Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 23, 1873, Page 4

Y T 1IN CHIGAGU DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1S73. TENMA OF SUDACRIPTION (PAYADLR IN ADVANCR). yoar at tho samo rato, To piovont delay and mistakos, bo miro and glve Poat Ofico addross In full, including Stato and County. Remittances may o mad olthor by dralt, oxpross, Post Oftico ordor, ar fn reglstorad lotters, at aur risk. . TENMA TO CITY BUDACRINENS, Dally, deliverod, Sundsy excoptod. 26 cente por waok. Dally, deliverod, Sunday includod, 30 conts por waok. Addross TIF TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sts,, Uliloago, 11l TO.DAY'S AMUSEMENTS, CER'S THIEATRE-Madison slroot, botwoon Dotk o, Ensaremont i Hiwln decen **Kaoch Ardon," TQOLLY'S THEATRE, Olrkand Lasalle, AIKEN'S THEATRE—~Wabash avonus, cornor of Con- grose strast.: Mo 1, Coonio Uomody Uombination, * Our Aworlean Uous h - atreot, botwesn AOADEMY OF MUSIO — Halstod strost, betwoon Madison and Monroo. Theatre Comiquo Combination. AMPHITHEATRE-Clinton sireot, botweon Randolph «ad Wasbington. 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It sou have boon srinking froaly. ou ronclitog homo ok ok Mimarako Pl "o il uate Xioni onotita tor bronkfast and not fool eny oifoo . , and othor praparations of Morcury, aatun proies paoro waitoriny Bnd ALy men: 1o disCason WhAD e C T doehora I roscsivod by i : srfl'.?\"fi'x’.':'u.i gnlvnn'lllyl In Livee Complalats, Consump- ot el T L S o Yoots y Hilo frest ntoreboNe ffl"m':?m“ nad tholf snfutary efloots e Sl RSt pothmont. SOMINCE S MANDIAKI: DILL flovnds irodicn sy nmuaon o sickaons of (6o stomachi 5 ven fo St " . lons treatmont 155 shtaihly Tettoredta iRl Viors s o worsh Y o e Wion, wo railoot (hiat tho livor Is tho largast (ntornal . that tolt is asslgnod the Important o Ul stk the b kL1 ic blood and proparin A1 1he whon it In diconsod body 'aurs sywpatboticaliy, It is not. surprising that a medicing which oan rosioro the ienldhy operationsof the Hvor should praduce wondor. ful changos In tho general health and olfoct ourcs whioh mny appoar to ba aliust miraculous., Hoeadache of lon continuance, serer pains tn the alde, breast,and should. aching of tho limbs, & facling 6f gencial woakness and wrotchodnoss, and othor alarmiug and distrosstn ssmptoms indicatizo of Smporfect ar disordored action ol d;m E‘i?{li'x‘i spasdily romoved by o uso of SOHINGK'S B enisar pilas Vittor e sour eruotatiing, and. tha tadoscribabla fosling of opprossiou, mental anioty, lan- gor, lothary, aud doprorsion ol spicifa which uifit & @an for tho mansgemoit of businessand (ho sn| ofito, nra a1l roliayed by thouso of s\':'umuu('sJ jiind DRAKE PILTS. OK & SON, Phiiadolpbla. fl Proparad by J. H. SOUEN Northenst cornior Sixth and Areli- For salo by all Drzgglsta and Deale: ¥ tha Pranldant whosna vagnonsibility for tho trananction Is oxactly equal to that of all the othor enlary-grablors put togethor, will draw Lia incronsed pay with the utmost punciuality. The Chiongo produco mnrket wors rathor quiet yeatordny, and steadior. Meas pork was aotive, and 20@2bo lower, closing stronger at 81576 cash, and 810,15 sollor July, Lard was aotivo, and 6@100 per 100 Iba lower, at 28.60 for winter, and $7.76 for summor rendoroed. Moats woro dull and unchnanged at 63(@0}{0 for shoulders ; 83¢@8}(o for short ribs ; 8) @80 for short cloar ; and 10@11240 for sweot-pickled baws, Highwines woro ' quiet and steady at 900 por gallon. Lako trolghts wero quist and @10 highor, olosing at 53{@Go for comn to Buf- falo. Flonr was quiot and unchanged. Wheat was quiot and 134o lowor, - closing at 81.30 cash, and 81.27 seller. Juno, Corn waa loss aclive, and /@340 highor, closing at 38c cash, and ,,@383g0 sellor Juno, Oats woro quiet and firm, closing at 813{0 cash, and 93}go sellor Juno, Rye wad inactivo and nominally onslor at 69@ 70c, Barloy was inactivo, and nominally easior at 70@800 for poor to good No. 2. Hogs wero dull and lower, closing weak at $4.60@4.80. The cattlo market was quict and leas firmer. Bheop romain steady. Whilo thoro is no doubt that thers has beon sorlous confuslon in the management of Ameri- can affaira in connection with the Vienna Expo- sition, it {8 becoming more and more doubtful whothor the blame should be thrown upon the shouldors of Gen. Van Buren. The New York Times, which would be likely to sustaln the Administration in its action in this mattor if it could rossonably do 0, recalls tho fact that, when Gon, Van Buron was firab appoluted, he summoned an advisory committes, which in- cluded somo of the bast men in tho country, to doal with tho various branches of American rep- resontation, Among them wore 8. B. Rugglos, Prof. Joy, Jackeon B. Bchultz (who has sinco boon appointed .Commissloner in Yan Buren's place), Prosidont Barnard, Mr. Vaux, Irof. T. G. Huut, and others of equal eapacity. One of tho things dono by this Committce was to report the names of per- sons especially fittod to actns Commissioners inthe various departmonts. The Tinwes snys that, out of tholists reported by this Committoo, Becrotary Fish solected only four Commission- ers, though he appginted 115 inall, and that these four were solootod not becauss thoy had been 80 recommended, but bocanso they hap- poned to suit cortain political intorosts, If this io true, Secretary Fish may be much moro ro- sponsible for the American complications at Vienna than Gen. Van Buron. At all events, it is time that tho Administration should make public the evidence which was supposed to have domanded Van Buren’s summary romoval and consoquont disgrace. The Thcage Tiibune, Friday Morning, May 23, 1873. Potitions are ciroulatiug in Davenport, Iowa, for and against tho adoption of an ordinance to clogo liquor-saloons after 11 o'clock at night and ou Sunday. Tho excuse given for tho increaso of ocean telograph rates on May 1 was the breaking of tho French cable, 'Thiis his boen ropaired, and the ratos will bo lowered to tho provious standard on the 18t of noxt month. A suggestion that the Presbyterfan ministers Yo moved from congregation to congregation at stated times, like thoir Mothodist brothren, was received with laughter, yesterday, by the Gen- oral Assembly, “Governor " Kollogg baa at last formally ap- penled to Prosidont Grant for help. Tho Pres- ident responds with & proclamation in which ha warns tho turbulent and disorderly persons who aro disturbing Kollogg's peaco of mind to disperso in twenty days. To styles the argumont that Kellogg was nover elected Governor a * pre- tense,” and asgerts {hat his right to his office Las the judicial sanction of tho Btato Courts and thio tacit rocognition of Congress, A Wall stroot