Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 12, 1873, Page 4

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Qlatoly roliovod by ustng Mrs, Winsiow's Suothiog Syrap for ohlldren toothing, WOVAL TAVANA LOTTERY—_WIL drawlog af 5 Avril Tnat tho 100,000 el gont: information gison, 0. B, MARTINI Bankers, 10 Wall'st, P, O. Hox 4égs, Now York. RILK RLASTIO BELTS USLD DUR] nanoy and After_contingmont: BOLD 1N Siroutars co., TREG- ulastlo stockings for vuricorn voloa, ankiots, knoo-onpe, wris! olo., in- irted by ns and warranited of foost quy nyaTAtits or doormitioss trusses of il kinds ittad arnntoed & the Hadien Guro TrusaOloo ot MARNIL & HOWLES, 30 Washingto twro door cust of Clark, ~ Fowalos t0 sttond ladios. BATGHELOR'S TIAIR DVE, —THIS SPLENDID bairdyo 4s tho best in tho worli. Tho only truo and por- Tect dye. Harmloes, roliablo, und ingtantancous ; nodisap- polatmant; o ridiéulus tints or unplessant oddr, Romo- dion tho Il offceta of bag dsos aud waaties, Prodnicos ime mediatoly a suporh hlack or patural brawn, and Joaves tie alr cloan, oft, and beautiful, ~'tho kandloe, algned W o Untehiolor,” Sold by *nll _druguistd, CHARLES ATOIELOR, Propriator, N. Y. Che Chicage Tdibune, Saturdny Morning, July 13, 1873, NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS, Tho pressure upon our columns on Sundny morning 18 80 grcat that wo ure compelled to request advertlsors tosond fn thelr advertisoments for that {wue ot ns oarly an hour as possible, in ordor thot thoy may witl certainty securo tho propor classification, All tho Union Pacifie etock which was tainted, diroctly or remotely, by the Cradit Mobilier, hns ‘boon posted In tho Now York Stock Exchange a8 no longer nogotinble, on sccount of the Credit Mobilior suits now in progress at Hart- ford. Tho mnsterly address delivered by 8. M. Smith, Eaq., Secretary of tho Illinois State Farmers' Association, at Pontiac, on the Fourth of July, hins been iusucd by 3. W. Doan, of this city (Rtoom No. 6 Tribune Building), 04 an 8-pago document, i Loaders of tho colored peoplo of the District of Columbia are reported opposed to tho policy of mixed achiools. To iusist on theso, thoy think, would be to injure themsolves,nsihoy already get the Iarger part of tho money spent in the Dis- trict for educational uges, aud with that should bo contont. The Supervisors of Marion Couunty, Iowa, ro- fused to receive asa douation for the county #chools o portion of Congrossman Walden's “hack-pay.” Now comes Mr, Abornothy, tho Stato Supcrintondent of Publie Instruction in Towa, and who is tho Republican candidnto for re-clection, who gives it an his opinion that tho moucy ought to havo been received, aud that an action may bo maintained agninst the Super- visors for rofuving it. Mr, Alornethy hasno cbjection to back-pay, aud scos no immorality in rocelving it. A surious turn has been given to the Gordon- Gordou kidnapping case. It is shown that when the Minneapolis party woro arrested by the pur- suing Britishers, thoy were on American soil. The indignation of the Manitobans about disro- gord of extradition treaties aud international comities mny now bo fairly retorted upon them. Both partics are in the samo plight, and the authorities of Manitoba, if tho ovidence is sstained, have no more right to hold the Min- neapolis detoctives than the lattor havo to hold Lord Gordon. 1t is rumored in 'Toronto that the Governmont will roceind its contracts with Sir Hugh Allan aud company, and commit the construction of the Cauada Pacific Rond to tho Board of Public Works. Another rumor saya that & combination of English capitaliste are willing to rolieve Sir Iugh Allan of hig job, if the Government will give thom twelve years inatend of cight in which to finish it. and will allow them to incroase the issuo of bonds from £40,000 to £50,000 & mils, the bonds to Lo negotiated at 85 por cent not. Thoy also nsk morae favorable conditions in the paymont of tho subsidy of 230,000,000. The Railrond and Warehouso Comamissioners have decided that the Tolodo, Wabash & West- ern Rond may charge tho samo rates as tho Chi- eago & Alton Road for transportation of similar froights botweon 8t. Louis and Chicago, al- though the distance by tho former lino is cighty miles groser thau by the latter line, This por- minsion in qualifiod by tho restriction that thoy must chargo similar rates on tho rest of thoir Jina, The Commissionors also decide in gonoral torms that two raflroads of unequal longth moy mako oqual rates between competing terminal points common to both lines, provided that no .~ diserimination i6 mado ngainst interlorminal / pointe. Another discrimination in froight charges has beon Lrought to our attention, It is said that tho State of Illinois, in order to attract business toits canal, chargos less tolls from LaSalle to Chicago than from LaSalle to Loclport—a ghorter diutauco. Wo have henrd of o caso whora tho tolls cn o cargo of gmin were $128 to Tockport, wherong thoy woull have beon only 100 if tho eame cargo had como Lweuiy-five miles farther on tho samecanal. Tho reason for this, wo enpposo, s that if $128 woro clinrgod to Chicago the grain would go to St. Louis or somewhore olsa and the Btato would lose the tolls itogothar. It is probably hold by tho Commirsionors that, While compotition com- pols a reduction of the tolls to Chicago, the rato of toll to Lockport is reasonablo per se, Tho Naw York Z'imes is civilly requestod to re- claim itn property, It published an articlo, n ghort timo sinca, endeavoring to show hiow well the Republican partyisadapted tothoroformation of all public abusos and private torts, and os- pocinlly Low it i fitted to deal with raflrond mo- nopolies, Oredit Mobiliors, ete. 'I'bin articlownn ¥ cribbed " by various Westorn papers, and s most of tho cribbing out tuis way is done ot the oxponso of Tk CurcAvo Tuinuxe, tho Spring- flold Journal naturally thought tho articlo In quostion waa ours, Whoroat the Journal reprinted it in its own editorial columbs, glving cradit to us, and went through an oxoiting sceno. graph wae gratifiod. Thon the Springflold Reg- dster tracod the podigroo of the article, and callod it anothor attnok of the * grabs,"—n provalling complaint this senson., Wo entreat tho Now York Times to roclnim ite proprioty. Bonrd yostordny, in complinnco with tho rocor- mondation of tho Grand Jury. In answor to the quostions of the Prosidont, Capt. Hickey donied thnt hiohind rocoived any monoy from tho woman whoso stolou property o had rocovored. Ha nd- Titted that in recovoring it ho hiad violated somo of tho technical rules of the sorvice, but urgod that thua only could ho secure the plundor, Ilo gob it by promising on hia hotor novor to roveal tho names of tho thioves, For this course, Lo says, ho had the authority of Bupt. Washburn, but that oficial promptly pronounced his statemont falso. Tho rest