Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 21, 1873, Page 4

TII CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WE DAY, MAY 21, 187 TERMS OF THE TRIBUNI TETAR OF AUDIGRIBTION (PAYADLE 8 ADVANOR): by mail... 210 | Bundln Lo e T Parts of n yoatat tho saino rato. To prosont delay nnd mistakos, ho sure and gire Post ©Of'co ndilrons In full, incluing Stato nnd Cownts. Romittnnocs mny bo mado elilior by draft, oxpro Ofico ordor, or in roglstorod loltors, at one risk. TERNA 70 OLTY AUDBORINRNA, Daily, delivorod, Bunday oxeontea, 25 conte por wook, Daily, dellverad, Bunday includod, 20 contw por waok. Addross THITRIBUNE COMPANY, Coruor Madison atd Doarborn-sts., Ohicsgo, 1il. TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS, MOVIOKER'S THEATIE-Madison steeot, Dontborn | and “lnoch Arden. 1 botweon ato, Ltugngomont of Edwln Ausms, QOLEY'S THRAT! oand Leganer M evooing, stroot, hotweon " “Aftofnoon snd Tandolnh Viotim AIKEN'S THEATRE—Wnbash avonue, cornot of Gon- ross sircot, Tho Latra Koono Oumedy Combiaation, " Our Amcrican Coustn." Aftornoon and avoning. 5 ACADEMY OF MUSIO — Halsted atront, holwoon Miadiron and Monrao. Thoatro Gonsiquo Gombination, ‘Afloruoon snd ovoning, AMPIITHEATRE-Olinton streof, arick, tho Pr botween Randolph asd Wastington. Vi iitatonr, 0 BUSINESS NOTICES, RUCTURE OURED BY DR. MARSIVS PATENT Radieal Guro Triss, Buinal ~ cursatare, bow o it ifat, iz mocliienlly Wontol! it beatlls 3 . otd. Al inatramn rantond Gomu ;Jflm‘?fi"ufi&’m. MANSH Y HOWIRS, T taeh: DRion-aks b SCHENCK'S MANDRAKT PILL HOHENGIER NARBIALE ik suhnsumls: MANDRAKI PILLS, 1t s0ur bowol aro coativo, R SOHENCK'S MANDRAKE PILLS, 1 you bave worms, o R SCHENOK'S MANDRAKE PILLS. 1 sour bronth 13 bad, i SOHENOK'S MANDRAKE PILLS. 1tyou focl drowsy, SR SOUENQK'S MANDRAKE PILLS. 1f you aro low spirited, NEehiiGe SOUENOK'S MANDRAKE PILLS, 1 ou havo a sick hoadacho, i K'S MANDRAKF; PILLS, It sou liaco lown delnking frooly, on suaaling liomo gokeoue Randrako Fiis. Fow wiffuave v onr Spnetite for bieskiant ant'not foolany oifosa oftho fignor, | © Bluo Mass, and othor proparations of Morcurs, nctusl ‘produco mors sulforing and deati lian tho disoAson which oy profosa to curo. " And yot tiis corrasivo mincral, wo denounood Ly tho alionathlo dactors, s Nrosorivad by hum aimoss univorsally I Livor Coniplatate, Cogaurap tioa of tho Lunge, oto, “*\ARDRAKR PILLS a0 composed entirely of rots aud horbs, obtained from 2o gro nturo, will ‘appoar na wwon as thn medie ralionso of nat i thol? salutary offects of & inlroxperimont, SCILENCK'S ALAND) v o fn broneit (o {ho tet & fl‘,smf BILES om0t nAdco dny niuac of sicknoks of tho stomaeii Rt sivon for Tvuymmatne 1t ey o noroe to ad i cosmuotion with NOIINOK'S SEAWRED TON: 15 s Sudiclowe. traatniont, tho disostivo facultios spactily Tostored to thoir-fall vigor, andtho worst Sasen'of indigontion miny o ourod "Whon o telleot tht tho Ivor Is tho argost tntornal geenat {hobody, it ol 13 as L ntarng dienlondss biot f¥aibjoct tomany dlsordocs, and (hat a0 orhunnitva i hord oy wilors smbathotisaly, 1t 1s Sht. parirning it & modielno whioh. th Bowithy eporniions of: tho lisor shouid £l chinnges i tho gonoral Honith and %y nbpoat (o b mioat toimonlo Cortiminncn, snvoro inina i (o u o iinbe, & foolthig and ot nfm ptoma indicat(vo of Imporfoct or disordared o lvara o apsaly vomovad by tho uao o Costizonons, pilod, bittar or eonr eruotatlons, and that indoscribabl foclin of onnrossiot, mental antloty, Inn- B o o h T L aaria AL MDA, & o Siangamoht af busicas o ofite, aro i roliova by o wss ot VORENSIH AR, B DUAKEFILLS, oy 1. 11 sommvort & sox Northonat onrnor Sixth And Archi-sts., Philsdolphla, For sulo by sl Druggists and Doalo The Chicagoy Teibune, ‘Wednesday Morning, May 21, 1873, Tho Farmer's Convention in the Thirtconth Circuit nomiuated tho Hon, N. J. Pillabury for Cirouit Judgo. Mr. Pillsbury hed alrondy ro- cotvod tho poopl’s nomination for tho offico. —— “Threo of tho elght sloops-ot-war which Con- gross directod Socretary Robeson to add to tho navy aro to Lo built in privato yarde. Thoothera will bo built in tho diforont navy-yards. Threo of thom aro to bo built of iron, tha ot of wood, and all will bo scrow-propellors, Gov. Dix thinks that to include beor and cider In prohibitory liquor laws can have mo othor offcet than to incronsa tho uso of strongor drinks, and theroby swoll the very evils of intomporanco which such logielntion scoks to lessen. For this ronson ho haa votoed tho Local-Option bill lately pasaod by tho Logislatu ‘Docoration Day, in tho opinion of tho Excou- tivo Committeo of tho Grand ‘Army of the Ro- public, sLould b colebrated by the decoration of tho graves of Union oldiers only. They dis- countonauce tho proposal that both tho North aud tho South should join alike on that day in ‘paying tributes of affection to thoir soldier doad, and sunounce that any attompt to strow fowors on tho graven of *tho Rebol doad ” at Arlington will not bo tolorated. Anattompt wos mado in tho Prosbytorisn Gonoral Agsembly, at Daltimoro yostordsy, to° roconsidor tho voto by which it waa declded that tho Church ehould tako part in tho Con- tonnial Colobration. ‘Ihis movemont was mado by tho Southorn mombers, whio opposo any par- ticipation by the Church in & political and socu- lar affair liko tho Contonuial. Thoy failed by ton votes to obtain a reconsidorntion, but willtry otbor moans to cairy their point, Chicago haa narrowly csenped boing mado tho rofugo of tho colorad floud Jackson, who com- mitted tho borriblo Thompson-strest murder in Now York lnst Snturdny night. Ho was acol- ontally discoverod yostordny hiding in the collar of & negro thioves' rosort, in that city, witha gash four inchos long ii his throat, Mo told hie discoverer thut Lo intondod to leave that night for Olicago, but the latter disclosed his whoreabouts to the polico, who have frustratod bis desigu of golng Went. Threo hundred dologates, ropresonting thir- teen Statos, wore present at tho oponing session of tho Goverior's Couvontion at Atlanta, Tho Convontion is callod to discuss the Goorgin Canel 6chemo for giving the producers of tho Missiusippl Valloy communication with tho Atlantic senboard by » Borics of canals conneot- ing tho navigabla wators of. the Tenucssco, tho Coosn, and tho Ocmulgoo Tivers, which would afford contfouous navigation from tho Missls- sipp River to tho ocoan. Tho Convontlon hus reaolvod to confino its doliberations to tho quos- tlon of clicap transportation. York who b found his mission In oxtorminat- ing tho obscano litoraturo businoss, has got Goorge Francia 'I'rain into troublo. AU bis in- atanco, rain wau suod for publishing Indecont matter futho Zraln Ligue, Tho trial closod yos- torday by-“Frain's acquitts], not ns (nnocont, Dut as lrrewponsiblo on nccount of ineanity, Tho vordict Was no soonor pronounced then tho proalding Judgo lesucd pn ordor committing