clique contrived to secura all the gold gold by the Government yestorday, Tlhoy- iutend to repoat the oporation at faturo alos, and to dopleto the stock of coin in other Lands by encouraging shipments abroad, and otherwise manipulating tho markot. In this way they Lope, by tho middle of noxt month, to gains control of the stock of gold on hand that will cnable them to chargo their own prices for gold aud gold loans. T George Francis Train was not sllowed to re- opou tho question of his sanity in the argument on the writ of habeas corpus made roturnable yesterday. The Judge refused, on technical grounds merely, to liston to him, but pointed out how tho mattor might properly be brought up again, beforo he is fiually sont to the Utica Asylum, Tho Commissioncrs appointed to appraise the old Post-Offico lot and tho old City Bridewell Iot, in pursuance of tho act of Congrees provide iug for nn exchango of the two pieoes of prop- erty,—the former to bs used for tho Chloago Tublic Library and tho latter for a bonded ware- houso,—concluded thoir work yosterday, aud for- warded theirroport to the Secretary of the Troas- ury. Thoy find the two plecos of proportytobo so vearly equal in valuo that no bonus is required from aithor party. A largenmount of testimony wa taken, and tho decision of tho Commission- ery Wags unanimou John Bright's unexpectod lottor to the Ropub- lican Conferenco ot Birminghem, donouncing tho movement to make the English Government Topublican, has boon soized upon rathor too eagorly by somo discouraged Americans nsan avgument against all Republics, including their owu. Thig is not Mr, Bright's viow. No one kuows Letter than ho that different peopla noed difforent governments, and lio hao writton an- othier lottor taking the ground that tho same line of argumont that shows England's prosperity Lo depend on the atability of the English monar- chy shows that American welfare will bo boat subsorved by ihe proservation of the Republic, . ——— The 8%, Paul Press Is rosponsible fox the atato- ment that Prosidont Grant was opposed to the Balary bill in so far as it incronsed his own sal- ary, but was compelled to sign it because the Govornment could not be carried on without the other appropriations contaiued In it. Ihe Press doca not any, however, that the Presidont will refuse to take the incronsod salary. The fact, wo proaume, 18, that all the influencos about the ‘White Houas wero actiyely lobbying for the bill, THE CHOLERA. It is now established by ofticial statemont that the cholors is in Now Orloans, At tho lnst meot- ing of tho Cincinnati Board of Health, its Presi- dont, Dr. Clendennin, submitted n communica~ tion calling nttention to the oficial mortuary report of tho Béard of Health of New Orloans, during tho week ending May 11, in whioh oloven deaths are reportod to love ocourred from cholera. It was furthermore statod by Dr. Clen- donniu that the Presidont of the Now Orleans Board of Health, whon in Cincinuati, on ‘tho 1st of May, informoad him that a diseaso closoly alliod to the Asfatic cholora was provailing sporadically at New Orleans, but urged that nothing should_ bo said about it, until ko precise charactor of tho disoase could bo determined. Sinco that timo, Dr. Clondennin had hoard from the Prosi- dent of the Now Orloans Board that the disoaso in question was undoubtedly Asiatic cholora. The official knowladge of this fact has alroady croatod & scare in Louisville. The Mayor, in an official communication, says: *In view of the almost certain apposranco of cholora in our midst this summer, it bohooves us to loavenoth- ing undone by which wo can possibly ward off ormitigato the diceaso.” The papersof that city roprosont that the stroots, alloys, and sew- ersaro literally recking with corruption, while the Health Ofticor says the Board of Health'is utterly inndequato to the task of presorving the Lealth of the city, and thero is no provision for caring for a single cholera patient. Thore is also considorabla uneasiness in Cincinnati, occa~ sionod by thoso reports, In 1849, andin ono or two aubsequent sensons, the cholora approached thoso cities from New Orleans by way of the groat rivers, and tho poople, therefors, have good grounds for approhonsion that they may bo visited by tho pestiloncoe this summer. This boing the caso, it is not unlikely that wo shall hayo tho cholera in Chicago also this sea- son. What aro wo doing to mitigato its rav- agea? We do not concoivo that thero is any ne- cesalty for alarm, or that, in fact, any dsngor imponds over ws, if tho propor pro- cautions aro ftaken in time. It may not bo poseiblo to provent its advont altogether, but it is possiblo to provent its becoming opi- demie. Cliolera livos upoi filth and thrives bost whoro filth is most abundant. In this respect, Chicago offers some inducoments for a protract- ed stay of tho plaguo. Some parts of tho Wost Division, a8 soon a8 warm weathor gots in, are dirty enough to gonorato tho disonso without waiting for it to como from Now Orleans or any other city. It is not tao late, howevor, to commence tho work of purification, but it will be too late it tho Board of Mealth waits until the pestilence is upon us. Whilo we would, doprocato any fright, aud bo- liove there is very littlo danger of its becoming epidomis, atill this doos not losson tho impor tance of prompt action upon the part of {he au- thoritiea in cloaning up tho city, A clean, wholeaome condition of our atreots and alloys iy to bo desired, not on ascount of chol- era alono, but becauso it will roduce our goneral bills of mortality, which are always large in summer, ‘Tho Boverity -of tho cholera, should it como hero ihis summor, deponds entirely upon the Board of Health and tho individual cleanlinens of the cltizens, It ia possiblo, by ordluary promptnoss aud diligenco, to ronder it comparativly harm- lony, but at the samo timo it is also possible, by negligonco and innotivity, to invite the most dia- autrous conssquoncos. Whothor wo are going to have it or not this summor, it is none the less important that the clty should be cloaniod, and it this is done wo have ag comploto & guaranteo agalust sickness as it is possible to have, The racommendation of Dr. Olendennin to the people of Cinclnnati should ba promptly followed hore, e says: “Evory draln, col- lor, outbuilding, yard, privy vault, eto, #hould bo cleaned; all refuso vegetablo matter and rubbish should bo removed from about buildiugs of every kind; cellars shiould be Whitewaaked and sirad daily.” As the oholora iy not contaglous, but, liko the epizootic, travols in somo mystorlous way, it bohooves individuals to pay atrlot attentiou to thoir personal