Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 4, 1873, Page 2

TIE CIMTCAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TRIDAY, JULY 4, 1873 MINNESOTA. The Farmera’ Movement Thero, Talk with Ignating Donnelly--- What He Thinks on the Subjeot, Mo Wants a Rational Grango Convention at, Chicago-=-Ilis Opinion of Men and Things, J. D. Blake, The Man Who Fought a Railroad."” From Our Own Correapondent, ‘Hastings, Minn., June the Middle, 1873, Thete aro three cinsses of opinion attainable on tho Graugers' movement, outside of thoir awn organization : THE FUDGE EXTRESSION. Tirst aro tho largo, fat farmers, who got spo- cinl facilitios from the railways, and aro ofton tockholdors in tho samej; tho raflroad-poople, tho big city-tradosmen, tho railroad-lnwyors, and gonorally the money-lendors. Their talk goesin this foshion. I repent it by blending two or threo represontative convorsations in my mind : + “Theso chapy in tho Granges ship no wheat worth considoring. You nover hear of nIarge, intolligont farmer giving the move any counte- nance. Tho formorsin it aro wanting something thoy can't dofine, and it will blow over quickor than anything in this country, It mcares the politicians, and thoy bend toit. Farmers are tho poorest pay, tho poorest informod, and the lonst logical'olass we havo. They shricked for xoilroads for years, and couldn't holp to con- struct them ; and now they shrick as impotently o confiscato them. They are fools onough to think that all tho rmlrond charges to tako their wheat would como to them otherwiso.” THE NUDGE EXPRESSION. Opinion tho second;is that of tho politicians,— vast, mercurial class, sonsitivo to noise, and woll organized to morve tho purposcs of those who Dbloed, and to sbrike the rovouues of thoso who won't. *What s thore in it 2" says tho old Ropub-functionary. ** Whatever it is, thoy must sottlo it inside tho party. Treason and rebollion,—ha! ha!—you know, bucked against tho great party in vain. Wo'll do them oll jus- tico, and I think this yenr we shall havo to eay goinour State-platforms, But you know rail- ronds madous. Wo owe somothing to the rail- roads, Wouldn't & few shup-canals allay this excitoment ? And, if it comos to anything, who will got its support. for the noxt Prealdoncy ?" Thé sbove kind of man is what is tho matter with this country: The -selfish place-gettor and power-keoper, who has neither tho mind nor the courago to spenk with snggostion and authority when an issua ariges, but shearh himsolf to tho wind and wools himsolf to the calm. Rotiring into tho party-stockade at last, ho omnibuses tho jenlonsion of different woctions, and kills ono neod with a distant ono, The Amoricau farmor can say, with old Tah-ga-jute: *Who is thore to weop for Logan? Not onol" THE DUDGE EXPRESSION. The third groat compogiteclass in the country 18 composod of lawyors, jndgos, and publiciata, who admit that thoro is no adequate jurispm- denco for the enormous incroago and oxtonded rolations of the railronds over tho country and people, and who bohold in the Gnmi:uru' rising & warning to make tho rocognized law embrace this subject on terms fair both to investmeut and to liberty. For instanco, Justico David Davis gays : * *‘ X do not see how you are going to rofuso the domand of the producers, that a ‘bushol of wheat ohall cost no more for fractional distaucos than botween terminal pointa. A com- mon carrior may bo preecribed in_such nrhltmry instauces s the roverso of this, The railronds,” eaid the Justico, * have run so loui: on their own law that thoy must bo mado to know that 1aw and entorpriso_somelimes conflict,” In like manner, Judgo Lyman Trumbull said tome: I think the Farmers' rising will do good. It will compel nttention to tho dangorous pro- ponsity in our day to fedorals capital, import it, and organizo avery force in socioty to give it its own way. - Tto two parties of onr {mrlnd are also organized like prodigious corporations, and bleed Gfiu lessor mochanical and bankin, ations. Privato right, privato produg private oxpression q‘o flfir nothiog in these days Ve havo corpor- ion, and strongth, but prohnbler not as much as nTli- nols, Our farmors, living.so far ta tho Wont, aro timid abont whnb thoy sliall do, and fonr that tho rallrond companies will rofuse them cars to romove their whaoat, and retaliato upon them in some mannor. Thoy are going about for advice, oud the Republican - politlelans neck to Iprons- upon thom the idea that they ean get nu help outslde of the Iopublican party.” *What kind of meotings Layo you hnd of lato in Minnesota? " % Mr, Donnelly—‘* Wo havo had soveral splendid muotings within the past fortnight. June 11 we hiad a magnificont meoting at Eyota, in Southorn Minnosots, in tha noxt county to Honator Win- dom’s resldenco, 'I'horo wore 8,000 farmors and farmera’ wives and childron presont, with ban- nora snd_rogalin, and . two or threo bandaof munio, and thero was much unanimity and roso- lution of purposo shown 'by both men nnd women. Tho regalin genornliy consisted of. o buff sash trimmed with rod 4 aud n pouch liko a rowor's noack | Lio nround tha body. Tho, farmoers had thoir d!nflom They aprend on the grass in a grovo of treea, Ttonod with th grentost intarout, and I invited quentions, and, as I always do, callod their at- tontion to the inovitable remedy whioh must coma to thom through tho diffusion of the' prin- ciplos of ¥MEE TRADE." “TWhoro olto have you held meotings of a for- midablo sort 7" Mr, Donuelly—** Woll, Tune 14 we had a good mooting nt Cottage Grove, and Gov. Austin spoke thoro with me. He appoara to take some intoreat iu the Grange movoment, and ho is a candidato © for the Sonato nqn{l\nt Ram- soy. Juno 17 wo had n rousing mooting at Northflold, Threo thousand people wore Krcsnnt, and twenty-two Granges paraded with auners. Ono of our most offoctive speakors in this Btato is 8am Boman, & holf-brothor of tha Into Willinm L. Yanoy. Io is a farmer at St. Charlos, and bins & good doal of Yany's intenso, impassioned styloof talking. Beman donounco Grant for signing tho salary-grab, and tho whole audienco broko out in choora.” “Iow long hinve you beon In tho Granges’ movemont, Mr. Donnelly?” *Binco Inst March, At that thne thora woro not 160 Granges in tho Htate ; there are now 250, with & mombership of 10,000, not including fe- malos. 1 catimate dhat thoro nro forty votes in oach Grango in tho Btate.” “Thon you do not approhond the Grangors will tell with much vitality on THE PLECTIONS TIIS FALL?" Mr. Domelly—*‘I am not ganguino na to this Btato, although thoy aro oloctrified with the in- fluenco of tho moyomant in Illinois. You know that othor causcs hovo been adducod for the dofoat of | Judgo Lawrenos; but I noto this faot: that in nll but threo districts the ! Ropublicans did not darc to make Judicinl nominations. This showa that they knew thro woight of the movemont, Knnaos and Towa aro much botter organized in this move- meont than Wisconsin and Minnosota. In Iown n Btato Convontion has boen callod, aud this pta mo to & suggostion : I thiuk that all tho fu-mnm' assoclations ought to have a Re--me 4 &5 NATIONAL CONVENTION in tho City of Chicago after the whoat-crop is nthered this fall. "Doflnite propositions can, then be put botoro tho country, in the shapo of & platform, and I believo that thd new party movo- ment boginning this year will swoop the West, if Handlod by an indopondout, intolligent dircctory, romoved from both parties.” I‘nskud Mr, Donnelly what tha prospoots wore a8 to GOVERNOR AND SENATOR from Minnesota. Io replied : *“Tho contestfor GQovernor is botwoon Davis, of 8t. Paul, and Bill Washburne, of Minneapolia, It looks 0s if Washburne would got tho-nomination. - Gov. Ramscy may como through again for the Sonato, but ho has’ soyoral opuouonis, aud was ablo to carry his election at the provious time only by an oxponditure of about 340,000 ; aud oven this hiad noarly failed. Thoro wasas much huxtor~ ing at Ramsoey's clection na at Windom's. Tho two men operate onch other nt prosont.' I asked Mr, Donnelly whethor his celobrated contest with . TITE WASHDURNE FAMILY hndlbuun the meana of kooping bim out of pub- lic lifo. . Ho soid that it might have hnd somo influs ence, but that, whenever he wont tospeak in ‘Wisconsin or Illinois, Lo was always introduced 88 tho friend of tho Washburne family,” aud rocolyed with such good humor that ho ap- rohouded that ho bind not struck a lick amiss. aid ho: “Bill Washburne wan alwayn trying to comoto Congross, and he couldnot got in naloug as X kopt en rapport with the party. That was tho roason Elihu Washburue nssailod me so treach- erously, Iobsorved in Congresa that, whon- over I made o motion roforring 'to my district, ho would object; and I went over to him one day, and said, in a good-natured wav: ‘Why do you ohject, Washiburue, to theso littlo mattors in my district? 