of tho Captain’s testimony connisted mainly in aesoverations that ho had nothing to conconl but what ho had givon his word of honor to keop soeret, the diftioulty ovidently boing that ho hnd inconelderatoly plodged Limeolf to secrooy about ovorything Lo know. Tho Chieago grain markots woro moro nctive yesterday, and provieions wore dull, Mess pork was quiot, and 40 por brl lower, olosing at $156.45 cash and §16,60@16.60 sollor August, Lard was insctivo and unchanged, at§8.15@ 8.20 coaty, and 39,30@8.95 sollor August. Monts woro quict aud unchanged at 7@73o for should- oru; 8J¢@Do for short riba; Po for short clear, and 10@12¢o for eweot-piokled hams. Lake froights woro nctive and X{o lower, at Gio for corn to Buffalo, Highwines wero quiot and firm at 88140 bid, and 89¢ asked, per gallon. Flour was quiot and stoady. Wheat was quiet and j¢o highor, closing at $1.10 scllor tho mouth, and $1.13%¢ sollor August. Corn was moro activo, and (o lower, closing at 365@%7c cash, and 383¢@38}{0 sollor August. Onta wore quict and 4o lower, closing etrong at 20c cnsh, ond 2830 sellor August, Ryo wae inoctivo and nominally ensior, with Acllors ot 60c. Barloy was quiot and unchanged, nt 53@600 for poor to good No. 2. Hoga wore setivo and higher, closing firm at $1.25@4.70. Caitlo woro unchanged. Shoop were a shade low, Noarly four months have passed sinco Charles Goodrich was 50 mystoriously murdered in hia houso in Brookiyn, N. Y. Ever sinco that timo tho woman who killed him has boon quictly living within o fow blocks of the scono of hor crimo, baflling tha cagor search of tho detectives Dy hor vory carclossness and nogloct of auy at- tempt to eacape or conceal the tracos of what she had dono. Hor peculiar rolations with tho murdered man for a long time boforo his doath, and herimmediato absenco thoreaftor, fixed suspicion upon lior, but until sho was neci- dentally recognized last Tuosday by tho ouly acquaintanco who know her in conuocction with Goodrich, tho polico could got o eluo to hior whorenbouts. Whon narrested, sho mado full confousion of her guilt, and gevo n circumatan- tinl nccount of tho killing, explaining many of thoso curious features of tho deed which gave some color to the thoory that Goodrich had com- mitted suicide. Although more than onco on the vergo of starvation, the murderess hiad kopt sncred in her trunk the moncy snd jowols sho took from lor paramour. Among theso articles was found tho six-barroled rovol- ver with which tho murder was dono, and whicl bad, apparently, not boen touched sinco, Throe of its barrels wore still loaded ; tho othor threo she had emptied into herlovor's body, The ouly plea sho makes for Lorself is, that, aftor living with hor for o long time, ho wished to throw her off, and that sho could not boar, 8o she * Lilled Lim for love." THE CHIEF-JUSTICESHIP, ‘When Chief-Justico Chase died, a rumor was startedfand industriously sprond abroad that Son- ator Coukling would probubly bo his tuccossor, Whon this had lived its life, another rumor camo to tho surface that Senator Conkling could have tho appointment, but would not ‘take it, as o was & Presidontinl candidato, and did not regard the Supromo Bonck as & good stopping-stono to the Wuito House, Now tho intelligonco comos from Washington that tho Chiof-Justiceship hay actually boen toudered to Senator Conkling, leay- ing it for him to decide whother or not the Drosident shall soud his name to the Senato, Thero is no means of “tolling whether these rumors havo any foundation in fact, or whether they come indircctly from Benator Coukling Lumselt, with thointontion of paviug the way for his appointmont. It was understood, at the time of Justico Nolson's rotiremont, tbat Mr. Conlding would have been appointed to the vacancy if hio bad then been oligible, When it was found that ho could not bo appointed him- golt, tho filling of tho position waa left to him, and ko named Judgo Ward Huat, of Utica, It thereisany real foundation for the present rumor that Mr. Coukling bas beon tendered the Chief- Justicoship, it would look as though ho had a pormancnt lion on all the vacancios in the Su- promo Bonch as long a4 Prosident Grant ehall Lo Prosidont. A Sonntor Conkling's claime consist chiefly in political sorvices, this view of tho matter will scarcely commond itself to tho peoplo at Jargo, who will concludo that two Bu- promo Judges from Utics, N, Y., wonld bo ono too many in tho absonce of extraordinary quali- fieations, If Prosident Grant has determined that politi- cul claims should constitute a consideration for appointment to the ofiico of Chief-Justico of tho United Btates Court, he can do much botter than to give this important place to Conkling. A far bottor appointmeont would be that of 13, Rock- wood Hoar, of Mussachusotty, BIr. Ifoar wasn Common Pleas Judgo in Massachusotts from 1849 to 1655, Ho first cawmo prominontly befora tho people in 1855, whon Lo was oue of tho load- ors in the formation of tho Ropubliesn party in Lis Htato. He was o candiduto for Attornoy- Gouernl of Massachusotts in that yoar and way dofeuted, aloug with the entiro Ropublican State tickot, by tho Know-Nothings, 1o was appoint ed to the Massachusotts Buprome Bencl in 1859, uud hold hin placo until 1869, whon ho rosigned it to becomo Attornoy-Gonoral of the Unitod States in CGon. Grout's Cabinot. Ifera ho ro- mained until his resignation in Junuary, 1873, Ho was oloetod to tho Forty-third Congross lnst fall from the Concord District, While serving s Attornoy-Gonoral, in 1870, Presidout Girant sont in M, Ioar's namo for Bupromo Judgo, but the Senato rejectod him. Thus action was mainly the result of personul spito entortainod sgainst Judgo Honr by a few Northern Henators, Tho Honators of the Houthern Btates had resolved, before & nomination was made, not to vote for any Northorn man, 8 thoy thought the South ought to bo reprosontod on tho Bupromo Bouch. Thoy voted solid against Judgo Hoar on this ground, as thoy did likowiso againet ©f band-sbakiug. ‘thou tho Bloowingion Fanfa- | Messrs, Bradloy aud lrong, who wore subso- . Paian ) oA P quently conflrmed. In the caso of Judge Ifonr, onough of the Northorn Sonntors united with tho Sonthorn Sonators to rojoct him, boeauso Judgo Ionr, a8 Attornoy-Gonoral, lind doclined to pormit theso gentlomen to dictato tho ap- pointmenta for the Cirouit Judgeships. Ila con- duot in this respect sliould have beon an addi~ tlonal romson for Lis confirmation; and ho would cortainly bave beon on the Bupremo Bonoh to-dny lind considorations for tho publio ood, instead of porsonslapleon and & goograph- loal projudice, governed the nction of tho Ben- ato, Thoro is not tho ulightost doubt that ho will bo confirmed a8 Chiof-Tustico now, it the Prosident concludes to appoint him, e s o man of high porsonal charactor and lnrga judi- cinl oxperionce, and ho would fill tho position