creditnbly roves! thom, Wo nra atill dieposed to Lelieva that tho ‘agonts of the Company neted in good falth In contond- Lug for the grant lust wiiktor; novertholom, it w1l be diflicult to makio » groat many peoplo bo- Liove that thoy ware not dimply siming to put It out of tho rosch of other companios, or that thels pooling operations with the Northwostori wwora not ket on fool ot Lhat time, Tho aotlon of the Company, from wlintevor matives Lakon, will doubilaus oroato, and not WIthoUt nome weeeby b ood doal of indignution throughaut tho Stato. An extra doslon of tho Loglulatuts baa hoon suggested, but the purpona to o offected fu not Spsgont ud i ot ikoly that sy’ wuck'stop From the LaCroase Iepnblican, May 16, 1 A pecial dispatol from Mlndlson, Muy 12; to the: NEW RAILROAD IMBROGLIO:| ’fi?%%:zg;:%,“’im‘:z 18 hotilo to tho Bf. Paul | yosr and build forty miles of this ron {LYakde Ve P T foflowin lbiing a0 [ i siho‘édnons for dooiining to adcont th ¥irM=-Thil 10 mOnoy e bo bind 10 building at tho Wont, i1 consoquenco o clioment and hoatilil tho pooplo, econd—Gov, Wanhiburn's refunal to femuo cerlificates a8 required by tho torma of tho grant to o Wiscoyistn Qentral, and hio cknowledged hoatility to tho 8, Taul Qomyany, load (o tho boliot that_ lio would ombarrass and oripplo tHelr operations in ail imuginablo woyn, “TitrdTn Compniyi ogal wlvisurs rogard n vory improbatle: thak tho Stalo will ovor ' got tho lat tronafor to the Company. s e lioso reasons aro not of courso, oll atated. in (i ‘oflolal Gommunieation of tho Dicaciors to tho Govere Ror, but tuoy ard wall understood, -+ - o first ronson ufiivuq 15 undoubtadly tho only 4ruo ono- contalnod n tho nbove. Money 18, no doubt; clost, and tho oxcltomant among tho poo- plo I such 08 to mako railrond aompanies quako With, foar, and tho. aotlon;of tho Bt Paul 0 into rasivond tho grent ox~ y {0 Tallxohd manngoment smong 5 [ Company.’ in_rofusing to ncoopt tho. grant, aftor rosorting . to_suoh monus it through tho Loglalaturo, will silr up tho . pooplo .of = this Btato. to sco bt n futuro, logllative priviogos askod tor will ot bo givon, tnles it bo for tho bonofit of sll, Tho-sooond’ rosson s, that Gov. Wasliburn Company. This. caps thoolimax of tho fraud and docoption, Goy. Wanh- burn fo not hostilo o that Company, but, like nearly ovory -cltizon fuitho Stato, ha wan lawa ot tho* loud, obosod, and not trontod with dofianco and -contompt. 'Iho ity of LnCrosso iu 1opposing that Company bocauso wo have right; justico, snd Inw on oiir eldo, and bocauso W6 afo atriviug to proteck and defoud our Doat Iniorosts. " But thbro. i no hostiity to th £t Panl Company any farther than our loeal {u- toronts may class with tho proposed. sction of that company.. Gov. Washburn has 1o Loatility to that rond, and_any protonso of xofusing tho oot on_auy such grounds fs . :moro subtor- ugo. ‘Tho ¥ compuuy's logl advisors” ivo oonaludod” the Stato 1as no titlo to these Iands. That quostion should Love boon fully sottlod bo- foro golag to tio Loglslaturo and asking for tho grant, s Wholo mattor, from boginniug toond, woncoived aud earriod out with tho sola -motivo to keop any othor corporation from hav- ing tho grant, and to-day tho St Laul Gompany would rathor oo it loat to {his Stato. thaw to sco o railrood built from . tha. procoods, Ono pro- vision of tho act passod lnst wintor givos noy compauy or corporation tho right 10 secopt tho oot aud put up tho roquirod scouritiow i tho conditions of tho bill are not_compliod with within plxty dags aftor lta. bocoming law. As wo linyo herotoforo stated, it .has boon loadod down by outsido'ronds, aa to mako it slmoat im- olbla for auy otlior” company to comply with ta provisions, S <> We havo-talkon tho position from tho start that tho Bt, Paul Company did not want tho grant ox- copt to keop it from goiug to othors, and wo also claimod ib.wns for tho fntorest of this. Stato to Bavo tho grant unincumborod by any othor .pro- posod lines, and oonfor it on tho Wost Witcon- sin; that was roady and auxious to build. - Tho pooplo in thonorthiwestom part of this Btato havo 8pent timo and monoy to_suvo tha grant to tho Btato, and now to havoit lost o thom and tho Stato, is littlo Lotter than down right robbery. Thosa mon in Hudson aud Esu Olaire, who fought Baldwin w0 vigorously last wintor, can noy roalizo thoy havo boon doing battlo. agninst e frlonds, and giving ald and comtort to tholx enemios. - If tho West Wisconsin will go on this thiore is no doubt tho next. Logislaturo will confer tho grant on that Company: © . -carry . From the TaCrosse Demosrat, Hlay 15. By this rofusal tho 8t. Paul Company hns sot tho Btate of Winconsin back-ono vonr nt lonst In Tor railrond jmprovomonts, They havo triflod with tho pooplo of tho Btato and Inoulted thom basoly, and thoy havo medo consumminto 8605 of thomombars of tho Logislaturo who supportod tho claims of that Compovy, Thoy clum thab ‘mionoy cannot bo obtnfoed to build railroads, owing to tho uprsing of the peopld againgt railrosd oxtortion. Thon tho St. Paul railrond {5 a Har, It was claimod all wintor that ‘whorans Baldwin was poor, and could not build tho rond if tho grant was given to him, tho St, Panl Gompany i way quantity of monsy, and would rueh the Yoads. 1hiough wight and dny. They clnimed that moncy_ was o plonty that thoy lind ot Lo build railroads to got id of it, o it would sour on thoir hunds, ¥ Tho reault of this action will be that Baldwin, that “ poorman” that tho Bt. Paul foll told about, will go on and build somo moro of that rond, and run his chances of gatting the grant from & whito Legislaturo, aud the OChippewn Valley folls, aud tho Shullsburg folks, and all othor folks that dopondod on tho §t. Paul Rond, will go afoot. Tio BE. Paul Company trios to mako a point against Gov. Waahburn, but it is too thin to ga doywp. Thoy know, s \roll a8 anyhody, that ho io not opposiod to 'that Company, miy furthor than to compel them to‘obay tho laiv. Many axo of tho opinion that Gov. Washburn will fool it to bo his duty to call an extra sossion of tho Legiaiatnro to tako action_npon tho ro- fusal of thio land-grant by tho 5t. Paul Road, and 10 fix it 80 8omo other company can tako it Wwith- out building ronds all over thoBtato, If it is noc- as3ary to do this to provent tho land Iapsing back to tho Govornment, wo are guro the Governor will call on extfn ‘session. And if ko docs Ao 80, add fhio Logielsturo, whon i moets, hes any sana its craw, it will pass a law,or amond any law alroady in forca, so that it will hoa lm.nsing offohco, if nocessary, for tho Bt. Paul Tond and tho Northwestern Tond, to pool thoir carnings, and consolidato for tho purposo of in- Juring the poople. By passing such n law tho rosont Logislaturo can partlally redoem itsolt rom tho blot that is 8aid to bo upon it from ity Inst winter's work, If tho