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

STOOD INSPEGTION. An Ofclal Visit to tho Iouso of Corroctions The In‘stitution Found in & Most Satisfuotory States Tr, Felton “Provos to bo the Right Man in the Right Placo. A numbor of tho olty officials spont the greator poition of yestorday at the Houso of Corres- tion, examining the workings of the institution, nnd ‘inspacting tho various departmonts, The porly consisted of Commisstoners Wahl, Iam- mond, and Halnes, Mayor Modill, Comptroller Burloy, O. N. Holden, Esq., and Aldermon Btono, Balley, Heath, Sidwell, Mar, and Sohaftnor, of tho Council-Committeo on Houso of Corroction. Tho object of tho vieit of tho Aldermen was to mako thelr quarterly inspoction, and of tho Commissioners, in nddition, to talk ovor the lotting tho contracts ' for tho ‘prison Jabor. Tho goutlemon loft the OCity in onrrisgos, and roachod tho institution after about an Lot and s quarter's xido, thing that mot tholr view s thoy appronched tho bullding was n gong of 100 prigoners, busily engaged in filling and grading the grounds in front of tho institution, planting troos, lsying out walke; snd putting in tilo draina for the pur- poso of romoving the suraco wator. The parly woro rocoived by Supt. Felton, and conducted througl tho diferont dopartmonts. Evorytuing of intorost was looked at, and the clothing sud food of tho prisonors, tho cooking dopart- tho workshope, corefully tary condition of tho bufid- two of tho prisoners being colls, colling, otc., wero cloanly, 'an ontiro abeouco of Eyersono was 1 ud discipline m h orodit cannot_bo M. Felton for Lis ,gifal'°licto wae a goneral 5 ‘of opinion In regard to b tion of (ho institution, -an to Lo done in the future. The Com- Tinve rocoived a proposal for 175 men at 76 conts per day ench, for upon tho conditions that' the r to bo dradgad from ment, the hospital, ingpoctod. The s ing is perfect, and there was, peculiar o prisous. Council shall causo tho rive v \Whero it conses to_bo navigablo o tho brick- urds, w0 na to ennblo_sc opts of water roqui ows and boats to pass, rod is six foot, and tho Widll o tho chatnol forty foot, - Tho eatimato cost is hotweon 8,000 and £10,000. 'The porsons \¥ho make tho offer doclino o entorinto the con- Lract until thie ia done ; also atipulating that tho tho machinory shall bo in othor words— to bo used withont roquiring r offer of 176 men nt 88 was_received, but way it—Ruglmoro, present brick-yard nng ncludod in tho contract ; any rent. Anotho tho firm minking it- o Smith—baving _discontinued busit paratus in he bricl-yard be- the city ianogoliating for tonding to pay the debisof tho bts aggrogato $20,000, about & of which is due the city on 6 mortgago. o claims agninst tho property tho prisoniers s fast ns the an o camned under tho contract with tho naw firm, if it is awarded to them. If the contract should bo carriod out, ¢ho work of & hengon and a half would roloato Lhe proporty, the remninder of tho throo yours tho recoivo tho full 75 conts o day for the Nothing dofinito, howevor, was £ it i probabla that tho plan will “Aftor tho consultation, th Buperintondont Tol- Jauged to them, raposed to pay th men omployed. ngreed upon, bu be ultimatoly adopted. the visitors lalked wi ton, and_ looked at tho now i comploted by 1ifty women who were working dili Jats. Nearly all_the female conv. $ tho ‘washiug, ' cooking, sad sowing ta affording éach ona nn opportunity to All tho clothing worn by udo by tho women, o8 nto omployed, there belng no A fow nct ns shoomakors, ymat] number as tailors and attondauts, fority being availablo o A etablo is being built, displny bor onorgy. thie prisonors i hialf of tho mal worlk for moro. mly for out-of-door labor, tho material used boinj was purchase are done by the convicts, Thore d carpontry Lol e %10 poreons in tho In woro, yeslerday morning, etitifion—160 men and 130 womon—100 of whom sre ¢ county prisoners,” for whose food 40centa woived, This snm about pays their Tho accommodations for thio males gra limited, thare boing now two inmatos to ov- ery cell, Tho subject of an additional coll-wing oferred to by tho Commission- o orected during ‘o prosent fomalo quartors, ortion, would beamplo to take all persons committed o ‘tho Institution. Thare are at present in tho institu- tion seventy-fivo boys uuder 10 sorving ont sontonces, aud shoul bo made, thoy will bo ke [ ' and thereby avoid sssoclation with oldor crim- T'his is n roformator; result may be benoficial to {l bove, every one was tho opinion that tho appearance, condition, ordor, would comparo favorably wit etitution in the count: was incidontalt era, and it wil the prosent yoor. with the mule arated from the men, mogsure, and the tified, and a1l oxprossod ouso of Correction, in its and_discipline, suy gimilar fn- Inteliectunl Hemorrhoges-fho the Composition Cinsues of the Ludies College«=The Free Library--Fersonal. Tho intellectual hemorrhaga that attacks this clnspical suburb ot this soason of {ho yoar has returned with incroased violence. Tho difforont \nstitutions of lomuing will for tho noxt six wooke pour out o stronm of erudition similur to that supposed to flow from tho Pierian Bpring. 1t i tho hoy-day of suburban reportars, and the tin of iutollectual saplings by ovorwoening concoit. Tho prize-contest of (ho comiposition slasses of the Ladica Colloge, In tho Congroga- \ional Church, on Taurduy ovening, wis tho Jast outbreak. Tho cliureh was densoly packod with interosted listenora; aud, notwithstauding the oppressive hoat, tho audienco wero attontive to the closa. 'There were two prizes of 825 each, presonted by Mra. W, B. Phillips, of Evanaton, and A, E. Bighiop, B waa fot axcallonce in ¢ Contest of ., of Chicngo. lebato, the other in com- Migs Trances Willard, Presidont of " by Migs Nellio TTurd, . Tho air, sho i ) 1 ] T 3 > 7 n tho Colloge, presided, “1he Flying Machino, was an ingonious composition. At was tho dominion of man, and ere lung, nstoad of going to vide, would go off ou doctors visit' thoir putionts on thio wig instend ¢ {maslors bo turned into carrior the fly, nud Pow Mish Jesslo Phelps choso tho themo ¢ Quv " and thought that wouan wap eminent- or thso dutios of the nforesoid. Auslo: Variations on & Scotel uir, “Tiivck, exceutod by Lonis Fallc Dobata : * Resolved, That to all.congerncd for our young to gontlemen's litorary ociotios, it is advantagoous Indies Lo bolong 2 condugtod in s Btonoman oponed tho discusslon. Bho yatio distivetly aud sufilciontly loud. lor argn- Juont was rather for womun's rights than to tho fusw of tho quostion, AMiss Beall, of tho nega confidential romarks to the enco on the front wont, that flatterod them into good humor ; tho rest (ried to keop ccol, Mins Cartio Cloveland, the nccond to afiirm, said thut woman would nequire through the agoncy of thexo socioties a more oxtenatyo prac- tical knowludyo of tha times, practico, acquiro #oll-posscus of laugunge. Tho gontlomen wonld gain coull~ danca, inspiration, and refinomont in’ languge Also, thoy would have thelr tivo, mado some vory portion of tho aud(- of parlizmeiitary i ond versabili m:d unners, o Huggiug ambitions slimnlated. Mies Q- rio Wyckolf followod In tho nogative, coch, ropleto with argus lor voica waa clear and lym, ponotrating to tho furtlier corners of the Tho' Judgos, Mus, Oliver Willard, Cliss, Wm. rodoricl - Divight do- iu favor of iho aud mr io an effcetivo gy mont and good sonso, Pourson, and tho Hon, 1 cided tho quostion, pro forms, of tho Coquetls,” by Biss Anna Luwlu‘fiuu very fine, the talented ludy recoiving ® vory flattering oucoro, Ywh oussya. foliowod, the one by Miss Emma Poot-Commientator,” the othor' by Misg Bello \obb, entitlod, * Revubli- caniom o Buccons.! Thoy woro both v«‘&y pratao. worthy -efforts, and the young ladies “justly oarnod tho henrty approoiation tho sudionce be- slowod, Miss Willard announcod that the judges would talee into connidorntion; in