hablts and modes of 1ito, to avold excensos of ovory kind, and to kop thoir systoms in n healthy condition, By following theso goneral dirctlons, and koop- ing a clean consclonce, it is possiblo for n man to go on hls way with porfeot frosdom, although the chiolera may bo raging all about bim. The warning has como In time. Will our Board of Toalth give it attontion ? : THE CORN-OROP OF 1873, Tho prospocts for a large growth of corn in 1878 aro daily diminiehing. The Intoncss of the songon hias been remarkablo. Tho cold, raw, aud wot wonthor has provailed in, all parts of the groat corn-growing Dolt of tho country. Though thero aro many conflicting reports concorning the extent of tho corn planted, it is now.tolera- bly cortnin ibat tho aroa is not moro than holf 285 extenslvo &s in 1872, Tho scnson hos not boon, and docs mot promiso to bo, propitious. Even if as much land was plantod as in 1872, the probable production would fall ehort of lnst year. Tho bad woather hasnot boen peculiar to Tllinois, but bins beon the same genorally throughout tho corn-growing Btates. Thoso Btates last yoar produced tho fol- lowing quantity of corn : + 21,160,000 + 07,000,000 101,180,000 1000, Grand 0tahcvusssesyrere v vons anvens SE0,GH6,000 . Tho principal corn-producing districta aro tho contral portion of Iilinols, the northwostorn por- tion of Missouri, Westorn Iows, n part of Cone tral Indjana, and Koneas. Miohigan, Minnesots, and Wiscousin can hardly be classod ns corn- producing Btates, as they avo littlo or none to oxport. Tho corn-growing districts form but a comparatively small portion of tho aronof thio Btates in which thoy are located, and yot thoy supply the surplus that males gi;od the de- fictonoy in the product of othor Btatos, and fur- nish the amount roquired for foreign export, T'ho entire export of corn in 1872 did not oxcood, perhaps, 25,000,000 bushels. Tho corn-growing districts are for tho most part in the interior, ond dopend on rail communication to roach markots. 4 : Thoe question how much this reduction in tho corn ecrop will enhance the price of the large surplus of last yoar can only bo detormin- ed by oxporionco.. A corfesponding failure of the coronl crops genorally would advanco tho prices of all kinds of grain throo or four fold ; but, as sovornlof these grains can bo substituted for others, tho failuro of one will not advancoe tho prico to the extent that would follow a gon- oral failuro. Tho uso of corn a8 an article of human food is very limited boyond the United Btates, and any sorious advanco in the price would at once lead to the subsatitution of othor articlos, Corn is principally exported to Europo a8 o substitute for oats, and any considerable advance in the cost of the onewould tead to tho substitution of the other for oxport. The bread- stuffe and grain imported into Great Britain ave flour, whent, barloy, oats, beans, and corn, and the amount of each of these varies from year to year, according to tho varintions in the crops of the countrios whore thoy are ob- tained. It in possiblo that n short crop of corn would lead to the exportation of & largo propor- tion of onts, boans, and ofl cake, lenving the corn to supply the domestic markot. At tho present time tho market is overlonded with com, and honce, although tho anticipated deficiency is already understood in commorcial circlos, {he prico docs not advance. Tho pro- portion of last year's crop still on tho farms is very much a matter of guess-work, but is sup- posed to be large. ‘Thie amount of tho doficioncy this your {8 also moro or loss problomatical ; but, itit turns outto be one-balf, it ia very likely that the farmora will got as much for tho half aa they would havo got for tho whole if the scason had been mora propitions, beside socuring bettor prices for what thoy have held over from last year, ANNEXATION 8CHEMES, A now batch ot annexation schemes came over the wires yesterday froin Washington. Some of tho countries which it is proposcd to annex are 80 entiroly worthless and the idoa of annoxing them is #o absurd, that they would not aitract a moment’s notica were it not that oxporionco has proved that no scheme is too vagabondish or too absurd to find supporters in high position. Tho stubborn energy with-which the annexation of ‘San Domingo was urged upon the country fs frosh in the minds of the peoplo, and what Congréss wisoly refused to do, a com- pany of spoculstors are striving by in- diroction and chicanery to accomplish, Thoy bavo purchased a portion of tho island, and goon they will, doubtless, be bLofore the country demanding, a8 American citizons, pro- toction for their proporty; and when tho job is finally “put up,” thoy will urgo its purchase by Congros, and its annoxation to this country. Of what possiblo boneflt the Sandwich Islands ean be to the nation, it ia impossible to divine, Thoao islands are important'to our commercial iuteroats; but could thoy be moroe go if they be- longed to this country? Bituated nearly in the contro of the Pacific Ocean, thoy would, in case of a foroign war, bo & souros of weskness instoad of strongth, To dofend them would involve immonse cost,—much moro than the whole of thom are or over conld Lo worth, Lifo and property aro now s safo there as in any quartor of tho globe ; and, ovon should the prosont Qovernment bo dissolved and tho islands fall -into the possession of some other powar, thoy woutld, a8 now, remain open to the vossols and tho commorco of all nations. On tho score of Justica it might bo asked, What right haa the King of the SBandwich Jslands, or his Govern- mont, to nogotiato a sale of thom to the United Btates ? This could only bo done by the com- mission of a stupendous fraud, which would bo Bure to entail disgraco upon our national charnc- tor. The scheme has ity origin in the brains of somo cotoria of rockless spoculators, or somo broken down politiesl hacks who aro anxious to make placos for thomselves whera thoy can rob the Troasury of thoir country, Wo profer that they should rob it nonror home. Alaska aud San Domingo and the Sundwich Talands aro too far distant to bo conveniently watched, Aa to Northorn Mexico, wo certainly have onough of that unraly population for prosont, aud, in faot, for all practleal, purposes, If {he story told bythe Tozan Olaimy Commigsion bo only lalf true,—and that, we judgo, iy making a libersl allowance,~we shiould as soon think of aunexiug a poual sottloment or & colony of rat. tloeuskes, Lot Gon. Roscorank and Lis RUHO- cintes build tholr raflway to olg Mozico I thoy like, bub wo bex fo po apared the neoossity and thoe troublo of govorn- ing the peoplo with whom they have to deal. A to