Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 8, 1873, Page 2

LAy viltunuww ALY LAUDBUNLG DIVIUAY T AUWUN L LONDON. Baron Hubner’s Interview with the Sovereign of Japan. The Late Mr. Grote---Sir Samuel Baker The Transit of Venus. Queen Victoria’s Private Fortune and Personal Politics, From Our Quon Correapondent, Towpoy, July 18, 1873, Many anocdotes of tho early careor of HER MAJESTY havo boen told , in momoirs, diaries, &o., of pub- lic mon which havo boon published dwring tho Inst quartor-of-a-contury, and not a fow rolato to hor political rolations with Lord Molbourna. Porhaps somo now ones will bo narrated lu' to- mght's dobate in tho Ifouso of Lords. 'The Duke of 8, Albans may bo oxcusod if lio folt & littlo nervous yostorday in thinking of the quoa- tionings bofore him, but, until e is heard, no opinton can fairly bo oxpressod npon his rocont confidonces, Tlie Marquis of Balisbury is suro to supply any deficioncios which the Duke of Richmond may show o8 & crogs-oxaminor. To-morrow tho papers will again bo full of THE TICHIORNE TRIAL. Thousands of porsons will rond tho srgu- ments of Dr. Kenealoy with sympathy, whilo othors are curious to discovor what they can bo. In the presonco of thia oxtrnordinary mmnu,.lllo Wimbledon reviow, and tho doings of tho Carlists, and of tho Fronch Conservativos, are .all but overlooked. R, BINPSON, tho well-known artist, has roturned from his wandorings round the world, and has brought back a multitudo of interesting sketches, wmcp o is now putting mto paintings. His poneil was constantly at work duriny the Imperial wodding-coremonies at Pekin; Japan ho found particulnrly rich in subjocts, and no doubt tho Iava-bods, which ho showed to Gon. Bhorman, and tho Modaes, will bo prominent in his col- lection, Mr. Simpson, howovor, wag nob o fortunato in Japan a8 DARON IIUBNET, swho, like tho lato Mr. Soward, intorviewoed the Mikado himself, Tho Baron has written his ontertaining narrative in the French languago,—n fout which is extromoly un- common In any one mnot bred “within tho eircls of Paris. His work is ontitled ‘¢ Proma- uado Autom du Monde,” Baron Hubner, it will be remembered, reprosonted Austria in Paris in 1859, and it was to him that tho Emperor Na- poleon addressed the ominous words yhich an- touncod tho campaign of that year and the loss of Lombardy to Auslrin. It I scarcoly Lo & diplomatist of the worst days of Austrian mis- mfin that wo can look for sensiblo eriticisns upon American institutious, aud tho worthy Baron is only too ready to listen to tho talk of silly Americans who prate about the uncertainty of iho futuro, and their desiro for o military dicta- torsbip. THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN appeared to Daron Hubuer to be 80 years old, though he is really 21. Hiy features bear tho marks of the Jopinose race,—n brond and rather ilat nose, n sallow complexion, and brilliant eyes. Iiis dress was & darl- bluo tunic, almost of a mlate color, and very full scarlet trowsers, On his Liead was au enormous aigrette oomposed of bamboo and horechair. ‘I am told,” ho eaid to tho Austrian diplomatist, ‘‘thet you have sus- teined in your own country the burden of high oftice, and have sovoral times fillod tho post of Ambassador to great Stutes, I caunot exactly figuro to myeelf the nature of your emmployment. 1, within the rango of your oxperience, thore is unything that it would bo useful for mo to knosw, 1 bog you to_communicate it without resorve to my vonfidentiul ndvisers.” When tho Emperor was spoaking, hio turned towards his visitors and looked them Tull in tho face, and his foaturcs at onco nssumied an ugreoablie oxpression ; but no sooner lmd he closed his mouth thawhis faco resumed a serious and unmeaning look. Itis a great pity, that Baron Hubners book wes not witien & year sgo; the Inglish public would thien havo known somothing of IWAKURA TOMINI, tho celobrated promoter of roform in Japan, and could hiava given Lima fitting roception, '‘The Japatress Tmbassy of which this illustrious por- sou—fully us desorving attention as the Porsian Shah—formed & part, arrived in Eugland in August Inst yoor, whou the sacioty of London was disporsed, It is said that they exprossed somo surpriso that they Lad not’ been enter- tnined nt_the country-louses of any of_tho English Daimios, with tho excoption of Lord Blautyro, who recoived them with hospitalily on the banks of the Clydoe. 'The Japaneso gentlo- mon who hiave romaited in England mix freoly in tho bost socioty. : The writor who lately rnised such o storm among tho admirers of Mr. Jobn Stuart Mill, must have returncd to the task in the number of tha Quarterly Teview which was published on Baturday. 1t iy ovidontly safo touscribo tho egsaya on MR. GROTE AND MR. MILL to tho pon of Mr, Hayward. i, Grote is repro- sonted us baving commonted with bitterness, in the hearing of the roviewer, upon almost all the social aud economical views which Mill latoly endoavored to promulgato. The essay upon Grote mentions that, amid the turmoils of pub- liclife, he never rolinquished his favorite studies, Ho told the roviewer that horoad through the grenter part of Plato in n committeo-room of the Touso of Commons, while waiting for his loss punctual colloaguecs, Tho copg which ho used was the Tauchuiitz edition; and, noticing fre- quontly that Philip Pusoy, who was as punctual a8 himeolf in attondance &t the committoo, flled up the time in reading a work of o eimi- lar form ho found, upon inquiry, that thoy woro both studying Platol How many bankers and country gontlomen can ba found thus occupied in tho presout Housoof Com- wons ? The relatives of SIR B, BARER have hoard nothing from_ him, thongh they have no doubt of Lis safoty, Tho sensationnl tolegram from Khnrtoum, dispatched Dby a correspondont of the Now York Iferald, in rogarded by geogra- phors with * caution.” After the positive an- uouncomont of the “Xall of Khiva," just six woeks before that evont took placo, thoro is paturally o cortain smount of distrust, Sir Bakor's ilmll(—llu(l Lio ongaged boforo loaving to write ono—will moet with an cagor welcome, - Lo is undorstood to bg iu. prosporous ciroumstancos for o travelor, sccing that the Khodive was to pay him £10,000 & yoar for threo yoars, Somo- tling liko oncoursgomont in that!” My, Proctor’s latter in Saturday’s Times shows that English astrouomers aro not ununimous ug to the situations that promico to bo most cone veniont for tho obsorvation of TIIE THANSIT OF VENUS in 1874, Much sntisfaction is expressed on learn- ing that M. Flourion, an experiencod naval officor aud compotent obsorvyer, will bo sent to the Mar- quesas_by tho Froneh Govornment. On tho other side of tho Atlantic, the Amorlcans have promised to secnre photographs of the transit ivhorevor the sun is 10 degrcos above tho hotl zon through the ontiro duration of the pheonotna- uon, und whorover the effect of parallactic dis- placemont {8 most pronounced. It is sssumed that America will have loading stations at Wiadi- yostok, nour Yokohama, and Pokin, and in somo othor parts of China, Japsu, or the andjucent lsles, nnd olso ju one of tho Bund- wich Telands, The Germass will occupy threo principal stations nud oight subordinato oncs whilo Russin will fill no loss then twonty-seven atntions, seattored through Tastorn Siberis, sud strotching botwoon the Caspian Sca and tho mouth of the Amoor, at oll of which fivst and inst contucts will bo observed, In addition to tue preparations made iu England at tho cost of tho Btato, Lord Lindsay intends to vislt tho mountuing at the timo of tho transit, witha good oquipmont of instrnmonts, and to provide with his own bouds and waff moro ihan ono torn of observation, With rogard to the siliance 2f