440Nt " waid Washiburne, with an ugly faco, tyou_intorfored in my district whon L wanted two Steambont-Inspoctors at Galoun,' “As he had no right to two Steambont-In- spactors for ouno town, I did not feel that I had violated courtesy ; but ho kept on with his tac- ties, menning to forcamo into sonmio oxpres- sion of indignotion. Finally lo defented mo in a little mattor portinont do the }:o?})la of tha Town of "Stillwator, oud addressed a confldential letter to the editor of massed powor, fim‘ protty much to be o Government under a political corporation, and possibly the Farmora' Movement mny brealt tho spell of the peoplo, and their bigotry in thinking only party-thoughts, Disorganization and roforniiug seom to me to be the ouly way out of theso old war-ruts, which lend down to duum':r evils and more citizen-lethargy " every doy." ITEM, The landers of the Farmors' Movement should goint it to » rengonablo objoct, That ronsonn- lo objeet must be attained by a re-examiuation, in the light of our modern surroundings, of the Bcionco of law; for tho lnw iteelt had . bogin- ning, aud must contain within it, like any philo- sophical roligion, adaptation and extonsion, The wholo error los In our politics; for o thinking man with & plaucannot.come to tho surface to ol bouring, d_who in Congress, now-a- ays, wants tho popularity that comos from din- inforested benefaction? ~ How to kesp Danlel alivo and satisfy the lions at the samo time in tho presont problem botwaon the citizen and the monopalios, A mirncle did it atone timo: the mysterious power which affected the lions, as the E:;nctmnl preachor said, “so that they did not ow what struck them.” 'Thors is a movement in military servico ealled I'schelon, which cou- einte in Awinging batlallons forward from n fxvot. like a great barn-door. The ond of the ino describes tho groatest aro, but the pivot also advances to complote the movement. Aund so must the Judiciary move a few pogs wlon the outer host has movod onward so far. Tho Now York I\’alllml bas been asking how to do this thing. The farmers cannot nnswar: neither can any other clomonts of our nocioly. And muny o Stato hus gono down from opulenco to nothing, becauso nabady in it coulil rospoud to an inovitable neod with an adoquate romody. While ut 8t. Laul, L racoived n letter from the noted TGNATIUS DONNELLY, ex-membor of Congrees aud ox-T.{outonant-Qoy- eruor, inviting mo to pay & _visit to his homo at Niningor, nenr. Hustiugs. I concluded to run dovwn to [his point, in order to nscortain what Mr. Donuelly might know about the Grangers' movement, of which he is a most promiucnf o0x- ponent. A'buggy-rido of half-nn-hour brought me to Mr. Donnelly's portal, and I found Lim in the library, studyiug Joo Millor and Adam Bmith, In order to expound political economy in n suflic cioutly humorous maunor, Mr.” Donuolly s about 1,200 acres of land, and rosidos in the conntry, nshe has done for HBVE‘I;M years, amongst the Grangers; and hois tho Locturor” of tho Grange at Hantings, and possos, a8 ho ig in truth, fors stout, ruddy,:| l.lhnl')]o furmor, who' kuows the difference b“tl‘“mn standing on the stump and barking up |‘ rac. In n fow minutes wo wero gitting on tho Jinzzn of s largo and comfortablo. munsion, s?{?.‘fx‘"“mfli’w" onttlm"wmo and flowing Missia- ;5 and wo naturally ste I tLio topic of transport u{lmfflm By tabeolore; 8 DONNELLY ON WINDOM, I naked Mr, Donnally what hia old colloague Windom might bo dolng ns tho Chinirman of tho Committee on Cheap Transportation for the benofit of agriculturo. **I dont vory woll seo what lio can do,” said Donnelly, “canmidering that he caten nothing for tho faruirs, und has heon supported by the ril. roads over sinco e cama to Kuvo uny proporty, Windom, like all the Republicans, iy grently bothbred by this farmers' movonont; and Ttamsoy, whoso contost for electlon in at hand, is aléo 1n a quandary what to do, I have roud ovor most of tho schomen, for ‘caunl-traus- portation which havo beon put beforo Windom's Comnmitleo, aud the only ono that sooms to promise muoh solution ithat of tho Goorglan ay & Loke Ontario Caunl, which the Cuuml?nnu b shown o willingnoss o hutld and lot us uso it. That canal will shorton the routo from Chi- cago to the Lowor 8f, Lawronce hundreds of niled, and take us around Nisgara, No additfon of freo rallronds at any prica could do #0 much good.” THE MINNESOTA HURDANDMEN, of tho county-paper thero, saying that 1 could do nothing for my district witliout Washburne in- terforing. The editor published thia lotter, and forthwith Washburne wrote at infamous pck of lies to the 8t. Paul Press, with no othor objoct than to got his brother in the ling of promotion. I havo uo regrots nbout tho spowch Imade on ‘Washiburne, oxcopt that I did not know as much a8 I do now about him." . Mr. Donnelly further paid that nine-tenths of th_: hflmom of Miunesots wore already dGiagusted wil TIE PROTECTION TOLICY § i and ho alluded to the contompt nud indignation with vhich they Liad roccived the paper publish- od at orrill's iron milly, in Pennsylvania, nam- iug the Farmers' movement ‘ the Now Iebell- on." 8ald I, farther, to Mr. Donnolly : *“Ia it your opinion that the rallways must some day be . UNDER NATIONAL DIRECTION ? “ And how will you carry ont the plan?” Ho replied that ho was enforced to the, bolief that the railroads must sl no distant day como undor_public direction, like the common roads and turnpikes, for atdam was now thae genoral motive-power ; and, hnd tho framers of tho Con- stitution approhonded tho raflway-systom of to- day, they would have mnde railroads ns surely natural routos s tho rivers, which thoy did take under thoir control. ¢ A snif-govorning peoplo,” snid Mr, Donnelly, “will not egorciso thelr franchise on overything but that which is vital to thom, Rnilroads wore begotten to do n cortain 80, Now, that thoy have passed be- youd thoir charter-lmits, and aARUMO to oloct and buy . tho Logislaturcs, Congrogs, and even our Judiciory, we must ark whother liberty bas trammelod itselt with such conditions av to bo organically unable to corroct thom.” He was in fuvor of procceding lawfull: and cautiously, but did not kee how such foudal- ism could go "down without a wrestle, flo in- thnated that tho railronds might some day be maunged liko common roads, by Road-Commis- slonors, co-opoerating fromconnty to connty, nnd rogulatad at'tho Stato Capitals, aud in o general Foderal Iy, s At Hastings T waa introduced to - 3K 3. D. BLAKE, * of Rochestor, Minn., the gentleman who brought wuit in the courts of the Btato againgt the Min- nospolis & 8t. Paul Railrond Tor violating tho rate of tolls imposed by the Logisialure, Mr Blake, was defoutod in the lowor court, but car- ried hig caso up before o full Bouck, and won it. o is n young man aud & morchant ; and, find- ing him'in company with sevoral genilemen, I presumed that o was going about the Stato with & party of Grangors, and askod him if thut wag the cato. ; “Qlh! doar, nol" he said, ‘Thia is the Youug Mon'a Christinn Aesociation on it aunual tour for religious rovival." “Yon,” suid # Ly-stunder, *'Mr, Blake has made & grent combifiation, Loading tho move- ment for- farmers’ rights, and for religion as wall, lio may bo gaid to foar noither mau nor the dovil,” Mr. Blake talked at somo longth, and ex- prossad tho opinion that tho populir contest With corporations was the only vitul issuo of the prosent momeont. % Qatn, The Lako Suporior ‘Fin-Mine, From the Toledo Commercial, Detroit oporators hiave shown that all they Incked was the opportunity to dovelop into bulis and Lears of the firat watar, Tho opporiunity came o littio while ago in tho #hapo of tho tin- mino, which