eraditably aud honornbly, If Gon, Grant can bo porsuaded to rogard tho vacancy in thoe Chiof-Justicoship as an opportu- nity for adding to tha dignity snd worth of the Unitod Stutos Supromo Bouch, without rogard to political olnimg, tho namos that suggest thom- solves most prominontly to us aro thoso of Thomss Drummond, now United Btates Judgo of tho Olrouit ombracing Hlinols, Indinna, and Wisconsin, and tho Ifon. William M. Evarts, of New Yorl, 'Tho pooplo of tho Wast will natur- ally givo Judgo Drammond tho proferonce, not on account of location, but bocauso thoy aro more familinr with his eminont qualifications for tho position. Judge Drummond wns appointed Unitod Btatos District Judgo by Millard Fillmoro in 1850. Mo then resided in Galons, and was unquestionably tho Ablost Inwyor of Whig poli- ties in tho Stato of Illinols. Ho romained Dis- trict Judgoe uutil the creation of his prosent ofics in 1860, when lio was appointed by Gon, Grant to tho position lie now holds. In the dis- chargo of his judicial duties, oxtending over o poriod of nearly twonty-threo yoars, ho has mado for himaolt » xoputation for Impartiality, ability, ond mauliness, as familiar hero as o houschold word. Thore is ovorywhero n feoling of abrolute confidence that justico will bo dono whenever o caso comes beforo him, no mattor how intricato in dotail, complicated in legal aspect, or ingenious in ita prosontment. His legal acquiremonts are ovory way com- monsurate with bis uprightnoss of character, and his decisions gonorally staud invulnorablo undor roviow. Ifo is ono of the most industri- ©oi1g mon on the Bonch, and of & vigorous hoalth- fulnoss which enables him to do all work well. To thoso whe know Judge Drummond in his Judicial and porsonal relations, no other man could bo so accoptablo for tho position of Chief- Justico. Mr. Willinm 3L, Evarts, of New York, is one of tho foremost lnwyors of bis day, and hns o na- tional roputation for professional nbility nnd porsonsl intogrity. Mo was in politics mauy years sgo, but his only connection with publio lifo of lato was in sorving as counsol for tho United Statos Government in tho Gonova Arbi- tration, the rosult of which only added to hia woll-earnod roputation as a lawyer. Ifo lag probubly no more political claims than Judgo Drummond, but the absonco of thesein both gontlomen should constitute & recommondation for the Chiof-Justiceship, Gen, Grant will not go wrong in tho appointmont of cithor of the threo gontlomon named,—Judge Honr, Judge Drummond, or Mr. Evarls,—bnt it will not Lo oasy for bim to justify the sclection of Mr. Conldling. THE LAST CCEAN.STEAMSHIP DISASTER, The recont disuster to tho ocean steamer of the Inman Line, the City of Washington, coming 80 closoly upon the disastor to the Atluntic, of the Whito Star Line, and happening upon tho snmo dangorous const, ia liablo to bo passed over without serious comment, owing to tho mitignt- ing circumstances which attonded it. Every do- tail of tho disastor rooms to have been favora- blo to tho passenmers on the ill-fated vessel. Bho struck in thoe attornoon, whonall of tho crew wero on duty and the passengors wero awake, and thus the inevitable excitoment and confusion which must have ecnsued, hed it beon at night, wero aveided. Sho struck upon ehonls, whoreas had she struck 200 yards to tho right or Ioft, sho would have run cithor upon Groen Island or upon roofs, aud o fearful loss of lifo must have ousucd. Aguin, at the timo of tho nccidont, the sea was porfectly calm —50 ealm that tho fishermen on shore wero en- eblod to row out to tho steamor and holp take off tho passengers, and guido them to safoty. Had tho sca boen rough, lovs of lifo must hove been inovitablo. As it happened, however, tho crow ond passongers woro all landed, and it wns possible to laud also the ebhip's stores nud blankets, with which to muke them comfortulle. There are also tome oxtonnating clrenmstances to bo sot down to the credit of the oflicers of the ship, Every man was at Lis post and ready for duty, and the ofi- cerasliowed themsolves equal to tho emorgoncy. “Tho discipline of the crew was porfect, and many of tho disgraceful scencs which occurred on the Atlantic, undor similar circumatances, wore not repented on tho City of Washington, Again, it cannot bo expectod thut the Captain of an oconn stormor will slways know the oxnet position of his vessel when he las 110 opportunitics for taking obsorvations, and 1ns ouly tho compass aud log-lino for his guid- ance. At best, Liocan only roach an mpproxi- mate result. This much of allowance is to be mado, and thoro iu cortainly good reason for ro- Joicing that tho coujunction of circumstances was 80 favorable, and tho stato of discipline on board so porfect, that no lifo way lout, Making oll possible allowunees, Lowover, thoro is slill room for comment upon this disastor, and it should mot Do al- lowed to pass without noticc and bo forgotton, moroly becauso, by the most ro- markablo good fortuno, 1o one was lost, It is the duty of avory Cuptain of an ocoan-foing steamor to uso every procaution which will con- duce to tho enfoty of those in his charge. In tho prosont instance, tho City of Washington was in o fog 80 denso, from iho timoe sho loft Queonstown until sho struck, thet it was Impos- siblo to tako absorvations, exeopt by tho ordinary method of dead rockoning. Tho notoriously dun- gorous charactor of the Nova Seotian cosst was known to the Captain, howover, It must hnve been known to him also from the speed of his vousol, and the time which bad elnpsed sinco ho loft Queonutown, thut ho was near the const, and yot tho vossol Jopt on through tho fog at tho rato of twelvo to thirtoon milos an hour, which is almost up to tho average rate of speed of ocenn steamors undor favorablo circumstances, Having had no opportunities to take observas tionw, thero was also ulmost an absoluto cortninty that thy stoamer was more or loss out of hor courgo,/ Ou this point we have tho testimony of ono of tho pansengers, limsolf an ocean Oaptain, who % oquontly warned the Ohief Oflicor that ko way cuuning $0o far northward, aud adyisod him to run a hundrod miles furthor south. His ad- vico, howovor, was diorogarded, althongh tho Becond Oflcor colnelded with it. 1Ifo Lns no hesitation in oharging the loss of the wvessel to tho eriminal carclosoness of tho officors. Tho dis- anter certninly presents amplo grounds for a thorough investigation, Such an accldent an this, following 0 closoly upon tho loss of tho Atlantic, and hinpponing upon tho samo dangor- ous const, touds to projudico tho wholo ocoan steamship servico, 'Who blamo, theroforo, If thoro is any blame, should bo fastened upon the propor pottics, 'Tho Captalu is rosponsiblo for tho loss of tho vossol, unless lio can show that duo diligenco was used in sailing hor, and that tho loss was owing to eircumstancos