Govomor calls an extrs . nosslon, thoro s o chenco for theso mon -fhat thoy may mover havo sgun. "o - Milwaheo " Wisconsin, of all the daily Pnpom in that city, scoma to be tho only one tint can soo that this proposad * pool- ing " will moro omphatically cut the throat of that city than it has been out'bofore. The Wis- consin tiaya: 3 11 the Loglalature convenos, we trust that ¢ will pass somo law putting an_cud to the possibility of tho dill~ Wankoo & Bt., Taul and tbo Ohieago & Northwestorn pooling Ul saratgy, which 1t o vistual businsss con- #olidation, and which inust sorlauly, injuro tho peopla of tnia Stato, by deatroying'thot bealthy competition whicl should_oxist_botweou two grest corporations, Uusiness intorest, e PO P NATIéIdAL ANT{-SECRECY ASSOCIATION, Moxaouzst, 1., May 13, 1810, To the Edilor of The Chicago Tribune : 8in : ‘Tho Nationsl Obrlstian Assoolation, op- ‘posod to soerat soclotios, 1a now holdiug its an- ‘nunl conyontion, in Ohurchill's Tall, in this city. “Ihie opeiling sossion Inst ovoning was sttondod by one of.tho largost audionces evor convened at tho discugsions of this body, taxing the eapacity of tho Lall nearly to its utmost. By previous arrangoment, Prosidont J. Dlanchard, of Whoa- ton Colloge, President of tha Assoolation for the st yoor, deliyored tho_opouing addoss, ocou- Pying tho evoning with ono of tho ablest argu- monts among tho many ho Las dolivered upon this incronsingly important oubjoct, In treating big subject; ** Grand-Lodgo Masonty,” ho proved with groat cloarooss, from rensons drann from the nnturo of tho caso, and from undisputed Magonio .authoritics, - tho antagonfém of tho socret lodgo eydtom of tho country with our froo | govorumant and tho Chfistian Toligion. Thia moraing, tto Gogornl Soorotary, I & Hat, pro- soutod bis annual report, notiding tho progross of this causo in locnl politics, shown in stvoral rocont instancos where ssuo was_taken with Treo-Masanry, also in tho locat Anti-Maronio As- ‘ociations, oiid in Miesouri numboring 360 mem- ors. Tlia following officora wore_appolntod for tho ensulng your: Drosidont, tho Rov, J. G. Cor- Son, of Oblo, _ Viea-Yrosidonts, Dr. T B. Tay- lor,'of Ohlos A, Floyd, of Poungylvania ; Luio Thomas, of Indiana ; Previdont D. A. Waliaco, of Tllinbin ; Goorgo Brokaw, of Towa; N. B Garduor, of Missourl; N. B. Dlunton, of ian- uga ¢ . Kirkpatrick, of Now York; J. W, Wood, of \isconsini ; tho Rav. Johu Lovingion, of Michigan, Corrorponding Boorotary, tho Rov. 1. A, Hart, of Illinois. Iocording Hocrotavy sud Tressuror, H. L. Kellogg, of Iiiiuois. "An importont Teport, introduced this aftor- ‘noon, recommonds tho forming of o stoclk com- pany, with hondquarlors in Chleago, for the Dilcation of tho organ of the Assoolntion, tho Chvistian Cynosure, and bools nnd traots, ‘o Audcoiation 'hay dinlshod a prosporous yoar, being out of dobt, and roprosonted by sov- ral locbrors n & rapidly-omarging fold, * Thin ovening will bo occupiod with nddvewses from thio 1tov. J. G- Cnrson, of Ohiio, and Prof. C. A. Tlauchurd, of Iilinols., iL. L. Kercoaa, o PR iy —Exparimonts, by Dr, Toubsl, do not eonfirm tho alloged ubsonco of nicotiud from tobacco amoko;, ou tho contrary, by condeising snioko from cigiams, and washiug 1t In water aud alcoliol, ho obtained & tolution which was capublo of pro* dueiug tho ofoots of nicotino s sud ho also do- tactod it prosanco, uhnmlunll{, in the form'of tho galts maro pormanont at hlgh tomporaturas. “The offoct of smoking, hio concludos, must, thoratora, ba sacribad, in part at least, to tho ab- sorption of nicating, though otlier subitence may uct with thia polson, s oripany sofuso -the, decision to bo finally remdored, let ‘Whoss iron arma ramify evory scotion aud tonoh overy |- ’ Tho Fariners of Mrconpinr* Gonnty to fi;o Ton, John Scholfield, and Mis Manly Roply, . = & .5 . Hon, John"H, Bryunt, = " e Tiotter from " Ex-Gov. Palmer to ‘théa g Mr. Craig’s Visit 6 LaSalls County, | John Scholsield,’ Pramview, TiL, May 7, 1879, | The Hon, John Scloleld, Marshail, Hils. DeAR 8 ¢ Tho farniors of :Macoupin Gounty, ropragented In the * Mdvoupin ‘County Farmors’ Olub,” aro ronolvod that, ot the’ approsching Jidiolnd oloction, thoy will not cast tholr sut- fragos for sy man for Jndgo of tho Supromé or Clrouit Courts wholiblds opinionaantagonistio to tho interosts'of tho farmors’ in thiolr prosont contoat with tho railroad aud othor monopolios in this Btato, v Tk . * At o meotlng of tho above club, hold fn the City of Calinvillo yostordny, Monars. 0. A, Wooley, L. B. Corbin, and myeolf woro appolnt od & committoo, with instructions to corrospond with aspirants to the abovo officas, nnd ask thelr ‘viows upon'tho following quostions : ; . Undor tho Conatitution of tho State of Tllinols, aro railroad companion and othor Incorporations subjoct to tho ramo layws which govern tho clti- zone atlarga? | 1 May tho vaviona railrond companies In thin Stato bo rightfully roquired to conform- to tho Inwa onnctod by tho Btato Logialaturo rogulating frelght and prseongor {ariffa 7 or aro thoy, by virtuo of thoir sovoral cliarters; ahovo tho Jawa; sud boyond tho control of tho Loglalntura ? Wo would respéctfully nsk your views on tho wbova questions, and, neidentally, wo would lika to Inow whoihor you are under salary ns. attor- oy for any railrosd compauy In this Blate? o hiopo to oot Trom you at your oarliost con= vonionce. Vory raspoctfully, . Joid TUNNELL, For tho Commibéeo, MR, SOUOLFIZLD'S REFLY. B Johr Y 1t Mansitary, Ill,, May 13, 1873, 7, John Tunnell : DEan Sin: Your lotter of tho Tth inst,, writton, 28 you stato, by’ direction of tho. Macoupin County Farmory' Club, has beon_recaiyed, You fnform mo that tho farmors of Mncoupin County will not cnst thelr suffrages for any men for Judgo of tho Supreme of Cirouit Courts who Tioldds bpinfons antsgonistio to tho Intorests of tho farmors in tholl pregont contost with tho rallrond or othor monopolios in_ this Stato; and you thou praceod to propound quostions fo me Yor the purposa of obtaining my opinion upon the {ssuos luyolved in this contost, o much of thoso qucstionn 1 olatos to wy poraonnl connootion with railroads, I tako pleas- uro in auswering, . T was attornoy for tho Bt. Louls, Vandolis & Terro Hputo Railroad Compnny for abont_throo yoars—for the firet year for & salary of 82,400, and for thio last Lo yoars for a snlary of 4,000 por snoum. £ wae slso during the gnmo time, and for soma’timo prior thoroto, ono of tho Dircctors in that Company. Tho' dutios, how- avor, of thia office” Woro purely nominal, ‘as tho rond waw, from the timo of its constructlon, ox- clusivoly'controllod and oporated by tho Terre Hanto & Indianapolis Railfond Compuny, aslos- seo. During tho timo thnt T was omployod as attorney for tho Company, I ondesvorod to dls- ohargo my duty 03 an attornoy with the samo fidolity that I did whon omploged by other clionts, Deforo_ conscutiug thnt miy noma siould bo uged by my friends in_connaction with tho con- didacy. for Supremo Judge, I resigned both of these positions, withou any provious consulta- tion with thoso represonting tho Company, sud sinco doing 80 I have not hud, and I do uot now havo, nuy conncction with or intorost in uny railroad or othor corporation. 