Canadn, homust o totally Ignorant of public opinion in tho Dominfon who supposcs that any terms of annexation to this country would at presont rocotvo tho concurronco of any considorablo fraction of tho people. - Tho deter- mination to become & groat, and ultimately In- | dopondont, natlon is fixed and unchangoable in tho minds of nearly all olasses. Tho achomo of Canadian annoxation is merely thrown innss mako-wolght for tho others, in order, if yossiblo, to conelliato tho Northorn Btatos. It cannot win, Tho annexation-jobbors will find tho country as united snd as dotormined against nll thoir #chiomes of plundor as it was in tho caso of Ban Domingo. i — JUSTIOE FIELD'S OPINION IN THE NEW ORLEANS OASE, . Tondors of Tr Trinune buvealroady boon in- formed of the import of tho opinion of tho Su- promo Court of tho United Biatos in tho Now Orloans Blaughter-House Ongo, which had a nntional importance in giving o construction of tho Tourtoonth Amondment to tho Constitution of tho United Btates, This opinion was, briofly, that the Fourtoouth Amendmont applled almost exclusivoly to the nogro race: that it was in- tonded to glve thom tho full rights and priviloges of citizons of tho Unitod Btatos which lad for- meorly boon donied thom; that it daid not pur- poso taking away from tho State Governments any of their authority for rogulating thelr own institutions, and that oven a monopoly ag odious s that granted by the Stato Legislaturo of Youisiana conld mnot bo ro- garded ms guch an’ infringomont of tho rights and priviloges of the' citizen as tho Unitod Btatos Courts could tako cognizanes of, 1t ia to bo romarked, howavor, that this was tho opinfon of the Court only by a majority of one. A minority opinfon was submitted by Chiof Jus- tico Chaso, and Justicos Fiold, Swayne, and Bradley, which took an entirely difforent view of tho caso, and of the gonoral scopo of the Four- toonth Amendment, This minority opinion, by reason of both tho number and ability of tho dissenting Justicos, is worthy of consideration. r. Justieo Fiold dolivered tho minority opin- fon, which holds that tho sanitary necessitios of Now Orlonus woro not of n naturo that warranted tho granting of exclusivo privilegos for slaugh- tering to ono company for a number of yoors, Thoy might have beon, and probably wero, such a8 to call for' striob polico rogu- Iations; but theso could have boon applisd and enforced without crealing o glgontio monopoly. 1t is hold, then, that this monopoly couid not bo granted, ex cathedra, without Infringing upon rights to which overy United Stntos citizen is ontitled undor tho Constitution, Tlis point is made that, if exclusive priviloges may bo grant-, od to a company of soventoon porsons, thoy may also bo granted Lo ono person, and, if for twen- ty-five yoars, thon for a contury, or forover. This much applies particularly to tho Now Orloans slaughtor-houso caso, but tho minority opinion then proceods to givo an entirely difforont con- struction to the Fourtconth Amendment. Tho amendment, it 18 hold, oxprossly provides for the protection of tho United States citizons in their civil rights. Theso rights, undor. tho Constitution, aro “to make and enforce contracts, to sue, bo partios, give ovidonco, inhorit, purchaso, lease, soll, hold, and conyey real and porsonal proporty,” et It is liold that tho Fourtoonth Amendmont defines = oitinon of o Btato to bo a citizen of tho United Btatos rosiding in that Btate, and, theraforo, Lis rights and privileges a8 a citizon of the United Btatos may not bo constrained, and cannot be altorod, by his Stato - citizenship. Tho broad conclusion from this minority construction of tho Fourteonth Amondment is, that tho Goneral Govornment now protects tho citizon of tho Unitod States, wherovor ho msy resido, from tho abuses and constraints of a monopoly, no matter whore or how it may be croated. In othor words, according to this opinion, & citizon can appeal to tho National Government at any time for protoction against local authority which secks to ‘circumsoribe his privilegos as a United Statos citizon by any par- tial legislation. In general'terms, the differonces betweon the majority and minority opinions of the Bupreme Court in this instance is precisely the difterence’ batwoen thoidea of o contralized and o federal govornment. Tho majority opinion, which is Likely to hold a Jong time, is, that the Fourtcenth Amondmont did not interfore with any of the power of tho Btatos to regulato their own domos- tic uffairs, to vote away their own grants, to po- lico their own torritory, and othorwiso assort thoir authority over their own ocitizons within thoir own provinco. It docides that tho citizon of tho United Btatesisdistinot from a citizen of a Btato, whilo the minority opinion holds that vir- tually thore is no citizonship of Btate, but simply o rosidonce theroln., If tho opinion of tho minority could provail with tho single effect of prohibiting special logielation and crushing out monopolics in all tho Btates, without other- wigo intorferlng with their ssparato and distinet powers, it would cortainly be o blessing, But it ia not to bo deniod that thoulterior consoquonces of this opinion would bo to destroy Stato oxist- |, onco with Stato citizonship, and to absorb all governmont and suthority into ono contralized head,—s rosult for which the peoplo of the Unitod States aro nob yot propared, if thoy over ahall be, THE FATE OF CAPT, HALL. 1t is worthy of uote that Dr. I I Hayes, him- solf an Arctiv oxploror, should have surmised mutiny, murdor, ot treachery of somo kind na 8oon ag ho lenrned of tho roturn of soveral of Capt. Mall's nssociatos, and tho aunouncoment of Oapt. Hall's desth. Tho lator statoments mado by thoso who have roached Now York confirm Dr, Hayes' susploion to somo oxtont, and leavo tho impression that tho wholo story has not yet boon told. The instincts of Dr, Haycs 4 an oxplorer, and the oxperionco ho hag had in Arctio expoditions, must have given him #omo mystorious sort of intelligonce, not readily dofined, by which Lo arrived at conclusions not ‘warranted by tho firat statoment of the survivors, but partially confirmed by tho lator accounts. Thoro is now littlo doubt that the party which was rosenod by the Tigris was doliborately aban. donod by the Polarls, Capt. Iall's vesec], st the instanco of Buddington, the man in command. From tho description of tho situation, it iabardly possible that the resoucd pariy could have boon cut oft o suddenly from tho ship without ever again gotting sight of hor, it thoro had Loen any dlsposition on tho part of hor commandor to find tho men who had boon lott on the ico. Nor can 1t bo rogarded