wau discoverod Lwo yours 1go at Ob- tor Hoad, near Mmhl{ncntou Inland, Take Snpor- ior, 'Cho excitoment caused Ly tho_discovory waa very groat at tho time, und “examination of tho ores aud tho mine by oxports showed that thioy wero oxceedingly rich. A largo lot of land waa entered,;and the dis- coverors, without organizing ncompany, apprais- od their possession at $200,000, andput the stook “Tlow aro the Grangors making out in Min- nesota, AMr, Donnelly ? Do you expect to show much strength in the fall election 7" Mr, Dounelly—“I think wo shall show upon thio markel at §1 por share, Quits a largo numbor of shiares wore takeu ; thoyoports of the woalth of the property contintied to grow more favorablo as timo paseed, and, n8 & tonsequonco, tho prico of the stock rapldly oubawyed, until i sold rondily at 86 n share, and the Dotroit poo- plo invested Iargoly. . » Tat- suddonly tho falr face of this kopdful projoct seomed sicklled o'or with tho palo cast of romo secrot though nono tho lesa baucful malignanoy, and the stock rocedod in prico aa. sapidly aa'L hnd rison, fallng to 81 and then to. 55 conta, at which prico it was sold last wook. IL waa noticeablo thnt during this rapid decline one 1ittle party kept on invosting in it, and at longth acoumulalod 103,000 shares—na majority of tho stock. g 3y Abont a month ago ono of this Pnrly-mm]u L3 visit to tho mino. . 1o communicatod nothing of tho results of his obsorvations to the public on his return, but tast Mondny it leaked out that ho had mado somo vory nlnn-nln;i dovalopmonta ; ¢hat ho waa convinced the mine had boon ! ealt- od," having discovered incontentible ovidonces of-tho amo—ovon finding barrols with tho co- mont still in which had beon used to imitato tho tin-boaring rock. The offect of this was to prodnes n erisls, and, In the ovening of the samo dny, tin-mino stock could bo bought for 2 conts o share, But tho cunning oporators uncovered their handa too soon, Lnrge ‘Ai[unnuuou of atook wero belog purchased, and it was soon traced to the firm above montioned, and 1t did not take long for the Datrolb people to come to tho conclusion that thero was®s ground-work of solf-intorest in tho story nbout **unlting.” It wns also doomed rathor peouliar that the partios who had mndo tho digcovery of this ealting mado no offort to unlond themsolves of - their .stook boforo thoy Iot tho iuformation got nbrond. Contldence waa not altogothor restored by thego considorations, but thio panio was atopped, and holdors soomed doterminod to hold on until further invostign- tion can bo had. At proront bids of 10 conts o sharo aro being offered and rofusod. A gl prigas coei ) THE WAR IN ACHEEN--REAR-ADMIRAL JEN. KINS' DESPATCH, To the Fiitor of The Chicago Tribune: 8m: I rond with surpriso the dispatch of Renr-AdmiralJenking upon the war in Achaen, ——surprise that a Rear-Admiral shouldbo solittlo vorsed in the diplomatical history of tho coun- trios which, in his official duties, e in obliged to visit; that ho did not sift the information givon to him by Bingapore merchaunts and by Singapora papora on tho policy of tho Dutch in their colo~ nial possosaions. 4 As to tho part rolating to the rostrictive policy in regard to trade pursued by the Nether- Jands in these sons™ for tho last ten years and more, wo havo been introducing n very liboral inlollay, which noarly amounts to freo trade. In olland, tho taYift is meroly nomival; and, in tho sens which Admiral Jenkina montions ns having s restrictive policy, tho actunl farif? i o mero nothing, and all tho productions of Java and tho surrounding islands, with the excoption of coff4o, aro froo of monopoly. ' Now, I wish it thoroughly understood that it ja not ‘‘tho- restrictive X;flny of the Nothor- lands" which provents orican ships from trading in tho Lastern seas, but tho exorbitant high-tariff adopted by tho Fedoral Government of the United Blates, which makes™ ship-build- ing, outfitting, and manniug so0.vory. oxpensivo that it is impoesible for tho Amorican flng to competo. with any othor commercial marine, ‘Would it not bo bottor for Roar-Admiral Jon-’ kins to study o littlo the commorcial policy of Lis own Govornmont baforo ho attompis to ad- visa tho interforenco of his Govornmont in mat- tors which do not concorn it ? . I rogret very much to Lo obliged to_eriticise one of the highost officors of a navy I so sin- coroly rospact ; but, in duty to my own couns try, I fool that so groat o misreprosentation of hor netnal policy, which i far from restrictive, should not romain uncontradioted. £ As to tho war with Acheon, it would not bo patriotio in mo to criticiso my Govornment whilo in_war, or gonerous to tho littlo Sultan of Achoon to sum up now all the wrongs ho has committed or bocn inducod to comunit.. There- *fore I will not dwell now on the causos of this war, or on its probablo end, " . VAN WounnicnEs VAN VLIET. Cntcado, July 8, 1873, - - Newspapers which have published Rear-Ad- miral Jenkins' dispatch are rospoctfully requent- ed to ingert the forogoing. STREET-CAR MANAGEMENT. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Sin: I would like to know if tonductors of streot-cars can, with impunity, wantonly iusult prssongers ? . ‘I'his ovoning, on coming from the Post-Oflics, Ibnited & * State nnd dadison ” car on its ro- turn from Tvwenty-second stroot, but the driver did not obsorve mo. 'I'he conductor did aco mo, but did not heod mo. Boing in # hurry, I en- denvored to jump on to the car, and had n vory DRITOW necnl\u from being hurt. Ou asking tho conductor why ho did not stop, instoad of excus- ing himselt for his negligonce, ho indulged in a tirade of ,the most vilo and unwarrantable inso- lonce to mo. Ia this, sir, tho way that atrcet-cara aro con- ducted in Chicago? ~As o stranger in tho city, I am astonished at it. Such a practice is tolerated nowhoro olso; and I hopo it s only neceseary to bring the matter before the public (through your columns) to havo thia rampant nuisanco abated, Dby showing this conductor, and mon of his olass, thut tha Car Company have somo regard for the foolings of those who patronize their line, and that they will-not allow thom to bo outrageously insulted by neglipent officors, I hiavo just now reported this matter at tho ntreot-car “oflice on Madigon, noar Biate atreet. I'no Boxa Pyptico. Curokao, July 2, 1873, Pl S OUTRAGE AND NUISANCE. Hypr Pavr, July %, 1673, - o the Editor of The Clifeaga Tribune: Sm: As Tne TRIDUNE is the only paper that gooms to tako a particularinterest in the sani- tary condition of tho city, I wish to eall atton- tion, throngh its columns, to u fenrful outrage which haa boon perpetrated on residents of tlie West Division for yoars, and which bas, so far 08 I know, uo parallol in any other city in Christ- endom. T rofor to tho pructico of thoso inhuman monsters who, to save a fow dollars, turn out their sick or lame horsea on tho prairies, and leavo them to dio of starvation and exposuro, Thore aro scoros of these unfortunato brutes rotting, unburicd, within tho ity limits, poison- in? theatmosphoro, and nmklnfit o fresh western gales the messongers of doath to many honso- lolds. There are also hundrods of tons of fllthy garbaga omptiod in tho samo loonlity, contrary to laws both human and divino, making o -com- bination of stinks which smell to Henven. Now, hore is o fino chanco for the Bonrd of Health and tho Humauo Socioty to put an ond to ouo of the grontest nuirances a suffering peoplo over had to cnduro. By so doing thoy will improve the spuitary condition of tho city, lesson the death- rate, and - rocoive the blessings of an afllicted comlnunity, Respoctlally yonrs, Janes Prrme. A Wildeat Undertalkes to Cnrry Off n Ohild, Whips & Whoelo Family, und Rvcupes. From the Sun Lufs Obispo (Cal)) Tribune, June 21, Wo learn that an unusual and very oxeiting contont took placo at the ranch of Rnmon Feliz, on tho Morro Oreek, about fourteen miles from this place, one morning lnst wook. It goems that Alr. Yoliz, shortly uftor gotllng up in tho morning, wonl out to foed his stock, and_that #oon aftor e wau startled by the crios of his wife and family. Ruuning” to tho houso, he found n largo wildeat lind seized hia youngoat, clild, an infant, by e back of tho meck, and was moking off Wilh {6, Aftor n sovero strugglo, Lo succeeded in roscuing it, the ent making ity m«:n&mu Bome timo aftor the excitement had subulded, an Indian boy, sbout 18 years oli, wont out to bring in omo horsos’ that hud Loou sinked out over night somo distance from tho houso, Ho lind beea gono but a fow minutos whow the fumily was ngain aroused by the cries of tho boy, who came rushing toward the houso yolling like a mndmey, with the idon- tical cat that bnd caused the fleat disturbanco firmly seated upon his back, with the tooth om- baded in the brck of his neck, Anothor desper- ato battle uhsued, which resulted in favor of tho eat, which succossfully cleancd out the whole Feliz family, Lilled tholr two dogs, and rotreatod in good order to tho house of I, M, Howe, under which he engconced himuelf, dofying ail offorts to dislodgo him until night, whon it escaped nn- seathod. Tho wounds rocoived by the Indian boy were quite severe, and tho good peoplo fear. ing that tho cat was mad, lllul:f:llt it hest to sonvify the wounds, which thoy did by hoating » crowbar, the only implomont about tho promisos that would answer the purpose, Wo understand that, considoring tho ordon! of sorateling, biting, and singeing tho boy wont througl, o 16 dolng romurlibly well, and will Do all right again in & fow days. —— et The Lost Fish in the Elkhorn, Frow the Omaha Republican, Tho onginoor of tho train which went through tha hrmEn with tho fish car, says that tho fish wara not preeipitated into the river proper. I'hoy wont into doop slough or basiu made by the onrrent, and thoy romnin thoro, It was at firat supposed that thoy followod tho current into the river, but subsoquent examination ‘shows that thero nro. hundreds of thousands thoro to-dny.: Thia'basin, to ropair tho road, must be filled ||r' immodintoly, and this immonéo hody.of fish will -bo destroyed unlos abino measures aro takon to gllncc thom in tho rivors and ponds of tho Htato, o such colloctlon \wns evor “m‘ togothor befora 1o cross the continent, sudin somo way they phould bo praserved to stock our wators.- Thin should cithor bo dono by the county.or. by Indi-, vidual entorpriso. Wa carncatly hopo thal somo mensiiron \vlil bo dovised to ave tho flsh for tho bonefit of the Blate, THE LETTER OF A DEMAGOGUE.' From the Canton Y!l-) Register, | At tho Farmors' Conventlon at Bmithfield, las wook, n lottor was rond from 8. M. Bmith, who, wo beliove, ik the Bocrotary of tho BtatoFarmers’ Asgocintion, snd holds forth at Howance. Lho Tottor was addressod fo John Pickott, Lowistow, Wo wero somowhat surprised to henr this lottor loudly applaudod, and not a word was uttered by any ono proacnt in eriticism of its vory unjust assumptions. We wero requosted by tho Con- }lo&don to publish the following portion of eaid ottor: “ We nead only point to tho facts that in this bonefl- cont country of uulimiled resources, with the Iand annually groaning baneath tha producis of human offorts, tho mngs of the peoplo Luve no supply hoyond tholr dally wante, and too ofton aro compolied, from unjust condltfons, in sickness nnd miafortuncs, to be- como paupers aud vagrants, Blavory hns beon abol- inhod, Dt o Fighte A0 rofations o 1aboe ataud just whero thoy did beforo n respect td the division of ita products,” Capital s mastor and dictates tho torms, and ths 'wa are ail practically slaves, our mnators glv- Ing us just cnough to casblo us to fivo aud_prodiico nuotlier orop, from whiek thoy rob us a8 before. This ought to teach us that tho intercst of all Iabor is com- mo, and they must fight tho battle in unity if thoy succood: Thio roanon of thin atato of affairs ia to fonnd in.tho fact that tho logislaton of ' tho wholo country ia in tho ‘hands and under. tho supreme con- trol of ‘bankers, stock jobbers, land grablors and pro- fearional politicians to” the almost cntiro oxclusion of those who produco tho woalth and pay the taxes,. To correct theso and otlior abuses of the Government muat bo the purposo of our organizations, To do thin wo ‘must not ask for ariifioinl rights, ‘or oxclusive Driviiogen, but domand -prototion 1n ottr natural rights, - Wo havo lnu“fi‘mu\lnh boon tho tools of denja~ gog’unn and scoundrels, have elected mon 1o office who Avo 1o sympothy with us, and only tso tho power W havo giveu them to press and _rob us, whon Liad wo usod our political privilegoa with ordinary discrotion aud judgmont wo shiould not, 89 wa now do, eomslnln of tho monstrous wrongs Wo uffor, but ‘would xo- {ain o fair sharo of tho world’s wealth, have more lola wro time, and_live higher and _nobler Lives, diminish poverty aud crimo aniong_ us, andwrost, our Govern- ment from thie hands of thosa whonre prostrating it to thelr own_baso purposes; and: to our povorty and slavery. We want nothing wroug, nothing unjust, but oqual nnd oxact, juntico to all wo muat and will have, Lot our opprownors, then; take warning, tho day of our dollverance s neariat hand, it ‘wo but stand fortl as nerican freomen, aasert tiio diguity of our manhood, 4 rofuso longor {0 imockly subiait fa bo tho toaln snd l}:‘fiu of corrupt and smooth-tonguod political scoun- drols. - iy T hope you will celebrate sa_farmars, and bhelp to ‘mako the day as oventful to us s class 18 our fatliera did to thonation, With best wislica for a ploasant and profitabl reunion of tho producers of your locality, I am faithfully and truly yours, . M, Surrn, Horo is tho same old ‘grumble abont being the elavos of capital. This subject hus boon dis- cussod ovor and ovor agatn, until the massos of tho pooplo have come to su_intelligont opinion concorning the true relation botweon capital and labor. .That opinion was well exprossod in one of the resolutions of the recont Rditorial Con- voution at Quincy, 08 followa: ‘f That Lio ia but & clioap domagogrio who would array ons intaroat against another, and 80_he who denounces capi- tal is unwiso, and ho who oppresses labor lacks sonso. Capitalwithout Inbior is valuoloss, and la- bor without capital is comparatively useloss.” Thirty ‘yoars go,the pooplo of this Stata woro not dlsposed to claim that thoy woro tho victims of capitnl. Thoy’ did complain, - howover, that thore was not onough capital in the Stato, and they looked forward with cheerful hopo to tho timo whon capital would bo more plentiful. That timo has come, and capital bas brought in ite train blossings Instond of ovils, Mr. Bmith tallka about capitnl making paupers and vagranta, This country .was nover loss afllicted with aupors ond vagrants thea it la to-day. There f’s work for all who aro able and willing to work, and at ‘pricos which averago higher than 18 paid by any other nation upon the glabo. v Mr. Smith says tho roagon the Iaborers of the country are so oppressed i bocause ‘‘ tho logis- lation of the country is undor tho supromo con- trol of bankers, stock-jobbere, Iaud-grabbers, and professional politicians to the almost ontiro ox- clusion of thore who produco tho wealth and pay tho taxes,” If Mr, Bmith reasons from offect to couso he has mado & terrible blundor. In our “own Stato his statomont hiaa no_npplication, for tho facts aro notoriously othorwise. For sovoral renrs past thero bavo boen moro farmors in our ogislaturo than auy other ono clasg, and it is & fact woll known that thoy formed a ring or cumbination to control tho legislation the Biato, and they have controlled it to our pergonal knowledge for the last four yoaurs, Two years ago lost winter the farmors in tho Lo$|slat\lro formed what thoy callod ' Tha Farm- ors’ Logislativo Club," aud they held wookly mootinga in tha Stato agricultural raoma. Their rent, fuol, and lights wore paid for by tho Stato. Thoy discussed all mattora portaining to the in- torosta of farmers with & viow to perfeot logisla- tion in that intercal. Thoy overhauled the Dog 1aw, tho Gamo law, Road law, and the Jury Inw ; they considered Imatlers rolative to Canadn thistles, domestic animals running at largo, and tho oxlortions of railronds, togothor with numorous other subjects. Every thing that tho farmora wanted they got, and overy Inw that they wanted ropoaled was repealod.. Their ring was.formidnblo and poworful, and it waa tho only sing wloso influcnoo was felt or recognized in the Logislaturo. Our now railroad Inw, which 008 into offect on tho 1st of July, was_reported rom o apeciol committco composed almost wholly of farmors, and slthough its provisious woro contrary to tho judgmont of mavy in tho Logislature, who wero nut farmers. yot tpon the principlo which has Emvnilud of granting. overy thing asked for by tho farmors they votofi_ for it, Afr. Smith now proposes to “correct theso and othior abuses” by an organization of farm- ora, Wo would bo glad to know {uat what abriscs ara meant, and what kind of logislation itis proposed to inaugurato in the corraction of abuscs, Ho says ““we have long enongh been th tools of domagogues and scoundrols.” low 802 Aro tho farmers, who have controlled the logislation of this Btafo, for soveral yosrs past, demagogues and scoundrels 7. Are Tim Morso, 8. P. Cummiiugs, or B, Y, Thornton, domngoguoes orscoundrels 7 - Cummings and Morso are farm- ors, and thoy havo roronudly roprogonted this county in the ' Logislature. 