photography'in the trunsit-observations, Dr, Varron do la Ruo, Lioro, end Vrof, Boud, in tha United States, hold that the moasuroment of to photographie imagos of the tranelt will, in all probablity, Hlvo & rosult of throe-fold highor yaluo thau any direct oyo and hand obseryation that could be sceured, Queen Victorinw=ldor Private Fortune and er Personal Politics, London (July 23) Correspandence of the New York orld, Upon tho subjoeot of thoir private fortunes the aoveroigns of ‘Iingland, from Uenry VIII, to Victorin, have ulwny»&prnnorvud & ourious reti- conco nud soorecy, - Not long ago a gontloman wont to Doctory 'Cownmouns, and, atter touderivg tho usual feo, demanioed pormisaion to oxaming tho wills of all tho Kinga and Queens from Hou- rf'vlll. down, Mo was told that ot ouo of thoso wills was on fllo thore, and that thoy woro In tho custady of the Arehbluliop of Cnntorhurfi. Tho gontleman crossed tho river-'to* Lathbot! y found the Archbishop, and mado his him, ~Bub tho Archbishop roplied that o was ol In poskasnlon of auy of tho wiily, nnd had not tho elightdst idod whoro thoy woro. After tho dontl of George 1., when llunr?n 1L firnb rocolved - bis miniators, tho Archbishop of Canterbury producad tho will of tho doconsod mouarch, * but George IL. instantly took tho parchiment, and put it in hig vucknt aud nothing mora \vas ovor licard of it. - "Tho willa of all subjects must be proved and rocorded at Doctors Commons; but the will of an English wovorolgn 18 always kopt o secrot, and whothor its provislons aro oxecuted or not soomn to do- poud wholly on the pleasure of his Buccossor. ow L'rinco Albort wna not & sovereign, but his will hoa boon kopt a rocrot to this dny, and no ono knows whal it contalned, 'Ihe rumor is that tho Princo loft overything to tha Quoon, nud that ho aluo Jaid fnjunctiona upon Lior not to con- vort any of the proporty into money for Lhe pur- 080 of giving the monay tothe Prihco of Wales. That young gontleman, it may bo remomberod, s kit disgrace with his paps ab tho timo of tho Iattor's donth—indoed, tho doath itself was tho connm}uuncu of n cold caught on n sudden journoy to Oxford, whithor Prince Albert had boon sum- moned in hasto to gob his son out of o disgrace- ful and dangerous serape in which lLo was m- volved. No ono, nt tho presont duy, knows ox- notly what ave “tho privato estates” of the Quoon, 'The estate of Balmoral, and tho Osborno estato, are known, and thoir valuo can bo esti- matod ; but thore aro in addition tho Konsing- ton ostatos,"” of which no ono but the Queen and hor privato agonts know anything, Whon tho plau for the construction of the Bouth Konsing- ton Blusoum was first devised, thoro. wore milca of unoccupied lnud lying around tho spot choson for the great colloctlon of buildings now known as the Exhibition, the Musouni, and Albort 1Iall ; and thoro wera othor miloa of stroots only partly built, and baving for tho most part cheap and poor houses upon thm. A little ‘“ring " was formed—Drinco Albert, Mr. Dilke (aftorwards Sir C. W. Dilko), and two or threo othors composed it—and by this ring tho greator part of this proporty was quiotly bought up bofore the plan for the MMusoum, otc., Wwag mado publie. “This was moro thnn twonty years sgo. ‘The wholo of'that region is now donso- 1y coverod with fine houses, and what cost only o fow hundred thousands fs now worth many millions, Princo Albort's share of thisis now tho property of tho Queon, and theso Konsing- ton estatos ™ aro fu themeelves a very largo for- fune. Altogothor, in monoy and landed propor- ty, to sny nothing of the jowols, Hor MnYonLy i supposed to possess Bomuthhlfi like £6,000,000 storling, whilo no one reslly knows how much sho has ; and tho amount may bo .£16,000,000, or oven £00,000,000 for aught any one can show to tho contrary, - - Now, it happons that there is o law called tho # Crown Priyato Lstatos act,”—a law o fonrfule ly and wondorfully made that no two lawyorn can bo found to agreo a8 to what it really menus. Oune of _its provisions, it appears, forbide tho Crown bequeathing to the heir-apparent any of tho privato estates of land, aithough, thoso crtatos may all bo sold and the money rocoived for them may be given him; and aunothor provision proibits tho Orown from disposing of any of theso oatatos * privately,” although tho Inwyors aro at varinnco with onch other ns to what " privately” may moan. Bo all this as it may, it seoms that tho Quoen wishes todo some- thing with somo of her privato ostates, and that the Inw is supposod to stand in tho way of the doing of this fl!hlfi; Hor Majesty probnblz wishes to give somothing to the Duke of Edinburgh upon his appronching marringe, or porhaps sho hins some other design. At al ovonts sho hns consulted hor private lawyors, and thoy havo recommonded an alteration of the law. Mr. Gladstone is willing—a Dbill for the altoration of tho Crown Privato Estates act has boon propared, and it .camo up for its sccond ronding in the Iouss of Commons on Tuesdny night, ~ Tho so-called ** Republican * mombers of the Houso had not viewed this proposal with ap- probation, and a dobato occurred in which some curious things wore snid. Mr, Gladetone explained that the bill would enablo the soveroign to boquonth sny property slio might possess to tho Princo of Walos, Law- yors diffored in opinion a8 to whothor she did not now hove this right; .but tho woight of opinion wag against it, the reign of Goorge III. Yarlisoment had made n distinction betweon the astatos hold by the Crown as tho Crown, and thoso held by tho sovereign as a private porson ; the formor could not bo alionated, tho latter might bo eold or given away at ploasure. But it also appearcd that the soveraign might buy privato estatos out of monoy givon bim by the” stato for his privy purse. (It is suspoctod that the Queen has usod tho monoy voted to Ler in order to act like n Queen to Im, proporty.) ‘Thero might bo & good ronson for forbidding 'the Queonto give any proporty to tho Prince of Wales—for it might bo wulPtu Km‘n the futuro King not toorich—but at prosont, while she could not convey a real estato to the Prince, shio could soll it, give him tho money, and toll him to buy n real ostato witl it. All this_was “a misorablo ghred of n systom which oither ought not to oxist at all or toexist in full force,” It had beon urgod,said Mr. Gladstonoe, that it was not conatitutionaf that o groat mass of proporty should bo pormitted to accumulate in the hands of tho sovereign ; that tho sover- oign should dopond on Parliamont, and that the possession of groat proporty would havo o ton- dency to disturb tho rolations which existed be- twoon tho sovercign sud Perlismont. What bo would say in nuswer was this, that thoro was not the smallost likolikood that the Housswould ever undergo tho slightost troublo from tho ac- cumulation of privato woalth in the hands of the sovereign, They might havo n great doal of apprehension in the opposito diroction, becanss it was only during the prosont reign that thoy bad seou oconomy in tho mansgomont of the civil list. It was for tho inter- est of tho country that thero should Lo economy in the managoment of thoe civil list, and if there should bo such savings as would enablo the sovereign to purchase estates horo or thore from tho fruits of such oconomy, this was o stato of thiugs which should bo most wolcome, The enormous accumulations which roso liko a spactre in tho ideas of wome persons ho did not think could cver tako place 80 as to disturb the rolations botweon tho soveroign and Parliamont. Conturies must olapse boforo any such accumulations could bocome dasngorous or inconveniont. Supposo it was shown that the sovercign was in possossion of privato wonlth to the oxtont that omoof our Dukes, Marquisos, Tarls, oroven Commoners hiad, thore would bong improprioty, if thoy thought that the aggrogate incomo of the soyeroign would bo too Iargo, in making that sentiment folt in tho adjustment of tho civil list. Mo ropeated that the opinion of the Government was that there would bo no likelihood whatever of any danger or incouvoni- onco in councction yith the privato proporty of the soveroign, and tho history of tho present reign strongly supported that opinion. It bogan s fong bacl an 1897, and during the thirty-six -yours that had sinco passed goud managoment of the details of expendituro had provailed ton dogroo that was unexampled, and yob it way kuown perfoctly woll that Lhe sesulia attained wore very moderate indeod, and that tho ostates acquired woro such as would not give thoslight- ost territorinl consequence, and wore not so largoe as were held by gontlomen in a socondary position or by some of our manufacturors, minc- ownors, or by merchants, in hundrods, and ovon thousands of casos. 