Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 23, 1873, Page 5

N Italy, avhior thoy aro probably not enough oared for to instigato any vory groat - soarch, and are + then'brought to Now York, whoro thoy aro sold 1o tho highest bidder, with pricos varying from $100 to 8300 for boys and nbout $500 for girla. Ot courso, thoro is no title {8 tho proporty, but the buyors auocoed 'In virtually holding tho ohil- dren a8 slaves by reason of thefr {gnorance of the languago, thelr friondlosenoss, and the ter- roriem oxercised ovor thom. Tho,Italian Consul of Now York s calldd upon to take stops toward supprogaing tho traffic. It is tobe hoped that ho will do o, not morely for tho purpose of re- lonaing these childron from virtusl bondage, but in the Intorost of tho publio upon whom thelr exaorable musle is forcod. W Obituary. Tho doath of Col. William Roes, of Pittsflold, IIL., should roceive a more oxtended notico than tho moro tolegraphic mention in our columns two or three weoks ago. Io was onoe of our oldoest, a8 woll a8 ons of our best and most in~ fluential citizons. 1o died ot Pittafiold, Pike County, on tho 80th dsy of May, in tho 8tst yonr of his age. ITo wes tho ploncor aud . patriarch of TPTike County, naming Pittsficld after his . oarly Lhomeo in Mas- sachussette. Ho sorved his country eflclently in tho War of 1812, and again in the Black-Hawk ‘War, with Mr, Lincoln, in 1882, Col. Ross was lifo-long friend and supporter of Mr. Lincoln, Ho sorvod his Btato in both branchos of the Logislature, and was at one time, during the 1ll- noss of the Lieutonant-Covornor, olectod Spoeaker of tho Sonato. “Tho Flag, published his charactor s Tho Patrlarch of Piko County s dend,: A vencrabl and venorated man has passed from enrth to Teavou, Gol, William Ross, thio sago, tho patriot, and tho Oliris- ting, Lias departed this lifo and bas gono to the pros- encoof hls od, A groat man has fallen, but mot till hiu head wae crownod with tho honora of a well-zpent lifo, Ho diod surroundod by all that could contributo to mako old nga honorablo and comfortablo—itu propor but not always {ts actusl accompanimonta—! honor, love, obedience, troops of frionds,” But ail theso wore ‘worlhlly aud honarably Lifs, for ho lid carnod thom, Ilis work waa fully done, aud weil dono, and, liko the ¥ipo fruit of autuin, he was rondy to fall. Dosth had 0 surpriso for him ! ho wag ready for tho summons, sud passod sway oa calmly sa “sluks (ho babo 1o sleep.’ at Pittsfiold, givos' tho following just cstimato o;l ——— NOTES AND OPINION. Tho Dos Moinos Register pleads for an ond of tho war of factions within tho Republican party (of 60,000 majority) in Iows, now that tho supremacy of tho party, and, indood, its vory ox- iatonce, is soriously threatenod. —It {8 noticeablo that tho movoment bogun in Allen County, O., does not look to or dopond upon the “old stagera” for its succoss; and that Groosbeck, and Pugh, snd Pendloton, and Raunoy, and all the rost, aro formidablo no lon- ger as ropresenting & power to bo consulted. Tho Cincinnati Commercialsignificantly romarks that *‘the bricks are loose.” —Tho Patrons of Husbandry have bogun to organizs in Magsachusotta. 5 —It was hoped tho President would, without ‘much urging, appoint his old frlend and army- comrado, Gen, Charles Dovens, to be Distriot Attornoy in Massachusotts; but Bon ssid “ Gaorgo P. Banger,” and Sanger it was. Bon's colleagues in Congroas wore intimidated to tho point of not daring to mako any recommenda~ tion. -~Thv Tndianapolis Journal (organ) takes up the refrain, than whioh thete is no groater soan« dal, that our public men are corrupt becauso all society I8 corrupt, and says : Tho country needs & powerful rovival of good, old- feahionod honvsty, that shall sWeop away the infinito sliam that pervado and corrupt overy brauch of busl- Resa and overy dopartmont of Lifo, To which all the poople’ eay Amen,” and they evidently propose to bogin by expurgatingall those who havo scandalized our public morality. —Tho Ropublicans of Black Hawk Countg, In., boldly declare * that thore shall bo “no abridg- ment of the rights of tho peoplo to petition for w redress of grisvances.” That's all. ~—The Lomars (Ia.) Sentinel, with tho call for tho Ropublican State Convention at the mast- head, says : i Revolutions are mot born in a night—thoy grow slorels—tley aro uot tho product of ous wrang or ouio 1nind, but of accumulated wrongs and & vast communs ity of minds. Thoir fiust muttorings are contonuptibly, a8 were the growlings of the farmers of tho West threo years ago; thelr noxt ridioulous, as tho muttorings of Grangers of last year woro; then thoy sre sorious, thon alarming, 13 the ouward sweop of tho Great Movoment fs tils enr. Tho grest moriopolica whioh bought and_ sold Loglumturca sna.. Courls, and tho Legielaturce aud Courts which in turn bought and sold the peopls, oro mot s merry at the mouthings of Therustions thoy wore, A half million farmors in lengue, each (ndividual mmariing under tho hot, hoavy Dlows, dealt from the hands of venal polificians, appoaled Ly’ orators of {helr own rude, it i true, but torribly in earu- ot 'wo lsughing matter for bond- lers, snd place-holders, and office-holders, and ~ring-masters, and demagogues, and party wire-pullors, and tho countless shsms snd sliysters which constituta sn orderly sud woll regulated soclety | No indeed, But what shall bodono withit? It comos In such & quostionable shiapo, und sppoars in such diverso as- pects, that noither soldivr’s bayonot mor judicial ermine may wog. Oapital shrinks before tho envelop- Ing shisdow, and politicians look curfouslyat the cloud, 18 it to be o shower or a deluge, 8 rlot or rovolution 7 o shall see. —Xore 1 the way tho peopleof the United Btates are divided in respoct to their omploy~ monts : In agriculture, 1In profeasto In trade and transpurtation - 1187640 In manufacturcs aud mechunical industrios, 3,707,421 13,673,225 Out of this number, only 1,859,710 are on- gaged in any business that is protectod by & Mfih tariff, This shows how foolish aud falso is tha cry that American industry is protectod in that manner, On the contrary, nine out of every ton workmon are enormously tazed to bonofit tho tenth man. Thatis all thoro is of it.—Cin~ cinnati Enquirer. —There was anothor hugoe straw at Northfield yosterdny, Another pic-nio with 8,000 robollious Tarmers whoresolvod to Lsve & party of their own. ‘Thia i8 tho third large pic-nic in Minnesota with- ina week snd tho aggrogate attondance Linving Toon betwoon 7,000 and 8,000, Does the Ropub- lican- party think it policy to givo the gago of ‘battlo to the Farmers® Rebellion b;nominndng a railroad man for Governor ?—5L Paul Dispatch. —Tho farmers of Wisconsin aro about to en- gago in & movemont which is fraught with mo- montous consequences. They should deliberate wisoly and woll, for thoy are ongaging in no hol- idny ropast. They hove nserious work bofore thom, and all of thoir declarations should be well considered and their positions be carofully taken, No man has boon authorized to commit them s yot to any particular line of Fortage (yWi:.) Register. ~Lie Tarmors of Leavonworth and surround- ing countics aro sctively "r:l')ulug for the qum gathoring of the agrioufturat clans ever eld in Kausas. . , . » Wo aro persuaded that tho Fourth of Jul&thlfl yoar will not bo a good day for the plunderora of the poople, and aro as- surod that the occasion mentioned will not pre- sont many interosting features to chronie offico- #ookers,—Leavenworth Times, Tho fact 14, the movement itself, in spite of mon, aud contrary to the expectation of its founders, is uniting all olasses who are opposed to ealary-grabbors, Oredit Mobilior swindlors, - monopolies, Custom House frauds, and political corruption of all kinds, * to avt together rogard- less of all past political afiliations.