iz $0 tho fnsano asylam. This was dono with an alacrity which It would bo a grent atiufaction to 00 displayad in casos whon acquittals for murdor aro granted ou tho similar ground of insanity. — {Tho farmers bavo, in tho Bupromo Court of this Btato, ox-Gov. Palmor says, Iu the corrospond- enco publishad clsowhero, o faithful and discreot guardian of thoir rights that ssauros tholr final trlumph in tho combab with tho ral rond corporations, Tho doolslona whioh 1t hins mado on tho quostions of tho rolations of thomo bodlos to tho paople nro o guaranioo that popular rights wil bo protected by the courls, Ifo prosonta roview of theso declslons, glving a puccinct statomont of tha law of tho Blata s it now atands concorn- ing tho rospoctivo and rolativo rights of tho poo- plo and the railronds, and concludos by ox- prossing Lis boliof that it is far bottor for the farmors to trust thelr caueo to juries and Judgos thau to appaal cithor to Congresa or tho Stato Logislaturo for tho onactment of arbitrry tarls of clinrgos. Bir Goorgo Etionno Cartler, who diod fn Lon- don yostorday, was o Canadisn by tho doublo right of his birth and hfs doscont from Jaoquon Oartlor, tho dlscoveror of Canada, Ho has boon 8 londor of tho Fronch-Canadian Consorvativo party ovor slnco his olootlon to tho Canndian Parliament in 1848, and undor tho old Canadian Governmont whs Provincial Soorotary, At- torney-Genoral for Lowor Camads twico, ond Primo Minlstor for four yoars, from 1858 to 1802. Ho was mado Ministor of Milltia on tho formation of tho Dominion CGov- ernment In 1867. Ifo was one of tho dologaton to England on tho quostions of Confederation and tho Tutor-Colonisl Railway in 1805, and again in 1800, Tn 1808, ho visited England again, to arrango a' eottlomont of th difforoncos that bind ardson botwoon Nova Scotia and tho othor North American Colonics on tho subject of unlfon, Ho was 60 yoara of Tho explanation glvon of Obarles Francis Adnme’ misconcoption of tho relations botwoon Prealdent Lincoln and Scoralary Soward ls, that Lo was out of tho country during -tho critionl poriod ho discussod in his oration at Albany, and bad mo oportunity for dircet obsorvation of tho part which Mr. Soward really pleyod. Howover this may bo, thora is no danger that his orrors will not bo specdily cor- rected by thoso who wora porsonal witnossos of thio rolations botseon tho Prosidont and tho Seo- rotary of State. In addition to tho others who linvocomoforward to corroct Mr. Adams' misstato- monts, Bocrotary Wolles i gotting Lis story tondy. It will bo intercating, among othor things, 1t is sald, for its proof that Mr. Adams was appointod Ministor to England only at th urgont roquest of Secrotary Soward, who Lad groat difficulty in dinsuading tho Presidont from appointing Mr. Dayton. Tho Chicago produce markota wero genorally wonk yostorday, in spito of continued bad wonthor. Mass pork waa moro active, and 200 por brl lower, closing nt $10.00 cash, and 810,40 @16.45 sellor July. Lard was modorately activo, and 200 por 100 1ba lowor, at $8.66 for winter, aud $7.80 for summer roudored. Meats woro dull and unehangod, nt 63 @63go for shouldara, 83@83o for short ribs, B36@8Io for short cloar, and 10@11}go for swoot pickled bams, Tighwinos woro quict and steady at 800 por gallon, Lako froights woro activo and 3o lowor, clomng at Gio for corn to Buffalo, Flour was aotivo aud steady. Whoat was quict, aud 1@2 lowor, closing at 1.3 cash, and $1.20}¢ soller Juno, Corn was moderataly activo, and 1@13o lower, closing at 3830 cash, and 893 nollor June. Oats woro moro activo and 1o lowor, closing at 813¢c cash, and 82¢c sollor Juno. Ryo was quict aud firm at70c. Darloy was quiet and unchanged at 71 @80c for No. 2. The stooks of grain in store i this oity on Saturday last wero 513,047 bu wheat, 4,814,064 bu comn, 1,385,300 Lu onts, 264,540 bu ryo, 88,805 bu barloy. Total, 7,006,837 bu, or 1,697,356 bu loss than wook proviously. Hoga oponed wealk and lower, but closod firm at S45@5.00. Cattloand shoep wero fairly aotive. DRUMMOND ON PERKINS. Tho opinion of Judge Drummond, ordering the United Statos District Court to remove Norman 0, Porking as Assigueo of tho Stato Tn- surance Company in banlruptoy, and to appoint eatablishing cortain principloa that will apply to numorous othor casos of a similar naturo now in controversy, Tho general istory of the caso i8 protty well known to tho publio. Tho firm of Goorge C. Bmith & Co. was intorested both in the Stato Insuranco Companyandin the National TLoon and Trust Company—tho latter o banking institution. Thoro was, at tho timo of tho firo, on deposit In tho Danking Company t0 tho credit of tho Insuranco Company tho sum of $300,000—n fact which was not known genorally among the policy-bolders of tho Company. Tho losscs of tho Btato Insuranco Company in tho firo lurgely exceoded its assets, Proceedings ware inatitutod in the Btato Courts towind up it affairs, and_ Mr. Hurlbut, tho Prosidont of the Company, was appointed Ro- ceivor. Application was thon made to the United Slates District Court to bave tho Company do- clarod o bankrupt. This boing done, Mr. Nor- man 0. Porking was olocted Assigneo by tho mn- Jority of tho eroditora. Mr. Porkins was boliovd to bavo nctod as Attornoy for tho miths, who wore allegod to havo boon ougagod largoly in buying up policica at from 10 to 17 conts on tho dollar, eithor directly or through agonts, Sub- soquont to tho appointmont of Mr. Porking us Assignoo, and aftor he had mssumed tho position, sevoral potitions wore filad asking bls removal on variows grounds. Judgo Drummond oxamines tho tostimony in onoof thioso applications vory closoly, aud bascs Lis order for tho romoval of Mr. Porkins main- Iy upon tho fact that this gontloman, while nct- ing na the roprosentativo of tha croditors, who wero policy-holdors, bad utudiously withhold from thom all Information congerning tho 300,000 doposit to tho credit of the Company. That is to say, ho bolrayed tho iuterosts of tho creditors of the Company, whosa reprosontativo Lo wae, Ino tho hands of thoso who wero on- gagod In uytug up policios ut nlow rate, and who Lad knowledgo of thla doposit, Judgo Drummond's commant upon tho belavior of Porkine I8 tho most rofroshing blust of rightoous indignation thnt has como from tho Bonch in wany s day, In tho opinlon of Judge Blodgott, rofusing the ap- plication for romoval, Lo nald in offect that ho Dad long known Mr. Porkins, and could not bo- liove him guilty of tho unfuir doaling charged against him. Juigo Drammond, in Lis opinion, saya that tho * Conrt knows nothing about him [i- e, tho Amsigneo] oxcopt whnt apponrs upon the record,” and that “ by its showing hocannot etand o an impartisl, disintorostod Aeslgnos, propor to sdmiulstor tho nssots of the Com- pany,"” 1t would have beon difficult for Fudge Drum- mondl to draw any othor inferonce from tho ovl- donco