making’ their award on composition, tho thought, stylo of expros- nlon, and reading ; in dobate, rhotorle, logio, and tha atylo of declamation. Music : Overture, arrangsd by Louis Falk, who ontertained the audience until the judgos,: Mondnmes O. E. Browne, Trancis Bradlo: Obaloa F, Groy, Rev. Ohinpoll, and John T, M{I* lar, Em-l. ontorad. Thoy awardod the prizo in compositfon to Miss Jossio Tholps, and in do- bato to Miss Carrlo Wyokoft, the Intter giving universal entisfaction, Tho_nudionco went to thoir rospootive and ro- spoctabls homos woll eatisfled with tho evening's entortainment. * THE LIBRARY ABROCIATION, Tho Trustees of tho Evanston Library Asso- clation met on Thuradsy night last in ‘tho Li- ‘brary-rooms, Tho gropnuluau to turn tho prop- orty of the Association ovor to' tho village was .disoussed ot longth, It was dooldod to hand ovor to tho Truatecs of tho villago all books, furnitars, oto, ownod by .tho Asaociailon, grovided, oy’ would run tho samo 08 & roe publio library, undor ° tho_oharge of Diroctora by them sppointod. Tho Library Trusteos then adjourncd to_await the action of tho Village Trustocs. D TERSONAL, Gov. J. L. Boveridgo waa_in Evanaton yestor- day, paying s vislt to bis daugltar, Mrs. 8. . od. Ho loft lost night for Springfeld. n tho absonco of Dr. M. O. Briggs, Dr. Minor Raymond, of tho Biblical Tnstituto, will fill the it of tha Mothodist Church in the mornin b yimd voning Presidant Okaris . Fowlor, D D., wiil pronch. THEY WILL MOVE. Hlow tha West Sido Park Commissions ors Clrcuinventod Mr. Congressman Ward aund His pn!v-l’nrlnur--flome Ono HStuck?? for Six Months’ nunl(i ‘Mhondvantagas of & pecuniarr -~4oF GRIOVO by o mombor of (in-oiéit 816 numerous aud ol g5 G demw his back pey; sond Iie mophow to Wost Doint; lessa his building to the Government, and voto agninet tho Ohlcago Toliof bill. Noris thisall. Hocan Lo an onterprising law-partuer who, can turn tho exboust apparatus upon local irensurios \whilo Lin dogtly sucks at tho national fountain, £v18 good, for this reason, to reprosent a Inrge constituoncy in the Ilouso of Roprasontatives, But to our talo. : At tho last mooting of the West Side Park Commissionérs o motion was mado by Commis- sioner Colo that the Fiuanco Commiétes bo in- strictad to procuro moro smitablo rooms for tho Bonrd than thoeo at prosont cceupied by tho Bonrd. Tho motion prevaited, and Commis- sionors Holden nnd Lipo woro sont out on s prospecling tour. Afler considoring carofully soveral offors, thoy concluded to accopt that of Mr. C. B. Cartor, and agrood to pay 81,000 por snnum for a -fing, uow, roomy store in bis building, No. 877 Wost Madison nlreot, corner of Contro avonuo, tho leaso ‘boing for fivo yoms. 8o far 8o good. Thoy bnd proired excoflont quester for s vory modorate gum, and raported back to tho Hosed what thoy ad done. s An immodinte objection was made to.their ra- port by Mr. Stamford, Presidont of tho Board, and a mombor of tho Finsuco Committeo. Ho did not 1iko tuo locality. 1t wao too'far nwny from tho hioart of tho city ; 1t wns too oxponalve Tor tho distance ; it was not suitablo for alf sorts of rensons. Tho other mombors of tho Board failod to seo tho point of theso romarks, and, supposing that thora was somathing beyond moro projudice in Mr. Prosidont Stamford's op- potition, Bqueozed out of him the ndmission that o had alrendy mndo an- arrangemont with anothor party. : This othior party proved to bo Mr, Btamford's lny-partnor, Mr. J. D. Ward, who hna the' dis- tinguished honor of roprosonting tho Ropubli- can votors of tho West Division in the Natiounl Assombly. Mr. Ward owns tho building “known a8 tho prosont Clifton House,corner of Washing- ton and Halsted stroets, in which aro eitusted tho dirty ofiicos now occupiod by tho Board. Those rooms ara small, cironmsoribod, dingy, ill-voutilated, and unbonlthy. The Board fur- ther discoverod that Mr. Btamford hind, without any shadow of authority, signed o fivo yoars' loao of Lh0so rooms, agtoging to pay for tiom 81,200 & yoar, and thet ho bhad alvoady puid six months’ ront in ndvance. Tho Board promptly docided not to condrm Mr. Stamford’s action. Hois thoroforo “siuck ™ for the 8600 alrondy puid, and tho balance of the leass. If not, thou M. J. D. Ward has lost anothor quict little game in which, ag in bunko, tho chances wora all in his favor. A Congrossman hng abso- Iutoly failed to gull o few Park Commiasionars. This must bo cheorless nows to Mr. Charloy Farwoll, oxcopt that the pooplo will have no oico in _ deciding whothor ho shall profit ab_their oxponso. Aftor the Gov- oromont has oxponded $20,000 in fiting up the old Wabash Avennio Mothodist Chure for a Post-Ofiice ; aftor it bns o far recognized . Farwoll's political otivity s to ‘situste all the other Governmont_offices in hig building, ho is just modost enough to ask that his cocond-rato stoue bo sccoptod as tho now Post-Oflico build- | ing. Farwell and Ward hayo shown thoir idea of using their influsnce to bonoflt their constit. uents, ~Has not Mr. Rico s choap building to disposo of at & high figure? 1f hohas not, Lo must foel raiber awkward in his isolation. Botior study law, and get a law-partner to help Lim out if ho has to. -— DECORATION DAY, Proclamation by the Mayor to theo Citizenn of Chicago. The Mayor realizes tho importanco of observ- ing Decoration Day as it should bo observed, and it is to bo hopad the aubjoinad proclamation, issued yestorday, will bo npproved by thoso to whiom it is Ap@dlally addressed, and that thoy will comply with the request mado : Wirgness, The Congress of tho United States of Amerca bis fittingly establiehed on_snnual holiday Qurlug tlse weason of tho flowers, for tho decoration of iho graves of tho soldiers who faid down tholr Lves to sava that of tho Union ; and, WuEngas, The Governor of 'tho Stato of Tiliaols, Doy designated Friday, tho S0tk of Moy for this year, 80 Docoration Day, 10w, therefaro, 1, Joseph Medill Mayor of tho Oity of Ohleago, pursu: anco of a resolution of tho Commou Coun- ol do herhy diroct sl cily, ond all publle offices to Vo closed on tlie duy sfore. s0id § and lieraby enjoin Al patriotic citizons to closo their’ respective plucos of Lusiness and {o lny oside their usual avucations on that occuslon, and {o uisom- blo_thomselves ot tho cemolorles whero reposo the mortal remaius of _tho herole doad, and_thcro rover- entially and in_grateful remembrince of thoso who have mndo the groatest merifico i tho power of man for hls country, rtrew tholr graves with beatit{ful nnd fingraut flowors, cuiblomotio of the purity of our affoction, sud s a tonder tribute to thalr_escred moniory, Josevis MEDILE, Moyor. MESSRS. LAWRENCE AND CRAIG. Drs Morxes, In, May 21, 1678, Ta the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Smm: Huving been o resident of Knox County, 1l., for moro than twenty-Lwo yonrs, commonu- ing in 1848, beginning tho practicoof tho law thoro in 1859, always & Domoorut of the strict school, and woll requainted with the Hon. 0. B. Lawronce ns & Judgo und s citizon, and having been now for three years s permanont residont of Towa,—thus entiroly romoved from any possi- bility of intorest in tho result of tho clection in tho Fifih District of Illinols; and also having been and still boing a warm personal friend of the Hon, A, M. Craig, and an oqually ardont hater of railrordand othor corporations, and monopolics in ganoral, whon used ugainst Lo intereats of tho pooplo,—I eannot rofrain at this juncture from giving in my testimony in favor of tho re-elec- tion of Judge Lawrenco to the position ho hns %0 long honored, In my judgment, it would Lo % publio calamity wore ons so ominontly fitted for tho position to be ropudinted at n period when pure, honorable, just, and upright mon areso much nooded in publlo positions, No man in publio life in the State of Illinois, for tho Inat ten years, has boen as staunch and firm a friond of truth