Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 31, 1873, Page 4

HE CHICAGO DAILY PHURSDAY, JULY 31, 1873. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE (PAYADLE 1§ ADVAXOR), Bunils Woak tho samo rato. To provent dolay and mistakes, bo anro and give Post ONico addroas u {ull, fnoluding Btato nud County, Romittanaos may bo made olthor by draft, oxpross, Past Dilica order, o fu roglstorod lottors, at our risk. TEBMS TO OLTY HUIRONINERS, Dally, deltvorod, Bundny oxceptod, 2 vonte por weok, Lully, dolivored, Bunday Included, t ccuts por wook, Addross UL TRIBUNE COMPANY, Corner Madison and Dearborn-sts., Chiongo, Iil, Pt TERMS OF BUBACRIPTION S1L, TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS, 1OOLTY'S THEATRI oliourys ndolph strost, botwoon ¢ Caat INSTEAD OF BITTL] o, ™ yse swrer QUININE, TOYAL TTAVA: TOTTERY—W LD 1IN aapeggies bty ST e e ation n, J. LN ey Sankors, 16 Walkat, " F. 0, Box 439 i RA I KK DRIOK'S Canninative Anod {un suro cure for oliwlera, chalcra- chiroufo dlarrva, dysoutors, golic, oholornInfastuin, &o. Buy o bottlo And keap it by you ia caseof nood, For aalo by all drugaisis. BATCHELOR'S WAIR DYIt, THIN SPLENDID Balrdyo fn tho bost in the world: Tho only truo and por- factdyo, Harmloas, rollable, and fnsfantancous; no disap- golntment: no rhilénlous thits or unploanant pdor, Tomo- ica tho 111 offects of bad dycs and washos. Froifucos fin= medintoly a suporh binck or naturalbrowm, and jousot {0 01, air Clost, sott, and benatifal, Tho goatino, sFrod W & St ten” “old 5wl _drugginin, OHANLES ATOHLON, Propriotor, N. Y, The Chicags Tibune. Thursdny Morning, July 31, 1873. Aconvention of fiftoon, conalsting of fivo from sach of tho throo States concorned, has been chosen by the New Stato Convention at Jackson, Toun., to prosent tho sehemo for o now Stato to thopeoplo whom it sffects, and influonco them in ils fevor. Tho Dominlon Governont has been driven, by public opinion, to make some show of invea- tigating the Pacific Railrond scandnl. It evi- doutly docs not daro to trust tho Parlinmentary Committoo, aud, throngh tho Attornoy-Genoral, has thereforo appoiuted a Royal Commission to do tho work. This aclion is not at sl satis- tactory to tho Opposition. Tweed has noaded fow other safoguards so far than the stupidity or troachery which oxists smong thoso who protond to bo pursuing hime 1t ia freoly charged in Now York that tho failure to convict him last wintor was due to the misman- »gement of tho prosccution. A now indictment for & now trisl wes framed immodiately aftor his discharge, and tho bonumbing disclosuro is now mado that Tweed's name is not to be found on it. This makes it nocossary to bogin all over again. The obituary record of the wook contains tho names of Btephon Molitor, an cminoent German- American journalist, who was the first editor of tho New York Staats-Zeilung and the founder of the Cincinnati Volkshlalt, and was also formorly connected with the Philadelphia Zemocrat nnd Buffalo Weltbuerger ; Simoon Fair, who sorved through the Seminolo War, was o delogato to tho Seceseion Convontion in Charleston in 1860, and aleo o dalogate to tho Baltimore Democratic Coanvontion of 1872; and the Rov. 8. B. Schu- machor, D, D,, Emeritus Profossor in the Thoo- logical Semivary at Gottysburg, Pa., and ono of tho most distinguished and widely-known theo- logiane in the Lulhoran Church. The Chicago produco markets were less nctive sestordny. Mess pork was dull and stendy at §15.50 cush, and $15.20@15.26 seller Scptomber, Lard was quict and 3¢ por I Iower, st 78¢c for winter, aud Tige for summer rendered. Meats woro in bottor demand, and firmer at TH@7%o for shouldars, 9c for short ribs or short clear, aud 10@12}c for sweot picklad boms, High- wines were quict and strong at 93@933ge per gallon. Lako freights wore moro actlve, and a ehndo firmer, at G}{@53de for corn to Buffalo. Flour was steady and less active, Wheat way loss netiva and excited, advancing 1@10c; aud cloged ot &1.32 cash, and $1.183¢ soller August. Corn was lees active, end Sge higher, closing ot 96@36Xc cash, and 865{@304c ecller August. Oaty wore nctivo, aud o shindo ensier, closing ot 263{c cash, and 257¢e seller August. Ryo was quiot and steady 8t 5624, Barloy was quist, and 13¢o higher, at 80)4@81c for new No. 2 weller Soptembor. Ilogs et with an active domand, and advanced 10@ 16c, enlos making ot $4.40@6.00. Cattle wero mare retivo, but o shade lower. Bheep sold at formor prices. The correspondent who writos to Tiz Tnri- vsr in defento of the Manitoba Dogberry’s ro- fueal to nccopt bail in tho caso of the Minneapo- lis citizens who are charged with the attempted Fidnapping of Gordon saya that A bettor day will dawn in the administration of the law with curselves when our Judges and juries gob edu- cated enough to divest themselves of auy feol- ing for o eriminal's position, andsce only bo- foro thom & bLreaker of the law, and mote out runiskinent accordingly.” This sentiment, which 34 altoguther admirablo, happens not to apply in any particular to the caso of tho Manitoba prisonors, They wore not criminaly, and they wore not on trial befors Judge and jury, Thoy ®re porsons accused of an offenso which iu bail- able undor the laws of Canadn, Grent Britain, snd tho United States, and, as they have not yob had their trial, they are presumed to be inno- cont until they shall have boen couvietod, The 1efusal to grant bail in their cases was so llagrant & violation of judiclul decency that it ).as created n reaction amoug o large claus of Hunitobavs whoso sympathios wero all aguinst the privoners before this decision, About 200 dologates, roprosenting forty of tho eighty-cight counties of tho Htute, were in nt- tondanco at tho Liberal and Democratic Conven- tion at Columbns, O., yoesterday. Cinclonati and Allon County sont tho largost delogations, A Stato ticket was nominated,—Judga Coliing, & woll-known Domocrat, Loing numed for Qov- ornor, anl a Liberal for Lioutenunt-Gov- ernor. Thoe rest of tho ticket Is made ap of Liborals and Democrats aliko, 'T'he proliminary uttorauces of the loaders of tho movemont linve mado the publio familiar with 1he main points of tho platform, It declares tho neod of n now organization, in view of the raseallty sud sonility of prowont partios, ‘Lhe salary-grab is taid to bo cssoutially a Ropub- lican monsure, Ropublican uscendancy in overy dopartmont of the CGovernmont mekos it ro- sponsiblo for tho salary-steal, ns also for tho Credit Mobilior, National Bank, land-grant, sud othor corruptions which aro Bo