1f that woro tho rosult of long-continued unhroken providence and thrift, let them dismiss from their minds such a bug- bear an that of the large acoummulation which 1t was thouglhit would bo likely to arise in tho Lands of the soverelyn, Lo all this it was urged, firat, that Darlinmont should not bo Lept in the dark, and that it way Iopt in tho dark ss long as'tho provisions of Crown testnmentn wero knPL secrot; socondly, that if tho Queen had bought largo cstates out of the savings sho had mado tn the allowanco given hor to koop up tho dignity of the crown, i had done wrong ; thirdly, that whore thoro ves cou- conlment thero was always suspicion of #omo- thing wroug; fourthly, thnt it this bill passed tho succonsor to tho throne might boplaced in a position quite indepondent of Parlistont as re- urds monoy ; fifthly, that *tho (rown" ofton meant tho Cabinet, aud that 1t woild bo dangor- ous to give thein command of lmFo indepondent rovouucs; and, sixthly, thet if thoro woro Inrgo independont private ostatos bulaurgu g to tho Crown, tho Crown cught to give its obil ron marringo portions out of theso oatatey iustond of coming to Psrliamont for thoso allow- aucos, T'hia was n vory hord hit, and it produced a ronantion; Lnt the Uovernmont had mado whip," and the bill Puaucd its socond reading by o majority of 107 ta 85, Strangoly anough, whiloe tho Commona wors tLus discussing the monoy mattors of tho Quoon, tho Lords wero talking uhout bor porsonal poli- fics, Thin happoned in ihis wiee: 'Tho othor night, at a public dinner at Nottingham, at which sovoral mombera of the Govornment wero prosent, ihe Duko of 8t Albans,—ho who hag ha blood of King Charles 11, and Noll Gwynue In his voins, and'wears {ho royal arme of (hroo kingdoms on his shiold, *debrujsed by n baton siniator,”—made a speoch, in which he sald, in effact, that the Quoon was Samnnnlly & zoalous “ Liberal;" that sho desirod, alwa: d, tho suo- cosa of the Liboral lvlnrt and the dofoat of tho Lorles ; and that whilo sho likod to have Liberal roquost to, statesmon nround hor, ruch ntatcsmon as Glad- Btono, aud l.mvo‘ and ‘Ayrton, for oxamplo, slio disliked all the Torlen, and wonld mourn groatly it sho was compelled Lo nasociato with Tory slatesmon, Now, if the Queen doos foel in thik way'sho 18 vory. “ unconstitutional,” for, at'the qum dny, ot lonst, tho uuvqm!’gx! of Groat Brilain coar * constitutionally " havo 1o politica, and inust bo tho only person in Lho kingdom not at liborty to fool aud oxpress a proferonce for nny politienal gnrty. Bo tho great ‘07 leader in the Iouso_of Lords, tho Duke of Iticimond, neliad tho Duko of Bt, Albans whethor ho had ronlly uald thosotorrible things about the Queon ? The 'young Duko replied that ho cortalnly had mnid thewo things, nnd (hat boforo ho maid them hio lind boon eareful to ba cortan thoy woro truo, Ho know ho would bo ealled to account for them and proparad himaelf accordingly, 1lo romembered, ho snld, tho nagueity of an” Amori- can who wan called n n witnoss in b cngo of na- suult and battory, and who, on baing nskod how Iar the dofondant was off whon ho advancod to atriko tho firat blow, roplied, ** Four foot oloven inchies and n half." Tlo was then neked what mudo hini go exact, and hiy roply wou, **Suppos- ing somo fool might ask mo tho quoslion, T wont and measnred th distanco,” - This was 'n vory palpablo hit, and their lordwhips langhed, but tho othor Duke jumped to his foot in n towering rago. #ilho a pliention of your story ia only too l:lnln, Lo oxclnimod ; ““you thought you would 0 quostioned by n fool ‘and so yon propared yoursolf ; but 1 loave it to our Poors to uay if T am & fooll” Tho Duko of Bt. Albang made no npology, but went on to way ihat tho Queon” had boen inught to love Liboral- ism by Lord Melbourno and had mnovor swerved from her firet love. Bomo other ro- marks wero mado by othor membors—all upon the © fimnt fool " question—Earl Cowpor na; ying tunt tho Marquis of Salisbury tho other xfigm had enid that 216 por cent of tho clorgy wero fools, and that this was not as largo 2 porcontago of fools ns might bo found in both IHowses of Parlinmont. Tut the pluc]({ 8t, Albans had the bost of tho fight, and nothing was brought for- ward to show” that ko had misroprerontod tho Quecn. 8o we must sot it down, 1 suppose, that tho Queon is I love with Liboralivm. The noxt thing, I progumo, will bo that wo shall hoar of . Yradlnugh clhiming hor na o Itepublican, ‘ho Republicnn enuso in England_ alroady owes much to cortain mombern of the Royal family 5 and if tho Queen now ranges horsolf on thinl sido, Mr. Odger's threat that tho Princo of Walos shall nover bo King may be fultiiled, Prccaviry, THE PEOPLE'S REFORM PARTY. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: 81n: Aa o lifo-long Ropublican, it affords mo great satisfaction to loarn of tho movemonts in various parts of tho country, looking toward tho formation of anow political party, opposed to tho progent roign of corruption and rascality. Tho nocossity for o union of all honost mou, without regard to provious party afiiliations, to opposo and overthrow tho existing corrupt and imbecilo dynasty, is daily bocoming™ more obvious, When wo rond, day after day, of somo now rascality that has boon perpetratod ugainst tho interosts of the pooplo; whon we road, dayaftor day, of some frosh disgraco brought upon tho Nation; whon wo rond, day aftor day, of worth- lesn rascals, whom tho people have spurnod, sont on foroign mirsions or given luerative pub- lic positions at iomo,~is it not about timo for all right-minded mon, who love our conntry and its institutions, to ook about them for some means to check this growing ovil ? 