and Justice ; 1o men has so much commanded the respect and estoom of lonorable men at home and abroad, While his lbilihyl[,n[ unquestionablo, his honesty iy unim- oactiable, - B Raining his opinion in tho Chicago & Alion Railroad caso, at the timo it was published, with tho caro it desorved, I besomo fully conviuced thnt it waa another Jandmark of the unawerving dovation of this man to the causo of truth aug Juatles,—unatlior avidance of his unaltorable de- ermination to decido right, rogardloss of fac- tion, party, or money, Anticipating that it might be'misundorstood by tho masuon, I way surs of the verdiot, of tho lawyors, nd the ul- timato sutisfaction of the poople, Blill believing thie, I am utterly sstonlshod that now, aftor timo {ar Bobor seoonil thought, tho. pn‘n old ghiom: moro so that A. M, Cralg himself, o ardont neympathizor with thopoopln, should allow himgolf £ becomo tho londor of sioh p movo- mont. 1 must bollovo tint tho farmers’ moyo- mont §s being aubaiiizod nnd prontitntd to thetr worst onemice. Iinilrand intorats canuot bo nd- yanood moro cortainly than - by tho romoval of tholion fn their path,—an honest man, All thlg can bo satd without in tho lonst dis- 'y annghsg the IHon. A. M. Ornig. No mattor how Lionorablo, how woll fitted for tho position, ho would Do placed, \-\lyl an oloc- ho could gain naught but dishonor. He possessos talonts of tao high en-order, hia pr)nnlltv\ns ara too much’ o bo rulned by an ‘tion, in o _position In’ whicl in sympathy with the pooplo Clotion st Tula times — ! Upon my old frionds, thorofors, I would most unmuun{ urgo a differont }}wllc{. Rest assured, ol o intorest of tho poo- Blo gan Loluprovad Ly Tudgo Lawronce's dofont. omonatrato that tho yo?‘yln of tho old Fifth aro all sound, on the u you aro boiug botrayed. shain bim, and you will iclary question at lonst. 0. H. JAoKBON, Jeft orson, Graons Co., Towa. —_— TIE TIHES AND MR. SULLIVAN. . A Word from aun frishina; To the Eilitor of The Chicago Tribun Bir: If tho editor of tho Times and tho Rec- tor of Tricity wero tho only partios concorned in events which havo, within thd Inat few days, oxoltod much painful intorostin tho minds of the commynity, Ishould not have prosumod to in- torposo any obsorvationa of mino, In a disputo that caunot direotly affect mo. Dut, sinco the formar, dlsconcorted by, and writhing undor, tho stinging robuke of the lattor, has, 10 an agony of of dospair and dienppointmont, absndonod hia logitimate point of ntiack and poured out tho viola of hla wrath on an inoffensive pooplo, I sy« sumao tho quarrel that bas boen forcad on ma in eveitiui wisle Y tounery, How deop the wound and soro tho mortifleation must Liavo bosn to doprive the oditor of tho Zimes of all considora- tion of policy and prudence, and, in an nngunrd- ed moment to onusclessly croato o host of one- mies { Somo timo sinco, in_this cily, an humblo com- patriot of ming was charged boforo & Justice of tho Ponco with nn ssdult, and fined 83 for tho offouse. The dofondant in paslug tho amount, artlosely inquirod, was that tho sum . Mis Louor required for marely 8 o foloy wtipt md Cwan gruvoly Informed. in raply {hat that was tho 10n," aslied tho dofond- giving usual amount; * Woll, t aut, what would your Honor chargo for vinfi a chap & d—ad good licking?” * I'or & good icking,”eald tho Justico, “I would chargo 25." The dofendaut pauscd for a momont, doubtlessly rovolving thint for 5o much monoy thoro should bo & proportionato amount of cou- nddresping Linsolf to tho plain- : 'y friond, whon I again walk intd your affections, you mny dopend on my sideration, nnd MY, obsoryo taking the worth of my money." Now, sir, it scems to mo that tho aditor of tho Times' hag_merely got & “tap.’ Tho roverond gentloman hiia only-applicd Lis ccclosinstical too £o bis soat of honor,—and that not oven dircctly, but mediately lhrougll his ropresentative, has not wielded his ** and vonts his rago on the outlying, Dail nostrils. 1 do not proposo to hecomo sithor the ouloglat or dofondor of Mr_Sullivan. Hia charactor a8 u. clergyman, & scholar, aud o man, stadus too high for cithor tho immaculato oditor of tho Times or for any one clso to oxtal or doprocinte. ub that coumon country to whivh Mr, Sultivan and I oqually owo - our birth domands from_every Liishman, mo matlor what muy bo lis orced ‘or' position, not only tho lomago of loyalty and love, bt an imlifinnm rofutation of foul-monthed eafumuy. o oditor of thio Ziniea prosumo o far on thio ignoranco of tho Amorican pooplo us to make them supposeIreland is not ropresonted in their glorious. rovolution and in ita stupendous ro- gults ? Docs ho not know that the page of his- tory is oversproad with tho brilliaut deods of my cointry? The grentost wairior of tho United Kingdom—Wellington—Pnlmerston, Cauning, O'Connell, Bhoridan, Burko, Mooro, Drickly Bwitt, Parnell, aro o fow of tho luughcnmlm;uo o con for the by menus of which cducation was prohibited, to Doos il llustrions Irishmen. Hud it not mistaken policy of England to (he sister itlo, what a length might nat this list be extended. Can the oditor of tho Times for amoment apposo that any intelligont reador of bis paper ciled to will not seo that his orticlo of Tuosday f bring homo any chargo againat thia poople, save thoso of poverty and want of education, two ovila imposod on thom by tho tyranny of Eng- Iand—n larger country, with mora abuu- dant’ resourses, to suppross (ho oucrgios her weakor sister, snd for which oppression sho is now and feltor tho offorts o sufforing the penalty of Ler injustico, May I now, through your columns, hog to_ ok my eountrymen—cen they bo #o_indiferent to uuprovoked nbuso, 80 lost to sclf-repact, and 50 forgotful of thé obligation duo to tho land of thoir nativity, as to fill tho coffors, as they do, of their unscrupulous dotractor, for tho Eako ' of roading the pruriont and dofamatory articles of bis obsceno and lying sheet? I ask thom, can they forgof all thio slandor and wicked lios with ywhich, sor®® years ago, this honry-headed profli- gato endonvored to neperso the fair famo of their wives aud daughters # To Irishmon ho hus been mainly indebted for any success ho has hed in tho dopartment of litoraturo, which has beon prostituted by him to tho vilost purposcs,—tho acquisition of gain in pandering to tho morbid foolings and itchings of buman naturo, ab the oxpenso of character, and that too, within the snored prociucts of tho Chureh, ‘Tho vipor's slayor has now hesmenred tho fair name of men and_women of every Protestant donomiuntion, Do my countrsimen, for momont, supposo that they aud their religious opinious ure lold jn moro respisct than thoso of tho congrogations which Do fins naanilod, and 1o ono of Which Lo actually belongod 7 Let {hom not folicitato thomselves with the fancied enjoymont of any euch im- munity. Not n month clapses in which thin unserupulous and nuprincipled liboller does not indulgo in a sly and malignant sncer againsb tho Church to whick tho majority of my countrymon beloug—and to whick thoy have boon 50 devotad, st the cost of life and poiscsuions. "Il {rue, that as yot hio has not oponly avowed tho little estimation in which bo holda it. 1ith- erlo, ho has confined tho wanifostation of his ll féolingy ton covert and ill-disguisod, fling, but, now’ that ho has beeu betrayod during moinont of woakness, to display tho cloven foot, and, whilst rmarting under the lash, to vilify tho Worshippors, Lio will notlong doley the descetation of the sanctuury. ERINENSIS, s g ol . ENCOURAGEMEN A Code of Civil=Sory . for the Eire Bepartments 1. Tho Board of Polico, for somo weeks past, havo beon digcussing the advigability of grading ko ofticors of tha Tire Dopartment—dividing the foromon, enginosrs, and stokors into olavses, and offoring some inducemont to tho men to pay at- tontlon to tholr duty, Tholdoa isn good ouo, aud {ho aotion of tho Tlonrd, youtordny, will doubt- lo%s bo appreciated by ilio mombors of tho Do~ [ml'tmunt,l nud result_in matoriplly adding to oncy. 