offensive, The roforms advocated are a diminution of tho num- bor of Covernment oflicials and burcaus, the discontinusnce of ull forms of subsidios, grants, exemptions, or spocial favors to bauks and monoy- edcorporations, the prohibition of the election of the stovkholders of Netional Banks to Congross, abolition of the protective ides from onr tarift synton, 2 — THE FORT BNELLING BWINDLE. Tho 8t. Paul Press publishos o dofonso of the Tort Buelling Bwindlo, in roply to tho chargos proforrod by tho 8t, Paul Dispalch, which papor it chinractorizos os “ an obsonro and charaotorless print According to tho version of tho sffair glvon by the Press, Bocrotary Iloyd, In tho year 1868, sold tho Fort Swuolling rosorvatlon, ombraciug 7,800 ncros of land, to IFranklin Bteole, for the nominal prico of 00,000, which wns much bolow its ronl valuo. But Steclo pald only 880,000 down. Tho salo waa donounced by tho publio pross a8 & pwindlo, wao invostigatod by n committoo of Congross and declarod by auch committes to bo fraudu- lont, o have beon mado withiout suthority of law, sud therofora vold. Congross, which wns thon Democratio by n small mojority, passod a rosolution slmply disapproving the snle. Stacle rofusod to pay any moro monoy for tho land on tho ground that tho Governmont had rofused to iseuo o patont to him for the eame. Tho Gor- ornmont thoroupon commencod suit against him for §00,000, This sult, it fs alloged, was com- moncod in 1859, and was *‘&till ponding” in 1808, tho titlo to tholand being still In tho Govorn- mont, About this time, Steolo bad the sublime impudenco to prescnt a bill to tho War Depart- mont for $162,000 as ront for Fort Bnelling. Thig bill, the Press tolls us, was disallowed. On tho 7th of March, 1870, tho following mysterious rosolution was passed by Congross ¢ Resolved, That tho Socretary of War bo, and hercby 1s, suthorized and empowored to scloct and sot apart fora pormanont military resorvation of Fort 8nolling not leas than 1,000 ncres, a8 tho publio intorests mny requiro for that purposs; and to quict titlo to mald roscrvation, and to sotilo all clatms in ralation theroto, and for tho uso and occupation thoroof, upon princi- ples of equity, the roorgauization of tho Civil Horvice, aud the Approved March 7, 1870, In pursuanco of this rosolution the Bocretary of War appointed threo officors “of unblomished intogrity™ to report upon tho facts, and thoso officors recommended that Steofo should quit- clnim to thoGovornment the Fort and 1,630 acres of land adjacont thoroto. The Press docs not sny whothor tho remainder of tha land, somo 5,600 ncres, was thoroupon conveyed to Bteole or not, but, as that is tho gravamen of the charge, and is not denfed, wo presume it is admitted— espocially sinco Steclo recontly sold sbout one- Lialf of this tract at auction for $200,000, 8o It npponrs that instoad of gotting $90,000 for 7,800 acres of Innd (the prico which tho ras- eally Floyd bargainod for), the Governmont got $30,000 for 5,000 acres. 'Thoso being tho faots in tho caso, a8 shown not by an * obscure and charactorloss print,” but by tho St. Paul Press, wo aro proparod for tho conclusion which that papor draws from the wholo traneaction, viz: It fs cortain that no ono can investigate tho facta of the finaleettlement with him [Steelo) without feollng convinced that the War Dopartmont hias Inbored with stronuous caro and rigid Adelity to protect the inter- eats of tho Govornment fn this matter, and that 1t has dono g0 with o success which desorves unqualified commondation, ‘e obscuro and charactorless print published in 8t. Paul snys that the editor of tho Press was bar-tendor for Steole at tho timo tho guilty transaction with Tloyd was sought to be con- summated. If 80, he knows all about the original trado, nnd s eminontly quulified to pass an opinion upon tho final sottloment oftectod with that genius by Secrotary Bolknap and his throo offlcors of unblemished integrity. Agsuming tho facts to bo substantially as stated by the Press, wo submit that the Xort Snolling swindle of 1858 is mado eminently re- spoctablo by the Fort Snolling swindle of 1873, That tho titlo to this property was in the Goy- ernment of the United States until the Govern- ‘mont parted with it, is o proposition too plain to be disputed. Grantod that Steelo had a right of action against the Govornmont, oither for the land or for the rocovery of the $30,000 which ho had paid in pursuance of the corrupt and scoundrolly bargain with Floyd; it was the plein duty of the War Dopart- mont to have ewnited his action and defonded it. That he bad nosuch right of ac- tion j& evidonced by tho fact that he nover brought any. Xt is further ovidenced by the in- vestigation in Congross, which proved that tho enlo wns mede without suthority of lnw, tho galo boing o privato and not & public ono. It was in evidence, alao, that tho sgonts of the Govornment who effocted the sale were partics to tho purchase, This fact alone wes sufli- ciont to rondor it void. Whon the fncts wero mado 'public by the report of tho investigating committee, every Ropublican mom- ber of tho House of Represcntatives voted that it was voild. Justin 8, Morrill, Henry L. Dawes, Jokn A. Biugham, aod Bonjamin Stauton made epecches on it declaring it fraud and o sham, aud Mr, Morrill congratulatod the Houso that the purchasors bad not yet acquired title to the property. It was reserved for tho present Ad~ ministration to supply this doflciency, and to enlarge upon the original fraud by solling 5,600 scros of land for 80,000 aftora lapso of fifteon yoars, and with all tho facts of tho original fraud beforo them, instead of gotting 890,000 for 7,800 acres. It may ho pleadod that the jolut resolution of March 7, 1870, authorized this kind of o sottloment. 