as puroly fortuitous that the de- sortod party should havo boon so well suppliod with provisions. The presumption that Tyson and his companions were deserted la strongth. ened also by tho vague accounts of dissonsigna aud {roubley amoug tho orow thab are £ i There fa litle doubt that overy ono of . the survivors could glvo a moro intelligont and satisfactory account of theso troubles than any that has yot boon presented, and it is mors than Iikoly that such an account will bo fortheoming soonor or Iator. Hana Ohristian and Esquimaux Joo Lave alroady told more than they at fivat intonded to tell. According to tho story of the lattor, Capt. IInll ovidontly diod bolloving that ho hnd beon polsonod ; and ho was not tho sort of man who would naturally labor under s doluslon. It soomy that othora sherod this conviotion, for, afier Hall's donth, thoro was unusual oircum- spoction about enting and drinking, and thoro wore whispored quorios 18 to tho tasto and con- dition of tho food and drink that woro pansod around, Tyson aays that * tho Germans " ruled tho ship aftor Capt. Hall's doath, and’ that tho veagol was managed without syatom or disolp- lino. Whoover *tho Gormans” woro, thoso atatemonts indlcate that thoro was mutiny on board, probably ‘conspiracy, and porhaps mur- dor, . This information s mourntul ot once from a eclentifio and s moral point of view. If Capt. Hall bad not boon brought to his denth by trenchory or abueo, it s ovory way probsble that Lis oxpodition would have had moro important rosults then any of its predecessors. It mooms that ho Liad already pnssed boyond what Kano bad token to Lo the Open Polar Son ; that ho hiad ponotratod moro than 200 miles nearer the objeot of his soarch than any other explorer, and that ho had roached s latitudo whore tho wonthor 1iad bocome milder and more enduzable. Itis impossiblo to concolvo that a man of Hall's ambition, pluck, and endurance would have congonted {o turn back ot this point. Tho ship wasin roasonably good condition, the supplios wero plenty, and the prospect of discovering an unfrozen ocoan had never boforo beon 8o prom- ising. 5 g2 Tho conduct which a attributed to Budding- ton, and thoso of the oxpedition who remainod in tho Polarls, sirpassos in infamy anything of recont ocowrronco, if these men wero really guilty of doserting their follows to what thoy must havo belleved to bo cortain doath, Hore was a small party of men engagod in & noblo pursuit, and isolated from tho rest of mankind by Dbarriers of ice- borgs. Thoir hopes and dangers were common, Thoro was everything in ronson and nature to bind thom oloso togethior in & unity of thought and o love for ono another. If any situation can be imagined which would be likely to bring out the bottor sentimonts of human naturo, it would seom to bo just such a ono as this waa, That mon could deliboratoly organize o conspira- cy among the icebergs, with doath and desola- tion staring them all alike in tho faco, and that one man with s sound plank under him could desort another on the ice, presents a worae pic- turo of human depravity than Chgrles Reade thonght of drawing In his “Foul Play,” Itis to Lo hoped that there will be a more satisfactory explauntion of tho affair than las yet boen givon, now roported. S———— A proposition is ponding in the Conatitutional Convention of Olio, which is now in session, to omit the provision oxompting church proporty from taxation., In 1870, the church proporty in the United States oxompt from taxation smounted to $354,483,681, of which Ohio con- tained about one-tonth. A correspondent of the Gincinnati Commercial, who has looked fnto the subjoct, states that the iucronso in wealih isin much larger ratio than the increase in tho num- bor of churches. *““The increase in the numbor of churches was as follows: From 1850 to 1860, 42 por cent; from 1860 to 1870, 16 por cent, Whilo the chwireh propertyis moro than doubling up in oach docado, tho number of ohurches is decrensing in the ratio of increaso, and tho num- ber of church-members is dwindling down in ratio of incroaso still fastor. For- instunce, the Incrense in church-membership from 1850 to 1860 was S0 por cont; 1860 to 1870, 11 por cont,—thus growing ¢ emall by degrees and benutifully less,’ both in the ratio of incresse in number of churches and numbor of membera algo, yet looming up in monoy investmonts ox- ompt from taxation!” Thoro is & growing focl- ng in Obio that this great wealth accumulated in the rich and aristocratio churches should be placed upon the srme basis as tho property of other wealthy corporations, . Au English correspondont writes that Nastis now in London, and hag had tempting offors, Doth pocuniary and othierwise, to remain thore, o thinks of accopting somo of them, for tha reason that thero is nothing in America to tompt him to roturn, This correspondent says': “Ho left the spoils of the campaign to publishers and politicians, Other men got great oflices and rich gifts; Nast was nover even thought of ns o | artist. Ho was not even docontly paidi for his worlk ontitled to roward,” If Mr, NMQ; ked known as much of human nature 28 ho does | of caricaturo, ho would hiayvo known that such ig the usual oxporience of mon who prostitute thoir talents for hiro, and dograde thoir art by making {it tho vohiclo ‘of conrse and vulgar personal ‘abuso. Thero is somo kiopo that if Mr. Nast re- ‘maing in England long enough, ho may loarn ‘somo of tho amenitios which obtain oven in car- icaturo, It appoars that the recont aunouncement of« tho salo of rovolutionary and other war relics from thoe Watervliet Arsonnl grow out of an error committed by a clork in the Ordnance Oflico. The Ordnance Dopartment has {saued s ciroular oxplaining that it has no intoution of disposing of thom, and that their appearanco in the eatatoguo ie a clerical orror. NOTES AND OPINION. Tho expulsion of a Chicago Zimes reporter from Trinity Chureh, in this city, laet Bunday, is rocolving somo attontlon from the pross, witha gonoral vordiob of ‘‘morved tho blackguard right.,” The Rochostor (N. Y.) Union says: Tho fact u uotorlous, wud we seo it wadkly atiestod that sermon and church eervico roporting is foltowed in the disgraceful ling of ridlouls, and of sensation for nerceuary ends, - Ifeadlinos, pervoual descriptions, and tho way of putting toxts ard discourses, aro, lu the clusa of papors referred to, all studiously leslgned sud too well caleulated to bring religlon—religious falth aud worship of overy form snd character and thio sacred Beripturos, ina contempt, Buchi fourual- 48 fu an outrago on tho churches, and a curso to the conimunity : and to maintain its ' legitimacy s to lbel thio rospectublo press, It is suy oueiny of publlo mor- als o8 well ns a trespasser upon privato right, aud to uphold it or toencourago it v to ald in swolling the tido of general demoralization that fu sotting fn all about aud around us, We desiro to bo counted on the sido of thoso who frown it down, —This f almost as rood for tho Zimes as that littlo * blondo ™ affalr of Lydia Thompson.