'The Board prssod tho follow- ing rules, which are too explivit to ncod explana- Liow oftlc] tion; Al foremen of engine-bousos, whon thefr engiucs lied as flest clars ; all foremen of Tlabcock engines, haok oud ladders, hoso and uupply- Coriy, sud st oflier foremon, wholl rauk se second Al nesistant foromen aliall rauk ou third olasy, ‘All chigineera ahall o raukod as firsl aud socond-cluss, ‘All wtokera shall Lo ranked s tirat. and second-class, ‘Ono man in oack steam firo onghio compauy shall ba deaigualed ovory ook by tio Coromen Lo 2ot ur wateh- have the caro of ull tho property u (ha Townp whsile ths compauy are absont fram the howss, and comni o i susistant charge when Lo (4 uway, ulea to- take oftect frou sud afior the 1st of aro uscd, shall b ran class, 1l o mau, Hosholl e Juno, 1675, T4 14 ordered that all slokers, oftor ono yoar's sor- vico, mnty apply to the Doard fu writing for an exauie for promotion 3 and if elassed ay No, 1 atokers, inatlon will be theu du liue for promotion s engineors, ‘Al euginvers aud stolkers now omployed, whio have werved ono year, will tako notice and govern themselves accordlugly ail o Marstal il glvo o wiual uotice to the Firo Departwout, Pln of m; hould oppose hig election,—stl - THE LATE CHIEF JUSTICE: - Lotters Showling His Position in | a complofo'capy, Mo E From the ‘Clnetwiatt Contmerélal, NionorasviLLy, Ky., Moy 19, 1673, My Dran Sin: Now that tho donth of the' \Chiof Justico of tho Unitod Bintes has glven oc- caslon for many comuontsand dritlclsms on hig politieal carcor, I pasumo’ the publio—particu- Inrly that portion of it friondiy to Mr. Ohaso— aro intorestod In loarning tho truth that is con- conled among mnny conflicting slalomonts, His conncctlon with the offort to soouro tho nomiuation for tho Prosidency, st New York, in 1808, hias yover boon properly undorstood by hia opponents, Althaugh thoro was wide divorsity of nge and position batwoen the Ohlef Justico and mysolt, yot I know that.T anjoyod Lia fullest confidenco and friendship from 1801 until tho doy of Lis doath.. I have ronson to boliovo that ho sald and wroto moro to mo about his connoc- tlon with the Now York Conveutfon, than ho did to any othor vorson. I am aware of tho fach that many Republicans, onco admirers of {lo avo dono injustico to bim bo- vad he was willing to encrifica rofossiona for tho Prosidential ng is farther from tho trath, Iia ifled, statopmanlike, and & fooling of pure patriotism and do- 0 cause of liborty and progrosm. cnuro thoy bollo whole aourao was dign erllur ‘and.recolyor. I pitéthis in onlyna acaue tlon from an 0ld man to a young man,” Tho fulleat copy of your spocch I havo noon waa in tho Ciucinnati Commereial, and oven that.does not contain what you said of tho Vices Tresidontinl nomination. I should like to have Evening Post (Now Yorlk) roprinted nenrly tho wholo of " tho Commercial'a . roport. Lixtracts, moro or loss full, havo basn Tin vory many other papors. It bau nitrackd \vory groat attontion, and hns givon much =atis- {faclion, #o far as I hoar, 10 my friond, whethor now uul»pnrung Grant or Seymonr. Faithfully, ‘ypur friond, - #, 1, OuAss. ‘Gol, WirLiAM Dutows, Nicbolasyille, Ky, WasiinaTox, Oct. 28, 1808, My Dean CoroNer: You may hnvutmu%;ht ‘mo negligont fu not _susworlug your Ins Iind Iottor from Now York. Dut what conld I add to what 1 had aid. ~ I know you honost, bravo, ros- oluto, and that, unioas convincod of error, yon will &poak junt nccording to your doclnred con- viollons, I amn gratoful, for I fool honored by our frlondship and support, It is my undoubt g boliof that nssaulls on Gov, Seymonr do 1o 00d to any boily, but are both unwise and un- uat. Ibavonover doubted that ho erred in Consonting to bo nominated upon tho platform of tho New York Convention without oxpronaing any dissont frof tho dogmns on roconstruction whicls it puts forth, and 8l moro I accaptin that nominatton ’ without any such disson aftor the rovolutionary consiruction given to it by.tho nomination of Blair, fresh from tho publication of his Brodhead lotter. But tho "error was ono which might onsily bo committed by ono in_Gov. Soymour's position, and I do not thunk thatit warrants thoroprosched That ho wanted to b Prosident {8 truo; but his ambition waa not dictatod by = solfish love of owor, but by an enrnoat desire o olovate pub- 0 opition to Lis own high plano of thought, Tor thoe information of you four lotters from him, your disoration ‘about publishing. wwritten undor the veil of privacy, and no ono 1ing goon them anve myself. I do not bellove, mdor sl olroumstancos, thore is now proprioty in making thom pnblio. Thoy expross, ot least, his beartfels and and contain expressions onough to show that, hiad ho boon oleyated to the Chiof .Magistrate’s position, humanity would not have found in him an onemy, nor tho Republican party an oppo- nont toitd principlos, e was friandly to the threo now amondmenta to the Constitution; and 1 do not boliove over doubted tho wiedom and nocossity of the roconstruction tnwe. ] You will perceive, from his communication, an intonso.desiro to sliiold Mr. Soymour from all ns- snults that wero made upon him. Notwithstand- ing many proofa of Mr. He cowardico thet wero ma Mr, Choso never bolioyed means in his power to protect him from porsonal Yol can oxorciso bincoro. opinfon, our's tranchery and publio at tho tino , and . sought by al ersonal frlend to Mr. ttor than'I can of tho prioty of publishing tho inclosod lottors, and oavo tho maiter to ‘moat raspectfully. M, MALSTEAD, s, As you, also, wore Ohinso, you can judge ‘WasnmsaTox, April 29, 1668, Ay DEAR CoroNEL: Ilave very- littlo timo, a8 you will rendily imugine, for correspondence,” I must be quito welcomo lattor of the 23d, 1t scoms quite cortain—to go to another part of your lotior—that the Southorn Btates will now ratify’ tho Fourteenth Articlo—onough of thom at least to make it o part of the Conatitus tion, Two States, Obio and Now Jorsoy, havo yovokod thefr ratifications, but their votos are supplied by those of Tows and Nebraskn, maling twenty-two rotifying States in all, 'The nunber roquired is twenty-eight, and six moro are necos- If two-thirds of tho Southiern Biates uow in "procass of restoration shall Tatify, tho num- bex will bo complete. gest, no ono within tho Dis- tho ' Asticle can hold ofiico, in any Btato, If dieablod can® x thomaelves and are cloctod, thore will nocossary ariso more grave compli- cations, Tho best romedy, as I believo, s tho remoyal of tho dissbilitics. Towod, Congroes must provide anothior. Iam very sorry to obsorvo tho roluctanco.of. the white voters to give the right of tostimony 0 0 I thiok that Judge Bywayne; in tho civil rights caso which was hoforo him at Louiaville, decided that_colored testimony is as I should bo nstoniehed that any considerable number could bo found to objact o it, if I did not remember what n strug- it ey o, Ol ot coded in tho end, and tho sooner it iy concedod the better for all intorests. inridge for his manly and wise stand in favor o * blnck-thorn,"—that drend woapon of Milosinn_warfare, - With that, if I know bim rightly, ho would not hayo much traublo in domolishing tho writor of tho wonk but spitoful inveetivo that appoared in Tucsday'a Times, 'Lhnt nrticlo, mendacions snd malig- nant ns it was, botrayod o singular smount of montal imbecility ‘and wounded pride, Whon the writer finds his-rovercnd antagonist unassailoblo in position and in_charactor, Lo djruntu hie offorts against tha country of his Disth, By this chaugo of tnotics, ho thus ac- knowladgos the imprognability of tho fortress, and, as ho yupposas, tho tinprotceted inhabitants, Hia od assnult and 1ts result, remind ws of what we havo read, in our nurecry tales, of Sataw's abrupt departuro whon worsiod in komo_coutest with religion and