whih ho recapitulatos in his opinion, than that DIr. Perkive was purposely conconling tho $800,000 doposit from the inquiring credit- ors, and consequontly misroprosonting tho mo- s succossor, Is of importance to tho public in| tual valuo of tho poliolos, Thoro was ovldenco thnt Mr. Torkins had sald tuat ho did not know what tho Compuy would pry, that many poli- oloa could bo Lought for 10 conts on tho dollnr, nnd that Lo had sold s own poliey for that amount,—thorohy glving tho inquiring polioy-holder to undoratand thnt it was not prob- ablo that tho nasots of tho Company would pay much mory than this, It was olso in ovidonco that, In dotailing somo of tho nssots, Mr. Por- Xins hnd spocifically montlonod bond of 830,000 and o fow mortgagos, but had not a word to sny ahout tho £900,000 cash on doposlt in banik; thnt, nt this vory timo, thoro was a man in tho #amo offlco with Mr. Porking who wao buying up the policlos nt 19 cents on tho dollar, and to whom Mr. Porling rofrrod the croditors for in- formatlon. Tho Court. also flnds in tho rocord that Mr. Porkins gavo ovaslvo and nnsatisfactory answors totho most dircot quentions askod him 10 tho Court bolow. It Is diflcult to soo how any poraonal ncqualatanco that Judgo Dlodgott may havolind with Porklus aforotimo could offaot faota of this naturo. . The gonoral valuo of this declsion of Judge Drummond covsiels In tho warning thus givon toall mon who have boon guilty of sharp prac- ticos with the monoy bolonging to baukrupt in- suranco companica Intonded to dofraud tho policy-lioldors of what littlo fs loft to thom, that thoir oporations will not bo tolerated in a court of oquity ; that thoy will bo mado to disgorga, and that thoso who shall bo dotocted in unfair denling with bo oxhibitod to the publlo in thoir truo cheractor. Buch o decialon was sorcly needed in this community, and wo boliove that Judgo Drummond's opiniou in tho Porkina caso foreshadows tho Judicial . trontment of all tho insuranco grabs growing ot of tho Chicago firo, It i worlby of notn that Judgo Drummond mado no reforonco to tho charge publioly brought Dy tho couneol for tho appollant, to tho affect thnt Judge Dlodgott was himeclt a stockholdor in tho Stato Tnsuranco Compan: THE COURT-HOUSE PLANS, At Inst, a gloam of common souso nppoara in tho action of tho Common Council with rofer- onco to the now Court-Houso plans, or at losst, ono membor of tho Council bas Lad tho good songo to suggost o ronsonablo mothod of arriv- ing ot somo dofinito result. What has boon dono hitherto hns beon tho morost obild's play, thio rosult of which hus only shiown tho inability of tho sovoral Committees to decido upon & plan, 13 might havo boen known st tho outsot, For- ty-nino plans woro originally submitted, good, bad, and indifferont. Theso forty-nino plans woro immediatoly reducod to cightoen, in a bap- hinzord way; theso oightoon to nino, the mino toslx. Tho Committoo thon took the six plans and bogan thoir search for tho bost ono, which rosulted in bringing tho wholo forty-nine in compotition again. Another sifting procoss commenced, which had & similar ending, loaving tho Committeo with & speciflod mumbor of plans on Land, and with tho samo consummato inabil- ity to decido upon what thoy wanted. As overy ecliomo whick thoy havo tried leaves thom in the samo quandary, sud a8 tho pooplo aro anx- fous to lavo & declalon eomotimo beforo tho closs of tho nincteenth contury, thp Drilliant proposition Las mow baen mado Dby tho Joint Commiltes to soleot eightoen or twonty of tho local architects, who have submitted plans, givo thom an audienco ono by ono, and lot thom oxplain tho various plans. Tho publlo will object to this nchomo in toto, for tho ronson that by $he Hime to siglivou architects got through showing tho defacts in oach other's plans, the Committeo will havo Inpsod into & stato of utter idicoy, and bo unablo to toll o plan of a Court-Houso from o plan of & windmill. Tho Court-Ifonso plana and the Com- mittoo are already sufficiently muddled, without lotting cightoon interested arcbitects looso among thom to est each other up, and throw dust in the oyos of the already linif-blind Com- mitteo. Tho opinions of such witnossos wouldn's Do worth tho paper thoy wero written on. Thero is only one thing cortain in this wilder- noss of uncortaintios, and that is that tho Com- mittoos of the county and city aro as ignorant of architecturo as thoy aro of tho Targum, and as incapablo of decidivg upon tho merits of the plans a8 thoy would bo of making s rovision of tho Biblo. It would bo the part of mod- oty for thom to may eo at onco, and lot ont tho jobto compotent parties, and not continito tho Kentuoky Blocls farco any longor. 1t would not bo to thoir discredit to mnke such an acknowledgmont frankly and oponly. Mon who bave nover made nrohitecturo o studs, fur- ther than it enters into tho conatruction of an ordinary dwelling-house, cannot bo oxpected to Judgo of the morits of an immonso and involyed edifleo, liko tho proposod Court-Houso, to cost somo millious of dollars, with its innumerablo dotails of claboration, its intricato divisions und gubdivisions, its rolations to light, hont, and voutilation, its adaptation to public use, tlio strength and permanonce of materials, aud tho union of all thoso featurcs in one harmoni- ous, symmotrical wholo, To tako o committeo at random from tho Common Council, who may bo good browers, shoomakors, tnilors, haber- dashers, orlawyers, and expact thom to boable to rendor & compotent decision in s caso involving tho most technical ag well a8 tho most genoral laxws of architecturo, fo sbout as sonsiblo og it would bo to oxpact & brokor to bo & judgo of numismatics, or » man who nover stucied matlio- matics to mako astronomical culeulations. Ponding the Ignoranco and mustorly innctivity of tho Committeos, an opportunity Ly beon offerad for tho formation of rings in tho inter- osts of cortain plane. Meritorions plans have boon thrust asido. Incompetency and Lumbug Linve como to the front. Sleove-buttoun have putin an sppoarance, and ehirt-studs havo boon strown about. Al sorts of critles have indulgod in all vorta of spoculations, wise and othorwise, on architacturo, All this time, the Committocs linvo gono tlirough the plans, with an appear- auco of much wisdom and & eolf-conviction of profound Ignoranco, and thoy aro to-dsy whore thoy wera whon thoy firat startod, and whoro they will continuo to bo from now to doomaday, if thoy are expootod to ‘mako & declsion upon tho gonuluo morits of tho plang, Ald. MeGrath, at the Jast mooting of the Coun- ofl, suggestod a plan which will roliove the Com- miltees from tho dilomma in which they aro placed, and which prosonts the only feasiblo mothod of arriving at an intolligont deolsion, His suggostion Is to place tho mattor in tho bands of oxports, and, to accomplish (hls, ho propodos that tho Mayor