1tis ovident that thiy joint resolution was part and parcel of tho fraud ; that it was intended Lo pave tho way for what followed ; but oven this did not authorlze augthing to bo dono contrary to oquity. What doos equity roquire trom & oy~ ernment owning 7,300 acres of valuable land ? It roquirs, first’of all, thot it shall got what it is worth befors it relinquish~ os its titlo, Nobody pretends that this was done. In roquiring tho Becretary to reserve 1,000 acres, moro or loss, for military purposcs, tho resclution clourly ludicated that tho Coverument still owned the proporty. In directing bim to * quiot title” to tho romainder of the land, it pssumed that tho title was not in Btoole. In point of fact, the titleis not yot quicted, Traud vitiates sll contracts. It is only nocossary for Congress to direct tho Attornoy-Gionoral to bring wuit ngainst Hteolo and his confodoraton for tho recovery of Llug land to relustate the QGovornment iu full possossion of its property in Fort Buelling Resorvation. Moxleo has a soldier-priest ambitlous to omu- Into the doods of the Quro of Bunta Cruz. The outsot of his earoor has beon o disnstrous one, and, in this rospect If 1n no other, ho rosombles hle Spanish prototype. Padre Aquilar first camo to tho surfaco in the Btalo of Jullsco, at tho hond of 800 armed rovolutionists. Their rebellioua conduct was caused by tho actiow of tho locnl authiorities in attempting to colloot taxes which had been due sevonteon years. Uho moment thiat tho newa of tho revolution eamo to tho cars of tho Nationsl suthoritics, & forco was sent against Padre Aquilar, with Inatructions to make movemont was g0 rapid that tho Padro and his rabblo, withont walting to test thoir courage, flod Incontinontly into the mountains, sovoral of tho band boing captured in tho flight. Thus spotled. WORKING OF THE NEW RAILROAD LAW. tinod to kill compatition. intontion of ita advocates. deforonco to the complaints that camo from in that had been pursued for compotition. It is this polioy that has made 11i- tion of extortion. dosirable foature of tho now law. lioving the intormediato stations, thivg at the non-competing points. mnocossity ronds of rates incressing tho within tho Stato. of rates on the Illinoie roads. tho next sesgion of tho Legislaturo, Inw if they chooso to do =0, wonts £wo cars and Loxington wants but one, sballborogarded asalargoshipment,aud they may, stance. It thoy should avail thomelves of the they could practically render tho law inopera- tiva, Thoy havo choson not to pursuo this courso, and tho inforenco is that they profor, pro rata principlo odious. Anothier construction which thie Railroad Com- migsioners have 1made i absurd and untona- blo. This is the application of tho law to intor-Stato commoreo, over which noithor they nor tho State of Illinois havo suy control. Tho railronds Lavo docided, howover, to abide by this construction, and, in doing so, thoy are injuring themselves, the commerco of tho Northwest, golvos in this by tho pten that tho peoplo expoct sionors, This is in one sonso true, ono which the mass of the people domnnded. The pooplo of Fulton would be as wroth if they folt that Towa shipmonts could be made from Clinton, noross the rivor, ot a loss rate than thay feature of the Inw, cludes shipments in fransiti across the Btato, us from San Tranciuco Lo Now Yorl ; shipmonts frum points outsido of thoe Stato to pointa within fitato, 08 from Dixon to Bufulo. Asnn indlealion of tho effoct of pplying tho law to thin elurs of whipmonts, it is stated that tho Lnstern roads tho Stato hinve lost i lnrgo portion of their genin business, 1t wan the custom of thesa ronds to wond theirears towtations on othior randw i Lhoin- to the ustern murkots. Tocal raton from tho Interior to Chieago hnw mds this unprofitublo, aud tho business hus heen largoly discontinuad, plicd to this prrtionlnr e, eago, o8 this through or intor-Stete commnrco would practically shnt off haudling froight in this eity. It would also bo & hardship upon the favmors, vince the loeal rales would bo appliod whonover thero shonld Lo « shipment Lo Chiengo to bo transforred to Inke vessols, Tho farmors would likowiso bo disposed to complain of din- orimination in favor of moro digtant mnrkots, whoro thoy cannol secure such quick roturan for their grain, The situntion, then, is thin: Tho Htato authorities invo no right to apply tho lnw tonuy form of Intor-Siate commorco; but if thay do not ko spply it, 1t fails to accomplish one of the purposos for which 1t was concelved. s Tho position which Mr, Gladstono took in the Commons in roforouce to the Duke of Fdin- burgh's marrlago-portion was too exalted to be tounble, In asking an sppropriation of 125,000 u your from tho public funds for this purposo, ho doproeatod any discussion of tho quostion #1ikely to destroy tho gracofulnons of the net.” ‘Thoro is n strong democratio Bentimont in Eng- Tand that will not rocognize tho right of dis- Posing of tho question q*jthls high ground. It the marringo of tho JAuko of Edinburgh short aud gharp work of the rovolutionisiy, The instruotions were oboyed to tho letter. The is & privato affair, then, of courso, publio endod Padrg Aquilar's revolution, by ‘which & posaiblo Poter tho Iormit was vory suminarily It was plain from thoe bogluning that tho Rnil- rond Inw passod by tho Inst Tegislaturo was dos- This wos, in fact, tho It wos passed in tormedinto nud non-compoliug stations, that towns whoro thore woro two or more raflrosds woro favorod with lower tariffs than towna whors thoro was only ono. Tho new law was framed to plaaoall slipping pointe within tho Biato on tho same buals with respeot to transportation, | by tho prosontation of a now candidato for and to govorn railvond ratos according to rola- tivo distanco from matkot. The effect waan suddon and comploto rovival of the poliey many years in this Btato with rogmd to rallronds, It is not an oxaggoratod ostimato to sny that $100,000,000 Lliave beon oxponded in Illinois to scouro railrond 'The Railrond Commisgioners have ruled cor- roctly that the now lnw docs not prohibit spocial | ¢ty linve acted for their bost intorosts, and ratos for largo consiguments, I applics only 1o “liko quanlities” of freight. This affords tho railronds o liboral margin for avoiding the It is seldom that any two consignmonts aro precisely the same. 1f they aro not, the railroads have the technical right to make special rates, If Bloomington tho Chicago & Alton Rlond csn make Bloomington |* a8 low ratos nsit choosos tomake. Thoro is noro- striction ontho railronds under the law as to what thorofore, decide this for themsovles inovery in- tull scope of this privilege, 1t will bo scen that oven at somo loss to themselves, to make the and tho City of Chicago. Thoy justify them- thom to bo govornod by tho Railroad Commis- The con- struction, ridiculous as it is, is undoubtedly tho ean moko thom, 08 tho people of Lexington more sorious results on all sidos than any other Intor-Stato commerco in- the Stuto, nu from Winonn to Chicago; aud from points within the State to points outside of tho which have but nsmall portion of teack within terlor of tha Statennd ke through songignmonts The upplication of the It tho Jaw woro nob up- howavar, tere would bo vory sorious diseriminalion gniust Chie this caso thoro