boyond hil control. Tho testimony nlready published gocs to show that the usual precautions wore nob talton by tho Captain of tho City of Washington, and that her loss might havo boon provented. If thia should bo ecstablished upon investigation, thon ho should bo punished accordingly, not- withstanding the forlunato outcomoe, ng far as Yife iy concorned. Tho homoe market for tho consumption of Wostorn corn aud provisions which it is sup- posed tho protectivo tarif mamtains for the benofit of Weatorn producers ia {llustrated in o atatoment of tho capacity and production of a woolon mill at Sprivgfield, Mass. It 18 staled that it uses 160,000 pounda of wool, produces 116,000 yards of fino black dooskin cloth, and om-~ ploya fifty bands. Out of the wagos of tho fitty hands, at an averago of £355.28 cach yoar, fifty fomilios aro to bo clothod, fed, and Louwed. Ench family oxpends 876 o yonr forront; 820 yoor for fuol; §20 o yoor for boots aud shoea; &5 a year for olothing, making an aggrogate of $190 ench per year, leaving thom $165,25 per yoor, or $8,18 por woek for, each fam- ily to purchass food, farnituro, medicine, &o., and especinlly to purchaso provisions and broadstuffs from tho Western Btates. In considoration, as it is protonded, of this market of fifty familics, who have £3.18 oach family per wook to spend for food, tho pro- priotor is authorized by law to add to tho prico of s 115,000 yards of docskin cloth s special cost to the consumer of about 78 por cont, or §112 por yard in currency, or, in tho aggro- gato, $128,800. In comsideration of employing fitty hands, the Govornment givos tho proprio- tors of this mill tho privilego of collecting, in addition to tho fair valuo of the cloth, $128,000 specinl bonnty. It is claimed, and is undoubted- 1y truo, that a largo shara of this bounty is to roimburso tho manufacturer for tho taxes lovied upon him to “protect® tho Lardware, lumbor, wool, and other afilliated interests. Tho wholo smount of wages paid to tho fifty handa in tho year, at tho goneral averago of $955.25 paid to onch hand in mnking woolon goods in Massa- clusetts, s $17,762.60, whiloundor the tatiff tho employers aro authorized to ndd $128,000 to tho prico of thoir cloth. How this oporation beno- dits tho producers of brendstuffs, or the fifty hands and thoir familics, is ono of the mystories of protection. Tho strong hold that plece takes on men has received & now illustration in the caso of the Protostant Episcopal Theological Schiool at Cam- bridgo, Mnes., tho Trustoes of which havo just refused o gift of $100,000 becauso tho conditions virtually required o majority of the prosont Board to vacato their places, 3r. Nathan Matthows tendorad this amount of monoy on the condition that the Board of 'Prustacs should consist of three Iligh Churchmeu, two of whom should bo Conservativo, sud two Low Churchmen, a8 ho regarded this division ns tho only one which would fairly roprogont tho Church. In declining tho gift, tho Bonrd of Trustees eny that such a comstitution of tho Bonrd would introduce distinetions which it is not for tho bouofit of the Church to recog- nizo, and aléo claim that they cannot undoratand tho moaning of the terms ©Iigh Church,” “Low Churcl,” and * Conservativo,” But, at the samo timo, thoy say that this condition would roquire tho retirement of the majority of thoir Bonrd. It they recognize this necessity in tho lavgunge of tho condition, it wonld seem that they must undoratand tho moaning of tho distinetions which Mr. Maithews makes ; and 8 s purpose was to promoto Lnrmony in the Board, und as ho did not undertako to dictato the appointments, it would lock 08 thougle the pros- ont Board of Truateos orred in not accopting the monoy for tho bonoflt of the institution even at tho cost of their own retiremont, A corrospondont sends to the Now York Sun the translation of o circular which was issued in Frankfort, Paris, Gonova, Munich, Loipsic, and other cities on tho Continont of Europo, for tho purpose of advertising tho bonds jusued by tho District of Columbia, in which ho points out aix orrora of statemont caleulatod to deceivo the foroign public. Among othor things, it is ropre- gonted that tho taxable value of the prop- erty in the District of Columbia i3 $190,000,000, while tho correspondont states it to have beon only $89,225,615 at tho timo tho prospoctus wus issued. This was important, a8 the loan was not to oxceod G por cout of the ontire real and poraonal property of the District. It was also roprogonted Lhat the honds aro froo from taxes, whilo tha correrpondont snys that thoy ero froo from taxes only in tho District. The popula- tion of tho Districk was placed at 175,000 iuhnbitants, wherons tho ninth consuy, pub- lishod boforo this prospectus, shows it to bio 131,700, all told. Tho wording of tho cir- cular, i it in corrootly travslatod, was certainly calealatod to croato the impression that tho bonds wera all the bottor socured biccause of tho intimato rolations pointed out botweon the Dis- trict Governmont and the United ftatos Qov- ment. That such an impression was made is attested by the mesortion that & Fronch gontlo- mau recontly called on an American. bankor in Paris to ask if tho Distrivt bonds w.ero guaran- toed by tho United Btatos, "The Indiana saloon-koopors aro just now husy in devising mothods of cncaping tho 1i bilitios of tho State Liquor law, which {8 vory aimilar to tho Illinois law, in that it providos for the col- lection of damages from liquor-sollory Ly mem- bars of tho family or othor rolatives, in caso the drunkard abusios his family or does ather mis- ohfof, The nnloon-keopors of Blufftown have insued & regulur notification to the publie that, having obtained liconso according to law to soll Apirituous liquors, thoy proposo to conduct their buninoss according to law, They theroforo notify afl married women who do not want thom to uell to their husbands to leava written notico to that offoct within threo days, **and all un- married womon or girls who %iave *follora’ or beaux whom thoy do not wish to have taking thoir bittors at our bars will pleaso give like no- tico." Thoy have aléo jesuor) a foym of pormit for tho use of wives, In which thoy grant tho husband tho right to drink whon and whnt thoy plonao, and walve all claim for damnges arlsing therofrom, Tho telegraph Lins informed us, with rofresh- Ing rogulurity, that young Walworth was very much annoyod at befng placod in o coll near othor murdorers, aud hos recorded lis jocose convorantion on his way to Sing Sing, hia satlo- faction with tho condition of things, lis ox- pectation of spocdy roleaso, and the indig- nation of his rolatives and frionds that ho should be subjected to punishment like othor folons. As the young gontloman did noth- ing but Kill bis fathor, his own lovity aud his frionds’ indigontion aro not un- natural perinps. If ho had killed somo ono oluc's father, tho easo might have boon diffor- out, but parriclde, nccording to tho loarncd Court, is & crimo unknown to tho world. Why thon should sherifts, jailors, and suoh low peo- plo como botwoon the wind and his gentllity, and aonoy him with hand-ouffs, ring-stripod pon- taloons, closoly-croppod bair, and ottier indigni- tics which low-down poople, who havo not killed thoir fathors, only deserve ? NOTES AND OPINION. The Dubnquo Times (Jacob Rich, late Chalr- man of the Ropublican Btate Central Commit~ ‘too), and tho Dubuquo Zelegraph (Dennis A.