truth, whero Lo is supposed to Toave for o congonial. abodo, in tho midst of flamo and tho steuch of brimstone. Precisoly 8o in this instanco, bis indefatigablo sgont in iniquity bas treated us to his firo and brimstono —tlio * former has passod harmlessly away, though the fumes of the Inttor still stink in ont - conatltutionally, If this is not al- to colored pardons, admissiblo a8 white., lo was nuncenm I honor Col, Brack- of T linve ceaed, a8 I told yon, to havonny nopi-’ vations connocted with the.Presidoncy. It onco scomad to mo.a position highly desirablo for tho opportunitios of neofulness it ufforded ; nor was T indifferent to its distinctions, But I am almost surprised to find how contenfedly I haye scon tho proference of tho Republicans fall upon Gen. Grant, and how littlo I am troubled with any lingorlng desire for tho placo. You doubtless Totico tho tall there ig' about uniting all the op- poneuts of military scendsncy and military com- mission on ono candidate, and making, mo that candidato. ' But I bave no Ides, with my known riuciples and convictions in respect to rostora- jon on the basis of universal suffrago a8 woll ay univerasl amnesty, that thoro will an; Iom very sure that &0k - uy nomination_from_avy party, I dow't want any office onough for that: and, indeed, if I could low do 8o _with proprioty, would prefor to resign the post T hold to being a seeker for am none the less strong friendship. calla * the miracle™ of the suggested nominns tion take place under circumstances which would mako it my duty to accept it, and should succoss attend it—what a uccession of unhatched chick- ons !—it may be in m; than I can_otherwiso or no, it will always bo ploasant to me to show my sense of it in any fitting . Xéiucum]y 1 to you for your what somo papor 18, L, WILLIAM BRowN. -NanmaaANserr, Sopt. 3, 1608, Your welcome letter reachod me here. I thank you most heartily for your- nobla and generous defense of my motives aud actions, ‘I'ho friondship and ‘confidence of true and brave men liko yoursolf is worth more olitical honors, o not gee the duty for myself quits as cloar) soon your own; aud I ‘cannob ‘your quotation’of -what you understood me to ny of the duty of patriots in the evout of reac- tionary ascondaucy in New York. 1 bavo no recollection of the I, by me in our various conversations ; but I dare eny that I oxprosucd tho opinion tlat nearly all tho Republicans and many of the Conservatives who desirod my nomination would vote for Gen, Qraut if the Now York Convention should ndopb » platform and make nominations indicatin purposo to ovorthrow, by nstionnl action, ovorumonts and constltutions ostablishod in Bouth undor tho Reoonstructien acts, this ovout, I_bolioved thot this gront body of citizens would vote for Geu. Grant on his own Iatform, * Lot us kuvo pesce,” trusting aud olieving In hini, rathor thon iu the party which nomiuated him. It 1 nid_anythin My Dean CQoroNEL: ath of ‘political olp rogretting stronger than thiy, it was moro than ¥ should have said, and moro than I was in tho liabit of eaying. Aud if X.oxprosied any porsonal feeling of my own, it must havo boon that, in the ovont roferred to, I should feol protty offectually sepuratod from both partios, and loft frea of moro party ob- 1 beliova and foel now as I bolloved and folt then, Iam noither dissppointed by ou have determined on for yoursel ufled with it, Tens of thousands, if not hun- drodls of thousands, who sympad in tho enrly days of July, act with you now, {8 the naturel and veceasary result of tho action al Now York. Dut, on tho othor hand, I smvery sure that tons of thousands of Democrats, who sympathized wilh you thon, and not a fow Re- alarmed by tho teudoncics of thoir olring o chango,. will givo thoir ‘votos for Demoeratioc Blcotors, in the full conft- ' it Gov. Soymuur i olactod, ho will givo no-countenanco to renotlonary violonco, or to the subyersion-of the Southorn Goveru- o Rules Adoptod Undor these olreumstancos I sce at present no right or useful courso for mo except thut of sbatalning wholly from porforming faithfully the dutlos of my position ; to my constantly-ayowod g whatovor 1 proporly can por aphere to recommond them fo gon- oral acceptance and praotical spplicat I am suro that your specoh was intended tobo entirely fair toward Gov, Boymour, but s it not somowhat too _deprociatory’in tono 2 T donot doubt that Lo was o sincere friend to tho liboral lolded to the clamor of tho roac- ora for ls own nomination, let ua romomber how fow are the men who would Lvo declined it under tho ciroumatasoos, Justico to him 1s & duty fromn us. Ono word moro that wma: I rogret that you printed tho extract from m, printing per se—! olitical conlliots ; of principles, and of do sido, sud if o tloulstu nud ot look like ariticiem. which bavo hoon directod against bim, Judgo Plerropont has mado the true issue Detwoon Soymour and Blair, and Grant and Col- fax, Ho analyzes it woll whon o “ifl that it is an_igsuo. Ynmaun Tinir and Rovolution, and Grant and Leaco, Jeaving Boymour and Qolfax almost wholly out of sight. "1 incloso to you with tlila A copy of Judgo Ylerropont's Bpooch. You will doubtloss bo struck, as I was, with tho acoount of tho .convorsntion betwcon him and Grant, snd the declsration of Grant that “his foolings and sentimonta nre entirely opposod to nogro_ suffrago.” I hopo that, haviog mado onmfllfih progross during the war to bocoma #glad of & negro oulistmont " (which I cortaln] conld nover say), o hos mado progrees onoug sinco, and will muko euough Lorenfter o soo in “{lio'South " the wholo pooplo of tho South; in ““good citizons,” all good citizens, of whatover complosion or ‘nativity’; nd inecouring tho rights of all by the suffrage of all, somothing elso thau “giving them (L c., the \whito pooplo of the Bouth) nogro suflrage.” Siuceroly yours, Col. WisLIax Browx. é P, Cuase, WasHNaGTOYN, Sept, 29, 1668, My DEAR CoroNgL: On my retirn last night T found r)ur two lottors of tho 11th and 14th, wWith tho lottors and» elips from newspapers in- closod with thom, and sm much obliged to you forall, But I must assuro you that I nceded no expleauation ofciour miotives for making tho Frankfort spoech. I folt that it was impossibla Tor'you to act oxcopt from motivea honorablo to- yoursolf and most kind to mo, aud every word I writo expressing thanls and gratitudo for your vindioation of ‘me against Ropublican misropro- sontation and misunderstandivg comes from my leart, I rogrotted nothing in your spooch ox- cdpt its tono and tenor concorniug Gov. Boymour. Iwns suro whon tho platform was adopted and iuterproted on the vital question of tha stability or foreible subversion of the accom- plishod work of roconatsuction by the lettor and nomiuntion of Gon, Blair, that” nontly all tho Tgpublicans and vory many of the Consorva- tives, who aro anxious to uuito with the Domo=~ cratsin opposition to tho oxtromo mensures of the Republican leaders, would be constrained to th support of Gen, Grant. Bub it was not and is mot my bellef that -Gov, Seymour dosired to havo this “issug made, or that he-wished tho nomination for himeolf, I havo scon nothing in his nction which makcs mo question the sincority of ifs doclared winhes for a differeut issuo aud for anothor candidate, Hardly any man would havo resistod tho approachos mudo to him by a convention which scemod to be, and Jwrlm[m whs, unanimous, or nearly 8o, in demanding tho consont to bis own nomwation, That Lo did mot reslst may bo doplored on pub- lio grounds; but sy frionds should nob com- plaitr, I had no clann on & Domocratie Conven= ion, ropresonting what may bo callad thio old- line Domocracy, . Tho nomiuation was p:uPor.ad only a8 nmewns of uniting in support of tha ticket * thoso in gonoral sympathy with that Do- mocraocy on othor issuos tiat hnvo arisen since the Wary but who wore a8 much us ovor in fuvor of socuring to tho enfrancliised peoploall the rights of mon pud citizonw, as tho bost, if uot the only, monna of yonburing order_and mrowsiete it South. By their action, and by the Blair por- tion of iho platform especinlly, tho Convention refused that union, This refusal muy bo regrot- fod, but it i nob maiterof compluint, _Gaov. Soymour, I am contident, dosived it. I blamo nobody—no Domoorat who thinks other issues puramount fu importance to that of peace aud thio univorsal suffrago, for Bupporting Gov. Soy- mour; aud no Republican or Consorvativo vho {hinks penco and voorgeuization on the Dnsis of justico forll, and sufirage to socuro Justico, paramonnt to 21l other isanos, for eup- porting Gen. Grant. 