1t is ono of the'misfortuncs of tho American pooplo that, when onco thoy nva bocome wed- ded to & political party, thoy ean seo no wrong in anything done by their partisans. No mattor liow flngrant tho erimeo; no mattor how con- clusive the evidenco of tho guilt of tho erimnal,— the party-man shuts his oyes, turps n deaf onr, and says, “It's only an opposition lo;® and thus o remains satisflod with himeolf aud his immaculato party, For the past uovonteon yonrs we have had two leading political partics. Ono of theso particn has not lod much during tho past thirtean yoors, oxcept to dofeat nud disaster 3 and its mainton- anco for sovoral yenrs past has only sorved ny o stumbling-block to honest men and o stepping- stono for rascnla to got ofiico. For all useful purposes, tho Domocratic party has been dond thicso ton years ; and, the soonor it is buried nnd put out of sight, tho botter it will bo for tho country, Nortl:, South, East, and Wost, . Tho principles and issues which gave birth and life to tha Rapublican party, soventeon years nfiu. have all elthor beon acconiplished or beeame obsolote, and not a single original purpose ot the Ttepublican party remnins to-day, except tho one groat purmoss of profosaional politicinus : obtainiug lmh ic offica and public plunder. This, unfortunutely for tho country, thoy have, and aro striving for ite continuance. It remaius to bo seon whother the Amorican people will ullow {homselvos to bo further hood-winked by Ropub- lican domngogues and “ loyal " thieves, ‘£ho Ropublican party started out as the party of Liberality, I'roedom, and Roform ; it will ond tho mout illioral, oppressivo, and corrupt party iu the history of the nution, - No other party hos been guilty of such gigantic frauds, such bare- fnced thioving, aud such wholessle' corruption, as this solf-samo Republican party, I actually boliove that, if it werc possible, wo would soon hear of somo contract for our country, tho snmo a8 that recontly onterod into botwoen tho Shah of Porsin and Rouler, I thivk it high timo for tho lonest, intelli~ gent, and woll-meaning mon to_nrray thom- #olves on tho side of Justico, onesty, nnd True Patriotim, ngainat the horda of thievos, Jnnvos, and idiots on tho sido of Robbory, Cor: ruption, and Hypocrisy. 1 this hour of peril, thero is room Tor only two partios : Houest Men ve, Thioves, Wo have the party of Thioves ; now lot us have tho party of Honest Mou, and the noxt. Nationn! campaign will tell who 8 in the mnjority, Re- form is necded ; Roform can only ‘como from the people ; thoretore I shall bail with joy tho advout of tho ¢ Peoplo's Itoform party.': Cuicaso, Aug. 1, 1878, N.H, I, s . A HIiGHLY-FLAVORED LOCALITY. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Bk : Aro you familiar with tho const bebween Park Row and Fourtoonth streot? Iam por- sundod that you are, Did you over, in pussing thnt highly-flavored locality, on the Illinois Cen- tral, uncork tho fine sonsibilities of tho noso, and attempt to moasuro the utter villainy of the odor rosiding thoro? I judgo mot, or wo should havo had the disgusting nuisance writ- ton up oditoriully in Tui Tunoxw, Why, sir, tho Twenty-second-stroot-sewor discharge, of which you #o justly complaln, affords mild and bulmy restorativo to tho out~ ragod sonecs i passing from this Plutonio thoro, “Qgdon 8lip,” “Moaly Slough,” and * Nortlt Drauch,” loug famous aud infamous for thoir corrupt smells, bocome =woet and snlubrions by comparison with the su- porlative stonch of “Holl Lnyi: Is thoro no abatemont of this diabolio perfume ? Nono, I suppomo, excopt by the action or permission of tho Health Borrd, Dut, then, it Won't you, Mr. Iiditor, on some fair day, luvei- glo the Cliof Hoalth-Oflicor of the city out ne flshing. Go onrly. Load your victint diveotly to tho infernal shioro aforosiid. Attach him to your porton by a puir of “bracolots,” that ho may not holt you, and thon fish him tho entiro day in thoso porfumad wators, If Lo inclines to “dlag," ndminietor a draft of those heating wators **suspendod” in n littlo sulphurie — whisky with which-you will go provided. -Dia- oharge your “Ohet" seanonably for him to attond the “ Bvening Donrd,” and the morning TrinuNe shall rofresh ui with o right virtuous oflicial roport from that torrifio const. Yours, Hypr: Panx Rex. ANOTHER CARD FROM SHEPPARD HOMANS. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune; Sim: 1havo bub o word to sy in regard to tho communicntion purporting to be areply tomy eard publishod 1n yonr columns, I callattention tothe fact that itis anonymous, while at tho #amo time ko contrived nn to decelvo tho publie into the improssion that it mw signed by tho ‘I'rustoes of the Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany. It is datod ns from thooflice of that Com- pony, fud is o arranged as to bring in the named of tho Trnstoes at tho usual placo for signature. Having exposod the decoltin this rospeot, I do not conaldor that tho articlo, with- out sigunturo, roquiros any further notice at my hands, oy it doos not undortako to specifically answer my statement of facts madoe by me, but only reiterates Mr, Winatan's storootypod cortifl- catos of oharacter prooured from indulgent tukes a donl of pronsure to seoure such nction, | frionds, Bugrrany Hosans, rfi:‘w! Yonx, Aug. 2, 1678, 401 Broadway, THE SALARY-STEAL. A Rcuuv(} of Back-Pay Grabbing. How Eagh' Senntor and Represontativo . ~-Btands With. Respect to ' the Swindle. From the New York Tribtine, Aug. 5. Tho. history of tho Back-Pay fraud fs atill somowhat obsouro, agroat manyof tho Onunrousmgn implicated in it having taken par- |/ Harshait,’s, tlenlar painis to” concoal tholr notlon. Tho fol- lowing statemont, however, shows, ag farns posuiblo, what each man has dono with the money. It should bo observed that a Congrona- man who morely noglects or rofusos to draw his shiaro of tho appropriation oan roconsidor his do- tormination at any time. ‘Tho monoy remains at Iua crodit in the Liands of the Borgeant-nt-Arme until ho drawa it. Thoso only can bo said to have restorod the monoy to tho Unitod Blates who hinva actually turned b into the Tronsury, In the foltowing tablo the names of tho Liboral Topublicaus are printed in sMALL CAPITALS, Ad- ministration Ropublicaus in Roman, and Downo- craw in italics, 'Lhose precoded by an mstorisk lind not been re-olectod to Congross, BENATE. Alcorn, J, 8., Mia,, drow and dofended hia action. Ames, Adelbert, Misa,, drow it, Autiiduy, 11, B,, It 1., roturnad it, Luyard, 7 Toturned it iy, £, P, Borormn, Brownlow, ¥ ., drow it, Tuckingham, W, A, Conii. roturied it Caldwll, Al,, Knti, drow it ; Canieron, Bimon, Peilu., drow it. ; yarpentot, DL 1L, Wia, drow 1t sud dofendod bis sc- lon. Cuneerty, B, Cal., roturnod it, Chundler, 7, Mich,, roturned it, Cluyton, .y Arie,, drow it *Cote, ornteliug, Cal., drew i, Gonkling, 1, N, Y., drow it, . Coaper, 1f,, Tonh, Urow 1t “Corbatt, if. ., lrow it ., Gregon, gavo it to the Washington Moutiment Fandy o & Gragin, A, I, N, IL,, drow it. Davin, 11,6, W, Va, drow it. Edmunds, Geo. F,, V1., drew It, Frnron, R E., N.'¥,, Teturned 1t, Yorry, O, oun,, drow it, Yorry, 1 lel., rotitened t, uagan, 3. W,y Texas, drow it. Frelinghysen, T, T, X, 4., returnod it Gilhort, Abjali, Fia,, drow it. Goldthicate, Go,, Aln,, drow i, HaMILTON, M. C,, Toxns, drow it. Tamiton, Wi, 75, M, dlrow it. tamlin, Manotbal, Me,, returned it. *Harlax, Jomcs, 10wa, drow it, *Eill, Joshun, Gn., drow it, iteticoek, I, W, Nob., drow it, 1lowo, T, 0., Wis,, drow it. Johnaton, J. W.,Va,, drow it, Kelly, J, K., Orogon, drow it, Lowls, J, F.) Va, drow it, Logan, 3. Ay, TIL, drow it “dtacheny W B 'Ky, drow 1t, Morrill, 1, 8., Vi, placed it In the Vormont Stata Treasuror’s honids, fo bo appliod toward the reduction of tho Stato dobt, Morrill, L. 3L, Me,, drow it. Aorton, O, P,, Tud., drow it. o, 7, A, Ga., drow it. i5e, Ju W., Nov, drow it, 'Osborn, T, W,, Ga,, drow it, tPuttornon, 7, 1., N, L drcy it *T'omoroy, 8. 0., Kon,, drow it, *Pool, J, O., drew it, i 1iid,, roturned it. 'x., Minn., drow i, W, N. G, drow it, *Rick, B. Ark,, drew it, Robertaon, T, J., B, 0,, draw it, Suudsbury, K, Del,, drow it, *Sawyer, ¥, A, B, G, drew I, Bcuunz, Oant, Mo, ‘returned it. Seott, John, Penn,, Tolurued It, Bhermau, John, gpmwer, aeo. iprague, Wn Stevenaon, J, ¥ K: Blowarl, W, M., Ne Stockton, J. Iy N Busrsen, Cits, Thurmany A (3., Obid, returucd Iit, Aerow, T, W, N 4., drow it. , drow it. *Wilsou, 1ibnry, Mase., Toturned tt, Windor, War,, Minn,, drew i, Wright, Geo, ., Towa,, drow it. ousE, [ “cker, E, I, Penu,, drow i, Adamd, Geo, 31, Kv., drow it, *Awmbler, 9. A, Ohlo/, drew i, . *Aues, Gukion., Mass,, drew it, Archer, 8, Mo, drow it, b rthur, W, .y drew it Averiit, ¥, T, Riurt,, deew it ond publisbed & defenso of bis action. . *Banl, N. D, Mass,, drow it Barber, J. A, Wik, Teturned it, *hu n, N, *Ligly, 2 30 B,y Go,'drow it. o tigga, I 1) ek, drew it. 