should bono demand upon the public funds for & marriago-allowsnco of §136,- 000 onnually, If, ontho othor hand, tho mar- s | ringo fs mado o matter of publio concorn by the approprintion of publia money, tho Govornment cnn Aearcely pasumo that the amount to be ap- propriated fs nob & logitimate subject for orlti- olem. The procedent for making approprintions for marringe-nllowances to mombors of tho royal family {8 too strong ns yot to bo abandoned ; but, ok tho samo timo, thorois a domocratla olomont iu tho British nation of to-day which will luelst upon rogarding such an appropriation rathor a8 & concession of tho pooplo than ad an itinli¢nablo right of the Grown. —ey A WORD ABOUT OITY POLITICH, The discuselon of munioipal politics has ro- colved frosh intorest within tho last fow days Mayor,—nnd of o candidate who will accopt tho nomination, and * throw Limsol! " into an notive onmpaign, Tho presont condition of parties may bo thus stated: Tho Ropublican office-holders somo timo sinco folt thatit waa part of their duty to hold a party convention and nominate a Ropublican tioket for county and clty officors, nouncoment that no Republioan ticket could bo olootod; thut the Germans of Chicago would not vote for the Ropublican candidatos, but would voto for and clect the Demooratio ticket, This announcomont soems to have produced a change intho Republican programme, and at the same timo made o lively impression on somo of tho old Domocratic stagers, who aro now clamoring for a straight-out Domocratlo tickot. Boveral * rospectablo citizens of Domocratio antecodonts havo beon moutioned as probuble candidates for Manyor,—each of thom being roported as rich onough to distributs s good many thou- eouds of dollars among tho * boys." Lattorly, Mr. Mark 8heridan, the porsc- cuted martyr of tho Dolico DBoard, has beon proposed ag the Democratio candidato for Mayor, and, should a conveution of that par- 4y bo called, ho will probably bo nominated. Of courso, Mr. Shoridan doos not, present his own namo to the oager suffrages of the pooplo, Tt is token up by tho lost of outside friends who rocognizo in his conduct of Polico Commission- or the qualities which thoy think are needed in tho office of Mayor. The chancos, thereforo, at this timo, are, that thoro will bo a regular Domo- cratic Convention, compoaed of the ordinary riff- xaft, to acloct o ticket of oflicors for the City and County Government, Whothor thero will boa regular Ropublican ditto is doubtful, 1t may bo timely to eay to tho scoro or two of political bummers, that the poople of this city and county will tako no intorost or stock in any of their nominations, In opposing and dotont ing party nominations for Municipal Govern- ment during some yoars back, the people of this groatly promoted the public welfare, In oppos- ing and defonting Ropublican nominations, thoy have not hiad any purpose or intention to iuvite tho nomination of Democratic tickets, and, it it shall como to tho nltornative of chosing betwoen o Domocratio and Republican nomination, they will probably accept {lio latter. THE PROPOSED NEW BIATE. Tho now Stato which it Is proposed to make out of certain countlos in Kontucky, Tonnesseo, and Mississippi will ombraco an aroa of from 25,000 to 80,000 square milos. It will tako soven countics from Kentuoky, baviug population of 179,741 ; ninetoen counties from Tonuessoo, with a population of 8569,899; and eighteen counties. from Missiesippi, with o population of 281,- 785; in oll, forty-four countlos, with n total population, sccording to tho conmus of 1870, of 720,925, which, with tho increage siuce hat time, it i ostlmated, will smount in round numbors to 800,000. Tho principal towns which Iontucky will losoin this event arc Dlandvills, Paducah, Benton, Moscow, May- fiold, Murray, and Hickman, Tonnesseo will loso Momphis, Tiptonville, Union City, Dyors- burg, Riploy, Humboldt, Jockson, Loxington, Brownavillo, Somervillo, Bolivar, Purdy, and others. BMissiesippl will Ioso many places whick aro now of historical intoreat, growing ont of thoir beng tho eccnes of stirring ovents during tho War; among them, Hornando, Holly Springs,. Corinth, Iuka, Lrownsville, Datosville, Ful- ton, Aberdecn, Oxford, Coffoyvillo, Gronada, Chnrleston, and Pontotoc, The entiro now Btato indeod was tho theatre of many of the most im-« portant battlos in the War of tho Robellion.. Tnin division of countfos will take from Ken- woro that Dloomington shippors Lud a | tueky all that aros ineluded botwoen the Teunos- lower ftariff. This application of tho |'8c0 and Missisaippl Rivors, the aron in Tonnessoo law to intor-Stato commorco hus had | Potwoen tho samo rivers, usually known as West *Tonnesgeo, and ahont one-third of Northorn Mis- spissippi, tho Yalabusha River beiug the southern lino, Tho bonndaries of tho new Btate will bo tho Olio River on the mnorth, tho Tennesseo on tho oust, tho Minalssippi on tho west, aud the ‘Inllahatehen and Yollabugha on the south, Tho diutrlct fuclndod within theso rivers is moatly “an upland country, finoly watored and traversed by nnvigablo ntroamn, and intorsected by wu- morous rllrowdn, nmong thom tho Momphis & Ohio, Puduent & Momphis, Mobilo & Ohio, and, othory, 4 hu objoot of formiug this now Stato hns al- rondy o bndicatod in thoso columus. As far’ ‘an Kontuely sl Tonunossco aro concorned, it will nob wntorinlly affoct thom oxcopt as it will roduco (hoir provont nross and pop- wlathoms, dn Kontneky, the chango will bo & vory nlight one, as it-will only take away about 70,000 poaple out of w Lolal population of o ittle muoro thuu 1,800,000, while the area which. will Do dotaehod will lonve the gouoral appoarance of atho Histo moro synumotrieal than before. Ton- ok will lowo shout ong-fourth of Ler popula-+ “tion, but, liko Kentucky, will bo s much bottor- looking Blate for the mmputation, In Missis-- wippl, however, tho chaigo will bo o vory | rndienl ono, ‘I'hiy Blato will loso over one-third of ils popuintion and one-third of its aron and after tho soparation from the northern ounties will bo n blacl Bluto oven more com- :plotaly than Tonisiana 18 at prosent, The rousion for this {4 found in the natural condi- tions of tho soil aud climate, The whole of . Misuissippi, sonth of tho countios which it ia proposod to detach, ls componod of rivor bot- . toms and prairios, whore the eoil {s very rich and ' onsily onltivated, and tho olimate adupted to tho | phynical domands of tho megro. Tor ihose reasons, tho nogroos since the \\'lr)lmvu | veen focking by thoussnda from’; the