- Mahonoy, Iate prisoner of Stato), aroin tho pro- foundost dopth of controvorsy. The question is: Hos Mr. Mahoney joined the Republican party? Mr. Rich maintning the aflirmative, and Ar, Malionoy tho nogative. —Robort Lowery, the jocoso mombor of the Towa Senato who offored tho very funny rosolus tion abaut ¢ tho Grangors," no ngsumes that ho “ hing boon talked of ns the Anti-Mouopoly ean- didato for Govornor,” and again rushos into priut to say that “undor no circumstancos,” otc., ote. But the Davouport Democrat wants to kuow: 1t {6 policy, cunning, simpitcity or gushing affection for tho patronsof Husbaudry whicl leadwtho wasto paper Bonator Lowry to cominienve hia letters to tho nowspaler press, *¥arm noar Daveuportl” Thia 18 10 post-office, and his mall is got at Davenport, but then it §s moro fmportant fust now to bo known ‘ae b farmer thon it was when Yio got off tho cunning Nttle Joko on tho Grangers, —King Cnucus ia just now sotting up a Republi- can candidate for Governor, in Miunesota, and his pamo is William D. Washburn, Where Washburn dolegates aro not oponly obtained somo local favorite gots thom pledged to himsolf for somo othor placo on tho ticket, snd whon this trading capital is brought togothior the big capitaliat (Washburn) will win, —Congressman Donnan, of Tows, hna puta partof “hig'n” inton $1,000 pisno. A corre- spoudont remarks that ITo was in limited cir- cumstancos horotofora." —Tho Indepondonco (Town) Conservatine says tho Auti-Monopoly movemont, in that Stato, is & epontancous uprising of the people, separato and outsido of tho Grange Organization, Spoenk- ing of its own (Buchanan) county, tho Conser- valive poys: Tivo huudred men have thrown down party lines, in & petition for the new organization, aud a thousind mory [y the county ara with them ju the move, They ara leaving old partien for wolf-protvction.” Bortio down by ritgs, monopoliats, corruption aud ‘thievery, with taxen plied mountain higl, they sco no Lopo in thy old organizations, —And now, according to tho Administration papors in Tows, it is not Gov. Curpontor, at all, whois to blame in the Rankin matter, but it is tho Attornoy- General. It so happens that the Attorney-Gonoral holds over to anothor yoar,and tho Govornor does not. Wo imagino that with su Anti-Monopoly Governor who *“menns hus- inows," tho Ropublican Attornoy-Genoral, who does not now monn business, will read his duty (and tho law) vory clearly in the lnst year of hig torm. It would bo worth somothing to try it on, —Even in distant San Diogo, Cal., tho rally- ing ery is to * Put down corrupt politiciana.” ~Last yoar it waunlla * compnign elandor,” but now the Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph By8 : 1t in protty generally understood and belioved that thero Jius beew a Credit Mobilier swiudlo, 1t s nlio tolerably well known that cortaln members of Con- gros voted thomsolves *back-pay,” It is furthor known that thero have been fu tho courso of the past fow years several other thefts and kwiidles which have Tuvolved individusts who sheretotor stood well in th community, Now for the Panfagraph's conclusion: But the Republican party sets un examplo for the future—ono which 1o party In_14is country han aver donc—an examplo of self-purification, It purlties it- self, Tt crucifies its own rogues aud sends thew to punishmont, —Tho greatest joko of tho serson is the Towa Ropublican party platform, The grandest joko of ull is: Proud a8 o nro of most of tho past rocord of the Tepublican party, ‘This is * most " too funny. Which part of the record is it which is coverod by this most? Is it tho Credit Mobilier, the Colfax lies, the snlar; rab, or tho Alubauin tineco P—Davenjiort (Imm; Bemocrat. —The recont Ropublican Btate Convention of Towa resolved ngainst tho Crodit Mobilier Bwindlors, but thoy didn't apotoglzo to tha poo- plo_for telling thom Inst full that it was all 8 4 Greoloy lio.” Thoy rosolvod against back pay and donouncoed Congrossmen who yotod for it, but never o word of consuro for the Prosident who signed the bill. They rosolved that Rankin ought to have been punishod and his bondsmen sued, and theu ronominated Gov. Carpentor, who had been onoe of tho boudsmen, and ono of thoso who know of tho doficit in his account months boforo it becamo public. Tho bost reso- Jution thoy passed was that giving Ropublicans liborty to scratch the ticket s they plenso,—a Iiborty wo think o grent mauy mean to teko,— “Mt. Tleasant (Jowa) Press. —T'ho carcor of tho Ropublican party thus far hine been romarkably successful. Under its banners havo rallied tho best men of tho coun- try, ond its succoss has drawn into its councils womo of the worst—men who wore actuated solely by eclfish motives. But tho events of tho past’ ton yoars huve oducnted tho peoplo too woll to bo drawn far from the right way, no mattor how atrong tho * loador” mny soem to bo.—Baraboo (Wis.) Republic. “Z1t, aftor an administration of thirteon years, and an administration at that st aneo unquess tioncd and omnipotont, tho dominant patty failed to keop down the uprisings that aro taking placo in every township throughout tho ontiro” Wost, it iy proof positivo that tlio party itselfis on trinl tvur ity lifo, and is to bo judged by thoso whom it first hoodwinked, thon excited into fomatioal fury, thon botrayod, wnd thon plun- davad with opon and unblushing impunity. The indictment s mado up.—Aansas City (Mo.) Times, —It is nn(iccnh]nl.hntnlllrfumlmhnrqf Ttepub- lican nowspnpors are gradunlly modorating their tona whon sposking of _the snlary-grabbors, “Uhay used ta conden thoir Congrogsmon in un- mensured tonas, but now they freoly uko such exprossiond as theso; *“Wo do not objact to tho incronso of ulury, bul wo do not ko tho baok- pay foature,” “Fho tronble i, tho party shoo Lughm to pinch.—LaPorte (Ind.) Argus. —In this connection, we suy to tho South Bond Register, you appenr to bo afruid to doflne your position on this_enlary-grub busi- ingus 3’ o you afraid to sny whothor this snlary Lill was tho right thing to vote for or not, or cai it bo, that ns yat you have found no opine jon as to the guilt of cithor Gon. Packard or Qon, Grant.