—Grand Rapids (3lich.) Eagle. —Aud _this “movement, whioh {s sweepin, through Western Statos as nover movemont di bofora, will ore long rench Now England and Maino. Tho samo causes exist hore and tho samo necosslty will inpel to action. A pooples movemont will como, and it will be irresistible. Tho elements exist, All that is needod is to sot them in motion, * A poople’'s movement on a broad, liboral onest bisis would make a torrible attling smong tho dry bones, and strongly upuet the caloulntions of those who now think tho poople will always continua to follow their lead ws a flock of shoop follow tho Loll-wether,— Fortland &Mc.) Aryus, —Bo it kuown iinto you, O wiso mon of the East, that tho “Illinols moyemont” is based upon tho otornal rhmlplnu of right, and needs no “botter principles” upon which to rocon- struct.—Aurora (1) Hevald, —Tlo men an inunmlu that, n tho light of tho rovolations of tho last six months, can have tho cheok to talk of reforming the rings and corruptions now oconatituting tho managoment of the Republlean party, ouglt, in consiatoncy, to put forward Boelzebub as the eaviar of man- kind.—AMuscatine (Towa) Tribune, —Butler is a fine specimen of tho audaclous, importinont, and vulgar eing politician, and he s Luz ‘s spocimarrof a largo class of publio mon polloy.— ' @ by whom tho uountr{]h now cursed, By triok- or{ aud bribery thoy have securad the control of politics, and, It Massnchusotts succeods in ad- ministoring s storn robuko to Butlor, it will stimulato tho mnasos ovorywhara to siriko simi lar blows at such domangoguos.—LUarrisburg (Pa,) Stale Journal, —T am a Ropublican of tho strictest seot, and, radieal a8 1 have boon, I now declaro that il was absolutoly humilinting to mon of dignifiod sonsi- Dbilitlos to seo Dolnno (Scorotary of the Intorlur? Boutwoll, and Creswoll (Postmastor Gonoral) golng dovn last £all, first to North Carolinn, and, aftor lmvlnF carriod that Btato by dotail, folding thoir tonta liko tho Arabs aud silontly stealing nway to tho Btato of Maino, and Uion flitting wway to othor Statos and working to” carry oloc- tlona for tho Administratlon party. I hopo to God tho timo will come whan such o spoectsolo will no longor Lo witnessod on the American con- tinont.— William I, Weat,in the Ohio Conalitu- tional Convention. —Znacharins Long, of Loighton, Carbon Cotns 3, mombor of tho' Ponnsylvanin Constitutional Jonvontion, was brutally assaulted last Batur- day by one of his constituonts, in tho streots of the villago above named. Tho altercation nrose out of tho un!kr{ quostion, the constituent hold- ing that $2,600 is too much for a dologato's aer~ vicos.—Allentown (Pa,) Chronicle. ~—Lot us have no balf-way work, gontlomen of ‘tho Now Hampshire Loglslaturo, about this Con- rossionnl enlary-grab. business.—Nashua (N, ) Telegraph. . < 2 llmfgull, of Pennsylvania, oponly dofonds tho hrok-pay atonl as if tho thiof and pickpookeb should defond his calling on tho ground of in- sdoquato pv Concord (. 11.) Monitor. —There must bo no artful dodging in this sal~ ary business. Evory mombor anud Bonator must hord elther. with the shoop: or withtho gonts ; and we rogret- to-say- that tho gonts aro abon ton to ono sgainst tho sheop, 1s Senator Bhor- ‘man a shoop or o goat ? *And howsabout Sonator Morton ?—St, Louis Democral, .. ... : ~—Now lot tho press proceed to unmake & fow of thoso vagabonda. It oan Lo dono, us the tools aro plomty. We proposo to try our hauds on & fow,—Illinois Slale Register, —Tho country is promised not only a nnrrrlnu. but o rovolution, whon the now railrond tarlifs of llinois go iuto offect on the Ist of July, and - tho ronds bogin buainoss on n new basis. - Thoir ostonsiblodosign is to “comply with thelaw,” but thore is littlo_doubt that, instead of trying to malco it popular, thoy will causo it to bocomo as odiotss 08 circumstances will pormit,—Davenport (Jorca) Gazetle, —If thlg is tho opon spirit of hostility with ‘which tho roads propose to meot tha poople, thoy will hnvo hot times. To proclpltate warfaro Is o Jolioy to b oxcoodingly woll considotad. For hough oapital aud corporations .aro_strong, tho pooplo aro strongor, and in opon fight thoy will conquer or sink tho country, and the railroads togothor.—Indianapolis Senlinel, =Tho mouoy kings aro to punish Iilinolsans for daring to voto as they &oe fit, If this iu tho stylo that ia to obtain, wo can nusiiro opr Eastorn frlonds that tho Inst thing Ilinois farmers will bo influonced by ina throat, Ob, no. Thoy may bo wrong, but threatoning ia © played out."— Elgin (1ll) Gazelle. —Tlio pooplo mado theso corporations, and thoy can unmake thom, If they will not yield to the power of tho: State, let their chartors ba forfoited and thoir tracks bo declared public Mfihwnyn, opon fo every ona who choosos ut rolling " stock upon thom.—Keithsburg (1U.) Eerana, . —It i to be rogretted that we con'thaven national law whioh will reach all alike. Btill it is ovident that our Illinois roads arc not doing tholr bost to comply with tho spirit of the law. What they do intond is to mako tho lnw odious by standing up for high rates undor tho pretence that thoy canuot afford any lowor.—Lincoln (L) Herald. » . —Thas the failure of the Legislature to exer- ciao the powors delegated by tho Constitution to flx “romsonablo maximum rates,” leaves the poople at the morey of the railroads; in other words, the Legialaturc, by -ahirking tho respon- siblity of fixing “ roadonnblo" rafes, has vir- tually liconsed tho railroads to furthor extor- tions, . . . . Forour part wo can seo nothe ing In it but cowardice and incompotoncy, and & covert xorviutg of the law-makors to tho rail- ronds against tho poople.—Jolfet (il.) Republi- can., —Tho biggest humbug, in theso du;n, is get~ ting to bo the Inw and tho courts. Thero has beon gomo idos_provailing in the pablio mind that politics and politiciaus, nnd tho Amorican Congross, and sovoral other things, onjoyod that pro-gminence, but thoydwindlo into nothingnews bosido tho Judgoes sud lawyors of the land.— Green Bay (Wis.) Advocate. ~—The question ariscs whothor a court should not oxerciso its common souso and kay whother thoe quostion of fact as to the guilt or innocence of tho prisonor is really affected by the clerical blundors or lapses in au indictmont, or by the advorso viow of a lower court.—DelrGit. (Ifich.) 0st. ._—=Ono of {ho chiof dutios of government in the United Btatos 1 to maiutain a largo class of Inwyars, Teady to bocome nocomplicos, aftor tho fact, in’ oll the orimes aud frauds of the com- munity, and this cannot bo done without allow- Ing them to plundor tho thisves and murderers oud thoir frienda of thelr last dollar, Whon that praisoworthy end is reached, ihen thore aro no ‘morg now trinla.—San Francisco Alla, —Iu the Obio Coustitutiopal Convention, the other day, tho question being on tho appoint- mont (not " the election) of women to oflice, a mewber said n woman might bo_sppointed on the Suprome_Bonch, whoreupon Judge Hoadly, of Cincinnati, Tojoiniod: “I rometimos think, when the Buprome Court decido my cnses, tho decisions would bo hottor if an old Woman something to do with thom.” : —Bome of the logal maxims wo want oblitorat- ed “hovo becomo established by the coneont of tho enlightoned world for conturies.” Things that noed roform aro usunlly long-cstablished ; to Dbe‘nut to roformation on that ground is to any thero sliall be nono.