— Toledo Blade. —The Minnosotn Bonate mot, Tuosday, 88 & Court of Impenchmont for tho trial of Willlam Booger, dofaulting Btate Troasuror, and all the Ropublican party managors in tho Stato are gathored at Bt. Paul to dofont tho onda of jus- tico *for tho sake of the party." Of anothor foaturo of the case tho Bt, Paul Dispalch says: M. Auerbach woro summoned bofore the Grand Ju o toll what they know about tho Biato Troasury defal cation, Tho roault was that tlio Grand -Y\Irfl found two or ‘om| indioiments against Emil Munch fc ozeloment, and failed by ono vote to indict Mr, Boo A ware Tant has been destted for Mr, Munch, and rralgne ment fn the Distriot Court, {hfa ffcrnoon, in expeoted, If tho Iaw did not _rellova’ porsons from criminatin themeelven, Driecoll's avidenco inight bavo caused hi indictmont'also, 7 8 o —A joint councll of tho farmers of Hardin and Grundy Counties, Towa, at Ackley, May 20, moro than 100 porsons boing present, unani- mously recommondod tho callof a Btate Cohvon- ton, to nominato Govornor, oto., and that full numinations be mado, indopondently of the old party machines, for tho oloction, Oct. 14. Tho jolut council doclares that— Wo, {lio produciug classes, bnve beon decstved by tho mon {o wiiom wo Linvo dolcgatod law-making pogors the past fow years, and can find notbing du them worthy of onr nupport, and haye lost confidonoo in the class of men who lisve gonorally com, & majority of Congress and Blato Lelslaturas, from tho fact that tho aspirations of Lo politicinns_genorally are not to work for tho fntereals of tho producing clasnos, but for solf-fntorcst, for nelllsh ambition, sud a place whers tholr Lisuda may easlly closo over bribes and bloode monoy s and wo ellovo tho timo has coms when {ho roduiciy o8 must domand thie ouscimont of such awd aw Wil sacnra to un at Ioast cqual rights with thoso legalized monopolios that sro now tyranuizing over us, —The DesMoinos Register donouncos the 8t. Louls sproo of Congressmen lold and ontor- tained by tho patrousge of Tom Beott, and eaya: About noxt week, Just after the constltuonts of these Gongratamen shall have dono rending tho furlous fhoaches ngningt railroada franked to them from Bt, Loutw, tho Congressmen tnemsslves, full of tho flood wino and oved turkoy of tho railway mom, will 0 Lioma to tell thom, tholr suffering conatituents, of tho groat things they, tho Gongreasmon, did for. thom aithis famons Conveutlon, ‘Thon, and even beforo: {hon, wo suspoct, many of flio farmors will for theme ;al‘;/?‘ll’o?‘:vher;)ulilo Inr&ol nll‘l\filg::ll wo \i'rlln efl‘:xlel in, p the curtain, and lot ople oo ! Just a8 tho Gongressmon piay ft, "L o 0 PAY —Thoro is mome protty froo talk, and it ovi- dontly *moans businoss,” in Penneaylyanin, ponding thio Ropublican Stato Convention. Wo quoto, as samples ¢ If tho Ropublican party should chooss for its stande ard-bearors mon fn any Way conncoled with the cors Fpt cliquon or rings that now control, dofert {8 cer- n.—Venango Citizen, Now ia tha Limo to overturn the corrupt dynasty that 1a clinging Iike s looch to the Ropubli sucklng its vory lifo-blood. 1t thero s gt hrie cnougl in our ranks to makoa fight ogainst theso vame Dyres 1 will "2 prelty good ovidenco that our party i Totten to tho core.—Lancaster Inquirer, The tomivations of tho spprosohing Convention, to Dbave s binding effect upon tho party, rmust consist’ of men who aro above ausplolon with any connection with {his corrupt ring, Wa want no_pot-touse politicians, {rom Philadelphia or clsowhoro, folatod upon th party at tho instanco of o sot of unscrupulons scoundrols, who are drngghle tho party down to cortain destruce ton.—Indfana Meesenger, Wil {ho party-whip bring these men intolino ? Tho Pittsbugh Gazelle thinks not. —Tho Pittsburgh Commercial (Administra- tibn), owned by the State Troasury Ring, is pay- iug partioular attontion to the disintegration of the Democratic party, in Tonnsylvania, aud re- marks sentontiously, “ Tho disonso is sproad- ing.” Itmays: : . Tlio Reading Kagle followa tho lead of the Pottaville Standard, and wants o now deal, all round, in tho Domocratio party, Itis tirod of Whllace, Randail, and tho othior lesdera’ who biave hithorlo marabimlod tho Domocratio host, sud wants to rocognizo with o new set, . . . . Very woll, thou bird of freadom, go on and got them, 1f our consent i considered necessary. It in nlready glvon, Wo rathor liko Wallaco, and Cly- mor, and Davis, nnid that class of follows; but bring on your now men aud lot tho world aeo whit stufr thoy are mado of, —Tho war botweon private corporations and that great publio corporation, the Governmont, roprosonting tho peoplo, goes bravely on, By it i8to bo decided whothor the orented is botter than the oreator. In tho Jon run, the’ croator will Liavo tho bost of it.—Detrot (Alch Dot ~Lven ruworl'ul railroad corporatibns quail boforo public opinion ns oxpressod by thoe pross. During the past fow months, the pnhpnm-ol our country have givon voico to tha fooling that the railrond intercst shiould not bo allowed to control this nation. That it was time that courts and legialaturos should como ‘out from under tho cloud of locomotive smoka that has for so long overshadowed thom and obsoured thelr vision, and decido that tho paople have rights which oven railroad corporations are bound to respect, At first our railrond kings sneored and scqffed at the exprogaions, but thoy sro now boginning to undorstand that when our American publio is onco fully aroused, it can neither bo bullied nor bought.— Waupun (Wis.) Times, . —Farmora liayo a vague conscloueness in s goneral way that they have beon systematically plundored and robbed at every turn by thoir law. makors, aud through the influence of the monoy- power; end thoy aro ready to take hold of any Bcheme which promises to havo the effect of combining thom into unity of offort for tho no- complishment of a common end.—Lafayetlc (Ind.) Journat, —~Tho next political ‘forward step will and must nocesearily bo to emancipate men from the tyrauny of monopolics, tho slavery of rings. Tho hosts cre rallymg. Tho .farmors of the Wost aro in convention, protosting sgainst rail- rond monopolics, and trades-unions aro organiz- Ing aystoms o socure for tho_ vorlingman Lis full sharo of the profita of trado, ' Froo trado is tho word that best dofines this truly radical movoment’ of the day.