—south Bend (Ind.) Union. —Thyeo monthy’ puy has elroudy beon paid to tho Forty-third Congross at the incrensed rato, and whilo condoming tho Fosty-socond Congross for ninking its grab, shall wo dtop short and lot e Forty-third Congress go uncondemned for dolug but hittlo loss than its prodecossor? And agrin, whilo denounciug the action of Congroas fur {hip matter, shall tho President go froe of nil consturn, whot ho i6 & grontor grablior than ono ‘ot the Congrossmon ?—Juncats (Wis., Dlj—"'?ln«m‘l;um of Congress oloctod Inst yoar, but who hiivo not yet randerad any sorvico, nor aven beou sworn into oftice, aro drawing pay at the rato cutablishod by the salary-grab law, $025 a O et Plo Dubuquo Z¥mes uys tho opubli- O asty tniaa uo Btop backward, aud a8 tho luw o Whiolt such things aro dono was paeuod by a Ropublican Congross, and approved by a Ro- sublican President, the presunmption must bo Tia tista taw will 1ot o Topalod by thio Ropub- e arty. . Will tho peoplo hot 40 to it thut doat ity doow ropaul wucls luvwa ?—Dubuque (Ifl‘flu;‘(’i;;‘yrfl'{#lhr the baok and forward pay 1aw of Iast K‘nch. Cougressmion Aro recoiving §626 in advanco of any sorvico, Tho next wow- lulou dooy HOb COMMIOUCO untll Decombor, vob b & 'y i ) il | thoy havo boon drawing rogular thirty-day in- atallmonts sinco tho 4th of last March., Probabe 1y 820.80 por dny is a handy thing to have about one'a person, cupecinlly whon tho money {8 worth 1or2por cont o month, but the taking of it Deoro it I duo, and boforo the pooplo, who do- mand a ropeal of the not, can bo hoard, looks as it thore was no pnrrm«o t0 bo behind in the game of grah. Tho por diom of & mombor Is oqual to tho wolling valuo of 'an_avernge wheat orop an-' naally, on two acros of tho heel land in Miune- gotn.~St LPaul (Minn.) Pioncer. —Tho mutter hins assumed such o shinpo now thot it is simply & quostion whether tho wholo is eator than o part—whethor Congross ahall invo it will or tho peoplo shall have thelr will. Pho American peoplo do nob approve of thia thing, therefore it must bo undone. Tho odious measiro should bo wipod from the statuto books, and tho salarios of every officer of tho Govornmont, including etorks, mombors of Con- rous, hends of Buroaus, Assistent-Seorotnr- cs, and the President himself, placed buck at tho old figuro. Thus only can the indignant protost of tho people bocome effactual, snd tho loxson bo mado o lasting and impressive ono.—Indian- apolis Journal, —Thero twas novor a moro dishonest plece of elactioncering humbug than the ridioulous talk about the ru&mnl of tho grab-law, Tho thoftis consummatad, and the only logitimate and prac- tieablo way to eatisfy publio justice and spposse popular indignation is by punishing and humili~ ating tho political party thatia responsiblo for thia disgracotul swindlo.—2Milwaukee News. —Thoso cold-blgoded aristocrats who look with disdain upon the laboring man, whilo thoy abyolutoly steal his hard-earne wnsfi!, will have an account to balanco ono of thoso days that will tgm\v them into baukruptey.—Ogle County, (JU.) range. —Thoir now tariffs violato tho law, both fn ox- tortionato ch“rfifs and in unjust discriminations, Bo, instoad of ‘this incrosse of chargos boing & complianco with the luw, it is & violation of it—n dofianco of the authority of thoe State. Wo shall 800 tho results.—Dloomington (11l.) Leader. ~—Tha railroad companios are laboring undor & gront mistako, if they think thoy can tako ade yantago of the law and malo it unpopular, The thing " will renct, gentlomon. You will bo com- olled to como to it, and the sooner the better for all. Tho pooplo wilt l.ilvo their reprosonta- tives to undorstaud thut they meot on the 8th of }u:}mry for railrond businoss.— Wenona (Iil) ndex. —What tho raflroad companies sre after and want to accomplish i a ropeal of all lawa which ntmxn&rt to compo) thom to do right by tho pub- lie, Now that tho p“f‘lo of Illinois knve waked up to a renlization of the designe of the railrond companios, lat thom not shrink from tho making of such necospary sncrifices as pooplo have to do in tho nssortion and maintonance of their rights, —Dubuque (lowa) Telegraph. —Tho farmers of Iilinois socm to bavo their heads down now liko a herd of buffalocs, and it is not likely that oithor a city or a locomotive will turn thom. Thoy will keop on until they bave thoir run out, and in the mesntimo it is to bo hopod that somo oxperiment will be tried which will securo protection to tho oppressed agriculturists and at tho snmo time bo practical i ity oporation and just to the railrond compa- uios.—Louisuille Couricr-Journal. —Livory publisher who turns up lia noso at the farmers beeauso thoy have mndo war upon the pass businoss is ntnudiu%m bis own light. For our part wo bid them God speed. Make your movomeut gonoral, and tho quickor tho ottor. Tho mon who pay have to carry tha men who do not. Down with all special “privi- loges. Wo wonld rather pay our postago, pny our railway fare, and hinve it uuderatood that we are not going to give * somothing for nothing,"— El Paso (1l e lournal., —Cnn any Westorn farmer toll why lie is com- Pellcd to pay §lextra for overy barral of ealt hat it usod in the Weat for domestic purposes, as woll s for packing his boof and pork (for the packor takes tho cost of the salt off the prico of tho beof and pork), while the fishormen on tho tho Atlantic const get thoir salt duty froa? In point of fact, tho fishermon pay but ninety conts @ barrel for malt, which costd the farmer living within 100 milos of tho Michigan anlt works (which furnish tho ealt to the fishcrmen) $2.25 £0 82,50 por barrel.— Waukegan (Zil.) Patriol. —T'ho Ropublic i lapsed into an_oligarchy. Wo keop its namo, its form, its phrascs, but thero i8 o tyranny on God's earth uo galling, 50 dograding, so fraught with mischiof, as tho tyr- rany that the moral cowardico of the American peoplo has placed in the hands of the American public man, 1f wo will not break it, it must Tocoilupon us, or what ia worse,jinfinitoly worso, upon our childron. Has it come to this, that Amorica ean underteko nothing withont a scan- dol annoxed, & suspicion at lonst, s Vienna Ex- position, o Frocdmen's Bureau, & Pacifie Rail- way, & Proeidontinl campaign, s Washington Trodty 7 Are wo to bo followed all the timo by tho iucompotoncy, the dishonesty, tho blundora of those wito are by our sysiem foisted into places, if not of trust, conspicuourness—ive can't say honor where no honor_is.—From the Rev. T. W. Ward's Fourth of July Oration, delivercd n Boston, WALL STREET. XRevlew of the NMoncy, Gold, Eond, Stock,nnd ¥roduce Markets==Poppory ©Opium, and Cnmphor. Special Dispatch to The Chieaao Tribune. New Yonrr, July 11.