—Buffalo Lxpress, e e DID HE SUICIDE ? Mr, Kellogg Gould, a compositor in Tre Tars- UNE oflico, yesterday aftoruoon found an enve- lope, containing among other things a package of poion and soveral plecos of paper, upon one of which was written the following: ‘‘Faro- woll, & long farewoll to onrth and all it troublos. When this is road I shall be dead. John Dreen.” The envelope was found on the lake shoro, nt tho foot ,of Adams siroot. One of tho {lnpem was o certificato 1o tho effect that ho bonror, Jobn Broon, was © mombor of the Father Mathow ‘Lemperanco Association of Toronto, and was a most oxomplary member. Another was n cortificato of good charactor from tho Btoward of the Toronto Club.. Tuoy wore both dated March 21, 1873, It is probablo that the porson who wroto tho above noto has com- mittod guicide by taking poison. Tho packago of poison fouud In the envolope was sugar of Joad, end had evidently bogu broken. It Lore tho la~ bel of Loula Birohl, druggist, cor- mor of Wost Madison . and. Clinton atroots. Whothor lio aftorwards jumpod into the lake, or hid himself in somo sccluded Inco to dio, 16 of courso only a mattor of con- i’umm. From s diligent Inqulry in the vicnity, t was found that no man had boon seon to dis- oppearin the lake. On tho othor hand, it may Do that the unhappy person is atill living, not having boon able to carry out the intention im- plied in the lettor, bocause of tho loss of tho poison. - T S EVANSTON. Tho Northwestern Univorsity ot Bvanston will hold its commencoment oxercisos this week, tho Rev. 0. M. Fowlor having prenched the DBacca- 1auroatosermon yesterdsy. Thoromainderof the programmo is as follows s Monday—7:45 p. m. contost for the Blanchard prize at tho Mothodiat Church ; Tuesday—Examinations in tho Garrotb Biblial' Tostitulo; mooting of ‘Trustocs, University, 9 8. m.; annivorsary of the Ladies' College, 7:35 p. m. Wodnosday—Moot- ing of Trustoos and Vlflltnrn of tho Garrett Bib- Iical Institute. 8 8. m; Sormon befora tho Insti- tuto by tho Roy. . M, Eddy, 10 8, m; nnivor- gary of tho Instituto, 3 p. m.; studonts give fonst, Hock Hall, 7:30 p. m.; mooting of Associ- ation of gradusatos, T:45 ‘F m, Thursday—In- auguration of the Rov. O, IL Fowler, D, D., a8 Presidout of the University, 10 a.m.; Com- mencement, 2 p. m. el S ) Celegraphic Brevitics, Charlos P, Carty, of Indianapolls, rocolved molico yestordny of bis sppointment, by, tho Hu- rome Chancellor, 1L, 0. Borry, of Chleago, ns upromo Reocording saud Cotrosponding Horlbo of lhn Supromo Lodgo of tho World, Kuights of Pything, This appolntmont makos Indiannpolis tlio Leudquartors of tho ordor, A farmors' Fourth of July colobration will be hold in Yorkvillo, Il Among tho spaakers whoso names are published are Richard Iallou, of Tox; Jorry Lvarts, Briutul{ West Mutlook, Yorlvillo; ot Litioy Tlatlvillo J, J. Mo- Grath, Lisbon; Jobn W. Mason, Doter Lott, aud Prof, Burns, of Nowark, and others, The affalr will bo run wholly by the farmers, no poli- tiolun belog allowod to Live unylhing to eay. Tho colobrution {6 advortisod to tike placo st the TFalr Grounds, Lott Rchoflold will aol as Prosi- dent of tho day, and L. G, Bonnott will road tho “ Farmors' Deolaration of Indspsudenco,” Qh in honest brauches of industry.— | THE RAILROADS:. 'The New Passengor Tarifls, So Far as They Have Been Decided Upons Looal Rates, and the Commutation- Ticket System for OQur + Suburbs, Latest Developments Regarding the Undecided New Freight Tariits. Bome Instances Where the Tariff Is Bound to Be Prohibitory any Way It Is Worked. How the Now Law Will Drive: Chicngo Trade to Cincinmati, Pittsburgh, and New York. Reports having beon oirculatod that tho rail- ronds golng out of Chicago“have incressed their 1odnl. prasonger rates so s soriously to affect {oltizons who Lave found homos in the suburbs, At may bowell to oxplain that tho law pormits tho companlos to fssuo commutation and oxour- slon tickets nsbeforo, o far as Tng TRIUNE 18 informed, thoro is no intention on the part of tho companies to discontinuo the practico of ia- suing commutation tickets. Tho ronson for tho Increasod local fares 18 obvious,. TIf tho fare.be- twoon Chicngo and Hyde Park, for example, romalned at the old figuro, 16 conts, tho distanco Deing 6 5-10 milos, tho company would bo compollad to chargo on absurdly dis- proportionato rato botweon stations only a mile or two apart. Under such ciroumstancos traflio would not pay, and the company would find it- self obliged to cut off mavy local stations from tho timo-tables, thus causing grost inconven- «| fonco. Btarting.with a fair basls, it is ennbled to carry through ita wholo length o rato that dis- crimthatos ngainst no singlo station. Bosidos, whothor the company willod it 8o or not, tho law is o cast-iron ono, g Mr. Tucker says, againet disorimination; and if the company hnd’ dis- criminated in favor of Hyde Park, or any othor local station, nll the ratos throughout tho ontire routo must have come down to such a tune that financial ruin would be s question simply of timo, TOE TLLINOIS CENTRAL ‘passongor tariff having boon more than onco ‘misquoted and misinterproted in the mannor in- dieated, wo Lavo procured a copy of tho ratos to go into effoct on the 18t proximo, ns well as the commutation rates, to which wo have added the old rates, for the purposes of comparison: SINGLE FARES. E] 3 Detireen otp TAnzer, fvEw TARIFE. g Central Depot H and — h Whole,|Hals,| Whote, 14 10 | 10 = 18/ Weldon., 1 | 10 2.5/ Twonty-socond siroot..| *10 | 10 10 8.0/Twenty-aovonth sprect.| 10 | 10 9.5|Thirty-firat stroct. 0|0y g 47Tl Vior 10 4.0{0akinnd, . 10 - 5.1{Forty-third 10 5.8|Kenwood . 10 5 0.5|iTydo Park, 10 7.1South Par] 10 @ 7.9]Wood Lawn, 18 I 8.3)0uk Woods 15 Pl 8.8/Park Bido, Hals 9.4/Grand Croy Pl ] 2.1|Burnsido. 2 50 14.7|Kensingto 0 @ 80 3 %0 w - . 80 £t 95 COMMUTATION TIOKETS aro unchanged, namoly : Station, Park Row. d &l ty-seventh stroo rat stroot, Fuirview, aidand. ... Forty-third strect. 00d. Buburban rosidents are informed that the salo of commutation tickets on the trains will bo dis-; continued nftor the st proximo, whon tho must_ bo procured at tho city office, Randolp| stroct, near Clark, at the dopot, and at tho gon- oral tickot oflico. THE GENERAL PASSENGER TARIFF will romalu unchangod, so far as ia at present kuown. Mr. W. D. Johneon, the gonoral pas- sougor agont, says ho cannot spgak dofinitel until the other ronds have booen heard from. l% ay bo that the rates will ultimately bave to bo mado 83¢ contd for short and long hauls alike, in ordor to assimilata to other linas, Thero are many points in tho Reilroad low on which tho lawyors disngreo. It is thrown on the railroads to decide many knotty problems, but thoy will act, as Mr, Johnson belioves, with: a common dosiro to comply with tho intentions of tho Logislaturo in the strictest mannor. ‘Whatevor tho pecuniary result may bo, tho new rates aud rogulations on the Illinols Central aro boing frnmed with the strict object of giving the 1;;3' 84 tho Loglslature wished to apply it, & fair rial. OHICAGO, ROOK ISLAND & PACIFIC. Tho new pussongor tarif of this road has also bfi%lil(lfl’?pmfid, and iy herowith