'Bluzhmu’ J. A., Ubio, drow it, *Birdy J, 7., N, 3., drow it, *Brain, A,, Mich., drowit., . *Biair, J, 8., Mo., drow it and defended hia action, *Bourman, Aleck, W. Va,, drew it. - *Jioles, T'homas, Atk., drow it *Bruzton, I, M, Ve, droy it, Lright, J, 37, Tonn., distribited 1t smong the coun- tles composiug his district, Irooks, James, X, Y., draw it, “*Buckley, 0. W,, drow it Butlingion, J,, Mase, 4, a, *Buanell, ., Burchard, 1, 6, 1il, drow it, Mo, 'drow it, Butler, B, I, Mass,, drow It and dofonded bia action. iiflor, R, R, Tenn., drow it, scaldicell, R, ., Tonn, drow &, *Campbally L, D.; Ohfo, drovw it, *Carroll, J. 31, N, Y., drow it, Clurko, F, Gobb, U, L, N. 0, CGoburn, ., Tnd,, Foturncd it, *Coghlun, J, M,, 'Cal., drew i, Conmingo, A., Mo, drow it, Conger, O, B., Mleh,, drow it “Connicr, J, C., Toxns, drow it. Cotton, A R, Towa, foturned'tt, *Coz, S, ., Now York, rolurned it, *Crels, J, 1, 1)l retirned i, *Crecly, .JV. Pan,, drow it, drew ft, *Burdett, s, b, drow it, Dawen, 11, 12, Moss, drow it, *Dickey, O. J., Ponn,, drew it. Olno, {Izer it. Dounan, W. G, Towa, drowit. Doz, P. M,y A, drow i, *Du Bose, 1, M., Gt Ducll, B, 1L , Vau, drow ., Mini, drow it, it 1, drow it ide, Cu A+ Wib,, drow it, Yiliott, I, B., B, G, drow it, *E1y, Snith, e, N, Y., drow it *Eaty, O, Oy drow it Eaiontit J, £, T, ty Nuotlounl Buulk, 0 dopasited with Jount; rasnurors of bis Disteict pra pats: e Boniy h;:t,r\\!'(ltlll, g. n,, IJ).A rnfi}ll‘llcd it, *Finkeluburg, .y Mo,, returned it, *Forker, S, Gy N, 14 arow .o Toster, 0., Ohlo, ubitshed » lettor atating that ho muant 10 glve tha 1honey 1o 1o school fund of his dise Arict but sinco L actioin hns Leen soverly criticlsed Lo #hou iru it in the Tressury, hLay) = opluton about," Ay Jasiag Lo prds o *Foster, i, D, ter, W, £, Tonn,, drew i, ich,, roturned it, Yrye, Win, 1., Ne,, returned it. Uarheld, J, A,, o, roturnod ft, SGarretl, A, E., Tenu,, drow it, Getz, o, L, Peilu,, droy it, sidiitign,D, ., B *Galladiy, K, +doopniais, 'arg[mh, » Penu,, drow if, Sfiideniar, 2 /. Yeu, drow i, 1falo, Engen, Afe., roturnod ft, tHlulioy, Geo, A., N, J., roturod it, *Hambleton, 5, 3., drow it Mido speech at Austin (Coxas) defending tho S, and doctored it g?l‘l‘uml‘l:::dl \)‘u fl—‘tl it l'lm would -reproaont tho pooplo il district unlees thuy. pui Lsndsoroly, G .d bim- auough to live Haneuck, ., Texan, drow i, *ilnudloy, W, A., Alu,, drew ity <Hanky, J. M., Krk,, drow it, futnier, A. O, Leus,, drow it, N, 0., drow it} M., drow it - Arris, Hurris, ¥, aw it achhavend, 3, drow 1t, and dofendod his “Iluwloy, 3., I, roturnod ft, Hawloy, Y, 1, ‘Cond, roturned it, *11uy, John B., 1l,, drew it, Huyy, Ohrled, Als,, drow it, Hazolton, G. W., Wis,, returnea i, nzeiton, 3, Way N, Jor drow 1t, orefurd, Feuilly W, Vi, drow it, Iteriidon, W, 8., Texue, drow 1t and defonded Lfs conduct, , s N1, denounced tho neasure on . '"“Dblll'll, ‘L‘ i ho stump, but drow tho monoy aftor loxring iy ‘)ml u Aprdl, g ur defeat b thio Congroastonal ulaet sl Joh, N, T veturuod it on¥, G, ¥y Musk,, prosontod il g ¥ Ml it o tho Worcastor duliian, We Sy 0., voturned 1t, Hooper, '8, Mahs., dFow it, Houghton,'8. 0, Gal Kelloy, W, D, Vo Kendally' 0, W., Nov, truw it, *Kerr, A1, C., Tud, Tolurned it, *Kotliam, 3. 11, N, ., drow If, Killinger, J, W.,'Ponu.) drew it. g, A Mo, drow it, “Hingell .. drow i, ' Lamtson, €, N, Olio, drow it, Was twigo 1pquented Indrets T, N, laced 4t in tho Kane Coun-. by hin constituents to reslgn, but rofuned, ‘Tho moce ond timo, in tho Domoeratio Sonvention of the Hocond Hubdivision of the Third Judicial District of Obto, hin annwor to ol roquent wis, * Healgn bo d—d'} T1l 800 you in h—I firat,” Tamport, W, 1L, N, Y., drow it, . - Tanaing,' W, L, N, ¥,. trow it. Lieach, o, M., M. G, drow i, Fo Tl Ky, Qrow 1t drow it Lowo, | *1ynan, 1, - Mavon, A, D, drow it. 1., Penn., drow t, 2 " 11, Do, drow it, and prosentad the ollege, Tho Bt, Louls Democrat sy fhat by tho donatlon this ex-Congressman cole loatod a bad dobt which tho Inatitution owed Lita, MeOrary, G, W., Town., rotutnod it. McGrew, 3. O., ¥, Va,, drow it, Mellenry, 1, b, drow'it Slcntyre, A, T, Gay drow 1t, Medunkin, E, Pohn., drow it, Medoc, G. O, Migs., drow it, MeKinhoy, I, i, 0.y drow i, *MoNeely, T War Tily drow if, Morrinm, 0, L., N, ¥, roturned {t, \ H, *McClelland, Jerrick, M., drew it. +=*Moyorn, Poun, drow it, * Mittehelly Aler,; Wis, Toturuod it, ~Monroo, 3., O., rotutned it. *Moure, J. 1L, Til,, drow it, Moray, T, L, drow it *Morgan, Geo, W., O,, drow it, *Monriuss, 3, Ly, Misb,, drew it. Ly, Pe it, , drow it, i, drow if, nd,, drow i, “¥tolacl ¥lo., drow it. Orr, dackson, Towa, drew it Tuckard, Joapor, Tid,, drow it ; was m‘?uuud vra County Gonventioh to resign, hut refused, *Packer, J, 1, Toni, droy It, *Palmer, F. W, Town, drow it, y “parker, If. V., N, 1L, deuouriced the mensiiro on the stump, nnd drow (o monoy soon after bis dofont at the Congresslonal election iu April, “Tarker, 1. O,, Mo, dvow it, *rock, hid, drow i, Yendioton, J, M., Tt 1., drow it *l'orco, L, W, Miaa,, drow It. Terry, Eliy N, Y., rolnrned it, - *Potors, J. A,, Me,, roturned it, Pintt, J. 1., dr., Va,, drow it. L, Vi dlov it 1 drow it. , roturnod it, 3 d s., drow it tnd gave the monoy 1o “Agricultnzal Cotlego, T, N ¥, drow it L 8.0, drowit, ", Lonh, drew . Jtead, W, :.,fli;,'amw it *Litce, &, Yor Il drow t. *Rice, J. 3., Ky drowit, L drow it I, N. Y., drow it, X - Hoberts, W, I N, Y, returncd ft, Robinson, J. ¢\, Til,, drow it, *Rtodgers, J., N. Y., drow it. *Rodgera, 5, H,, N. 0., drow it, *Roosevelt, Jt. if,, N. ¥., offored 1t to the Now York Tioard of Education, to bo used in the prescutation of vrjzos, bt th Tooed rafusod W, *Hooloy, 3, B, N, Y., drow it, Senaons, W, L., N. Y., raturned it *ghanks, J, P, 0, Ind,, drow.it, ‘Suicldoit, L. A., La,, drew it, *Buellabirgor, B,, Ohlo, drow it and defondod his action, "Shlrm)odl *Sliaber, F Slioomaker, L. D,, Tonn,, drow it. slater, J. 11 Orégon, drow it nd defendod bis action, *Slocum, IL, W, N, Y., drowit, - Slosw, J: I, Al drow it. . Smith, If, B, N.'Y., drow it. Smith, J. A., Ollo, Urew it. *Bmith, W, Vi, drow it, *Suapy, 11, Snydor, Speer, It Bpraguio, 1 Oblo, drew *dtarkweathor, I, 1I,, Conn,, returned it, *tevena, B, N, 1iL, drow 1t. “Btavenson; J, E., Obio, drow ¢, Storm, o, Ih, Potn,, drow it. *Stoughton, W. L., Mich,, drew it, Btowell, W, 1, 1L, Va., drow it, Bt, Johh, G., « Stutherland, J. Swann, I1., Ponn., drew it, N. C,, drow ft. . £ 5 $ 3 2 B . n. 3 = *Terry, WFilllam, Va, Thomas, O, R., N, G, drew if. “faionsend, 1., N. Y., drow it, ‘Townsond, W,, Penth,, roturied it. 1, 8., Ala,, drew it, NV, drewit. g5, drow it are stricts the Surorvisora of Tama and Marlon Countien rolungd tholr shares, Waldron, 11,, Mic, roturued it, Wallace, Alez, §,, 8. 0., drow . *Warren, J, M L X, drew dt, £ Weils, Jifaninz, Mo., dow it and gavo tho monoy to cortain chinritable fustitutions in 8t, Louis, **Wheoler, W, A,, N, Y., roturned it. ‘Whiteley, T, . 3., drow ff, Whitthorne, W. C., Tenn., drew it and gayothe money to tho Sonthiern Metliodist University, Nash- ville, 38 & fund for the cducation of puplls from his diatrict, Willard, C, W., Vt,, returned it, Willlume, W, Ind,, drew iL, Witiiams, W, N, Y., drow it. J. M, Ind,, drew It, * O, drew it. X TWood, £, Youlg, I Under the New Dispensation, From Wondhull & Clajlin's Weekly. Wo, tho undersigned, J, Chretien and Lessio Godell Steivmetz, do hereby declnre that wo do not recognizo auy elvil, roligious, or othor ro- strictions as having rightrul power to fottor or in any way to control our bodies, minds, or souls in go-callod marriago; and wo protost ngainst all Iaws that assuma to ignore, dofy, or militato auatnst tho divine Iaw of uature implanted in tho roul of ovoery humon being, to assent to ‘whlch lnws, wo beliove, it is willingly to submit to o sluvery that is fatal to bappiness. ‘Thoroforo, siuco thore is no legal mothod of dissolving our prosont marringo except upon a plea of adultory, whioh wo do not recognizo ns o causo for separation, or 88 a erime, and to which wo do not dosire to nppeal for rolief, wo go bofore tho Ligher court of common senso aud'individual sovoroignty, and daclare that tho man-mado warriage to which we are now subject, in ?