1 excoodingly rogrot that my sonso of solf ro- spost, in view of iy candidacy, will not allow mo to anawer that portion of your gucstions which requires my construction of tho lmws ro- Intiug to tha difforont railronds of tho Slato, I sincarely liopo thet you will roconsidor {ho pro- pristy of theso quostions in n calm and dispas sionate mannor, for T am persundod that if you shall-do so, you will sce liow menifostly improp- or it would bo for mo to unswor thom. My opinion in’ relation to these law can bo of o consoguonco to tho peoplo unloss they abnll Do assurod that, i eloctod, that opiaion would bo followod by liko decisions when tha necessary cagos should bo predonted, ho quostions thon would hnyo baon practlcally the samo hud they Doon put in this form : How will you, i€ elected, docido thoso quostions ? lsora ig, 08 you must bo aware, o plainly mark- ed nnd vory wido distinction botwoon political and jndicial quostions. Tho political oflico Is to mako lawa—tho judicinl ofico is to_declare what tho law is, and apply It to particular casos. Tho political ' offico, - ak loast in practico, is more or loss portlsan, Tho Judicial’ of- fico should bo obsolutoly impartial snd frco from partisan taint. Once deatroy the chiaracter of tho judiclary for impartiality, and its power for usofulness will b gono. 'Who would willingly submit to or abide by tho arbi- tramont of n oourt organizod in kuown hostility, {0 his intorosts, and whoso judgmonts ehould bo' givou to rodeom promieos mindo to sccuro votos? Tt is truc, answors to tho quostions you ask do not dotermine the frcts in particuler casos, upon oot of which must ot courso dopond, I pazt o congtruction , of tho Inw. bo whot it may. But in cases of controvorsy in rogard fo tho Inw, its construction is ono stop, snd, it may bo, & vory important ono, in tho detormi- nation of tho causo, and iF o Judgo may, with ‘proprioty, in advanco of his oloction, plodgo Lim- Solf as to'this stop, why may ho not, with oqual Propriety, 8o pledgo himpolf in rogard to all the othor atapa in tho canso 7 Whora khall hio ntop 7 Might ho not, following this_principlo, promise. to boliove this witnca and to disboliovo tho othor ? £ 1t I may proporly anawor thoso quoations, why shall I nof, if roquired by ualoon-koopers or tom- porance man, Of otlier ‘classes of community aftootod by furtioulas laws, givo thom ny con- atruction of tho lawa in whicl they feal inforast- o most warmly ? It tho principlo shall bo adopted whers clussos of community fool sn_interost, why shall it not also apply to Individnal cagos, and thus rondor it propar aad righ for a¥ary ono, Wil u prosont ot prospective Iw-auit, to havo s pledgo Low his ceaso shall bo decided bofore ho caats his vote for ud Wonla any one doubt that opinions thus givon would bo moro bribos for votos? Can any ono doubt that, if such a practico shall Lo adopted, it will tend to destroy all faith in conrts, and to ea- tablisk anarchy in tho place of Jaw and ordor ? Tn coneluslon, pormt mo to eny, 1did not sook this cundidacy. In nccepting it yloldod moro to tho solicifallons of my too partinl frionds than to my own inclination or udgment, I sin- coraly distrust my ability to fll the placo as my profossional prido impols mo to dosiro that, it alectod,'it_ohould bo filled, To my mind, tho Lionor of Lho positlon dcpands ontiroly upon tho ‘mannor in which it is attained and ite dutios aro dischargod. 37 1 siall bo oleoted, it mustbo ag o freo mon, with liborty o nct in accordanco with the con- victions of my Judgmont, and tho dietatos of my consclonco. I will notho a Judgo to rogistor thio prodatermiuod docracs of oithor corporations or individuals, Tom, with rospoct, &o., Joux SonoLPIELD, Ex«Gov. Palmer’s Cpinion of the Ohnractor of Chiol Justico Lawe rence. GALzsvURG, May 14, 1670, Editor Register and Republican: 1 livo just roceivod from & gontloman living at Springfled the following copy of u lottor ro- contly nddressod by Gov. Iaimor to John IT. Bryant, of Princoton, fu_rosponsa to inquiries mndo by Mr. Bryant of Gov. Yalmor as to the Iattor's opinlon of tho fituces of Judgo Law~ rauca for the position ho now ocouples on’ the Bupromo Boneh, in &0 far as his sympathios may zolato o tho contost now ponding babwoon tho Yarmors nnd tha railrond monopolios, ~Gov. Twlmor authorizes the publication of the lottor. BNy, Loun, Jn. SruNorIkLD, Avnis 3, 1873, JIon, Jokn I, Dryant, Frinceton, [N, B Dei B o-\Willo invahiigiting o quation to-day my attention was accidontully ntiraotod to tho caso of Chicago & N. W, Railrond Company i, Tho Pooplo, roportod [ tho G0th yoluwo, Illinols Roports, aud to tho aplnion of the Court preparad by Chiof Justico Lawronoo, sud upon Touding tho opinion was vatiofied that It affordan bottor suewer to tho quoestion you ssked me land, Now York, and Oio, was, thoronghl England , dooliuing in advaned *the nomina- “Boilors naturally began to tirn toMr. Olingo 28 s, . nominated by the Pittsburgh OConventlon, that; ‘Domocracy should bo among our distinct aima ; _aliargonblo upon' tho Conventlon, which . dis- e yostondby alioniobi Man 1 onn farsfsdf b puy o o 1 ccaaingly nstencti ot 0 opinion 1 ingly instructife,iandifts | (x?rfllgfima o Suidgs® thn e hellove I““ will approye. T m, familine. W thio habits. of thonght of Jugo Lawranco, and wndoratnud tho drift of hin olitioal and logal opinionn,-or;- porlips I ouglit™ o 5ay, polltico-logal opiniogs, «and vt i my:da-: 1lborsta Judgumon it tho fejoniln-of xéal rai- | sond roform can find no man In tho_8tato. moro. rollablo'or waoful, Mo s dionest, and firm, an would not flatter Noptubo'for L Tildont, I i not,tho.glavo of. maro .procodent,) bt iins luwyora vanoration foe %iiflo anolont ways,” and wndorstands, a0 woll s any Tudgo tho Stato ovol lind, tho ndiniriblo foxiiliiy of tho princlplo of our Inw, of which it ean bo said, withn nont -appronch to abaolute brath, thdy havono wrong without & romody, Itospeotfally, ’ -3 e v Joun M, PATMER, NMr. Ornig In Knsalle County. I .. . . Mznnora, I, 813, "To the Rditor af Tho Chieago Trivuné 8m: The. Hon: AL Cralg, ne Princoton Conventioh'for Judgo of tho Bupromé Court, was horo _yostordsy, making personal inquirlos ne to that asslstanco from LaSall -County with rofaronge td whiléh o, was 80 nnxlaus 1o rocolvo sssursnco boforo, ho, acoopted thé nominatlon ; or, rather, boforo Ho announcod Lig nccoptanco ; for tho’ slatoment la mado, upo: most reliablo suthority, that Mr, Gilman, of this placo, ono of tho bogus delogates from LaSalle County to Princaton, in'maldnig the nomination,) actod advisedly, and that Mr, Oralg'd” accoptancy was actually socurod bofore'tho Convention mot. Mr. Gilman will plonsa tnko tho witnoss-stand.’ | As far a8 yoirr corrospondont cat’ loatn, fipon somowhat' diligont -inquiry, tho'would-bo Judgo «did not mako b very favorable improsafon; Wlion a oandidate for the high position of Bu- promo Judgo will condascond to travel over tho country soljeiting votos, and porhaps’ making! plodge, iu it not full imo that Rlo st of pub io condomntion: should Yo snt upon - bim 7 Should o not bo brandod g unworthy of tho h(;j‘h offico whiolsho socke? * o e 1) roport comoa horo from Knox County: In & vory direct and rollablo shapo; that Mr. Cralg's “war-rocord” waa 80 oxcoot l; , that, nino yours ago, whon ho way oandiat: tor Glroult udto of {ho Inox County Circui, it 080 up in udigmont agatnat him, sud oootusd Joanng senatlm, anefMuokally ohiipasscd His competitor, Judgo Thompson, was olected by an ovorwho]ming majority, e At Princoton, Mr. Charls, of Knoxyillo, - waa s “noxt friend,” but did not kiow whothor Lo was railroad atlorney or ot (7). - Porhéps Mlr. | 0. can-givous more matiufactory information na, to bia & war-record,” sinco that rocord was pring-! od snd acattored 58 thiok as falling loaves in! autumn, throughont tht radical olrauit, | As s0on s r. Gllman has teatiffod, MY, Oharles’ ‘may. tako tho stand: 3 A it 8allo County will givo a good accountof hor- o noxy month.” Tavroneo atosk s buogaal; D S — THE PRESIDENCY. An Xnteresting ' Lotter Ohnse, . 2 From the New York Sun, ¥ Tho following lotter, writton by the Iato Chiof Juatico Chso moro thn- twonty yoors ago, hay' “nover bofora boon- published, - It was_writton undor tho following circumstancos: - Tn 1853, ‘tho Frco-Soll party, or Frao Domoorney, 18 Mr, Olinio proforrod £o'call it, thongh 1t had" fallon away e good doal in stronil stco 1818, whon it zan Vau Buron and Adems for Prosidont snd Vico-Prosidont, was still formidabloin Now Eng- or- anfzod, and was roprosonted in tho ‘Sonafs by liaso, Hale, snd Sumnor, aud in the House of Roprogontativos by Horaco Mann, Chatles Allen, 3. . Giddings, and othor mon_of ability. Tho fonk Lody of fho paty woro frm. fa tiie ad- oronco £0 tho Pollcy of. s third party, which, ag thoy oxpectod, and. ga’ really happoned, threo yoors Inter, rosultod in_delviugs:ono of -tho com- promising partios from tho Sold, and tho orce- tion of & gront Anti-Slavery party upon its ruins. Bat somo of tho Froo-Soil lendars, n thoir anx- loty to boat Plorco, tho_candidato of tho ultra slaye-holders, woro' inclined to support Scott ag o cliolco of. ovils, Among thoso woro Charlos Francis Adams and Jolwn P, Haelo, Halo was thon- inhis primo ond vory. populsr with hia party, savoral of whoso local conventions Lind “nlready. dosignatod him as tho candidato. for Prosidont, 1o b nominatod by the Froo-Sofl National Cont vontion, called -to meet at _Pittaburgh, Aug. 11, 1852, It was indeod tho gomeral oxpeointion that ho_ would bo tho eandidato. A woek ot bwo bofore tho Convontion mot, howavor, bo wroto to tho aditor of tho Boslon Commontcealth, at that timo'tho londing Froo-Soil journnl of Now from fMr. ton. W Tn thia contingoney tho thoughts of tho Froo-: enndidato.. Tho editor of tho Commombealth ‘wau stvongly opposed to_ this- chango of candls datos, on Ehio ground tuat 1t would bo constraod a9 o 0ign of wavering in tho party, aud wrote to Mr. Chingo urging him not to stand, aud expross-, ing o convlction: that Halo would ‘utimately consont to bo & candidate. To this lottor thot onowo publich below was -Mr. Obuso's roply. Tho reault of tho mattor weo that Mr.- Halo waa aftor somo lesitation ho accopted tho nomina- tion, and was supnorted by about 160,000 voters, who'threo yoars lator formod tho nuclous of tho prosont Ropublican party. o= R, OMASE'S TETTER, . 7 - WABHINGTON, Avg, 7, 1852, Ay Dean Bim ¢ You- are porfootly. right in your viows. _Halo should bo’and must bo tho nomi- noo. - Had tho suti-slavory movoment, naburally and withont force, dirceled itsoly toward mo, I shonld not Liayo thought mysalf at liborty to do- clino tho nomination, though, on many accounts, it would have beon by no means desirablo to mo. . Naturally, without constraint, tho regards and | oxposiations of th rionds of frondom, now to' zully, I hopo, e tho Indopendent Démocracy, Iinvo gathored sround Halo, and -bo cannot do- clino “without sorions . iijury - both to himself and tho cause; Xt will nover do to aliapo our | movoment for tho purposo of dofonting par- tiowlar candidatos. Wa .must orgauize it on xight principlos, givo it all the utrongth:wo: can, and lot the'consoquoncos Tail ‘whero ,thoy ma, | 1 was at firat inclined to Falo's iden that tha dofent of the nomineos of the ‘compromiso | but further rofloction on existing circumstanoos bas matisticd mo thnt thisis o wrnu% view. In- deod, I do not pormit my namo to be used for such & purposo withous oxposing myself fo mis- constructions, which would bo fatal to my use- fulness to tho causo of frosdom. I must. mako it apparent to my Domoeratio frioals in Obio that I sot upon “Erlm:ipln, and’ that whatovor injuries may bofall their orgauizatiou aro justly Tionotod the platform of.tho Obio Domoornoy ot Tallimore, and not upon 1ma who etill upholds it. This would- bo spporont, if, in the nalural courso of ovents, I should recolva tho Pittsburgh | nomination ; but it would bo quite othorwiso | ‘liould I rocolvo ¢hat nomination undor oxisting clrcumstances, Halo Loing ot asido, though the natucal candillato, o £l aolo readon that it is oxpodiont to tako’ onomoro_sccoptablo -to tho Domoorats, and Ioss nceoptable to tho Whigs for | thio sake of . defonting Piorco and olocting Scott. Al my toolings aud principlos aro agaliat any Buch peraugement. Wit I do.maut bo doud opouly, diroctly, and carry ita own ranson upon Hlio faco of tha ction, aud tlat ranaon must bo el asto satisfy my'own. souso of homor aud vight, o mnst gubmlt Lo tho unenfinons and epon tanconn impuluo whioh domands his nominntion. Ho st uot undaréuka to bo wisor thau ovents for Providenco 1n tho nuthor of ovonts, Lok Hpnlding or Blukoy bo candidato for Vico-Proals dent. Tho othor mon uamed aro allgaod and truo, Giddings in tho horo of onr oause, aud Liowis, nble and falthful, is ovory way worthy. Tat, wador oxisting cirenmstaneos, tho consids ‘orullons which point to IIlo for Pfasidont point to & reaent Democrat for Vice-Prasidant. A number of us havo put our hoads fogather, and hava properad o 6ariod of resolutionts feotly ncooptublo to Glddings,sYownahiond, Dur- koo, aud mysolf. Sumnor coliour in the prin- olplos, buk Was nob prosont when tho resolutions woro rond last night. Thoy aro formod on tho basis of tho Butfalo zosolutions and the Musan- chusolts platfor Intoly adonted. If Wilson hins not proparod anything moro aatlutactory, I hopo thgeo sowolationy g bo adoplod. alo porsiatu in doclinfug, how would Brad- ford 1t. Wood nud Sunuol Logls anawor ? of J. 1. Giddings ad Minthorzio Tomplins ? Rantoul, I griove to eny, in dangorously fll. Muy God fostoro him, I8 death would Do & fuafol lons to our cais* Yours tzay ud it ully, ai iy 8, P, Cusse. Honenr Oanren, Eeq, * Rantoul diod on this day tho lotter was writton,— Ep, Bud, T Xndependent Journnlism, Jrom the Troy (N, X) Lrean, 2 Taat summor aud full’ our groat nowapajors in four difforout Btatos tried an oxperimont, ‘Thoy broks loouo from thie party whigh tuoy bad e = od th Y, o e A moripalon "’3.",'115‘1'1‘.2:}‘,',;3@ Y 3 . 