submitted to the public: ¢ ouR Statfons, Statfona, | nitk] | pamz 05 1,85 8.66| 40| 4.5 8| 4o, 4.0 B.78) .45, 5.95 1Lo9) .85 |1t 5,05 18,75 .70 5.20 a3.48) .96 6.80 29,69 1.20] 4.85 B4L.04] 1.85) 4.55 40,43) 1,861 4.60 45 | 1.7 .60 61,71] 4,501 520 14| 2.6 4.4 7.2 2.8 6.75 81,43 8.051/Oc 5.80 U4 B8 8,35 5,85 B8.76) .88 6,95 19,05] 8,60 8,10 109, 84) 8.90) |5 181.45| 6,18 182,641 6.25 It may bo generally romarkod of the now rates that they oxhibit a docrease throughout the line, amounting to not less than 20 to 88 per cont for Polnlu from ton to sevonty-four milos out, and or points beyound, s reduction of from 9to 15 por cout, $ It Las beon dotormined by the Direotora of this road to anticipato all thet theJaws of this Stato, as woll as of Iows, may require, and . to mmko the lowest rates possiblo, whatover the rosults may bo, Mr. Riddlo, whilst quite cognizant of the heavy losses throntoned in tho froight departmont, Ia eald to bo a boliaver {n tho olasticlty of a liboral passon- or policy. ‘'ho deoreaso in” rates will bo soon fiy ho fallowing COMNTATISONS OF THE OLD AND NEW TARIFYS, to woll known points which wo have soleoted from tho Company’s tables without inflioting on tho reader tho figures, T'o Oouncil Bluffs, the old rato was $10.20, and has beon reduced to 817. DosMoinos, formerly §18,66, is now 812,16, Poorla $5.76 has boon roduced to 86,86 ; avd Rock Taland from £6,60 to 6.00, A sim- ilar reduction is observablo to all the stations Dotweon ho abovo points, and thoso fow figuros aro sufliclont to show tho polioy that obtaius, THE T0WA TARIFY 18 being propared as rapidly as poseiblo, The same fostures will bo proservod as in tho ahove, 1t is not known whon the work will bo resdy, but Jrobably to-day will #oo part of tho manuacript ’n tho hands of the printor, aa tho nccountants wore figuring on the last shoote on Baturday. T OHIOAUO & ALTON. The Qeuoral Pussengor Agent is at work on 5 tho new passenger tariff, and a TRIDUXE ro-. porter ayn‘l’pnthufinn!ly watohed his ?lllnnt cal- oulations and ‘figuring, on PBaturday, sa ho studied ont tho consoquences of half n cont horo, thoro, or clsowhoro, Tho now rates -cannot possibly ‘bo roady until to-morrow, whon tho roporters may possibly bo permitted to sco theém, unlosa'thoymvn' ‘meanwhilo gone to tho printer. This road, like the Tlinols Contra), ia 80 oub.up with compoting lines, north and sonth, that it is almost impossiblo to mnke a now tanft that shall not discriminate in fact, al- though not according to thelanguage of iho now law, keing in far too many casos prohibitory oithior tothe Companyor totho paople, and where it is prohibitory o tho Company, it 16 somotimos ot proportionatoly bonofiolal £6 tho pooplo, tho Dohant boing onjoyod by othior Lines. LLINOIS CENTRAL. Anothor Intorviow with Mr, Tuckor, Frolght Agent of tho ilinols Contral, on Baturday, ro- sultod in the sassuranco that tho now froight- tariff would not diffor mnwrllllfi from that of tho Ohicago & Alton, slraady published in Tne TRIDUNE, *Ihn IIM:B trifling ‘:uapuctuz tho 1'7“’5 might, at tho last moment, bo open to revision, T alinta wit. 6. ratés of Huo Northwost: orn, 88 boforo oxplainod. Most of the manu- Beript was, on Baturday aftornoon, sont to tho printors, aod tho Intention waa to havo proots rondy to-day, in order to mako tho nocossary alterations, , if auy _should be roquired, promptly = on the = Northwostorn {ariff making its appoarancs, g0 that the rovi- sion should po comploted, and tho ratos finali; detormined on by Woduosdny, A8 tho proof is aubjoct to bo entirely changed ab tho fast mo- mout; however, wo refrain” from snying moro than ropeating that shlp[wru may “safoly bo uided for tho prosent by tho Chicago & Alton ablo, , Numerous Instances hayo slroady como to no- tico whoro tho roads find'it impossible to make 9 rato that will sult tho customor and thom- golvos at tho samo timo ; it will bo sure to pro- hibit donlings on the purt of ouo or the other, For inatanco, tako Lacon, 128 miles out, tudy of fho febles published will show that” tho Alton Company has done all it can do, whilst paying due regard to law, to mako ralos suitable to tfils placo ; but' it mattors not what rato is mado, the ownors of tho water roufo liave it in tholr power to mako thoira lower, and if tho railrond woro to go to tho oxtromo and make uch o rato as thoy would desire to do, tho ro- duction would, under the now law, haye to take offcct along the whole road, which would simply bo ruinous; Mr. Smith, tho Goneral Froight Agont of tho OIIOAGO & ALTON, sooma to hiavo dono all in his power to help ship- ors 0t points connacting with the Enet, to ona- Ela them to roach Chicago, snd Chica~ go to roach thom, without loss as com- ared - with tho Tatos charged by iho Sastern ronds ; tho following being smong tho ** gpocial ratea " to bo found in tho now tariff: # Gonoral merchandiso, whon shippod by agroo- mont, in quantitios of full car-londs from any statlon nt ono time to one cousigneo at samo sta- tion, will bo transported st tho following reduc- tion'from tho tablo of ratos : Firat, second, and third clasaos, 20 por cont loss, ond 'fourth claes 80 per cont logs, This 8 speolally dosigned to onablo Chicago to do businoss with houses at Joliot, Bloomington, and similar points, snd to onablo Chicago to compete with New York at oqual rates, Practically, it will bring the rato to what it wes by the old tfariff, This Company bas “ & hoart-broakin competition nudy sufler in common with all nor and south ronds, perhaps worse than the others, from tho faot that its chiof objective pointis Bt. Louls, H“mlg run tho gauntlot of Now York compotition all nlong tho line, at East Bt. Louis it has to contonde with that of Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Tho ratea from Cincinnati to Enat 8t. Louis, a8 compared with tho rates from Chi- rence paaing tha Thoussnd Islands iapids, and noe dor o warid-rengwnad Vistorta Dtlugs by diylight to Montreal, thenco by rail to Rouse's Lolnt, tlienco by ateamer on Lake Champlain to Whitohall, {Lionce by rail o Albany or Troy, and down_tho Hudwon River, Thin trip cati bo mudo for $31, and {8 ono of tho moat delightful In tho country, Tarlios dosiring informa~ tion’ regardiig fhis lino can mocuro tourials’ guldo baoka al Gompany's offica freo of chargo, that give & full description of the routa and its advantayes, THE FARM AND GARDEN. The Xinrbor of Port Ontarto nnd Itw Future 1n Rognrd to the Westw=i2ival Lines to tho Samo FPoint vs. Rival Yoints==Illinols Onnal Bonts==Theo Short Xoute to Hoston by Way of the Mloosnc Tunnels=AValunble Marhores What the Enst and What the West Producos==What Changes Fifty yenrs Moy Bring, From Our Aqrieultural Correspondent, My Bummzn Toun, Juns 20, 1873, Binoo my lost lottor I havo boon rambling among dairy farms, making calls on old frionds, aud to-day I stand at tho southosst snglo of Lake Ontardo, looking out from THE HARDOI OF FORT ONTARIO, - a barbor that is destinod In the not-far-oft fu- turo, to bo a-vast dopot for the distribution of tho producta of tho Weost. Just cast your oyes ovor tho map of: the United Btatos, and in the dirgction of Boston and Portlund, and you will goo this Datbor lylng land-locked die rootly on ‘tho" line from Chicago to Doston, Tho vosuols loading at Chiesgo pnas through the line of lakes and tho Welland Canal, aud rench this harbor, which is tho most uatural and so- cure barbor on tho lake, Then, agnin, enst your oys along tho lino of tho Michigan Contral Tailrond, tho Great Wostorn of Canada to Lew- iston, and tho Ontario Lake Bhoro Road to Oswego, and you ask, Why not Xeop right on to Port Ontarlo, and thenco, by Boonvillo, Ballston, and tho Hoosuo Tunnel, to Boston, or diverge at Romo, over the Now York Contral, to Now York? Well, what if you do? " Thore is o rond to Boston, and Boston is of no groat valuo to tho West, for New York is tho great contro, Lot ussco how this fs. Tho Wost has long einco learned that all tho lLines that lead to tho samo point mako common causo and com- Dine in rogard to froights and faros, and wonood not appeal to them for eithor justico or fair deal~ .