8. Y. Thorntou in an editor aud a printer,-and wo venturo to sy that the farmors nover had a truor fiiond to roprosont thom, What, then, is all this fusa abont? Whonre tho domagoguos and scoun- drels? What laws lave they passed that aro now making poupors and vagrants” of farm- ora? What logielation have the farmors asked for that they lave not gobt? What does Mr, Smith moan whou Lo says: *Iad wo nsod our politienl privilogos- with ordinary discro- tion and judgmont wo shounld mnot, as .wo now do, complain’ of the monstrons wrongs wo suffer, but would retain o fair share of tho world’s wealth.” Doos'ho menn that farmers have uot had ordinary discrotion and Jjudgment horotofore ? 1In tho ‘¢ world's wealth ™ Mr, Smith is attor 7 What is tho nnturo of the * monstrous wrongs" that Mr. Smith talks about ? " If it I8 oxpocted that tho farmors’ movement is to culminato in rightiug any wrongs_ that now oxist, thoso are z}uent(uns ithat should recoive onudid and intolligent apawers, Wo incline to tho opinion that Mr. Bmith is no better than tho domagogues and politioal’ scoundrols ho talks abont, and, if such won as ha should get control of tho Government, they would indecd soon got their share of the * world’s woalth.” e A Masonic Lodge in Yérnsnlem, From the New Yark Herald, July 1, The attempt to organize a Masonic lodgoe in tho oity of Jorusalem, urider Amorican auspices, which lias Licen long on foof, hag nt langth suce geeded, Advicos woro recoived a fow dnys ‘ago from Mr. John Bhoville, who was sont out last uprivg for that purpos, that an Wednosdy, M ay 7, La orgamizod the Royal Bolomon Mothor Lodgo, No. 203, in duo and” anclent form, in the Gront Marl-Mastors’ Quarry, under. tho cily of Jorusalom, amd initiuted & condidato,” Undor_nuthority of tho Grand Lodge of Can- ads, the Rev. Mr, John Bheville left Now York April 8; conforred with a Mnagoulo Company at Oalro, I3gypt, Muy 9, arrived at Jerusalom Tay 0; flunlly, on tho 7th of Mpay, tho day named in tho warrant, organized tho lodgo, Collecting togother twolvo of the resident and visiting Mnsons of Jorusalom, Mr. Shavillo ontored the vast and gloomy vault of the ‘“Cotton Megara"” at 2 p, m, and procooded with guides aud lightod torchas to “iho Olamborof tho Drothorly Covenant,” Whero tho Masonie embloms, engraved by Dr, Morrla in 1808, remain to_deslgnate tho placo, Upon a equara pillar which marks the centre of flw chambor the essentinl ohjoctuconstituting tho great lights " of Magonry wera displayod in tra- ditional ordor, A propor arrangomont of ofli- cors and membors followed, and tho woll-known forms of organizing tho nad‘su. and dodicating the work ta tho royal patron, King Bolomon, wero procoedod with, On tho samo evenin, dont of Jorusalem, was initiated. Tho fuyt act of tho now lodgo, atter tho Grand & rosi- ® gontleman of djatinotion, ‘of oml of’ Marnhal had prenouncod the organization por- focted, wan to doclaro that ** all Alnator Blanona who are membors of tho Amorlean Holy Land Exploration aro hioreby rocognized aa honorary lifo momhors of No. 203, with corrosponding xank.". The numbor of thoso ia soms 2,000, -To the Past Grand Mnastor of Kontucky, Robort Morris, L,L, D, is due tho ‘indeption of the pinn, and to tho liboralily of roma two thousand of tlio Mazonc fratornity, undor hik onrnont_ap- punh: for fiyo yoars, its” succossful nocomplis ment, —_— THE- POLARIS- SEARCH. 'Tho Stonmor TIgress, From ¢he New York Times, Juna 50, - The sorow Btoamor Tigross, which has boen purchased by the Government to convey an Arc- to oxpedition in sonrch of the Polaris, arrived at Quarantine from Bt. Johns, N, I, on Saturday night, and atoamed up to tho Lrooklyn Navy- Yard yostorday mnmln% ' “On oln§ notified that the Tigress had roached the yard, Hocratary Robeson immedintely went to Brooklyn to inspect tho vessel. At 4 p. m, atenm was got up sud tho vessel prococded down the river on & trial trip, in ordor to afford tho Gav- ormmont onginoers an opportunity of inspecting hor machinory while in motlon. Tho party included Seoratary Robeson, Com-| mandor Grier, Liout. Commnndor White, Capt, Hungeombe, Tinginoora Sowoll and Honderson, and Lient. MoRitchio, of the Tallapoosa. Tho orow which brought the Tigross from 8t. Jolin's having desorted on reaching tho yard, the vessol was workod by saflors of the Tallapooss. Tho atoamer returncd to her dock after an hour's oruiso, tho rosult boing highly satlsfactory to tho Qovornment officials, - Bocrotary Robgson oxpressod himaolf thoroughly satiaflod with tho* vessol and_all lor - appurtenances, and it is andorstood that the inspeation ofticers think hor price, 260,000, vory rantonablo, In appearanco tho Tigross rosomblos o large bark, supplied with enginos and scrow pro- pollor. Bho is bark-rigged, and her masta and yards enable hor to aproad suflicient canvas for ordinary speoed in a falr brocze. The Interior arrangemonts aro’ sfeulnlly adnpted to Aro- tiogorvico, tho quartors of officors and men being bolow deck and safo from the swoep of a olar wind, Hor dimensions aro ae follows : ongth, 165 foot ; brosdth, 28 foot ; depth of hiold, 10 feot ; Lonniago, 420, Lor draught in bal- Iast belng 18 teet. ‘Tho ongines stand woll be- low tho dock, just aft of the mninmast, and o spoed of govon luots an hour can bo attainod with a consumption of botweon six and n half and soven tons of conl por day. Tho veasol is aheathod with an extra courso of onk for sevoral feot above tho wator-ling, the bows being addi~ tionally protected by o sheathing of iron, Ono of the gocnllnrman of tho vessol is tho numbor lemntio tigors and tiger heads about her hull,, At first sight it would seom aa though the pointors and gildors had placed the roprosentas tion of a tiger on every available object or open mpaco. A tigor looks up from ench &ido of tho Tow ; tigors' heads glaro from tho projoctions nonr tho foromant, and a full-sizod tigor appoars to bo creoping over the storn, . Tho Tigroes was built cightcon montha ago, in Quobeo, for tho sonl flehery, nnd was omfioyfld in that trado whon sho mot and rescued Cant. Tyson's Polaris party. Ior condition is snch that the offlcers of tho yard expect to havo her roady for eniling within ‘tun days. To-day sho will bo put in tle dry dook ‘for & gonernl ovor- hauling. Aftor tho nocessary ropairs nro com- ploted, tho intorior arrangemonts will bo alterod 8008 to afford botter accommddation for the officora and mon of tho oxpaditionary party. Hor ballust will be taken out, and roplaced “by 200 tons of conl, and provisions for one year for n crow of fifty men will ' be stored on board. A sparo propollor and an oxtra ruddor aro now on board, and will be carriod as o pracaution agaiust accident, Among tho articlos to be ocarried for special Arctic sorvieo aro two large ice-saws, which will Do worked from tho bow, and a rabbor life raft for tho transportation of partios across spaces of open wator, The oxpedition will include fifty oftcers_and men, under Commandoe @rier, -Licut. White, and Engincor Melville. Dr. J. W. Eilston will also bo among tho party. On the dock of .tho Tigress Is the long whnle- boat, which was takon from the ice with the Polaris party. Tho boat has ovidontly seon rough usage, and will probably be loft at tho navy-vard agn relic of romarkablo adventure. Tho Tigress was brought from Bt. Johns in command of Capt, Rex, and the only mdividual on'board who was on the vessel when the Polaris Fnrty woro rescned Is Chiof Engincor Buick. Tho atter is of opinfon that tho cast-aways conld not havo suryived anothor wook on the’ico, ITo says that thoy all told the samo story of thoir separation from tho Polaris, and thoir atate- monts wore genorally consigtont with each other, Mr. Buick and’ Capt. Rox aro both experienced scel-flshers, and oxpross tho opinion thatthe Po- lariu was laid up in winter Wllnrlorn at_tho closo of Inst yorr, and can be casily found in tho Arc- tic seas. Tho repaira on the Tigress will cost compara- . tivoly little. 