8UpPL .00} Inf it ' dofent Al thgl l}, and - on ‘lhlh‘l’l f’cl‘mn 5 n ontinuod to stand on the sido of dustioo d govornmant. ‘Lo papors o which wo rofor aro tho Now York Tyibune, tho Spingfold. " Zepiaiican, " tho " Clnclofats . Commercial, and GnE OmioAto TRInUNE. "Theo- nowspapors, by tholr manly cottrao, _orownad tho journallsm of thoir dey and gonora- | tion witl_navar-fading-,glory.,, Lhoy tanghs o Tosnon to" young jonrnnlists “that' will novar bo | foryolbenrend -ting-In pricelown.. Thoy sot-on foot'a rovalutlon in foprnallan " Hint sl dover _Bo binokiwatd)”s, Tlioy havo proved: think tio dow- pner can bo Injured by Voldly sponking tho il and-ghtings for it 710 pasiton of onch anti-all-of ‘thom s ndoiblodly~banidr to-dny Alsn 1t lns ovor heons No galling, yoko {grols.-tho ~shonldery~1io ~par bont - Wolr ;- cara.: ; Undoubtédlyy tho «diroctors of-nll fhoss'nowspnpore - folt>that tho oxporimont thoy woro trylng was o duigoraus ono. If thoy ald, thoir boldnass in all Lhe moro l»masmoxum « 1f they aid not, their foreaight fs ndood marvslous to dontomplito, i1t thoy hivo boan Iufurod iy thé courso. thoy lio ko, tho and g injury fal wuroly not_dissoraible’ by: outaldors, Thoy nll fioom, by any fonts wo oan apply, o bo BPOKOUH B4 . OVOT. ‘And. the Now York Tyrbuna's 18 5 vory stron cago, ‘showing that a newapapor+ losed , nothitip ~ ‘beidg . hon- e o i1l oty 5 hnd {tho misfortuno—sunposod-to b vital at one timo 0 lose by doath its foundor sud oditor, tho mnn whd vas boltoved s by; mmiy-to bia:the 1ib- wie. Yot whon Mr. Graolay, harassad and warn fo doatls by betrayal. at tho hands of & faco thab Tio, mora than any othor, had lifted out of slavo- 7y and Dypolitipians. whorh Tio Lad made to bo alf thas thoy woro, droppod out of tho Tribune, othor men .m;s.ek in 11w place, and who, to-dsy, can Begany ovidenco ‘that'tho Bribund 1o dacay: Ing,.of tint it 1a 1ot na prosporona a8 at any timo sinco ita foundation ? - . + 3 -THE 10WA TRAGEDY. - . Furthor Parilculars’ of the' Wallings ford Sulcldes--200,000 Acres of Land Sold on Forged DooduesSatemont of the Wallinglords. . "+ i’ Tl Van Biron County (Towa) Demograt glves ‘partionlars of tho suicidoa of-tho Wallingfords at Bonaparto. - 1t is eatimated tit 200,000 scres ot aud in Tows hava boon sold on forged doods. “" Tho oditor of tho Democral vieted tho, scono of the'tragady, aud says of it : . i S rarnished, and, +tiio Bouso la. largo, wall ovorythingarowrid 1t and tho promiuos in tho bost of ropair. - Tho sulcido wascommittedin'-tho bodroom in which tho. doconsod usually slopt ; tha bodies Iny in‘bed.dn thelr, ususl night-robos. Dothi Iy witl thoir’ honds orossod ovor thoir breaata, aud both woro i proctudly tho sams Joritions: Tioto wma o distortion f fottutor; Lo o508 woro closod, and tho-bodios liad tho o ponranco of having beon laid out for tho gravo. “Dlio following Is the dylng statomont ‘of tho nrties.”The slgnaturos woro; both in Walling- ford'a landwritin o > "i.2fay B, 1873,—For the honoflt of my frionds, T write those lines, as my wifo and wyself have como to tho conclusion to. bid farowcll to this world of sin and sorrow ¢ ' Tho oauso of-thia "was brought.sbout by & don of thioves, nnd a8 I am now going to leave .all bohind, I will givo alist of thom as far s I “know_thom, Tho losdors aro William Rhodos and John Rhodes, and tho rost aro. Georgo Rhiodos, axid Jamés 1 tho advisor. Tho old man Tonobetry. and all bis boys, Scotb at Bolfast. Goorgo Tnll iu tho man £hnt fold tho Shisno land, Goorgro Rhodos.got bim'to do it. Theso stato- imont ate true. I was drawn futo tho firat by Goorgo Rhodcs and \;r.xolm.wim thopromisothnt thoy would take Monjar and bia girl away aud cloar me. - Toll Mr. South _that. Goorgo Nhiodos got his to plows and blind monoy. ' 1 eaw thom 8t his houso. _ Bill'Rhiodos mndo tho Shano dood gob thio soal at Sharp's oigo, Crossp's decd vy mado by Georgd Ball in Warsnw all right. Thsis s tho mann, J. 1. Bltor, * Ho Lilled"o gl in Qlark County, Mo. ‘Ihis s tho first bad dood that T ovor wad brought Iuto, thawk God, I nover keduced Mobjars glrl Hattio, 2 “I, WL “8innie WALLLIOFORD. Tio Demacrat gives (ko following biographical eketeh of tho victin of the traged; “ Harrinon Wllingford, tho principal in thia tragody; was ot tho timo of Lis doath 53 yonrs "0ld, and was born noar Washington, Konticly. Mo loft Kontucky with his stop-fathor whon o, yowngs and removod to-ous Donmoutt . Atan enrly az0 ho ran away from hia homa, ‘wont to Koolls, and worked somo timo in towing Liool-bonts ovor the -rapids. He wont back to Monmontls, marriod, and romoved to Dos Moines County in this Stato, whoro higwifo died, and o wan martlod a sogond tino to Mias SarabB, Hill- man, aud soon ofter moved back to Monmouth, Troth thora bo. romoved to Dt Plonsant, lived ;thero aboub-n_yenr, and thou romovod 1o this ‘county, whoro lia hns rosided for tho past pix yoars. ' Ho wne n 1 of oma meaus, Lad 240 acros of oxcollont land on his hom forin, oud 170 noros noar: by, nud was probubly worth §16,~ 000 or 820, g - of >rd was the sintor of 8, B. Hill- + Mra, Wall man, Beq, of this county; and is said to have beon's find wotnan,—rathor 6UPOFior Woman, — _and was respootad by ovorybody. Thoy also had o vory fino fumily of theoo boys and ono duugh- tor,—tho two oldgat of whom Gro married.” ho Dubuquo Tinies oay; Yo g #1io" myatory coungetod with, tho™'dcath of Mrs, Wallingford is stil unsolvod, Sho a ssid ‘to kv beon a womiin of oxcollont charnctor, s favorite in hor neighhorhood, and o sroman of more tinu_ordinary intelloctinl _attainmonts. 8Ui6 bad not Ivod hppily Wwith lior huigbarid; who Was o contso, rough. man, and dissoluté in his habits, Tho “Munjar girl” was ono wlho had ‘Dbrought guit againsé bim_ for seduction, whicl o compromisod. It is- thought by woino: that Wallingford lind made & coufossion of -big mia< “doods to his wifo; . tuat- thoy hied mutally .agread to smicide. Otlicra. suppaso *that hia nd- ministorod -n_doadly drug to :her Without her kuowlodgo, aud thon drult tho fatal oup lim- et WAR IN AFRICA... . . 