| ing, for thoy will unito to take tho lion's share. Tho - whole thing can be maneged ond controlled by bhalf-a- dozen men, whose grosd may ruln the Westorn ‘producer. But, when wo havo OMPETING DISTRIDUTING POINTS, a8 Now Yorl, Boston, and Baltimoro, the wholo thing is chauged, and tho lowost freights win. Ttisnot so much the railrosds, but the whole people and businoes of tho place, that are inter- ostod. Fo long as Néw York is suro of the trade of tho Wost, so long will Ler businoss-mon caro littla what wo pny for the transporta- tion of our -grain,—for fhey absorb their commissions and’ chafges @8 usual, but, when somo othoer points, by & shorttr or chonper route, or by lower froights, divort this trade, it is then that the businoss suffors, aud thus compels roduction ; and it is then that tho Wost hag juatice dono it. This is tho reason why tho Western farmor is intorested in this now routo. A fow daya sinco I was at Oswego, and sawtho basin full of IDLE OANAL-DOATS. What_doos this monn 7 T inquired. “Well, gafio, on tho staplo productions of each, aro as | "L, PO ™ Garry _to Oglonsburgh : and tho groin goon to Portland, aud o Ter] 32 | 34 | It | Boston, inotosd of going to Now York by Class, | Claas.|Class.|Class, D‘:nd'u You :I\% “l“i‘n ki?:‘a':m Nowxgm-ki Cfi" that mus| o taken 16 COn! or in tho Ginctunati o Tast St Loutel 95 | 8 | 83 | 35 [ cors dicect; but thoso Now England peoplo Luvo And the new law is of such an infloxiblo charao- o woy of distributing this grain direct to the con- sumer, and it doos not go dircot to Bostom, tor that no amount of ingonuity will anablo the short ab all points Company to bring s rates bolow tho sbovo, | U, S0P ot At W o From Pittsburgh tho rate for the fourth class of | dyongs, wo sro _pushing the Ontario merchandiso, iron ‘gooas, nails, ota, in which | 710 Shoro Road to Lowiston, to connect with that city compotos with Ch{cfl%&: for tha trado, is thirty-nine, aa compared with Chlcago's forty. Altogothor, although tho Agents ono and all, profosa thoir dotormination to givo the now tarig o thorough and fair trial, tho rosulta are looked for with most gloomy anticipations. AN INQUIRY. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : - B8m: In relation to the irnlfiht tarift question, con you inform shippors and purchasors what articles of frolght aro to be charged doublo first-clags ” raten ? Wil plows, respers, thrash- ing machines, and this hoavy olass of freights, of wlich 80 large an amount is shipped and To- shipped from Ohlcago, bo chargad, 88 it has for ‘many yonrs, throo of four times a8 much a8 ssmo class of froight is shipped to samo points through Chicago from points three or four hundred miles enst of Chicago? And can you inform us why railroads running weat and. south of Oh(cnfio moko exorbitant classification on this froight, which Obio, Michigan, Indiana, and enstorn railronds class with liko Lioavy frolghts third-claes, or three or five times loss than Illi~ nois and Wostorn railionds? OnABLES OALAEAN, UNIVERSALIST MISSIONARY UNION. A Warm Scasion ina Warm Ohurche-- The Terms of OChristian Fellows ship, An sdjourned meeting of the Universaliat Mis- slonary Union was held yestordny aftornoom in the tomporary quartors ocoupled by Bt, Paul's Univorsalist Church, corner of Wabash avenuo and Peck court. Tho meeting was called for the awkward hour of 4 o'cloclk, and it was nearly halt an hour lator when the President, Mr. Ohad- wick, callod the meeting to order by giving out the firat hymn. The hoat of the weather, the still more opprossive. and depressing heat of the church, the inconvenience of tho bhour, and tho scattored residoncos of the membors conduced to this rosult, It is the ous- tom with tho Univorsalist Ohurches to have the Bunflu{lflohoo\ meotings immediately following upon tho morning sorvices. Honce, by the timo that dloner is ovor, they must start out upon thoir journoy to tho placo of mooting, Undor those untoward circumetaunces, it is not sur- prising that tho mesting was quite small, The firat l.l;'nmum was, *‘The Morning Light is Broaking," after tho singing of which Mr, Ohsdwick read from Jobn xv., when Mr, Mandy load tho moeting in prayer. Anothor hymn was sung, and” the firap subject for discussion was announced to be # T Torms of Obristian Followship,” to open which ho ealled upon the Rov, Dr. Forrestor, postor of tho Ohurch of tho Rodeomer, That gentleman, aftor uxcuahlg himself for tho want of proparafion of his subjoot, entorad into tho discourso, Olristian fellowship ho dofined as that broad goclal inturcourse open to all men recognizing Obristianity as of Divine orlgin. It was & broad platform _ which . was large enough to include all donominations. Honco Univorsalists could most readily extond this bond of Ohristian justico to all ‘men, call upon them to help and Yoluuteer whaf reciprocal aid they could. ‘Tho hopo of the world came from tho very spirit of the Divino Man, ' It was not narrow to say; that on this platform of faith in God, in man, and In Josus Obrist, could men alono find opportunity to do tho work of God, Ho who walked!noar onough to God would find that thore was no room to ox- baust_that glorious charaotor. Every time ho looked into it, now thoughts and ingpirations openod out,, Mo found- it npnninfi out like the ever-growicg papyrus, The true Cbristian, therefore, did” not ' shut out his sympathios from othors, Ohrist's command was, “Follow mo,” and this applied to tho whole raco of human lifo and fecling. If ho %,:am.m) understood tho Now Testament, this was the command. - Tho Christlan was like & wandorer amid intorminablo mountains ; below him tho peaks of his formor ambition, above him were hoights of glory, Hogoos upward and forward, lifted by a powor da cortain as the fato of tho systoms or tho ewing of the sea, Only euch a man could do his duty to God and man, Faith in God and his works ; thia was tho ground of Olristian fellowship and hnarty good will, Tho hymu ** Hull to tho Lord's Annointed " was then sung by the congregation, aftor which ;thtur addressos wero delivered upon various sub- oot —_— Exoursion Season, 1873, Now that the lieat of summor s upon us many will Da leaving elthor to vialt friends or tho ploasure redorts of tho Eust, and it may not be out of place to call at tontion to the low oxouraion ratea snd the ndvantagos olferod by tho Grand Trunk Rsilway Company, who ara now pormanontly located in theiz now oflioo, No, 05 Lake, coruer of Desrborn streot, uuder Tremont Houso, 'This Company ure offering all rail round trip ticketu to Ofldnnuh\(fih and return at $33; Moutreal and roturn, $34; Yortland snd refurn, $36; Doston aud roburn, 835, by seversl difforont voutas, 1y this routs pariles can liave {ho advantage of Pullman palace cara from Olicago to Toronto, Ogdeusburgh, sud Montrcal wilhout ~chango, sud to Boston' and New Lngland polnts with Lut one chango. Thero is 0 oflier lines over which Pullman’s cars ure run from Uhlgago to Boaton, A vory dokirable plossurotrip to Now York Is vi rall to Xingsfon, steamers ou the B, Lawe tho Michigan Central and Orent Westorn, and the Lake Bhore routo via Buffalo. Thon we will bavo the Oswogo Midland route to New Yori and tho now route to Boston, when we shall bo sble to command our - share of the Woat- em_ trado.” DBut your harvor I8 too small to hold the ehipping; you lnck dock- -room for the tranefor of lumbor, ‘staves, and other Wostorn stoplos.