'hoso. last cau vindicate thoir position and at'the same time do full jus- tico to tho nbilities, statosmanship, patriotism, and pure private charactor of Gov. Soymonr, Tho former can maintain thoirs withous asper- sion pon Gen, Grant, and with full acknowl- fifl%menl of tho sorvices ho bag reudered in his muilitary capacity. 2 Plenso tako this ns a slight oxpression of what Tenid in my former lottor, aud ne oxplaining why I cannol consont to have the extract from that lotter which you quotc( publishod. I know | {uat Goy, Seymowrand hi frionds, Who ware also my frionds, fool muck hurk by what you #nid of bim, And what othors of my frionds hinvo enid, nud ate_ inclinod Lo rogard mo as in soma port responsible for thoss enyiugs ; and the pub- lication of that extract, disconnectod from what I wrote of 'bim, would confirm that im- prossion. So I profcr to bave nothing fblished, T yon wil, therofoso, treat what T buve hore: tofofo writton and what I now writo as elrictly private. Thope that your expectations of good results to the people of tho lute slive Stutes, whother | whito or binck, from tho eloction of Geh, Grant, will bo renlizod. I thinl: thoy will bo, at least in part. Recoustruction in tho foaturca which I approve, ns well ao in thono whioh I disapprove, will probably becoma fixad gud pormariont foctsy under his adminisiration, 1 inoline to think also that ho will favor the romoval of all diuabilitios imposed’ by tha Fourtconth Amondmont. In othor respocts my fears of tho rewilts of his elcotion avé stronger than my hopes. Dut it will Do a great thing to bavo universl suffrago wndor the now Constitution nssured, and all dissbilitics yomoved. Iu (his way obly, sud in candid ac- ceptaneo of this way, cun the Bouthorn Btatos, in my judgmont, look for sure prospority. “Who yesults i Vermont sud Muine fudicats renction from tho depression to which ill-nd- vixed meavures had sunk Ropublican prospacts, 1 porcelvo no sufficiout ground for thinking that titis ronction in local, 1t not, tho result is suro, @en. Grant will Lo Drosident, Two waoks from to-day will toll the slory. If tho renotion Hings Republican_succonsos in Pouneylvania mod Do, fho olection in Novembor will be hurd: Iy anything more than a form, ¥ 1ind wotio bopo of Sdiug you hore pon mg veturn, bub T ses that you will ba on the stump ' in Kontucky until tho 34 of October ; then I sup- pose you will comosTaat. I expect to romain Jora stow, hard a¢ work on law cases, until No- Yombor, and sball bo very glad to ges you. Moan- timo bellova mo, as ovor, faithfully your friend, *Col. ar. BRowx. B.P, Cuase, g o Phe American Wigsvam at Viennau, Vienna (May T) Corresvondence of the New York World, "l Amorioan wigiam was opened yestordny, to the edifieation of tho unsophisticated Vion- noso, 'This wigwnm is o mixturo of Amories and Germany, Insido is alwge civeular bur, upon whoso amplo countor Amorican drinks are dis- pensed in }\mlrlcml fashion, Outside nro tubles and chairs, whore the Gormans can sit and bibu- Juto with Gorman cireumspection. Tho atteudant Gauymedes, tou or twelve in number, Aro uumis- taknblo Litliops from _Amerien, and they ave the objeuts of genuino admiration, T laborers— mon and womon—at_work in tho nolghborkood Tost ovory now and (hon from thiois labors st ro- frosh thomsolvos with n glance. Whe Gormans, not being quite cortuin s to namo, ordor * that tittlo drink which you take with a straw"—shorry cobblor, Tho wigwam is loealod very fortun- atoly, It stauds in b grove ol trees nosr tho palaco of tho Khodive, ~Thoro ¢ a charming vista throngh the trees toward tho pnhcoiuml Another In’ tho opposito direction toward tho main building, - Strauss' band {e to play overy aftorioon in o pavilion near by. Asone of tho Ganymioles observed complacontly, *Wo mnd Mr, Birauss {s gwine to dinw ljlt;ht smort,” And Lo was right, ‘This grove willbow cholee spob on hot summior days, and I can alrendy imnglio tho arowds of Amoricans aud Germans that will flock to its shiaded {ablos aud enjoy ‘P"’f“,’?l" blers and ]lllbpu 1o tho jumping notes of ‘'ha Bluo Danuibe,” J, ML — lern. Tpm—_— Fyom the Loufaiflle Courier-Journal, 3fay 23, Oy Taars concorning the introduction of “cho- torn from Now Orleand by woy of wator trans- am ot at all sorry for that. that no privato lettor or extraos from ono should bo nublished without the exuress oousont of ut it ia 8 goodrulo vortation or by railroad, ‘woro not groundloss, Mo Padueals Kenteukfan of tho 0th seyst “ho sfomner Jobn Kilour, which pagked up i‘nam’dny from Now Orloans to Cinclnnatl, Iand- { défoots of this and make It what it should ho— an engeiment which sball secure to the in each cliy and town an unlimited froodom of _cbolco In n mattor intimatol thelr local intorosts, 0 ovor 4o the noxt Loglulatir ho Btato will have timo to considoration, and olect tholr roprosontativos in rofercuce ta it. g nt our wharf, had soveral cneoy of Asfatio cholora aboard. Wo loarn that thoro woro throo deaths on_board beforo tho bont roached this plnco, and that thoro wora ono or_two ofhors on onrd not oxpeoted to live,” The Kilgour pansed Dy the city yestorday on Iis way to Cincinnatl, and, although o disclaimer was mada by tho Cupe tain that any casos of cholers hind mado thiclr np- ponranco upon_ tho bont, tho statoments of the ‘passongors and othors loavo vory litblo room to doubt tho truth of thareports. There {s now no roason to doubt that cholers Is raging in Now Urlenns, Various ronsons, somo of thom no doubt grontly oxnggeratod, bave reachod us horo in Touievillo—ono that on Saturdny last thore \rfim sovonty deaths from the disoaso in that clty. 5 THE LIQUOR QUESTION. Gove Dix’s Veto of the Local-Option pO0N Sravs or New Youh, Exsoprien Otsorea, © ALBANY, N, X, May 20, To the Assembly : hinvo giyon the most caroful conslderation to Assombly bill No. 371, entitlod ** An act to on- ablo tho logal votora of any town or city to do- tormino by ballot whother tho sale, oxposing for Bulo, giving awny, or sufforing to' bo oxposed, a0ld, filvnn nway therein, of intoxicating liquors shatl Bo prohibited, ond {o roguinto the sals for modicinal, mochanical, chemical, or sacramontal so, and £o provide {or tho onforcoment of this act ; and I roturn it with my objections. o ono can be more anzions than mysolf tore- Prcas Ly all just and effectual mensures of log- slation the ovila of Intemporance—tho un- doubled sourco of four-fifths of all the crime, panperism, and ‘domostio misory in the State £ud 1 would not williugly throw any jmpedimen in tho way of tho pralsowortby eftdrts which the frionds of humavity aud_good governmont aro moking for the purpose of romoving those cvils, . *Pho bill Anbmits to tho paople of tho towns and citios of the Btato'in quostion whothor the ussof intosicating: liguors, oxcopt for spooial purposos, shall bo_ probibited ikin thelr ra- speotive lmita, It proposos to leavo to tho poople the right to dotormine for themsolvos in this respect whint is most conducive to their own good. I fally conour in the correctness of this proposition a8 o mattor both of principle end policy; ond I havo nover doubted the proprioty DF adopting suok mopanzes of loglslation a8 Ar noodad to socure this result. It lica within the direction of popular