068 Viie FantisaeA Li From the London StandarlApril 98, voly Flghts -Asnan < Tho. Asbantoa war..is -dovolopig-itdelf.-: At “#ho timo of tho dispatch of tho mail thoAshnus \teos, 90,000 in numbor, woro within tionty miles of Cipo Connt Castlo. It will bo soon, therofore, 4lint, 08 wo atatod on 4 'provious occasion, the strongth of tho lavading foroo- lins "beon 1 Jy.- ovorcstimated. Sl . the . proseuco Ho noar to our _tstomenta”of ovon ‘80,000 of tho moxt formiduble of tho tribos’ of Wostern Africa, ncting in ~unison. _ and obuying implicithy all the orders of tho command- crg sot over them by thoir dospolio rulers, con- slitute no moan dunger. Tortunatoly, tho first zusliof thoonomy hias_been chiocked, 5o that, 1f tho'British authoritios possoss tho slightost pru- dencs and enorgy, the sottloment itaclf will have Deon _rondored imprognablo. Unlesn, howaver, tho administrator of Capo Const-displays & cons sidoraplo increnso of ontorpriso, tho tribog who ‘ato unforfunate enough fo bo undor our nominal rotoction will bo,for th time atalloyonts,ruinod. lhoso.aro numerically. strong, and _upparontly Dravo, but, owing fo want of ammunition and army,—whioh,thongh ropostedly roquestod from o cbloninl uthorities, hvoiot boon wupplica ta_thow,—aud to .tha' faat that thoy aro lud by nlt.a- dozon difforout Kings, - thoy hnyo.small ohionco_ ugainst tho - Ashantoos, - who oboy tho ordora of & single chiof, 'Tho catnpnign bogan in onmest on’ tho 10th March, on which day tho Tantiu—tho. mamo.givon o {ho various tribas inhmbiting tho district around tho Gold Consb sottiomonts—woro attacked by tho Ashantco ormy. ‘lho forcos on oithor sido woro about 90,000 mon, It was, howevor, to the disadvuu- tag0 of tho Fantis that thoy conniatad of o Inrga aumbor of irlley, cach tilio boing accompanicd byits King, who oxorcidod o moro or loas fn+ dopeudont_command, It s truo that thero {5 o nominal Iing-Prosidont, who rojoicos in tho ouphonions mumo. of _Quanio Adoo, Dunt ho soonis to huvo claimod no upromacy ovor Dis brothor sovorcigns. ‘Ulie tactics woro m parontly very simplo, and consiatod in steady firing t0 tho front on‘each eldo, withiout any af tompt to mononvro. Aftor sovoral ' Hiours of furious fighting, tho right wing of tlio Ashanteo army wau drivon off {ho flold, and thut flank thua oxpotod to bo turnod. At thut eriticnl momont 5 mosyngo was_ent to Liout, Wopklne, of tho Socond Wost Indin Rogimont, commanding a Body of avmad 1owsea Palico, ohly a milo or two distant from tho apot whare tho battlo was boing fouglt. Ilo wan ontreatod to comio to the succor of tho Fantiu ; but, though porsondlly anxions to comply withs thio-foquost, ho was wnablo to do 50, ‘Mo roason in ourjous enough, o lnd recolvod ntrict ordors o givo nothing moro than ‘maral Auppott ta our ironically tormiod protected allios, whutover might Lo tholr alyat. Hlns otk to their own rosourcos, tho Tantiu, lindlng thir powdor fail, bogan o retreat abont 7 a, m., aftor Homo elght hours' fighting. 'Thoy must havo in- apirod tho foo with roapect and hiave fallon bacl: in good ordor, for the Ashantoes nover attemptod to pursua thom. Roally, thu buttlo, which was fought nt » placo caliod Yankumasslo, twonty milos from Capa Coaat Castlo, was croditablo 10 Doth sides. The numbor of killed and wounded aldo lifts It far abova contompt, tho lous of the > Ingl Voraclin | b ' but o —_— Tho Other Side of tho Gagom--ir - - -Walker’s- Statement, o — e ' TR o Sioovo-Buttons Ui fo’Gre "tia Cuffs of o Well-Regulated ; City Editor, g S8l A roporter of Tue Tuwuxe colld upon Me, Walkor, ollyf oditor of the Timas, yestorday, D ling what hio hnd to soy in roforsncs ‘to’ tlio ‘gako ofBurling & Adlor'a plan for tho now Court-Houso vs. o palr of_gold sloovo-buttons and studs. M. Walkor boliovos injuatico was dona him in tho articlo In Friday's Turbung, and, baving boon -hssured -that’all lio hind to say would bo.publiahad, b made the'fol- lowing - T receivod threo or four notos from Afr, Flon- dors, in which ke statod that Lo was working In tho intoroat of Burling. & Adlor, and wentad to know-if I could appoisit-a time to dino with him. ‘Thoy woré brought by a boy, and I sont » othal xoply, telling him I hadi't timo, . Fially Flan' dors camo up to #0010, ona day, Introducing himsolf, and sayltg that ho had had considorablo exporionco with ‘nowspaper‘work; had boon agont for Bt | TOR RATIE PUTXAN THOUPE, did undérstaod how néwspspors were'rum,’ T told him thaf, if bia_ sttomont was truo, ho had knowledge thst roquired many yoars | of experionce to. obtaln.,,'Ho asked mo if I would-go to dinnér with him, T ‘told Dim I oould not, and ho wantod mo to mako an sppolutmont, T did not do It but mubssquanty;. whon golug down-stairs, hio sdcostod mo, and ey 'WE WENT OVER TO 1DACN'S,. Ididn't ot much, a4 it was not mytimo for Iunobing. - Ho oponed tho ‘convorsation by sa; plan wag an oxcollont_ono, and was going to bo mionplace, nd ko sald, * Whon.you go dow into tho Interlor it will - eériko’ tho Committea-vory favorably, Ho snid thet Burling & Adlor woro thoy could put ¢ through tho Common Council all Tight'; that Burling—T think it was Burling, tho othor of -the: firm—had'lived in tho oity Ewonty yoarn, aud Lind .any numbor of friends, somo of whom wero’ on tho Committoo: andwould - TN, v FIX TP WITHE THEM | 3 thiat ho (Fishdors] Lind-boon nround to tho, other nowspapers, and_intonded to fix it withi them. 0f courso, 88 o Jourallst, ‘L triod 6 draw Lim ut and léarn what ho had to eay: - Whan lia got through talking I bid’ him good:byo, snd ho sald, ho wonldicomo and_sco mo again.” A fow days aftormards. 1 - ocolved n pnckngo,’ oponcd it; and" found it containod ‘n ‘mob ‘of sloovo-buttous + and ; etuds, very costly, Dut of an abominiblo and oufrageons dosign. Thiero.was nothing artiatio ‘or. begutiful about thom—comoth ng similar to what - A JOONEY OR A GAMDLER - would wesr—ovidently costing §50: or €00, I wrappod thom up in & pioco of papor in tho. prosonco of witnessos, soaled and put my namo npon'it, 'and had-tho parcal locked up In tho afo at tho riggs Houso, whore .I board. : There' it vomadtiod wutil Wodiiosdny morning - Inat, whon tho mulclo rofarrad to in Tige Tatnune aphonsad. Upon tho recoipt of tho prokago X immodiatoly. INSTITUTED INQUINIES, i to learn what I could of tho inton nors, : I fonud that they badboon to prominent’ arehitocts In {10 city,—mon who iavo no plans on oxhibition, but aro influontial,—nnd triod to fot thom to work: for ‘tholr plan; that ono mombor of tho firm Liad the roputation of boing & firat- cluws sohiomer, I jutended to :Linve the articlo publisliod on "Woduosday..proparad n waok bi Tore, but, ns tho Commitive mot that morning, tliouzht It was su_appropriate timo to got W foro thom. Tt wae Writton by n Toportor, oy contribullgn comiatiug of only o paragtoph obout tho Jowehy. - AR fur ns iy convorantion 13" onicerned wilh Floudors, that