ougago throo architeots, ono from Now York, ono from Baltimoro, sud ono from Philadoiphis, and thut thoy ahall soloct the threo bost plang out of tho wholo numbor, whioh shall bo ontitled to tho prizos. The only conditlons governing tho action of those exports aro, that thoy shall afirm upon oath thet thoy know none of tho plans or autliors of tho plans, that thoy havo no Intorost In them, and_ that thoy will not liston to anyporson orporsons having suggestions to make concorning thom. Undor such clrenmatancos a thoso, It would bo posalblo to obtain wot only an intolligont but an honest opinion. In Aelocting tho throo oxports, care would of courso bo takon to roloct rospectsblo mion, of acknowlodgad elill and prominenco in tho profossion, ~ Throo such mon could not bo bought, ns tholr profossional pride would pro- vontit. Tn o cortaln way tholr technical alill and professional abllity would bo ou trial bofora tho wholo conutry. Tho now Court-Iouso is to 008t tao much monoy and {nvolvos too hoavy o toxation to bo trifled with by Incompo- tont Committoos or projudicod srchitoots. Tho clty and connty want tho beat building which ean be prooured for tho monoy to bo ox- ponded, for tholr epocial usos, and tho public doos niot want to bo infliotod with, or pay for, an- othor monatrosity In tho publio squaro, In tho Placo of tho ono whose destrriotion was tho prin- olpal compensation. for tho gront firo. Until 8omo hottor plan can bo offerad, Ald, MoGrath, it mooms to us, has mado a very timoly and o vory wlso suggeation, which tho Committeo on Publio Buildings will do well to report favorably, upon, A GHOST AT THE BANQUET, Somo pooplo fancy that the tariff quostion is ona of intorost chiefly to a. fow thoorlsts, and cortain spoclslly-favored manufacturors, and can bo vory comfartably avolded by sensiblo por- sona. Cortain gontlomen of this stripo undor- toolk to avold it tho othor day at Bt. Louis, aud, 1o thoir disgust, discovored that tho shados of our stranglod industrios, lko tho ghost of Banqgo, would not down at tholr bidding, but porslated in obiruding thelr unwoloomo and horrid forms st tho fostivitles in honor of Yisiting Congressmon. Tho people of tho Wost domand chieapor trans- portation for the products of tho Missisuippl Valloy, and tho Bt. Louls pooplo called n con- vontion to consider tho mothods by which a result 8o dosirablo could bo attained. Thoy choso o Committeo of Arraugements, and it provod that cortain fossils of tho old Whig varioty, and sundry gontlomon who havo o tasto for dodging ovorything like controversy, bocame members thoreof. Wheroforo thoy votod that tho tariff was not a question portinont to tho subjoct, and should not bo considored. That glost hoving beon ordored out of sight, the ar- rangemonts for tho porformanco went on unob- structed, But it was desirable to submit to tho Conven- tlon rosolutions and sposches sotting forth somo idoa of oxlsting ovils and noeded romodios, and, Dy chance, it happoned that thore was chosen as Chairman of the Committeo to proposo resolu- tions & man of practical and soientiflo kuowl- odgo, a distinguished ongincor, who has not the habit of trying to put inconvonient facts out of tho way by trying to bo ignorant of thom. [Of necessity, thorefore, tho nquiry of this gontlo- man into tho roal causes of difficulty led him straight to the tariff, and tho unhappy Commit- %00 of Arrangemonts in duo time was forced, with 8 dismay which wo can rondily imogine, to listen to, and to unanimously adopt, resolutions doclaring that tho trado in ships should be froo, that legislation Lind somehorw provouted that uso of fron in ships and barges to which overy other civilized nation hnd rosorted, and that a romedy should bo sought. Had that distinguished on- -gnear . pushod Lis Inquiries & step farthor, Lo might have Loon compelloed o offer resolutions somowhat as follows ¢ Resolued, That 5y rallroad iron requires removal on #ho averaga once In thirteen yoars, whilo evory mile of road bullt within tho last twelvo ycars Las beon compelled tousein track and rolling stock iron ine creased in cost by tho tarlif from 40 per cent in-1801 to 46 per cent in 1872, tho nocessary costof transporta- tion by all raflroads nowin the Unitea States has beon thua groatly swelled, and & Leavy burdon fmposod up~ on all producers and consumers, * Reaolred, That tho iron monopoliats who soll tho @greator port of the {ron produced at 8t, Louls for $16 £0.$50 por ton, at tho same time actually shipping somo portion of their surplus to England for profitable salo there, ought to bo compelled by romoval of protostivo dutles aud for competition to sell their iron at such ratos that the building of iron barges on the Misslssip- pl, and iron steamers for tho outward shipment from Now Orleans could bo profitably undertaken at once, and the cost of transportation by the river bo thus ma tortally reduced, Resolved, That the utter prostration of the American ship-buildivg and shipping, caused by tiat form of tarir which has nover yet fafled to injuro theso intor. cats, has put tho commerco of New Orleans wholly at the morcy of foreign sehppers, reduced tho imports thera from $24,000,000 in 1860 to $16,000,000 in 1872, and tho number of American vessols entering there from 00 to 900, and, siuco tho lack of {uward-bound car- goes forces outward cargoes often to pay a larger frelght i order to meet the oxpenso of both trips, hias rendered tho commerco of New Orleans inadequate for any material reliof of tho West by tho transportation of Ita products, both for want of a suflicient number of vesscls thero accking cargoes, and by resuon of en- hanced costa of freight, Resolved, That no plan of river improvement or ca- nal conatruction will prove adoguato for tho rolief of tho Wealern producers until thelr worst enemy, tho monopoly tariff, which increasos tho cost of sll {rans- portation, drives our shipping from tho 80as, and chiccks our natural growth of exports, shall have beon ‘uprooted aud forover put nway into tho same charnel- houso with slavery, polyganiy, and other relica of bar- barism, Whother Capt. Eade would be fnclinod to ao- copt thio phrassology of thoso resolutions or not, if Lie i #s cloar-headed & man as his works as an ouglnoer show him to e, ho could not fail to reach conclugions substautially in ncoord with them. In 1800, the tonnago of Amorlean ships em- ployed in foroign trado was 2,516,207, and in 1872 it Lind fallon to 1,410,648 tons. In 1860 1t wag Bl-thousandths of o ton per capila ; in 1870, only 39 ; in 1871, only 8, sud in 1873, ouly 8% thoussndths of & ton per capila. Nover bofore, sinco wo achioved frocdom on the sons by the War of 1812, hes our tonnago beon 8o small in proportion to population. In 1815 It was 101 ; in 1820, 64; In 1800, 45; In 1840, 63; and in 1800, 69-thousandtha of a ton to each inbabitant. Now it {s barely one-third