uplands of Qoorgla and Misslesippl, i and oven from Kontucky and 'I‘uunununn,'fh\lo_ this Paradise, whero labor iu easy and ! ro- ) munorative. | Their inorense hins beon enormous, " and fn many Instancos so marked that they-have. Dboon onabled to gaiu politionl control ands dle-f tate local laws, by which they have succcodied In portion of tho Btate, Tho manifest dosting which Boauregard announced for Louialann s plafoly truo alio of Minsiesippf, and {6 in to oscapa nogro domiuation that tho whito - population of the northorn coun- tlos now meols to make a now Bialo in conjunction with tho white.counties of Kon- tucky and ‘Tonnossce, It is 8a yot uncortain whotlor this problem of raco-immigration will bo solved in this mannor ; if not, soma othor go- lution will undoubtodly bo souglt, for it is no longer doubtful that the gonoral division of tho Bouth will bo Into black and white States. In the former catogory, Arkaneas, Louisiaus, and Blississippi aro alroady classed. THE DECLINE OF CRISPINISM, Tho onco powortul trader-unlon known as thie Orispins, which for a long timo diotated its own terma to the boot and shoo manufaoturors, espacially in’ Massachusotts, haa so far fallon to ploces that It Is no longor cspable of oxerting any influence, either for good or for bad, In its dny, it matorinlly rogulated and changed busi- nens, and its momborship became mo powerful and influential that it had gront success in con- trolling politics. That day has passed, howavor, fromi Mayor down to Constablos. Just hero Mr, |-and now to doal with Crispinism is no longor nols thoe great rallroad Stato of tho Union. Com- | Hesing onteredthe arens and made the formalan- potition was for yenrs regarded ns tho only safo- guard against monopoly and the surest proven- To this end there woro lnrgo municipal subsoriptions in various parls of the Stato to socuro compoting railronds. Thoso towns which were fortunato onough to lic in the lino of projectod raltways woro rogarded as poouliarly places to sottlo. Towns not &o fortunato naturally sought for artiflelnl compo- tition snd willingly pald for it nt high pricos. Then the ory of discrimination was taken up by tho towna and districts which woro not possessed of cithor natural or artificial compotition, and it was the pressure which they brought to bear upon tho Logislaturo that socured tho pro rala Tho result thus far hng ‘been to kill competition without in the least re- Tho rates bavo boon increasod at competing points, but they have not beon reduced as a gonoral Tho imposod upon tho Ilinois rail- 8t compoting points Las thrown the business into the hands of railroads having o shorter distanco This loss of business and gross oarnings has been followed by an increnso Unless it con bo proved that the loss of businoes which the rail- roads hnvo suntained by reason of tho law hns not been sufliciont to warrant the incrense of rates, thoe pooplo must regnrd tho now law a8 an inadoquate romody; oud, in that caso, they will Do likely to domand ita ropoal or modification at. vital question, Ono of tho most influentinl ox- membors of tho Order hna recently published a card, which not ounly very cloarly ahows the charaotor and workings of Crispiniam, but con- taing somo facts which ought to bo suggostivo to other trades-unions, The writer of tho card 1s ono Mr, Cronan, of Milford, Mass, In 1869, when tho Orispins numborod somo 80,000 members {n tho Btate and 1,600 in tho littlo town of Milford alono, Mr. Samucl Walker, o londing manufacturor, dotermined that & greon hand should be taught the business of treeing in hig factory without the consont of tho Cris- pins. The othor manufacturors hod yielded this point, but Mr. Walker was at once brought into collision with the Crispins, and determined to fight it out. Tho lattor doliboratoly sat to work to chockmato Mr. Walker by luflucncing the bot- tomors not to work for him, #o that ho could not mako boots. This roquired tho sorvices of somo special gont, who could give his whole timo to tho businoss. Mr. Cronan was sppointed agont and wont to work. Tho grand and intor- nationnl lodgos indorsed all that ho did, snd ho was promised that if he incurrod any fluancinl reaponsibility or risk the lodges would reimburso him. Ho continued his labors for a yoar, but Mr, Walker did not yield ; on the other hand, in 1870, ho sued Mr. Cronnn for interforing with and willfully injuring his business. Mr. Oronan submitted Lis caso to tho Bupreme Court of tho Btate, and that tribunal decided that ho was lis- blo for oll the damage ho had dono in interfering with Mr. Walker's business. The lower Court had fixed that dam- age at 10,000 The Crieping, who had agreed to stand by him, not ouly loft Lim to fight his sult alone, but thoy also loft him to make such 8 settlomont with Mr. Walkor as ho bost could. In n word, after gotting him into trouble, thoy betrayed and abandoned bim. Mr. Cronan concludes his card with the following pathotio moral : # I for one have soen onough of man's infidelity to man. I beliove the labor- iog man should strive to olovate himself; but hio must do it in this free country by industry, sobrioty, and the intelligence which all may ac- quire. Artificial mothods and combinations may promiso woll in tho beginning, but are always certain to end in migorablo failuro,” While Mr. Cronar’a argnmonts against Crispinism may Lo moro or loss woakened by the angor which ho focls at bhis desertion when ho most needed assistanco, still his cnrd discloses ono of the most important among tho causea which hiave led fo the ruin of tho Ordor, and that is the decigion of the Supreme Court, that interference with an employer's workmen and enticing thom toloave their business makos the person so acting liable for damage done to tho business. Under such s docision as this, it is impossible thot tho Criepins or any other trades-unions can thrive in NMassa- chusotts, 08 this is thoir most common modoe of warfareagainst employers. In addition to the detormined ragistance mado by tho manu- faoturors, the domise of Crispinism has also ‘bocn hastoned by causos at work in the Order itsolf. 