—The gold combination for bulling tho promium have to-day & profit of about 1por conton tho gold which thoy took on nearly threo waoks a0, loss what thoy Lavo incurred in carrying the lord, They appear con- fidont of running tho prico up avothor 1 per cont, aud seom to bo willing to wait pationtly until the time comes whon they can hold nbso- lute control of the murkot. One German banking firm will sond home this weok about £3,000,000 in Amorican gald. EXOMANGE was agnin advanced to-dny to n point whoro a proflt of ono-fourth por cont can be madu n ex- porting gold. 8TOCKS took another spurt to-day, aud gonerally clased b tho best prices of the day. Union Pacitie moved up to 2837 on an sunouncement that & portion of tha sitock had boon enjoined, but then tho movemont censed. There apposrs o Leyo boon a slight misunderstauding with respect to the Vico-D'residency of the Erio Company. Mr. Dovoreis, Prosidont of the Cleveland, Colum- buy, Cincinuuti & Indianapolis, and Manager of tho Groat Wostern was stated for the position, but it is now enid that ho will not tako it. Ynis Lind n wonkoning offect on thie stock in London, aud sympatheticslly hero, There was also a re- port that tho proferred stockholders of some of thom wero about to entor suit againat tho Com= pony in rogurd to & dividond on the common stock. The Northwostorn movomont i ot tak- ing., Lake Shoro is now quoted ox-dividend, and N.lru ssid that certain Westorn partios have bought largely within a fow days for & riso, Was bash advances in consequence of favorablo busi- noss arrangomonts which havo boen made sinco Vauderbilt took tho Presidency of the Lake 8lhore. 'Tho upward movement in Atlantic & Tacifie preferred atiractod somo attention to- day, hut tho impression provailod thut the stack was boitg put up to make a markot, in_which gomo larga blocks could bo profitably unloaded, DRY GOODS IMPORTS, Tho imports of dry goods for the week end- ing to-duy mmounted to $1,810,138, and tho awount murketod was 1,611,078, DEIPER, OPIUS, AND OAMNPIOR, Btartling changes have recently occurred in tho pricos of peppor, opwm, aud camphor in this market, and foars nro outortained of & famine in tho first two articles. The Bumatran war hag cut off tho outire supply of peppor. At tho boginniug of tho war thoro were about 15,000 bugs in this country, and 23,000 bags of last yout's crop have sinco boen raceived. The United Statos uses oununlly from 85,000 to 70,000 bags. Nono was grown this yoar, and it it probablo that thoro will be no crop noxt yoar eithor. It las nlready advanced 23{ to Sic per pound, with the praspoct of n furtlior riso, 1nIf of ' this yonr's crop of opium in Turkey hus boon dostroyod by tho hot winds, aud tho Emhnhlo yiold ‘will not amount to more than 000 cascs, About 2,000 cases coustitute the wholo stock in this country and Turopo, moat of which is in Burapo, bo- ing of inforior grade which could not pass our Custom-Honsos, 1he averago con- sumption_of Turkish opiuwm 4 4,800 casos por yoar, Indian oplum is too inferior’ in grade for thie country, and Porsln will bo able_to furnish only 400 caies this yoor, Porsian opium, mores over, can only bo used in tho manufacture of morphine. Opium in bond in this city hay ad- yancod £1.26 In gold por pound,and it i6 belioved that bofore loug tho price will be more than ‘doublod, Camplior, on the other hand, has recently fal- lon from 89 conts to 20 centw por pound, on gc- count of tho enormous shipments sinco tho ro- moval of the duty, Thoro aro prospocis of & further roduction, rRODUCE. Flour was loss active, and heavler, except for grados below $7.00, Wostorn shipping oxtras, ¥6,16@0.40. Whoat was bottor, owing to the light oiforinga und tho bronk iu tho canal yestor- duy, 'Tho domand i chiclly for nilriu for ex- port. Wintor hsscarcound hold higher, but quist; salos, 67,000 buj rocelpts, 29,691 bu, Com wa hold with inoroased firmness, but loss active. Tho local domand for the womout iu lose aotive » [ 5 G and froight room not plenty, racoipls, 05,024 bu, 3 o fé'lasnd oaslor. u. Salon 118,000 bu nis lona notive, and mixa Halos 48,000 bu; rocolpts, 72,400 —_—— STATE TAXES. Important Circular fr tho Stnt - ditor of Public Accounts to .(\ul.;lfl‘ily Tonrde in Regard 10 tha Ausessment and Equalization of Tnxcw, SrumarteL, 1L, July 11.~Tho Stato Auditor has Iasuod tho fnllo'wing cirealar i rogan 1o tps dutios of County Boards for tho corrcotion aud oqualization of tax asossmonta : AvbiTon's Orrioe, Ty BenxarizLp, 1, 7 oty 124D, UL, July'7, 1873, requont {uqiiirioa an to the dutics of the Toard, undor Hoction 07 of thio Tevanvo I Indao ooy to immun this circular, giving fo i t, glving my opinfon in regard Tlie firat actlon of tho County Tonril shiould be fo ‘perform and comploto its work undey sad third clausen of Heotion 47, LMo Weatyngoni nder tho second clauso of #ald sootion, any pers may bo aggrioved whono property In nsscused for mmors Al i folr caal vatua, X porson miay sl be ey ©d whocannot complain hia proporly s nercsscd fon maro than it cash valus, hut {hnt tha proporly of any othor, o othors, ir not asscasod lko the corapisiaantis abits falr canli valuo—or that anotlior, of gihes sem ot assossed far proporty hield or ownud by thems Jatye to asseasmont and taxation, Tho Taw dgcs not Jimis thio number or axtont of 1o complalnta, but thoy may apply o ench Individual assessmont b (o coutiy, o oy onoor more classes of property, aalandn, lofs porsonal proparty, aud rallroad proporty: or tamn o of proporty, ‘a8 Worate caitle, orodils, monsy, mones lonned, bonids, otc, It Is only undor tho nocord clann of 8eo. 07, that tho County Hoard can carzoct inoqualis tos of asiessmonta botween individuals, Ater tho Doard has comploted ita work under the firat throo clauses, thon it should tako up squalisation Dotweon tovns oF districts in tho county (district aa horo used applica ta counties not under township ore ganization), presorving tho aggregato sanessed rajg of tho county ss corracted by tha action of the Couniy Bonrd undor the firat throo clauses of 8ald Seo, 01 whether such aggregato bo abovo or below tha valug made by the work of tlio Asscauor and (In conntiey under township orgaalzation) of the Town Hoard. Iu tholatter part of Hec, 97 tho right ia glvon the County Lioard, under specified condition, to ket aaide the auseanment of tho wholo county, o of dny townshipy or townships tharein, The Bonrd, If this courao in pnre sued in auy cake, must udgo by thonw, which requires 8 fuir cash valuation of property. Thereforo s County Toard could not legally dociaro an nascssment t00 high, §f tho aggreguto asacssed valuation wna not abiavo t110 fair cash value of tho whols property sahease edin tho county; yot such smscsament might baso unoqnal and unjust Letwoon individunls, oven after the nction of tho Bosrd undor tho first. threa claunea of Hoctlon 97, that anything ko & fair cqualization would bo_{utpozslblo,” Whon tho Asscasor bf . town. shlp or dlstrict has assessed eacls class of property bo- Ioniring to cach poraon ansossad n his town At the fair cash valuo of tho property, In each case, or even if the Asscagor lian not falthfully porformed