liborty of the right of tho pooplo®to rogulate their local affairs in such ;m:mmr 88 thoy deom essential to their wol aro. Tho chief objection .to tho bill is that it contaivs o limitation of this prin- ciplo. It leaves to “the poople . of tho sovoral cilios and towns only o pactil and restricted operation_in dischorging hat it shnll bo Inw(ul to drink within their rospoctive mnuuicipal limits, It compols them to prohibit absolutely, or virtually to accopt, by declining to Emhxhgt, ovory bevorago which oan” by & possi= ility intoxicite, 1t pormits them to expross thoir wishea ,on o sifigle proposition, but pro- cludes ench an oxproasion on any othor. It says to them in substance : It you wish to prohibit thio usd of ardont splrits within your limits, you must prohibit alo, boer, and cider nlso, for thoso Dwve, by 5 decision of tho Court of Appeals, boon classed” with Intoxicating liquors. El, on tho othor hand, yon wish . the inhabitants of iour town or city' to havo tho privilege of drinking beer and cidor, you ceunot have it unless,you make the uso of ardent spirits equally free from rostriction. You must prohibit all or none. You eannot liave tho ono without tho othor., Tliora may bo, and undoubtedly aro, communi~ ties in which a strong dosiro provails to Lenish wpivituons liquors, tho intomperate uso of which i thio sourco of s0 much vico and poveity, and in which tho desira is equally strong to have tho uso of lightor boveragos unrestrictod. In ordor to carry ont tho first-named undor tho bill thoy ‘must ronounco tho latter, of if thoy carry ont thio Inttor they must renounce tho fornen Tho bill, thorofore, whilo profossing to leavo tho poopld tho Inrgest liberky in this rospoct, reatricts thom to tho narrowost, 'y ovo not pormitted to liavo o choico a8 to what bavoragos it shnll bo Inwful to uge within tho rospectivo boundarics, ho bill is framed in, the intorout of rostriction, andnot of froedom of choico. I deom this narrow . view of . tho subject oxccedingly un- wise, A wido differonce of opinion provails among tho pooplo of tho Stato in -rogard to tho proprioty of distinguishing botwoon ar- dent spirits and tho lighter bovurages, MULIY UL which do not intoxicato upless takon in uncom- fortablo quantitios, snd which in countries ‘Whoro thoy oro in gonoral use havo proved w To- straint upon tho . conknmntion of spirituous guons; and to s great oxtent asafoguard against the provalencoe of intemporance. dnnot an- sumo to dacido which claes of * thinkors may bo on the right sido of tha question, but x just tolorationwof tho. freedom of opinion ought to rostrain tho advoeates of ofthor from attempting to maintain their position by compulsion, 1t is in this view_ tbatI'deem tho provisions of tho Dbill indofonsible. T do not suggast that itsbould Iave oxempted the lightor bovorgos from the option which (the peopla are called on to express, That would have boon o vostriction on {heir action and free- dom of choice.. I think the Legisla- ture decided w!su\i\mt ta rostrict them {u this diroction, But it bas restricted them in the op- posito; and I pubmit that, fu order to nfford them tho largest liberty in the action thoy wore cailod on to take at the comiug eloction, thoy should have Lad tho opportunity of Enying whether the prohibition should embrace ardeut spirits only, or yhether it should excludoe the Nghtor beyerages. I thiuk the peoplo sre. en- li'z;\ad of right to this privilege. To witlkhold it from them by auhmini::f tho gonoral 2u‘apnxfi- tion contaiued in the bill, and compel them to tolerate tho use of spirituous liquors, as it would in cases where thay are unwilling to prohibit the uso of the lightor beverages, is naot only & re- straint upon tha freedom of their choico, but a Qistrust of their capacity to decido rightly, in which I cannat congent to unite. Tho Dilk in somo of its dotails appears (o me to boe equally open to objeation. m'; the eightl soclion uvulx Oversser and Buporintondent of tho Poor, Assoesor, Town Clork, Supervisor, Village Trustes, District-Attornoy, Bleriff, or Constable, or polive ofticer in any town whoro Toeal probibition is adopted, if Lo kuows any por- son who ig in tha habit of becoming intoxicated, is roquired to givo notico theroo, in writing, to o1 persons who may be_suthorizod *undor *tho | seventh soction to Bell intoxicating liquors for ‘medicinal, mechanical, chemieal, or sacramental uso. Ty flie ninth: acction sny porson who shall willfully noglect or omit anything requied to bo dono by the bill is made. to” forfeit the sum of €100 for tho first offonae, and in_dofault of pay- ment to bo imprisoned in tho county jail or Pen- itentinry not less than aixty days nor moro than six months. And it is mado tho duty of tho Distriot-Atfornoy of Lho corinly fo suo for any ‘ponalty inourrod undor tho provisions of tho bill. By virtuo of theso provisiona * if thoro is o arunkord in ony town whore probibition :is adopted, o large humber of oflicors, and if {horo is & villago within it, & largor number aro ro- quired to roport him, ‘under ponalty of fine and imprisonmot, at il placos whero intosicating lquovs way Lo gold.” Theso places may bo in- dolinito in nuwmbor ; for ** auy porson,” o mat- tor what lia oharacior niny bo, by glving bisbond for £1,000, with two surotics, 'ench justifying in doubld that amount, muy sell ¢ intoxicaiing li- quors for modiciual, mechanical, chomica), and sacramental uses,” A 'he gellers nro under no obligations to ascers tain whothor the purohases aro mado in good faith for tho purposos specificd, Thoy ceinat soll iquor to bo drauk of used on tho prowisos, nor to & person in tho hibit of becoming intoxi- eated, o minor, or auyona to whom they have Doen notified not to sell ; and thoy aro raquired to lioep open for iuspection books in whick all tho purchinses aud sules shall bo entorod. But fhoro is no public ofticer to whoso discration it is Teft to decido whether the porsons intrusted with tha ealo of futoxicating liquors aro worthy of the trust. Under tho oxisting law, tho Toards of Exeltio in citios, towns, aud villagos, ave power ‘10 graut liconcd to any petson” or pareang of gootl _morel character who slall Lo ap- proved by them, No wuch provision iy Nodo in tho Dill under- advisoment. — All that o voquired is that the form. of ho bond snd suflicloncy of tho suratios shall bo approved by the County Judgo. ‘Thoro is uo Himitation 88 to tha numbar of porsons who may ‘ongago in tho traftic, and no power to withhold tho privilogo from o man of bad chiaractor, This sowor undor tho liconso law is & practical lmi- lnllou. o bill under congideration has in noithor of thoso rospects tho Tostraints contain- ed in the oxlsting law, 1 doubt oxceadingly whother tho bill, with ita uinorous dofects, 1 in the intorast of the causo of tomporanco, 1 om nob ewo that it {8 not us likely to promoto tho ovil‘it Is iutended to chock and romove, ‘o any bill framed with & liberal rogard to the difforcucos of cyhdnn which oxist in all communitios, and to the troodom of action, which within justlimits s & fundamental princi- plo in ours, and whioh shall cotitalu ropor _enfoguards sgainst tho abuso of ho traflo It sutborizes, I shall give & ‘most cheerful assont, DBy withholding my ap- proval from this Lill no grost Inconvenionce can pausibly bo eangad, 10 I had approved it it ooulil 3ot hisve gona Into operation until thirty duya uftor tho annual elootion in Novembor, ono month boforo tho witting of the noxt Legisla- turo. Althougl the nossion i so for advanced thoko i timo to Lramo o uow hill &9 amgud tue connactad with o subjoct ahall o, tho poople of ive It their maturo THE RINGWOOD HORROR. The Murder of Robert Karrison and Réngueood, T, (May 18), Correapondencs of the Wood- atack Sentinel, Noveér pince tho sottlemont of Ringwood Prairie has anything ocourrod to croata auch fntonso ox- citemont ns tha torriblo tragedy which took placa af