'Tho most potent of theso causes hae boen the fact that, whilo at stated periods they succoeded in gaining somo tomporary advan- togos from the cmployers, theso woro much moro than offset by the salaries which thoy bad to pay for tho support of their ofiicors, the inovi~ tablo overy-day oxponsos of running tho lodges, sud the heavy asseesments mado for the sup~ port of disaffactod workmen during tho pen- doncy of strikes. Anothor snd very important agoncy which has holped bring about thelr ruin is, that, in soeking to wield o political in- fluonce, thoy fell into tho hands of unprineiplod demagogues who have used tho ‘members of the lodges for their own selfish pur- poses, and have thus drawn them away from the ronl objecta of their association, Orispinism has strandod upon the same rock which has been fatal to many othor trades-or- gonizations. So long a8 thoy sock to compasa their onds by interferonce with the moral and logal rights of the community, and allow politi- cal schomors and adventurers, who care nothing for tho objects of their organizations, to uso thoir votes for ulterior purposos, so long will it happen that their existoncp can only bo tempo- rary et best. It is inovitablo thot, whore nu or- ganization represents only a class-intorest, othor intorests will organize agninst .it, ond the momont it allows itselt to Lo divertod from it distinctivo purposos, or sceks to accomplish them by improper methods, its days arc num- bored. The lstory of Crispinism is full of warnings to tho Grangos, and to every other orgnnization in the intereats of a clusy, torely upon themsaclves and not allow othora to uso thom, and to seck for constitutional rathor thau unconstitutional remadios for their griovances. placbtmteicalonisnl *.The Parislang, for want of something botter tod do, aro improving tho visit of tho Shah of Persia by learned and humorous disquisitions upom the proper mauner of spolling aud writing shig name, The journals had him as * Nasr- L ud-din,” “ Nasr-id-den,”" ¢* Nassor-dod-doon- @hah," “Blinh-in-Shal,” and * Chali-lu-Chah." (“Fhon tho philologiats took thelr turn, and dis- ‘covered that Blah was the samo as Czar, Xorxes, Artaxorxed, Ahnsuorus, tho last syllable of Nob- t Cehaduozznx, and many othor Kings. Ons invita- ,Lhm was Inseribed “ Nassor-Iddin, Schah, ‘Kndjnr." Thoe wits and foullletoniats noxt got after him, an@} finding that tho word Bhah wag prononnced the snme as their own word “ Chat," they mado all sorts of folino sllusions to him, "until,\ flually, tho polico lad to intor- foro, ' which ydid / mot lelp tho matter much nor toud to helghten tho Bhal's comfort. The result of Kl this has been that the Blab, criticlem la altogethior out of placo. But in 'nbeorbhu; many of; the fluosy plantations {n that | howoyer his namormey bo apelled, is thoroughly alnguatod with Porls, and will got out of it as soon as poseible. Even tho Parisian women don't Ifko him, and somoof thom aro unkind onough to say that his dismonds aro falao. Though it fs now oxtromely mprobable tha olthor a Fodoral Ropublle ox any other Ropubli- can form of government will bo dofluitely os- tablished in Bpain, tho constitutionnl projeot for & confedoration which was snbmitted to tho Cortos by a committeo appointed for that pur- poso will always bo o historioal curiosity. Tho projoct mado nixteon provinces, including Cuba, so many Foedoral Btates, aud corisin othor ponsossions Torritorioes, The system of Govornmout was modolod aftor that of tho United Biatos, tho logislative and judiclal branchos boing vory elmllar. Tho legislative powers woro vosted in o Benate and Congross, which wore requirod to sit fivemonths in tho yoar. Ench Biato was to olect four Sona~ tors, and tho Doputies woro to be clected by di- roct voto of tho people in an apportionment of one roprosentative to ovory §0,000 inhabitants. Tho judicial powoer wag vosted oxclusively in the courts on a graded plan, and the Prosident of the Bupremo Conrt was to rocelve a snlary oqual to that of tho President of the Ropublio. Tho Preaidont and Vico-Prosident woro to bo elocted for four yoars *in tho mamo form 88 in the United Btates,” though it is doubtful whethor this wna intended to mean the adoption of tho Eloctoral Collego systom. Thae Exeoutive power, however, was not given to the Prosident of tho Republio nlono, but jointly with the Ministry, and thé Cabinok was to bo formed by the appointmont of a Prosident of tho Counel, who should choose his own asrocintes. It wns provided that no Deputy could have any othor Btato employmont, and no member of tho Excon- tive branch was to bo ontitled to o seat in Con+ gross, Provision was mado for nn sonual drill of ono month of nll citizons between 20 and 25 yours of age, which was probably suggestod by our old-fashioned militin system. — Tho people of this country are &0 rich in spontancous onthusissm that thoy have entiroly ruined an honorable and lucrative profession which s zecognized in European citios,—that of tho claguer. It is announced that the chiof of the clague in tho Vienna thoatre Au der Wion diod recontly, leaving largs fortuno which ho had oarned in the logitimate business of furnish- ing applaugo, This Horr Panovitz had becomo such an oxpert in socuring applauso for his cli- onts that ho was not only pald oxcoodingly good pricos, but was tho racipient of munificont presents, o is gaid to have preforred quality to quantity, and gonorally employed n small number of nssistants. Ho mado up for & lack of noiso by tho oxorcigo of judgment. It would bo o popular blessing if tho applause of somo of our Amorican entertainments could be managed bysuch a judiclous and experienced leador. Thore would be fewer intorruptions in tho tmidalo of o musical morceau, and & patriotic sentiment would not be so apt to draw out the thundors of tho gallery, which poriodically drown the uttorances on tho stage snd mar ihe porformanc Tho District Court of Kantucky has just do- cidod threo points in the epecial deposit cases sgainst the Bank of Bowling Creen, growing out of tho thefts of the Cashior, which are of intorest to bank creditors in goneral. There wore threo classos of theso cases: Firat, whero tho Cashier had stolen special deposits and con- vorted them to his own uso; second, where ho hiad made contracts with individusls for sn ex- chango of their bonds for othor stocks and so- curitios ; and, third, whoro ho had stolon spacial doposits aud converted them to tho uso of the bk, In the firat class, the Conrt docided that tho Bauk was nob ligble, the theft not being an act done in tho courso of tho ngency of the Cashicr In the socond clags aleo, the bank was not lable, it having no intorest in tho contracts and not re- coiving any consideration, In the third, how- aver, the bank was held to bo liablo, it having received tho benefits of the conversion by its agont. After numerous oxporimonts under tho aus- pices of tho Socloto des Agricultoura do Franco for creating artificial clouds to protact the grape- vines from frost, o succoss is roported from the south of Franco. The clouds aro produced by tho smoke from small cauldrons of coal-tar, placed a short distanco from ench other, and about 260 yards from the vines, iu the dircction of the wind. Assoon o tho grass shows signs of frost, tho cauldrons aro ignited, and allowed toburn until an hour after sunrigo, changing thom if the wind changes, The means la ro- portod a8 ontiroly ofiicacious for the purposo for which it was discovered. 