‘?rugntad from this dny Louce, and is null an void, In- consideration of the sum of 91 each to the other paid, tho recoipt of which i heroby ac- knowledged by each, wo mutually, severally, and frooly of our own consont, resign, onch to_tho othr, all supposod rights conforred by or ac- quirad ovor oacl othor by this marringo, and wo doclnra oursolvos na freo thorofrom as if wo had novor beon married. And wo furthor declaro that wo do this, not moroly to rogain our own lost rights and securo our own hinppiness, but also that our oxamplo may bo the mouny and the incentive of thou- sands of others languishing in uuhnllowed bonds and dosiring to rogain thoir birthrights; oud becauso wo ournostly aud sinceroly boliave 'that humanity Is oqual £0 its right to froodom, in tho digpositions_of ils loves, as in overy other al- roudy concodod natural sonse and capacity ; and that” it requires no other guide in love than {ll)vo'a own hoavonly inupirations and sspira- lons. Ob, woman! Oh, man!! Why will yo linger in darknoss and in bondsge, and consequently in isory, when happiness and tho light Lio 8o noar in ndvanco! Lot our examplo invito you on- ward to now and brightor hopes and nspirations, and to tho divino roulizations only possiblo when {lroed‘om for lovo shall reign triumphant in your carts, In toatimony of which we bave horeunto sot our hands and ailixed our seals, this 19tl day of July, A. D, 1673, iu the Clty of New York. LessiE GoobELL BrEINNEYZ, [L. 8] J. C. Bremxa [uo8.] Vice-Presidont Wilvon, A ropresontative of tho Boston Journal sought & porsonal iutorviow with tho Vice-Prosident of tho United Statos, ‘Thursday aftornoon : Upon: arriving ot-the Tosidence of Afr, Wilson at Natick, it wag uscortained that o had gono ot to ride aud to call-upon a friond in Farminghau, Mo re- turned homo n tho ocarly part of ~tho oveniug, alighted from tho carriogo without aesiutance ov tho ald of a cang, and immedistoly proceedod to bia chambor and lid dowu, Lo conversed frooly regarding Lis health, which has been seriously fnie uired by a shock of paralysts, This ho cousidors Yas fnducod by hiv severo and protracted Isbors of tho last campafgn, Ho was cogagod in tho pro- Jratlon of the wacond yolume of Lis groat work, rienr- y ull the manuscript of which wos in tho hands'of the printor, whon Lo was attacksd witl » suspansion of muscular action in the right sido of his face, Lo ime wmodiatoly consulted Dr, Fdward 1L, Olarke, of thi city, Who onjoined a cessation of - all mental labor, sud forbude Mr. Wilson to write or read, Ifo hau visitod his medical adviser once or twica ovory woek sinco ho was altacked, and Laa boou under a courso of troat- ment Which lias yeaulted in a slow but suro and steady improyoment, Thls has boen proved by tho appliene tion of u varlety of teats to tha atfoctod and {h hoslthy yarts of tho body, Mr, Wiliow's sppetito s mow good, ho sleops Woll, aud both himsclf sud Dr, Glarko ate couildent thiat Lo 18 vecovoring, Ho fools curiain of being ablo to resuma Lia dutios in tho Bons a0 ut tho noxt scasion, althougli Lix nolghbors do not spoak 80 hiopefully, Whe report that he wan about to submit to & murgical operaifon which night rosult fatally, fu without tho loast foundation, On thio cons trary, ho will to-day dlucontinuo thu appiication of ico- packa to his back aud the uso of tho mediciuo which ho a6 bocn taking, with tho view of sscortaining tho por- 1asnency of the fmprovouunl which bLas taken placo, Tho muscles of Lik foroliead and faco liave boen n i reatored to their normal condition, although his speec 1a still slightly atfeoted, TRANSPORTATION. COunal and Raflway Routds t0 the Seabonrd, ;L'Im Ship-Crnal System of Cnnncln---SlllnIl‘- ilio Iudson Bo Jolned with It ¢ dlontreal (July 30) Correapondence of the New York dlerald, Tho bistory of the Erlo Canal Is tho key to tho wondorful dovelopmont of iho Riato of Now York nnd of tho tior of Btates westward from Laxo Erioto the Mississippl nnd southward to the Ohlo River. Tho railrond systom botweon tho Atlantio sonboard and tho valloyof tho Fathor of Wators bus contributed very much to- wards tho prospority of tho national granary, ospoclally within tho last twonty yonrs 3 but the giant carrier of tho wonlih of tho Wast to tha markots of tho world 1w, aftor all, tho splendid artificol waterway, 500 mllos long, from tho foot of Lake Erio to tide-wator on tho Hudson, It is aacortained that the- greatest amount of {on- nago ovor delivored in tidewater in ono scason wad in 1862, when, according to tho Auditor's roporty thoro tero dolivored 2,017,004 tons, of whloh 1,080,033 tons passod from Buttelo 16 Albany tlirough tho Erio Canal. Thia {6 within lous than 2,000 tons of tho futl capncity of our most inportant channol of commerce, Yot tho Wost 18 golng on doubling its population and in~ crensing ita coroal productions to such nn oxtont that, with all the. help derived from tho nine trauk lineg botweon the luke region and the Rast- o Eortfl}" tha facilifles for transportntiou aro found - ench yoar to e moro inedoquate than over. Tho warohousos of Phicago nud ita sistor distributing dcpots are choked with grain ono and two yoars old, and tho farmors aro driven to desporation through tho exorbitant freights imposcd by nhl(}}mru, who eannot forward a tithe of the breadstuils consignod to them, .. From adequate data it is ostimatod that tho surplus tonnago of tho Westorn Btates, northor- ly of the Obio River, which is duo to Liake Lrio und would coma to Lilto Erio if 1t could bo car- riod pmmpt]!!, ia 20,000,000 tons, Give tho Erio Uanal, tho Now York Contral Railrond and Erie Railway orodit for car: ing 6,000,000 tons in tho aggrogate from Lnknr{“.rln to tide wator, an nmouut which thoy havo noyor yet earriod, it lonvos 14,000,000 tond to bo. dis- tributed npon soveral railronds and rivers [ ruiining southorly and to Houthorn American porta, If the farmers of Illinols, Indiana, Ohio, Wike consia, and_Michigan, who' ara brooding’ ovor their peouniary distross while their barns aro bursting with " plenty, will noto well those flg- ures, thoy will, " porhaps, discover that tho extravagant ratos of freight, which roudor it actually moro profitable to burn thelr corn for fuol than to send it to mar- kot, aro duo not #o much to railway combinations a8 toluck of capncity ou tho part of tho canal and railway systoms togother to do tho work ns- signed thom, Tho Ponnsylvanin Central and the Now York Contral Roads will soon double thoir facilitica of transportation by Inying & now doubla track besido their Ewnuut linos, and fur- thor he!g is promised in tho opouing of the Port- lend & Ogdensburgh Itailrond, The complation of tho New York Midland and the Chesnpeako & Oliio Ronds will, of courso, afford still groater rolief ; but if the oapneity for movluF tho crops onstward wore to bo doubled or trebled to-mor- row, while there might be & healthy decline in freights, the superabundant fortility of the Wost would still clog tho avenues of trang- portation. No matter how amplo tho means of shipment, tho rogourees of our grent garden- country will'annually furnish incxhaustible sup- plics,, On the otherhiand, the