—Grand Rapids (ifich.) Democrat. - i —Powerful monopolies now run the natlon. Rivals a8 they froquontly aro_ in private transac- tions, when it comes to the question of maasg- ing Biates and govorning thenation they quick s unite, forming an immonse combination, ani thus becomo 1irreslstiblo wherever monoy can command power.— Waukesha (Wis.) Plain. dealer. % —The Ropublican party is as- roady to fight monopolios to-day n& it was fiftoon yoars ago. Ithas the fighting matorial in its ranks, It knows low to take hold when the time comog.— Madison (Wis,) Stato Journal. —Tho storm of popular feeling agatnat the salary grab does not dio away. It was not ons sharp peal and thena disporsion of the oloud and a sorone sky; but it is & prolonged murmur aud rumble of thunder which is full'of ominous portont to tho men concerned. The cchoes of popular indignation have not -passed awsy and ill not forsomo timo to come. Tho tempest covors tho faco of the political—porhaps we should more correctly eay the Congressional— heavens, and keeps sur%lng with renewod force. —Albany (N. Y.) Evening Journal, —Dogs anybody nu{r‘rnsn that Philotus Saw- yer, J. 3. Rusk, or G, W. Hazelton would have uun{ back the €b,000 {f the press and );oopln hod madde no fuss about tho bare-faced ealary grab ? Not & bit of ‘it. They would hava it standing to their credit in soma bauk but for tho righteous " indignation of an outragod poople, and, while W70 Are now. lnn&'hlng at their frantlo efforts to how clean hands in the dirty busincss, we are lisgusted at their willingness to take the monoy b’nf thero boon no fuss about it. Wo ard more convinced than ever that overy man who soiled Lis hauds in any manuer with that most dis- gracoful pieco ot fliching from the people's purse, whothor by voting for it and taking it, by voting ngainst it and_then taking it and keoping it, or by taking it and thon uonding it back or iving it away, slionld be marked and ever aftor Bo spttod whon hia hond sppesrs as & andidsts for any oftico of trust or emolument. Wo say this woll knowing that if tho idos i carrled out, a host of former Republican idels will perish, Wo haye becomo 80 used to the tumbling of our idola that wo aro anxions to soo tho last one, if in the slightest degreo tainted with salary grab infamy, or COredit Mobilier swindling, orany ‘kind of corruption, go to the wall.—Fond du Lao (Wis,) Commontocalth, > —On ono thing tho pnn{:lu aro resolutely doter- mined. Thoy will permit no_man to hold that ary-grab and bo re-elocted to office. If Alr. Hamlin will cling to that ill-gotten gahll lot b do80; but don’s Tet him, by silenco, atfempt to docelvo tho pooplo into (ho idon thut ho has ro- storod tho monoy to the Traasury while ho holds it in bis pockets.—Bangor (Me.) Commercial, —This pleasing though slightly personal allu- elon to Congrewsman Havens, of Missour], i publishod in the nowspapers of that Btato: Havens was a Cougressman, Tiavons waa a thiof ; Havons took b Lack ay, And Havens camo to grict, Tho people called to lavens, o wouldu't pay It backs o peoplo suid to Havens, 1t {au't chicok you Iack, —Many ingenious dovices are used by seloon- Leopors ‘to hint in tho most dolicato way possl- blo that their business is conducted on a strictly cash basis, The latost used by a saloon- Tooper In Washington reads: * Publio trust Is dond; back pay killed him g e South Havon Pench Orchards, From the Grand Rapids (3ich.) Eagle, Moy 20, Troaunrer 8, L, Fuller, of tho State Pomologi- cal Bociuty, showod tho roportor of tho Eagle & lettor from Mr, A, 8. Dyokman, of Bouth Haven, Trosidont of the Socioty, this morning, 20th, in which that gentloman states, with undorecoring, that thore 8 now good romlse for & full crop of peaches thoro, ~ Br, Dyckman has boon con- . Horaco Austin, Horaco Thompson, Willism 1 Marenans Ohaeton. Schotlor, 5. B Jouison, Fredor- 1ok Driucoll, Wallor Mann, J. ‘A, Gomarford,’ William QKoL ¥y Toxlory Ae o Dlorsleks o P Mavilug, aud fidont all tho apring that there would be soma peachos in tha oction of the.© fruit bolt," and oyory lottox Line hoon more aud more hopeful, Ho now thinke thoro aro frult buds enough loft &livo to load tho tragm if thoy ‘all mature, and thinke hocauso thoy hayo withatood the torrible cold of Iast winter, thoy aro healihy enough to maturo, without doubt. 1tis plonsant to hope :‘!3‘.‘ though tho nows sooms all too good to be 0, Lo - 5 'THE CITY IN BRIEF, The Stato Microscopical Bocloly wil meoting this evening ‘;t tho gfifi?m})k%&; Davy No. 703 Wabsels avouus, bogiaatng st § oolock Tho Oincinnat! market report naya that buy- ors and sollors of whisky ara ulmrt." Hore {n Uhlcl¥o such au_evont iranupires evory night after 11 o'clock, muoh to tho dflgunt of the pare ties interosted. Thomas Korby, & portor in_the omploy of Flold, Lolter & Co. va yostonay ot Tor trint in tllo’ Oriminal Gourt, by Tuotieo Banyon, In l!fgl}]l;;]fl, for stealing threo rolls of carpot from Dick thro'p sud Mrs, Lottio 8, Palmer wore Te-arreatod, at tho instanco of tho irato wifo of the formor, on Wednoaduy night, on the oharga of bigamy, and woro taken bcflom Justico Suulfy ‘y:a;:;g;lynm:l;x‘l:;g. '1;?‘ enablo tho complainant 8805, until tho B1at Inat,, b ball of 800 eyt 0ud Willism Woods, Joseph Woods, Counoll, tho younf; burglars arari E;'dnmkuf tives Millar &nd_Tlynn, wero finally oxamined bofore Justice Soully yesterday moy holdundor Dl of £1,200 onch, ark, an aflin, of tho ‘s hold In bonds of 8300 anch, ns witnastS! OF The audionoe-room of tho Ada Siract M dist Eptecopal Ohurch in making progrouuusa]:; will insuro ita complotion in Juna, when it will bo dedicated. Tho coat of tho bntire churols will bo 870,000: The work is undor tho supervision of n Bullding Committ Brown s Chalzman, 0% °f Whiol”Mlr, Ira Mr. P. H, Tansey will lecturo on Sunda: - ing, Juno 1, in tho bnil adjolning A mdrcrs Qhurob, Brldgoport, on “Tho Py ost, tho Phil- mthrnslat, and tho Patriot,” the proceods to ba dovoted toward eracting & monumont to the ?;ggm]l;ye I?:l dfimhlltn Fathor Cl?ngny of Head- Iroland, who was ono of tho beat of prig and an unselflsh defonder of tho people. s Frod Long, ono of the partios fmplioated fn affraynt Thornton, Iast smrdnynigrixc, ‘...xfmi':fi Justlco Banyon yosterdsy morning on tho charga of making ‘an assault with anun% to kill, Tho gxamination was continuod until tho 31st inat. "o condition of Mond, the injured man, is much logl'fl“f:vld, and 1t is now bolioved that e will Te- Mr. 1. G. Asay, counsel for Chapin & callod on thio City Attornoy yuaturdln’y. nndo'?;fii him that he intonded filing s bill nsking that