I would wait for somotling, that ia en 3 OUT-AND-OUT LIE. I novor snid anything liko tint, or anything that could o ooustruod iuto moaning it. Tho noxt morning aftor ytho’ publicntion of tho article, Adlor came in, and said, “T undoratend ‘yoo Lvo: somotlifng for mo?" Said I, + Yes ; do you wish it now #”, Mo said he did, and nsked Who gont it to'mo. 1 told him on of his cm-, ployes, Mr. Flondors, Ho thon snid, “I don't Waist {£1 you hod beiter sond it to film,” and immodiatoly buckoed out of tho.doo. Ho asi't altorwards, — thio " boy - ) tihe to seq Lim,—Flsudors .camo in, aud said, “Now I il tako tht Jowelry;” 1 told hitm “Vory woll,” aud jirote o noto'snd gave it to ona of the ro- portors, Toquesting him to delivor it to-tha clarl &t tho Brigge House, Whilo hio was'absont x 1. TALKED TO FLANDERS, it ondgaw tho Joxatiy was thorg-—now and Dright. I handod 1t to Flanders, and ho said ¢ I Tinyo beon vory indisoroet ; Iam ruinod for life, Baid ,* you are o foolish youth to talk about bo- ing'rulinod; Profit by this mistako; and’ don't ingino ngain that you can buy tho nowspapors ~don't attempt ) TO JUY UP A NEWSPAPER inany such uudor-andod way. 'Then ho ssld lish my émo i connootion with tho tranunc- £ion.”. 11 . nssured bim thot the Times did uot; wiuls £6do him any infury ; that big namo would not bo montioned. Thon ho asked mo for the saying, * You havo got it and can infuro mo for Yifo ; you oan muin_y zoputation.” T told him. that' “a Iottor - nddressod to mo was my vivato, proporly, and Lo . could ‘nt avo it. Ho wantod mo_to geud’ it round to him, but I told him if Lio lived thohsand yoars ho would mot gotit. I loarnod thab ho bought tho jowolry from Giles Dros. 1t waa ont to' mo; about twd ‘ool after tho publication of tho_notico which slightly comonded Burling & “Adlei’s plan. Tilfuoticn was among fittash or. tonty others some of which 'wora - as favorably noticod a it was, If w0 o prajsod tho plan, TILE FILES OF TIR ' Traes” | avo .the best .proof, of the fuct that we have, pralacd it no moro than_at lonst st dozen othor pling; Al tho remarke about, tho plans ave” Boon ' fn tho lino of ~"genoisl naws, medo by - roportors, .’ somotimes nocorgarily- -hnsty, Tho first dotailod mention of Burling & Adlor's appearad in the Times epposrod lost Wodnesday ‘mornfug, whan it was atutad that thord woomod to Lo foiho- ruacality: connectod: with-tho thing. I know from tho.appoaranco’ of. Flauders, from liis couvorastion, aud from tho stylo of tfio lot~ tor tlint bo wroto me, that it waa imposaible for Bilim to have writton tho lotiérs publishod in Tz TunuyE. Thoy woro ovidently THE WORK OF MI., ADLER. an omployo g ouud purchasivg ovlry mid iving {6 out clandestinely to pooplo”in order to_ Tailugnco thom in Lolialf of Lis omployors with= out usying anything to them-nbout it. e Y . wALkER, diselaimod any knowledgo of tho- unknown man’ ywho callud on Burling & Adlor, and requostod thow to pool 600 to ndvance tholy intorosta, * Rt inbon i ey FRUIT IN MICHIGAN, ‘Batrie Onzex, Mich,, May 15, 1873, T the Kdltor of T'he Chicago Tribune;. . . fiin ; Your corrospondenca from Lior, of_Apyil 24, In Yogard to nuraory-stock bolog killod by tho sovoro wintar, loaves o bad Improsafon in the aninda of somo, and, it you pleaso, I wonld like you to sny that Iam one of thoso nnrsorymon Wwho hava not sufforad ono dollar by tho cold of tho past wintor, and my stock nevor looked moro hoalthy, and I' have plonty of troos for fall sot- ting, Our poach troos will not frult this yoar, aud somo old traos avo partially killod. My poar orohard 1 in full blossom, and apple treos aroIn good condition fora gaod crop. Gravo | vinoa uiicovorod aro bsdly kitlod, aud only a par- tiol orop may bo oxpocted. Farmors aro vory much bohind in pring orops. _Grass snd whos looks woll. Yours traly, . Isado O. Morr, A Piuhy Sunlc-Story, From the Murysville (CoL) Appeat, Ashantoos boing eatimated at 1,000, and that of orted for many years, wiick thoy hiad Lilped to found nud to contluuo in power year sttur year, tho FPantis, who were on tho dofonalvo, at about 1,600 A young ma, whilo hording ktook, & fow 20, ou the reclaimod tulelapda in Buttor Country, bolonglng t0 W, &) Luxkts apd, ouhgeys 9§ Wik ing that ho was.with Burling & Adlor ;. that thoir. acceptéd, I told him I thonght it wag yery com-" among_th' oldost ‘arobltdets n “tho city, and could briog auy omount of i fluonco, . and .. ovon.. . 1 - tholr . plan- should’ ‘bo "rejeotad ' by tho ! Committon, tions of tho do- in tho ofllco over o minuto, About sn. hour | .. In two or throo minusos ' tho roportar roturned’ with tho package, and iu_his presonce I openod: $T-iopo you.will bo 50 gonorous a3 ‘nok to pub-, lottor, domanding that I should giva it to Lim, |, lau which over, .|: ing-Aselatant Postmpator-Gon, T cannot imagino snything moro absurd than watngular and unplonsent {noldonf Tho man, | il watcling hin floskn by doy, Iny dovm upork 1t grasn, and goon foll asloop, whilo buaking in tho sunshiino, Tiko many othors, whilo slooplng, our hioro oporod hia mouth, and 1t ia oupposo thnt on this oconslon tho nporturo was ab ita .| fuleat oxtont. Whilo Uy slumboring in tho arms of Morphous, “and miny bo dronming of many Iambs and tho low priod-of wool, lid yag Aigdonly swnkonod by o atcariling sonmntion, hnd waking agrasp-with-his-right hand nb- bis -month, o caught the tail ond of tho. panke, and hin grip wast 8 firm that tho'bady of tho Toptilo \was fun amundor—tho forward Lalf golng down. into tho man's atomnol, and the Inttor Dnlf houled out and hold -up.to_ tho..vlow of .ilio. Zrightoned horder, :We uhderstaid that tho’ roptllo” wag only o euall shako'of tho grane: spaclen, and por< footly harmloss;whothor on tho-outsldo or. inklds of & mon's stomncls, Dut anakon, aftor oll, may not be.gunsidored tho mont opiourdan; dikh’ for & cold Tuhol e iy, it & THE WIRTHS-YEREIN. of tho-§atoon«Kcep T U Wenteriday AftSrioon, T (1! A, meoting. e 4hio. mornhoth 6f itho. Wirtha? Vorain, or’ Baloo: wiit hiold yostordey aftor 5 Buwifis Maonnorchor, No; 45 Nortli, Olax! Ahant 200 patsond * wero' prosont, ‘who, whilo walting. to; bo' called: to :order, disoussed Mz Tosing'a “now doparburo,” boing unnimous in ita support, and alao, paid up- thote mg dues to the Treasirer, 'Alr. Potor Muoll sidod. ALY Tho mifiites 6¢ tho last ‘mooting woro réad, and ‘tho quastion of \tholr adaption’ led to’ s long and ' conatitiitional discusslon by Mr. Mota and othors, aa to tho power of losa..than & quorum.to, do business, pass rosolutions, ato, Tt ivas doclded that whilo jt ‘was not conatitus gm; yot 1t was nooossary, ‘and, thoroforo, Soyoral porgona wore. nominated for, mombo'r- abif? Among thom Was. &, Lbrimnsns i et mapufacturor.’ Thoy wore nll alootod, -+ : - - The Committeo appointed o wait on the brow- ord roported that thoy lind beon very woll ro- colvod by thoyo thoy hind visited, sud should got somo monoy ont of thom. . SGmo of ho o plo Lind'promisod to. join. Tho, oo viaited tho HqSflMnn}om. 3ol : Ty gt ‘Tho Gommittee appolnted to ik out a Inwyor to o tho logal businoss of tha Union reported |, they had not yot arrivod at o conclusion. 3. Hutcliinson, 08 & roprosoutativo of the | tho Union. Tho Oliair oxhorted tho morabors to unity. - It ws: . tho common_ cando_of saloon-koopors, Drowors, ets., thoy woro fighting for. Wr. William : Soybélds soiit in his rosignation. Xt was' accoptod, oud it waa roolved. that ho ghould ‘osor, ovor moto bo aduitisd to mom: Tho noxt ordor of businoss consiatod of propo- sitions tonding to sdvanco tho- intorests of tho Union, - It wos suggosted thub thoy hod botor wai till thoy Lnd gotton & lnwyer, and tako his advico 8 to tho bost courso_to bo pursited, ‘AIr. Motz wanted & -romodeling of tho Conatitntlon, fn .order to eupply cortain . dofloloncioa in that_instrumont, snd wishod o commitioo sppolutod for thnt pirposo. -Otbora ‘moroly wantod aimwyor, in onder to know whother they :wore fo shut or open on Sundsy. Tho mondmont of tho Constitution Wea 1k 80 cayor ol : ‘Sobmidt spoke of tho now movoment ‘which had startod in tho Sovontoonth Ward, snd was aproading to tho othiors, and would soon havo its Contral Committeo, It es an organization. which would embraco all nationalitios, and which thoy muat 0id all thoy could. So far s thelr own spacial organization wont, thoy must follow tho advico of thoir lawyor implicitly. “Tho Clair called attention to #ho novossity for money, if thoy wantod to accomplish any- thing ;. without monoy, nothing. Thoir. motto mugt ba, © Unity and Monoy.” g M. Mottko, -2 wolss-boor, browor, “mnde” & epoach, also" Urging unity in’ thoir task of ro- moviog tho yoko which uow Weighod on ibele nocks. 1fo not boing o mombor, some one reminded Rim of the impending oloction, and nrged bim. to jolu 8o agtoLiolp with monoey. A 1o agrood £o go with thom hend in hand.” JTho bonds of tho Financial Socrotary “snd Troasuror woro submitted, tho last belng for 20,000, and approvod. "A' proposition was ‘mado to lob In paoplofwith- outan initiation foo, but it wes stronuonsly Dg— osod on tho ground that monoy was. noodad. t {a.0-pootlinrity of Gorman mootngs that the mombors can ok moro oxeitod, and_talis moro, sbout unimportang things, fhan Amoriosus ovoF dronm of doing; consequontly, much time and breath - woro wastod -in talking -over this and other littlo poiuts, 2 Tnroply to on inquiry, it ws statod thot the organization was to profeot its own mombors, sud those only, gainst” tho Sunday Ia, * Thoss who hind not puld could expeot nothing. Tho mecting thon adjourned. s g WELL-PLEASED EXCURSIONISTS Tho Board of Education of Hamilton, Obio, . accompanied by the Buperintendent of Schools, od nt tho.Shorman Houso, Thuradny i g ond sinco that timo havo given tho Chieago public achools'and school - buildings clogo inspoction. They oxprossed themdolves hiighly pleasd with their visit and the- coartesy and attontion shown thom by the membors of' aur Board -of Educntion, . Thoy left for home, lnst dvoning, aud bofure thoir doparture hald & mooting ,in the club-room ,of the Shermnn, House and unanimously adopted tho following | resolitiont . , . £ - F Reaolved, That tho thanke of this holy aroduo and aro lieraby tenderod to the Doard'of Education, tho Buperintendent aud teachora of the publio schools of | Chteago, for thelr Kindness in nffording us evory facilty for.a thorough nspectiun,of tho schiopls under thelr ehargo,, A i : v Jicon MarTniss, idant, ‘ - L. B. Dz LA CounT, Secretary, W, W. CALpwers, Hreasurer, e C.B. Goobuax, - ¢ 3 b .- Ylewx D1tg, i 010, MRy Mombers of tho Board of Education, Tamilton, 0,. # -ALSTON ELLIS, Superiniondent of Sohools, L IAEs MOMAKEN,, . e Gorrespondent Clnclrinoti Times'dnd Chirontéle, . Xfonoy~Beod by Mail. Washinaton Correspondencs of-the St. Louis Globa, ~ Rstrango quodtionis ow batora. tho Pogte: Oftic, Dopinrtmont avaiting. doclgion froni tho Pontninator-Goneral, A mon’ inMassnohusatts Ting dnvented eago composoll of. tood and wirn notéing to sond honey-boos through' te_mails. | Tho trap'le & blogle 0f ywoad_about elx” inches |long iud Lo inchoswido Dy an inch doop in this throo largo Lolos nro borad , neatly through, | 8 tho' undor sido covored. * with -~ & fino " wiro motting. ~ -Soven -boos, Includ- iog & quesn-boe, ara placad in each cowmpact- {mont, aud aro Introdncod through o hole in the {mont, : -18kdo Gt theblook, whiol i pluggod up by.a plsco .| of spongo soaked in. honay, - o Postimastors: and_olerls -objcot to those packnges, for.the al- logod Toason thint tho Loney. sosls through. tho. | papor placed over tho holos, and dauba othor 1wl mattor in oontnot, and boidos, 0a ond Post= -||mnstor -complainod, ' the clorks in ' Lls loflicy' * didnot ~ gob * .through . oxamlsing |andstudyiog’ the contilvanco uniil the boos 'atung avery one pf them, aud, in showing them Tiow 1t was made and how to Landlo- 16 without. injury, tho blasted things stung him, too." Aot~ Marr, . sovoral ! weoks blnce; docldod that those' packages could 10t bo admittad to tho mals, upon -the ground tint thoy injurod othor moil mattor; buf Gon. 1, . Butlor, * 05 *attornoy for tho invontor, ap- ;onlad o cio to tho Postmuster-Goperal, sad tho Inttor is now ‘doliborating what disposition { hall b mado of thio mattor. s et LR . 1% The Last Male Mombor of the Fame ALy Xilled,” 2 Fyom the Hot Springa (Ark.,} Courier, Wo aro {nformod by & -gontloman diraot from *|.Polk County that Johu Flyun, tho last male ‘membor of tho family, fe killod. ' Tt will bé racol- {lectod that about ono’yoar ago & troublo arase ‘hotwopr tho Wimborlys ond Flynns_about s iLorso-raco; thab s, ono of tho Wimborlys whll)pml ouo of tho Liynns at tho 1ao0, and the noxt dsy £wo of tho Tlynna—father and son, tho fornor an ox-BherifT aud (o latter thon netin Shorit—wont to Winborlys honso and. shot o Wimborly. Wimborly roturnod tho fire, and succoodod in killing both of thom, - Dlsckwoll, a soustn-lnw of Fiyan, Br., thon took out lttors 'of administration on Lle father-in-law's ostato, and tho Flynus woro opposod ta his_solling. tho Jropotiy aud uiat Disclawoll. Tho Tlyuny taro Lion arrestod, and ong of thomm fraprisoncd, while the othor proved an alibl, but was shotas ho was coming out of the couri-fiouse, John Flyng; the Tst_ouo, broko juil abont_Christmas, and’ had ‘boon lying eround aud making trips back and forth fo tho Tudian nation, On Ssturday last ‘they hioard of his bolug in the nelglborhood, and Iprocurod s warrait for Lia arrost and wout in ontcls of him. Thoy camo upon him About daye Oight last Bunday morning. Ho drew hin wonpona and mada fight, whon tho ponse firod ipon i, shooting hisd thsouah the bods M Hhrouxh ¥o hoady sodd-wator mon, 831d" they had doeidod to joln