* Yes, I know that : but wo aro to have an outor harbor, and that will shelter the shipplng.” But there is Port Onta- rio, a large land-locked harbor, of easy access, that will cost but o triflo ; and thon it is twent; milea noarer Boston than Oswogo, and boyon! that is Henderson Iarbor, and Backett's Harbor; what about them ? ¢ That is ali truo, and our cople arg looking forward to tho complotion'of ho Hoos#o Tunnel with some misgivings, for Port Ontairo lios in tho direct lino from hero to tho Tunnol. But wo hope to have onelino so woll ostablished boforo that time as to secure tho trade.” Distance is an itom to bo considored in a com- peting line, and fu this respact - THE PROPOSED ROUTE bas somo sdvantage. Taking, Lowiston as a point at which two gront lindk from Chicago maoot, wo havo the distsncos ay follows: Vin Lnke Ontario Lake-8hore Ronad toOswego, 144 milos; to Port Ontario, 20 miles; to Boston, in Boonville, Ballston and tho Hoosae Tunnol, 297 milos—making the wholo distanco from Low- iston to Boston, 401 miles. From DBoston to Albany, via Worasster, is 201 miles ; Albany to Oswogo, via Ttome, 177 ; add distance to Lowis- ton, 144, and we imvu, by. the prosent route, 522 miles, ‘or s distanco of 61 miles saved by the now routa. This is the all-rail route ; but if we take thelake route to Port Ontario, wo have twonty miles less Of this 297 miles of road from this point to Boston, thoro is but 128 miles to bo construct- ed, and this link in the great chain has beon sur- voyod, and 8 ompany organizod to construct it, Iam told that noarly all tho stock is taken, and that tho work is to bo proparod for _contract in July, Tho routo is almost au air-lino, and no rade 1s over 50 foot to the mile. Tho road will ?o'llow the Balmon River to noar its source, and thon down_tho hond-wators of tho Dlack River, and cross tho Hudson above I'roy, in tho direc- tion of the Sound. By this routo Boston ia TWENTY MILES NEARER CIICAGO than New York Oity,—that s, taking tho Oswogo routo. ‘Lhat of itgolf plncos Doston on an oqual footing with Now York, whorens, by tho presont routa, tho frolght is § conts por 100 Ibs on grain in fayor of Now York ; but, as I have bofore stated, tho fixutom of dolivery adopted In tho Now England States has put thom more on an oquality. Tho local dolivery is not all, for it is to tho intercst of tho Wost to mako Boston, Philadelphis, and Baltimoro compoting points with New York for tho foreign grain trade. St. Louis has boen looking to tho Now Orloans route as the great point of intorest, and has overlooko thoso more northern routes to Europe; but hor intorost lies in the samo chnnnel with us, and sl may loarn too Iate that it is not so much in the ability to oarry froights as in the actual compotition ‘that induces cach line to carry at the lowest possibl ato. Bo long as Liverpoolis tho arbitor of prices, 80 long is it to the interest of tho Wost- ern farmer to havo choap transportation, in or- der that Lo may compoto with the products of ‘Europe. UhPongo must ever bo THE GREAT OENTRE for the Northweut, as from that point must radi- ato the great lincsof distribution tothe seaboard of Xurope. Tho Great T akes aud the 8t, Law- renco in summor aro compotitors with the all-rail or lake-and-rail linoa. The lumber, staves, and ores sook wator-trana- ortation where pous{ble, and thus givo tha lnke- usiness groat activity in summer, and for this there must bo good harbors and awmple room for transhipment, ~In this respoct, the harbor of Port Ontario i BECOND TO NO OTHER, 88 thora is not less thon four miles of natural dooksge, ‘with deep water, to which may ba sddod as much moro by drodging. In ordar to mako an ontrauce to tho hatbor, & nurrow neok of sand I8 to be eut through, whon doep wator is reached. Tho old mouth of the river will not be eloged, aud thoro oan bo u6 posaibil- ity of a bar forming in front of tho ontranco of thie harbor ; and, whon onco in _tho harbor, the vessol I8 secure from winds, and tho businoss of unloading can bo earried on in all kiuds of wesathor, OUR MANUFACTURERS will aléo be bonefited Lo tho oxtont that they recolvo thoir raw materil at & choapor rato; but the truth is not to bo suppressed, that it wlll bring thom into closor competition with tho factors of the Laat, ‘One nood not romain hore long to sso why the ooplo of this section srein favor of ahigh ariif, and why tlmr want choap froights to and from' the West. Thoy want our raw - matorial for manufaoture or for food, and thoy must givo \wuln oxchango tho produots of their labor and = B Thore is no roason why wo should not manu- facturo almoat everything that we consume in the Wost. 'This section producos gross, pota- toos, aud & race of hardy, industrious mon, who find omploymont in the ' dalry, in manufactorios, in transportations, and in exchanges. Tho ‘Weat hss ruined the growing of whoat, of corn, of barloy, of beof, and of potk. Tho farms oro bmall, and & park of tho number, sny = ono or more of nlmost overy family, have gous Wont, somo with monoy but nearly, all of thom witli with hbits of oconomy, good businows tact, and industry ; and such mon and women can yot find good places for thelr endenvors. Out on the lnke wo see vessoln in the Ogdons- burgh and river trado, The flahing-bonts off shoro aro aftor whito-flsh, while tho half of tho harbor is ot with gill-nots, inatoad of boing filled with veseols loading and unloading. TWO OR THRER YEATS . will change all this, when commorco shall havo cut through that nnrrow nock of sand that tho waves hinve boaton up ns a harrier to the harbor, making the river to obey tho west wind and to sook an outlet beyond ; then the iron rail will havo roachod tho water, and tho Wost and tho Enst will havo linked their destinios alon anothor grent highway of trado and travel. Tho boringof tho way through a mountain hios mmkvl this possible and changed tho curront of evonti, It ia but a fow yoars sinco Elliott flow his ldto on tha banks of the Niagara, aud an iron bridge epanncd tho chmsm ; mnd thus it is that moun- taine and rivers no longor malko oncmics of nations, bnt aro spanned and borod that nations may bo melted into ono. In the wintor of 1835 this wae u busy place, for it was n small ship- yard for vossols in tho Ohicago trado; but ite wharves and lighthéuso havo beon néglocted and fouo to decny; but noyw a changols coming ; ho engineor hing fando’ his' levels, and the mon of commorco have said; This shall boa placo where commerco shell Aproad Ler sails, and whero tho iron horse shall bring and carry for the Woat that lics boyond the Great Liakos. ©. % 0Oaweco CounTy, Juno 18, FIFTY YEATS AGO, overywhoro tho ax resounded from the forest, and ‘mon woro carving out now homes. Tho sehos of tho burned forest treos bnd a cnshy vaJuo, small, it {u true, yot'shout the only thing that would command