'The Govornmont paid $60,000 for bor, and her Quobec ownors have offored to take hor back and return $40,000. when hor Govern-. mont Borvices is_completed. The Wigress will aail diroct-for Disco, whero tho Juniata will await hor arrival, with' conl and provisions. It 18 understood that the former will prosecute the sonrch in tho higher latitudes, in which tho Po- Inris or hior crew aro supposad to be awaiting ro- lief. _Capt. ‘Tyson, with Joo and Hang Christian, besides othor Bsquimaux, will go in tho Tigross. Liout, McBitchio will go to Maino during the prasont weok, to bring on the Esquimnux, who B0 NOW sojourning on a farm in that Stato. OHlO.. Cnll for o Libernl Republican Stato Convention-=1Zesponse 10 the Allen County Rewolutions. Manstield, O. (July 1), Dispateh to the Cincinnati Commercial, Gon. Brinkorhoff, Olinirman of tho Liberal Ropublican Btate Contrel Committoo of Ohio, hins this.day issued the following manifesto, call: - ing = Stato Convention at Columbus : To the Liberal Republicana of Ohfo: 'WHEREAR, At & convention of Liberal Ropub- licans, Leld at Columbus on tho 16th day of Novomber, 1872, it was declared to be desirable that a consolidation of all the eloments should bo offectod that are in favor of the leading priuci- plos enunciated in the Cincinnati Platform, with such additiond as may bo doemod nocossnry horo~ aftor; and ‘Wusneas, It was recommonded to their State Central Committes so to framo its call for the naxt State Convontion ns ta invite all who wero with thenvin principles,.without regard to thoir political antccodents, and without rogard ns to which candidato thoy voted for at the Présiden- tial oloction ; nnd - : ~Waeneas, A eiinilac’ desire has been mani- fosted by tho Demoersats of Allen and Hamilton Oounties, also by & publishod call of Ropubli- cans {n Logon County, alsp by Farmors' aud Workingmon’s Conventions in various portions of the Biato, also by an expression of opinion Ly thoe press in differont parts of tho' State and by prominent citizons, through the press and otherwiso, in almost evory county ; therefore, in accordance with what appoars to bo o vory. gou- oral dosiro among tho Opposition forcos In Ohio, and ccrt«lu]i in obedionce to tho unanimous wish of tho Liboral RnEnblicuus of tho Btate, notico is horeby given that o mass Convantion of Liboral Ropublicana will be held at Columbus on Wodneaday, tho 80th day of Jul?', 1873, for the purposo of consultation, co-operation, and union with all othors who may be willing to unite with thom for tho avorthrow of tho party now in power in tho Btato and nation,' and for the ro~ moval of the appalling: corruptions and_abuses whioh threnten the very lite of tho Republie. ‘T'ho necossity for prompt and united action by all patriotio citizons is now more ovident than ovor Lofore, Tho vovelations of ofiicial wrong- doing which hive boon mado daring the past six mouths, and the dariug violations of overy prin- ciple of good government which have boon per- _potrated by tho partynow in power, demand from the poople tho promptest condemmation, Tu tho Ymuonun of the impending dangors to tho Ropublle, all minor differoncos of apinion should disappoar, and all lovers of good governmont, without regard to pnrt{ names, or party aflui- tles, or parly projudices, should moot together and_concert such action as will insure the over- throw of tho mon and moasures which jeopard- izo tho vory oxistenco of froe institutions;, Tho Liboral Republicans of Ohio, thorofore, heartily indorso tha proposition for thoproposod convon- tion, and cordially invite all othorn of liko cou- .| victions to unito with them. No limitation is mado as to tho numboer of del- ogates to ho sont, but it Is recommonded that the T.iboral Republicans of tho saveral countios 8hall be reprosentod by at lorst one delogate for ovory 600 votes cast for Ilorace Grooloy for Prou- ident of tho United Btates. T. BRINKERIIOFF, Cbairman Liboral Republican Stato lixevutive Commlttee, ——te ¥ording Texnn: From the Peabody (Itun.) Gazetta, Thero are vory few porsons, excopt those who lave spont somo timoe upon tho border, who usiloratand anytling of tho dsngors aud hiard- ships endurod by those ongaged in hording and driving Toxas cattle. Thoy aro all good horse- men, somo of thom very superior, Thoy will catch & wild horse, out of a hord, throw bim, eaddlo and mount him,' hie may“do iy woret, but ho haa found his master,* . - Bomotimoes theso porfes are excoodingly woll trainod fn nll the ‘manenvren’ of the hordor. .Bomotimon thoy nre trained to run aqunra sgalnut thosido of n rofactory steor, kndcking him down, then leaping over Dim. é_omn are trainod to atop sliort a4 soon na they ntrike, this is some- timos rathor hiard on tho ridor, - An instanco of tho sngncity of ono of thoso onfos ocaurrod.in tho caltlo-npons at Wichits, ast summor. 1o was a sp]ond"xl ppocimon of o [mny, and was highly valued by Lis owner. IHo ind boon takon into thu&mlm 0 aeniat in driving the entilo in tho cars. Ono of theso fierco ani- mals gob him into a corner whore thors soomed tobo no chanco of eseapo, when tho vicions bruto, with lowered horns, charged upon him, Tho sillful ridor_oxtended hia foot, chooking tho onslaught. The stoor immedistoly com- monced hooking as hin foot, whilo, tho rider skillfully oluded Lis offorts, while 'constantly nmmel(nfi‘ hin horso, who did ‘not movs ‘a musclo, but with gleaming oye watchod tho curlons contost botween foot and horos, with - tho groatost apparont intorost. Finally, somo ‘movement among tho hord attracted tho atton- tion of the attacking stoer, who turnod and startod to movo away, but hie got but o fow foot, when the pony turned upon him, and with o arr!n s0 tromondous thnt the ridor was thrown cloar behind tho eaddlo, ho strnck the offonding atéor in tho sido with hla bronst, not onlymack- ing him down, but rolllnfi him cloar over, whero Lo Iny unablo to riso. Tho pouny stood and look- od at him in n way that soemed to eay, ““try to hook mo again.” “Thoe rider dismonnted, wont to tho gate and callod for another horse, romarking tbat ho did not care to ride a lgum that knew moro about driving cattlo than he did. AERONAUTISM. Mo Europo in Sixty Homnrs. From the New York @raphic, July 1, Aerial navigation is no now thing.” It is now moro than twanty-five years aince Prof. Wiko, thon an oxperienced neronaut, argued the fonsi- bility of a balloon voyago over the Atlantic to Europe ; and in 1849 ho potitioned Qongross for aid in domounstrating tho practicability of the project by oxporimont. But tho studios aud ox- oriments of nr“mrtor of n contury have con- ributed materially to the knowledgo of tho sub- {oct and to.tho skill and exporionce of Prof, Wigo, who has.novor rolinquished hia great pro- ;oct. and whoso voyago from Bt. Louts to Now ork, distance of 1,200 miles in ninotoon hours, wont far towards provinf tho truth of hiy thoo- rios and tho foasibility of his trans-Atlantio plan, Tho_City of Boston had congented to give Prof. Wiso the means roquired to make bLin ox- porimontal Transotlantic voysge. But the ro- cont sovers loss by firo interfored with tho pro- Joct, andLthrew him back upon the interest and onorosity of private individuals. Convincod of ho feasibility of tho plan, and of tho immenso | Hmcflcnl bonofits which must rosult from its lomonstratod sucéons, and atill more profoundly improssed with the importance of having tho sehome Tairly tried undor tlio most favorablo con- ditions, wo linve conaultod ‘with tho best scienti~ fle authorities on tho subject, and have docided to assumo tho r'[mcunhry responsibilitios of the novel and daring expedition, At tho requost