wido world stands ready at all times to cousume whatevar surplus may necumulato In tho port of New York or at other points in communication with European markoets. It is admitted that, under no circumn- Btances—oxcept in caso of pestilonce or famine— con tho nmltiglicnlinn of routes for shipmont oxhaust the West or overstock tha East. Tho preferable lino of transportation, for economical rensons, is domonstrated to bo that whoro the carringo.is by wator nll tho way from_the Wost- orn storehouso to tho ocean port. Ionce the conatantly-increasing pressuro upon tho capa- bilitios. of tho only dircct water routs from the pgreat Ilnkes to the Hudson. Thus, it appeers, that the nmount of corenl products recsived for consumption and export at Now York, at loast, is controlled cluefly by the volumo of traffic that canbe forcod through tho Erlo Canal, uttorly irrespoctive of tho exigouncios of the supply or demand. I'ho Lrio tubo, through which niilions draw their sustonnnco, 18 like tho narrow nock of nn hour glass, through which thero can prss 8o many rraing of saud por minuto, no matter whother hm reservoir is full or noarly oxhausted. The circumstauces of the'caso, which has be- como 80 burdensome for the producoers, scem to be comprehendod at thoSoutts, whero efforts are muling to creato a now outlot for the surpius growth of uniting tho navigable waters of the Ohio and Teunesseo Rivors with thoe Atlantio Ocean—n project of the highest importance to tho nation at largo. By tho proposed ‘Tonnesses routo distances botweon the acabonrd and sov- eral contral cities would bo greatly reduced, compared with the lake and Erie Canal route, to Now Yorl; but no saving of timo would effocted {cu- the canal pessages would be correspondingly onger, o TIIE CANADIAN SONEME. Whother to the oxasporated feclings of the Westorn farmors, now banding together in Grangoy, is duo tho presont ronewed intorost which Canadians aro iaking in the improvemont nnd oxtonsion of their already splondid facili~ tios for inland navigation, or whothor tho prop- arations aro ulmplz} part and parcol of a Atntes- manlike policy to furn to tho bost rccount overy natural advantage which tho country enjoys, ia not quito clear to an outsidor. Thoy aro at work, howover, aud if in_promoting thoir own onds thoy happen to furthor American interosts at n most opportune period wo should be thp lnst to regrot their liberal onterprise. Tho main fentures under favorable considora- tion of iu procoss of speedy accomplishment in tho Dominion are, in this connaction : First—The enlargement of the Welland Canal. Second—1T'he enlargement of tho St. Lawronco Canals to a capucity oqual to that of the im- proved Welluud, Third—Lho connecting of tho Ottawa River with Georgian Buy (Lako uron) by oanal vis tho Fronch River. Fourth—Tho construction of tho Caughna- waga Conal to unito the 8¢, Lawronce, s shorh distance above Montroal, with Lake Obnmplain by ashort cutof only 29 miles across a levol tract of country, It is intendod that the canals of the St. Law- renco nud Ottawn bo increasod to a uniform width of 100 feot, thoso on the Bt. Lawronce and tho Wollend Canals to bo dacpened to 12 foot draught, and on the ‘Ottuwa to have 9 feet, while tho_ projectod water link botweon tho Bt. Lawrenco and Lako Champlain will afford & passaze for tho largost vos- gels that can onter tho lake port har- Lbors or come_through the Wolland Canal—viz: steam propellors of 1,000 tons burdon, From cumml‘)nqlm I am couvinced that the Caugh- nawagn Canal will Lo spoodily pusiied to come plotion by tho compauy chartored for this im- Jortant work. 'TIE CHAMPLAIN 8HIP-CANAL TO TROY, It sooms to Lo ussumed here by merchants and others interested that the Btate of New York will loso 1o furthor timo_in turning tho prosont nar- row and slinllow conduit from tho hoead of Lako Champlain, ut Whitehnil, to tho hond of the Iludsou- navigation, at Iroy, into n ship-cannl for tho necommontion of wuch Inko tonnago ns will horeaftor bo_auabled to sail botweon Chica- go, Duluth, and Whitohall, ‘This subjoct hins Teon ngitated for o numbor of years by somo of Lhe most ungucloun minds 1 the State, and has invariably been urged ns eminontly desirable, entiroly practicablo, and by no means contly. ‘['ho lntost onrnest advoento of the measnre, so important to tho continued commoreinl suprem- acy of New York State, is Mr. Smith M. Woed, of Clinton County, who domonstrated beforo tha Rssomibly, toward tho eloso of tho last loglalative sossion, the onormous advantagoes to bo socured to ourselves by furnishing tho last short link in s navigableintandeirenit, for oraft of vory considor- able tonnage, from {he mouth of the Minsissippl Tiver to Now York Lay, tho intormediate chan- nels of communication betweon the Upper Mlis- sisnippi awl Luko Michigan being found in tho {mprovemont of the Fox and Wiscousiu Rivors, and in conneeting thom with Groon Bay, and in tho Illinols River and canal, which cutora Lako Michigan at Chicago, THE CAUGHNAWAGA BIIP CANAT., " Tho Canghnawags Company have tho_ight. under thelr chartor to enlurgo tho romainder of tho Chnmbly Cunal from the point at which {t iy Intorsoetdd by the Caughnawnga Canal, o dis- tance of five miles from Ohnmb{fv and to enlargo tha look a_Bt, Ours, on tho Rlohelion Tivr. I'liis is an important concession, for it glvos ne~ coas to the Port of Quobuo, and suablos vouu'n‘lfl or stonmers of 1,000 tonsto sl from thencoto Troy, which I8 160 milos nearor to Liverpool via Que- boo than vis New York, Bythis improvement, stonmors_and vessoly, from” all tho upper an Waoatorn lakes, ns woll na from tho Qult of tho 8t. Lawrouoco, can reach Durlington, Whitohall and all othor ports on Lako Ohumpl'nlu wuhuuL broaking bull, kit The flour, pork, boof, coal, nnd oblior “producta of = tha Went can, by monun " of tho raflronda mow in gomrso of construction, bo distributed i tho intorlor, and nino bo'landoed at Boston ot & logs oxpouno, with leasdepreciation in value In tionpport, and in n whorter period than by any othor routo, This Ly been provod by tho Uon. Mr, Youug, M. P. of Montronl, in his tablos of comparativo froighta, To the Oity of Now York tho conotruction of this work is of tho grootest possible lmportanco, \ith tho OChamplaln Canal of aixty-six milon to ‘L'roy, or sovonty-twwo miles to Albany, eularged to 'the wanio s1zo ag tho Canghnawagn Cannl, vessoln from any Westorn Inko port could, 'without breaking” bulk, discharge at tho port of Now York, and could thoro lond with amf. ranfs and morchnndise for_ tho Wept, ‘rom Lako. Irio to .Now York, by thg Ht. Lnwronce, on tho downward voyago, thoro would bo 120 milon of cannl, swith oL toat of locknge, againist 303 _miles of caunl witly 698 foot of luckngo by the Erfo Caunl. In tho ono cnge, no transhipment of cargo ; in tha other two transhipments, The timo necessary for tho voyage, from Lako Erio through the "Welland Canal to Troy, would bo four days and nineteor hours, ngaingt tou days by tho Erlo Canal, ‘Lhis hunonso saving of time countorbalances tho groator longth of tho routo eailed via thoe St. Lowronce, at tho samo timo froights can bo grently roducod by the employment of larger Yoszols and the doing away with transhipmonts. Whon the Ottawn nud Lake Huron Canal gota into aporation,thora will bo furthor saving in dis- tauco na woll ag timo for propetlors of tha second class botwaon Chicago and Now Yorl. Tho notion that tho Ciamiplal o notion that the Champlain connectios which neods to be mado with tl‘x’em Canndian ir:'- provemonts, would militate sgainat tho prosperity of tho Eirio Ganal, anotto bo outertninod; for it ia cloar that that route is far from proving ade~ i‘un!o to tho volumo of traflic now offered to it, f-Now York dolays to join