coin, und tho potash wod nont to New York by'way of tho Mohawk and the Hudgon Rivers, In-small barges, propelled by oars and sotting-poles, or it found an outlat by the Bt. Lawronce, 'Fhon butter was worth 6 to 8 conts a pound in oxchango for salmon nt 8 cents, or for goods at tho store. Now the chiof product of the farins are butter and cheese. Tho growing of wheat, comn, barley, '0," e TR T P o P compotifon of {ho - Wostomn prairies ; and it is an open question if they can bo sus- tained ngninst tho produots of the Westorn dair- fos. It Iy cortain that akill and strict attontion will bo requisito to ward off the threatonod dan- or, for at best thoy must competo in the mar- ot of tho world, even in this department of rural labor. Stumps must be removed, stonos ftthorod from tho land, and swamps dralucd, 5o hat Western agricultural imploments mny bo used in tho culturo of the soil and in the gathor- ing of its praducts. Tho old cast-iron plow, and tho old cultivator, yet battlo with tho weeds, but they must give placo to tho stecl-plow and the riding cultivator, or the-farms will bo loft un- cultivatod, for tho farmer's won will put monoy in his pocket and go Weat. Runan. e = THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM. Business Men Jolning. ¥ands With the Farmers and Producerss=A Gove croment Rond Favoreds From the New York Tribune, June 19. An adjourncd meeting of the businces men in- terosted in tho solution of the railroad transpor- tation problem was held yosterday aftornoon ot tho Importors’ aud Grocors’ Board of Trado at Wall and Pearl atreets., The object of the maot- ing was to promoto the organization of an asso- cistion_ reprosonting businoss intorests which would bo an active and influential auxiliary to tho American Cheap Transportation Asdociation organizod by tho Producors’ Convention at tho Astor Houso in May. In astatoment entitled tho ** Commercial Intorcats of Now York s Re- Intod to Qur Systom of Transpoxtation,” th pro- ‘motors of tho organization say : : +In pursuance of tho spirit of tho Producors’ requast, it I8 proposod to organize in this city an suxiliary_nssociation from amoug tho subisina- tial morchants, who reprosont so largo & portion of tllo commorco of the nation. When wo roflect upon the immenes sums paid by our merchants and their customors for transportation, and how ingoparably our busincss interosts sro linked with this question, it is a matter of wonder that business mon hiave not before formed an associa- tion to proteot thoir Interosts sgainst the com- pactly organized combinations which the rail- ways havo mads, In ordor that they might dictate torms to shippors and receivers of freight. *('Tho question of what projects will bo under- token is of groat interest to every morchant, manufacturer, or_real estate owner'in this city. The Bonthwest is pnahqu the project of an improvement in the navigation of the Mississippi Rivor, thus obtaining an outlol via New 8!’- Joans; o Congressional oxcursion party is now inspocting this routo, undor the auspices of tha City of 8t. Louis. A convention of Goyornors had just boon hold at Atlantn to consider the advisability of o canol through Goorgiato the port of Brunswick or Bavannoh, The middle moction of tho Westorn Btates are advocating a canal through Virginin, uniting tho wators of | the Kanawna and James Rivers, whilo the Norili- wost is Imnhing 8 systom of improvemont, rominent amoug which are_the Michigan Ship anal and 8 canal around Nisgura Falls. Tho project of anow canal through our own Btato, uniting tho waters of Lake Champlain and the Hudeon, wag put forward in our last Leglela- turo, but as it had not been sufficiently studied and cnn:momdu‘wnu postponed until . noxt sossion. Al the abovo-mentioned schomes ero 88 yob - only on paper, but Consds; in pursuance of - 4 law passod by tho Isst Dominion Parliament, 15 nt work enlarging the Wolland Canal, which, a8 soon a8 completed, will undoubtedly add largely to thie considerablo amount of trade sha has already divertod from Now York. "All of the above con- templato trausportation'by canal, but thore aro many practical and shrowd mon who think that Tho nefiof ‘vo socl must como from dovoloping and improving our system of railwaya, “ Auat presont conducted, froight is carriod ovor pasgengor roads, and all our calenlations of tho capacity of railways for {roight purposes sud the cost of such transportation liave beon based upon tho rosult of such mixed traflic. When we rofloot that froight traine aro obligod to keop out of the way of passonger trains, aud undor favorable conditions cannot run more than one- quartor of tho timo, wo can goo under what disadvantsge wo labor. With a doublo track rond exclusively for iroight, goods can bo laid down in Chicago, Cincinuati, or 8t. Louls from Now York in about threo days, while tho avorago at prosent is about ton days, tho saving in interost alone upon tho immouso valuo of goods coustantly In transit would in a fow yoars go {ar toward paying the cost of con- structing such & road, to say nothing of the sav- {ng in the oxpenso, cstimated by good judges at ouc-balf the prosont ratos. If tho dolays, un- cortaintios, and_oxpenso of tho prosont system woro thus modified, New York merchants could increaso thoir business relations with tho Wont to on almost unlimited extont; Wostorn mer- chants could carry smallor stocks and do busi- noss upon loss capital, aud, indecd, euch & rond would be o fnancial safoty-valve to tho wholo country, bocause grain and other pioduco could “bo forwarded to the Eust at all sonsons inatoad of accumulating at tho prin- cipal Wostorn shipping ports during tho “’;uur 88 it now doos, tying up vast smounts of capltal which, if liboratod, could bo kopt int mo- tion, supplying the Wost with the manufactures of tho East, and tho Basb with tho produco of the West. S “No matter how much wo improve and in- eronsg our facilitios for canal transportation, o large portion of the produco of the Wost, such as Jive stook, &o., a8 well as much of tho'manu- Iactures of the Iast, must always-bo moved by rail, and it would scom that roads oxclusiyoly for freight are now a nccessity, Itis eaid that tha New York Contral, and algo the Pounsylvanin Rallroad, are prepacing to luy down a doublo track oxclusively for froight; doubtloss this would greatly increaso tholr capacity, but it is algo probablo that Mossra, Vandorbilt and Bcott will pookot moxt of tho inoronsed carnings, and that the people will got but a very slight abato- ‘ment on the chargos now current ou thogo roads. A froight road to be of much bonefit to tho ooplo must bo built and ownod (but not opora- ?m]? by the Government, */Buch a rond, built and owned by the Nation- al Government, could not bo forced into com- ‘bination with the present monopolics, 83 evory privato line hos boen which has promised com- potition and boon built for that snmuue + and whon suoh n ling had domonatrated at whal prica froight could Mtunll( bo carrlod st & fnir profit, tho privato mouopolics would havo to approxi- wato thoir charges to those of tho Government’ road. This rond should be freo to any cor- poration who would put rolling-glock on it and operato it under o gonoral railway Inw, oharging ratos not over 7 per cont on sotusl capital Invost- ed. Undor suoh & systom, New York morchants could havo & line of tholr own ; Boston, Phila- dolphis, Baltimoro, Cinoinnati, Ohicago, Ht. Louts, and all othor principal oitfes aud