of Prof. Wise, Mr. W. H, Donaldson, an oxpori~ enced and skillful aeronaut, will assist in mak~ ing tho proparations, and will accompany him on tho voyago. Tho cost of tho outfit was original- ly oatimated at £5,000 ; but, in order to make. overy possible provision to insuro snfoty and auccess, it is now calculatod that at least §10,000 will bo required, Voluntary subscriptions amounting to upward of $1,200 "had been pledg- od boforo wo resolved to provido tho nocessa: funds; wo proposo that theso, ns woll as sny additional subscriptions which mny bo offored, shall go to Prof. Wiso, fo reimbnrso him, in part at loast, for the Iabor of alifotimo in cherishing thia important public oxperimont, Wo have to acknowledge also that tho Domestic Bowing Machine Company have genorously offered the use of ouo of the floors of their magnificont building at the corner of Broadway nud Fourtosuth atreots, and have vol- untecred to do tho sowing work,—over six thotsnnd yards, or four miles, of peams,—nt their own expouso. In order that our readors may acquire en ox-~ act undorstanding of just what it is proposed to do, wo nnnex horoto & copy of the agrostnont by which tho parties concorned are bound to the faifiliment of thoir undortaking : This momorandum of agrecment, made at tho City of Noiv York, on the 27ih day of Junc, 1873, by and-bo- tween tho Graphis Company, proprictors and publish: o of tho Datly Graphie party of the fist part, sud Jolm_Wiso, of Vuiladelphls, party of the second part, and Wasbington I, Donaldson, of Reading, Pa., party of tho third part, witucsseth : That the maid the Graphic Company will bulld o dalloon of not lesn than 180 feot in hefght, and 100 oot diameter, and will fully equip and provide the samo with valves, balanco-16¢, ropes, car, and gallery, 1ifo- bont or raft, and other appliatces nocessary to insura atrongth sud eafoty fu no far na moy bo praotieable, It sgroces that tho construction of the sama shall bo com- ‘moenced at onco and pusked to_complotion da rapld- ly as possiblo, .and beforo the 20th day of August next if practicablo; and that tho- sald Tho Graphic Compnny will furnish tlio uso of said balloon to sald Jolin Wiso and sald Washington H, Donoldson for tho E‘lllrpnuo of the making of an acrinl voyage therein by o partica of the sccond and third parts from tho City of New Yotk to some point on the Eastern sido of the Atlautic Ocean tpon the conditions following : First—That thoemd Jokn Wiso and the sald W. I, Donaldson shall persounlly suparintend and direct tho construction of the balloon according to tho uimost of thoir skfll nd judgmcnt, and that in 21l mattors cons nected with tho construction of such balloon thoy shall be nubject to tho goneral direction of Tho Grapbic Company, : Second—That the said John Wieo and (ho sald W. IT, Doualdson shall not make nor pariicipate in any ofher alloon enterpriee, oxlibition, or asconsion whillo this agreement is in existenco, 5 Third—That on tho completion of the said balloon tho gafl Jobn Wiso and the safd W, II, Donnldson shall, on a day and from & atarting-point to bo sclected by tlio Graphic Compaay, make s public asceusion in such_balloon, ccomnaufod by such other persans na may bo daalgnated by tho Graphis Compiny: an making such_ascenslon, that thoy sholl, directly and without any delay or evasion, seok tho elevation of tho oustern air ourrent, thero to remain nutil Jand shafl niave boen mado on’ tho eastern side of tho Atlauijc Ocean, Fourth—That thosaid John Wise ond enid W, II. Donaldson shall then Iand sald balloon as safely nnd ng axpeditionaly an possiblo, and jmmediately thicreafter commuuleato the intolligenco of thielr arrival, with full particulara of tho Yoyage, by tho most speedy means -availnble to the Daily Graphic, (Sigued) Iz I, GOODAELE, C, M. QoopstLL, - Managers of tho Graphic Company, Jom Wise, s ‘WasmiNaTON H, DONALDION, The foregoing preliminnrics having baen dnly gottled, tho worl of construction wau begun on Snturday last, and will bo -prossed forward' rap- 1dly to comiplotion. Although it is impossiblo to {ix'definitely the day of doparturo, -yob -we aro confidont that everything will be in roadiness bo- foro August 20 noxt. . Wo have.lent our ald to tho undortaking iu the interost of science and business, and the progress of mankind, The Dballoon will not bo exhibited to the curious to ninke a sensntion, but ag soon as it is finishad will takoits flight, Wo have reason to bolieve that tho public will not be. disappointed or dig- satisfied oither with tho method of the undertnk- ing or the manner of-its porformance, . A NEW ORIENTAL DESPOT. The Agroement Retween Baron Reu- ter and the Shah of Persin, From the New York Times, July 1, Thie latost Europosn. newapapers contain (Lo dotails of tho oxtraordinary agreomont mado-bo- twoen the Bhiah of Porain and Baron Jullus leu- tor. “ The rolativo powitions of the high con- tracling partios to this novel commercial troaty aro sbout sa romarknble as tho agroomont itsclf. Aftor gotting rid of all tho his- tarieal glamour which surronnds the namo of tho successor, in a very modified sonRe, however, of Darius and rxcy, tlio ])Dtontnm who styles himsolf *‘tho Kini of Kings,” is dlscoverod to bae n very barbarous kind of rulor aftor all. Ho has tho biggost diamonds and tho most abominablo maunners of any royal Rnrammgo known to tho West;: his irensure- ouses contrin tho *‘loot” of the Mogul cone querorsof Indin, and are supposed to ipclude tho Iont jowols of tho Tomple at Jerusalom, yet, for its wizo, his country is among the poorost in tilo world, ' The aren of his kingdom' is ns large as that of Now York, Donnsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and issourl, . with tho Now Englnd States thrown in, and yot with @ history more than 3,000 years old, ite population, including tho nomadio tribos, dooa not oxcoed that of the Btate of Now .oarllor blanks in the maguo 8ho formorly drauk - spirituous York, The aunual rovenue of tho kingdotn of Yoruln would fust_nbout_pay for four months' oxponses of the City and Oounty of Now York, and though tho Bhah carrios about n small for- tune on his jowoled aword-hilt, his subjoots had to dopend upon tho bounty of tho West to ro- lioyo tho horrors of tho famino and tho posti- lence which carried thom off by thousands n yesr ago. s[b i3 thia country, so full of what civilizod races call curious coutradictions, whouo matorial dovelopmeut Las boon hauded over for soventy yonrs_to tho absolute control of Baron Routor, The Baron Is ns chinraotoriatio o Emnl\lct of Western civilization as the Bhah and his country aro of what {u called progross in the East, Dorn in s potty Gorman principality, Lo bogan lifo ng &.Dbank ¢lerk [n Gottingon, ‘and first beeamo known fu 1840, to s vory limitod publio, a4 tho publisher of lil.lmgrurhic ‘Dowspapor corronpond- ence in Taris.” Ilo wos au obucure ad- venturer whon ho travaferred bis businosy to London in 1851, Jotin losa than sovon yoars ho had the tolegraphic pews sorvice of tho Matro- politan Pross under his undikputed control, and could compel the oldent and most exclusivo of FEuglinh dailics to accodo to whatover torms ha chiogo to dictate, Tleuter hind forosight onongh to antieipato tho unlimited oxpansion of the tel~ egraph syalom and prompiness enough to soours oxclusive priviloges from_ overy now lino that wag opoued in Iluropo. 