as much na thirtoon years ago, In 1800, more than 67 por cont of all tonnago ontored and olearod at our ports was of ourown flag ; but in 1872 only 84}¢ por cout was of our own. In tho mamo poriod tho proportion of British ships ontoring and claatlng at our ports roso from 27 to 63 por cont. Tu 1860, 20 por cont of sl our tonnage was of Amorionn bottoms. entoring and cloaring from Inko ports, but In 1872 ouly 10 por cont. Tho Amarlean portion of all tounsgo, which onterod and alonred from eca ports, was 46 porcont in 1860, and 24 por cont in 1870, Wo bullt in 1873, for foroign trado, 11 ships nod barks, and 8 stosmers, but wo sold to foroignors 10 ships and Dbarks and 6 stoamora ; lost at son, 01 ships and Darksand 6 stonmors, snd coudemuod, 8 ebips and barks, and 2 steamors ; not loss during ouo yonr, 73 ships and barks, and 4 stoamors, ‘This sortof decreaso has boon golng on ever sinco the War closod. Our tonuage dooronsed 203,107 in 180, 83,078 {n 1807, 93,574 in 1808, 118,011 in 1800, 143,930 in 1870, 142,117 In 1671, and 73,026 in 1873, Theso aro ploasant figures for tho study of those who boliovo that tho shorlost rond to na- tlonal prosperity is by donying freedom to ite induatrios. Wo ospoclally commond thom to the study of tho frightonad gontlomon ot Bt. Louls, who triod in vain to dodgo tho tarift question. Not until thoy face' it liko men will thoy do any vory groat thing in tho way of socuring a botter outlot for the products of tho Misslssippl Valloy, THE EVIDENCE IN GEN. VAN BUREN'S QASE. Tho onso which was roportad against Gen, Van Buren, o fow days ago, in which it was stnted that Buthorland, tho Now York rostaurant man, 1ind boon offored a placo for s Amorican sxloon In tho Vieuna Exposition on condition that ho would divido tho profits with Ven Duren, has Doon consldorably modified. In n rocont Intor- viow with Buthorland concorning tho mattor, ho told & roportor thnt Van Buron vsod languago trom which bo drow this Inforenco; that Lo hind roponted bis converantion with Van Buren to o ralativo of Boorotary Fish; and that the relative of Beorotary Fish had roported that Van Bufon hiad nctually made an offor of the place for o division of tho profits. It Gon. Van Duron hos boon removed, ond dlsgraco Drought upon the Amorican numo abroad, upon mora eccond-hauded nesortions, tho Administra- tion fa vory serlously to blamo in tho mattor, A cago whioh {llustratos the oxaggoration of such statomonta after thoy hiavo passod through sov- oral difforont porsons has occurrad in Chicago, It rocontly camo to tho knowlodgo of Tmz Tnin- UNE, in what was regarded o crodiblo maunr, that Gon, Van Buron had written n lottor toa Oblongo oxlubltor at tho Vienna Exposition, which e offerod to givo the oxhibitor a proforred place for.a consldoration of €400 in monoy. Tux: TRIDUNE Waa ot tho pains of tracing tho rumor Dnok to the man who was sald to have rogeived such & lottor, and It was ascortained that no lottor of any Iind had over boen recoivad from Gon. Van Buren, Tho ramor had grown outof the receipt of & circular dosoribing tho charactor of an Amorican cotaloguo for tho Vienna Exposition, and soliciting advortise- ments. Geo. Van Buron had no conneotion whatover with this entorprise, which was en- tiroly logitimato in its way, and yot it hod boon tho origin of & rumor fixing sn actual caso of corruption upon him. In its proaont condition, tho rumor of “tho Suthorland traussction sooms to have beon roducod to protty wmuch the eamo insignificant attitudo, and it s now ontiroly probablo tiat all tho chargos, no omo of which bas aseumod nuy moro definito shapo thon thie two instancos cited, will finally rosult in the sumo fashion, If this shall prove to bo tho case, tho Yan Buron diggraco will desorvo to bo placed on aToval with tho blackmailing of Mosers. Pholps, Dodgo & Co,, In Now York, Tt will havo tho ssme fostura of Blackonlug an Lonost man's character bofora tho world without. sufliclent cause. The motive will not have beon the gain of mony to divide nmong the Informors, but it may turn out to bavo beon just as dopraved. Tho in- jury will bo of & moro infamous char- acter, elnco mot only Gen. Van Buron's roputation will have boon-sullicd without having given Lim a chanco for dofonso, but tho Ameri- conroputation for corruption in publio ofico will bovo boon neodlossly confirmod abroad. 'This cago of Van Burow's must be thoroughly run down. The Administration must show that it hiad sufficient ovidence of Gon. Van Buren's cor- ruption bufore Tomoving him; or, if it fail to ahow tlfs, tho caso must tako ita placo along with othors in which men have beon brought into dis- grace to gorve tho solfish purposcs of Langers- on of the prosent Govornment. = An official roport las recontly been mado o tho Prusslan Federal Council which shows tho stops that hive boon taken to carry out tho law for tho expulsion of tho Jesuits from Germany. No Jesuit establishmonta were found in Lunon- burg, Baxony, Wurtemburg, Baden, Mecklon- burg, Oldonburg, Brunswick, Anhalt, Schwarz- burg, Waldeck, Rouss, Lippo, tue Sazon Duchics, or tho Hanso towns. In tho other Fedoral Statos, tho ostablishments havo baen complotoly brokon up. In Alsaco-Lorrao, tho ostablish- monts at Btrasburg, Tssonhoim, and Motz havo algo boon dissolved. T is o curious featuro of th results of Bismarck's anti-Josult policy, that tho Josuits have found n now ally in their op- position, in a most unoxpected quarter, Tho official pspers opouly aceuso tho ontire Protos- tant clorgy of tho eastorn provinces of siding with tho Ultramontancs, In Pomorania and Bilosta, their opposition toBismarol: is poculiar- ly bitter, and tho roligious logislation 15 far from completo sottlemont, This now cloment Ling Incroased its diflcultios, and may yet load to sorious complications, unless Bismarck rolonts, Trom tho tono of our oxchangos in all parts of the country, the peoplo by thousands aro pro- paring to como to Chieago during tho first waok fn June. Tho arrangements for o musical foatival and its adjuncta of recoptions, ball, and civio showa aro being rapidly doveloped. Tho grest concurts aroto occupy two days, and furnish tho contral featura of an occasion tho main pur- Poso of which will bo to seo and to show Chicn- 0. Ourcitizons aro taking hold in earnost. By concession of two railrond companion thoir grent new passongor-houso becomes n jubiles colisoum for Jubilee Giimoro, and the Board of Trade yiold thoir groat hall fora jublice ball-room. Citizons' committees are gotting roady for all tho officos of attontion and hospitality duo our visit- org, and at the hinlf-rato oxcursion faros offorod thronghout tho rogion tributary to Chicago, it may bo imngined that durlng jubiloo wook the influx will bo somothing unprosodontod in tho history of the oity. Evory oltizon is intorosted to un- dorstand the Importance of tho avent now noar ot