1t is now confirmod that the French Govern- mout hing made proposals fo that of Groat Brit- ain for a now commoreial treaty, which isto be discussed on the basis of tho treaty of 1800, and which i intended to introduco the principles of froo trade to tho fullest oxtent. It is expected that tho nogotiations on this subject will take placo before the adjournment of Parllamont— that is, If tho present French cdwministration should last $hat long. NOTES AND OPINION. o Qiseussion in Wiscousin, ponding the Re- publican Stato Convention, Aug. 27, turnaoun the point of “ tho old ticket or & now deal.” —Califoruiu has two Stato clections this year, viz.t in Septomber, for a Logislature ; and in Octobor, for o Supreme Judgo. The Ropublican Btato Convontion to nominato s Judgo is called at Sacramonto, Aug. 20. —'Tho Domocrats of Union County, Ili, (Der- ooratio by 1,000 majovity), will not take party action, this your, ou county ofticors to be eleoted. ~Tho Burlington Hauk-Eyo (Republican) ad- mits that, of Lwonty-five Tows Btate Sonators Lolding over, tho railronds own soventoon, Theso woro all olected by the Ropublicans, two years go, whon tho rallronds dret put Cyrus O, Carpontor ot (o hoad of the Stato tickot. Now tho Hawck-Eye goos on to nrguo that, if Ropub- loans (and farmors) do not * utick to tho party,” tho railroads will eloct the mon to maka up their majority in the Stato Souato next winter. Itis womothing for tho Hawk-Eye to acknowledge the govontoon ; the farmors will look ot for the rosb. —7hoe Indnopohs Journal puts this con- splonously whoro Oliver P, Morton can sso it enatar John Sliorman, of Olo, wha recently pub- 1Eho 8 ottor Buying that hin puryono. wah (0 1esvo his back pay wutouchiod and have uothing to do with it, Tua roconsidored tho wnattor, drawn tho amount dua Dilm, 84 covored it luto the' Treasury, Il Nobraska City Press uays ¢ i Tho duty and privilogo of Republicaus every- e Y omk fod Foforima of all Kinda, for Tasty Purlty, admiulatrativo and Ingislative infegrily, f- Partiat Togisdution, the repeal ar oppressive laws, tho ro- Bivaint of tyranutus monopolies, tho prosecution of Jrvand pubilo Smprovemouts, tho promotion of popular Sateatfon, Tho Ropublienn spixit fs now-born in Bvery truio work of the kind, ‘Chions roform are but Pt of tho work of bearlng forward the laboring mille {hs of ovory scction of tho country to thelr just ok~ {ate of oqually protectod aud equaliy honored citizene sliip, Huoh being * tho duty and privilego of Ro- publioans,” what hath hindered thom ? # Ye did run woll," oto. —~Tho Iowa Ropublican Btate Convention do~ olarod it to bo the duty and privilege ot Ropub- lionns to bolt tho nomination of o bad man and incompatont official, Of courso no such bad man and incompetont offlelal Lias, up to this timo, boon nominated, and the cry ls, ““Hiick to the party.” What thoy aregoing io do in Bon- ton County, however, cau only bo inforred from the cnll, whick ronds 1 Tho Judges of Eleollowprimarlos oro advired snd earucstly requestod to rocoive only tho voles of per- sona who will plodgo themaclves to support tho nomi~ Tty of tho Topublican Gounty Convention to o hield T Vimton. on Aaturdsy, Bapt. 19, 16735 and to cxcludo ol whio will not give stich o pladge, sud all who have snnounced tholr purposo to support the nomiuationa mado by tho # Now Party Gonvontion,” hold at Vinton on thio §0th of June, 1878, —Tho passago of tho bolting rosolution by tho Stato Conventlon in, in substance, an acknowl- odgmont that in tho past fraud has rulad, or that incompotoney haa rosulted from party nom- inations, 1t lsn't & ploasant resolution to con~ tomplate suy way, but we've ot 1t and o good many will avail thomsolves of thelicensa it gives thom.— Wapello (Towa) Republican. ~Tho Ottumwa S[uwn? Jourier has a_column artlolo on thoe * bolting " plaifk of the Republi- oan platform, and comos £o the conclusion that, “in_ ita presont shopo, the chicf effact of the resolution will bo to oncourage unjustifiablo e t paoplo, and cspacially th —Tho great mass of pooplo, and cspecially tha Inboring - and pmdnclngcg.lnsaus, oo aor da manding rotronchmont and roform in tho aamin- istration of Govornmont. Tho party that takes a docided and unoquivocal stand favor ot thoso measuros will rocolve popular summrb aud ‘bacomo the party of tho futuro, The history of the Topublican party hns heen such as to load ua to bolioye thnt in futuro it will contintto to bo na truo as it has herotofore boon to thore ovarshad- owing intorests, and will becomo tho groat anf monopoly party of the nation.—Pazlon (Ill.) Record. —Prasidont Grant's failure to voto tho infaw mous enlary-steal hine lost to him forever that high degree of confidonco on tho part of tho mnsgos which has insured his succosses hora- toforo. Whon the propor timo arrivos tho Re- Publican party will name the man who is to be tho Prosident of tho United States from and aftor the 4th of March, 1877, But that man will not bo choson from tho long list of salary~ grabbors, tholr nidors or abottors. No man Who has goiled his honor by touching tho Con- groesional back-pay stonl, who Linas ovor given aid or countonnnco to that iniquity, can bo aade Prosident of tho Unitod States, no mattor what m“?(' may nominato him.—Nashua (Towa) Post. It is plain now thnt our President will not mako a right declsion ; but was it so clear thon ? Wo all foel that ho ought to have promptl¥ takon thio rosponaibility sud votoed tho - * grab,” ~but how mnn{ onvironod by the difiicaltios and Enrplnxmvs of hls plnce, would havo dono my lntlnlr ?(“Adlrtuttliln t;m bo orred, was it not argoly (i not wholly) an orror of judgment ?— Laporte (Ind.) I[cra?;l. g —Wo have very little faith in the honesty of purposo or purity of motive manifested by Con~ grossmen in not drawing tho back ealary, or in returning it aftor thoy have drawn it. Very fow did this until thoy saw tho populnr cutburst of scorn for tho men who putiu{‘pntnd in tho not. It roquires a man with a groat doal of monoy anil much moro polition] ambition to relinquish ‘his hold upon 85,000, which nothing forbids him fo tako oxcept nscnse of honor. We don't be- liove nlalf-a-dozen mon have roturned the back salary out of a purely honest uonse of right.