soolions of nountry whoso ~inferests justified, could; without troublo, stock a transportation company, and have thelr froight carried for cost, Itis the abuses of tho present railway systom, $he inside * ringe,” tho swindling man- agomont, tho “Crodit Mobillor" froight linon, aiid the Watoring of tho stock which mako 16 nocossary for railway companies to obarge tho rico of four bushels of corn at tho placo of pro- notlon to gob ono bushel to, markot, and w would horo ask, What {a tho difforoncs to the producor whothor ho loses throo-quartors of tho product of his Inbor by a failure in the crop, or whothor it s absorbed by tho above abudes?' And of the commorcinl mon of Now York wo would ask this quostion, What is tho differonca to you wlmthm&ho crops fail so that you have noue to oxport, or whothior thoso nbuscs ralso tho prico at the seabonrd go that tho world eau= not afford to buy thom? In elther caso you do not do tha businoss, but in tho latlor cnwo momo othor city moy—by pro Siding " facilitio . and > ayolding tho above-namod ovila—gcoure tho commerca which you loso, Importing morchants, however, may ey that the queation does not intercst them, boeauso,thoy do not export any produco, but wo maintain that it doos intorost “them, becauss if tho_producer docs nob got anything for his rmduno ho will not bo ablo to buy and pay for [mporiad goods, bo thoy ovor o desizably. aad neconsaTy. “It1n not intonded that thismovomont sbipil ba o political one, nn( further than the present ‘monopolics compel It to bo. If our prosont loge iglotora aro controlled by tho corporations to sa. g\‘nn an oxtent that wo cannot obtain reliof, on wo fntond to have o voting constitution strong enongh, #o that corrupt logislators may be rotired to private life and mon put in their {)Irwoa, o majority of whom eannot bo bribed to hotray tho intoreats of tho pooplo. It is onson- tinlly o people's movement, for it promisos in- cronsod facilition for commerco, chenpor food for tho poople, o roform in publio morale, and is & practical atop townrd Civil-Bervioo roform. « #The more immediate rosults whicl an assos ciation of Now York marchants can accomplish, and which alono are of gunt value, nre as fol~ lows: At prosont Now York is competing for- tho trado of the Weat, at o disndvantage, witl, Baltimoro, Philadolphin, and Boston, and tho ny- orago. rate from those citios to principal pointe, West is from- 156 to 25 conty per 100 pounda cheapor than' from New York. 'The reason for this_may be found in the fact tLat in Baltimore the Baltimore & Olio Road is lnrgely owned by Baltimore merchnuts, and is oporated in the in- torest of ihat city. In Dhiladelphin tho snme’ may bo said of tho Pennsylvanin Central Rail- rood. In Boston tho samo is truo In regard ta the New England and Graud L'runk Roads, while in Now York, tho fi:unt ‘motropolis of tho hation, the trunk lines to tho Wost ave owned by n cliqna of stock-jobbors who have nopossible interest in tho commereo of the cily boyond squeezing tho Iargest possible amouut from it that cau ba obtnined, rogardless of the fublo of the goose and tho goldon ogg. It is o well known fact that dux’iufi1 tho past yonr large quantities of goods Jhave beon shipped from Now York to the West vie Boston. Buch a stato of things I snomalous, unjust, and roflocts but littlo crodit upon the ability and onterprise of the merchants of Now York, Tho combined influonce of 500 or 1,000 prominent Now York houses can doubtless rom. cdy tho matter, and if no redross can be ob. tained in this way, wo ought, without difileulty, {o control copital Whon combined with our Woste ern connoctions to buikl a merchants’ road ta compoting points West. It it uok probablo, how- ovor, that such a contingoncy will arise, bocnuse when wa 810w our power wo can obtain’ rodress. Tho transportation companics have always had a combinntion, co-oporating with onch other for tholr mutual profit. Why should not tho mer- chanta do the gamo thing ?" Tho gontlemon preseut ropresonted various commercinl intorests, formally organized for de- liboration by the clection of William Duryea aa Obairman and F, B, Thurboer as Secretary. Aftor & short consultation it was docided to appomt Villiam G, Browning, I'. B. Thurbor, and I\luusm. Fairfleld, Martin, and VWymau a committco to draft s constitution and take nocessary monsures for calling o public mooting of busindss mon to act in tho mattor. The meeting thon adjourned to como togother again at tho call of the ofticors. —_— ~Ta 8 widowor a married man ? The puthori~ tioa of Oxford University recently rofusad a fel- Towsbip on tho ground that, being & widower, he was not unmarriod! It was s bard cuse. Tha roor man had lost his wifo and his fellowship 00. But the Larl of Pembroke aftorwards de- cided thaf a widower is unmarriod, and gave him tho followship. Which is right? If a widower is not an unmarried man, would ho not bo guilty of bigamy woro Lz to marry again ? SPECIAL NOTICES, A Reinforcement Demanded. Whon tho system begins to wilt undor tho effoots of tho first **hoatod torm, ™ it 4 obvlous that It ought o bo ro- inforcod and sustalned bs wholcsoma stimuistion, To ro~ a0t to tho adultorated lquors of commorco in such & orials, a8 too many do, Is tho Lelght of infatuated folly. Al such flory stimulants havo sting, After tho firat ot foot has passad awny, that sting 1a folt, Tho reaotion it tarriblo. Tho prostration of body and mind which onsuce 18 1w0ra comploto tlan bofore, But Lo oporation of o ‘modioal tonic ko Hostottor's Stowach Bittors, in whiolx oxtraots of tho rarest romedial horbs aud roota aro blendod with tho epirituous ossonce of 130, puro and undofiled, 1« vory different. No unploasant reaction follows ita uso. It 158 pormanont, s porpotual Invigorant, and thoro is no phuso of dobillts, {ndigestion, billousness, norvousness, or intormittont fovor whish wil not spoadily curo. E BREAKPAST, LUNCIIEON, DINNER AN! e SO PE T ABLR, LI LEA & PERRINY Worcestershire Sauce 15 INDISPENSABLE, JONN DUNOAN'S SONS, Now Yorle, Agonta for the Usited States. Dutcher’s Lightning Fly Killer Bwoaps oll bufora It. Bogua imitationn are boing crowds odoff, Fook out for thor. - Ank for Dutonor's, tho oid orlairial artlole, aud take no otlier. AN First Premium oublo Flevated Oven, Warmin Fender Guard, Dumpinis and Sk Clotet, Biling og Grito, Direct Dratt! FULLER, WARREN & CO., Manufacturers, Troy, N. %o Door, BBANCE ROUDEO—Mew Tork, Clooland acd Chieago, | AMOND % RUBY URNACES. JAMES A, LAWSON, Patentco, 4 For Heating Churches, School Houscs, Public Builde Ings uud Private Residences, * FULLER, WARREN & CO., Manufacturers, Troy, N Yo . BBANCE HOUCEO—Yow Yerk, Cloveland azd Chlesge, TOVES. 1B73 Pattorn. - Fon BaLe BY . FULLERAwARTEN & 00, Also a foll sssortmont of Btovos. 0 —__DRY GOODS, SUMMER STYLES, Prices Down fo Close, FIELD, LETTER & €0, State and Twentieth, and Madison and Market-sts., Havo still furthor reduced tho prices of their Cloaks and Buits, embracing all the sensonablo noveltics, Cash- mere Dolmans, Shawlottos, Talmas, Frou Frous, Slooveless Jackets, Double Capos, Bwiss Buits, Ovor- skirts with Bretolles, Polonaises, Organdio do., do., Embroidered and, Plain Nainsook ém’ts, Lawn do., 86 ugwnrd, Lawn Polonaises, $4,28 fo §42,60; Linenand Grass Cloth Buita, Stuil' Buits, dooidod bargaing; Cams ol’'s Hair Oloth Redingotes, all shades, very choico; and & most ole- ant line of fashionable Black and olorod Bilk Suits, markoed low and very desirable,