hand, Ono soureo of tho want of succoss which sgoma to Lave attondod tho Vienna Exposition un- doubtedly grows out of tho oxorbitant prices of Jiving in that city, which have boon incronsed by Dotol-keeporaand othera until they Liavo bocomo ain imposition on ho travollug publie. A coz- rospondout of tho Now York imes writos thnt, at tho holol whero Lo Is stapping, 8 tolorablo broskfast costs throo floring without wino, or §1.44 in gold. Evon tho boot- blaok domands 10 krouzors for his sorvicos, which n ordinary timos ho would Lave por- formed for 3. A rago for monoy-muking and spoculation sooms to havo soized all classes in Vionna, The Amoricsn Commisslonars thom- 86lvos scom to havo beon infootod with tho samo manis, and it ia rathor amusing to road that evory priviloge of any acoount in tho Exposition hus boen monopolizod by tho Austriau Govorn- mont for purposes of revonue, Human naturo 14 about tho samo, tho world over. Tho man with wiogs hos at_last boen found, and the Darwiniens should he happy. M. ar- nols-Condamine, a Freach physiologloal profes- sor, publishos in tho Revue des Mervedlles Sctent JSques an scoount of & vary peouliar family liy- Ing at Anvorgno. A post-mortem examination of o1 of tho famlly showod sn unususl longtli- ening of tho clavicle and soapnls, and & vory groat enlargomont of the pootoral, dor- s, &nd abdominal musoles, indicating & change from the humsn to tho bird type. A hoy, in tho family Las third oyolida and rudimentary wings, the lat- tor cousisting of o triangular flap of tho skin, formug o continuous connootion botwoon tho upper portions of tho arms and baslk,—In foct, e Littlo lowor than tho angols.” Hore Is cortainly anow departuro {n spocles to confirm the Dar- winian thoory, which the disclplos of that crood will not be slow to improve, They may yot ovalvo for us tha porfactly-winged man and make tho wingod beings who inhubit Figulor's plan- elary othor a possibility. Prot. Hurrington, who has rocontly beon to Alnskn, thinks thnt it hos paid tho Unitod States tobuy that torritory, Ho brings baok & most glowing account of Ita rosourcos. Tho valuo of tho annual soal aud sea-otter catch {5 ostimated at 425,000 por onnum, Cod and salmon ars’ vory sbundant, and Alnskn will probably farnish tho wholo Paciflo Coast with ita codflsh. Too la exported in large quantition to Ban Franclaco, Bilvor and coppor sro found in con- sldorablo quantitios, smbor snd proolous stones In small quontitios. Thore ‘plonty of bituminous coal for the use of steam- ers. Thoro Is o Inrgo supply of timbor, and tho land is arablo, but bettor adaptod to grazing than to sgriculturo. As the fur trado, and indoed nonrly ovory product of any consequenco how- ever, aro in tho hands of monopoliats for yoars to como, it 1s diflloult to soo whoroin lios the special advantago of tho ownorship of Alnsks, excopt to tho monopolists. Tho Governmont gots a vory small porcontage on ita Investmont, Tho pooplo of Alaska got comparatively nothing, NOTES AND OFINION, Tho Republican Couvention st Cloveland, 0., Inst Baturday, donouncod tho Congrossional sul- ary act, and daclarod all thogowho have accepted pay under it “practicularly desorving of consuro.” Tho Stato Ropublican Gonvontion moots in Co- lumbus to-day, and Cinclnnoti papora say It ‘will nsesil tho Congrossionsl salary-thievas with vehomonco.” Tho Cincinnatl Gazello saya ¢ ‘Thero 18 an effort in aome quartors 10 cveate the fm-, pression that tho storm will soon blow ovor, but thiy cannot prevail st Columbus, whore tho dolegates wi Do froah from tho poople. It will not blow ovar, Tho- fecling of indignation Las taken duop buld of thie POpe ular nifnd, oud, 80 long s the original causo ramaiue, this fecliug wif bo in activo force. —Tlio salary-stenlors will bo glad to know tlia tho Hon, J. H, Rongan, ox-M. C. and Coufedor ato Postmastor-Goneral, publishos a lottar to tho peoplo of Toxas defending tha act, But, thon, tho Galvoston Netws says1 Thero aro cortaln convictions of moral right aud wroug, with most persons, which cannot bo- hsnged by any srgument or authority, ond, whilo wa are far fhom Impogatug the motives. b o4 Hopresomiatissy for tho voto thoy have given, the univorsal instincta of tho peoplo will condemn thaf voto na morally wrong, fu spito of all argumenia (0 tho contrary. —Tho Republican Convention at Stenbenvwllo, 0., May 17, unauimously rasolved thgg tho Cous grossionn! salary act was “ o disgraceful pluudor- ing of tho National Troasury,” by which tho membora hinvo *Justly forfeited tho confidenca of tha poople.” —Tho Lafayetter(Tnd.) Journa? does mot bo- llove tho American people aro given over to be thio spoil of corrupt loadors, and saya: Tliero lias Low, and will bg, ahocking corruptian, bu X'lll ‘universal and speedy condemnation is o hapeful o, —Wa novor, in all our exporionco &3 a journal- fet, bolield & moro porsistent aud longer-con- tinuod donunciation of auy act of Uongatas 1ol that which daily falls' upon fhio" buck-pay and eslary-grab ot tho lsst scssion of that body. . . . Mr. Burchard would havo displeyod greator wisdow and a_Lighor senao of oulor, had ho bused his action in recelving the ‘monoy, after voling ngsinst it, upon the quos- tion of right and wrong, and not upon tho action of a futurs Congross, whoro overy vota cast Lng a $5,000 or o $10,000 walght' prossing it in faver of tho !incmnmri pay.—Larrisburg (Pa.) Stale ournal, —Thopeoplo perceiva the disgraco {nsoperablo from having anything to do with this monoy, aud those who think the momory of tho tranuacs tion will dio out may as woll miako & noto of it. —Pitlsburgh Evening Telegraph, (4. Bucher Stwoope). —1Iho Congressional Conferonco fn_ St. Louls Tosulted fu **mostly wind, howlver."—Omaha Herald, —8till the Ropublican leaders in Towa are by ing to work up s feoling for Mr. Dudley W, Adams tor Lioutonant-Gosornar, no that b wil not bo mado Goyernor by the Grangers; but wo opine tlat tho Graugors_aro not (6 bo ‘brought into tho_support of tho rings of tho country in such way, Howavar, wo WHlLalt aud seores Dur linglon (lowa) Gazclte. —\Who cau foresoo what rosults may bo ac- complished by this organization which is sproad- ing with such fenrfal rapidity throughout tho WostornBtatos? . . . .. Timowill show that thoy Lave no blind, uhronsoning hostility to rail- ronds, aud that they will nslof tho railronds only tliat which Justico domands, Whon farmers aro gouorally organizod ; whon, from 5 nebulous moss, thoy ars chonged to a eolid body thiat cau act and work, coneult, and counsal, and strike togothor,—thoy will vastly promote their o Intucsato and ‘esosao thoir prosprity. Aud, whon farmers prospor, tho wholo com- ‘munity prospers.