tha Chisf of Polico bo enfoined from arrosting and tho olty from prosscuting that firm for sclling liguor aftor 11 o'clock at night. Gen. Stilos ino {formod bim that he would be roady to argue the quostipns involved somo time uext woek. The Board of Publia Workaeyosterday lot tha coniract for moflv tho Twalfth Birest on gino-houss to M. W. Powall, at 87.50 a q uare, and for putting a concreta roof on the Ulh avenuo house to Periung & Stophenson for £2.80. Tha contract for paving thointersoctions of Clark straot and Lake, Randolph, Washing- ton, Monros, Adams, snd Quincy, was lat far 83,832, The Council Committes on Railroads vislted $ho Bouth Bide Rolling Mills yostorda; , for the . rurfiono of looking at'tho objectionable railroad rac) . Thoy have oxaminod them many timea bofore, and submitted numborless roports, but whatever they recommonded was unsatisfactory to somo ona ; honce thoy will commence over sgain, liko the Committeo on Court-Housoe Plans. It is to ho hopod they wlil make moro rapid prog-~ esa than tho latter Committoo, Binco Txe TRisuNE rpped the Journal over the knuckles for a displey of hypocrisy, igno- ranco, and brutality, that cnarming ?umlnntion bas beon in the sulke, It cuts off its nose to spite it face by refusing to copy, ns usual, ita, local from Tne Tninune, ns exemplified by its omliting to notico the whirlwind of Wodnoedsy ovoning, the details of which wero found in no othor paper. Now lot the Times go back on a 1riend once or twice moro, and tho Journal wilk fllthtqr linvo to got & eity editor or auspend pub« ication, The Board of Public Worls laaued tho follow~ ing bullding permits yostorday : Mirs, Hostor Malcolm, threo story brick, 4282 feot, Erlo strooty Ransom Richards, bwo-storyand basémont brick: 22242 foot, No.' 1428 Indlinna avenuo; Jamod Drako, ~ two-story and bmsoment = brick, ]2“4140 foot, Went Adams sirost; AL Pearco, kwmslo? and basoment stona 1ront, 25x56 feot, No. 245 Ohio strect; Lovi B. Doud, two-story and basement briok, 26x48 foat, Bouth Park avenuo; 0. A. Daniels, two-story and basemont brick, 24x56 foot, Chicago avenuo. The Board of Fire and Polico Cammissionors mot yostorday aftornoon, whon the minutes of a rovious meeting, rolative to tha_clibrgo agaiust onnis Bwoenoy, wororend, Mr, Bhoridan moved. to 8o amend them as to show that ho was found. not guilty, ngainat which Williams protested. M. -Shoridan intimated that Williams was -in- fluonced in his courso by personal ill-will sgainat tho accused, and the Marshal indlgnnnt(lly enied. that any such motives actuated him, and varioua. old griovances were discussed, aftor which tho minutes were loft as they were. The Board thon wont to the foot of Adams stroot to make & trinl of the steamor Harris. This being the snnivorsary of tho birthday of Queen Victoria, it will b celebrated in the oyon- ing by a banquet at tho Bhorman Houso, wWhen all the loyal subjocts of Hor Majosty will at- - tond to do her honor, Tho usual tonsts will bo responded to, among tho spenkers boing Robors Hervey, Gon. McArthur, James Warrnok, Eng- lish Vico-Consul ; Judgo Wallace, Col. Baler, of the British army; J. O, W. Baily, Mayor Bo- dill, Jamos W, Sheahan, Dr. Johw D; M. Carr, aud othors. Tho Roception Committeo s made up of Dr. J. B, Walker, Jamoa Jobn, W. W, Stroot, Tiobort Clark, R, Barnard, O, Hopkinson "Thomas Wright, and E. Baunders, A plonsa| timo is anticipated, and will doubtless be realized, The Council Committes on Gas Lamps met in the City Olerk's offica sestorday aftornoon, and considered tho time-tables for ll[ih!lug and ex- un'im.(shing tho lamps, ‘Mr. Colbert-was prosont, snd oxplained thoe merits of tho table submitted by him, as was DIr, Watkins, of the Pooplo's Gas Com any, who dosired that n practicablo table should be adopted. Tho session lasted over an hour, but nothing boyond ons or two facts wna doveloped. . It waa stated that there woro about 7,000 gns lsmps in uso, aud that it- cost §60 a yoar to supply each’ one with gas. Tha mon who light thom wero paid one and o half contg ovary night for every ono lighted and put out. Mr. Colbort's table ia. based upon the time when'sunlight s available. Mr. Watkine soemed to favor tho New York plan—light st dark ‘and extinguish ot daylight. This he contended was the rosult of the wisdom of tho world, Tho Committeo came to no conclusion, preforring to lonvo the question open until thoyreceived moro light. ; The . sky clouded heavily over toward sun- downlast evenivg. The wostean borizon was glowing with _evidences of o coming storm, and night appoared to fall arly and suddenly, 80 thak lamps wore lightod and preparations madoe for fuing in-doors. ous clouds which covored the west lifted, and displayed o line of dazzling goldon light. As the mass of vapor drifted over tho city the splendor shone more gorgoously, until the whole heaven was wrapped in a blazo of dnzzlin%‘gomnn light. A shower, apparently, intorcapted tho last rays of tho sotting sun, and tinged the straggling, flocoy odges of the cloud-bankca_with rich prist mntio hues. Tho gas-lights sauk into insignifi~ canco’ befors the glory of .this most boautiful sunget. Tho dn'zznng light gradually: gave way to deepor tints as the sun doscended, and: tha changing forms of clouds wore enriched with all bonuties of shnding from the darkest crimson to bright gold, TLator still tho clouds woro flushed with erimson, aud a8 the last tint faded in the West, tho storm broke over the city, and tho blua tonguos of jagged lightning took up the paiuting whero tho sun had loft it. The bonoft tendored to Mr, Charles H. Wilson by the dramatic profosulon iu this city, ncluding Ifll\vhl Adame and Eaura Keene, took place yos- terday aftornoon at Iooley's Thoatro, and wos in ovory rospect a gratifylng success, The bill was _moat oxoollont, and, togother with the worthy objoot of the porfarmange, filled tho houso from top to Lottom. The acting, done as it was by actors eminont in thoir profession, waa a raro combination of oxcclloncos, Mr, Wilson made a happy speoch in retiring from the boarda ho had made many friends, winning & host of *_admirers among tho goueral publie, He it appearsd in this oity over a quartor of a contury ago,_ under tho maunage- mont of the Hon. Jolin B, Rico, and retires aftor a life of good work to the onjoyment of & poscos ful old age. o has boon for sonte timo afitictod with rhoumatlsm, which unfita him for stsge business, The bonedlt ig oreditablo to tho dra- wiatlg profession, which fs in _the habit of re- mombering {ts worn-out mombera during thoir Livos, instoad of boing satisflod with post mory tom osolutions of xogot ke $io Frois Qiube Buddenly the bank of porten=.