tho hiouse of Mr, Robert Harrison laat Tuos- Alout 8 o'clock fn the morning, a little girl, dnughtor of Mr. Thomaa Gerr, roslding two rallod wast of this vilingo, came to achool and told us that Robort Harriuon and his wifo bnd both boon, scomod utterly impossible’ that such waa the caso 3 but In a shiort time the avidonce waa g0 atrong that there was no longer Dut by that time th e el agiiatios X oo was 80 mitch a that sclool vas closed tl o n tho aftoroon, in company with sveral others, 6 sisltod the Gamie oF tha awril traged 0 CGorouar had boon eont for in_the morning, but not bolng at home, James B. Ohnrch, Esq., came in bis atead, A jury of inquest was callcd, aud Dr. H. T. Drowu, -of sMcHonry, was choson found murdetad. It any room for doubt. Thursday morning. Attor thie, wa proceeded to the kitchen, whora nd boen done. 8 of hiorror a8 thoro prosontod itsolf wo nover bo- foro saw, and wo pray God to prosorve us from ovor aooing anothor kuch, Mon who had bosn oars turned siok at hoort, and “never looked upon g0 foarful o all{;h A + ra, Harrison lay near tho middle of By hor side s ool of blood, coverln oo, four aquaro foot. Her thronf to oar, and hor face and heu(!l covored with blood, room lny the body of Mr, Ho lay with hia !uz;i to tho filz,mr, un‘;l his hond oloso up In tho cormer, pillowed upon somo articles of clothing. A large pool of blood s .il‘nl: Bz his p{;lu.t o rmé:nz‘mu blood all or, aq that i You feot frao r?fln it miww oulk; ke Sty . Brown, aftor oxamining the - clared them sufiiclont to pmfinco'ds‘faffi"dfl‘hf:e wore two wounds on the head of Mrs, Harrison, it Sl s.am, o concluls ont sl ind nkeusible by o thront iad heen cut., i s Latng ey Aftor this, the Coroner and jury pracoeded to anothor room for tho purposo of cxamining wit- the fesrful work in tho army four doclarad thoy b was out from car .In one corner of the R. II. Carr, daughtor of tho deceased, as follows : 8ho and hor brother, I nrrison, wero, first at tho liouso, hoy opeued tho door, looked in, aud saw Mra, Harzison lying on the floor. ered with blood, and in tho corner of the room Mr, Harrigon was on lis i upon tho scene but & moment, and thon fled, cry- ‘Tho floor was coy- oos, Thoy lookod or, r. William Lumley tostifled eubstantially aa h the morning to go to Noar tho houso of Mr. Harrison, . Carr and wife, with William Harris son. They callod mo, and told mo what had I ran.to tho houso, and found Mra. Harrlson doad, but Mr. Harrison was still alive, He drow up hie shoulders two or three times, and also drew up ono of his feot, The razor lny on tho floor, sbout six inchios from the right hand of Mr. Harrison. I picked it up and Inid it on the window. TTho jury, after henring the ovidence, rondored tho following verdiol Harrigon came £0 hor That Mrs, Ama loath’ by boing Brst_ron- dorod partially insonsiblo by a blow on the hed, Tor thront out by & razor, in the laud of ' her husband, Robert Iarrison. Algo, that ho took his own throat with ¢ razor. Mr. Robort Harrison haa lived on Ringwood Ho lus alwaya 130 good ncighbor, and an hon= orable man. Iie brothers are smong our bost and most substantinl *citizons, They.aroc mon ghout tho county. and thon having fifo, by cutting his twonty yoars. known and rospected throus u g eme 51530 tho floors, snd Astrangor pnga- d by his. place would feol liko longant home. horo wil bs fadr snd lovol tiful home wos o dark snd blo place, whore black and swful crimes Liavo boon committed. THE FARMERS’ MOVEMENT. Rosolutions of tho Ilenderson County (ZIl) Enrimers’ Association. At & recent meeting of the Henderson County Tarmers' Association, the following rosofutions wora adopted s 2 Wsnras, Many of tho Tesding rellroad corpore~ tions of 1o country hiave becomo corrupt monopolies in havig opprossod citizous, bribod Tegislatiirce, and sod aro to-diy s menacing daugor to aud unlers_contralled by law tho smers and Inboring class will bo fu | 1o botter condition than tho serfs of Russha ; thero- ing along the roag -gnying : < Thoro is & aco of happiness, w. aing ! that bosul ‘WirLtax NickLs, condition of tho foro, Jttsolved, That wo invoko the ald of all honest minded men morally aud mentally to hurl or ezeludo from offic and from tho bouch of ll such raflway of- ficials, railway attornoys, or othor hiraliugs that prov= putblic ofice fo thio baga uso of private gain, ved, That we doninnd of Congress such logiala- . 4ion na ia hoeded to coutral within egitinato Linile the chiorges of exiating Jucs of transportsti increaso the capacity of our water ways and ulations s our increasing producta 0 producer mny havos just roward Tor hia Honest Invor, nnd that our slmost linitlesn sup- flica may Dicreby Snd a ready trsnsit o tho soabioard,. er0 to Compoto witl tlio markets of tho word. £ d, 'Thut (Lo Conntitution and luws of Nlinols ding upon tho railway corporations na_upom o citizons, and that tho Stato must requiro obedioaco o tio Jaw from all alike, whotlier thio ramo bo_deomed constitutionsl or not by the parties atfected until xo- ded wiconstitutional, at wo beliove tho Stato could not confer ny of ita ¥overelgn power upon_any corporation, That mow 18 the moat favorablo timo £a seitla tho ques- o that it may nover Vo misunderviood that n to a corporation i cannot thoreafter con=- other laws and e demand, so {hat rol, Tteaoleed, That wo hiold, decloro, and resolvo that this gospotisin which deflos our laws, plundera sliipners, ople and corrupls our G 5 fuhea our Tt oy ducd aud made to subsecve tho ment should bo sul public interest at whatever oost, A rosolution, * Thnt wo aroin favor of seloct- didatos for Represeutalives frow own members or thoso Who syms provoled considoruble die o} tomper of {ho Ausocintion %0 o to livo up to the epirit of tha whilo fiomo thoughb it an eloment of d umotion finally provailed to pathize with us,” digtusbaudo ; au Col. Huatohingon introduced o rosolutlon ju- dorsing tho action of the which nominatod M. A. Princotou Conventiou AL, Craig_for Supreme Aftor considerablo discussion, a motion This motion was dofeatod, and Col, H.then willdrow the resolution, say- ing that lio only desired to Dy tho attontion of tho momber fo urgo any action ibat mi turbing tho Liarmony of thelr was made to tablo it ing the mattor to aud did ot wislk ht rosull in dis- Uncle Plensant’s Methode From the Richmond (Va.) Whig, After brealfast T stiagglod ton camp-fire juat ..8ay, ** Unclo Plonsant, on aro tho only man fn tho ‘compauy who got & and you have n good nclo Pleasant, who 0, and tho company commissnry, ro- wo have livad together nigh forty in timo to hear Ohurlo; ox and a lottor wife, and. no mistake.” of w good wilo il s all in_tho -start, what was called o putty and I took her to my mnow ‘alrondy plonty of moal and and sich other things 08 & poor man Noxt day I went to hen I come home she hadn't gob 1 didu't eny anything, but got dinuer far hor and mio, and shio cat jest as hesty a8 it sho had boon working tho same thing, and vl T Qidn't soy nothing, and again sho oat “as If sho liked my cooldng mighily, ird day I came homo monsirous tive sald to lior, whero's my dinnor? horo, Plonsant Batking, T alu for o mun, and if you want_dlunor you must cook it yourself. Iero tho pint was_roachiod o8 T cookod dinnor without saying and aftor mo and sho had ent I went b throo *¢ chinkerpin ™ wwitohosund won back, and i€ ever you sead a ol got o Jarpupping I give Blo wont siraight to expooted sho_would, and nex aftor Lior with s long cawitch. 0 liomo to savo mo, b hon sho saw L was in oarnout, was, #he wont alioad of mo, cooked mwo sy good A dinnor as ww wants to set down to, aud from ! this, mo and Hukoy ain't had no 1t you ovor git morsiod, boys bo S ou jost start right. You see I marriod ind 80 Bho Wwn8, jog-house, whar I had qught'to linve. Tho noxt day 'twas o my- dandor t gwino to bo caok hor ono thon and hor mothior's ae L & morning I wont t 1 told hor sho and that day she