hands with her Do~ minion neighbory in this mattor, the rosult is onsily foretold, Chlcnqo will sond hor grain- 1nden ships to Montroal dircet, whore olovators staud roady to unlond the cargoos into tho steam- ors for Glasgow aud Liverpool,and whon onco the Dballis in motion I fancy that tho captains of the Inko craft will find no difiiculty in procuring frolghta to tho Wost for tho roturn voyago. Tho New England domnnd will be as remflly Bup&yliod by landing tho cargoes on the docks of Burliugton, Vt,, whenco' they will find easy rail commubication to Boston, or any other point be- youd tho Greon Mouutains, Burlington hns already suporscded Albany as o lumber mort; ondit throatons to becomo o most importaut port for Now England tho moment the Canedian canal systom shall bo porfeoted. Indoed, this: inlandtown will slip into prominenco as n port: of ontry for Eurapoan tradors, for sl will Hayo: accoss to the ocenn for r class of tounngo socond! ouly to that which reachios Montroal up tho S.. Lawronco. Possibly Boston capital 8 at worlk in lluvologfng tho ship canal from tho 8t. Law-~ renco fo Lake Champlaiu, for nothing could bo moroe plainly in tho intorost of the Hub, It Lohooves tho morchants of New York to look into this mattor, and when they do 8o calm- ly thoy will, I tako it, bocome convincod that it will’ bo highly bonoficinl for thomsolves, ns well of tholr nelghbors, if thoy procooded to gecuro the advautages derivable from the unit- ingof the Hudson and Lake Obamplsin by o chaunol adaptod to the tonnage that will stand rendy at Whitchall £o entor it. Tho 8,000, 000, which it Is cstimnted tho Chimplain Canal ime provoment will cost, i n tritle to invest for the purpose of incronsing tratlio and provonting nn unaccommodated trade from seoking outlota at now centres. NEW_ENGLAND ISOLATED. Lot _the work be done and Now Enfih\nd, with Now Drunewick and Nova Bcotis, becomes an island of magnificont proportions, around whose shores the shipping of o hundrod ports may ply without obstruction. New York, Montroal, and Quebeo would soon discover a substantial in- croasoin tho constwiso and inland tonunga of their busy harbors, It is evon possible that sergoing vossols of considorable draught would seek this northern outlot to tho occan, thereby avoiding exposuro to the nlmost porpotunl fogs of tho Newfound- Iand and Nova Scosin consts, which aro all the moro dangorous for light craft hecauso occurring over the narrow, crowded pathway of the Fronch, Buglish sua Gorman stonmors plying to and from Now Yorlk, Tho morchants of Montroal, who are foromost in all this business, show no wish to divert trado from its familinr haunts, but thore can bo no doubt but that thoy are willing snd ready to look aftor that portion of the tonnago from tho West that is donied accons to tho market further south, —_——— Michignn Facts nud Figures. Detrott (July 28) Corrtfi!mlulltnu of the New York ‘orld By ndvance slicots from the Michigan consua roport taken in 1873,.I am enabled to give you fow facts which will nfford Enstern paaple somo- thing of an iden ns to tho extont and capabliitiog of our State. Thoro wero in_ Michigan 618,251 malos, with an averago age of 2491 yonrs, and 506,081 fomales ot an avorage ago of 23,68 ; thero wore 83 contenarians, 435 blind, 518 doaf and dnmb, 612 -idiotic, 820'iusans, 86,246 who could not read, and 53,390 who could not write. Wo rnisod 267,682 bushels of spring, nnd 16,029,~ 090 bushols of wintor whoat, 198,936 of ryo. 14,374,638 of corn 8,819,167 of oats, 810,685 of barloy, 10,981,088 _ bushols of potatoes, 1,285,638 tons of hay, and 871,838 pounds of hng)s‘ Wo ownod 220,217 horuos, 251,276 cows, 86,482 working oxen, 285,449 other catflo, 1,984,964 sheop, 404,701 ewiho, Tho value'of our live stock was 240,727,919, and of slaughtored animals, $11,818,203, * Wo ahoarad 8,864,806 pounds of wool, churned 24,300,184 pounds of buctor, prossed 644,914 pouunds of chooge, s0ld 2,106,009 gallons of mllk, and $3,- 687,378 worth _of orchard products, 22,015 gal- Jon of wino, 1,780,641 pounds of maplo sugar, 278,208 pounds of lioney. We owned 5,088,957 ncros of improved land, worth £898,006,746, and oultivatod with 218,550,863 worth of implements, and which produced for us $82,171,561 wortly of st besiden our fruft products, whick brought us 22,818,168, Wo had 326,355,746 in- vested in saw-tnills and their surroundings, by which we mado 2,121,830,608 feet of lumbor, 200,119,900 picces of lath, and 605,641 thousand of shingles, of a total value of $33,856,980. Onr 597 mill gronnd up 12,268,004 bushols of wheat into 2,324,802 barrols of flour, worth 216,128,762, bosides 8,007,007 bushola of other grain. Tho product of meal and feed wwas 98,939,090 pounds. Our tannories turned out 62,557,!1‘3 worth of Jonther, our broweries 31,200,326 wortl of boor, onr woolen fuotories wove 1,188,172 worth or fabrics, our wsnlt-works mado $1,148,760 worth _of gavor, our iron furnaces gavo us a 22,721,966 littoer of pigs, the Houghton stamps yioldod 93,474,858 worth of coppor, whilo tho copper-smelters gavo us £3,069,483 more. Our 2,290 church organizations had only 1,391 edificos, with seating capacity for447,476 pérsons, and valied at 28,917,451, to accommiodato them. ‘Wo had 28 highor institutiona’ of learning, with' an income of $218,680. Our publicschools num- Dorad, 5,419, with 2,856 malo and 5,690 fomalo tonchors wielding thie rods over 118,863 malo aud 128,107 femnlo pupils, and Anjo{)fld an incomo of §2,206,988; and thero wore besides 4,726 un- graded aohools, with 6,783 teachers and 171,461 soholars, with an income of $439,167. RE2ed S Xobbery of the Graws Valloy (Cal Stage--The Sufe Blown Open and 87,000 Talcen, Colyaz (July 28) Lisvateh to the San Francisco Rule letin. On Sunday night tho Talograph Stago Coms pany’'s_conch was stopped on the Colfax and Grass Valloy rond, abont flve miles below Grass Valloy, at the top of the grade above Morrison's Btation, and robbed, 'The teamn was walking noar bond in tho road, at tho lowor end of Shoel’s ranch, whon, from a gato on the right, four mon camo out. _'Those who saw them thought at flrst thoy wero Indian, but they stoppod m front of the horses, nnd, in n moment, threo shot-guns and n rovolvor wore loveled_ o tho stago-drivar. The horses stopped of thoir own ncconl&nnd one of tho rol lhm‘s told the driyor, Bob Beott, to got down and unhitch tho horses. —This was done, and the passonuors and horses wero oscortod by ftwo mou with nlxyt- runs somo thirty stops ahoad of tho stage, Tha finggugn wwas carofully romoved, and the robbors proparod for worls, ‘Tho robbors were masked and disgnisod. Thoy had their foot covered with olotha sud gumy-sncks. - A chargo of pow= dor was put inte Wells, Fargo & Ca.'s safo,which was in tho fuside of:tha coach, and in & fow min- utes the Llast wont off with o roport that wag heard two miles. The tronsure was taken, and tho robbors wont through the gato fromn whoneo thoy came, and the stago wout on. Tho coach was complotely shattorod h¥ tho blast. The lock of tho eafo was torn to plocos, the plato bont noarly doublo, and the back portion of the top of tho conch blown to piocos. 'Tho amount taken was 7,678 aa near ad can ho loarned. T'wo mon waro arreated in Grass Valloy on suspiclon this morning, snd this B"m‘h’fi:“' Graves aud Houry ‘Thompson wore arrested by Oflcor Buow, and it i thought that thoy aro the four that contmitted tho robbory, —_— —On Thuraday ovening, as Mr, Ingham, edi« tor of the Xuferpriss, was working in his {'nrd, during the wind nud’ thunder storm, the Nghte ning struck a locust tres growing in the yard and came to tho ground within two foet of Mr, Ingham, who was struck insonsiblo, the blood l&l‘:muug from hia head—ort Dodao, (lowa) nes.