his duty undor* his oatli and tho law, and hns assessed jroporty of all, at tho samo proportfon of ita fair caals valuo, i Al casos, equalization with othor towns, nimilarly nacssedy ia onsy, But If tho Asscssor has valued the proporty: of his fownship at varfous proportionata valucs, anig in somn cagos b full valuo, & proper equalization of such an asscasment with offier townsh{ps or districta 1n an Smponslbllity, unless such inequalition have beety corrocted under fho #ccond claudo of Soc. DT by the County Board, or by action of tho Town Loard, 1n ail cnes Wwhero Just equalizatlon cannot be made, tho County Board should weo tho power givon it to order now assesment, to 61l au extont.as tnequal Indiyiidua) sssciamonts insy deuand—sucls ordse for o aseoaBmONtS NGt to embrace less orri tngntal’p o{ %Illfl;l.i srritory than a o County Toard, tn its treatment of tho asseas of itx county under’ Sec. 97 should bo nilveseed by what an ndjoining or ofher counties have dono ns (o complianco with tho Rovenue law, Tho State lioard ‘will fully correct {rregularitica hottwoon countien, and & cau iers ansure tho Counly Noard of overy sonuty whoso Avscagors bavo faithfully axcouted the Inw, va {lioy soletnply bouud themelvor by conatitutional oaia todo, that their interosts will bo {ully proteoted by tha Bluto Board, ond that tho tsx-payors of Auch countios il sulfer 1o wrong, nor bear an unjust proportion of taxation, by renson of the provor oxecution of tholaw by faithiful oficers, But cach County Dosrd should aea toit that its action produces equnilty botwean tho taxe payers of the county and between tho wovoral towne ships or districts In the county. 1If this fa done by Gounty Donrds—and they iavo full power in' Soction 97 to do it—te Btato Board will do' ita part, and no tax-payer in tho Blata will bo roquired to' pay an una Just propartion of {azen—oxcopting ahwaya tho. Tomi of faluo returna of proparty, aud thie work of negligent and {ucompetent Asscssors, If auck thoro bo, In myopinion it 1s_advisable that County Clorks sliould not make thofr report of asscenmont to thin oftice, for us of tho State Board, until they can giva tho uéscaned valuation, as corrooted and oquatized b the Conuty Hoard, even if tho roport {a not forwarde wntl] the st of Avgust. G, E, Lirprvcorr, ‘Auditor Public Accounte, SPRINGFIELD. Crop RReports=~Govs Reveridge on an Official Tour. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, BeniNarierp, July 11,—Tho last fow days bave beon favorablo to harvesting, and it has boen discovored that the damage done was not so great a8 was oxpoctod from tho coudition in which it was loft aftor the hard rains. Tho worls of horvest is boing pusbied rapidly in this soes tion of tho State, Gov. Bevaridgo left tho clty to-day to attond & meoting of tho Board of Trustecs of the Tnduse trinl Univorsity st Champaign. He goos from thore to Elgin to attond s meoting of tho Board of Trusteos of tho Northorn Insano Asylum, SPRINGFIELD, IL., July 11.—Owing to tho ex cellent weather of tho lost soveral days, it turns out that tho whoat and iny has boon damaged very little in Contral Illinoig by the Into rain= storms. But little whoat and grass was cut ab tho timo of tho rain, and this is now good for nothing. That loft standing and which is not! boing hiarvosted is injured but_vory little, andl will bo & good crop. _Corn is doing splondidly,. and prowmises to also bo g splendid crop. Advices from Southern Illinois stato that the Darvested grain in that soction is in » vory be condition, £ it aproutod in tho Gelds attor boing cut, whild corn is doing finoly. DunuqQue, July 11.—Reports from all sections of Towa etato that the wheat, onts, and corm flclds, and potato patches, nover looked better, dospito tho provious unfavorablo promises, THE MODOCS. Trinl of the Modoc Prisoners for tha finusncro of Gen. Canby and the Feace Commissionors, Four Kuamati, Oregon, July 10, vis Ynera, Cal,, July 11.—The Military Commission for the trial of the Modocs implicated in the massacra of Gon, Canby and tho Peaco Commissionors, conoluded ita labors yesterday, The evidencd for tho prosocution was of the mast positive character, loaving no doubt of the guilt of the prisonora, ‘The only witnessos produced for the dofonso_wore Sear-Facod C!ml'lot", Davo, Ono~ Eyed Mose, and William. Their ovidenca amounted to nothiug in favor of the prisoners; but was simply & recital of what the Kiae math Lake Indinus had done and told them %ij Modocs) siuco this troublo commenced, 0 only testimony produced by the prosecution, which was of no value, was that of Mr. Dyar, the Indian Agent of fe Klamath resorvation, who could swear to uothing positively, oxcopk that bo nccompaniod Gon. Canby aud the throa Commissioners to the council tent. Not n doubt oxints in tho minds of thoso who listencd to tha trial but that tho Comuission will find them guilty on tho charges and spacifieations for Which they wore triod. The soldiors aud oiti= zon of tie place apponrad to tako o lively ine torest in the trial. 'I'ho prisoners wero also very attontivo, and soomed to roly wholly upon tha Comminsfon for justice, Col. Elliotr, Col. Gur~ tis, and Dr. Boldon, tho officinl reporter of tha Commission, will louve this moruiug for Sam Francisco. SERIOUS ACCIDENT. Caving In of a Mining Shaft Moen Killed anid Sevornl Wounde B, Louis, July 11.—A terriblo accidont oceurs red at 10 o'clock this moming at tho Barelay Mines of Ilarko, Russoll & Co., aout ton miles from this city, by which threo miners woro killad and soveral wounded. Ono hundred and fifty men worked in the mino, at the dopth of 15 foot, At tho hour mentionod, the minors work-~ ing in ono of the latoral shafts at the bottorm honrd_a singular noiso, aud, thiuking anothoe latoral passafo was falling in, they rushiod toward tho vortical shaft to escapo, but had proceeded ouly © fow yards whon an immensa ploco of slato 2 fodt thick, 17 yarda long, and 10 ‘Wido, foll, crushing and instantly killing three, —Joshua A. Judy, Thon, Platt, and Mr. Kondall, thio luttor tho Bugflrlntendant of the mivo, The Dodles woro terribly manglod and crushed, Seve oral othors woro badly injured, but their namoa have not boon ascortained. Judy was quito & ycmnr,'t man, and has paronts living near Olairs mount. — Fatnl Quarrel. Special Dispatel to The Chicago Tribune, PrreviLLE, O., July 11,—Yestorday threo young mon wont to Vorsailles, and whon relurning home, one of them, Jnck Ttoed, rodo his horse vory fust by some children, who wora plnylns along tho rodo, Ono of tho party said he shoul not rido 8o fast, Mo oursed him and rode up and onught and pulied him out of tho wagon, and Doat him ahiathofully, Tho third ono camp and ran Rood about two milos, wheu thoy agros to moot at & cortain houso and fight 1t out. Im the ovoniny thfi mot, aud Rood was shot twlog in tho chost, Ho gaunol recover,