1o Ifllwflnmmmd the o wire-olrclo by courlers o1 carrlor-pigeons, and still Iator by steam-packet sgrvico, At {hls_ momont thoro i no gront city in tho world which does not contain a Routor's nows-agont, doing hig work with various degreos of bndnoss, bub still forming part of a gront syatom, which ia ono of tho mont socuroly foundaed of commorcial monop~ olios. Tho man whoso namo tho London T¥mes was first compolled to put at the hoad of its tolo« ama {n 1859, oceupios now ona of tho finest 1ounes in London, and gives dinnors whose gor= geoin nccompanimonts, ot loast, tho ‘richest of ElF“BII Dukes could not surpass. o this magnato the Bunh of Porain has handed ovor the oxolusive right to coustruct railrosds, to mako canals, to work mines, and to eatablialy other productivo entorprisos within his domin< fons, 1Ifo can tako Governmout launds froo of :;;‘::::?z’ nnd rglm uso n\llmaturlnlu rmluildln Gova Wb quarries, gravol-pits, oto,, without pay=« mont, gNoutunr tfmh nen nor tho 'mntur‘hu N reat contractor mny ' employ nra to bo subfect to tnxnlln%. A‘;Jyy min< eral doposit not of gold, silver, or precioua stones, which Baron Router's ngonfamay find on tho royal Jands of Porala can bo takon and ‘workor them without chargo. Buch privata proporty in lands and minos as ho may roquiroy must bo transferred to him at tho ordina; prices of tho country, i first task ia to constrnct ar raflway from Rescht, on tho aouth ghoro of the Casplan, to Ispalian, tho old capital of Porsine The longth of this road will bo nEm‘lt 400 milos, and aftor it has beon complotod the Russiary Govornment will givo ita sovoroign guarantod’ to pay 7 por cont—5 por cont for intorast ond 2 ‘por cont for sinking fund—on o loan of 30,000,000, which Baron Renter iw suthorized to obtain from snybody who wilf loud it to him. Tho Ptuccuds of the Porain COustom-Houses have hithorto nvernged n little over 81,000,000 a yoar. Baron Noutor ia to pur< chase tho ontiro control for twonty-five yoars, of the customs duties of Porsin by paying 2100,000 6 year moro than -tho Governmoné now mokes out of them. . Connidoring the thioving inatincts of Enstorn tax-collootors, tha Baron. will prob- ably find that a fow honest European uflK‘c(alu ean munko & vory handsomo proflt for him out of this speoulation. The Baron and his puccessora are to remain for soventy years nbsoluto commorcial dictators of Persin. _They aro to pay the Governmont, moanwhile, 15 to 20 por cent of theirnot oarnings in roturn for ths magnificont concessions nccorfi-‘ od to thom, and whon theirleaso has torminated; it may bo renowed on such torms as both cons tracting partios onn ‘agreo on. If tho Governd ment assumes control, at tho ond of that tlmut ~of tho works of tho Router Oompul:{. it mus poy at o liboral valuation for the buildings, ma~ chinery, ote., which® may_ tbon havo been' orected by the Company... Who.is to enforco tho provisions of tha contract does_not appenr, but s Baron Routor i a naturalized British sube Joct, thero seema to bo an opening here for a ropotition of the Listory of the Enst Indin Com- any, The Shah bag beon tolling thu poople of ngland that, in coming among them, ha fools that ho is coming among fricuds, Bomo of the Bhah's puccessors may not unlikely bocome jeal- ous of tho rich fruita of the Routor concossions, and thon it may bo assumod that tho country which wronched Horat from tho hands of tho soldiors of the Bhah, would onco moro Lave to show itself tho roverse of friondly. —_—— NEWS PARAGRAPHS, Tho cats and dogs in Delawaro are dying with & digoaso gimilar to tho epizooty. —Jamen Eldridge, of anlwefl, ‘Warron Coun« ty, N. Y., oloped with snothor man's wife a fotv dnrvs sinco, abandoning his own wife and two childron, —Tho Paraons (Kansas) Herald records & suit for breach of promiso, and romarky that * tha plantiff wanta tho jury to vote hor 32,600 back~ poy.” —The laborora at certain mining- works ara discussing the problom: ‘“Ought a coppor- dresser, when thio whistio blows for 13, to emp- ty lin shovel of tho sand or throw it badk on the 07" b —Miss Anna Radeliff, of Ohester County, Ps. was 80 shockod at the death from paralysis of Lor sistor, Mrs. Williams, that she died, too, and both wore buried in one grave lnst Wednose day. Ono was G0 yenrs old and the othor 62, —On Bundny next, the'6th of July, the Mora= viang of this country and of Austris will com= memorate tho 500t anniversary of John Huss, the fanous Bohemian roformer, who was burn at tho atako us a Liorotic on the Gth of July, 1415 —~his 42d birthdng, —Sargont's jowelry ators, at_Mount Plonsaut, Towa, wng broken open last Fridny night, and goods to tho amount of 52,000 stolon—mostly wWatches, ctc., loft for repairs, Alarmod by pnss~ ers-by, tho valuable watchos and jowelry “wora untouchod. L —Tho Lafayette (Ind,) Courier is growing fastidious. If thinks that when passongers i streot-cara ‘ lia down across tho aisle and stick their faot out of tho windows, ‘squirt tobncea {nlce all over tho soats and floor, and indulge in oud and ribnld jokos in tho presence of lady passengers,” thoy are gnilty of gross improprie- ;y. But somo pooplo will always be finding ault. — o Stoubenville (Ohio) Herald says thata Jeftcrson County man; who is very fond of gun~ ning, went into tho woods to shoot squirrola. Ho shot one woodpacker aud tho top of his horeo's hond off. 'His littlo boy laughed bois= torously when o saw tho * govornor” coming home at night drawing the wagon, which con- tained & st of harnoss and no gamo to speal of. —At Fargo, Dakota Territory, tho sky, last Triday uvqnlnflri about 10 o'clock, presented a benutiful and singular appearance. An immense bow of shining light oxtanded from tho toutl= enst to tho northwest horizon, through whose substanco tho stara could bo seon. ' Althongh a portion of the aurora borenlin was visiblo in tha north, yet it wns ‘separate from the principal body ()y many degroes,. Hundreds of.spectators witnessed it for upward of an hour, —From Mr. Watson, bridgo-builder on the wostern oxtension of tho Winona & St, Potor Rond, tho following information is dorived in rogard to tho grasshoppors : They oxtend from the Stat line to Bleopy Eyo station, a distanca of 100 miles. They first npponred at a placa enllod Walnut Grove, and are uow leaving that point. At Lake Bhotok they bave done con- slderablo damago, some farmors boing swopt cloan, whilo othors are left comparatively un- harmed. ~—This oxtrnordinary story of an oxtraordinary woman in Maine is told by the Portland Press: “Mra, Hathoway, of Tomplo, will bo 99 years of age July 1 noxt. She chows sud smokos tos vacco, and has dono so sinco sho wasa girl, liquors, bué consed using them yoars ngo on accouat of the bigh prioe, poor quiality, aud diflculty of obtain= ing n supply under the Maine_prohibitory laws. She doos hor own work, Imildhui fires, Bweep~ ing, cooking, and_discharging all tho ordinary dutlcs of tho hond of o farm Liousehold.” ¢ —A hugo cophalopod is now on exhibltion at anpfi;fl of Assulkn, Yeddo, Japan, which wau cd Ly Japauoso llehormen. ‘Tho_cronturo zed tho fishing-bont with its tentacles, while off tho villngo o? Kononoto, in_tho diatrict of Kisaradzou, and tho boatmen killed it by ropont~ od blows, From tho tail to tho juscrtion of tha tantaclos it is about sixtoon fect long ; and tha army, from its junoture with. the body to the sucker at its point, moasures nearly five feot. Tho polyp has shrunk materially stucoils doath, and living must Lavo measured uearly or quito cighteon feot. A A, ~—A correspondent givos_somo additional par~ tioulars of tho fire at Michigammi : Tho saw mill oud all of the lumboer was saved, and tho town ia again belng robuilt with an onbrgy aud prompiness that ts o watter of surprise. Two mon wero burned to death. and {wo more sra migoing. It is thought that the two missing onos woro drowned in tho lake, whore a largo wortion of the population took rofugo. Benator l\lcflmmu, of Coldwator, was visiting Michignm- i at the timo of tha five, inspecting the mines, oto. Towns compelled'to gook safoty fn tho Inko, and was in the water clinging to o picco of 1int fimber for nonrly two lours,—Delroit Iirca Press. —I'ho Donrd of Control of tha Btato Bwamp Tends mot at Lansing, Mich,, Jul{ 1, anda proposition was rocoived from the Marquotto, Hlllll“ Bte Mario & Maokiunc Railrond (:mn}mny and the Mackinno & Linko Buperior Raifrond Company, offering to build the projected rond from Marquetto to Mackinao for tho grant of Inud offored by the law pnssod at the recont sossion of tho Lei;inlnturo. Agtion upon tho bida was doforred till tho last Wednotday of tha prosent mouth, ~Tho frnnt #nlo of land at Minnehaha com- monced July 1. About 200 of tho loading capi- talists of 8t, Paul and Minnenapolis wore prosent, and in almost ovory rospect it was the most remarkablo gatheriug over hold in the North~ wost. 'The property to bo sold hna becoma hig~ torio, Tho principal sales woro tho twonty acres surrounding sud inoluding tho Falls of Minnohaha, whioh sold at 1,630 por acro, Frauklin Steolo bLoing the purchasor. Twelva aoros adjoiniug, just ncross tho railroad track, sold for $625 por acre, to Georgo W, Liucol,