—Sycamore (IIL.) True Republi- can, —Tlio ovidences multiply daly that tho mon- stor corporation with which San Froucisco Lns boon etruggling for the last two yeurs is actively in tho flold again, with tho ayowed inteution of approprinting to its own uso tho seryants of the poople whorovor thoy can bo of tho lonst sarvic toit, or can aid it in whatovor raids upon the publio trensury it may now lmve m von- tomplation, In this = movement It is using ogaln tho ssmo sgonts, but upon u soutowhat broador field than ovor bofore ocou- plod. ‘Choy aro daily turuing up ss guides and direotors {n almost ovary political and local or- gauization, tolling the pooplo what thoy ought 1o do, and laylug dowa tho law upon all manner of quostions With an air of authority . . . , If tho railrond fightsits battlo without “rogard to party, the bost way to campass its dofeat is to Tosort to the samo tactics, Thoro Iy n goueral facling abroad that thore i no_voal live issuo bofora tho peoplo at this timo but tho railroad, and that in doaling with it all formor distinotions nud lincs of division will havo to bo, abandonod a3 out of placo, nongonsical, and abuurd.—San Francisco Bullelin. 2 —Tiio Boptombor election promiase to bo ono of tho most lotly contestod of any heretofors hold in Sau Francisco. Vo Liboral tobublicans ar0 proparing to bo hoard in tho_ distribution of tho spoils—tho Young Mon's Domacratio Olub yrishou to_roorganizo a4 s Roform Glub, “'ho Htraight Republicans want nominations from Alph to Omogn ; tho Straight Domootats ditto.. Tho paople witl quiotly stoy in, nominate su in- dopoudont tiokot, and swoop th fiold, That is about tho sizo of it.—San Francisco Ohronigle, —Voliticians as distinguishod from statosmon, aud_ party manipulators s distinguishod from Gottuuo Soformory, ate quaking aud trowmbling Bafora” thio wnxpostod - revelution ' that. &5 going on in tho minds of tho votlng wmagsos, Tholr ocoupation bolng uttorly gono unloss thoy oan work tho people nto porty teacos, thoy view with alarm the' dotornis nation of the farmor particularly to elip tho har- noss and sook now pusture, Wo meet on overy hnud tho most whining apposls to the agrioui- tural elass not o dissolvo tholr party connactions, aud to look o their old mnators for- rodress of tho vory griovaucos which thouo same masters huvo croated.—Lemars (lowa) Sentinel, —Wa continue to got driblota of information 2 to tho Congrossmon who hiave, nud thouo who luvo not, roturned their baok pay to tho United Biatos 'Ironsury. Among those who have grara ¢ aro Bouator Hlamln (ogubliosa), o Mpino, and Georgo W. Morgan, of Oulo, # fead- ing Demooratio momber of the last Congrass, not ro-olooted to tho Forty-third,—Delroit Zribun —A Hillsboro (I1I.) papor statos that Congros mou of Judgo Edward Y, Rico s alroady drawn hls 86,000 biiok-pay stoud, and s putting 1t Into 8 uow' houso. 'hou good-by, Judgo.—Oarlin- vills (21 Demoorat, Tu tiot this rofroshingly cool? Horo ie n man viho doliborately walks up to tho public tronsu- 1y, holps himeolt to_govoral thousand dollaru of ‘monoy which doos not belong to bim, and, when callod o acgount, insultiugly replios that o give up th plunder would be *vulgar dom 1sm " |—San Jiranofsco Bulietin, . © i ~Tho pooplo of Kanats, moto ncoustomed ta deralictions of thals pubiib sorvants, s mieousg weary of invastigations and publio.stamor e 24 yet lakon no action in the case of Congrosu< man D. P, Lowo] tho man thoy trunted, s oy hes Bofrayed their confldoncs for hiy o alay But thoro {8 no mistliny the fooling of Lo poople upon tho aubjeat, ay tho- future i ausuredly vorify.—Atohison (Kan). Gron —ir. Biollabargor wan oo of e Gangrasse mon tiat votad, as Lo laim againay th soreres stoa), and, novortholoss, mado hasto Lo take iia stoal, Buoh aro thio orh of porsona the Prens dont gathors round il 1o pirform tho dutlas oF the dovornmont. I it any wonder tat e morallty 1s at a0 Tow a disconty and Hor ot morallty in porvading soctoty from 1tn riug 1o oy core P~Dubiuguo Telegraph, —Shollabacgor snye't *1£1 did wrong. o take 128,86,000 bnok pay) 1 was noh. mmy - rat ain, Tox feclk baclc-poy wnder o act of July, 1oty which gavo tho Congress that pasacd 1¢ elght moutla” backepay.” ThiaIs poativoly s ‘sola dofenso. Tt it Lo a slgal, 1havo my own pro: codont an wuthority for it. I took B1,000 anea boforg, aud, thorefora, havo o porfoot ziglt 1 tako 86,000'now,"—New Orleans Times. —Tho Connoctiout Houso hua alroady bofore 1 a rosolution condemning tho salsry-geab, The people of- tho United Siaten sre farther slang it Thoy ko comldored. « it ey , and prasod it with a miost. whpasslie] unaulioity.—Pillaburgh Commorotal. T > 010 plissisnl il THE RAILROAD QUESTION. Correspondence Hotween Gon, Johm McConnoll and ox-Gov. Palmor, Sepetal Dispateh to The Chieago Tribune, Senivarreno, I, May 20.—Tho follows Ing important correspondonco hea just taken place touching the quostlon of railrosds and their managomont aa acttlod by tho dacisions of our Supromo Court, and furnishing ‘an epitorae of the law a3 it now Is on that subject ; Brm 1, Hon, John 3. Patmer s 0 Ty ey 1, 1575, DEn Bn ¢ I viow of tho groatintorosts tnvolved in the pending controversy botween tho producors of the Btatosnd tho ralirond’ companies, it fa deatrablo ta know procisely what s the presont condition of the 1w, as fo in the declsions of our Bupreme Court, in M‘Pfifl to that subjoct, you do mio the favor to give mo astatement, ome bodying tho substanco of what has ‘boon declded on Rty of waing tal (o 'y of asking this from you, belleving your sympathies ‘are with in this Sguinat monopoly. Yours triny, L et struggle Jonx McOORNELL, flDV.flPAY.ll!n‘E REPLY, PRINGFIELD, 11, May 10, 1873, Deanfim: Your noto, In- which you aiude jo the froat interaats involvod In tho pending sontravorsy tweon tho producers of tho State and the ralroad corporations, and to the Importance of procis knowls ¢dge of \ba prasent condition of the law in Togars. 1 the subjects iuvolved, and roquest of moa statement of thosulatance of what has beon declded by the Bua ‘Prome Gourt, fa boforo mo, 1 am sensiblo of tho great importanc of placing boe tha Em lo tho substance of what has been docided y thol higheat tribusal, for, as you seom £o tindors ‘tand, tho Jourt hios, b{ a seriea of decsions, sottied ‘nearly all queations at {saue Letween raflway carriors and people upon the solid ground of priuciple, undorstood that the dispute betwoen the paopie of tiia Sluto and tho railrosd corporation s ad e oxtont of tho righta of (ho corporations under {holrcharter, and tho propor moasuro of thelr obligas 416ne and dutles in thoir rlations to the public as the owners of 4o much’ of public highways as admit of private ownership, and s carriors of ‘passcngors and froights by {helr respactivo lines, On tho part of the rallroad coripanios, it 18 insfated that they are meroj privats corporations ; that thels charters aro contracts by which the Stafo has con. ferrod upon thom oertain franchises which thiey may exorcise for tho exclusive bouefit of their atocke holdors, amd that among the franchises with whick