— Adrian (Mich.) Press. —If the Domocrats of the country are truc to thomselvos, they will not support fuy man who voted for of received back py. And, more than that, they will be careful to keop tho men su tainfed with tho *salary-grab" from horonftor holding any prominent position in' the party, whother a8 Ohinirman of tho State Central Com= mittoo, or auy other post of prominanco . . . No motives of loniency; no regard for past ser- vies; no past populnn‘lgy, sliould bo nllowed to reinstato thego mon.— Vehango (P Speclalor. —Therg wero more corrupt mon, afl Republi- cane, in the lnte Congress than_over bofore snt in an American Congross; and the lato Congress, a4 0 wholo, was the most cormpt aud audacious Iegislative body that ever met in tho Fodoral Capital. It was so saturated with corruption that it would not punish it corrupt membors, and tho result is thoso corrupt members are honored Toadors in tho partyto this day,—somo of them mombers of the next Congress, somo of thom appolntad {o foreign missions, and all of thom favorites with the Administration.—St. Louis Republican, —Wo givoit up. Tho salary-grabbors are all right. Not ouo of thom has yot beon struck by lightning ; not ono_of them "nas beon killed by a tornado or steamboat explosion ; not one of them has fallen into the river and beon drowned 3 not ono of thom has had tho cholora or small~ pox ; not ono of them bins been bitton by » mad dog or a rottlosnako, and not ono of thom hag starved to death. Hoaven, indeed, ecoms ta amilo on their doed.—Bangor (Me.) Commercidl. ~William J. Stillman, ovor his eignature, lates tho following: “‘In tho Scott and Piorca compaign Kossutl was, as wo_all know, in tho Unitod States, and the politiciana of both par- tios wore auxious to sccuro his influenco, for which, of courso, Lo oxacted his torms. I waa almost daily at his houso, and in_bis confidence, propariug for s mission, charged with which I went to Itungary that autumn, and 1 was mora or less acquaintod with tho nogotintionsas they advancod. Tho Democrats finally offered him a specifiod sum of monoy—how much I have for- Eotton—nnd two men-of-war if ho would give is influonco to Mr, Pierce, but_they ropudisted their promises after oloction. During theso no- gotiations, which woro long, Kossuth snid to me : Mr. Stillman, 1f you do not get rid of theso politiciang, your cointry will bo lost within fifty S —Thoro has not been s session of Congress sinco the Republican party came into powar, but & strong lobby of manufacturers havo besioged tho Capitol, asking spacial favors it the hauds of Govornment, Wa repont, tako nwny tho great monopoly on trade and you at onco remove tho cauge of all tho corruption in our public men. Thesilly twaddle about raising roveuno for the oxpongo of Government aud paying the national debt will no longer decoivo tho’ paople.—Abing- ton (llL) Democral. —Then, lot us tco the result. The manufacs. turer, by ad_of the tarilf, nocds no _longer to competo with the foroignor, but by tho tariet overything the farmer buys is enbanced in valuo, Lis tools, his clothing, his catables that ho doca not raise himeelf, thorofore tho cost of produc- tion is grontly Increased, and in this mannor he ia rotarded in comgetlug with the foroign farmor. Now, then, can _these “protonded frionds of the farmore—thoso Ropublican newspapers who urga protection—oxplain why _the agriculturisis should voto for & policy rulluvln% tho foreign ‘mannfacturer, and by 8o doing crlpplo tho home farmer in his offort to compote with the foreign Tarmor ?—Peoria (Zil.) Democral, —The farmer who 18 up early and to bod lato, who glvos mind and soul, for lie is compolied to neglect thom, as well ag body, to plant, reap, and gather his crops, and all to *‘make the ends maot,” us nino out of ton of our farmers aro domng, to bo kolemuly told, whou ho complains thint with all bis Iabor he can’t make the enda 1nora than moot, that the profit ond won't over- lap tho loss ond, and all bocaugo of wrougs which are proseing him down, o muet “diversify in- dustry, develop local resources, aucourage man- ufactures,” &o., I8 nlmost_adding insult to in- Jury.—Rock Istand (1) Union. 4 —London capitalists have lost faith in Amore ican ollicinis to such an extent that thoy will uot buy our bonds without a certificate thal they are. gonuine, Well, whoso cortificate will thoy take As wo il stoal in thiy conutry, from Grant up ta tho highost privato, the Lonudon capitalists had botter sond .ovor an Englishman iu whom they have confidenco to superintend tho bond busi- nowy,—LaCrosse (Wis.) Liberal Democrat, —(T'ho farmers’ movement iuno sonen threat. ons honost sccutltios, issued for proper objecta or by officors or persons having compotont authority ; but it does, no doubl, tond to the more oaroful investigation by tho people, who aro callod upon to raise tho ‘monoy required to discharge publio debis, of the manner in whicly their ngonts huve discharged their duties ; of the good faith of tho partics who have obtained tholr honds, and this way rosult in tho.legal aud roper ropudiation of aiiwh of them as aro shown l’o Do frandulent,—Illinois Stafo Register. —Tho railroad companios of Illinois nre Lo« ginning to comprehond that thelr recontly adopted frolght rates aro working rather to their own injury than to that of tho farmers, Thoro ratos wero so ingeniously framod that whito thoy avoided tho chargo of discrimination, thoy at tha snwe time incroatod tho prico of transportation. The law was thus literally compliod with, but in sch 8 way ag to doopon tho already growing hos= tility of the farmers, and tha consanuonce haa Deon o moterial falling off {n the revonues of tho railronds, ‘e rallrond consviouco 8 n lts poclket; and although rovengo is eweot, aud tho gratifleation of spito is delicious, monoy Is of more consoquence than spita; honce wo Bro not surprisod to honr that sovoral of tho leading railronds aro revising thoir tarifts and matorially roducing thoir rates,” If this hadboon gracotully. and magnanimously donoZat flvst, tho railroada ‘would have got ml{umm for tho concossiony but now, haviug taught the pooplo how to usa forca logitimataly and alfnulnlllyl, thoy have nothing to console thomsclyes with but the re. sleotion that thoy submitted only whon u‘:fi could not help ib—Pillsburgh (Pa.} Comnerui