thoy Litye boou invested by tho Blato s thal of making auch regulations for tho trans. sction of thelr business, aud the determination of the smount of compeusstion they will demand for avery kind of service they perform as thoy may think propor, aud that theso righta aro 80 vested in tho cor~ pomtions) st fhey canuol bo (mpaired or controllsd , tho Blate 1u any maunor, or to any extent, It may bo that ‘this statement of the protensions of tho rafiroad corporations is somowhat broader than thelr thooretical claims, but, if it 12 objectionablo at all, t1s rator that 1t a tao' disfinct than that it 1a too oxa tensive, Tho ‘pooplo of tho Slate who havo watchod the growth and expansion of the rallroad system with %0 much eatiafaction, and havo mado such fme mense ficos to aid its rapid develops ment, astounded and olarmed at' the pretons slona’ of tho rallroad corporations, and conscious that to conceds fo thom tho vest powars they claim 18 not only to surrender commercial frocedo: but politieal Uborty, thoy are organizing o' rels em, Fully sgrooing with yon in your eatimsato of tho grave q ity of the strugglo, T regird it aeas grester conse= qfinn:chk??t 0 THLSLIKD bo gaado by thoms Wi arae Guge “horo are certain underlying principles of constitu~ tional govornment that the pooplo of the Btats cane ‘ot afforg to disrogard, for it fa to thoso fundamental dootrines and to their accoptanco that we owotha safoty of lifo and iberty and property. Amsng thaso is tho right of overy citizen to own property, and to i8¢ it for the promotion of his own intcrost only o such Just and_equal lsws searg made to ope ate upon all other persous undor like ciroumestances, 1t would bo & miafortune of the most serious charace tor for the people, either from choice or necesalty, to o compolled o disregard theto or any othor of tha oascntial princlplo 8 of our Government in their offorts fto malntain thelr righte, but Lapplly for all cl citizens, the SBupremo Court have, ‘as I think, with a nusn:n of fidolity and wiedom that'is most gratifying, and which nssui. . tho most undoubtod success fo tha Jopular cause, {£9m year (o year aa quesiions Jnvolve Ing the ralations of the railfoad corporations and tha Kunple linve been brought beforo it, mot thiom, and ave by the application of just and rational principles settled them, 8o that Justico may bo dono to all, and tho rights of the poople fully protocted and fiaine nod, I will not troublo you with formal quotations from sdjudgad cases to provo iho truth of this statement Lut will atate rotly tho principles acitied as the result numerous cases. Tho Court declddd, many yenrs ago, thnt the eharterg of privats corporationa ar contracts botrvoeu tho Stato and tho corporators, with which the Legtslaturo cannot interfore, but {ho’ Gourt aleo holda that conts Dolwean the State and_corporatora aro mutun) that thio corporation, when croated, ia what this lew makea {t, and by thio cceptance of ‘tho charter the corporntlon becomes what. thio Legialaturs intondod if should be, tiat it posscaies only such, functions aud for iho publlo benetlt und_ sdvantago; that 4ntendod to croato an incorporation to cngago fn the ‘business, office, and employment of a common carrier, - and thsty under thelr charters, thoy possoss all neodful powors for the prosgcution of that business, snd that, y the accaptauco of tho charter, the corporation co; tractod with the State to exorcise'tko ofic and. enrple ‘ment of a common carrier, aud to discharge all the ob- liqluanl snd duties aocording to the laws then, or that 1uight thoreafter, bo In force for the government of common carriord, That it is tho law that common carriors are bound to . furnish reasonablo and ordinary facllities for transe ‘portation, such as will moot tho usual and ordinary des ‘mands of the public, aud with roapoot. o an unoaunl influx of busiiess, they aro bound to_ mako an honeat ond fair effort to ald the public in tho prosocution of thoir businee ‘That it 18 tho Jaw that common. carriers are bound to carry for all peréons indifferently, without partiali. &, fayorltiow, or unjust discriminationa ; 'and that 1 they do nos provide ‘thomsolves with reasonabl factli~ tiea for transportation, such as will meet the usual and ordinary demands of tho public, or if their sarvante from {mpropor motivés glvd & preforenco £0 one pers on, the carrlor s Nable in danusgen to tho party fue jured, That 1t i3 the law that common esrricrs may da: maud & reasonablo conipensation for thele servicod aud B0 mora, That it 18 the law that rafiroad corporations msy fuako such scasonablo regultions aud coniracts for tho t action of thelr business as are not {ncon- alatont wiih their duties to the public as common care rlers, and can mako no otber, jaud that all rules, regu« lations, contracts, or other mouns adopted by railway coaporations to justify extortions, unjust disorimina- tlons, or ie8, are unwarranted by their chart sud oustouary, fo thoir duty to tho public, void, It cannot. bo expooted that {lio law 88 cslablished by tho declalons of the Bupreme Court will be satiafactory to all pes 8 or to all {ntercats, ‘Thore ometling iu the sacred mystery of ** vested h affoots tho imagination of many as witcha cruft did our an s, ly satisficd with the sever m) IIMIII of tho doctrine sot= tlod by tho courts, that raflrosd corporations havea vested right to Lo common carriors, ond that tha publio havo tho vested right to justat that they shall diechurgo tho dutios of common carriors sccording - fo o lawa of tho land, without ° parliality, * injurious ~_discriminations: extortion oF abuag,std (hero may be otliera who would appoal to tho Couigrosn of tho United Stales, o tho Logislaturo, to fix arbitrary tatiffa of rates for aflrond frvicon; bt tae groa bl of tutlligont poopla will, X bolleso, profor tho vordicls of Juries fo tho déclsions of polticisus, sud whan tho law hat throws the bur. don of proof of ressonablonces upon tho corporations 19 npplled, and Jurics pass upon Al questions in. dise Pute, 145 not bellevo that thero can bo any aarious Queation s (o tho reault, Roapoctfully, Jou M, Parany Gon, John MeQonnall, AU The Petroleum Trade. New Yonx, May 20.—A maoting of potrolenm ddaloth was hold thin_aftomoans St Bl T following rules were ndopted Crudo potroloum, unloss othorwiss statod, ehall bo undorataod to bo purs, ustural oll, noithor stonmod nor trented, and froe from wator sodimont or adultoratfon, and of the ravity of 40 to 47 Boaumo, An_allowance will o mado to tho buyor of 3¢ of 1 por cont for ovary 3¢ degrao abovo 47, Tofliied potrolonm must be tho standard white or bottor, with & fire-tost of 110 dogrees Fahrons hoit and upward, Naphths must Lo primo white and swoct ; gravity, 68 to 78 Bosumo, Thoro o & dobato about 'tho definition of residium, {ing & gravty standard fxed. for . Tho matter was Bold over to the meofing fou morrow,